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By WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago taxpayers are poised to pay out $14 million to settle lawsuits filed by two men wrongfully convicted of the 1989 murder of a retired Chicago police sergeant’s wife, as part of the latest round of settlements accusing CPD officers of misconduct.
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell defended himself against what he called a “deeply offensive” and “outrageous mischaracterization” of his record on voting rights and race relations, after he had “inadvertently” omitted a word in a comment earlier this week, which sparked a massive backlash on social media. “This
Continue ReadingBy Kevin C. Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Montez Coleman, a prominent East St. Louis jazz drummer who toured nationally and internationally with some of the genre’s greats, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, of congestive heart failure at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 48. Coleman was a
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Mark McMorris has won as much as he’s lost over a decade that has seen him go from fresh-faced rider filled with potential to grizzled, banged-up veteran with one more point to prove. Canada’s best rider over the past 10 years is at the Winter
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By DAVID EGGERT and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is poised to announce next week major electric vehicle investments in Michigan. It plans to spend $6.5 billion and create up to 4,000 new jobs at two plants in the state. According to a meeting agenda, Michigan’s economic development board is
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs could have running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire available for the first time in nearly a month when they play the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night for a spot in their fourth consecutive AFC championship game. Edwards-Helaire practiced all week for the first time
Continue ReadingBy Jason Allen Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH (KTVT) — Fort Worth political leaders celebrated the now more-certain completion of the Central City project Thursday, January 20, while pointing the finger at politics for the long delay in securing funding for the flood control work. Rep. Marc Veasey compared the frustration
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Continue Reading TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Caroline Green and Michael Parsons of the United States have won the ice dance title at the Four Continents figure skating championships. Green and Parsons had the lead from Thursday’s rhythm dance and extended it in the free dance to score a total 200.59 points for what was the biggest win
Continue ReadingBy Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission held a virtual meeting Thursday to discuss a proposal that would allow bear hunting at three Western North Carolina sanctuaries. The commission attributed an increase in bear-human interactions and rapid growth of the bear
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Florida man has been charged with human smuggling after four people, including an infant, were found dead from apparent exposure to the cold Wednesday, just feet away from Minnesota’s border with Canada. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Steve Shand,
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By Randi Kaye, CNN Before taking his own life, Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook he was responsible for Gabby Petito‘s death, according to the FBI. “A review of the notebook revealed written statements by Mr. Laundrie claiming responsibility for Ms. Petito’s death,” the FBI’s Denver Field Office said in a statement released Friday. The
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PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a man who witnessed the killing of a 37-year-old Phoenix woman led investigators to the site where the victim was killed and her remains dumped. Irene Luevano’s body was found Thursday along Interstate 10 in La Paz County in the western Arizona desert. A probable-cause statement said Diego Hernan
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Workers at an Activision Blizzard-owned game studio announced plans on Friday to form what would be the first union at the troubled gaming company. A group of quality assurance workers at Raven Software who largely work on the wildly popular “Call of Duty” series said they have garnered enough
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Catalytic converter theft has been on the rise in the Denver metro area. Now state lawmakers are working to curb these crimes affecting the livelihoods of Coloradans. More than 2,000 catalytic converters were stolen in the city of Denver alone in 2021.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is blocking some flights by Chinese airlines in retaliation for China canceling more than a dozen flights there by American carriers. The U.S. Transportation Department issued an order Friday to block 44 flights by four different Chinese airlines. The move is a response to China recently canceling flights by
Continue Reading By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste. The spill in southwestern Colorado fouled rivers with a sickly
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN LORENZO (KPIX) — Authorities in Alameda County have arrested a man on animal cruelty charges after deputies said he was caught on video abusing ducks in a San Lorenzo park. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said it learned about the January 15 incident near
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks extended their losses on Wall Street Friday as major indexes headed for another weekly loss. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1%. The Nasdaq fell 2.2%, slipping further into a correction, or more than 10% below its peak. Technology and communications
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story BEVERLY HILLS (KCAL, KCBS) — After last weekend’s hostage standoff at a synagogue in Texas, local and federal authorities held a news conference Friday morning in Los Angeles to address safety concerns for local synagogues. The news conference at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills was
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