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Man barricades, attacks Chicago firefighters in basement: department says

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Fire Department is calling a garage fire suspicious, after they believe the resident could have set it on purpose to lure two firefighters inside his home.According to the Chicago Fire Department, crews responded to the 7700 block of South Marshfield in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood around 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday on reports of a fire in a detached garage.Upon arrival, crews discovered the garage engulfed in flames. The 47-year-old resident also told CFD crew that he also smelled gas inside his home.A battalion chief and truck lieutenant went in the house and the resident brought them to the basement. The Chicago Fire Department reports that the 47-year-old man was holding a power tool and removed screws from a board blocking the door.The three men went downstairs and the fire personnel say they didn’t smell anything and the resident went back upstairs. The Auburn Gresham resident allegedly barricaded two doors and held a knife towards the CFD battalion...

American Airlines attendants vote in favor of strike authorization

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

CHICAGO — American Airlines flight attendants overwhelmingly voted in favor of authorizing a strike. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday that more than 99% of the voting membership supports the authorization. Voting took place during the last month, but the results don't mean a strike will happen just yet. Flight attendants held informational pickets at O'Hare Airport and eleven other locations across the United States. Among the signs visible were, "AA makes billions. We can't pay rent," and "Ready to strike.""We are ready for an unprecedented contract," said Dray Howard, Chicago-based president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. "We are ready for our flight attendants, who are new hires, to be able to live off of a decent wage. Not just survive. We are ready for a contract that allows us to have a healthy work-life balance. We are ready for a better retirement package. We are ready for better contractual language....

'This means a lot to us': Tyson Bagent's rise with Bears celebrated by college team

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

CHICAGO — One of the best stories of the Bears' 2023 preseason is one that's being enjoyed in Chicago and in West Virginia.That's because Tyson Bagent's rise from undrafted free agent to an NFL quarterback brings quite a bit of pride to the place he called home before starting his professional career."It means a lot to us," said Ernie McCook, the head coach of Division II Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where Bagent was a standout signal caller from 2018-2022, to WGN News Now this week. "We couldn't be more excited to watch his successes and continue to root for even more success moving forward."An undrafted free agent out of Shepherd, Bagent showed Bears' coaches what he could do during practice and then in the preseason. He took the second team snaps in the exhibition finale against the Bills on Saturday, beating out P.J. Walker and Nathan Peterman to remain on the roster through cuts. While the attention has come onto him specifically over the last month, the...

Video: Car flipped by weak tornado in South Carolina, police say

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – Two people suffered minor injuries Wednesday after a car flipped in Goose Creek, South Carolina during what the National Weather Service determined was a weak tornado.Officials with the Goose Creek Police Department said the vehicle was traveling on US 52 just before 2:30 p.m. when a gust of wind lifted the car and flipped it into the air.In a video shared with Nexstar's WCBD, seen in the player below, the swirling wind upends a black vehicle, leaving it standing upright on the front bumper momentarily before it crashes down, slamming into the driver's side of a light-colored sedan. Photos from the scene, below, show the car came to rest on its side with extensive damage.Police say there were two people inside the car who suffered minor injuries. They were taken to a local hospital for treatment.Courtesy Goose Creek PDCourtesy Goose Creek PDCourtesy Goose Creek PDBerkeley County's Emergency Manager and the National Weather Se...

Hurricane Idalia causes 100-year-old oak tree to split, fall on Gov. DeSantis' mansion

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) -- The strong winds from Hurricane Idalia caused a 100-year-old oak tree to fall on the Florida governor's mansion in Tallahassee Wednesday morning. While Gov. Ron DeSantis was giving an update on the devastation left behind by Idalia, he reassured everyone that he, his wife, and three children were "fine." Idalia blasts Florida and Georgia, flooding streets, snapping trees, cutting power DeSantis' wife, Casey DeSantis, posted a photo of the giant oak tree, saying, "thankfully, no one was injured.""100 year old oak tree falls on the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee — Mason, Madison, Mamie and I were home at the time, but thankfully no one was injured. Our prayers are with everyone impacted by the storm," she wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.A tree service worker prepares to cut down an tree that fell in front of the Governor's Mansion in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Ph...

