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Family Dollar sued by Arkansas over rodent infestation at facility

FILE IMAGE - Signage is displayed outside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on March 3, 2020.

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Federal investigators order Amazon to review severe weather procedures after workers killed during tornado

Edwardsville, IL, tornado before and after photos. (FOX Weather)EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Federal investigators are ordering Amazon to review its severe weather procedures after a tornado outbreak in December was responsible for the partial collapse of a warehouse outside of St.

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Remains of Korean War veteran finally come home after being MIA for 71 years

veteran who went missing in action 71 years ago is finally coming back home to his final resting place. The remains of Cpl. David B. Milano were brought back to the United States by members of the Utah National Guard and arrived at the Salt Lake City International Airport on April 26. "Corporal Milano’s remains were returned to the United States as a result of a repatriation agreement between the U.S.

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Man arrested after Chicago ambulance stolen, police chase vehicle on I-55

CHICAGO - A man was taken into custody Monday after leading police on a chase in a stolen Chicago ambulance.Chicago police said around 4:40 p.m. Monday, the Chicago Fire Department ambulance was parked on a Chinatown street in the 200 block of West Cermak Road when an unknown offender jumped in and took off.Officials with Illinois State Police confirm no passengers or patients were inside the ambulance at the time of the incident.CFD Ambulance 66 is assigned to the firehouse located on the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue.A man was taken into custody Monday after leading police on a chase in a stolen Chicago ambulance.The driver of the stolen ambulance led police on a chase on southbound Interstate 55 for nearly two hours.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 CHICAGO APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTSThe pursuit spanned more than 70 miles, ending near the village of Dwight.

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21 people charged with $150M in COVID-19 fraud, DOJ reports

COVID-19 vaccine is stored at -80 degrees celsius in the pharmacy at Roseland Community Hospital on December 18, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Twenty-one people have been charged in the past nine days as part of a nationwide enforcement push to root out those who exploit the pandemic through health care fraud schemes, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.The cases resulted in about $150 million in alleged false billings and theft from federal pandemic assistance programs.

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Singer Roderick 'Pooh' Clark of Hi-Five dies at 49

CHICAGO - APRIL 1991: Singers Roderick Clark, Marcus Sanders, Tony Thompson, Russell Neal (rear) and Treston Irby of Hi-Five poses for photos at the Holiday Inn Lakeshore Drive in Chicago, Illinois in April 1991. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) Roderick 'Pooh' Clark, a member of the R&B group Hi-Five, died Sunday according to other members in the quintet."Roderick "Pooh" Clark, Feb 27, 1973- April 17, 2022," Marcus Sanders posted on Facebook Monday.

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Buyer beware: These are the 10 worst deals on new cars

Kia shows off the new model during the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place convention center in Chicago, Illinois on February 11, 2022. (Photo by Jacek Bozarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Attention Kia shoppers: You're going to need a bigger check.The average transaction price for a new car has been steadily creeping down from a record of high $47,000 in December thanks to improving inventories, but was still $45,927 in March, according to Kelly Blue Book.

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Suburban Chicago boy saving money for college by working as Easter Bunny

MARENGO, Illinois - Suburban Chicago 7th grader Kayden Myers is raising money for college by working as an Easter Bunny every spring.The Marengo 13-year-old started the gig in 2021. "This is my second year I did it and I feel like I did a lot better this year than last year," Myers said.He said a lot of his friends do not know he works part-time as an Easter Bunny, but that it's rewarding work."It feels pretty good, because I've always been pretty good with kids, and it's nice to see the smiles on all the kids faces," he said.Myers said the biggest challenge is the limited field of view inside the costume.AdvertisementDOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 CHICAGO APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTS

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Etsy sellers go on strike after company raises transaction fees by 30%

The Etsy Inc. logo is displayed for a photograph on a smartphone next to sewing supplies in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan.

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Father, daughter speak out after surviving lightning strike at spring training in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. - A father and daughter are lucky to be alive after they were struck by lightning outside a spring training game for the New York Yankees Saturday during a stormy weather pattern in Florida.Ashley and her father, John Moberg, were in the parking lot outside Steinbrenner Field when they saw a flash, heard a bang and the next moments became a blur."All of a sudden there was such a bright flash and a loud boom, almost like a bomb went off. And then I was flying through the air.

