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Illinois COVID deaths, cases rise slightly; 43,000 vaccine doses deliveredDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths and COVID-19 infections rose slightly Thursday with 8,828 new cases and 181 more deaths from the respiratory disease, as the state finalized distribution of its f...
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Man enters guilty plea in fatal shooting of ex-wifeDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) - A Beaver Dam man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-wife in a plea deal with prosecutors. Ulisses Medina Espinosa, 33, entered the plea t...
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Family of Vietnam War veteran didn't know he had diedDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - ELGIN, Ill. (AP) - A Vietnam War veteran buried at an Illinois national cemetery without family was estranged from his relatives who were unaware that he had died months...
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Authorities: Video contradicts account of suspect's escapeDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - Video of a murder suspect's escape from a security company's transport van contradicts the driver's story that the man jumped through an open window wh...
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Indiana budget outlook improves, although money still tightDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's state tax revenues have largely stabilized from the plunges seen early in the coronavirus-caused recession, although state budget leaders w...
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Chicago mayor apologizes to woman for wrongful police raidDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized Wednesday to a social worker whose home was wrongly raided by police officers who did not allow the woman to put o...
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Questions remain about Indiana's next COVID-19 vaccine dosesDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - As Indiana's front-line health care workers begin receiving the state's first shots of Pfizer's vaccine against COVID-19, uncertainties remain about ...
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Inmates facing big virus risks not near top of vaccine listsDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Amber Johnson is terrified her 63-year-old father will get the coronavirus. He has high blood pressure, asthma and is pre-diabetic, and she worries he's es...
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37% of eligible Chicago students to attend in-person classDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Roughly 37% of eligible Chicago Public Schools students plan to return to in-person classes when the nation's third-largest school district begins reopeni...
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Illinois solicits device donations for Computer Equity NetworkDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is soliciting computers and related equipment from individuals and companies as part of a new program announced Wednesday that will distribute re...