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Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. June 15, 2021. Editorial: Pass it: A gun safety bill even gun-rights groups support More than two...

Two towns outside Chicago recovering from civil unrest

By Lauren Rohr Jun. 20, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — One year ago, Elias Akwo and Chaz Nieponski dropped everything and raced to their Aurora storefront to find the windows smashed and an...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tries on a Colorado-themed mask given to him by U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., during a visit to a pair of buses set up as traveling clinics as part of the state's "Vaccines For All" campaign Friday, June 18, 2021, in Aurora, Colo. The buses are being used to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Top US health official visits Colorado to promote vaccines

By Patty Nieberg Jun. 18, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, addresses reporters outside the Hennepin County Family Justice Center in Minneapolis. Ellison resisted calls for weeks to take over the prosecution of the white suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot Black motorist Daunte Wright. He finally did so last week after one county prosecutor quit the case and a second asked him to step in. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
In Minnesota, move to sidestep locals in prosecuting police

By Steve Karnowski And Amy Forliti May. 26, 2021 02:17 PM EDT

In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, shoppers walk out of a Walmart store in Waldorf, Md., May 7, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not cited the nation's largest retailer despite employee complaints, illnesses and deaths at Walmart facilities across the country. The company says there is no proof that employees contracted COVID-19 at work. (Brittany N. Gaddy/University of Maryland via AP)
Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant protection

By Gracie Todd, Molly Castle Work, Natalie Drum, Nick Mcmillan, Kara Newhouse, Jazmyn Gray, Aneurin Canham Clyne, Jack Rasiel, Sahana Jayaraman And Haley Chi-Sing/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:31 PM EDT

FILE - Musician Ziggy Marley poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on May 2, 2016. The son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley will perform at Nat Geo’s Earth Day Eve 2021 streaming concert on Wednesday. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Ziggy Marley happy to be part of Earth Day concert

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 19, 2021 01:26 PM EDT

Tanice Cisneros walks by an anti-gun sign on the way to leave flowers for her friend, Rikki Olds on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Olds was a King Soopers employee that was killed at the Boulder King Soopers on Monday. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

By Michael R. Sisak Mar. 25, 2021 12:18 AM EDT

Sheneen McClain, the mother of Elijah McClain, a young man who died after a stop by police in Aurora, Colo., and has spurred investigations of police practices while galvanizing calls for police reforms, is shown in the office of her attorney, Qusair Mohamedbhai, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Elijah McClain's mom says his death sparked push for change

By Colleen Slevin Mar. 04, 2021 05:30 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 05:44 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 24 The Democrat &...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks off of the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
VIRUS TODAY: California struggles to tame COVID-19

By The Associated Press Jan. 01, 2021 02:05 PM EST

People wearing masks to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk along a busy shopping street, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. A first batch of vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac have arrived in Turkey, after a two-week delay. A plane carrying 3 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine landed in the capital Ankara early on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
The Latest: South Korea enforces tough measures in prisons

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 01:34 AM EST

Colorado governor will not quarantine after OK by agency

Oct. 25, 2020 05:28 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — A health agency told Colorado Gov. Jared Polis that he does not need to quarantine himself after meeting with Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, who has...

Illinois officials hope testing can control virus on campus

Aug. 22, 2020 02:13 PM EDT
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois officials expect confirmed cases of the coronavirus to rise as classes begin Monday in Champaign-Urbana but they...

Colorado lawmakers advance broad police accountability bill

Patty Nieberg Jun. 12, 2020 06:56 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's House on Friday overwhelmingly passed legislation to improve police accountability and transparency following an emotional debate that...

Guatemalans deported from the U.S., wearing a mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus enter at the site where they are being held in quarantine, in Guatemala City, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The United States resumed deportation flights to Guatemala, nearly a month after the Central American country refused to accept them. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
US expands virus testing of detained migrants amid criticism

By Ben Fox Jun. 10, 2020 11:47 AM EDT

FILE—In this Thursday, May 28, 2020, file photograph, Colorado Governor Jared Polis puts on his face mask after a news conference about the state's efforts against the new coronavirus in Denver. During a news conference Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Polis said that the state is adding more than 800 new contact tracers to Colorado's coronavirus testing effort. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Colorado allows businesses to refuse service over masks

By Patty Nieberg Jun. 04, 2020 07:40 PM EDT

Illinois nurse express regret for bar visit without mask

May. 15, 2020 11:20 PM EDT
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois nurse expressed regret Friday for not taking better precautions while visiting her sister’s Wisconsin bar after...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis wears a face mask as he heads into a news conference to update reporters on the state's efforts to stem the rise of the new coronavirus Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Flyover passes over Colorado hospitals, prison

May. 06, 2020 10:39 AM EDT

NYC mayor says Colorado EMT's death will be honored forever

By Colleen Slevin And Larry Neumeister May. 01, 2020 02:23 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The body of a Colorado paramedic who came to New York City to save lives before losing his own to the coronavirus arrived Sunday night in...

In this April 17, 2020, photo Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Ravin Washington, left, has her temperature checked by administrative assistant Kim Sumner before starting her patrol in Spring, Texas. Washington tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-March and returned to patrol on April 15 after recovering at home. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
These first responders beat COVID-19. Now it's back to work.

By Stefanie Dazio, Michael R. Sisak And Jake Bleiberg Apr. 28, 2020 02:16 PM EDT