By Jeramie Bizzle, Adam Harrington, Asal Rezaei Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago woman is facing multiple charges after approaching and hitting other women, often with a bat, on the city’s Northwest Side. Denise Solorzano, 26, was arrested on Wednesday, in the 2700 block of West Foster Avenue around
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN US consumer sentiment worsened in May as Americans grew concerned about the economy’s direction and a potential default of the US government’s debt, according to a preliminary report from the University of Michigan Friday. The political impasse over raising the debt ceiling has dragged on for weeks and is inching closer
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored Friday with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait. The release of the stamp of Chief Standing Bear comes 146 years after the
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Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Adele James is addressing a colorism controversy over a Netflix docuseries in which she stars as Cleopatra. “Queen Cleopatra,” which is executive produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, portrays the ruler of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt as a woman of color. Egyptian government officials have criticized casting James, who
Continue ReadingBy WBAL Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Baltimore City is suing Hyundai and Kia in federal court for actions the city says are fueling a “vehicular crime wave.” The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims the business decision by the automakers to not equip vehicles with anti-theft technology is behind the
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN A massive new US embassy complex in Lebanon is causing controversy for its sheer size and opulence in a country where nearly 80% of the population is under the poverty line. Located some 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) from the center of Beirut and built on the site of the current
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The NBA draft lottery has offered teams a quick path from bad to good for nearly four decades. The stakes this year are as high as they’ve ever been with French phenom Victor Wembanyama the top prospect. The lottery format has undergone a few changes since the New York
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Officials say an explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack. Police and firefighters went to the building in the town of Ratingen on Thursday in response to a call about a helpless person inside a top-floor apartment. The
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says this year’s projected federal budget deficit has jumped by $130 billion. That’s due in part to a proposed change to student loan repayment plans and a series of bank rescues. Overall, the agency expects deficits to increase by $20 trillion in the
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Roberts, Matt Petrillo, CBS News staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 21-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with helping two men escape from a Philadelphia prison. Court documents show Xianni Stalling, of North Philly, was arrested on Wednesday morning on the 2800 block of North 22nd
Continue ReadingBy Emily Sanderson Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A teen is recounting the moments she helped save a child from a house fire in Winton Hills Thursday. Three children were taken to the hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries, following a fire early Thursday morning at an apartment complex
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse has been arrested and accused of abusing three inmates. The Justice Department announced the charges Friday. Darrell Wayne Smith worked at the
Continue ReadingFLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The United States’ top international development official says Washington is focusing on the urgency of normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia in EU-brokered talks between the two former war foes. USAID Administrator Samantha Power has been in Kosovo for the past two days, following
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan’s yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door deposition Friday of the House Judiciary Committee, according to a Republican lawmaker in the meeting. Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, exited the meeting after roughly
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Adams Click here for updates on this story HARDIN COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — A family is left picking up the pieces after a fire ripped through that home in Elizabethtown. Central Hardin’s Assistant Fire Chief Billy Keith remembers Wednesday night’s call: a home fully engulfed. But as the trucks got closer, he knew
Continue ReadingCNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN Most parents wouldn’t be thrilled with the idea of their kids getting hooked up to an IV bag filled with trillions of viruses. But for Melanie Hennick, whose son, Connor, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, it was an opportunity she hoped would change his life. “We knew this wasn’t a cure,”
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A former dog trainer is facing charges of animal cruelty for allegedly starving dogs at his training facility. Falco K9 in South Boston has been closed since early March after customers complained of the alleged abuse. The Animal Rescue League’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Do you know how to perform a conversion between pounds and kilograms in your head on the fly? Grocery stores may be using conversion confusion to skew our perception of how pricey food is, according to a new
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus.” Joey Santore was kayaking with a friend along the Chicago River last weekend when they spotted the large snapping turtle sitting atop
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