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SOS Illinois' 'Family Togetherness' message for MLK Day supports the bond between birth parents and kids in foster careJan 14, 2021 10:00 pm - January 15, 2021 (Chicago, IL) - SOS Children's Villages Illinois, a nonprofit, child-welfare agency that serves at-risk youth and children in foster care, shares a me...
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Teen charged with murder in fatal Chicago carjakingJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A teenager already suspected in a string of carjackings in Chicago has been charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot to death the driver ...
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Teen guilty of murder when he was 13 sentenced to 63 yearsJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A teenager who was 13 when accused of killing another youth in northern Indiana was sentenced Thursday to 63 years in prison. Alphonso James III, now...
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Mayor: Chicago opening 6 mass COVID-19 vaccination sitesJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is opening six mass COVID-19 vaccination sites that'll be able to deliver roughly 25,000 weekly shots once operational, Mayor Lori Lig...
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Union: 17 Chicago cops resting in burgled office suspendedJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police suspended several officers captured on video during last summer's widespread unrest who were lounging - and apparently even sleeping - insi...
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Groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolvesJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for w...
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Chicago-area man gets 16 years in postal worker's shootingJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who pleaded guilty in the New Year's Eve 2018 shooting of a U.S. Postal Service worker has been sentenced to 16 years in federal pr...
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2 men charged in 1998 killings of NW Indiana woman, 2 teensJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - Two men have been charged in the killings of a woman and two teenage boys found bludgeoned to death in 1998 in a house in northwest Indiana. Ham...
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High Court rules for city of Chicago in vehicle impound caseJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says that when a person's car has been impounded and they file for bankruptcy, the car does not have to be immediately returned. In a...
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Capitol investigators try to sort real tips from noiseJan 14, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Potential threats and leads are pouring in to law enforcement agencies nationwide after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The challenge is now figu...