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31 Jul, 2020
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Three Sangamon County jail guards test positive for COVID-19
Three correctional officers at the Sangamon County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, and no visitors will be allowed at the jail until further notice, officials said Thursday.
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Protesters react after local restaurant owner’s rant about George Floyd; daughter disavows comments, resigns

A Springfield restaurant is getting blowback after its owner posted a racist rant about George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died May 27 after a police officer kneeled on his neck for over eight minutes.

Durkin calls on Madigan to resign immediately

Changing his earlier position, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said Thursday that embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan should resign immediately.

 
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Extra $600 in jobless aid set to lapse as talks deadlock

WASHINGTON - A deadlocked Senate on Thursday left Washington for the weekend without extending a $600-per-week expanded jobless benefit that has helped keep both families and the economy afloat as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the country.

Trump floats idea of election delay, a virtual impossibility

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, on Thursday floated the startling idea of delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election.

 
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Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies at 74

ATLANTA - Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has died of complications from the coronavirus.

NASA launches Mars rover to look for signs of ancient life

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LIVE VIDEO: Funeral service held for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church

When John Lewis is mourned, revered and celebrated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, he will return to a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.

3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta

ATLANTA - John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.

IHSA pushes shortened spring sport seasons into summer

Pat Phillips is glad but also bemused. The Illinois High School Association unveiled its modified schedule for the upcoming school year Wednesday shortly after Gov.