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16 Jun, 2020
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IHSA to move boys basketball state finals from Peoria to Champaign
PEORIA - After 25 years, the boys high school basketball state finals are leaving Peoria.
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Cooley: ‘Grateful,’ but LGBTQ work protections ‘long overdue’

Phoenix Center executive director Jonna Cooley said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday that LGBTQ and transgender workers are protected by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act provided "the headline of the day.

One person injured when vehicle crashes into salon on North Grand Avenue West

One person was injured when a vehicle crashed into the west side of a building housing Grand Barber & Beauty Salon in the 200 block of North Grand Avenue West Monday morning.

 
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Never mind: Convention center worker actually tested negative

Days after Illinois House members completed four session days at the Bank of Springfield Center in May, they were told that an employee of the convention center had tested positive for COVID-19.But Monday, Brian Oaks, general manager of the building, said it turned out the employee - a part-time security guard - actually tested negative for the virus.

‘When does it stop?’ Slain man’s family makes tearful plea

ATLANTA - Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.

 
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‘Peaceful protests got hijacked’: Some criminals used George Floyd protests as cover for looting, police say

Steve Mylett, the police chief in Bellevue, Washington, couldn't believe what he was seeing, even after intelligence officers warned of social media posts calling for an attack.

Europe reopens, Beijing outbreak revives need for vigilance

BERLIN - European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept away and there was uncertainty over whether many Europeans will quickly embrace travel outside their home countries.

Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, transgender workers

WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court further advanced the cause of LGBTQ rights Monday, ruling that a landmark civil rights law barring sex discrimination in the workplace applies to gay, lesbian and transgender workers.

Ground beef sold at Walmart, other stores recalled for possible E. coli contamination

Nearly 43,000 pounds of ground beef, including packages sold at Walmart stores, are being recalled because of possible E.

Hydroxychloroquine: FDA pulls emergency use of malaria drug touted by Trump to treat the coronavirus

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revoking its emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don't work and could cause deadly side effects.