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  • Video shows shooting by Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy that killed Sonya Massey (body cam released)

    07/22/2024 7:31:34 PM PDT · by heartwood · 22 replies
    CBS Chicago ^ | 7/22/2024
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  • Biden bows out: Could Gov. JB Pritzker be a possible Presidential candidate?

    07/21/2024 2:40:11 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    ILLINOIS - President Joe Biden announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. With all the speculation over who could replace him, would Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker be a possibility? The president posted his decision to bow out of the race Sunday on social media and he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Despite his endorsement, Harris has not been officially selected as the nominee for president in the 2024 election. Shortly after Biden's announcement, Pritzker issued this statement on his decision, emphasizing the president's successful term and the "threat posed by Trump's potential return...
  • Mark Pincus: Biden Is Even Riskier Than Trump

    07/19/2024 7:40:25 AM PDT · by Reno89519 · 31 replies
    The Free Press ^ | July 18, 2024 | Mark Pincus
    I’m a major donor to the Democratic Party. Only one strategy can rescue the Dems: an open convention. Being a large donor to the Democratic Party is like having elective surgery. You know it’s the right thing to do, but you also know it will be painful. You are often going to be thrown under the bus by the very candidates you support. I would know. I maxed out my giving in the last four presidential elections to the Democratic candidate: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Biden again, this cycle. Perhaps that makes me sound partisan, but I...
  • 14-year-old boy charged with 6 carjackings, 6 robberies on North Side, West Loop

    07/18/2024 6:42:41 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 28 replies
    CWBChicago ^ | 07/18/2024 | CWBChicago
    CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with 14 felonies in connection with a violent crime spree on Sunday, as well as an attempted hijacking in June. The boy was part of a group that carjacked and robbed four people in the 1900 block of West Irving Park around 5:40 a.m. Sunday, according to CPD. As CWBChicago reported that morning, a carjacker driving a white car pulled in front of the victim’s Mazda CX3 to block their path, and two gunmen got out, took the victims’ valuables, and then drove away with the Mazda. CPD said the victims were...
  • Bob Newhart dead at 94: Legendary comedian and Elf star passes away after a series of short illnesses

    07/18/2024 1:15:07 PM PDT · by DFG · 86 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 07/18/2024 | Eve Buckland
    Iconic actor Bob Newhart has died aged 94. The comedy legend passed away at his LA home on Thursday after a series of short illnesses, his longtime publicist, Jerry Digney, announced to THR. Newhart began his career as a stand-up comedian before launching a hugely successful acting career. His accolades include three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He famously starred as Papa Elf in 2003 Will Ferrell comedy, Elf and played Susan Mayer's stepfather Morty Flicker in Desperate Housewives in 2005.
  • Bob Newhart, Dean of the Deadpan Delivery, Dies at 94

    07/18/2024 2:51:57 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 43 replies
    A former accountant, he became an overnight sensation with the release of a 1960 live comedy album, then starred in a pair of fabled CBS sitcoms.Bob Newhart, the beloved stand-up performer whose droll, deadpan humor showcased on two critically acclaimed CBS sitcoms vaulted him into the ranks of history’s greatest comedians, died Thursday morning. He was 94. The Chicago legend, who won Grammy Awards for album of the year and best new artist for his 1960 breakthrough record, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, died at his Los Angeles home after a series of short illnesses, his longtime publicist,...
  • Illinois deputy charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman who called 911

    07/18/2024 10:44:57 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    abcnews.go ^ | 07/18/2024 | AP
    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black woman shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home, authorities said Thursday. The details were in a court document filed in support of keeping former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson in custody without bond. Sonya Massey was killed at her home in Springfield, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of Chicago, after deputies responded to her 911 call early July 6, State’s Attorney John Milhiser said. Prosecutors said Grayson “aggressively yelled” at Massey to put...
  • Sen. Bob Menendez Gives Up the Ghost, Reportedly Says He'll Resign From Congress

