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Massive Salad Recall for Salmonella, Listeria
BGR - Wed Dec 22, 2021
If you’ve stocked up on salad ahead of the holidays, you should ensure that the products you’ve purchased have not been just recalled. More»

At Least 50 Likely Dead in Kentucky Alone After Tornadoes Hit Central and Southern US
CNN - Sat Dec 11, 2021
Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday across parts of the central and southern US including Kentucky, where the governor says the death toll will exceed 50 after "one of the toughest nights in Kentucky history". More»

Dozens of Workers Trapped after Collapse at Amazon Warehouse in Illinois
KTVI-TV - Fri Dec 10, 2021
EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois — Multiple workers are trapped at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, following a massive structural collapse Friday night, according to authorities. More»

QAnon Followers Threaten Hospital After Outspoken COVID Denier Dies Of COVID
Huffington Post - Mon Sep 13, 2021
QAnon believers and other conspiracy theorists have inundated a Chicago hospital with threats after a prominent COVID-19 denier who sought treatment for the disease died Monday. More»

Chicago Announces Indoor Mask Mandate For All, Regardless of Vaccination Status
WMAQ-TV - Tue Aug 17, 2021
The city of Chicago announced Tuesday an indoor mask mandate for all individuals 2 years and older, regardless of vaccination status, beginning Friday, August 20. More»

FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed before Inauguration Day
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 11, 2021
The FBI is warning of possible armed protests at capitols in all 50 states in the days leading to Inauguration Day as cities around the country brace for violence in the wake of last week's deadly riots at the US Capitol. More»

More Journalists Injured Covering George Floyd Protests
WNBC-TV - Sun May 31, 2020
The first time officers shot rubber bullets at MSNBC host Ali Velshi and his crew Saturday night in Minneapolis, he was willing to believe that the officials didn't know they were press. More»

Chicago Truck Driver Claims To Have Encountered The Mothman
Mysterious Universe - Tue Dec 17, 2019
A truck driver from Chicago claims to have seen the Mothman near O’Hare International Airport. More»

District says it's not liable for boy, 8, who killed himself
ABC News - Sun Dec 8, 2019
The death of an 8-year-old boy whose parents say killed himself after he was bullied by another student is at the center of a legal fight with his family and the Cincinnati Public Schools. More»

Georgia neighborhoods unaware of airborne cancer-causing toxin
Marrietta Daily Journal - Mon Jul 22, 2019
Ann Singley was trying to muscle her lawnmower out of a ditch in front of her home in Covington when she felt a tug in her breast. More»

Illinois cops arrest man for being hospitalized while black
Raw Story - Wed Jun 19, 2019
On Monday, Freeport, Illinois resident Shaquille Dukes was arrested outside of FHN Memorial Hospital with an IV attached to his arm. More»

Football players suspended from team for running naked with Oreos wedged in buttocks
Associated Press - Tue Dec 4, 2018
BYRON, Illinois - Ten football players at a Northern Illinois high school were suspended from the team for three games last month after they ran across a field naked with Oreo cookies wedged between their buttocks. More»

Republican lawmaker, 35, resigns after he 'shared naked photos of his ex-girlfriend on an Instagram he set up two years ago to catfish other men'
Daily Mail - Wed Aug 1, 2018
An Illinois lawmaker has resigned after his ex-girlfriend accused him of posting nude photos of her on social media. More»

Illinois governor demonstrates diversity by drinking chocolate milk
Fox News - Thu Feb 22, 2018
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner illustrated his commitment to workplace diversity in the state Wednesday -- by drinking a glass of chocolate milk. More»

Groundbreaking medical marijuana case lets little girl go back to school
KFOR-TV - Mon Jan 22, 2018
A little girl was back in a school she loves in Schaumburg, Illinois last week - but only after a federal judge said it was okay for her to bring her prescription medication with her. More»

U.S. Steel dumps more toxic chromium near Lake Michigan, faces lawsuit
Chicago Tribune - Wed Nov 15, 2017
Six months after US Steel dumped a plume of toxic metal into a Lake Michigan tributary, the company quietly reported another spill at the same northwest Indiana plant and asked state environmental regulators to keep it secret, according to newly released documents. More»

Congressman, others shot during baseball practice near D.C.
Washington Post - Tue Jun 13, 2017
The Republican lawmakers and their aides had nearly finished batting practice at an Alexandria park Wednesday when they heard a single crack through the sticky early-morning air. More»

'Just kill me': The moment bloodied United passenger mumbled about suicide after he was body-slammed by cops and dragged off overbooked flight to make room for airline STAFF
Daily Mail - Sun Apr 9, 2017
New video has emerged of a bloodied United passenger mumbling about suicide after he was body-slammed by cops and dragged off an overbooked flight to make room for airline staff. More»

Anti-Trump protests turn violent: Cops clash with 6,000-strong crowd in Oakland and activists block roads in LA amid nationwide demonstrations
Daily Mail - Wed Nov 9, 2016
Violence has broken out at anti-Trump rallies across America overnight as tens of thousands marched against the President-elect before angry mobs attacked police, started fires and shut down highways. More»

Chicago Cop Only Gets 60 Days In Jail For Sexually Assaulting Coworker's 9-Year-Old
WinningDemocrats.com - Thu Apr 7, 2016
A long-serving Chicago police officer has been cleared of felony sexual assault charges that resulted from the molestation of a fellow law enforcement officer's 9-year-old daughter because the judge said he couldn't be certain that he kissed and fondled the girl for his own sexual arousal. More»

How Chicago Police 'Disappeared' 7,000 People in an Off-the-Books Interrogation Warehouse
The Guardian - Mon Oct 19, 2015
At least 3,500 Americans have been detained inside a Chicago police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility, newly uncovered records reveal. More»

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'
The Guardian - Mon Feb 23, 2015
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. More»

Aaron Swartz: 'Killed By The Government'
Huffington Post - Mon Jan 14, 2013
HIGHLAND PARK, Illinois - Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was "killed by the government," his father told mourners Tuesday during his son's funeral in suburban Chicago. More»

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years
Associated Press - Tue Dec 6, 2011
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. More»

Banks closed in Ga, NC, NJ, Ill; 80 failed in 2011
Associated Press - Fri Oct 14, 2011
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday closed small banks in Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey and Illinois, boosting to 80 the number of US bank failures this year. More»

7 banks closed in Fla., Ga., Ill., Kan., Ariz.
Associated Press - Fri Oct 22, 2010
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down a total of seven banks in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas and Arizona, lifting to 139 the number of US banks that have fallen this year as soured loans have mounted and the economy has sputtered. More»

Aide: Blago hid in bathroom from budget director
Associated Press - Thu Jul 8, 2010
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich hid in the bathroom, ducked into a back room and left the office early to avoid discussing complex issues with his budget director, his former deputy said Thursday at the ousted governor's corruption trial. More»

Lettuce Recall due to E.Coli - FDA investigating
Associated Press - Thu May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON - A food company is recalling lettuce sold in 23 states and the District of Columbia because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people, three of them with life-threatening symptoms. More»

Lisa Hofstra Settles With City For $78K: Nurse Handcuffed By Cop For Not Drawing Blood On Command
Huffington Post - Mon May 3, 2010
A nurse who was handcuffed by a Chicago Police Officer when she refused to draw blood from a drunk-driving suspect fast enough for him in August settled her lawsuit against the officer for $78,000. More»

Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks
Associated Press - Fri Jan 1, 2010
CHICAGO - Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal's a deal. More»

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