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Broadway-bound tuner 'Paradise Square' set to premiere in November in ChicagoMay 17, 2021 11:00 pm - Fourteen months after the pandemic shuttered live theater, the Chicago to Broadway pipeline reopens in November with "Paradise Square," a new musical whose impressive pe...
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Indiana boy, 16, sentenced in fatal shooting of another teenMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - A 16-year-old suburban Indianapolis boy charged as an adult in another teen's fatal shooting has been sentenced to more than two years in prison af...
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Indiana ending enhanced pandemic jobless aid next monthMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana will drop out of the federal program providing an extra $300 in weekly payments to unemployed workers and other programs that expanded unempl...
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Chicago fire crew rescues parrot from office building ledgeMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Fire Department didn't have to raise a ladder to rescue a cat from a tree over the weekend, but firefighters did grab a pole to snatch a pet p...
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Off-duty Chicago officer killed as SUV leaves road, crashesMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - An off-duty Chicago police officer who was killed when the SUV he was driving slammed into a power pole early Monday was fleeing from poli...
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Indiana casino's next owner expects to retain 700 employeesMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - ELIZABETH, Ind. (AP) - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians plans to retain all 700-plus employees at a southern Indiana casino if state regulators approve its ownership...
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Images:Through the Film Magnifier: Bobby Hull, Peter O'Toole, Ted Nugent, aerobics classes for kids and moreMay 17, 2021 5:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Bobby Hull, Peter O'Toole, Pit 'n Pub bartender, Roselle Fest, player pianos and more in our latest "Through the Film Magnifier" galle...
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Police: Off-duty Chicago cop fled traffic stop before fatal Arlington Heights crashMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed early Monday morning when a speeding SUV he was driving struck a utility pole then plowed into the backyard of an Arlington...
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GOP says Democrats' ethics bill doesn't go far enoughMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate is gearing up for a debate over a package of ethics reforms, possibly as early as this week, that Republicans say doesn't go far enough...
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COVID-19 update: 32,253 more shots, 6 more dead, 946 new casesMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 dropped to 946 Monday, the fewest since mid-March, with six more people dying from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Healt...