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District no longer secludes students with disabilitiesDec 31, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A southwestern Indiana school district has agreed to stop secluding and restraining students with disabilities, the U.S. Justice Department said Thur...
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Illinois deputy shoots suspect after chase into MissouriDec 31, 2020 6:00 am - SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) - An armed robbery suspect is hospitalized after being shot by an Illinois police officer who had chased the suspect into Missouri. The shooting h...
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Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020Dec 31, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vatican's top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee....
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Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521 millionDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Hedge fund Alden, Tribune's largest shareholder, has offered to buy the rest of the newspaper publisher at a price that values it at $520.6 million. Alden sent a letter ...
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Brady resigns seat after 27 years in state legislatureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Republican state Sen. Bill Brady, who stepped down as Republican leader in the Senate as efforts were made to oust him from the post, on Thursday ann...
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Suburbs seeing another uptick in COVID-19 casesDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Not even a week ago, DuPage County's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate was below 6%, and lower than the rates in Chicago, suburban Cook County and the four...
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Harper injured, but Mathis lifts No. 14 Rutgers over PurdueDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers hasn't played with a complete, healthy lineup yet this year, so the 14th-ranked Scarlet Knights knew what to do when leading scorer Ron H...
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Man dies in grain bin collapse outside IndianapolisDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - CAMBY, Ind. (AP) - One person died Wednesday morning after a grain bin collapsed in central Indiana, authorities said. The man was loading grain around 8 a.m. when a hol...
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Chicago activists offering $10K for tips in man's slayingDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago anti-violence activists are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the fatal shooting of a man found dea...
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Health officials report 178 new Illinois COVID-19 deathsDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials announced Wednesday there are 7,374 new cases of COVID-19 and 178 more deaths in the state. The Illinois Depar...