Arrest tied to viral 2021 photo of woman flashing AK-47 in San Francisco

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A viral photograph of a woman flashing an AK-47 assault rifle around San Francisco is now being used by federal investigators to keep her boyfriend locked up.The photo was released by San Francisco police in the summer of 2021 after the young woman and a Cadillac driver allegedly participated in an illegal sideshow on Barneveld Avenue and McKinnon Avenue. The eye-catching image went viral on social media.(Image via United States Attorney's Office) In court documents recently filed by the United States Attorney's Office, the suspected sideshow driver was identified as Christopher Gonzalez Nunez, 26, of Hayward. Nunez is a felon, a member of the San Francisco Mission District Nortenos, and is the woman's "significant other," prosecutors wrote. He has "a disturbing history of gang participation, gun possession and manufacturing, and reckless driving," court documents state. The FBI raided Nunez's house on Woodroe Avenue in Hayward earlier this summer. Agents said...

Austin's homeless strategy officer resigning

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin's Homeless Strategy Officer, Dianna Grey, is resigning, City leaders confirmed to KXAN. The City assigned Grey to the post in late 2020. She officially took over the role in Jan. 4, 2021, according to our reporting at the time. Previously, Grey had worked at a private practice serving as an independent consultant which helped the City of Austin with supportive housing work. Prior to that, she was the director of the Texas Office of Corporation for Supportive Housing. Grey was the first person to work as the homeless strategy officer for a significant period of time. Prior to Grey, Lori Pampilo Harris was given the role but resigned after only a month in 2019. The homeless strategy officer coordinates the city's response to homelessness across more than a dozen city departments. Most recently, Grey -- alongside Austin Public Health -- has helped coordinate the opening of roughly 300 shelter beds at the Marshalling Yard and taking over the former downtown Salva...

High school football: With momentum, athletes and a key coaching addition, Two Rivers ready to ‘change the narrative’

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

Senior defensive lineman Max Mogelson gets annoyed when Two Rivers’ run to the Class 5A, Section 3 final last fall is described by others as “crazy.”To be fair, it was. The Warriors won all of one game during the regular season, only to reel off consecutive fourth-quarter rallies in two playoff victories — the latter featuring a pair of touchdowns in the final 70 seconds of the section semifinal to erase Bloomington Kennedy’s 11-point advantage. Two Rivers scored a combined 55 points in their first two section games after scoring 52 points total in eight regular-season games.That is crazy.But the playoff success is what Mogelson, a University of Nevada Las Vegas commit, assumes as the standard for the program.“We’re not expecting to come out here and win a couple of games,” Mogelson said. “We’re not expecting to go on a ‘crazy’ playoff run, because that’s what we expect.”It has not looked like the expectation over the past decade. The Warriors made it to the state tournament in 2013...

Lead water issues expected to continue in Troy

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) –  Water in Troy continues to test positive for an excess of lead. Officials urged residents to help the city take an inventory of their water service lines.President of City Council Carmella Mantello clarified the issue is with the service lines that feed individual properties.  Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! “Once again, Troy water is good but this is lead in folks private pipes,” said Mantello.On Wednesday the city mailed out an update on its Lead Service Line Replacement Program. It breaks down the latest information on water service lines and specifies how residents can identify what their pipes are made of. Officials say they need residents to take the service line survey because it will help the city with future funding opportunities to replace lead pipes.“For us to qualify for us to qualify for federal and state funds. We need folks to participate in this testing,” said Wheland.Superintendent of Pu...

Cannabis stocks rise on call to lower marijuana risk category

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:13 GMT

By Carmen Reinicke and Riley GriffinMarijuana stocks surged on Wednesday after the Drug Enforcement Agency said it would review its classification of cannabis following a letter from the US Department of Health and Human Services that urged it to loosen rules on the substance.The MJ PurePlay 100 Index, which tracks cannabis stocks, jumped 13%, the most since October, on the news. Goodness Growth Holdings and Columbia Care Inc. were among the biggest gainers in the index, up 26% and 39%, respectively. Tilray Brands Inc. ended the day 11% higher, while Canopy Growth Corp. rose 13%. Verano Holdings Corp. gained 17% and Cresco Labs Inc. advanced 22%.Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine recommended to the Drug Enforcement Agency that cannabis be classified as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, according to a letter viewed by Bloomberg News. A DEA spokesperson confirmed the department had received the letter and the agency will initiate its own review.A Sched...