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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
Prosecution Rests in Madigan Case
(CHICAGO) -- The prosecution in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is resting its case. This comes after nine weeks and 50 witnesses. Now defense attorneys will do t...
Dec 19, 2024
A judge rules a video confession by the alleged Highland Park shooter can be used at trial
A judge declined Wednesday to throw out statements made by a man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago in 2022. Robert Crimo III willingly waived his righ...
Dec 18, 2024
Residents in Madison still grappling with a school shooting that left a student and teacher dead
Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others. Several hundred p...
Dec 18, 2024
