  | HAMMOND — “I hate Illinois,” Tom Dakich bluntly told members of the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce Thursday at Dynasty Banquets. Read more |
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 | The Crème de la Crop farm has a dozen goats, with 10 now officially considered walking companions. Read more |
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 | WASHINGTON (AP) — With aid expiring, the White House offered a short-term extension Thursday of a $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has… Read more |
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 | Chicago’s oldest hospital announced Wednesday it will close next year after the state of Illinois failed to finance its merger with three other money-losing hospitals. Read more |
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 | Versiti Blood Center is calling on people who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate plasma to help treat others. Read more |
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 | WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose at the slowest pace in three years in the April-June quarter, a sign that businesses are holding back on pay as well as cutting jobs in the coronavirus recession. Read more |
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BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court ruled Friday that several hundred families in Cambodia who were displaced from their homes may file a class action suit against the Thai company they believe was responsible, a decision hailed as trailblazing by land rights activists. Read more |
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 | A backyard barbecue in the picturesque Cape Cod town of Chatham, Massachusetts, has led to more than a dozen new coronavirus infections. Read more |
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 | LONDON (AP) — Pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur have announced they will supply 100 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine to the United States as governments buy up supplies in hopes something will work. Read more |
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 | WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%, helping regain some of record plunge that occurred after the coronavirus struck hard in March and paralyzed the economy. But the virus' resurgence in much of the country could impede further gains. Read more |
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 | How would Democrat Joe Biden handle the program so many seniors rely on? Read more |
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