    07/17/2024 6:56:52 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Red State ^ | 07/17/2024 | Susie Moore
    He's steadfastly maintained his innocence, but Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was convicted by a federal jury in New York on Tuesday on 16 charges, including bribery, extortion, acting as a foreign agent, obstruction of justice, and several counts of conspiracy. Since his indictment, Menendez has batted away calls for him to resign his Senate seat, including by fellow Democratic Senator John Fetterman (PA). However, on Wednesday, Menendez reportedly told allies that would, indeed, resign.WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has told allies that he will resign from Congress after being convicted on federal corruption charges, two people directly familiar with...
  • Editor's note: Here's why you didn't get a newspaper today

    07/17/2024 4:11:28 AM PDT · by Salman · 16 replies
    Chicago Sun Times ^ | Jul 16, 2024 | Jennifer Kho
    Dear readers, The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper wasn’t printed or delivered Tuesday due to unexpected issues with the printing presses at our vendor, Chicago Tribune Company, which also prints the Tribune, the Daily Herald, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and other papers. This means our home delivery subscribers didn’t receive the newspaper and it was also unavailable at any newsstands. We’re disappointed that this happened, and I want to apologize to you, our readers. Whether you get the newspaper delivered or pick it up on the newsstands, we know you count on getting the newspaper every morning —...
  • Ahead of DNC, Brandon Johnson puts homeless on the street to make room for tent city occupants

    07/17/2024 4:30:37 AM PDT · by Salman · 8 replies
    Chicago Sun Times ^ | Jul 16, 2024 | Brett Chase, Lauren FitzPatrick and Elvia Malagón
    Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is putting unhoused people back on the streets to make room for relocated tent encampment occupants who are being moved before the Democratic National Convention next month. More than half a dozen people told the Sun-Times that they were thrown out or fear they are about to be ejected from a shelter in a former hotel off the Magnificent Mile — as city officials begin to clear a highly visible tent city abutting the Dan Ryan Expressway. A domestic violence survivor, a recovering alcoholic and others with anxiety or chronic medical conditions were among those kicked...
  • Illinois GOP’s turn toward Trump keeps moderates at home

    07/17/2024 3:18:53 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 23 replies
    WGN-TV ^ | 7/16/24 | Ben Bradley
    Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party shows itself in the platform priorities approved here at the convention and the people who are now influencing the Illinois Republican Party. With all the hoopla from inside the convention hall at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, it’s easy to miss the people left outside of the arena and the party. Among them: Adam Kinzinger, who was once viewed as the future of the GOP. He was a fresh-faced military vet who, as a congressman, voted with Trump more than 90 percent of the time. But then he committed the Cardinal Sin of today’s GOP:...
  • Imminent dam failure, flash flooding prompt evacuations in southern Illinois

    07/16/2024 10:40:56 AM PDT · by CFW · 7 replies
    Fox Weather ^ | 7/16/24 | By Scott Sistek
    NASHVILLE, Ill. — Emergency officials said residents in some neighborhoods of Nashville, Illinois, are being urged to evacuate after a nearby dam is imminently failing. Recent heavy rains triggered Flash Flood Warnings in the region Tuesday morning, and flood waters overtopped the dam behind the Nashville City Reservoir. "Attention the failure of the Nashville dam is imminent," Washington County (Illinois) emergency managers wrote, adding a map shading an area at risk of flooding downstream. "If you are in the grey box, you need to evacuate now!" Two shelters have been opened in the area.
  • Di Leo: Another Holiday Weekend, Another Statistic to Learn From

    07/15/2024 7:57:05 PM PDT · by jfd1776 · 5 replies
    Illinois Review ^ | July 11, AD 2024 | John F Di Leo
    In sunny Chicago, Illinois, on the weekend of Independence Day, 2024, we are told that 109 people were shot, 19 of them fatally. This of course doesn’t include the always-unknown numbers of people who were shot at but missed, and those who were shot but chose not to seek medical care, and those who were stabbed, slugged, or clubbed, because the gun is the only weapon in which most modern journalists are interested. Statistics of any kind are rarely truly comprehensive. But still, “109 shot, 19 fatally” is in itself a scary enough number for a four-day weekend in a...
  • BREAKING: JD Vance spotted leaving Ohio home in a motorcade.

