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The Latest: Chicago plans events for fully vaccinated peopleMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO - Chicago leaders are planning the return of cultural events this summer, including a concert series only for people who are fully COVID-19 vaccinated. The conc...
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Police oversight agency chief resignsMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Under fire for the slow pace of investigations, the head of Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability announced Wednesday she is resigning after three years in ...
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Illinois House votes to endorse 'abolition amendment,' D.C. statehoodMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House voted Wednesday to endorse a proposed U.S. constitutional amendment that would finally eliminate what some see as the last vestige of sl...
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Chicago launches concert series for fully vaccinated peopleMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago will see the return of cultural events this summer, including a concert series solely for people who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, officials announced Tuesd...
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Average of COVID-19 infections drops by 6% in a weekMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Average new cases of COVID-19 declined for the sixth day in a row, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. The seven-day average for new infections w...
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House speaker says minority representation key to remap effortMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Democrat from Hillside, stepped back from supporting an independent commission on legislative redistricting in comments W...
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Foxx apologizes for lawyer's false gun claim in Adam Toledo caseMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County's top prosecutor apologized Wednesday because an attorney who works under her implied in court that 13-year-old Adam Toledo was holding a gun when a police o...
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Senate committee advances bills on sex ed, decriminalizing HIV transmissionMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation that would overhaul sex education in Illinois and a measure to decriminalize the transmission of HIV were among several bills that passed the S...
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDTMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - 'Horrible' weeks ahead as India's virus catastrophe worsens NEW DELHI (AP) - COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sigh...
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Indiana State Fair returning after 2020 pandemic cancelationMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana State Fair will return with some changes this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced its cancellation, fair officials annou...