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16-year-old found shot on Chicago porch diesMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 16-year-old boy died early Tuesday, hours after he was found on a porch of a home on Chicago's South Side with a gunshot wound to his torso, police said...
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Biden to spotlight electric vehicle future he sees for USMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is putting the spotlight Tuesday on the electric vehicle future he envisions for the United States, as a way to tackle climate chan...
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Missing Indianapolis man's remains found in storage unitMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The remains of an Indianapolis man have been located in a suburban storage unit nearly 17 months after his disappearance, authorities said. The body...
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Metal shredding firm sues Chicago over operating permitMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The owner of a metal-shredding facility is asking a federal court to force the city of Chicago to issue a permit that would allow the company to open a fa...
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Biden plan would pick winners, losers in move to green jobsMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In Georgia, school bus-maker Blue Bird has visions of going from selling a few hundred electric buses annually to 15,000. In Michigan, Ford plans to pr...
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Authorities identify off-duty Chicago cop killed in crashMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The off-duty Chicago police officer who was killed when an SUV he was driving slammed into a power pole early Monday has been identified. The Cook County...
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Indiana governor's lawyers push challenge to emergency lawMay 18, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Lawyers for Gov. Eric Holcomb derided the Indiana attorney general's claim that he can block the governor from asking the courts to stop a new law gi...
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Republicans introduce own ethics bill to get Democrats' attentionMay 18, 2021 5:30 am - Democrat Ann Gillespie of Arlington Heights and Republican John Curran of Downers Grove have competing ethics bills in the Illinois Senate. The question is whether eithe...
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State has fully vaccinated about 44% of eligible IllinoisansMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - About 44% of Illinoisans who are eligible have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Illinois Department of Public Health data indicated Tuesday. Nearly 10.9 million I...
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Senate panel endorses 'media literacy' mandate in schoolsMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - All high schools in Illinois would be required to offer instruction in how to understand and evaluate news and social media as part of their computer liter...