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Brothers in custody after mother, sister found buried in Illinois backyard

An Illinois man suspected of burying the bodies of his mother and sister in his backyard has been arrested on felony charges, officials announced Thursday.Michael Lelko, 45, is facing two felony counts of concealment of a death, reports The Associated Press.According to Lyons police Chief Thomas Herion, Michael is not charged in the deaths of his mom, 79-year-old Jean Lelko, and 44-year-old Jennifer Lelko, as the medical examiner can’t pinpoint an exact cause of death for either woman. Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ now on trial for husband’s murder NBC News reports that Michael’s brother, John Lelko, 41, has also been arrested and may face charges in the coming days, although those charges have not yet been revealed.Police were originally called to the home in Lyons Township – a suburb of Chicago – in August of 2021 after a well-being check was requested.

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Wind energy company kills at least 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty

FILE IMAGE - An adult golden eagle is pictured. (Photo by: Jaanus JŠrva/Focus/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) BILLINGS, Mont. - A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S.

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Jussie Smollett case: Exclusive video shows ex-'Empire' actor's first moments in Cook County Jail

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago shows the moments actor Jussie Smollett was booked into the Cook County Jail after his sentencing hearing last month.On March 10, the ex-'Empire' actor was sentenced to 150 days in jail for staging a hate crime against himself in January 2019 and lying to Chicago police.Smollett was sentenced to 30 months of felony probation, with 150 days served in Cook County Jail.He was also ordered to pay $120,106 in restitution to the city of Chicago and a $25,000 fine.After receiving the sentence, Smollett erupted in the courtroom, yelling numerous times that he was "innocent" and "not suicidal.""If anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself," said Smollett after receiving his sentence. "And you must all know that."Smollett's lawyers immediately requested for the jail sentence to be suspended in light of them filing an appeal, but the judge denied that request. Video obtained by FOX 32 through a FOIA request shows the moments actor Jussie Smollett was booked into the Cook County Jail."The wheels of justice turn slowly, and sometimes the hammer of justice has to fall, and it's falling right here, right now," said Judge James Linn in response to Smollett's lawyers.After receiving his sentence, body-cam video obtained by FOX 32 shows Smollett walking down a hallway with several law enforcement officials before being searched."Mr.

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New England sees uptick in COVID-19 cases

States in New England are reporting a steep increase in daily COVID-19 cases as the Omicron subvariant, BA.2, takes dominance. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey have seen COVID-19 cases jump more than 40% over the latest 14-day period, the New York Times reports.

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Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts lawsuit dismissed after claim of false advertisement

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Kellogg’s after a woman sued for the lack of berries in the company’s strawberry-flavored Pop-Tarts. In a court ruling Friday, the Honorable Andrew L.

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New School District of Philadelphia superintendent to be announced Friday morning

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Board of Education will announce Friday which of its three finalists will be the next superintendent of Philadelphia's public schools. Following a six-month search, the School District of Philadelphia narrowed its candidates to John L. Davis Jr., Krish Mohip, and Tony B. Watlington Sr.

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President Biden to sign Emmett Till anti-lynching bill into law

FILE-Young Emmett Till wears a hat. Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi after flirting with a white woman.

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Mother Nature helps man snag 140-pound record-monster in Missouri lake

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. - An Illinois man now holds the Missouri paddlefish state record, and he can thank Mother Nature for some of that title.Jim Dain snagged a monster 140-pound, 10-ounce paddlefish on March 18 at the Lake of the Ozarks. The latest record breaks the previous record of 140-pounds, 9-ounces set in 2015 on Table Rock Lake."We went last year and really didn’t have much luck.

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Annual switch to summer-blend gasoline will make prices balloon again, experts say

PHILADELPHIA - Motorists have found some relief at the pump in recent weeks - albeit pennies worth - but experts believe gas prices will worsen in the coming months as pandemic-weary travelers plan to hit the road again. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has fluttered down to $4.23. Pennsylvania's average price sits a few cents above that at $4.31, and in neighboring New Jersey and Delaware drivers are paying around $4.Experts say the ongoing war in Ukraine is partly to blame for the high prices at the pump, but it's not the only reason driver's wallets will continue to get hammered.

