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CHICAGO (AP) — A 16-year prison sentence handed a man convicted of plotting to blow up a Chicago bar has been thrown out by a federal appeals court. The ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sends the case of Adel Daoud back to the district court for resentencing. The appeals court in

CHICAGO (AP) — Video released by Chicago police after a 5-year-old boy was shot in the head while playing on an iPad at home shows that an SUV drove past the apartment building several times before someone inside the vehicle opened fire. Detectives hope the video and photographs released

CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Housing and Urban Development official says Chicago should delay a final operating permit to the owner of a scrap shredder while the government looks into whether a pending move to the city’s southeast side would violate the rights of residents there. In a letter to

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The number of new coronavirus infections reported in Illinois Wednesday fell below 10,000 for the first time in 13 days, but an Associated Press analysis of data shows the exponential spread of the virus during the past 12

OTTAWA – 3 individuals reportedly have died from COVID-19 related complications in LaSalle County. The health department confirmed the deaths – individuals in their 70s, 80s, and 90s – as well as 172 new confirmed and probable cases and 86 recoveries. This is the second highest

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed the lowest daily COVID-19 case count the state has seen since the fourth of the month. 8,922 new confirmed and probable cases were reported as well as 140 additional deaths, which included 6 individuals from LaSalle County