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Justices consider hearing a case on 'most offensive word'May 13, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him an...
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South Bend school suspends teacher over Right to Life talkMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana school district has suspended a teacher who invited a representative of an anti-abortion group to speak during a health class....
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Got COVID-19 vaccine questions for your 12- to 15-year-olds? We've got answersMay 13, 2021 5:30 am - With approvals from a U.S. Centers for Disease Control panel of experts Wednesday and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Monday, Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine is now...
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What you need to know about COVID-19 restrictions easing Friday in the 'Bridge Phase'May 13, 2021 1:00 am - Friday hearkens the arrival of Illinois' long-awaited “Bridge Phase” as part of the state's COVID-19 reopening plan. Guided by a decrease of hospitalizations and new cas...
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Playoff hopes still alive, as Markkanen lead Bulls past RaptorsMay 13, 2021 1:00 am - Zach LaVine scored 24 points, Lauri Markkanen added 20 and the Bulls beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 114-102 on Thursday night. The Bulls pulled within two games o...
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Judge overturns conviction in Indiana officer's 1980 killingMay 12, 2021 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A judge has overturned a man's conviction in the 1980 fatal shooting of an off-duty Hammond police officer because prosecutors failed to disclos...
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Pfizer shots open to Hoosiers 12 and up starting ThursdayMay 12, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eager to raise Indiana's lagging vaccination rate, state health officials have announced that residents aged 12 and older will be eligible to receive...
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Traffic stop in northern Illinois reveals 897 tabs of LSDMay 12, 2021 7:00 am - HARVARD, Ill. (AP) - A 27-year-old northern Illinois man was arrested after police during a traffic stop discovered nearly 900 tabs of LSD in his vehicle. ...
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Body of missing Chicago man found in central KentuckyMay 12, 2021 7:00 am - RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) - The body of a missing Chicago man has been found in central Kentucky, police said. The fatal shooting of Quincy K. Ukaigwe, 30, is being investigate...
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Illinois COVID-19 deaths up 22% over a month ago, but cases continue to declineMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - The number of Illinoisans dying of COVID-19 has increased 22.3% in recent weeks, but the trend is "not significant," the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. D...