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July 22 COVID-19 cases per countyJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Since the outbreak began, there have been 82,925 cases in the suburbs as of Wednesday, 50.2% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health....
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State employment agency hit in nationwide fraud schemeJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Wednesday it has been affected by a nationwide fraud scheme involving the federal Pandemic Unemployment...
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Highest one-day infection count in Illinois since early JuneJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - State health officials announced Wednesday that 23 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19, while an additional 1,598 people have been infected. That's the large...
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'This bloodshed must end': Trump deploys feds to Chicago under 'law-and-order' pushJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will send federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime, expanding the administ...
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Cops: 15 injured after shooting outside Chicago funeral homeJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Fifteen people were injured, one person was being questioned and multiple suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago's South Side...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago teams with Austin Weekly on free West Side newsletterJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - The underserved communities of Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side are the focus of a free twice-weekly newsletter to be launched jointly tod...
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Editorial: Feds have a role to play in quelling Chicago gun crime - but not with heavy handJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - It seems certain that President Donald Trump will send federal law enforcement agents to Chicago to help quell gun violence that is wracking certain parts of the city. B...
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Chicago police: At least nine wounded in South Side shooting as federal government plans to send federal agents.Jul 21, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police: At least nine wounded in South Side shooting as federal government plans to send federal agents. ...
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Democratic governor candidate wants masks in Indiana schoolsJul 21, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Democratic nominee for Indiana governor called Tuesday for more widespread mask use in schools and for school leaders to turn more toward online ...
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Indiana's second-largest county latest to adopt mask mandateJul 21, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Officials in Indiana's second-largest county and one of the largest Indianapolis suburbs have adopted face mask mandates for residents and businesses...