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BBB Warns Consumers of Post-Holiday Reward Scams
(CHICAGO) -- As the holiday season comes to a close and decorations are stored away, many of us find ourselves eagerly awaiting spring break. However, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that scamm...
Jan 14, 2025
Former President Jimmy Carter remembered for his love of family and his devotion to public service
Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pagean...
Jan 09, 2025
Former House Speaker Mike Madigan back on the witness stand for a second day in his corruption trial
Once the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, Michael Madigan took the stand again today at his own corruption trial, a shocking move for a man once considered the most powerful politic...
Jan 08, 2025
Respiratory viruses once again on the rise in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health says the states overall respiratory illness level has gone from moderate to high. Hospitals are seeing an early uptick in winter hospitalizations. Emergency ro...
Jan 07, 2025
The suspect who died in the explosion at a Trump hotel in Las Vegas ID'd
The person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was a highly decorated U.S. Army Green Beret who deployed tw...
Jan 02, 2025
The population across the world slightly lower than the year before
The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year's Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday. The 0.9% increase in...
Dec 30, 2024
An Illinois State Trooper killed on I-55 Monday night
A 35-year old Illinois State Police trooper has died after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 55, the latest of more than two dozen roadside crashes involving state police this year, authorities ...
Dec 24, 2024
Workers at Amazon and Starbucks in the Chicago area remain on strike
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet d...
Dec 23, 2024
The man convicted of killing two teens in Delphi Indiana sentenced today
An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's long cast a shadow over...
Dec 20, 2024
Workers in Skokie part of a teamsters strike against Amazon
Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period. The Teamsters said t...
Dec 19, 2024
