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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...
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Emails: Chicago mayor told of 'bad' botched raid in Nov 2019Dec 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was first told in November 2019 of a 'œpretty bad wrongful raid'ť on the home of a Black woman who wasn't allowed to put on h...
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Half of Indiana counties labeled high-risk for virus spreadDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor and top health officials called Wednesday for patience while early doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are administered to health ca...
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Escaped murder suspect recaptured in northwest IndianaDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A murder suspect who escaped from a security company's van while the vehicle was stopped at a McDonald's in northwest Indiana was recaptured We...
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Mayor's office releases some emails about botched raidDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office on Wednesday released some - but not all - records related to the botched raid of Anjanette Young's home that confirm Lightfoot was alerted...
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Despite less testing, new COVID-19 cases continue to riseDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - The 10 state-run COVID-19 testing sites averaged nearly 1,200 fewer tests a day over the past week compared to the week prior. But new cases continue to rise despite th...