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State COVID roundup 10/5: over 1,800 positive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,853 people in the state between Sunday and Monday received positive COVID-19 test results. 14 deaths were reported during that ...
Oct 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
President tweets he's leaving hospital
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for COVID-19 and will continue his recovery at the White House. He said he's feelin...
Oct 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Trump, moving to show strength, aims for Monday release
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump hoped for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, a day after he briefly ventured out while contagious to salu...
Oct 05, 2020 Tia Dufour/The White House via AP
LaHood/Bustos sound off on Trump's COVID diagnosis
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump could be released from the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland as soon as Monday. Illinois 18th Dist. Congressman Darin LaHood has said...
Oct 05, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD
Trump Aide tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes days after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus. McEnany says...
Oct 05, 2020 White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, is interviewed by Fox News, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Caterpillar set to acquire Weir Oil & Gas
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar has signed an agreement to acquire Weir Oil & Gas, a Scotland-based company. Headquartered near Fort Worth, Texas, Weir Oil & Gas produces a line of pumps, flow ...
Oct 05, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump leaves hospital to greet supporters, could be released Monday
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump briefly left the hospital Sunday in his car to wave to supporters gathered outside. The president's visit came shortly after he promised his supporters "a s...
Oct 05, 2020 President Donald Trump drives past supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting COVID-19. (AP Photo/Anthony Peltier)
State COVID roundup 10/4: over 1,400 new cases, positivity rate 3.3%
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois public health officials are reporting 1,453 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths. The state topped 300,000 cases over the weekend. The Illinois Department of Public He...
Oct 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Facing a conservative turn, Supreme Court opens new term
WASHINGTON (AP) - With a shift to the conservatives pending, the Supreme Court is opening a new term. That strengthened majority could roll back abortion rights, expand gun rights and shrink the power...
Oct 05, 2020 FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo the setting sun shines on the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court opens a new term Monday, Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Doctors: Trump's blood oxygen level dropped twice recently
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump's blood oxygen level dropped twice in recent days, but he has continued to improve. That's according to the White House physician, who spoke Sunday at a bri...
Oct 04, 2020 Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
