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Rozner: Even bad baseball at Wrigley Field is a good thingJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - On the drive to Wrigley Field Saturday morning, I attempted to do some math. While fairly certain that seven remains one more than six, and that 60 is fewer than 162, t...
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Milk, bread and music: Capital Soiree plays Mount Prospect grocery store showJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Public health concerns have limited performance spaces in the area recently, but pop-rock band Capital Soiree — James Kourafas of Chicago, Steven Rejdukowski and Max Rom...
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Holiday World requires face coverings beginning MondayJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (AP) - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari will require face coverings for entry beginning Monday. The southern Indiana amusement park is citing Gov. Eric...
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Indiana governor drops mask violator penalty after criticismJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor dropped a planned criminal penalty from the statewide face mask mandate that he signed Friday after objections from some law enfo...
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Christopher Columbus statues taken down at 2 Chicago parksJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two statues of Christopher Columbus that stood in Chicago parks were taken down early Friday at the direction of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a week after protes...
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1,532 new known Illinois COVID-19 cases and 19 more deathsJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported an additional 1,532 confirmed cases of coronavirus, down slightly from the 1,624 new...
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Indiana tops 1,000 in new daily virus cases for 1st timeJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's number of new confirmed coronavirus infections topped 1,000 for the first time in figures released Friday by the state health department. T...
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1 dead, 1 missing after boat capsizes near Ohio River damJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SMITHLAND, Ky. (AP) - One man died and search crews were looking for another after a boat capsized near the Smithland Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, Kentucky officials ...
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Seattle pays $300K to man wrongly convicted of girl's murderJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - The City of Seattle has paid $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against the Police Department and detectives who helped investigate and arrest a Seattle m...
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Christopher Columbus statue taken down at Grant Park in ChicagoJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago's Grant Park was taken down early Friday, a week after protesters trying to topple the monument to the Italian explo...