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Video shows Chicago officer shooting subway rider in backApr 28, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Extended security and body-cam video released Tuesday shows Chicago police shooting an unarmed short-order cook at the foot of a subway escalator and then...
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Chicago police cite homeowner for large party amid pandemicApr 28, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police cited a homeowner for disorderly conduct following a crowded weekend house party that was later condemned by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. ...
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COVID-19 deaths pass 2,000 statewide as Pritzker assures 'the stay-at-home order remains in place'Apr 28, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker expressed confidence "the courts will overturn" a judge's ruling that threatens the extension of his stay-at-home order through May 30, as officials o...
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Indiana church begins offering small in-person servicesApr 27, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A suburban Indianapolis church held services on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, taking care to ensure that worshippers adhered to soc...
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Judge to Chicago jail: Do more to protect inmates from virusApr 27, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County Jail in Chicago must do more to ensure social distancing among its 4,000 inmates to stem the spread of the coronavirus that's already killed s...
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Court rules insurers can collect $12B under health care lawApr 27, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of...
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Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rightsApr 27, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City's former ban on transporting guns. The justices thr...
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House Republicans urge more transparency on inmate releasesApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans on Monday stepped up their demands that the Pritzker administration relea...
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Nursing home workers plan May 8 strike at 40 sites, including in Aurora, Barrington and Des PlainesApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Nursing home workers have authorized a May 8 strike date at 40 facilities in Chicago and the suburbs, putting pressure on operators to resolve a contract dispute amid th...
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Workers' Compensation Commission repeals emergency COVID-19 ruleApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state commission voted to repeal a new rule that would have made workers' compensation benefits available to essential employees who contracted COVID-19 ...