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President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations after touring a Clayco Corporation construction site for a Microsoft data center in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden doubles down on vaccine mandate

Joe Biden is defending his highly-controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite constitutional challenges and litigations by a number of states. He addressed construction workers in Elk Grove Village, Illinois Thursday.

CHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 21: Motorists on the Dan Ryan Expressway navigate the morning rush hour as they make their way toward downtown January 21, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. According to the Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transportation Institute motorists in Chicago and Washington, D.C., spend more time stuck in traffic during peak travel periods than drivers any other U.S. city. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Ill. state trooper dies after being shot on Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago

An Illinois State Trooper was found in his patrol car on a local expressway with a gunshot wound. Authorities were called to the scene by a concerned citizen, which happened at 1:45 p.m. local time on Friday, on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 43rd Street.