Will caddies be allowed on golf courses this summer in Illinois? Dr. Kevin Most, the Chief Medical Officer at Central DuPage Hospital, is confident it will happen, especially if Governor J.B. Pritzker’s office listens to the “playbook” unveiled by the Western Golf Association.
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A song to make you smile: ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ by Ricky Martin
Here’s a song intended to lift you out of your coronavirus funk.
3,000 families show up for drive-through food giveaway at Great America
A collaboration among Six Flags Great America, the village of Gurnee and the Northern Illinois Food Bank was formed to give food to those who need it, including fresh produce and dairy items, and 3,000 families showed up Saturday in the theme park’s parking lot.
Illinois is sixth in COVID-19 death toll, but it’s 24th in fatality rate
Only five states have had more residents die from a COVID-19 infection than Illinois, but the survival rate among those with the virus is better in Illinois than in almost half the other states.
Facts Matter: Biden didn’t apologize to Trump
President Donald Trump said during a Fox News virtual town hall that former Vice President Joe Biden sent an letter apologizing for criticizing Trump’s travel ban, but there’s no evidence of any letter and Biden denies writing one, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
FDA chief self-quarantines after coming in contact with individual who tested positive for coronavirus
Dr. Stephen Hahn, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, will self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with an individual who tested positive for coronavirus, an FDA spokesman confirmed to CNN.
As Americans reel, they’re missing something key from Trump’s pandemic response
A fresh round of staggering economic numbers came Friday that underscored the deep economic pain that workers are feeling around the country, but President Donald Trump’s mind was on a familiar list of grievances: his former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the perpetrators of the Russia “hoax,” the “dirty politicians” and “dirty cops” who wronged him.
Woman body-slammed by off-duty cop in Alabama Walmart grew disorderly after associate asked she wear a mask, police say
An unidentified woman who was body-slammed by an off-duty police officer in an Alabama Walmart faces multiple charges, police say, in an incident they said may have been sparked over her refusal to wear a mask.