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Activist priest Michael Pfleger hit with sex abuse allegationsJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger has been asked to step aside due to allegations of sexual abuse that occurred decades ago, the Archdiocese of Chicago an...
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Illinois congresswoman quotes Hitler to crowd outside U.S. CapitolJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - A newly minted Illinois congresswoman with suburban roots quoted Adolf Hitler during prepared remarks Tuesday to supporters of President Donald Trump on the lawn of the ...
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Chicago push to reopen city schools becomes more contentiousJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Only half of Chicago Public Schools teachers expected in schools ahead of preschool students' anticipated return next week showed up, district officials s...
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Indiana governor avoiding stance on GOP's Biden challengeJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb declined to say Tuesday whether he supported efforts by some fellow Republicans in Congress to challenge Joe Biden's electi...
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Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing in new yearJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials reported 3,477 new coronavirus infections and 142 additional COVID-19 deaths Tuesday as the state began to see a slow increa...
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Illinois teen pleads not guilty to fatally shooting two people during Wisconsin protests over police shootingJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Illinois teen pleads not guilty to fatally shooting two people during Wisconsin protests over police shooting. ...
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NW Indiana mayor fires worker after New Year's gunshotsJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A northwest Indiana mayor has fired a city worker after the man allegedly put others at risk by firing gunshots into the air to celebrate the New Ye...
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Wisconsin city braces for protest as charging decision loomsJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A southeastern Wisconsin city braced for another round of protests as prosecutors prepared to announce whether they'll charge a white police officer...
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Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in Kenosha protest slayingsJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - An Antioch teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst sometimes violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, plead...
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Concerns mount about Illinois' lag in vaccine rolloutJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Health care workers began receiving second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday as concerns mounted about delays in getting the rest of Illinoisans inoculated. At a bri...