By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Loudon Wainwright III has been writing about aging before he had any real concept of what that meant. Now he’s turned 75, and the songwriter’s first collection of new compositions in eight years is loosely themed on hitting that milestone and the wisdom the
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Injured Chicago Police Officer Danny Golden got an escort home after he was released from a rehab facility Friday Officer Golden had been at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab after a shooting outside a bar in Beverly while he was off-duty left
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Helio Castroneves will return next year for a 26th full season in IndyCar. He has signed a one-year contract extension with Meyer Shank Racing. The additional season was announced ahead of Saturday night’s race outside of St. Louis on the final oval on this
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Helio Castroneves will return next year for a 26th full season in IndyCar. He has signed a one-year contract extension with Meyer Shank Racing. The additional season was announced ahead of Saturday night’s race outside of St. Louis on the final oval on this
Continue Reading MATTAPOISETT, Mass. (AP) — Several boats have been consumed by a large fire at a Massachusetts boatyard. Aerial video taken by WCVB-TV on Friday showed several boats and vehicles at the boatyard in Mattapoisett either burned out shells or being consumed by flames. People who picked up the phones at the Mattapoisett fire and police
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A committee formed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to review Chicago’s monument issued its report Friday to recommended that two statues of Christopher Columbus should not be returned and that they should be replaced with new monuments. The statues were removed in July
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000. Boston-based RR Auction says the prototype was used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story PARK RIDGE, Illinois (WLS) — A 37-year-old custodian has been accused of recording people in a Park Ridge elementary school restroom. Park Ridge police said Luis M. Rubio-Ortega of Niles was charged with unlawful video recording after admitting to placing a cell phone that was
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — José Adán Aguerri Chamorro, dirigente opositor y expresidente del Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP) de Nicaragua, fue enviado este jueves por las autoridades judiciales a cumplir su condena en su casa, según lo informaron sus familiares al Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh). La policía detuvo a
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By Betsy Klein, CNN A top official on the White House monkeypox response team on Friday sought to defend the Biden administration’s actions as the outbreak worsens but did not offer substantive explanations for why it is taking so long to get the spread under control, casting the response as reactive to the disease’s trajectory.
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN A top official on the White House monkeypox response team on Friday sought to defend the Biden administration’s actions as the outbreak worsens but did not offer substantive explanations for why it is taking so long to get the spread under control, casting the response as reactive to the disease’s trajectory.
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have had a rash of injuries at center in training camp. Since camp opened in late July, New York has seen five centers hurt at some point. Coach Brian Daboll says the Giants will not have starter Jon Feliciano and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights if the carriers don’t give more help to travelers trapped by flight cancellations and delays. Buttigieg is asking airline CEOs to, at a minimum, provide lodging for passengers stranded overnight at an airport and give
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Dan Price was the poster child for resisting corporate greed, making headlines in 2015 for setting a minimum $70,000 salary for all employees at the payments company he led — saying he cut his own salary as CEO by 90% to achieve it. On Wednesday, amid allegations of misconduct and
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Monseñor Rolando Álvarez, obispo de la Diócesis de Matagalpa y administrador Apostólico de la Diócesis de Estelí, junto a otros 7 sacerdotes y seminaristas que se encontraban retenidos en la curia desde hace 16 días, fueron trasladados a Managua durante un operativo ejecutado la madrugada de este viernes, como parte
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are 13 different regions near the lunar south pole where the first woman and next man on the moon could land through NASA’s Artemis III mission in 2025, according to the agency. The announcement comes as NASA is preparing for the launch of Artemis I, the first uncrewed mission that
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald. The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti has unveiled what the French automaker hopes will be the world’s fastest convertible. The 1,600-horsepower, $5 million W16 Mistral is, essentially, an open-topped version of the Bugatti Chiron supercar, though there are major design differences. It is also Bugatti’s last gasoline-only car. Future models will be hybrid. Only 99
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LARGE Click here for updates on this story CHOWCHILLA (KOVR) — Seventy-year-old Frederick Woods, the convicted mastermind of the 1976 Chowchilla mass kidnapping, has been granted parole. Some of the survivors of his heinous crime are speaking out in response to the decision. “It’s about time,” Reverend Larry Park said. “Forty-six years is
Continue Reading By BRADY McCOMBS and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender girls in Utah will be given the opportunity to participate in female sports as the school year begins after a judge on Friday reversed a ban pending legal challenges from parents. Instead of an outright ban, transgender girls will now go
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