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Voters come out in force for Chicago's 1st day of votingOct 01, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A line snaked down the street and around the block in downtown Chicago on Thursday as voters braved a chilly, rainy day and set aside coronavirus fears to...
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Court upholds man's sentence in beating death of boy, 2Oct 01, 2020 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a Fort Wayne man's conviction and 40-year sentence in the fatal beating of his girlfriend's 2-year-old so...
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Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not 'defunding'Oct 01, 2020 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - The racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd earlier this year prompted calls to 'œdefund the police'ť in cities across the cou...
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Health commissioner urges more Hoosiers to get COVID-19 testOct 01, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's health commissioner is encouraging more Hoosiers to get tested for the coronavirus, saying that the state's COVID-19 testing capacity is no...
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Man convicted of killing southern Illinois village officialOct 01, 2020 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man has been found guilty but mentally ill in the 2018 shooting death of a village board member and tax assessor, the Madis...
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Officer on leave after police dog escapes twice in 1 weekOct 01, 2020 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A northwestern Indiana police officer has been placed on leave after the police dog she oversees escaped from her twice in the past week, leadin...
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As committee bickers over subpoenas, Madigan faces challengeOct 01, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Republican members of a committee investigating influence-peddling at the state Capitol insisted Thursday that subpoenas be issued to reluctant ...
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Barrett opposed 'abortion on demand,' raising doubts on RoeOct 01, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a 2006 newspaper ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group in which she said she opposed 'œabortion on dema...
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Livestock farmers eligible for state recovery grantsOct 01, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that $5 million in business recovery grants is available for the state's livestock industry. Live...
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U of I's saliva test did not receive emergency authorization, FDA saysOct 01, 2020 1:00 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the saliva-based coronavirus test developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did not receive emergency use au...