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Chicago Teachers Union says there are gaps in COVID-19 safety protocolsSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - With the first week of the fall term more than half over, the Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday accused Chicago Public Schools of "duct-taping" together COVID-19 safety...
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Chicago Pride Parade canceled 2nd straight year over COVIDSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Pride Parade has been canceled for a second straight year because of the COVID pandemic, organizers said Wednesday. The parade, traditionally ...
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Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battlesSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - MEQUON, Wis. (AP) - A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican donors and party-aligned think tanks is quietly lending firepower to local activ...
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Indiana schools get incentive to require classroom masksSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana schools got an incentive from the governor Wednesday to require face masks in classrooms in hopes of slowing down the number of COVID-19 outb...
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Gary teen deemed incompetent for trial in infant's killingSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A judge has ruled that a 17-year-old Gary girl accused of killing a toddler left in her care can remain jailed in northwest Indiana until she's ...
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Indiana to receive 1st Afghan evacuees as early as this weekSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Roughly 1,000 Afghanistan evacuees are expected to arrive as early as this week at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training base, where t...
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Police: Man killed half-brother after COVID vaccine disputeSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - VIENNA, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man allegedly shot his half-brother to death following an argument over the COVID-19 vaccine, authorities said. Larry D. Cavitt, ...
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George Floyd mural in Indiana city is defaced for 4th timeSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A mural of George Floyd has been defaced for the fourth time since it was painted in a northwest Indiana city last year to honor Floyd following h...
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Sound check: Word to Naperville - Vanilla Ice is comingSep 01, 2021 6:00 am - Nostalgia in Naperville Last week, the Naperville Music Festival announced its lineup and put tickets on sale for a late September weekend of concerts to tap into our lo...
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In court hearing, Latino rights group says new maps still unfairSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawyers for a Latino advocacy group told a panel of federal judges Wednesday that the new legislative district maps passed by the General Assembly the nigh...