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WOODSTOCK, Ill. – A car crashed into a duplex in Woodstock on Saturday afternoon, damaging the structure and causing a gas leak, officials said. What we know: The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District said crews responded about 2:47 p.m. to the 2300 block of Aspen Drive, where they found a vehicle had struck the garage of a single-story duplex, causing moderate to heavy damage. A natural gas meter was also hit, leading to an active leak. The driver, an adult woman, was out of the vehicle before firefighters arrived. She was evaluated at the scene but declined hospital treatment, officials said.…
State police rescue California woman lost in woods filming reality TV segment Troopers from the Michigan State Police Gaylord post assisted the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department in searching for a missing California woman who was lost in Pigeon River State Forest overnight Sept. 5. The woman, 36, was a contestant in a YouTube survival challenge and had become lost the previous evening but was not reported until 5 a.m. Sept. 6. A K-9 unit, and the police helicopter were used to help locate the woman just after 10:30 a.m. The woman was walked out of the woods without incident once…
CHICAGO – A 42-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a South Side home Saturday morning, Chicago police said. What we know: Officers responded about 10:49 a.m. to the 300 block of West 93rd Street in the Princeton Park neighborhood, where the man was discovered with a gunshot wound to the body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified him. No arrests have been made, and Area Two detectives are investigating.
DOJ considers gun ban for transgender people We are now learning that senior Justice Department officials are thinking about limiting transgender people’s right to keep and own firearms. This comes after the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting last week. LiveNOW’s Mike Pache is learning about the legality of such an idea with Robert McWhirter, a Constitutional Law Attorney. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has sounded off on reports that the Trump administration is mulling a way of limiting transgender people’s ability to purchase firearms. The gun lobby group, the largest in the U.S. with 5 million members according to its website,…
CHICAGO – A 17-year-old boy has been charged in connection with an armed carjacking that took place earlier this year on the South Side, Chicago police said. What we know: The teen was arrested Friday in the 7100 block of South Morgan Street, according to police. He was identified as one of the suspects who, on Jan. 19, used a gun to steal a vehicle and personal belongings from a 33-year-old man in the 5000 block of South Washington Park Court, police said. The teen is facing one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm. Police said…
CHICAGO – Activists and immigrant rights groups will rally in downtown Chicago Saturday in opposition to President Donald Trump’s threats to send federal troops into the city. Trump protest march What we know: The Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA), joined by organizations including the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Chicago Teachers Union and GoodKids MadCity, is set to gather at 5 p.m. at Congress Plaza Garden, near Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue. Organizers said the demonstration will denounce what they describe as a racist pretext by Trump to escalate deportations and target immigrant communities…
FBI Director Kash Patel said his agents thwarted a potential tragedy after arresting a North Carolina man who allegedly threatened online to massacre dozens of Black children at a preschool. Zachary Charles Newell, 25, of Newport, was arrested Monday and is charged with interstate threat to kidnap or injure, according to a criminal complaint filed Sept. 2 in the Eastern District of North Carolina. “Threats of violence against children are beyond unacceptable acts of cowardice,” Patel wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The FBI worked quickly with our partners in Carteret County to ensure this individual was taken…
“Beach closed” signs are put up after a fatal shark attack at a beach near Syndey, Australia (@ssatiex via Storyful) A man in his 50s was killed by a shark while surfing at a beach near Sydney, Australia, on Saturday. His death, the city’s third fatal shark attack since 1963, prompted closures of nearby beaches until further notice. Sydney shark attack What we know: Emergency crews were dispatched to Long Reef Beach shortly after 10 a.m. local time Saturday, responding to reports that a man had suffered critical injuries. RELATED: 8-year-old boy bitten by shark while snorkeling at Florida beach,…
CHICAGO – A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shooting last month on the South Side that involved police gunfire, authorities said. What we know: Antonio Gilford was arrested Thursday in the 7000 block of South Clyde and faces multiple felony charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder, Chicago police said in a statement. Gilford was also charged with aggravated assault with a firearm against a peace officer, aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, and aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Police said the charges stem from an Aug. 15 incident in…
Total lunar eclipse Big picture view: As NASA explains it, during a total lunar eclipse, the earth lines up between the moon and the sun, hiding the moon from sunlight. Local perspective: The U.S. witnessed a total lunar eclipse earlier this year in March, but this weekend’s spectacle will unfold on the other side of the world. Dig deeper: The entire eclipse will be visible in Asia — from Saudi Arabia to the Philippines, as far north as the Arctic Ocean all the way down to Antarctica — as well as parts of East Africa and the western half of…