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Gas price stimulus checks proposals head to Congress

An electrical contractor repairs a sign with gasoline fuel prices above six and seven dollars a gallon at the Shell gas station at Fairfax and Olympic Blvd in Los Angeles, California, on March 8, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T.

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COVID-19 Scan for Mar 22, 2022

A US study shows that white-tailed deer (WTD) inoculated with COVID-19–causing SARS-CoV-2 shed infectious virus for up to 5 days, resulting in efficient deer-to-deer transmission on day 3, findings the authors say highlight the potential for deer to become a reservoir for the virus.Cornell University and US Department of Agriculture (US

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Groups calls to add female candidate to list of 3 vying for Philadelphia school superintendent job

PHILADELPHIA - A decision is expected very soon on who will be the next Superintendent of Philadelphia Public Schools, but one decision is already clear: it will be a man.The School District of Philadelphia named John L. Davis Jr., Krish Mohip, and Tony B. Watlington Sr.

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St. Patrick’s Day: Residents of these US states spend, and swig, the most at the pub

Americans tend to view St. Patrick’s Day as one of the biggest drinking days of the year, and residents in some states are bigger spenders than others once the Irish spirit rolls into their local pub.A new survey revealed which U.S.

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News Scan for Mar 16, 2022

Raising the number of states to report highly pathogenic avian flu in backyard flocks or commercial poultry to 15, federal and state officials today announced the first outbreak in Nebraska. In related developments, Missouri reported another outbreak in backyard poultry, and federal officials reported more H5 detections in wild birds, including the first from Ohio and Illinois.In Nebraska, the virus struck backyard bi

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Philadelphia Schools Superintendent search continues with Illinois educator meeting students

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - The search for the next head of Philadelphia public schools continues, as the school community gets a chance to learn more about candidate number two, a leader on the Illinois State Board of Education.Krish Mohip hustles into the School District building in the early afternoon for a meeting. The Chicago educator says his view of education is simple."My belief is every child can learn.

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Jussie Smollett sentencing: Former 'Empire' actor to learn fate after staged attack conviction

CHICAGO - More than three years after Jussie Smollett told police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on a dark, cold Chicago street, all of the questions swirling around the actor — from whether he staged a fake attack to why he would do such a thing — now boil down to two: Will he admit he lied to police and will he be sent to prison?On Thursday, three months after a jury found him guilty of lying to police, those questions will be answered when Smollett, a onetime star of the television show "Empire," returns for sentencing to the courtroom where he was found guilty of lying to police about an attack prosecutors contended he orchestrated himself.JoJo Smollett, brother of actor Jussie Smollett, joins Good Day Chicago ahead of the former Empire star's sentencing in court. JoJo says he will read a statement before the judge Thursday afternoon.Smollett was convicted of five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct — for lying to police.

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Hundreds of leeches seized by U.S. Customs officials in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Philadelphia recently seized hundreds of slimy bloodsucking leeches that were destined for address in three states. Officials say a total of about 300 leeches were found in nine plastic jars that arrived in a combined six air cargo shipments from Bulgaria between Feb.

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More mask mandates fall as poor COVID vaccine protection noted in young kids

New York City schools will lose the masks this week, and the city's vaccine requirements for restaurants, gyms, and movie theaters will likely expire next week and not be reinstated, according to the New York Times, as new not-peer-reviewed data show poor COVID-19 vaccine protection in kids 5 to 11 years old.

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Illinois man busted in New Jersey with $300k in heroin, fentanyl, prosecutors say

Carranza-Ocampo, a Melrose Park, Illinois resident, was charged with first and second-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the intent to distribute.

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Tornado Watch issued as severe storms packing tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail threaten mid-South

will threaten the mid-South through Tuesday night.NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch valid until 11 a.m. Central time for central and northeastern Arkansas, extreme southern Illinois, western Kentucky, southeastern Missouri, West Tennessee and a small portion of Middle Tennessee.Cities included in the Tornado Watch are Little Rock and Jonesboro, Arkansas; Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee; and Paducah, Kentucky.A Tornado Watch is in effect for parts of the mid-South until 11 a.m.