    07/15/2024 9:10:10 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 63 replies
    X ^ | 7.15.24
    BREAKING: JD Vance spotted leaving Ohio home in a motorcade.
  • 'Three black trucks with US government plates' are mysteriously spotted at Trump VP contender's home sparking rumors they have won the veepstakes

    07/15/2024 3:54:13 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 44 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7.15.24 | Stephen M. Lepore
    Three black trucks with United States government plates were spotted at the home of Ohio Senator and rumored vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Saturday. [cut] Vance, a big favorite with Trump's MAGA base, saw the extra protection at his house following the assassination attempt on Trump that the former president miraculously survived, with Vance blaming Joe Biden for the rhetoric leading to it. Some speculated on social media upon noticing the black trucks that they might be Secret Service agents, leading many to wonder if Vance had officially won the veepstakes. Trump is expected to make the announcement at...
  • Kinzinger says JD Vance’s response to shooting should ‘disqualify’ him from VP consideration

    07/14/2024 2:49:32 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 70 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/14/2024 | Sarah Fortinsky
    Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Sunday Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) response to the attempted assassination of former President Trump should “disqualify” him from serving as vice president. Vance, a contender for Trump’s choice of running mate, said in a social media post on Saturday that the shooting was “not some isolated incident” and suggested President Biden’s campaign was, at least in part, at fault. “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Vance said on the social platform X. “That rhetoric led directly to...
  • We Don't Have A Gun Problem, We have a Chicago Problem: Over 100 People Shot July 4th Weekend

    07/08/2024 7:15:59 PM PDT · by grundle · 49 replies
    YouTube ^ | July 8, 2024 | Colion Noir
    We Don't Have A Gun Problem, We have a Chicago Problem: Over 100 People Shot July 4th Weekend
  • Kroger and Albertsons release list of stores to be divested under merger

    07/11/2024 4:31:30 PM PDT · by george76 · 24 replies
    Supermarket News Daily ^ | Jul 09, 2024 | Timothy Inklebarger
    Washington, Arizona, Colorado, California, and Oregon would see the biggest number of stores flipped to C&S.. Kroger and Albertsons have released a list of hundreds of stores that would be divested to C&S Wholesale Grocers if federal regulators approve its proposed $24.6 billion merger deal, and the states with the largest numbers include Washington, Arizona, and Colorado. Under the proposal, Kroger and Albertsons would divest stores in Washington (124), Arizona (101), Colorado (91), California (63), Oregon (62), Illinois (35), Texas (28), Nevada (16), and Alaska (18). Several states would see 10 or fewer stores divested, including: Idaho (10), New Mexico...
  • Biden-backing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker — a rumored replacement — caught on hot mic sharing gloomy outlook on presidential race

    07/11/2024 6:17:08 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/11/2024 | Victor Nava
    Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a vocal supporter of President Biden, was caught on a hot mic Wednesday expressing his dissatisfaction with the state of the presidential race. “I mean, we’re just going to keep fighting. I don’t know what to say. You know, got to do what we have to do,” Pritzker was heard telling a man on the sidelines of a crime-fighting event in Chicago. “I don’t like where we are,” the governor added. A spokesperson for the governor told NBC Chicago that Pritzker was discussing the presidential race and the debate regarding the 81-year-old president’s status as...
  • More Illinois corporations lay off workers in June

    07/10/2024 10:52:32 AM PDT · by CFW · 2 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 7/9/24 | Catrina Petersen
    (The Center Square) – In June, nine Illinois companies announced a total of 1,017 jobs affected by mass layoffs. A policy analyst and economy expert says more people are relying on themselves for employment. A “mass layoff” under the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act is a reduction in force at a single site of employment of 25 or more full-time employees if they constitute one-third or more of full-time employees at the site, or 250 or more full-time employees. Director of Fiscal and Economic Research at Illinois Policy Bryce Hill said Illinois has the least business-friendly state of...