YOU NEED TO KNOW Caleb Chabolla, 9, tried a viral social media trend of a NeeDoh Nice Cube microwave, his mother said After he opened the microwave, the gel-based toy exploded on his face He suffered second degree burns on one side and on his hands A 9-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after participating in … Read more
In a congressional hearing on Tuesday, the Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) read aloud text messages from an immigration agent who bragged about shooting a Chicago woman last year. On October 4, a Customs and Border Protection agent Charles Exum a shot Marimar Martinez five times in Brighton Park during the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent that would justify the Pentagon’s censure of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped call for troops to resist illegal orders from the Trump administration. Senator Mark Kelly had a front seat in the courtroom as his lawyers … Read more
TORONTO (AP) – Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday that the country must make “any sacrifice necessary” to preserve the country’s independence in the face of threats from US President Donald Trump. Harper, Conservative Prime Minister for nearly a decade from 2006 to 2015, made the remarks in a speech at the unveiling … Read more
California wildlife officials moved forward last week with a plan to eradicate a herd of mule deer from Santa Catalina Island: extermination. The plan has been putting locals from the island off the coast of Los Angeles with the Catalina Island Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit that manages 88% of the island’s terrain. The conservancy sees … Read more
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by publishing a “historically inaccurate” version of the Mexican-American war. Monday’s White House statement commemorating the war’s anniversary described the conflict as “a legendary victory that secured … Read more
The Roman diocese led by Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has ordered a church in Rome to fix a fresco of an angel that has been updated to bear a suspicious resemblance to one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe. An Italian newspaper at the weekend noticed that a fresco that has just been … Read more
Selling Chicago-style pizza outside of Chicago has always been a challenge. As someone who grew up near Boston, a city with a grand tradition of thin crust pizza offered by chains like Pizzeria Regina, Papa Gino’s, and Santarpio’s, deep dish pizza seemed like an entirely different food. It wasn’t something commonly sold during my childhood, … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested some activists walking in their vehicles Tuesday in Minneapolis, a sign that tensions have not eased since the departure last week of a high-profile commander. At least one person who had an anti-ICE message on their clothing was handcuffed while lying face down on the ground. … Read more
Volodymyr Zelensky has been talking about Russia’s battlefield fatalities and asked his new Defense Minister to make it a priority. In December alone, more than 35,000 Russian soldiers were killed or seriously injured, says the leader of Ukraine, and the goal should be to increase the number even higher – to 50,000 every month. “Make … Read more