Author: Voxtrend News

CHICAGO – A 59-year-old cyclist is in critical condition after a hit-and-run on Saturday in the Lower West Side, according to the Chicago Police. What we know: Around 3:13 p.m., a Dodge pickup truck traveling westbound on 21st Street struck a 59-year-old man on a bicycle in the 2300 block of West 21st Street. The vehicle fled the scene traveling north on Western Avenue. The victim was transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition. No one is in custody. Police are investigating the incident. The Source: Details for this story were provided by the Chicago Police Department.

CHICAGO – Chicago police are searching for an offender who hit a victim over the head in the Irving Park neighborhood. What we know: On Aug. 15, a Black woman, between the ages of 20-35, exited a CTA bus around 5:45 p.m., according to police. The woman followed the victim off the bus in the 3600 block of West Addison Street. Then the woman hit the victim over the head with a stick-like object, and fled the scene on her bicycle westbound. The woman first boarded the CTA Red Line train at Morse Avenue around 4:44 p.m. She was wearing…

PALATINE, Ill. – A 21-year-old Chicago man sustained serious injuries in a single-car crash in Palatine, according to police. What we know: Around 8:30 a.m., police and fire responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a black Dodge Ram pickup truck in the 1100 block of East Dundee Road. Witnesses reported that the 21-year-old driver was going eastbound at a high speed and lost control before hitting a streetlight and then a tree. The Chicago driver sustained serious injuries and was transported to the hospital. No other vehicles were involved, and no other injuries were reported. What you can do:…

CREST HILL, Ill. – As two suburban parishes combine, they will rename the new church after the first millennial saint, St. Carlos Acutis. What we know: St. Anne and St. Ambrose parishes in Crest Hill, Ill. became one church in June 2024 due to restructuring efforts by the Diocese of Joliet. They have operated under the dual name since the merger, but on Thursday announced that their new name will be St. Carlos Acutis Parish. The church will hold a renaming mass on Oct. 21 and 6 p.m, at 1711 Burry Circle in Crest Hill. St. Carlos Acutis was canonized…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A southern Indiana man is facing charges after going to police and admitting to long-term sexual abuse. According to a news release, Marcus Miller went to the Washington County Sheriff’s Department on July 2, 2025, and admitted to repeated sexual abuse with a victim beginning when they were 12 years old. The victim, now 19, confirmed the abuse in an interview. The abuse occurred over several years in multiple locations in Washington County, according to police. “This case highlights the importance of thorough investigative work and the courage of victims who come forward,” Washington County Sheriff…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting regions across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks took place across nine regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy and Kharkiv. “The enemy’s target was our infrastructure, residential areas and civilian enterprises,” he said, adding that a missile equipped with cluster munitions struck a multistory building in the city of Dnipro. “Each such strike is not a military necessity but a deliberate strategy by Russia to intimidate civilians…

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically recommend the shots but said people could make individual decisions on whether to get them. The recommendations from the advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention require sign-off by the agency’s director, but they are almost always adopted. Those recommendations normally trigger several layers of insurance coverage and allow drugstores in many states…

Here is a selection of events, markets, concerts and more happening from Friday, Sept. 19 to Sunday, Sept. 21. Viva La Fiesta at the Louisville Zoo A new event celebrating the rich cultures of Latin America will take place Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Louisville Zoo. The festival was created in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. It’ll honor the “animals, traditions, cuisine, rhythms and stories of Latin America.” There will be local artistry, festive music, dance, vibrant art and more. Guests can also participate in a virtual scavenger hunt through the Zoo to learn about the animals…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A month after an Alaskan summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump still seems surprised that his gambit did not pay off with peace in Ukraine. “He’s let me down,” Trump said this week. “He really let me down.” There has been no more progress in the Middle East, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is beginning a new offensive in Gaza City and lashing out across the region. “They have to be very, very careful,” Trump said after Israel targeted Hamas inside Qatar, a U.S. ally that has been hosting diplomatic negotiations. Trump’s disappointment…

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urged a judge on Saturday to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that authorities prejudiced his case by turning his arrest into a “Marvel movie” spectacle and by publicly declaring their desire to see him executed. Fresh from a legal victory that eliminated terrorism charges in Mangione’s state murder case, his lawyers are now fighting to have his federal case dismissed, seizing on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s declaration prior to his April indictment that capital punishment is warranted for a “premeditated,…