Articles filed under Region
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West Coast wildfires causing hazy summer days, striking evening sunsets in suburbsJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - Those hazy days of summer have become a lot hazier recently, and experts blame wildfires raging out West and in Canada. Authorities say 80 large wildfires are now burnin...
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Today in HistoryJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Thursday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2021. There are 162 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 22, 1862, President Abrah...
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Attorneys: Dismissal exonerates mentally ill man in killingJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Attorneys for a mentally disabled Indiana man whose conviction in the 2002 slaying of a 94-year-old woman was overturned last year say a judge's ...
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August hearings set on Indiana election redistrictingJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Public hearings have been set Indiana's upcoming redrawing of congressional and legislative election districts, although no proposed new maps will be...
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Chicago party bus shooting wounds 8 amid rising gun violenceJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A drive-by shooting in Chicago wounded eight people who had been riding on a party bus, one of several shootings in the city that left at least three peop...
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Chicago schools requiring masks when schools reopen in fallJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday its students, teachers and staff will be required to wear masks indoors when they return to classrooms in August...
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Chicago cop sentenced for role in gambling ringJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a veteran Chicago police officer to 15 months in prison for his role in a large-scale, international gambling ring. Nicholas Stella...
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Pritzker signs bill allowing over-the-counter birth controlJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a law allowing pharmacists to assess and prescribe hormonal birth control to patients, a move Pritzker and champions of the bill ca...
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Ex-housing authority director indicted for alleged fraudJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - The former executive director of a northern Indiana city's housing authority has been indicted along with four others in a scheme that allegedly ...
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Indiana man, 78, dies after mower enters pond, traps himJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana man died in a lawn mowing accident that left him trapped beneath a riding lawn mower that entered a pond, police said. Harold Vi...