People walk past parked duck boats as the walk to a candlelight vigil in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks Friday, July 20, 2018, in Branson, Mo. One of the company's duck boats capsized Thursday night resulting in over a dozen deaths on Table Rock Lake. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ORG XMIT: MOCR136

Illinois woman among those killed in Missouri boat accident

Later Friday, the Stone County Sheriff's Department released a list of the people who were killed. In addition to the Indiana family, five people were from Missouri, two were from Arkansas and one was from Illinois.

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Past ‘pot’ use will no longer bar you from becoming a Chicago cop

Current drug use is still grounds for disqualification, but each police applicant will be judged on a case-by-case basis to widen the candidate pool.

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Helping to keep Chicago residents safe in all aspects is nothing short of "a way of life" for longtime city employee, Rich Guidice.

Helping to keep Chicago residents safe in all aspects is nothing short of "a way of life" for longtime city employee, Office of Emergency Management and Communications First Deputy Rich Guidice.

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Helping to keep Chicago residents safe in all aspects is nothing short of "a way of life" for longtime city employee, Rich Guidice.

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FILE - This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows the ingredients label for almond milk at a grocery store in New York. Soy and almond drinks don’t come from cows, so regulators may soon ask them to stop calling themselves “milk.” The Food and Drug Administration signaled plans to start enforcing a federal standard that defines “milk” as coming from the “milking of one or more healthy cows.” That would mark a change for the agency, which has not aggressively gone after the proliferation of plant-based drinks labeled as “milk.” (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

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FILE - This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows the ingredients label for almond milk at a grocery store in New York. Soy and almond drinks don’t come from cows, so regulators may soon ask them to stop calling themselves “milk.” The Food and Drug Administration signaled plans to start enforcing a federal standard that defines “milk” as coming from the “milking of one or more healthy cows.” That would mark a change for the agency, which has not aggressively gone after the proliferation of plant-based drinks labeled as “milk.” (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)