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Pilot makes emergency landing on Illinois highway's medianJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - The pilot of a more than 60-year-old plane successfully landed the vintage aircraft onto a southern Illinois highway's median after it lost engine po...
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Police: 2 women killed in southeast Missouri head-on crashJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - Two women were killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 55 just north of Cape Girardeau in southeastern Missouri, police there said. The crash...
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Illinois National Guard activated to secure state capitolJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois National Guard members will be on duty this weekend in Springfield in response to state capitols being threatened across the country, G...
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Positive COVID-19 test at venue where Illinois House metJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A positive test for COVID-19 at the venue where the Illinois House has been meeting is prompting calls for precautions. A positive result came b...
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GOP lawmaker pushes bill to prevent renaming of IndianapolisJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A Republican lawmaker has proposed a measure that would ban the changing of any Indiana city names in the wake of Native American protests that force...
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Wisconsin teen charged with killing infant daughter in woodsJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - MONROE, Wis. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy has admitted fatally shooting his newborn daughter and leaving her body inside a fallen tree in the woods in southern Wisconsin, ac...
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States declare emergencies, close capitols ahead of ralliesJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - Responding to warnings of potentially violent demonstrations, governors across the nation are calling out National Guard troops, declaring states of emergency and closin...
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Nurse: Hospital fired her for admitting entering US CapitolJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A Kentucky woman said she was fired from her nursing job at a southwestern Indiana hospital after posting on Facebook that she had entered the U....
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Indiana Statehouse closing ahead of possible protestsJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Statehouse complex will be closed to the public through Wednesday and state legislative meetings next week are canceled because of possib...
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'We're disheartened': Suburban chiefs disappointed by criminal justice billJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - No cash bail. No promise of state funding to help pay for and operate mandatory body cameras. No accusers' names on misconduct complaints against police officers, and no...