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Pence returns to Indiana hometown as vice presidency endsJan 20, 2021 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence returned Wednesday to his Indiana hometown, where he told a small crowd of family member and supporters that servi...
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Education bill on Pritzker's desk would revamp social studies classesJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Social studies classes in Illinois public schools are poised to get a major overhaul, with more emphasis on Black history and the contributions of other un...
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Lombard man granted clemency by TrumpJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A Lombard man serving a life sentence for participating in a drug conspiracy was granted clemency late Tuesday by President Donald Trump and said he plans to help free o...
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Steans to resign from state SenateJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Sen. Heather Steans, a Chicago Democrat, plans to resign at the end of the month, after a 12-year tenure in the Illinois Senate. "It's been the privilege o...
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Capitol riot suspect was previously cited at Schaumburg demonstrationJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A 40-year-old Chicago man facing federal charges alleging he took part in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol was cited by Schaumburg police in the fall for disorderly ...
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Indiana governor touts COVID-19 recovery in State of StateJan 19, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Eric Holcomb touted Indiana as rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic and called during the annual State of the State speech Tuesday night for th...
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Chicago Police shoot man who fired at officersJan 19, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man who jumped from a car during a traffic stop and began running away Monday night was shot by police after he fired a gun officers, the department sa...
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Stellantis CEO: New car company will protect jobs and brandsJan 19, 2021 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - The CEO of Stellantis, the carmaker created from the merger of PSA Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler, said Tuesday that the tie-up will help preserve jobs, factorie...
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Police ID man fatally shot a Belleville storeJan 19, 2021 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man who was fatally shot over the weekend at a southern Illinois convenience store has been identified as a store employee police believe was s...
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Illinois has received more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois has received more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Tuesday, as 4,318 new cases of the virus were reported with 33 more deaths from the respiratory di...