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Sam Skinner mourns loss of mentor, friend Jim ThompsonAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Sam Skinner heard the sad news Friday night when he received a call from Jayne Thompson. Her husband, former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson, had died at age 84 in Chicago. ...
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Indiana Election Commission stalemates on vote-by-mail issueAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Election Commission deadlocked Friday on whether to let all residents vote by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic. During a virtual comm...
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Kenosha officer wounded in shootout released from hospitalAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A Kenosha police officer wounded in a shootout last week while investigating a vehicle break-in has been released from a hospital, Wisconsin Departm...
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Chicago convenience store ransacked twice since MayAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - Security cameras captured the pillaging of a West Side Chicago convenience store hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned vandals that the city would hold them accountabl...
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Democrats tested in first party convention of pandemic eraAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Biden is poised to unveil his vision for the modern Democratic Party in the first presidential nominating convention of the coronavirus era, an all-v...
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Weather Service confirms 14 tornadoes hit northern IllinoisAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down Monday in northern Illinois when a rare storm known as a dere...
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Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips.Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is looking to counter next week's Democratic National Convention with travel to several swing states - including Wisconsin, whic...
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Indiana top attorney calls for special legislative sessionAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In a letter sent Friday to Gov. Eric Holcomb and leaders of the state General Assembly, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill questioned the governor'...
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How the deal to turn McCormick Place into a $66M field hospital happenedAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Taxpayers spent nearly $66 million fashioning McCormick Place into an emergency coronavirus hospital with 2,750 beds this past spring amid fears that COVID-19 patients w...
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Weather Service confirms 14 tornadoes hit northern IllinoisAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down Monday in northern Illinois when a rare storm known as a derecho swept parts...