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Indiana lawmakers to push coronavirus lawsuit shieldDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor and legislative leaders are lining up in favor of giving a legal shield to businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits when the General Asse...
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6 wounded by gunman during party inside Chicago hair salonDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A gunman opened fire during a party early Saturday inside a Chicago beauty salon and wounded six people, police said. The shooting happened about 12:30 a....
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Appeals court upholds Indiana's man stalking convictionDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana's appeals court has upheld a man's conviction for stalking a woman so relentlessly the judge who sentenced him called the stalking's impact o...
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Illinois records 108 more coronavirus deathsDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois heath officials added 108 more coronavirus deaths to the state's toll on Saturday as daily fatalities have topped 100 for all but two d...
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Database will help immigrants get resources in 150 languagesDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - A nonprofit group is launching a new database in response to the pandemic that will be accessible in more than 150 languages to help immigrants and refugees in central I...
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Nowlan: Why doesn't Illinois have any swagger about itself?Dec 19, 2020 12:00 am - The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University asked me to do some noodling about the future of Illinois. I have mentioned this to several frien...
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Illinois reports 7,562 more COVID-19 cases and 108 more deaths SaturdayDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 7,562 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease, including 108 additional deaths. The deaths inc...
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Nowlan: Why doesn't Illinois have any swagger about itself?Dec 19, 2020 12:00 am - The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University asked me to do some noodling about the future of Illinois. I have mentioned this to several frien...
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'Preventable tragedy': Inverness family sues Peace Corps over daughter's malaria deathDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Serving in the Peace Corps had been Bernice Heiderman's dream since high school. When the Northwest Suburban resident finally got accepted during her senior year of coll...
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COVID-19 in Illinois: A timeline of the pandemicDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Jan. 24 A Chicago woman becomes the second COVID-19 patient in U.S. and first in Illinois after she returns from a visit to Wuhan, China. She is treated at Amita St...