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Chicago reinstitutes indoor mask requirement; Pritzker won't follow suit for stateAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - Health officials in suburban Cook County are considering following the Chicago Department of Public Health's lead to reinstitute indoor masking requirements in public pl...
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Indiana's governor backing schools on face mask mandatesAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor gave his support Monday to the growing number of school districts across the state issuing mask mandates for students and staff as...
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Chicago Park District suspends 2 managers amid investigationAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Park District has suspended two high-level managers amid disciplinary action against 42 employees, including nine cases stemming from an inves...
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Lawyer at top Indianapolis firm named to state appeals courtAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An attorney with a major Indianapolis law firm has been picked as a new judge on the Indiana Court of Appeals. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb announced...
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Cardinal hospitalized with COVID, breathing with ventilatorAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the Catholic Church's most outspoken conservatives and a vaccine skeptic, said he has COVID-19 and his staff said he ...
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Illinois Senate president reports 'breakthrough' COVID caseAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Senate President Don Harmon tested positive for a 'œmild breakthrough'ť case of COVID-19 and was recovering from symptoms, his office a...
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After delays, construction on Obama Center begins in ChicagoAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five years after Barack Obama chose Chicago as the site for his legacy project, construction officially began Monday on the Obama Presidential Center. Ro...
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Girl, 7, fatally shot, sister seriously wounded in ChicagoAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 7-year-old girl was fatally shot and her 6-year-old sister was seriously wounded in Chicago when someone opened fire as the siblings sat in a parked car...
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EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakesAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday's powerful quake...
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Sparks of realization drive Nora Marks' new 'Epiphany I've Had Before'Aug 16, 2021 6:00 am - Nora Marks' release Friday of the single and video for “Epiphany I've Had Before” marked a turning point for the Chicago foursome. Long a standard-bearer of the lo-...