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For the second time in less than a week, Illinois is reporting a record number of new cases of COVID-19, with 6,363 confirmed cases on Thursday, while virus hospitalizations surpassed 3,000 for the first time in more than four months.
Does the science show that restaurants are really super-spreaders for the virus?
"We're paying more money out than we're bringing in as well."
Chicago-based United Airlines is hoping rapid COVID-19 tests could provide some peace of mind for travelers.
Nearly 2 million people have filed for unemployment in Illinois since early March, and there is no doubt that servers and bar staff are going to add to those numbers as COVID-19 indoor dining bans take effect.
The United Center is playing a role this year, as an expanded voting site offering same-day voter registration, in-person voting and mail ballot drop-off -- all in the shadow of the statue of Air Jordan.
The governor said, starting Monday, Region 3 in west-central Illinois near Springfield will face tougher COVID-19 restrictions, after its average positivity rate surpassed 8% for three days in a row.
A man is dead after being shot in broad daylight in Uptown Thursday afternoon.
There were 751,000 new claims filed across the country last week.
Lightfoot's office said the city also will modify its liquor curfew, to allow on-site or to-go alcohol sales at bars and restaurants until 11 p.m.
Gov. JB Pritzker said a program to help small businesses during the pandemic is now working more quickly to get money out.
Police are investigating the cause of the deadly crash in the Chatham neighborhood Thursday morning.
"I think in some ways we're kind of a precursor for what America is now going through."
A water main break is causing flooding in the Bucktown neighborhood near the Kennedy Expressway.
Indiana reported a record 3,649 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, breaking the old mark set last week by 800. An additional 33 Hoosiers died of COVID, marking one of the deadliest days since the peak of the pandemic in April.
