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Quilt artists create textiles to admire or cozy up withJan 06, 2021 6:00 am - In this winter of hunkering down at home, there's a trend that's just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art. An artistic quilt might be displayed prominently o...
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Protesters swarm Statehouses across US; some evacuatedJan 06, 2021 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Protesters backing President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading some officials to evacuate wh...
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Chicago arrested on felony charges after off-duty shootingJan 06, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer was arrested Wednesday on felony charges after he fired his gun at a person while off duty last fall and then allegedly lied abou...
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Bid to oust Madigan as speaker might not be decided on first voteJan 06, 2021 4:30 am - A number of suburban Democratic lawmakers say they are willing to prolong the vote for Illinois House speaker in their effort to replace Michael Madigan, setting the Hou...
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Walgreens to sell drug wholesale business for $6.5BJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Walgreens Boots Alliance will sell its pharmaceutical wholesale business to AmerisourceBergen in a $6.5 billion cash and stock deal. Pharmaceutical wholesalers essential...
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'This is a coup attempt': What Republican and Democratic reps from Illinois said about Capitol attackJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - As a violent mob laid siege to and then occupied the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, members of Illinois' congressional delegation tweeted eyewitness accounts of the historic...
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Willis also challenging Madigan for House speakerJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Reps. Kathleen Willis and Ann Williams have launched bids to replace Michael Madigan as Illinois House speaker. They, along with state Rep. Stephanie...
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Chicago push to reopen city schools becomes more contentiousJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Only half of Chicago Public Schools teachers expected in schools ahead of preschool students' anticipated return next week showed up, district officials said Tuesday in ...
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Pritzker lowers vaccine age requirement as deaths surpass 17,000Jan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker lowered the age requirement for vaccination to 65 and older for the next phase of inoculations as the state surpassed 17,000 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday...
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Pritzker calls for Trump's removal from officeJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is calling for President Donald Trump to be impeached over Wednesday's forcible occupation of the U.S. Capitol by angry Trump supporters. "Two weeks,"...