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'Let us play!': Illinois prep players rally in ChicagoSep 19, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Parents and players protested Saturday outside a state building in Chicago, pleading with Gov. J.B. Pritzker to lift his fall ban on some popular high sch...
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Indiana plans to borrow $300 million for jobless benefitsSep 19, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A flood of unemployment claims related to the coronavirus pandemic has caused Indiana officials to seek as much as $300 million in loans from the fed...
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Indiana man named Eagle Scout at age 80 after long waitSep 19, 2020 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - An 80-year-old man was finally named Eagle Scout, an honor that he never thought would happen and certainly not in the way it did. Ed Keller thou...
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Trump heats up culture war in appeal to Wisconsin votersSep 18, 2020 7:00 am - MOSINEE, Wis. (AP) - President Donald Trump stepped up his rhetoric on cultural issues, aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters as he tries to repeat his...
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US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mailSep 18, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them 'œa politically motivated attack on t...
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AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDTSep 18, 2020 7:00 am - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who b...
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Biden makes push for voters on National Black Voter DaySep 18, 2020 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Joe Biden's campaign unveiled a series of nationwide digital events Friday targeting Black voters in swing states - a strategic move by the Democratic pre...
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Indiana schools chief draws GOP ire by backing DemocratSep 18, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Republican Party has disavowed the state schools superintendent elected under its banner with her decision to support Democrat Woody Myer...
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Scholars offering free online Chicano Studies classesSep 18, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - A group of Chicano Studies professors has launched a program to offer free Chicano Studies classes amid the pandemic. MeXicanos 2070 this week began hold...
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Father gets 30 years after plea in death of Illinois boy, 5Sep 18, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A northern Illinois man who was charged with murder for his role in the beating death of his 5-year-old son pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges and w...