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Pritzker extends emergency housing relief application periodAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinoisans suffering economic decline due to COVID now have an extra week to apply for emergency rental assistance. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday t...
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Navy Pier to close after Labor Day until possibly spring because of pandemic lossesAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's Navy Pier, one of the top tourist attractions in Illinois, will temporarily close down from Sept. 8 until the spring of 2021. The pier-wide closure after Labor...
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Illinois attorney general joins federal suit against USPS movesAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Operational shifts undertaken by the United States Postal Service in recent weeks, including spending cuts and equipment removal, are illegal, Illinois' to...
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Aug. 18 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 101,066 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 48.2% of the state's total, acco...
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Judge delays R. Kelly's trial in ChicagoAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - A federal judge in Chicago agreed Tuesday to delay the fall trial of R&B singer R. Kelly, finding that prosecutors had raised legitimate concerns about whether the trial...
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Swimming advisories extended for parts of Lake MichiganAug 17, 2020 7:00 am - PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) - The National Weather Service has extended swimming advisories for parts of Lake Michigan as forecasters predict high waves and strong currents over ...
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Indiana officials add 6 deaths to state's coronavirus tollAug 17, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials on Monday reported six coronavirus-related deaths across the state while COVID-19 hospitalizations have stabilized following...
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The Latest: Michelle Obama says vote like lives depend on itAug 17, 2020 7:00 am - Michelle Obama is warning Americans to 'œvote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it'ť during her speech at the Democratic National Convention. In remarks that capped...
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WHAT TO WATCH: Democrats open a new kind of conventionAug 17, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions. Demo...
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Indiana city still dealing with old coal-storage vaultsAug 17, 2020 7:00 am - GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana city still has more than two dozen underground coal-storage vaults that need addressing more than eight years after a man walking ...