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Woman who gave birth alone in cell secures $200k settlementFeb 20, 2021 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - An Indiana woman who gave birth alone in a Kentucky jail will receive $200,000 settlement after arguing that correction staffers were deliberately ...
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Senator seeks probe of natural gas price spikes during stormFeb 20, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democratic senator is calling for federal investigations into possible price gouging of natural gas in the Midwest and other regions following severe...
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Indiana volunteers painstakingly restore rare wooden cabooseFeb 20, 2021 6:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Ind. (AP) - Cabooses generally haven't been seen as the last car of freight trains for many years. The crew members they used to house and the jobs done by th...
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Carla Barnes is first Black judge in 11th Judicial CircuitFeb 20, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Carla Barnes continues to break milestones in the 11th Judicial Circuit Court. Barnes was sworn in Feb. 11 as the first African American judge i...
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Priest preached in Aurora, Chicago after being banned from California dioceseFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - While ministering in San Bernardino, California in 2014, a Chicago-area priest named Joseph Jablonski told a boy something that prompted the bishop's office there, when ...
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Activist charged with felony stemming from Kenosha protestsFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - An activist who participated in protests following the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was charged Friday with a felony for alleged...
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63 more deaths from COVID-19 in Illinois, among 2,200 casesFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials reported 2,219 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with 63 additional deaths. That brings to 1...
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Study: Heroin chief cause of suburban Chicago opioid deathsFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A study of deaths related to opioid-related overdoses in suburban Chicago has found heroin was the chief killer, according to a report released Friday. T...
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9 more convictions tossed in infamous Chicago police scandalFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge on Friday threw out felony convictions of nine more people framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, including that of a man who gaine...
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Biden tours Pfizer plant as weather causes vaccine delaysFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Extreme winter weather has dealt the first major setback to the Biden administration's planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines, delaying shipment...