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Ex-Dallas police chief now heads Chicago Police DepartmentApr 16, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The man chosen by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to head the nation's second-largest police force became acting superintendent Wednesday pending approval of...
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Indiana man facing charges of welfare fraud over hidden bodyApr 16, 2020 7:00 am - GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man faces welfare fraud and other charges alleging that he hid his father's body for two years so that he could cash his father's ...
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Illinois unemployment claims hit 634,000 due to pandemicApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois Another 141,049 Illinoisans filed initial unemployment claims in the week ending April 11, bringing the total number in the state ...
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Pritzker fights COVID-19 from Chicago, irking some downstateApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent countless hours plotting and planning strategy in the state's race against the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who live in central an...
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Fantasy sports betting a game of skill, not chance, state Supreme Court rulesApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A statute dating back to the early 1800s cannot be applied to daily fantasy sports betting, Illinois' highest court ruled Thursday. Fantasy sports, the cou...
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Need a laugh? Chicago and suburban improv troupes create comedy onlineApr 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Improvisational performers follow the playful mantra of “Yes, and ...” to create comedy on the spot. But the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up a temporary barrier of “N...
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Chicago mayor: Data shows progress but 'long way' to goApr 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago residents' adherence to a statewide order to stay at home has helped slow the spread of the coronavirus, the city's mayor said Wednesday. But May...
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Man who died after Gary steel mill fall ID'd as Illinois manApr 15, 2020 7:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - A man who died last week after a fall at U.S. Steel's Gary Works mill has been identified as a widowed Illinois father of three who was engaged to be m...
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Chicago boy, 17, fatally shot along with his dog during walkApr 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A teenage boy was shot and fatally wounded along with his dog as the youth was walking the canine near his Chicago home, police said. The boy, who was lat...
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Pileup along icy Chicago expressway sends 14 to hospitalsApr 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Portions of a Chicago expressway left icy by a wintry blast that brought overnight snowfall led to a pileup involving of dozens of vehicles early Wednesda...