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Attempted crash and grab at Wicker Park shoe store

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

CHICAGO — A shoe store in the city's Wicker Park neighborhood is the latest target of a crash and grab.The stolen SUV crashed around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday into Round Two near Milwaukee Avenue and North Avenue. Surveillance video shows the offenders leaving empty handed after not being able to enter the store.The owners said they just celebrated their fourth year in business. This is the latest in a string of crash and grabs that have targeted shoe stores and high-end clothing stores in the past couple weeks. In the robberies, a group of four to five people inside a stolen SUV crash their way into a business and take whatever they can, then leave in several waiting cars. Thousands in merchandise stolen from Wicker Park store in latest crash-and-grab burglary The owner of the SUV said he found out his car was stolen when Chicago police knocked on his Lincoln Park apartment door Tuesday morning. He said he had parked the SUV on the street outside of his apartment Monday night.The crash a...

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson requests a trade, reports say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The National Football League's 3 p.m. Central Time trade deadline on Tuesday just got a little more interesting for the Bears. Per a report from Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, cornerback Jaylon Johnson has requested a trade from the Bears and the team has given him permission to seek one as the deadline approaches.This comes as the fourth-year player is in the final year of his contract and is the team's best defensive back during the 2023 season. Johnson was a second round pick of the Bears in 2020, a selection made by then general manager Ryan Pace. Johnson has been vocal in recent weeks about hoping to get a new contract as his rookie deal is set to expire. After an interception touchdown against the Raiders in Week 7, he started pretending to throw money in the air during his celebration and made it clear he was looking for a new deal. "I've been wanting to get to the table," said Johnson after the 30-6 win over Las Vegas. "At the end of the day, I know who I am. I k...

Dean's A-List Interview: Meg Ryan & David Duchovny on 'What Happens Later'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

CHICAGO — A pair of stars from the 1990s are teaming up for a romantic comedy set to be released at the beginning of next month. Meg Ryan and David Duchovny star in the upcoming film "What Happens Later," which is slated to be released in theatres on Friday.It concerns a pair of executives who share stories about their past while stranded in an airport overnight due to bad weather.Before its release, both Duchovny and Ryan joined "Dean's A-List Interview" to discuss the film along with their own journeys in acting. For Meg, it's her second film as a director and her feature picture since 2015. You can watch their interview with Dean Richards on "Dean's A-List Interview" from the October 31 WGN Morning News in the video above or below.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

Why does Halloween occur on Oct. 31?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

(WHTM) - Halloween occurs every year on Oct. 31. But why do we celebrate it on that day? Halloween follows many of the traditions from the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain, which celebrates the end of the harvest season and the start of "the dark half" of the year, according to the History Channel. Though the festival occurred on Nov. 1, it started on the evening of Oct. 31. It was also a time of year when the season changed. Aside from that, it was believed to be the one time of year when human life and the afterlife could be intertwined. People in that ancient time believed they could connect with the dead, which is why, according to Country Living, Halloween is believed by many to be "haunted." Why do we carve pumpkins for Halloween? Halloween also has Christian roots, according to Country Living. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory II changed the date of All Saints' Day - which honors saints who have passed on - from May 13 to Nov. 1. Then in the next century, Pope Gregory...

Maui police release body camera footage from deadly Lahaina wildfire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and taking a severely burned man to a hospital.Chief John Pelletier said his department faced a deadline to release 20 hours of body camera footage in response to an open records request and wanted to provide some context for what people would see before the video came out.Earlier this month, Maui County provided the AP with 911 call recordings in response to an open records request.Charred trees and burned cars are pictured on Malo Street, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii, following Maui's deadly wildfire. On Friday, Sept. 6, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming thousands of children are missing following the deadly wildfires in Maui. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin, File)The 16 minutes of video rel...

Biden administration looks to avoid vaccine hiccups as COVID-19 treatment coverage goes commercial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

(The Hill) - The Biden administration is looking to avoid the hiccups of the rollout of new COVID-19 vaccines as it begins shifting coverage of coronavirus treatments to the private market.Private insurance companies will need to start covering treatments beginning Wednesday, but the federal government's supply will remain available for providers to order and distribute from until it runs out or expires.Distributors and health care providers may continue to order Pfizer's Paxlovid from the U.S. government until December 15, and Merck’s Lagevrio through Nov. 10. Medicare and Medicaid will cover the drugs for free through the end of 2024, and the uninsured will also have access to free treatment through 2028 as part of an agreement with the manufacturers.Administration officials have acknowledged the problems when the vaccines moved to commercial payers, but said ample supply plus a relatively long transition period for antivirals should make it so those same issues — delayed ins...

Waterloo Greenway to host annual Dia de los Muertos festival

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Nonprofit Waterloo Greenway Conservancy's annual Día de los Muertos festival returns to Waterloo Park Wednesday, officials announced in a news release.The event run from 6-10 p.m. Guests are invited to commemorate their loved ones at a community ofrenda, held at the Moody Amphitheater stage. Festivities include face paintings, sugar skull decorating, food and drinks, a Latinx marketplace along with live music and dancing, per the release.More details about the event are available online.

St. Paul man sentenced for arson fire at apartment of woman with protection order against him

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

A convicted felon already serving a prison sentence has been given more time behind bars for setting a fire in a woman’s St. Paul apartment after police responded to a report that he violated an order for protection she had against him.Timothy Satin Thigpen, 40, of St. Paul, had pleaded guilty to first-degree arson in connection with starting a bedroom ablaze in the 1500 block of Marion Street on the city’s North End on Feb. 23, 2022.Timothy Satin Thigpen (Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Corrections)The nearly seven-year prison sentence handed down by Ramsey County District Judge Edward Sheu will run concurrent with Thigpen’s five-year term he was given in Hennepin County in April 2022 for second-degree assault and possession of a firearm after conviction of a crime of violence. He is currently at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault.Fire crews contained the blaze to the bedroom, though the building’s caretaker told authorities several units were damaged...

Afton: Two school buses involved in crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

A school bus carrying 15 students and a smaller bus with no students on board collided Wednesday in Afton.The crash occurred around 2:40 p.m. at the intersection of Neal Avenue and 15th Street South when the driver of the school bus, traveling eastbound on 15th Street South, pulled out onto Neal Avenue into the path of the mini school bus, which was traveling northbound on Neal, said Laura Perkins, public information manager for the Washington County sheriff’s office.The mini school bus ended up vertical in the ditch; the driver reported minor aches and pains, Perkins said. No injuries were reported by anyone on board the eastbound bus, which was carrying students from grades 6-10 from Stillwater Area School District, she said.“Everyone was evaluated by first responders on scene as a precaution,” she said.Stillwater Area School District officials notified parents, and a second bus was sent to pick up the students and take them home; the district has a contract with Lakeville-b...

Free coffee and resources for veterans at Mall of America event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:16 GMT

Military veterans will be able to receive a voucher for free coffee and information about veterans benefits and services from an AARP Minnesota event on Friday.The event, 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the AARP Information Center at the Mall of America, will also feature staff from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs and local County Veterans Service Officers who will be available to answer questions. The information center is at the Mall’s second-floor west side entry.The AARP, founded in 1958, is a nonprofit focused on issues affecting the over-50 population including nursing home residents, people on Medicare, and veterans.Registration for the event can be found at events.aarp.org.Related ArticlesLocal News | Bryce Borca’s parents say son’s disappearance in Eagan has been ‘hardest year of our lives’ Local News | It’s been a century of learning and friendship for the Friday Study Club in Stillwater Local News |...