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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...
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Pritzker rescinding mask rule for fully vaccinated residentsMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is aligning its mask rules to reflect recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control guidelines that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don't need face c...
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State will phase out eviction moratorium, expand grants for rentersMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday the state will "phase out" its moratorium on pandemic-related evictions by August and launched a new program to provide assistance to...
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DNR: Dead swans at NW Indiana lake died from parasitic wormsMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Wild swans found dead last winter along a lake that straddles the Indiana-Illinois border succumbed to infections caused by parasitic worms, Indiana...
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New signs in Gary direct people to Jackson 5's former homeMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - Crews have installed signs in northwest Indiana directing motorists to the small house in Gary that Michael Jackson and his siblings called home before...
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2 Chicago police officers wounded in shooting, suspect shotMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded Sunday after they responded to reports of gunfire and someone immediately fired at them, authorities sai...
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Chicks give Illinois students a lesson on agricultureMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Stumbling, squeaking, fluffy chicks popped out of their eggs in classrooms across McLean County, some making their arrival a little later than others...
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Indiana refugee groups plan rebuilding with higher limitsMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana resettlement groups are eager to resume their work with an increase in U.S. refugee admissions that had been slashed under former President D...
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NW Indiana labor official's 1989 bombing death still mysteryMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Seemingly anyone you could ask who knew Joe Bova agrees on what kind of person he was: an ordinary, peaceful man who loved his family, largely ...
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Police investigate crash that killed mom, injured 5 childrenMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana State Police were an interstate car crash that left one woman dead and injured five of her children. Authorities were called to Intersta...