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Illinois starts planning for a COVID-19 vaccine as cases surgeOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While battling a recalcitrant coronavirus pandemic, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday started laying plans for distributing a safe and effective vaccine. But...
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Pritzker renews call for more federal COVID-19 reliefOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday renewed his call for more federal aid for struggling state and local governments as well as small businesses, but talks in ...
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Schaumburg woman found dead in vacant lot in ChicagoOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - A 30-year-old Schaumburg woman was found dead Tuesday morning in Humboldt Park, according to a news release from the Chicago Police Department. Jessica Elsayed was found...
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69 more die of COVID-19 in Illinois, most since mid-JuneOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials Wednesday reported 69 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19, the highest single-day total the state has seen since mid-June. COVID-relat...
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Two more suspects charged in 2017 death of Davenport manOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Two suspects from Illinois were charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in a 2017 shooting death in Davenport. Darryl Merritt, 24, of Cahokia, Il...
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AP finds most arrested in protests aren't leftist radicalsOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump portrays the hundreds of people arrested nationwide in protests against racial injustice as violent urban left-wing radicals. Bu...
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Wisconsin voters line up to cast early in-person ballotsOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Voters across Wisconsin lined up Tuesday to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state, ma...
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Chicago group to remove 'Lightscape' from downtown areaOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An organization that advocates for Chicago's central business district has decided to remove some decorative clusters of lights and speakers from the city...
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Noblesville residents protest against proposed gravel pitOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Demonstrators against a proposed 40-acre gravel pit in central Indiana gathered outside City Hall to protest the project claiming it would incre...
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Chicago adds 5 states to travel quarantine amid virus spikeOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago added five states to its travel quarantine order as rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations prompted Mayor Lori Lightfoot to announce she's thi...