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At D.C. march, families decry 'two systems of justice'Aug 29, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. famously laid out a vision for harmony between white and Black peo...
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Trump still faces skepticism in suburbs following conventionAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pat Newell backed Donald Trump in 2016. But after Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention this week included no mention of the police sho...
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Indiana expands job training program to people with degreesAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana jobs retraining program designed to help people without a post-secondary degree has been temporarily expanded, allowing Hoosiers with coll...
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Were they a threat? Police shootings reignite legal debateAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - In the span of 48 hours, two Black men in U.S. cities hundreds of miles apart were shot by police in episodes that set off a national conversation about the need for off...
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Father arrested in Indiana infant's shooting deathAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A 20-year-old Indiana man was arrested late Friday in the shooting death of his infant daughter, authorities said. The Courier & Press reported ...
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Suburban Chicago museum in forest preserve to reopenAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago museum located in a forest preserve is reopening Saturday with free admission to mark the day. Officials with the Bess Bowe...
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Indiana reports 1,140 new cases, 8 deaths linked to virusAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's confirmed cases of the coronavirus rose by 1,140 on Saturday, state health officials said. The Indiana Department of Health said a total o...
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Indiana city to erect statue to honor Sojourner Truth speechAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - ANGOLA, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana city plans to erect a statue of women's rights pioneer Sojourner Truth to commemorate a speech she delivered in the community in 1861. The...
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2,149 confirmed Illinois COVID-19 cases with 20 more deathsAug 28, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday placed a ``warning label'ť on 30 of the state's 102 counties as officials announced 2,149 new...
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The Wisconsin Senate plans to meet in a special session Monday to discuss police reform in wake of Jacob Blake shootingAug 28, 2020 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Senate plans to meet in a special session Monday to discuss police reform in wake of Jacob Blake shooting. ...