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Nearly 1.9 million fully vaccinated in April, 672 more COVID-19 deathsApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - April has been pivotal for Illinois' fight against COVID-19, accounting for almost half of those now considered to be fully vaccinated. Nearly 1.9 million Illinois resi...
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Chicago man convicted in death of Iowa woman from heroinApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A Chicago man who sold heroin to an Iowa woman who later died from the drug was convicted Thursday of drug-related charges, federal prosecutors...
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Questions and anger over Chicago's lack of foot chase policyApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Police Department was well aware of how dangerous foot chases could be long before officers shot and killed two people who had run away from t...
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Oversight agency finds `deficiencies' in Chicago police raidApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's civilian police oversight agency announced Thursday it has completed a 16-month investigation into a wrongful 2019 raid during which a woman was...
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Chicago Daley family member indicted on federal tax chargesApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An alderman who is also the nephew and grandson of two former mayors of Chicago has been indicted on tax charges tied to a failed bank, federal prosecutor...
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Sheriff: Central Illinois inmate dies after Taser shocksApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois jail inmate has died after correctional officers shocked him with Tasers when he resisted health checks and attempts to handc...
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Indiana woman pleads guilty in mother's suffocation deathApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to killing her mother, whose body was found wrapped in plastic two weeks after she was suffocated inside...
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Ethics commission finds ex-Exelon lobbyist sexually harassed colleagueApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state ethics commission has found a former Exelon lobbyist sexually harassed one of his female colleagues on two separate occasions in Springfield, in vi...
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Housing protection legislation sent to governorApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate voted Thursday to pass House Bill 2877, which aims to extend emergency protections to renters and homeowners who financially strapped a...
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Judge finds FOID card law invalid -- as applied to one Illinois womanApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - For the second time, a county judge in southern Illinois has ruled the state's Firearm Owner Identification Card law unconstitutional, as applied to one st...