Articles filed under Region
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Ex-Chicago alderman sentenced to prison for tax evasionDec 04, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago alderman nicknamed 'œFast Eddie'ť for his backroom dealing was sentenced Friday by a federal judge to 18 months in prison for tax evasion...
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Grounded freighter freed from Detroit River shipping channelDec 04, 2020 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - A 500-foot (152-meter) freighter that became stuck and blocked a Detroit River shipping channel has been freed. The Harvest Spirit was refloated Thursday ...
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California attorney withdraws from Rittenhouse criminal caseDec 04, 2020 6:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A California attorney for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Wisconsin ...
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Collaboration between aquariums helps save endangered fishDec 04, 2020 6:00 am - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Aquariums in Chicago, Connecticut and Iowa are helping the Tennessee Aquarium save an endangered minnow. Habitat destruction and invasive spe...
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Trump loves to win but keeps losing election lawsuitsDec 04, 2020 6:00 am - For a man obsessed with winning, President Donald Trump is losing a lot. He's managed to lose not just once to Democrat Joe Biden at the ballot box but over and over ag...
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Illinois schools are not COVID-19 superspreaders, data showsDec 04, 2020 12:00 am - Even as the region enters its worst period of the pandemic thus far, the vast majority of public and private schools in the Chicago area that have reopened in some capac...
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Which suburban hospitals are getting COVID-19 vaccines firstDec 04, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities will be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines, assuming approvals are granted by federal regulators i...
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Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuitDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden...
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Teen charged in fatal beating, burning of Chicago manDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 15-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an elderly man who was beaten to death with a baseball bat and then set on fi...
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Retired Chicago firefighter shot dead in carjacking attemptDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A retired lieutenant of the Chicago Fire Department was killed when he exchanged gunfire with carjackers as he walked to his vehicle from a popcorn shop, ...