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The Chinese leader is expected to speak about Hong Kong's future at a ceremony Friday marking the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997.
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Dennis Tipsword won the Republican primary in the 105th House District over three other Republican candidates. Tipsword said he is happy to emerge from a field of "good conservative candidates." -
There were primaries in both major parties, an indicator the 91st is one of the increasingly rare districts in Illinois that are balanced enough to avoid a predetermined partisan outcome.
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The district was drawn by Illinois Democrats to lean slightly blue, but the Cook Political Report rates the race a toss-up in a political climate so far appearing favorable to Republicans this fall.
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State Rep. Dan Brady from Bloomington-Normal is looking to become the first Republican Secretary of State since George Ryan. The last two Republicans to serve in that office, Ryan and Jim Edgar, went on to become governor.
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Race pits conservative challenger against Pritzker’s progressive record
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She was unopposed on the ballot.
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On June 13, the Wayne Co. Sheriff along with a Deputy responded to a report of a man firing a handgun out of the back door of a rural Fairfield residence.
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Massac County Deputies continued to pursue a pick-up truck driven by 29-year-old Corey Leonard of Paducah over the Brookport Bridge into Kentucky.
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Four students were killed in the mass shooting in Michigan last November. Seven people were also injured, including a student whose parents are suing Acme Shooting Goods, the weapons dealer.
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It is important that the Ukrainians define the terms of any potential negotiation, Blinken tells NPR, while the U.S. makes sure that the country has the means to repel Russian aggression.
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Only recently did the court rule that the eastern half of Oklahoma is on tribal land, and that the state could not bring criminal prosecutions there without the consent of the Indian tribes there.
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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ahead of the Fourth of July travel weekend, Bernie Sanders calls on the U.S. Department of Transportation to take action to reduce airline cancellations and delays.
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The explosive testimony about former President Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, has led to calls from some right-leaning outlets that Trump is unfit to serve in office.
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The deadliest peacetime attacks in French history killed 130 people. Chief suspect Salah Abdeslam was found guilty of murder and attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise.
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Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several hospitals in the Kansas City area, said it was concerned about the risk of criminal prosecution by offering the emergency contraceptive.
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"Ventilation is the way forward," says infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan of Stanford. Here's how to get better air flow at home, in schools and offices — even in gyms — to stave off COVID.
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A Colorado man who Yellowstone National Park officials say got too close to a bison was thrown by the animal while trying to get himself and a child away from danger.
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