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COVID-19 outbreak sparks flood of executive orders from PritzkerMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is on a pace to set a modern-day record for issuing the most executive orders by an Illinois governor. Since 1999, which is a...
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Just as in coronavirus, young people are key to stopping tuberculosisMar 24, 2020 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leslie A. Enane, Indiana University Sch...
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Coronavirus-related crimes capitalize on global fear, panicMar 24, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Thieves steal surgical masks. A clinic sells fake COVID-19 tests. Hate groups encourage sick members to infect law enforcement officers. Imposters pose...
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Grim find: Bodies of virus victims in Spanish nursing homesMar 24, 2020 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people suspecte...
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Indiana health chief warns coronavirus cases will increaseMar 24, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Top Indiana officials warned Tuesday that the state's rapid jump in coronavirus illnesses is just the beginning and that obeying a new stay-at-home o...
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Chicago woman gets prison for beating death of son in IowaMar 24, 2020 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A woman from Chicago has been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison on charges stemming from the beating death of her 5-year-old son in Iowa. Jacq...
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Eastern Indiana man dies in workplace fall from ladderMar 24, 2020 7:00 am - MONTPELIER, Ind. (AP) - An eastern Indiana man died in a fall Tuesday at his workplace, authorities said. Jeffrey Humphries, 51, of Montpelier, was pronounced dead at th...
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4 more COVID-19 deaths, 250 new cases in IllinoisMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - Four more people have died from coronavirus in Illinois, bringing the total death toll in the state to 16 since the outbreak began. An additional 250 people have contrac...
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Why sudden drop in calls to child abuse hotline due to coronavirus is not good newsMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - With schools, day care centers and preschools around Illinois shut down as part of statewide efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, calls to the Department of...
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Caddyshack in Rosemont donates food to pantryMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - Murray Bros. Caddyshack restaurant in Rosemont donated more than $7,000 worth of fresh food to a Chicago food pantry last weekend that will be given to those in need on ...