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Indiana man gets 46 years in twin sons' house fire deathsSep 17, 2021 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A Lafayette man convicted in his twin 3-year-old sons' deaths in a 2014 house fire has been sentenced to 46 years in prison. Brandon Abbott, 38, w...
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5 new inductees Saturday in Nevada Newspaper Hall of FameSep 17, 2021 7:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - A New York columnist who moved to Virginia City in 1950 and restarted the newspaper where Mark Twain wrote a century earlier, the former head of the Ne...
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Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200MSep 17, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy's latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica ...
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California law, U.S. Constitution at center of FOID case before Illinois Supreme CourtSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to consider the laws of the state of California and the U.S. Constitution in ruling on one man's eligibility to b...
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As case positivity rates drop to July levels, 31 more school outbreaks reported in suburbsSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 case positivity rates in the suburbs and Chicago have dropped below 4% for the first time since July 24. The rate in some suburban counties had surpassed 6% las...
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Chicago-area priest back under scrutiny for possible abuseSep 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago priest cleared last week of of allegations he sexually abused children 25 years ago is back under scrutiny because new information has...
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US faith leaders recall Sikh's bias killing post Sept. 11Sep 16, 2021 7:00 am - MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Sikh businessman Balbir Singh Sodhi was helping plant a flower bed at his Arizona gas station when he was shot dead by a man seeking to avenge 9/11. M...
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Indiana redistricting plan criticized as aiding RepublicansSep 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republicans will keep greater control of Indiana's Legislature than merited by the number of votes they receive, according to a political analyst who...
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As FDA ponders booster shots, Illinois shows a huge gap in vaccination ratesSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - As U.S. Food and Drug Administration experts debate offering a third Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shot to bolster immunity against COVID-19, Illinois presents a steep contras...
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Journalist turned politician hopes to eliminate Illinois' news desertsSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - A former television journalist who has spent the last decade as an Illinois state senator is hoping a newly created Local Journalism Task Force will help find a way to r...