By Cate Cauguiran Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Midlothian family honored a 27-year-old mother who was shot and later died after a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway last week. The family held a cluster of balloons tightly together as the victim’s mother tried to hold it together during a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about stem cells. Scientists believe that stem cell research can be used to treat medical conditions including Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. About Stem Cells Sources: National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic Stem cell research focuses on embryonic
Continue ReadingCNN Story by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) aren’t as cute and cuddly as they look,” says Jason van Zanten, conservation manager at Penguin Place in the Otago Peninsula, New
Continue ReadingStory by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) aren’t as cute and cuddly as they look,” says Jason van Zanten, conservation manager at Penguin Place in the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.
Continue ReadingBy Lucas Nelson Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A beloved gym owner in the mountains celebrated her 70th birthday this week, and her coworkers and clients came together early on Saturday morning, May 28, to celebrate her with — what else? A workout! The workout was to complete
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Johnny Depp’s defamation trial may be winding down, but he stayed in the spotlight this weekend. The actor and musician played guitar with his longtime friend Jeff Beck at a concert at Sheffield City Hall in in Sheffield, England. “Well…what a surprise we got last night when Johnny Depp joined
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By Amanda Watts and Holly Yan, CNN A man has been arrested after an 18-month-old boy was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pittsburgh, authorities said. The boy and his mother were in a vehicle in the 100 block of Fourth Avenue when the shooting happened around 2:44 p.m. Sunday, the Pittsburgh Department of Public
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez (CNN) — Ladrones robaron un tabernáculo valorado en US$ 2 millones de una iglesia católica en Brooklyn la semana pasada, mientras las estatuas de ángeles que flanqueaban el altar fueron decapitadas en el proceso, informó la policía. Según las autoridades, se utilizaron herramientas eléctricas para “cortar a la fuerza” el altar y acceder
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A man is facing charges after police say he set a homeless man known to Chicagoans as “The Walking Man” on fire last week. Joseph Guardia, 27, of Melsrose Park, is charged with attempted first degree murder and arson, the Chicago Police
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Even two years later, Yolanda Tezeno’s voice quivers as she describes the day she returned to her Louisiana home following Hurricane Laura’s unyielding wrath. “It was total devastation in our area. All the homes are just destroyed,” Tezeno recounted. She took a long pause; the wound was as fresh as it
Continue ReadingBy Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Scott’s Law requires drivers to slow down and move over when you approach emergency vehicles with their hazard lights flashing – but is it just tough talk? The wife of an injured Illinois state trooper is wondering that after her husband
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Cuando un hombre armado entró en una escuela primaria de Uvalde, Texas, la semana pasada y comenzó a disparar, un estudiante dice que su maestra, herida por las balas, tuvo que enviar un mensaje de texto al 911 para pedir ayuda. Daniel, de 9 años, junto a su madre, Briana Ruiz, dijo
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Master P and his family are mourning the loss of his daughter Tytyana Miller. Miller was 29. No cause of death was shared. The artist and producer took to Instagram with a message, writing: “Our family is dealing with an overwhelming grief for the loss of my daughter Tytyana. We respectfully request
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By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are gathering in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine. But divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new sanctions package are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. Ukrainian President
Continue ReadingBy Jake Draugelis Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WNEM) — A 13-year-old is dead following a shooting incident in Grand Rapids’s West Grand neighborhood. The Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) said officers were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot
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Very gusty condition created havoc over the weekend and through last night. Today it remains gusty as clean up begins. We are behind a vigorous front, so temps are cooler today as well. Highs in the mid 90s today… It will remain gusty through the evening hours, even though winds are not as strong as
Continue ReadingBy Crystal Bui and Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — After a shooting claimed the life of 27-year-old Wyman Boyd Jr. on Saturday night, a community is shaken. It was the third shooting in southwest Atlanta in less than two days. Police responded to reports of a shooting at
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops pushed farther into a key eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Kyiv’s forces Monday in a battle the mayor said has left the city “completely ruined” and driven tens of thousands from their homes. Military analysts painted the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN A month after the death of her mother Naomi Judd, Wynonna Judd is reflecting on her loss. In a recent post on the younger Judd’s verified Instagram account, she wrote “There is so much happening in the world right now. So before I sat down to write this, I thought,
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — After falling for several years, rates of firearm-related violent crime are on the rise in Canada, the majority of which involve handguns, a recent report from Statistics Canada shows. Released on Friday, the report compares instances of firearm-related violent crime in
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