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New COVID-19 cases push past 2,000 again; Kane, Will counties put in 'warning level'Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 surged by 2,264 Friday, a 73% increase from a month ago, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The development mirrors last week when ...
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Number of confirmed Illinois COVID-19 cases passes 200,000Aug 13, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Illinois has surpassed 200,000 with the Department of Public Health's announcement Thursday of 1,834 n...
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Schools mull outdoor classes amid virus, ventilation worriesAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - It has been seven years since the central air conditioning system worked at the New York City middle school where Lisa Fitzgerald O'Connor teaches. As a new school year ...
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Remains identified of Indiana Marine killed in WWII battleAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - A Marine from central Indiana whose remains were identified nearly 77 years after he died on a Pacific island during a World War II battle will be bu...
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Warning on Russia adds questions about Senate's Biden probeAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even before last week's intelligence assessment on foreign election interference, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was facing criticism from Democrats that ...
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Illinois man gets 60 years for sex with child who got HIVAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child who later tested positive for HIV has been sentenced to 60 years in priso...
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3 Milwaukee residents headed to DC event arrested in IndianaAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - WARSAW, Ind. (AP) - Three men who are members of a Milwaukee group that's marching to the nation's capital for a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on...
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Longtime Illinois state senator hit with federal tax chargeAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Longtime state Sen. Terry Link was charged in federal court Thursday with filing a false tax return, the latest Illinois lawmaker to face public corruptio...
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Indiana Black Caucus pushes for more police accountabilityAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus called Thursday for state lawmakers to increase accountability and transparency for the state's police officers....
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Demoted Milwaukee police chief to retire, defends recordAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee's former police chief, who was demoted to captain in part for using tear gas against protesters demonstrating over George Floyd's death, has c...