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Emergency crews called to house fire in Chicago Lawn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

CHICAGO — Emergency crews have responded to a house fire at 69th and Rockwell in Chicago Lawn. SkyCam9 flew above the scene. Details are limited, but SkyCam9 shows a house engulfed, with heavy smoke from the roof area. Chicago fire officials said the blaze has spread to neighboring homes, affecting at least three structures.Read more: Latest Chicago news headlinesAt this time, there is no word on injuries or what may have sparked the blaze.This is a developing story. Check back with WGN News for updates.

Faculty member shot dead at UNC-Chapel Hill; suspect in custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — For more than three hours, the UNC-Chapel Hill campus was placed on a lockdown due to an active shooter situation. University of North Carolina Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz confirmed a faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building. Their identity was not released as police are still in the process of contacting family members. VIDEO: Armed officers in UNC Caudill Labs where 1 killed in shooting, officials say While one person is in custody, the weapon used in the campus shooting was still unaccounted for as of 6 p.m. Monday. "This loss is devastating and the shooting damages the trust and safety that we so often take for granted in our campus community. We will work to rebuild that sense of trust and safety within our community," Guskiewicz said. Classes were canceled for the remainder of Monday and Tuesday. Guskiewicz encouraged students to take advantage of mental health resources on campus. "Our hearts are with the family of our fellow fa...

Man, 20, fatally shot during attempted robbery on Far South Side, ID'd

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

CHICAGO — A 20-year-old man was fatally shot during an attempted robbery on the city's Far South Side.Family members have identified the 20-year-old victim as Daemond Russell.The shooting happened around 12:15 a.m. Monday on the 1600 block of East 95th Street in the South Deering neighborhood. Police said the 20-year-old was approached by a male offender who was attempting to rob him.According to a witness, Russell tried to get away in his vehicle and was shot in the head by the offender. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Several carjackings, armed robberies within 2-hour span on Chicago’s North and West sides: police Family told WGN that Russell was a good kid who was caught at the wrong place at the wrong time."He wasn’t a kid who got in trouble like that, he was just a good kid," said Tatiana Jones, Russell's mom. "I’m not gonna rest until someone's held accountable for this. My son didn’t deserve this."Affectionately ...

Fight over McDonald's sauce led to death of teenager in DC, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

WASHINGTON (WDCW) -- The killing of a 16-year-old girl from Maryland took place after she and her accused murderer fought over sweet and sour dipping sauce, a detective with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said.Det. Brendan Jasper testified at the arraignment of the 16-year-old girl whom police arrested for the alleged murder of Naima Liggon. Jasper said the teenagers met three other people in Oxon Hill, Maryland, then drove to D.C. to go to a party on Sunday. After leaving the party, the group headed to McDonald's.The three other people who were with the girls told police that after the group got back into the car, the unnamed 16-year-old girl got into a fight about sweet and sour dipping sauce with Liggon. Jasper said they got out of the car and that during the fight, the other girl stabbed Liggon in her abdomen and chest.The three other people took Liggon to Howard University Hospital where she died. They told police that the 16-year-old girl accused of killing Liggon le...

Amazon raises free shipping requirements for some customers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping.To qualify for no-cost deliveries, some Amazon customers who don’t have Prime memberships now need to spend $35, up from $25 previously.Amazon spokesperson Kristina Pressentin confirmed the company is testing the new qualification, which was first reported by the blog eCommerce Bytes. The change doesn’t impact Prime members who pay $14.99 per month, or $139 a year, for free shipping and other perks.“We continually evaluate our offerings and make adjustments based on those assessments,” Pressentin said. Get a free Pepsi to celebrate its 125th birthday. Here’s how For now, the new $35 minimum seems to apply to customers based on where they live, the consumer education website Consumer World said Monday. Among other cities, it noted Seattle, where Amazon is headquartered, has a $25 minimum, while non-Prime customers in nearby Bellevue have to pay $35 for free shipping...

