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Indiana GOP lawmaker apologizes for remark on Black studentsFeb 28, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A top Republican Indiana legislator on education policy has apologized for comments suggesting Black students don't perform better academically becau...
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Standing Rock athlete takes stage on Native Heritage DayFeb 28, 2022 6:00 am - VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - Just about a half-mile from the site of the main event, on the second floor of the University of South Dakota's Muenster University Center, about...
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Man charged after Chicago's '~Bean' sculpture is vandalizedFeb 28, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A young man has been charged for allegedly vandalizing a popular Chicago sculpture known as 'Ε“The Bean" by spray-painting it with graffiti last week, poli...
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'It's honestly a relief': Many happy to see mandates end, but some continue to mask upFeb 28, 2022 12:00 am - Just as suburbanites' attitudes toward masks has varied greatly over the past two years, so too did their reactions to the end of the state's indoor mask mandate Monday....
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Bears position review: Team needs to bolster secondary to improve next seasonFeb 28, 2022 12:00 am - The Bears' pass rush ability was elite in 2021, but the secondary wasn't good enough to make the defense as a whole elite. Under new head coach Matt Eberflus, the Bears ...
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MLB: It's deadline day to save opening day, 162-game seasonFeb 28, 2022 12:00 am - JUPITER, Fla. - Max Scherzer and Andrew Miller were leading the players' bargaining team Monday for the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before Major League ...
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Bears position review: Roquan Smith a mainstay at linebacker, but after that?Feb 28, 2022 12:00 am - Linebacker was a real strength for the Bears in 2021 - mainly because Roquan Smith had another All-Pro caliber season - in spite of a fair amount of turmoil at the posit...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 1,000 in IllinoisFeb 28, 2022 12:00 am - As Illinois once again returns to making masks optional at most indoor public spaces, state health officials are reporting 943 COVID-19 patients hospitalized statewide. ...
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. ESTFeb 27, 2022 6:00 am - Russia hits Ukraine fuel supplies, airfields in new attacks KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in...
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Indiana police officer found dead in patrol carFeb 27, 2022 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A police officer has been found dead inside his patrol car in northwestern Indiana, according to authorities. Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martin...