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Indiana Senate abandons contentious school curriculum billJan 14, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Senate will not consider contentious Republican-backed legislation that supporters say would have increased parental control over what th...
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Illinois Secretary of State offices closing for another weekJan 14, 2022 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - All Illinois Secretary of State departments will not conduct in-person transactions including driver services for another week, until Jan. 24, t...
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Civil war in the US is unlikely because grievance doesn't necessarily translate directly into violenceJan 14, 2022 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ore Koren, Indiana University (THE CONV...
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Chicago students stage walkout, say COVID protocols lackingJan 14, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of Chicago students staged a walkout Friday, saying there weren't enough precautions in place to protect them from COVID-19 despite an agreement ...
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Bodies of 2 sisters found after central Indiana house fireJan 14, 2022 6:00 am - FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) - Two young sisters have died after their central Indiana home caught fire. Firefighters responded about 2:30 a.m. Friday to the blaze near Frankfor...
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Deerfield Republican launches another campaign for attorney generalJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - International business attorney Steve Kim launched his second campaign for attorney general on Thursday, entering the Republican primary with a pledge to tackle corrupti...
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Van Dyke will be released from prison next monthJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will leave prison next month after serving more than three years for the murder of Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke's release is se...
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COVID-19 new-case averages dip slightly for second day in a rowJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - For the second day, the seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases in Illinois dipped Friday, an encouraging sign after a week of high infection and hospitalization counts...
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Chicago students walk out of class in protestJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Several hundred students walked out of classes Friday to rally outside Chicago Public Schools downtown headquarters calling for additional COVID-19 safety measures durin...
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Two 14-year-old boys killed in separate shootings in ChicagoJan 13, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot on Chicago's South Side just hours after another boy the same age was shot and killed on the city's near West Side, pol...