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By CBS 2 Chicago Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Once in doubt, some 13-year-old football players from Chicago’s south side are headed to Florida, to compete for a national championship. They needed $30,000 to make the trip and they were running out of time to raise the money. CBS
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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A group of elders from the San Carlos Apache Nation have gathered to urge Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly to back legislation that will keep lands they call sacred from being torn up for a massive copper mine. Several school students showed up Thursday to support the half-dozen
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix City Council has approved a settlement of up to $450,000 for a woman whose rescue basket spun uncontrollably while she was being airlifted off a mountain hiking area. City firefighters said at the time that the basket got caught in a downwind from the helicopter. They also said that a
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By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A second man has testified that Jussie Smollett plotted a racist and anti-gay attack on himself and paid him and his brother to carry it out. Olabingo Osundairo testified Thursday that the former “Empire” actor gave them lines to shout and pointed out a
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James cleared to return after NBA says he had two negative COVID-19 tests.
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scottsdale police have determined an ousted school board president with an electronic dossier on parents he clashed with will not be charged with a crime. A police spokesman said in a statement Thursday that investigators did not find anything in the Google Drive on Jann-Michael Greenburg’s computer that rose to the
Continue ReadingBy KDKA News Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A dozen workers are getting $41,000 back after a Pittsburgh restaurant illegally shared their tips, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday. Provision PGH at Federal Galley’s operator is accused of improperly using a tip pool, requiring workers to share tips
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt, CNN Germany’s military honored Chancellor Angela Merkel with their highest ceremony for a civilian on Thursday, complete with an eclectic mix of music personally selected by the outgoing leader and punctuated by an emotional speech. During the “Großer Zapfenstreich,” or the Grand Tattoo ceremony — which was pared back due to the
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block US chipmaker Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion takeover of UK chip design firm Arm, saying it would stifle competition and give the combined company too much control over chip technology and designs. The lawsuit threatens to scuttle the world’s biggest ever semiconductor
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story BRACKENRIDGE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after a Brackenridge homeowner said he found him eating ice cream at his kitchen table on Thanksgiving Day. The victim told police he locked the door to his house on Cleveland Avenue before running an errand,
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration’s new, stricter Covid-19 testing requirements for all travelers coming to the United States will take effect on Monday, an administration official told CNN. The new rules will require each traveler flying into the US from another country to test negative one day before their departure,
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Marco Odermatt of Switzerland smoothly glided through the steep and sun-drenched Birds of Prey course to win a men’s super-G World Cup race. It’s the second victory of the young season for the 24-year-old Odermatt. He captured a giant slalom race in Austria in
Continue Reading LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Court records and campus officials say a Liberty University associate professor has been charged with sexual battery and abduction involving an alleged incident with a student. News outlets report that Liberty University police arrested William Atwell on Nov. 20 and charged him with sexual battery and abduction by force or intimidation.
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Pelicans say soreness in Zion Williamson’s surgically repaired right foot have derailed plans for the 2020 All-Star forward to take part in his first full practice of the season this week. Pelicans coach Willie Green says the plan is now to rest the 2019 top overall draft choice for a
Continue ReadingBy John Elliott Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A man who has been making music for over 50 years is now using music to inspire kids. CBS2’s John Elliott went “Steppin’ Out” with a story to “Cherish.” Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool & The Gang has a message for
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee County’s top prosecutor says a young assistant in his office sought $1,000 bail for a man later accused of driving through a Christmas parade because she was overworked and never saw his risk assessment. Darrell Brooks Jr. posted bail in a domestic violence case on
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A suspect is behind bars in connection with a hit-and-run crash that took the life of a pregnant 18-year-old woman earlier this year. The crash happened on the morning of March 9, 2021 in front of the Winchell’s Donuts store on Monroe Street, north of Highway 111. Debbie Nelson, 18, was the passenger of a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, John Roberts llegó a los argumentos sobre el aborto del miércoles con una idea, una idea que probablemente ningún otro magistrado de la Corte Suprema querría, pero que una escasa mayoría podría acabar aceptando. Con sus preguntas durante la intensa sesión que
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Rory McIlroy is playing so well he wishes the year wasn’t about to end. Coming off a win in Las Vegas and a close call in Dubai, McIlroy opened with a 66 in the Hero World Challenge. That gives him a share of the lead
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Rory McIlroy is playing so well he wishes the year wasn’t about to end. Coming off a win in Las Vegas and a close call in Dubai, McIlroy opened with a 66 in the Hero World Challenge. That gives him a share of the lead
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