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‘All of a sudden shots went off,’ At least 1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting outside McDonald’s, CTA station on Near North Side, police and witnesses say – Chicago Tribune

May 20, 2022 by admin987

Six people were shot, including one who has died late Thursday in the 800 block of North State Street, blocks from the Magnificent Mile, authorities said. Another person had suffered burns, possibly from being injured on the nearby CTA Red Line tracks, according to a witness and a Chicago Fire Dept. spokesman. The shooting happened … Read more

East Bay vehicle-pedestrian collisions under investigation

May 20, 2022 by admin987

One person died and a man suffered major injuries Thursday in separate vehicle-pedestrian collisions in Fremont and Union City, authorities said. Shortly after 3:30 pm, Fremont Fire Department firefighters responded to a report of a traffic collision in the 37200 block of Fremont Boulevard between Peralta Boulevard and Bonde Way in the city’s Centerville district. … Read more

Afghan Taliban Order Female News Anchors To Cover Their Faces On Air

May 20, 2022 by admin987

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said Thursday. The order came in a statement from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, tasked with enforcing the group’s rulings, as well as from the Information and Culture Ministry, … Read more

Oregon ballot fiasco delays results, vote-by-mail pioneer

May 20, 2022 by admin987

OREGON CITY, Ore. – Thousands of ballots with blurry barcodes that can not be read by vote-counting machines will delay results by weeks in a key US House race in Oregon’s primary election, a shocking development that is giving a black eye to a vote-by-mail pioneer state with a national reputation as a leader on … Read more

First Alert Forecast: CBS2 5/19 Nightly Weather at 11PM

May 20, 2022 by admin987

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One dead, two injured after two-story recording studio catches fire in Hollywood

May 20, 2022 by admin987

Firefighters engaged with a two-story recording studio caught on fire in Hollywood discovered the body of a deceased person Thursday night. The fire began at about 5:55 pm on the 6600 block of West Lexington Avenue in Hollywood. When Los Angeles Fire Department crews entered the building, they located the body of a deceased person … Read more

City Council committee to vote on Chicago casino plan, which has some neighbors thinking of selling condos and leaving

May 20, 2022 by admin987

CHICAGO (CBS) – A big vote is coming Friday morning for Chicago’s planned casino. However, there is still a push from nearby residents to stop the billon-dollar Bally’s project that is planned for the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site in River West. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, some residents of the high-rise buildings in … Read more

Asian stocks rise after Wall St slips closer to bear market

May 20, 2022 by admin987

BEIJING (AP) – Asian stock markets rose Friday after Wall Street fell closer to bear territory, China cut a key interest rate and Japanese inflation edged higher. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices shed more than $ 1 per barrel. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.6% on … Read more

Opinion | Will Australia’s Election Be a Reckoning for Morrison on Climate?

May 20, 2022 by admin987

Landscapes disappeared under red skies, yellow smoke and a stench of ash that clung to everything. At least 60 million acres – about the size of the United Kingdom – were torched, nearly three billion animals perished or were displaced, and 34 people were killed. Smoke pollution was linked to hundreds more deaths. Damage was … Read more

Richard Riordan, LA’s last Republican mayor, endorses Rick Caruso

May 20, 2022 by admin987

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has endorsed developer Rick Caruso for mayor, according to a release Caruso’s campaign sent out Thursday. The last Republican to serve in the role, Riordan ran a similar campaign to that of Caruso – a billionaire former Republican who is now running as a Democrat focused on public safety … Read more