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Lawmakers eye limits on police immunityNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State legislators are considering eliminating or limiting aspects of qualified immunity for law enforcement. Qualified immunity isn't an explicit federal s...
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Missing suburban Chicago woman found dead in nature preserveNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman who vanished Monday after walking in a nature preserve with her mother and a friend has been found dead in the forested ...
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Company winding down ventilator production in KokomoNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - Ventec Life Systems will stop producing medical breathing machines in Kokomo by the end of the month, the company's CEO has told employees. Ventec is...
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GOP congressional winner says she hopes for cooperationNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Fresh off winning a tight, expensive race for an Indiana congressional seat, Republican Victoria Spartz said Thursday that she will try to work wi...
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Funds for Chicago air show, food festival not in 2021 budgetNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two fixtures of summer in Chicago may have become the latest victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, city officials said Thursday. There are no funds allocated...
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Republican wins tighten their control of Indiana LegislatureNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Republicans will be returning to the Statehouse with an even tighter grip on the Legislature after again turning aside Democrats who had trie...
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Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted TrumpNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic. But in places where the virus is most rampan...
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Biden narrowly wins Wisconsin; Trump to call for a recountNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden narrowly won battleground state Wisconsin on Wednesday, edging out President Donald Trump in a state that was crucial to the incu...
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Pritzker says Madigan should step down as party chairmanNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday said that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should step down as chairman of the state Democratic Party, agre...
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Police in western Illinois fatally shoot man who pulled gunNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - Police in western Illinois shot and killed a 26-year-old man who they said pulled a gun on them, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at ...