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Voting rights advocates ask lawmakers to slow down remap processAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Voting rights advocates and minority community members urged Illinois lawmakers on Thursday to take more time in redrawing legislative district maps so the...
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59 more COVID-19 deaths as Illinois surpasses 1.5 million infectionsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Deaths in Illinois from COVID-19 reached 59 Thursday, the highest in a single day since February, as rising case counts and hospitalizations led Gov. J.B. Pritzker to or...
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Ebertfest film festival postponed to April 2022Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The annual Ebertfest film festival slated for next month in downstate Champaign has been postponed to 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 across the state. The announcemen...
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Select Illinois employment offices taking appointments for in-person servicesAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As federal unemployment benefits created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire next week, Illinois continues to see high unemployment rate...
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Tickets for 'The Office Experience' in Chicago will go on sale FridayAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - "The Office Experience" is setting up shop in Chicago. The 17-room interactive exhibit features props and costumes from the celebrated NBC-TV sitcom "The Office." Fans c...
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Pritzker reimposes statewide indoor mask mandate and vaccinations for several groupsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Less than three months after declaring the state fully reopened, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered a return to mask wearing indoors to counter two months of surging CO...
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Taliban's religious ideology '“ Deobandi Islam '“ has roots in colonial IndiaAug 25, 2021 7:00 am - Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Sohel Rana, Indiana University an...
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NW Indiana man convicted in slayings of woman, her son, 13Aug 25, 2021 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A northwest Indiana man has been convicted in the fatal shootings of a Gary woman and her 13-year-old son who were slain in their home during a ...
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Indiana daily COVID-19 cases spike back to January levelsAug 25, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana on Wednesday reported more than 5,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time since early January, amid a surge in infections ...
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Woman charged in DUI crash that killed U of Illinois officerAug 25, 2021 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign woman faces an aggravated drunken driving charge following a weekend chain-reaction crash that killed an off-duty University of Illinois ...