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More police to patrol Chicago freeways as shootings increaseSep 30, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - State police will add patrols to Chicago-area freeways with troopers from elsewhere in Illinois due to a rising number of shootings involving motorists. T...
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Republicans reject last-ditch Indiana redistricting changesSep 30, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Senate Republicans unanimously rejected on Thursday last-ditch attempts by Democrats to reduce the splitting up of several urban areas into m...
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Tour of Wisconsin Army post reveals thankful, bored AfghansSep 30, 2021 7:00 am - FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) - Reporters were given a glimpse Thursday of Afghan refugees' lives on a Wisconsin Army post, getting to see the new arrivals playing soccer with s...
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Trial will start Friday for ticket broker accused of scamming Sox out of $1 millionSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago White Sox program that made up for "bad weather" games by letting fans redeem tickets for another trip to the ballpark "opened the door" in 2017 to a ticket br...
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Illinois announces first $24 million in 'Back to Business' grantsSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration on Thursday announced the awarding of the first $24 million in "Back to Business" grants, a program funded with federal...
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Pritzker: No plans for state to help keep Bears in ChicagoSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday that while he personally wishes the Bears would stay in Chicago rather than move to Arlington Heights, there are no plans for state fina...
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Downers Grove man injured in I-290 shootingSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - A 55-year-old Downers Grove man was injured in a shooting Wednesday night on Interstate 290. The shooting occurred on the westbound expressway near Kedzie Avenue in Chi...
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More COVID-19 deaths in September than previous two months combinedSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois reported more COVID-19 deaths in September than during the previous two months combined, and the most in a single month since February. The increase in deaths i...
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Host your own live shopping event and make money from homeSep 29, 2021 7:00 am - Hosting a livestreaming shopping event from your kitchen table (perhaps with a generous pour of wine nearby) sounds like an easy way to make some extra money. And the po...
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Conservative Koch network disavows critical race theory bansSep 29, 2021 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - As conservative political groups mobilize to ban in schools what they call critical race theory, one prominent backer of Republican causes and ca...