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Indiana lawmakers step back on 'In God We Trust' requirementJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana lawmakers have rolled back a proposal that aimed to require a poster with the national motto 'œIn God We Trust'ť and the American and state f...
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Bill advances to pause Indiana coal power plant closingsJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A proposal aimed at making it more difficult for Indiana electric companies to close additional coal-fired power plants faces objections from consume...
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Intruder shot during Danville home invasion identifiedJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Police say an eastern Illinois homeowner shot and killed an intruder during a home invasion. A Danville man told police that at least two people ar...
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Correction: Chicago Schools-Discrimination Lawsuit storyJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - In a Jan. 21 story about the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit against the Chicago public school district, The Associated Press erroneously reported tha...
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Panel endorses Indiana ban on drivers using handheld phonesJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A push to combat distracted driving with a ban on the use of handheld cellphones cleared its first hurdle Wednesday toward becoming the law in Indian...
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Hearing may set order of R. Kelly's Chicago sex abuse trialsJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors in Chicago were expected to announce on Wednesday which of the sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly they want to take to trial first. The s...
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Murder suspect's cellphone shows searches for information on the case, the day Hinsdale woman was killed.Jan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Records for murder suspect Dominic Sanders' cellphone show that in the evening of the day Andrea Urban was killed, someone used the phone to search for news about the ca...
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O'Hare on Friday will begin screening some passengers for coronavirusJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Officials began distributing information Wednesday at O'Hare International Airport and will start health screenings Friday for passengers arriving from the Wuhan region ...
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Court to determine whether Proviso district is on the hook for void contractJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Do public entities still have to pay void contracts? That's a question before the Illinois Supreme Court. In May 2014, a fire significantly damaged Proviso East High Sch...
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Proposal would let library districts tax marijuanaJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - A bill filed in Springfield could allow local libraries to get a cut of the taxes on recreational cannabis sales, but it would come at the potential expense of county-le...