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New leader at Western Illinois U. will get $320K a yearDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Trustees at Western Illinois University approved a 2 1/2-year contract with the school's new president Friday and set the salary at $320,000 a year. ...
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Colorado reports 40K people filed for jobless benefitsDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Colorado reported unemployment filings have ticked up during the latest surge of the coronavirus pandemic, rising by more than 11% in the last week, offici...
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COVID-19 deaths in Illinois reach 15K; nearly 887K casesDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Deaths in Illinois from the coronavirus illness topped 15,000 on Friday, public health officials said. The state passed the grim milestone with...
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Body found after fire in western Indiana garage put outDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - UNIVERSAL, Ind. (AP) - State Police are investigating after a body was discovered inside a western Indiana garage after a fire there was extinguished Friday. The fire wa...
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Ohio woman charged in 1992 infant death in IllinoisDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - An Ohio woman has been charged with murder in the death of an infant whose body was found in a trash bag floating along the shores of Mississippi Riv...
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Pastors, Chicago mayor talk about Black woman's botched raidDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pastors disturbed over how Chicago police treated a Black woman whose home was the target of a wrong raid spoke with the mayor Friday, demanding more info...
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States making bold new legal claims in 2 Google lawsuitsDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition e...
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In Trump election fraud cases, federal judges upheld the rule of law '“ but that's not enough to fix US politicsDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charles Gardner Geyh, Indiana Universit...
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17,000 health workers vaccinated so far; nursing homes could get shots Dec. 28Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 15,000 Friday, officials reported, as more than 17,000 health care workers in the suburbs and beyond have been vaccinated against the resp...
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Woman sentenced for helping in fatal St. Louis carjackingDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman who pleaded guilty to helping a man commit a fatal carjacking in St. Louis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jana Stowers, 21, of East S...