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Multiple fatalities, evacuation order after semi-truck carrying ammonia overturns on Illinois highway

(TEUTOPOLIS, Ill.) -- Multiple people are dead and evacuations are in place after a semi-truck carrying a toxic substance overturned in rural Illinois Friday night, authorities said.The incident occurred around 8:40 p.m. local time on U.S. Highway 40 near the village of Teutopolis, authorities said.A ...
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On This Day, September 22, 1985: The first Farm Aid is held in Illinois

On This Day, September 22, 1985…Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp headlined the first-ever Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois.The trio organized the all-star event to raise money to help family farmers in the United States. They were inspired by comments Bob Dylan made during the Live Aid concerts, in which he ...
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Two men, four children hospitalized after Illinois shooting

(PEORIA, Ill.) -- Six people have been hospitalized and two are currently in critical condition after a shooting on the south side of Peoria, Illinois, on Wednesday night, according to the Peoria Police Department.Officers responded to the scene at about 9 p.m. Wednesday evening ...
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Illinois becomes 1st state to regulate kid influencers: What to know about the law

(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- During the coronavirus pandemic, Shreya Nallamothu, now 16, said she, like so many others, began to spend more time on social media, where she saw countless parents who documented their own lives and their kids' lives on different platforms."The more I ...
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Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional

(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday.The ruling came in response to a lawsuit that claimed that the ban violated the equal protections ...
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Flash flood warnings continue for parts of Missouri, Illinois

(ST. LOUIS) -- Flash flood warnings continue Saturday for parts of Missouri and Illinois, as severe weather is forecast across parts of the U.S. over the next three days.More than six inches of rain fell overnight, leading to flash flooding in northeastern Missouri, with water ...
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Juneteenth celebration horror: 23 shot, 1 fatally, at Illinois event

(WILLOWBROOK, Ill.) -- At least 23 people were injured, one fatally, when gunfire erupted early Sunday at a Juneteenth celebration in suburban Chicago, authorities said.The shooting unfolded about 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a strip mall in Willowbrook, about 23 miles west of ...
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Supreme Court declines to block Illinois’ assault weapons ban

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois' assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass ...
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7 people killed, dozens injured as dust storm causes major car crash in Illinois: Officials

(NEW YORK) -- A seventh person has been confirmed dead after a massive pileup Monday in Illinois caused by a sudden dust storm, officials said.Thirty-seven people were transported to area hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to critical, Illinois State Police said. Victims range in ...
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6 people killed, dozens injured as dust storm causes major car crash in Illinois: Officials

(NEW YORK) -- Six people are dead and dozens more injured after a massive pileup Monday in Illinois caused by a sudden dust storm, officials said.More than 30 people were injured and transported to the hospital, including multiple people with life-threatening injuries, Illinois State Police ...
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Six people killed, dozens injured as dust storm causes major car crash in Illinois

(NEW YORK) -- Six people are dead and dozens more injured after a massive pileup Monday in Illinois caused by a sudden dust storm, officials said.Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick said during an afternoon press conference that six people had died and more ...
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‘Multiple’ people killed, dozens injured as dust storm causes major car crash in Illinois

(NEW YORK) -- Multiple people are dead and dozens injured after a massive pileup Monday in Illinois caused by a sudden dust storm, officials said.Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick said during an afternoon press conference he did not have an official death toll, ...
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