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Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries growAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across m...
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3 killed in wrong-way collision along SW Chicago highwayAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A motorist traveling the wrong way on a highway on Chicago's southwest side collided head-on early Friday with another vehicle, leaving three people dead,...
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Lawmakers schedule Aug. 31 session on changing legislative mapsAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law earlier this...
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Illinois records highest single-day COVID-19 case total since JanuaryAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day in Illinois reached 4,904 Friday, the highest since late January. COVID-19 hospitalizations also cleared a somb...
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Central Indiana train derailment leads to power outageAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - FOUNTAINTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Twelve cars of a CSX freight train derailed Thursday, prompting the evacuation of 10 homes and cutting power to more than 400 homes and busines...
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Some rural bankers worried drought will threaten operationsAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The economy continues to grow in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states , according to a new monthly survey of bankers in the region, but some ba...
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Indiana mayor starts challenge for Republican Sen. YoungAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - The Democratic mayor of Hammond has started a campaign to challenge Republican Todd Young's reelection bid in Indiana's U.S. Senate election next ye...
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Woman weeps while testifying against R. Kelly about assaultAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A key accuser at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial returned to the witness stand on Thursday, weeping when a prosecutor asked her to read out loud from...
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Coroner IDs motorcyclist killed during NW Indiana pursuitAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A motorcyclist killed while fleeing from northwest Indiana police after apparently losing control of his bike at a roundabout and crashing was a 3...
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DNR probes death of black bear found in northern IndianaAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - BRISTOL, Ind. (AP) - State wildlife officials are investigating after a black bear was found dead in far northern Indiana in one of only a handful of confirmed instances...