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Chicago schools to shut for 3rd day amid debate with unionJan 06, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Leaders of the nation's third-largest school district canceled classes for a third consecutive day amid increasingly tense negotiations with the Chicago T...
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Chicago police review board gets video of suicide attemptJan 06, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability has obtained additional body-worn camera video of officers responding to the suicide attempt of a woman...
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'I trusted the President': Jan. 6 rioters in their own wordsJan 06, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing prison time, many Jan. 6 rioters admit they were wrong to enter the U.S. Capitol and disavow political violence, despite what former President D...
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Late lawmaker's husband dies while serving murder sentenceJan 06, 2022 6:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - The husband of a late Indiana legislator has died in state prison, where he was serving a 55-year sentence for the 2018 shooting death of a nort...
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'I was just looking for a weapon': Congressmen recall attack on CapitolJan 06, 2022 4:30 am - One year ago, U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider hid in the gallery of the House while a mob that had stormed the Capitol banged on the doors trying to breach the room and stop ce...
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Democrats, Republicans blame each other for vacant watchdog postJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - The last day on the job for the Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope was Thursday. The office will be vacant on Friday. “We have to reeducate ourselves to fight the ...
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Route 173 crash victim identified as Kenosha womanJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County coroner's office has identified the woman who died Wednesday after a three-vehicle crash on Route 173 near Antioch. Ann Kennedy, 82, of Kenosha, Wiscons...
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State lawmakers approve follow-up measure on criminal justice reformJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House this week passed a bill clarifying issues around the massive criminal justice reform bill that passed with the support of the Illinois L...
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Huntley man charged in slayings of father, 2 sonsJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - A Huntley man has been charged in the slayings of a man and his two young sons found shot to death last month in their Belvidere home. Alize Q. Smith, 24, faces three co...
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Daily COVID-19 deaths in Illinois hit triple digits for first time since last FebruaryJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois recorded more than 100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time since February of last year. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 104 mor...