Inbound and outbound trains operating on Metra’s Electric Line have been temporarily halted as a result of wire problems, according to the transit agency. In a tweet, Metra said inbound and outbound train movement near 18th Street was stopped at approximately 6:11 p.m. A Metra spokesperson told NBC 5 a wire problem created sparks at
“Despite being sick with debilitating headaches, chills, nausea, dizziness, fever, blurry vision, brain fog, and extreme body aches, I had to take care of my children and continue to try and work from home,” said one patient, a New Yorker who works in city government, in an anonymous written testimony. Long COVID follows similar trends
As bad as the Bears’ offense was against the Packers and as ill-advised as it would be to continue with such a limited passing game, their success on the ground signaled growth. Rushing for 180 yards at a rate of 6.7 yards per carry is always a good thing in itself. Should the Bears have
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) — What’s in a name? Plenty when it comes to your passport — and such a name mix-up cost one widow her dream trip. The Walnut Creek woman arrived at the airport nearly four hours before her scheduled departure — yet it wasn’t enough time to deal with an unexpected issue.
Firefighters are battling a 50-acre blaze in San Bernardino County Friday afternoon. The Manzanita Fire is burning close to State Route 330 near Middle Passing Lane, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. The fire began at about 3:35 p.m., according to San Bernardino National Forest officials. The highway is closed in both directions from
Vice President Kamala Harris will lead a U.S. delegation to Japan next week to attend the funeral of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and later travel to South Korea in a bid to signal U.S. commitment to its allies in the region, the White House announced. While abroad, Ms. Harris is slated to meet
OAKLAND — An Oakland man has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition with which he accidentally shot himself in the groin area, court records show. Nicolas West, 23, pleaded guilty last June to being a felon in possession of ammunition in connection with the July 7, 2021 shooting. Video footage
The funeral for a Weld County Sheriff’s deputy who was killed by a hit-and-run driver will be held Saturday in Loveland. The service is not open to the public, but it will be live-streamed. People are urged to line portions of a procession route in tribute to the deputy. Details for Deputy Alexis Hein-Nutz’s funeral
When supporters of capitalism claim that capitalism is an effective economic system, they often will begin by disputing capitalism’s dual legacies of environmental destruction and inefficiency before arguing that capitalism leads to widespread prosperity. To support that last point, capitalists may cite a popular graph developed by the World Bank economist Martin Ravallion. At first glance it seems unremarkable, showing
Local The boil water notice was lifted Friday, two days after water samples tested positive for E. coli. Water boil orders that were issued Thursday in the towns of North Attleboro and Plainville due to positive E. coli tests were lifted Friday afternoon. Residents in both towns were told to boil any tap water before
J.R. Majewski, an Ohio Republican congressional candidate, says that if elected, he’ll prioritize making it a crime to “besmirch” veterans as he disputed a report that he was never deployed to Afghanistan while serving in the Air Force. During a press conference Friday in Ohio, Majewski denounced an article by the Associated Press (AP) that
In this article .IXIC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT What started off as a third-quarter rebound has turned into a flop for tech investors. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 5.1% this week after losing 5.5% the prior week. That marks the worst two-week stretch for the tech-heavy index since it plunged more than 20% in
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a host of other business and educational leaders from across Chicago unveiled Friday the design for the University of Illinois’ Discovery Partners Institute, the centerpiece of The 78, a new neighborhood set to rise on vacant land just southwest of downtown. The research organization’s $250 million headquarters was
NYCHA first received reports of “cloudy water” streaming out of taps at Manhattan’s Riis Houses in May — more than five months before a water supply arsenic scare upended the lives of thousands of residents at the sprawling public housing complex, agency officials said Friday. The officials, among whom was interim NYCHA chief executive Lisa
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The band that wrote the song “Local Main Ruins Everything” has a new album out and a new song out that pays homage to a Local Man Who Most Certainly Didn’t Ruin Everything. The Wonder Years released their newest album, “The Hum Goes on Forever,” on Friday, and on its fifth track,
FOXBORO – It was a day of surprises and gratitude at Gillette Stadium Friday for a Holbrook man thanks to the Patriots organization. WBZ first caught up with Jamarc Tidwell earlier this week in Holbrook after good Samaritans Megan and Matt Pohl rescued him when his old wheelchair got stuck on the tracks of an