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Culture war fight finds mixed success in school board racesNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - MISSION, Kan. (AP) - School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts but...
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People leaving Illinois prisons will get state ID cardsNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - All people being released from Illinois prisons will leave detention with a new state ID card under a program expected to be in use in all state...
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Illinois Forensic Scientist of the Year a fingerprint expertNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Two women were sexually assaulted within a short time of each other at a Rochelle senior citizen apartment complex during the spring of 2001. Polic...
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Indiana U.S. Senate candidate says he smoked pot at concertsNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A northwestern Indiana mayor acknowledged Friday he smoked marijuana at two recent Grateful Dead concerts in Chicago and pledged he would work to le...
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Chicago officer charged in death of husband, also an officerNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after her husband, also a Chicago officer, was fatally shot this week during a str...
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Chicago schools set day aside to boost COVID-19 vaccinationsNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools officials have canceled all classes next Friday in a bid to boost COVID-19 vaccinations among younger students who are newly eligib...
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A new, lower threshold for lead poisoning in children means more kids will get tested '“ but the ultimate solution is eliminating lead sourcesNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI (THE CONVERSA...
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Man gets house arrest for attacking girl at IU violin campNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years of house arrest after pleading guilty to attacking a 13-year-old girl in 2019 as she was att...
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Indiana lawmakers could debate sales, business tax changesNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - With Indiana's state tax collections surging, a top Republican legislator is looking at possible significant changes to the state sales tax and cutti...
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Official Myanmar records mistaken about detained US reporterNov 05, 2021 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Testimony by prosecution witnesses on Friday in the case of Danny Fenster, a U.S. journalist who has been detained in Myanmar for more than five months, e...