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Average of COVID-19 infections drops by 6% in a weekMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Average new cases of COVID-19 declined for the sixth day in a row, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. The seven-day average for new infections w...
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House speaker says minority representation key to remap effortMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Democrat from Hillside, stepped back from supporting an independent commission on legislative redistricting in comments W...
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Foxx apologizes for lawyer's false gun claim in Adam Toledo caseMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County's top prosecutor apologized Wednesday because an attorney who works under her implied in court that 13-year-old Adam Toledo was holding a gun when a police o...
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Senate committee advances bills on sex ed, decriminalizing HIV transmissionMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation that would overhaul sex education in Illinois and a measure to decriminalize the transmission of HIV were among several bills that passed the S...
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDTMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - 'Horrible' weeks ahead as India's virus catastrophe worsens NEW DELHI (AP) - COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sigh...
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Indiana State Fair returning after 2020 pandemic cancelationMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana State Fair will return with some changes this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced its cancellation, fair officials annou...
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Central Illinois woman charged in deaths of boyfriend, babyMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has been charged with murder and other counts in connection with the March deaths of her infant daughter and her boyfriend ...
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ATF to help Gary authorities investigate suspicious firesMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will help the Gary police and fire departments investigate a series of recent suspiciou...
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E Indiana woman gets 55 years in slaying of child's fatherMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ind. (AP) - A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 55 years in prison Tuesday after a jury convicted her of murder in the shooting death of her child's ...
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Chicago Auto Show to return in July after coronavirus hiatusMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Standing in the massive convention center that was turned into a COVID-19 field hospital almost a year ago, Chicago's mayor and the Illinois governor on T...