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Without federal relief, state faces big budget cuts, Pritzker warnsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that Illinois faces the prospect of having to make deep spending cuts over the rest of the fiscal year if Congress does not ...
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Police announce arrest in 9-year-old's slayingAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - A suspect is in custody in the fatal shooting Friday of a 9-year-old boy who was playing on Chicago's Near North Side, police said Monday. Janari Ricks was shot and kill...
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Downstate accounts for 40% of Illinois' new COVID-19 cases, up from 10% three months agoAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 cases in Illinois peaked in early May, downstate residents made up an average of 10% of the new cases each day. Over the past week, with cases surging once a...
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Chicago teachers, activists urge keeping schools closed during pandemicAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As the debate heats up nationwide over the reopening of schools, Chicago teachers, activists and families rallied Monday outside Chicago City Hall to oppose a planned re...
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New interactive tool helps Hoosiers find canoes, kayaksAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - A steady breeze rippled the placid water of the Driftwood River, breaking the tranquility surrounding the canoe. The rustling leaves of the towerin...
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Pet owners bonding with their dogs, cats during pandemicAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - SCHERERVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Schererville resident Tiffany Leigh's chihuahua Millie is generally attached to her, but never more so than during the coronavirus pandemic tha...
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8 dead and at least 19 wounded in weekend Chicago shootingsAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Gun violence continued to plague Chicago, with eight people killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 other people wounded so far this weekend, ...
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Ginsburg waited 4 months to say her cancer had returnedAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps the most forthcoming member of the Supreme Court when it comes to telling the public about her many health issue...
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Indiana man sentenced in 2017 bartender death seeks appealAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A northwest Indiana man convicted in the 2017 stabbing death of a bartender outside a bar where they both worked has filed an appeal. Christophe...
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New breed of hemp growers tout resurgence of the plantAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - BEECHER, Ill. (AP) - In early 2019, Rachael and Jesse Smedberg took a leap of faith and bought a corn farm in Beecher. A corn silo remains on the 65-acre property that i...