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Illinois reports 190 more deaths, pushing death toll over 14,000Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - The number of Illinoisans who have died from COVID-19 surpassed 14,000 Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced. The state reported 190 more deaths Fr...
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Gun purchases spike in Illinois amid pandemic, civil unrestDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for firearm permits more than any other time in the state's history as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and...
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Jim Burns, state inspector general, dies at 75Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Longtime Illinois Secretary of State Inspector General Jim Burns, who served four years as Chicago's U.S. attorney, died this week at 75. Secretary of State Jesse White ...
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Hundreds of Chicago firefighters battle warehouse fireDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on Chicago's West Side that engulfed an auto parts warehouse. Crews were called to flames shooting throu...
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Sidney Powell unrelenting in legal battle on Trump's behalfDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Conservative attorney Sidney Powell has been unrelenting in her battle on behalf of President Donald Trump and the Americans who have pledged their faith ...
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Military says Wisconsin-based fighter jet pilot died in Michigan crash during training missionDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - STEUBEN, Mich. (AP) - Military says Wisconsin-based fighter jet pilot died in Michigan crash during training mission. ...
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Federal judge casts doubt on Trump's Wisconsin lawsuitDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A federal judge Thursday cast doubt on President Donald Trump's lawsuit that seeks to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin, declaring it 'œincredib...
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The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn't stopDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. With the most named storms in the Atlantic, the largest-ever a...
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Indiana House speaker quarantining with COVID-19 infectionDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The top lawmaker in the Indiana House has tested positive for COVID-19 and has had mild symptoms of the respiratory disease, his office said Thursday...
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Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuitDec 10, 2020 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden's victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 me...