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Education Department erases $415M in student loan debt for 16,000 borrowers

announced this week it will cancel $415 million in federal student loans by nearly 16,000 borrowers allegedly misled by for-profit colleges.The borrowers, who attended DeVry University, ITT Technical Institute, Westwood College and the Minnesota School of Business/Globe University, will receive the relief through a legal provision known as borrower defense, which allows individuals to discharge some or all of their student loan debt if their school misled them or otherwise engaged in other misconduct. "The department remains committed to giving borrowers discharges when the evidence shows their college violated the law and standards," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement Wednesday.The department found that between 2008 and 2015, DeVry University, a for-profit university headquartered in Illinois, repeatedly misled students by claiming that 90% of its graduates actively seeking employment landed a job in their field of study within six months of graduation. The job placement level was actually closer to 58%, according to the department.The department has so far identified about 1,800 borrowers who will be eligible for more than $71 million in discharges because they "relied upon DeVry's misrepresentation in deciding to enroll." The number of borrowers who qualify for discharge is expected to grow as the department continues to review outstanding claims from former students.

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Illinois pileup with 100+ vehicles shuts down I-39 for hours amid winter storm

EL PASO, Ill. - An Illinois pileup involving over 100 vehicles was reported Thursday night amid a severe winter storm, shutting down a 30-mile stretch of the highway for hours. Interstate 39 was closed through Friday between Normal to Minonk due to the pileup, the Illinois Department of Transportation said. Both directions eventually reopened nearly 24 hours later. Normal, Illinois is part of the Bloomington metropolitan area and is located about 130 miles southwest of Chicago.

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Illinois man dies in head-on crash day before his girlfriend is found dead inside his home

LINDENHURST, Ill. - A 25-year-old Algonquin woman who was reported missing Sunday was found dead at her boyfriend's residence with blunt force trauma to her head. The woman was last seen Sunday leaving her Algonquin residence on Yosemite Parkway. Police said she was going to her 25-year-old boyfriend's residence located in the 0-100 block of Beck Road in Lindenhurst.On Monday, the woman's family became aware that the woman's boyfriend was involved in a head-on fatal crash near Bates Road and Freeport Road near Rockton. The boyfriend and the other driver were killed, however, the woman was not in her boyfriend's vehicle.The woman's vehicle was then found in the driveway of her boyfriend's home, and a search warrant was obtained for the residence.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTSAt about 4 p.m.

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Chicago's top cop says 60 percent of carjacking suspects are juveniles

CHICAGO - The carjacking task force announced well over 100 arrests since the start of this year.However, there is still a bigger problem.CPD Supt. David Brown says about 60 percent of the offenders taken into police custody are juveniles.

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Remote COVID trial design, social media outreach may boost enrollee diversity

Remote clinical trials with inclusive social media recruitment may help improve racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity among clinical trial participants, according to a US study published early this week in JAMA Network Open.

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McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 'violent insurrection'

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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Republican National Committee overwhelmingly votes to censure Cheney, Kinzinger for sitting on Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON - The Republican National Committee (RNC) took a rare step on Friday to censure two GOP lawmakers in the House of Representatives for their participation in a Democratic dominated House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.In an overwhelming voice vote by committee members gathered for the general session of their winter meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, the RNC rebuked Reps.

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The top-selling Valentine’s Day candy by state revealed

Los Angeles - From a traditional box of chocolates to the resurgence of conversation hearts, CandyStore.com has compiled data to determine this year’s most popular Valentine’s Day candy by state — and some of the results are cloyingly surprising.The national candy company used sales data from its online bulk candy stores and industry partners to determine the outcome.Cue the results (and we won’t sugar-coat it).Valentine’s Day candy is a personal choice, but there are two types of candy that seemed to shine in 2022: conversation hearts and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates.This year, CandyStore.com said conversation hearts have claimed the top spot as Valentine's Day's top-selling candy.Percentage of total Valentine's Day candy sales (Credit: CandyStore.com) However, the candy retailer also broke down the state-by-state data, which showed slightly different results. Yes, 12 states favored conversation hearts this year (Alaska, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin).However, a whopping 16 states, along with Washington, D.C., still preferred a heart-shaped box of chocolates (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and Washington D.C.).In addition, M&M’s continue to gain traction.

