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Opinion says Indiana gun rights restored after expungementsDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana residents who've had felony convictions expunged from their criminal records are eligible, in most circumstances, to again buy and obtain a l...
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Hanover Park girl shot in Chicago in critical but stable conditionDec 26, 2019 11:10 am - A 7-year-old girl who was shot and critically injured early Wednesday in a house on Chicago's South Side is from Hanover Park, according to a crisis responder working wi...
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Chicago-area freeway closed after truck crash, acid spillDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois freeway was shut down after a semitrailer rolled over and leaked acid onto the roadway, authorities said. The 33-year-old driver was h...
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Students serve ex-prof with sexual assault suit via emailDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - The alleged victims of a former University of Illinois associate professor turned to email to finally serve him with their federal lawsuit accusing him of sexually and e...
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Indiana sets new sulfur dioxide limit for NW Indiana plantDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - Indiana regulators have set proposed new pollution limits for a northwestern Indiana business that's considered one of the region's worst pollu...
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Indiana ski resort temporarily closes slopes amid warm spellDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - PAOLI, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana ski resort has temporarily closed its slopes amid unseasonably warm weather that's melting its artificial snowpack. Paoli Peaks sai...
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Indiana Dunes National Park eyes erosion-fighting sand trapsDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - BEVERLY SHORES, Ind. (AP) - The National Park Service and a northwestern Indiana town will install sand traps along the Lake Michigan shoreline to combat beach erosion a...
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Chicago man struck by train in suburban Milwaukee diesDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A 33-year-old Chicago man struck by a train in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha on Tuesday has died of his injuries, police said Thursday. Waukesh...
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California jails use kinder approach to solitary confinementDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An inmate in solitary confinement at a California jail was refusing to leave his cell. The jailers' usual response: Send an 'œextraction team'ť...
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Chicago to see record-breaking warm day after warm ChristmasDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Record-breaking warmth has hit the Chicago area, but weather experts said it won't last long. Temperatures were predicted in the 60s by afternoon, accord...