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By WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story SKOKIE, Illinois (WLS) — Police said three people were hurt when the stolen car they were riding in rolled over on the Edens Expressway near Touhy Avenue in Skokie around 5 a.m. Wednesday. Police said the vehicle that crashed had just been stolen from a
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By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash. The nine jurors
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By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash. The nine jurors
Continue Reading By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS Associated Press For the millions whose entire student debt is being wiped out, the Biden administration’s announcement on forgiveness means new freedom to move, start a family or keep a low-paying but fulfilling job. But for many others, the long-awaited plan brings bitterness and frustration. Many student loan borrowers feel left
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente del Gobierno de España, Pedro Sánchez, dijo que su país tiene “toda la disposición” para ser garante o sede de los diálogos de paz entre Colombia y el ELN. En una rueda de prensa junto a su homólogo Gustavo Petro en Bogotá, Sánchez dijo que su país “tiene
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN Several rockets were fired at coalition bases in Syria on Wednesday, injuring three US service members, according to a statement from US Central Command, in an apparent response to US airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in the region. The rockets struck two bases in northeast Syria that house US troops, Mission Support
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By Nick Watt, CNN On an average night in Los Angeles County, more than 60,000 people are homeless. At the same time, there are more than 20,000 vacant hotel rooms. In 2024, residents will get to vote: Should those rooms be offered to the unhoused? “It’s insane. It isn’t going to solve the problem,” says
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Las autoridades identificaron hoy a un hombre de 42 años cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado en Indio. Los oficiales respondieron al área cerca de Date Avenue y Denslow Street alrededor de las 4 a.m. del martes. El reporte era de una persona que no respondía y que estaba tirado en el suelo, según el departamento de policía de Indio.
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday took another step to try to preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to stay and work in the country. The Department of Homeland Security announced the
Continue Reading WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police department says one of its officers fatally shot a man who was advancing toward him armed with a knife, a hammer and had a gas can taped to his chest. The shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in Waukegan, about 42 miles north of Chicago. Police say an officer
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who killed two people, including his father, after being told to stop drinking beer and get a job was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison, prosecutors said. Luke William Ferguson, 31, was sentenced to life without chance of parole plus 84 years for the Oct. 12,
Continue Reading PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — Police officers in the San Francisco Bay Area discovered the body of a woman in the living room of a home she shared with her daughter, who told police her mother died of natural causes more than a year ago, authorities said. Neighbors of the women called police after seeing between
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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is shutting down the hybrid virtual, in-home care service it’s spent years developing. It’s a surprising move that underscores the challenges Amazon faces as it moves into health care. Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said in an email sent to staff that Amazon Care will end
Continue Reading GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A subsidiary of insurance giant State Farm has agreed to pay the federal government $100 million in restitution over its alleged mishandling of flood insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. The settlement marks the conclusion of legal proceedings that began more than 16 years ago when two whistleblowers filed a lawsuit against
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Palm Springs and Riverside County have been awarded $19 million for the city’s Homeless Navigation Center as part of California’s Homekey program. “We couldn’t be more grateful and excited about today’s announcement of the state’s significant investment in the Palm Springs Navigation Center. This funding will allow us to make a significant impact and real-time
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury finds Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos of his body at helicopter crash site.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from Harvey Weinstein over his 2020 rape conviction. A spokesman for the Court of Appeals said Wednesday that oral arguments would likely be held sometime next year, after the decision to hear the case was granted Aug. 19. Weinstein was convicted
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cal Quantrill of the Cleveland Guardians claimed it was no big deal facing his former team, the San Diego Padres. Reminded how demonstrative he was after getting out of two big jams, he laughed and told the truth. “Apparently I really did care a lot.
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A federal jury today ordered Los Angeles County to pay $31 million in damages over the actions of first-responders who snapped and shared gruesome photos from the scene of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven other people. The damages were awarded to Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, and
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un juez federal de México determinó este miércoles que hay elementos suficientes para procesar al exprocurador general de México, Jesús Murillo Karam, por la desaparición de los 43 estudiantes de la escuela normal de Ayotzinapa, ocurrida el 26 de septiembre de 2014. Durante una audiencia celebrada en el Reclusorio
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