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More than 100 million people in path of major winter storm's snow, ice from Texas to Midwest, Northeast

winter storm with heavy snow and disruptive ice will impact more than 100 million people across a nearly 3,000-mile swath stretching from Texas and the Plains to the Midwest and Northeast through Friday.Frigid arctic air has moved into the nation's heartland on Groundhog Day behind a cold front sweeping down across the Plains. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico has surged northward ahead of the front.That moisture is overlapping with the fresh supply of cold air, setting the stage for an expansive area of snow and ice impacting millions of Americans from the nation's southern border to its northern border.As of Wednesday morning, the winter storm was producing snow and a narrow band of sleet and freezing rain over a large area from Colorado, New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle to parts of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.

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Mega Millions jackpot reaches $421 million; drawing Friday night

Mega Millions lottery tickets are sold at a 7-Eleven store in the Loop on Jan. 22, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois.

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Winter weather spreads across Eastern US, freezing parts of Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas

A Freeze Watch was in effect for places like Jacksonville, Lake City, Gainesville and Ocala. All of southeastern Georgia was also included in the watch.

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SO COOL: Suburban Chicago family builds glorious glowing igloo made of colored ice

OAK PARK, Illinois - A suburban Chicago family is really upping the neighborhood snow building game.Antony, Tansri, Jasmine, 18, and Joshua, 15, worked on their glorious "Bulb-Igloo"in Oak Park for about two weeks off-and-on. It's made of balls of colored ice that were created by dying water inside balloons and leaving them out to freeze.Antony Wood said the first step was to fill the 12-inch balloons, add food coloring, then leave them outside in temperatures in the teens or below to freeze.

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Rittenhouse seeks return of gun used in Kenosha protest

Kyle Rittenhouse KENOSHA, Wis. - Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest.Rittenhouse's attorney Mark Richards filed paperwork with the Kenosha County Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking the return of the items, explaining that Rittenhouse wants the AR-15 style rifle back so that it can be destroyed, the Kenosha News reported.Law enforcement has had the gun since the day after Rittenhouse shot three men, two of them fatally, on Aug. 25, 2020, during a night of protests and unrest in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer.Rittenhouse turned himself in to police in his then-hometown of Antioch, Illinois, within hours of the shootings.

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Center for Covid Control to 'pause' testing nationwide after Washington location shut down

SEATTLE - The Center for Covid Control announced it is "pausing operations" at all of its 300 testing locations until Jan. 22 after widespread reports of consumer complaints and allegations of fake tests.On Wednesday, FOX 13 News reported that the Better Business Bureau was investigating the Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company that is being inundated with negative reviews and complaints.

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Firm tackles US drug shortages during COVID with Wisconsin plant

After witnessing generic drug quality issues during visits to Asian manufacturing facilities and wrestling with dwindling domestic production capacity and foreign pricing fluctuations, family-run Nexus Pharmaceuticals found a solution a half hour north of its Lincolnshire, Illinois, headquarters.

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Year-end tax tips: Ways to prepare, maximize refund, and more

FILE - A U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 1040 Individual Income Tax form for the 2019 tax year is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on March 20, 2020.

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Fresh Express recall: Salad products sold in 19 states recalled over listeria risk

ORLANDO, Fla. - Fresh Express announced Monday that it is recalling some of its bagged salad products distributed to 19 U.S. states and Canada due to the risk of listeria contamination.The company said the recall affects certain varieties of its branded and private label salad products produced at its Streamwood, Illinois facility and distributed to retailers in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the U.S., as well as distributors and retailers in Canada.The recall was issued after the Michigan Department of Agriculture received a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample test of a single package of Fresh Express 9 oz.

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Pennsylvania tries again to move up '24 presidential primary

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is again aiming to put its presidential primary in position to determine the winner, rather than let other states play that role.The state Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill to move up Pennsylvania’s primary elections in presidential election years by five weeks to the third Tuesday in March.That is expected to put it on the same date in 2024 as Arizona, Florida and Illinois.Critics of Pennsylvania's current date in state law — the fourth Tuesday of April — say its presidential primary clout is often diminished or rendered irrelevant by its relatively late vote."In most presidential elections, the outcome is largely decided before our voters have a chance to cast their vote," the bill’s sponsor,

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