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As COVID-19 cases hit new low, Illinois tops Midwestern states for one or more shotsJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 numbered 244 Monday, reflecting a low not seen since late March 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The seven-day COVID-19 cas...
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State Supreme Court pauses transition to new appellate districtsJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court will delay its transition to implement new appellate court boundaries that were created by a recently approved judicial district...
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Cleared Chicago priest holds first Mass since reinstatementJun 06, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An activist Roman Catholic priest cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into claims that he sexually abused several boys decades ago returned...
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Man to plead guilty to injuring women with nail-studded clubJun 06, 2021 7:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A western Indiana man will plead guilty in a 2020 attack in which he entered a home swinging a nail-studded wooden club, leaving two women with ...
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8 wounded Sunday among 38 shot in Chicago weekend violenceJun 06, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Eight people standing on a Chicago street corner were wounded Sunday when occupants of a passing vehicle opened fire on them, according to police. Among ...
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US senators promise vaccines for Taiwan amid China rowJun 06, 2021 7:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden's move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three A...
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Illinois closing in on 70% of adults having received at least one vaccine doseJun 06, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday reported 342 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and another 37 deaths, as all of the main metrics fo...
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Cannon returned to SW Indiana historical park after repairsJun 05, 2021 7:00 am - VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) - A cannon removed years ago from a southwest Indiana historical park that honors a Revolutionary War battle is back on display after work to recrea...
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Marker coming for Black teen whose 1919 death roiled ChicagoJun 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Black teenager whose death along a segregated Chicago beach sparked a weeklong race riot in 1919 that left dozens of people dead is finally getting a gr...
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Educator retires after 50 years at southwest Illinois schoolJun 05, 2021 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, Ill. (AP) - Michael Kish spent five years at two Catholic seminaries before deciding that the priesthood wasn't his true calling. Then he earned a history degr...