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Daily COVID-19 test count down 24%, 113 more COVID-19 deaths
Jun 2, 2020 6:20 PM - Cases of COVID-19 surpass 122,000 statewide with more than 5,500 deaths, but testing has declined as Illinois National Guard troops are redeployed to keep the peace. -
Black legislators say there's 'far too much to accomplish' to let looting take away from message
Jun 2, 2020 5:37 PM - Members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus detailed their ongoing fight for racial equality and made calls for the end of looting at a news conference held at a recently looted strip mall Tuesday on Chicago's South Side. -
Restaurants, bars can serve cocktails to go
Jun 2, 2020 4:56 PM - Illinois restaurants and bars can serve cocktails to go Tuesday after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an initiative to provide establishments with financial relief in the wake of COVID-19 challenges. -
Biden blasts Trump's 'narcissism' in new phase of campaign
Jun 2, 2020 3:00 PM - Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, deriding the commander in chief's disregard of core constitutional values and blistering him for being "more interested in power, than in principle."
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U.S. cities erupt in more violence as Trump decries 'lowlifes'
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Democratic governors reject Trump's call to send in military
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America: A nation of two societies
Jun 2, 2020 1:00 AM - Guest columnist the Rev. Clyde Brooks: As I reflect on current events unfolding in cities across America, following the inhumane murder of George Floyd, an unarmed, non-resistant African American male, suspected of a non-violent crime, I am taken back 52 years to similar riots across the nation. -
A police witness to protests: Conflict persists between tension, duty
Jun 2, 2020 1:00 AM - Guest columnist David Dial: As a senior in college at San Jose State, I began my policing career in January of 1967. I graduated with my bachelor's degree and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army in June of that year. The anti-war demonstrations had already started by that time. I would learn much about protesting and the role of police during demonstrations over the next 53 years. -
Schaumburg Twp. highway commissioner will challenge Mussman for House seat
Jun 2, 2020 9:02 AM - Schaumburg Township Highway Commissioner Scott Kegarise announced Monday he will run as Republican in November for the 56h District state House seat held by Democratic state Rep. Michelle Mussman since 2010. -
More National Guard, state troopers deployed; disaster proclamations in suburbs
Jun 1, 2020 8:32 PM - More Illinois National Guard soldiers and Illinois State Police troopers are deployed to keep the peace. Disaster proclamations issued for nine counties.
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