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Prosecutors: Officer will not face charges in fatal shootingFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northwestern Indiana officer will not face charges in the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man who authorities say refused to drop a gun during a...
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Chicago fire marshal convicted of violating US banking lawsFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Fire Department marshal was convicted on federal charges of depositing around $350,000 in less than $10,000 increments at different financial in...
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Chicago police arrest suspect in subway shootingFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A convicted felon has been charged with shooting a passenger on a subway train as it pulled into a station near the University of Illinois-Chicago this we...
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Chicago student 'nervous' when official grabbed his faceFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Another round of tumult took over a Chicago high school Thursday when students staged a protest over a video allegedly showing a now former school officia...
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Buttigieg gains backing from Indianapolis mayorFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Pete Buttigieg's presidential bid gained the backing Thursday of Indiana's other highest-profile Democrat as Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett joined in...
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Chicago basketball coach out after altercation allegationsFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The coach of a top-ranked Illinois high school boys' basketball team has been removed from his position following an allegation that he had a physical alt...
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Chicago flooding spurs local, state disaster proclamationsFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday issued disaster proclamations stemming from flood damage along the Lake Michigan ...
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Official: US citizen believed kidnapped in AfghanistanFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An American citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan by a Taliban-affiliated group, a U.S. official said Thursday, and authorities are working to resc...
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GOP Senate candidates generally support gun rights, oppose new restrictionsFeb 06, 2020 4:30 am - Illinois' Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have similar - but not identical - stances on gun ownership and gun-control legislation. None advocate restricting owners...
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Legislative watchdog bemoaned as too weak to matter in IllinoisFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Investigations into misconduct by Illinois lawmakers should be confidential and free of oversight, particularly from legislators themselves, the General A...