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A protester holds a sign outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, Friday, May 1, 2020. The Friday demonstration is the latest in a series of protests around the country against stay-at-home orders designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois order revised to allow small, safe worship services

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

In this March 11, 2020 photo, fans leave the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., after the NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings was postponed at the last minute over an &quot;abundance of caution&quot; after a player for the Jazz tested positive for the coronavirus. A person with knowledge of the situation says NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, May 1 provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) ** FILE **

NBA pushes back draft combine, draft lottery

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FILE - This April 17, 2020 file photo, shows patient rooms at the COVID-19 alternate care facility in Hall C at McCormick Place in Chicago. The city pared back plans for a 3,000-bed temporary hospital at McCormick Place, the nation's largest convention center, as infection numbers decreased. Opened April 3, 2020, instead with 500 beds, the $64 million facility treated just 12 people as of last week, with six of them being released. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP File)

Slowed COVID-19 spread leaves 1,000s of makeshift beds empty

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In this April 1, 2020, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Court nixes Trump policy of tying grants to enforcement

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FILE - In this April 15, 2020, file photo, people keep their distance as they exercise outside of a closed La Jolla beach in San Diego. From Cape Cod to California, festivals are being canceled, businesses in tourist havens are looking at empty reservation books, and people who have been cooped up through a dismal spring are worrying summer will bring just more of the same. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Gloomy summer looms as pandemic cancels US festivals, trips

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Lightfoot to speak at Northwestern’s virtual commencement

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Judge eases ballot requirements for 3rd party candidates

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FILE - In this April 23, 2019, file photo, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace speaks with the media during a press conference in Lake Forest, Ill. The 2020 NFL Draft is April 23-25, 2020. (Tim Boyle/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Bears open draft by taking TE Cole Kmet, CB Jaylon Johnson

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This Date in Baseball

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Hotels become barracks for health workers ‘going to war’

By JAKE SEINER and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Chicago’s blues, gospel festivals canceled due to pandemic

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This Date in Baseball

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FILE- This April 13, 2020 file photo shows demolition of the former Crawford Coal Plant in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. The company whose weekend demolition of the former coal plant sent a massive cloud of dust into Chicago's nearby neighborhood apologized for causing &quot;anxiety and fear. A developer and two contractors overseeing the destruction of the defunct coal plant's smokestack that covered a southwest side neighborhood in dust face nearly $70,000 in fines, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday, April 17, 2020. City agencies have issued 16 citations against Hilco Redevelopment Partners and its general contractors, MCM and CDI. Lightfoot said the associated fines could total $68,000. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

Chicago cites developer, contractors in coal plant implosion

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FILE - In this April 13, 2020, file photo, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, gives a daily update on the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois, in Chicago. In the fight against COVID-19, one of the more visible faces nationally, and definitely the top presence in Illinois, is Pritzker. His daily briefing Wednesday, April 15, 2020, on the spread of the potentially deadly virus and the state's response marked his 39th straight. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Pritzker fights COVID-19 from Chicago, and downstate notices

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

Motorists huddle together after a 54 car pile-up early morning on the Kennedy Expressway Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Chicago. The Chicago Fire Department says about 50 vehicles were involved in the pileup along the expressway. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Pileup along icy Chicago expressway sends 14 to hospitals

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Jim Allen, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Elections, speaks Monday, March 16, 2020 at a polling place in the Loop about procedures for Tuesday's election during the coronavirus pandemic. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Illinois primary voters notified of possible virus exposure

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Sharon Trask and other voters use hand sanitizer as they stand in line to vote at Lincoln Lodge Polling station, 1st ward, Tuesday, March 17 2020 in Chicago. Voters across the state are getting the chance to decide competitive primary races for the U.S. House and the Illinois Supreme Court, with concerns about the coronavirus looming large. Election officials have been promoting voting early and casting ballots by mail in an attempt to control crowds and curb the spread. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (James Foster/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago warns voters of coronavirus exposure after poll worker dies

By Sophie Tareen - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2014, file photo, inmates at the Cook County jail head off to bond court after their arrest the night before in Chicago. A federal judge has ordered Cook County Jail to take steps to protect inmates from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast File)

Chicago hides names of Cook County prisoners released due to coronavirus

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 10, 2020, photo, Detroit Police Capt. Jevon Johnson, right, talks with Lt. Pride Henry outside the TCF Center, in Detroit. The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Crime drops worldwide amid coronavirus crisis

By Stefanie Dazio, Franklin Briceno and Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Field Museum among grant recipients awarded funding by NEH

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