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Help researchers track Illinois bat speciesAug 04, 2021 11:00 pm - Do you have a bat roost on your property? Become a community scientist with the Illinois Bat Conservation Program. Go to www.illinoisbats.org and click on "Roost Surveys...
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Chicago police accused of another botched raid in lawsuitAug 04, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Black family is suing the Chicago police department, saying officers broke down their door and pointed guns at two small children while searching the pl...
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Holcomb resists Indiana mask mandate as virus variant spikesAug 04, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has not imposed a mask mandate inside state buildings despite federal guidance that masks should be worn indoors and a surg...
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Suburban Chicago cop won't face charges for shooting teenAug 04, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx won't file criminal charges against a suburban Chicago police officer who accidentally shot a teenager during a shoo...
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3 found dead in NW Indiana apartment, overdoses suspectedAug 04, 2021 7:00 am - MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Three people found dead last week in a northwest Indiana apartment are believed to have died from drug overdoses, a coroner said. The bodies o...
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Advocate Aurora Health requiring vaccinations for workersAug 04, 2021 7:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Advocate Aurora Health will require its 75,000 employees in Illinois and Wisconsin to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15, the hospita...
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Pandemic travel bans divide loved ones across bordersAug 04, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Quintin Sweat and Renée Harrison live only 15 minutes apart by car, with the U.S.-Canada border between them. But the couple, who got engaged in 2019, ...
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On 20th anniversary of 9/11, annual stair climb remembers firefighters' sacrificeAug 04, 2021 6:00 am - We will never forget. As a nation, we will always remember where we were when we heard about the airplanes hitting the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. We wi...
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Illinois COVID-19 cases triple, vaccinations down by half in one monthAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - In just one month, new COVID-19 infections more than tripled, but vaccinations dropped nearly by half, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed. The latest mutat...
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Des Plaines officer who accidentally shot teen won't be prosecutedAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The Cook County state's attorney's office has declined to prosecute a Des Plaines police officer who accidentally shot a teenager in 2019 at a Northwest Side music schoo...