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As of Sept. 5, COVID-19 case counts per county, per ZIP codeSep 05, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 114,731 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Saturday. That's 47% of the state's tot...
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Another 2,806 COVID-19 cases; 7-day positive-test rate is 4.2%Sep 05, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday announced 2,806 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 23 additional confir...
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Feds subpoenaed Harmon's office for docs on Chinatown propertySep 05, 2020 1:00 am - Federal authorities subpoenaed Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's office earlier this summer as part of the expansive public corruption probe that has roiled the hig...
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Blake's father says paralyzed son optimistic after shootingSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Jacob Blake's father said Friday that his 'œhappy-go-lucky'ť son is optimistic for his future, although he remains paralyzed from the waist down aft...
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Indiana officials add 17 coronavirus deaths to state's tollSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials Friday added 17 more coronavirus-related deaths to the state's toll as the pandemic continues nearly six months after the fi...
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Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protestsSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - After Wisconsin protests over Jacob Blake's shooting by police turned deadly last week, a member of an anti-government extremist group started ...
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Police: Missing Chicago man, 88, struck, killed by motoristSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - An 88-year-old Chicago man reported missing by relatives died hours later after being struck by a car as he crossed the city's Lake Shore Drive, police said. Reynaldo So...
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Man, 19, arrested after escaping from NW Indiana hospitalSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - LAKE STATION, Ind. (AP) - A 19-year-old man was apprehended Friday by northwestern Indiana police, hours after he escaped from a hospital where he was taken following a ...
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Kentucky congressman defends teen accused in protest deathsSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky congressman said a teenager charged with fatally shooting two people with a semi-automatic rifle during the unrest in Wisconsin showed ...
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Iowa prosecutor: Police killing of Illinois man justifiedSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - An investigation into the June shooting death of an Illinois man by an eastern Iowa officer during civil unrest in Davenport has found that the sh...