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Climate change makes the future of Nordic skiing uncertainJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) - For the first time in 32 years, organizers of the Rendezvous Cross Country Ski Festival in West Yellowstone, Montana, had to cancel November's tra...
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Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald to be releasedJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The white Chicago police officer whose fatal shooting of Black teen Laquan McDonald put the city at the center of a national debate about race and law enf...
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Metro Police fatally shoot armed man at gas stationJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - WOOD RIVER, Ill. (AP) - Police in the Metro East area of Illinois fatally shot an armed man who pulled a gun on officers at a gas station early Tuesday, authorities sai...
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Indiana vaccine exemption bill advances, faces GOP hurdlesJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana House Republicans pushed through a proposal Tuesday that would severely limit workplace COVID-19 vaccination requirements even as the move fa...
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'Our schools need help': Most districts in Illinois face a worsening teacher shortageJan 18, 2022 4:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - School officials across Illinois say a shortage of teachers and substitutes is forcing them to cancel course offerings, move them online or fill open posit...
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Illinois surpasses 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administeredJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 dropped over the holiday weekend, while Illinois vaccine providers have now administered more than 20 million doses to residents and worker...
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Questions remain after baby's deathJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - Some key questions remain after a newborn was found dead in a duffle bag in the snow outside a Near North Side fire station that is often unstaffed. With investigations ...
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Illinois Senate Republicans offer 'voter empowerment' amendmentsJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republicans in the Illinois Senate have again introduced a package of proposed constitutional amendments that they argue would give voters more of a direct...
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University of Chicago police officer shoots gunmanJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - A University of Chicago police officer shot and wounded a gunman who opened fire in Hyde Park late Tuesday morning, officials said. An officer had stopped to investigate...
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Speaker names new House budget negotiation teamJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch announced a new House budget negotiation team Tuesday, led by House Majority Leader and chief budgeteer Greg H...