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Chicago activist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol breachDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - A Chicago activist who is alleged to have declared "we are patriots" amid the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach is the latest Illinois resident charged in the riot. Larry Ligas...
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Former congressional candidate removed from school post for spreading vaccine misformationDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - A retired Marine Corps colonel and former GOP candidate in the 8th Congressional District has been removed from a high-ranking position at Chicago Public Schools' Marine...
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Illinois' COVID-19 hospitalization count the highest in 10 monthsDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois hospitalizations from COVID-19 are at their highest level in 10 months, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data. IDPH officials are reporting 2,4...
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Pitcher Stroman uses Twitter to announce he'll be joining CubsDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - Cubs fans have been waiting for their team to make a splash in free-agency. If they happened to be following Marcus Stroman on Twitter, they felt drops of water Wednesda...
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Man testifies Smollett recruited him, brother to fake attackDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - An aspiring actor testified Wednesday that Jussie Smollett recruited him and his brother to stage a homophobic and racist attack on him in downtown Chicago nearly three ...
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Explosion rocks NW Indiana steel mill, no injuries reportedNov 30, 2021 6:00 am - BURNS HARBOR, Ind. (AP) - An explosion rocked a steel mill in northwest Indiana on Tuesday, rattling nearby residents and producing a plume of smoke visible miles away, ...
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Indiana medical groups plead for more to get COVID-19 shotsNov 30, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's top medical groups pleaded Tuesday for more people to get COVID-19 vaccine shots as the state is in the midst of a new surge of infections ...
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Chicago-area man charged in alleged DUI crash that killed 3Nov 30, 2021 6:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been charged in the October deaths of three people killed when he allegedly crashed his vehicle while drunk into another ...
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Can California legally require women on corporate boards?Nov 30, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - When then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation's first law requiring women on boards of publicly traded companies, he suggested it might not ...
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Defying gravity ... again: 'Wicked' will return to ChicagoNov 30, 2021 5:00 am - “Wicked,” the blockbuster musical whose initial Chicago run grossed more than $200 million, breaking box office records, will return to Chicago next fall, Broadway in Ch...