Hundreds rally in Chicago ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

CHICAGO -- Americans are now more likely to die of a drug overdose than in a motor vehicle accident and advocates say the overdose touches virtually every aspect of society.On Monday, hundreds rallied in Chicago ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday, demanding government solutions to help fight back.Groups of addiction counselors, health care providers, and a number of people whose lives have been transformed by addiction were in attendance. 2,000 doses of naloxone donated to Cook County Sheriff’s Office Inside of a box, carried by Aisha Betancount, are the remains of her daughter, Breana Betancourt."This is it," Betancount said. "This is the end of someone’s life.”The 25-year-old former Bloom High School class president died in 2019 after an 8 year struggle with addiction.Her mother Aisha Betancourt displayed her private grief in a public place at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago to make a point.She joined a number of mothers with similar stories, like Lisa C...

Eminem wants Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

Rapper Eminem asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail, according to the rapper's music licenser.In an Aug. 23 letter obtained by the Daily Mail, music licenser Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) told Ramaswamy's campaign lawyer it was contacted by Eminem “objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign use of Eminem’s musical compositions (the 'Eminem Works') and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement.” BMI confirmed to The Hill a letter was sent to Ramaswmay's campaign, and it has since removed all of Eminem's musical works from the Vivek 2024 campaign license. Vivek’s campaign and BMI had entered into a music licensing agreement for Eminem’s music on May 24, according to the letter. A representative for BMI said the letter “serves as notice that the Eminem Works are excluded from the Agreement effective immediately,” and any performance of Eminem’s works by Vivek’s campaign will be considered a “materia...

Leander police identify multiple people involved in deadly weekend crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — The Leander Police Department identified multiple people involved in a deadly crash that occurred on the 183A Toll frontage road over the weekend, according to an LPD news release.At approximately 11:30 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a crash at the intersection of Hero Way and 183A Toll Road frontage road, according to police. 2 dead in crash on 183A Toll frontage road in Leander; Police searching for driver The primary vehicles involved in the crash were a Toyota Rav 4 and a Chevrolet Suburban pulling a trailer, the release said. Additionally, a Toyota Yaris and a Volkswagen Jetta were involved in the crash, but there were no injuries to the occupants, the release said.The passenger from the Suburban, who is from Killeen, was taken to St. David's Round Rock Medical Center with possible injuries, according to police. LPD said it had not made contact with the passenger as of Monday, but the investigation was ongoing.The driver of the Toyota, Jose Luis ...

'Which lane do I use?' Lamar, W. 6th draw concerns over confusing traffic lanes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Confusing traffic lines are causing concerns on one of Austin's busiest roads.Drivers tell us they don't know which lanes to use on a stretch of Lamar Boulevard which is just south of Barton Springs Road."Cars stopping, not knowing where to go, honking at each other, not knowing where to go," said Isaac Rodriguez, who lives on Lamar. "A lot of mass confusion there."Confusion over lanes that can be hard to recognize."Do you follow the white lines or the black lines," said Rodriguez."There are a lot of lines along the road that can cause a lot of confusion, especially for people who are not the best of drivers," said Cydney Tutchton, who lives near Lamar.Hunter Leipham, who uses the road, said the lines can be confusing."I drive on it a decent amount and even I don't know which lane you are supposed to be in," said Leipham. $350K in safety upgrades coming to North Lamar, West Koenig intersection Construction on a new building has shifted the lanes in this stretch of ...

Number of Boundary Waters visitors drops to prepandemic level

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:32 GMT

A reduction in available permits for paddlers entering the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness helped reduce the overall number of visitors in 2022, according to data recently released from the Superior National Forest.Nearly 151,000 people entered the northeastern Minnesota federal wilderness in 2022, down 9% from 166,000 people in 2021 — the second summer of the pandemic and the recent peak in total visitors.The drop in visitors coincides with the 13% reduction in available permits for 2022 after the 2020 and 2021 rush to get outdoors. Under those cuts, there were an average of 37.5 fewer groups allowed into the million-acre wilderness each day, with the cuts spread across several popular entry points.The reduction in permits and visitors was intended to help ease what some visitors complained felt like overcrowding even before the pandemic rush and what the Forest Service said was too much pressure for the resource, including some people leaving trash behind, cutting live trees...