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Stave off winter's chill with a warm bowl of soup from a Chicago-area restaurantJan 19, 2022 10:00 pm - Chicago winters can be brutal at the best of times, but the spread of the omicron variant during the regular cold and flu season has made this year especially rough. If ...
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Man gets 65 years for death of 11-month-old Indiana girlJan 19, 2022 6:00 am - KNOX, Ind. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to killing an 11-month-old northern Indiana girl whose remains were found buried in a wooded area has been sentenced to the ma...
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Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' about nearly 10% drop in COVID-19 hospitalizationsJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations continued their weeklong decline Wednesday, now down 9.8% from a week ago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the steady drop in patients over the past ...
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Amid sale of longtime campus near Northbrook, Allstate buys Loop building for possible new headquartersJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Less than two months after reaching a deal to sell most of its sprawling suburban campus near Northbrook, Allstate Corp. has purchased a downtown Chicago office building...
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Sound check: Nelly, Tiffany, Everclear and Tomorrow Never KnowsJan 18, 2022 11:00 am - Nelly at Genesee The three-time Grammy-winning, platinum-selling rapper Nelly brings his string of hits and favorite collaborations from his two decades on the musi...
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Climate change makes the future of Nordic skiing uncertainJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) - For the first time in 32 years, organizers of the Rendezvous Cross Country Ski Festival in West Yellowstone, Montana, had to cancel November's tra...
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Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald to be releasedJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The white Chicago police officer whose fatal shooting of Black teen Laquan McDonald put the city at the center of a national debate about race and law enf...
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Metro Police fatally shoot armed man at gas stationJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - WOOD RIVER, Ill. (AP) - Police in the Metro East area of Illinois fatally shot an armed man who pulled a gun on officers at a gas station early Tuesday, authorities sai...
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Indiana vaccine exemption bill advances, faces GOP hurdlesJan 18, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana House Republicans pushed through a proposal Tuesday that would severely limit workplace COVID-19 vaccination requirements even as the move fa...
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'Our schools need help': Most districts in Illinois face a worsening teacher shortageJan 18, 2022 4:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - School officials across Illinois say a shortage of teachers and substitutes is forcing them to cancel course offerings, move them online or fill open posit...