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Michigan City mayor fires fire chief, deputy after incidentNov 10, 2020 6:00 am - MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Michigan City's mayor has fired his fire chief and deputy fire chief after an off-duty incident now under investigation by the Indiana State P...
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Judge recuses herself from Portage mayor's bribery retrialNov 10, 2020 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A federal judge has recused herself from the bribery case of a former northwestern Indiana mayor only days after setting a date for his retrial in t...
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Indigenous candidates' wins in Congress give hope for changeNov 10, 2020 6:00 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Internet access, health care and basic necessities like running water and electricity within Indigenous communities have long been at the center ...
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Indiana man charged in crash deaths of his 2 young childrenNov 10, 2020 6:00 am - HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (AP) - An eastern Indiana man has been charged in the deaths of his two young children, with authorities alleging he had drugs in his system when his...
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Religious conservatives object to 'Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading' standardsNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Board of Education is considering a set of new standards for teachers and administrators that are aimed at making them more sensitive to...
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Feder: Editor Karen Hawkins named co-publisher of Chicago ReaderNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - Karen Hawkins, co-editor in chief of the Chicago Reader, has been named co-publisher of the alternative newspaper, Robert Feder reports. “I am so excited to be joined by...
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Woman held in slayings of suburban Chicago coupleNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - ALGONQUIN, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman has been arrested in Colorado in connection with the slayings of a couple she reportedly lived with. The McHenry County C...
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SW Indiana police fatally shoot armed man in home's backyardNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Evansville police officers fatally shot an armed man in the southwestern Indiana city after police said the man failed to comply with officers' o...
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Man charged with supplying gun in deadly Wisconsin protestNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying the gun that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a protest over polic...
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Southern Illinois federal trials canceled due to COVID-19Nov 09, 2020 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has led to federal civil and criminal trials in southern Illinois being canceled through Jan. 24. U.S. District Judg...