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Officials: No known cases of serious side effects from J&J in Illinois or suburbsApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Suspending the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine while U.S. authorities examine six cases of blood clots in people who received the shots should not impinge on...
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State sued over COVID-19 death at the LaSalle Veterans' HomeApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A wrongful-death lawsuit on behalf of a Korean War veteran who contracted COVID-19 at the LaSalle Veterans' Home accuses the facility of negligent care tha...
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Illinois expecting half a million new vaccine doses this weekApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois vaccine providers have received another 342,670 vaccine doses, state health officials reported Tuesday. It's part of a 551,590-dose allocation the state is expe...
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Housing advocates seek support for homelessness prevention billsApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Housing advocates including former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti joined state Rep. La Shawn Ford and state Sen. Karina Villa Tuesday to call for support for ...
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Illinois attorney general reports office network 'compromised'Apr 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that his agency's office internet network was discovered to be "compromised" on Saturday, according...
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What you need to know about the J&J vaccine pauseApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Federal health officials Tuesday called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine after reporting six women 18 to 48 years old had dev...
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Police: 2 dead after train hits truck in southern IllinoisApr 12, 2021 7:00 am - ULLIN, Ill. (AP) - Two people were killed when a pickup truck pulled directly into the path of a train in far southern Illinois, police said. The truck's driver had turn...
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2,433 new COVID-19 cases reported in Illinois, and 18 deathsApr 12, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Public health officials on Monday reported 2,433 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Illinois and 18 related deaths. The Illinois Depa...
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2 police shootings in 2 days in RockfordApr 12, 2021 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Two separate police shootings in the northern Illinois community of Rockford over the weekend left one man dead and another injured, authorities sa...
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State police investigating shooting of northern Illinois manApr 12, 2021 7:00 am - LENA, Ill. (AP) - An investigation is underway by Illinois State Police into the fatal shooting of an allegedly armed man seen attempting to enter a bank, officials said...