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Aug. 8 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 93,588 cases in the suburbs as of Saturday. That's 49% of the state's total, a...
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Indiana Senate leader warns less funding for schools onlineAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's Senate president warned public schools in a letter that they could face budget cuts if they don't hold in-person classes this year, despite...
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Kanye West's nomination papers challenged in WisconsinAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Rapper Kanye West's attempt to get on Wisconsin's presidential ballot as a third-party candidate is being challenged. One challenge filed Friday wit...
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Indiana on pace to deplete jobless benefits in SeptemberAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's unemployment insurance trust fund will be depleted in September if Hoosiers continue seeking assistance for joblessness at the current pace...
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Colorado trucker sentenced in Kansas crash that killed 5Aug 07, 2020 7:00 am - LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A truck driver from Colorado was sentenced Friday to five years in jail for causing a crash that killed five people when his semi-trailer truck ...
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Man in custody following shootout with Chicago policeAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A gun-wielding man who Chicago police officers spotted running from a business exchanged gunfire with the officers early Friday before he was taken into c...
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Champaign barbershop targeted by protesters closesAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois barbershop that became the target of protests by racial justice activists has closed, owner of the property where the shop leas...
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Loan program ends, hard-hit businesses hope for 2nd chanceAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Small businesses are in limbo again as the coronavirus outbreak rages and the government's $659 billion relief program draws to a close. Companies still ...
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2nd federal prisoner at Marion dies this week of COVID-19Aug 07, 2020 7:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - A second inmate diagnosed with COVID-19 at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois, has died this week, authorities said. Taiwan Davis, 39, died Wedne...
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Searcher recover body of one of two boys missing in riverAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (AP) - The body of a boy, one of two who went missing late Thursday, has been pulled by the Illinois River at Beardstown, officials announced Friday. Se...