As Chicago police union leaders encourage their members to refuse what they call an “illegal order,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she does not expect staffing shortages of police officers this weekend as the city’s vaccine mandate for employees goes into effect. Friday marks a deadline for city employees to visit a health information portal to
Thursday afternoon update: WASHINGTON – A draft of the proposed new I7-district lllinois congressional map will be released on Friday, several Democratic House incumbents were told on Thursday by representatives of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside. Several Democratic members were shown a map
The NFL is the Usain Bolt of professional sports: Blink and you might miss it. Every year, the season goes by so fast. Week 6 brings with it the first slate of byes (Jets, Falcons, 49ers, Saints), which is good because it gives us two fewer chances to get things wrong. Underdogs went 6-9-1 against
Close up of a Pfizer booster vaccine on the day that the vaccination campaign with Pfizer’s third booster shot has started on October 6, 2021 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Patrick van Katwijk/BSR Agency/Getty Images Mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines made by different companies for booster shots appears safe and just as effective as taking multiple shots
by: Tracy Bloom, Gene Kang Posted: Oct 14, 2021 / 02:19 PM PDT / Updated: Oct 14, 2021 / 02:24 PM PDT Following days of cooler fall temperatures the Southland is headed for summer-like conditions that will carry an elevated wildfire risk to the region this weekend. Th hotter weather is forecast just days after
While Attorney General Merrick B. Garland sees a rising domestic threat to the nation’s public schools, others are struggling to identify anything more insidious than irate parents getting rowdy at local board of education meetings. The Justice Department is coming under pressure to provide specific reasons for Mr. Garland’s hotly contested Oct. 4 directive mobilizing
By Daniel Trotta | Reuters A California judge on Thursday imposed a life prison sentence on multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst, who was convicted last month of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000. Durst, 78 and in poor health, had spent much of the past four decades evading the law, ever since
Washington is roughly 3 hours from Denver by air, but by simple common sense, it appears to be much farther away. The debacle on display in D.C. in September highlights just how far our country’s leaders have divorced themselves from the sort of collaborative leadership that would typically prevail in places like Colorado and expected
Earlier this week, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notified Missouri’s state government that a website maintained by the Missouri Department of Education had a security flaw — one that made the private information of teachers and education administrators, including their Social Security numbers, vulnerable. And the Post-Dispatch agreed to hold off on publishing
Politics He’s expected to record the deposition on Monday in Trump Tower. Former president Donald Trump is expected to give a videotaped disposition on Monday. Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press updated on October 14, 2021 | 6:23 PM NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is slated to
Telecommunications company Verizon announced a vaccination requirement for its employees on Thursday. In a post, the company noted that the federal government recently issued a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for “employees of federal contractors like Verizon.” Craig Silliman, the company’s executive vice president and chief administrative, legal and public policy officer wrote that the order “applies
Edward Galvin, basketball coach for Chicago area high schools and colleges, dies
Durst was never charged with any crimes related to his wife’s disappearance — but Los Angeles County prosecutors told the jury this summer that he killed the 29-year-old college student in their South Salem, N.Y., home, and “disposed of her body,” likely in New Jersey’s infamous Pine Barrens. Kathie’s body has never been found.
WYNDMOOR, Pa. (CBS) — If you go to England, you can find many places offering fish and chips. In Ireland, you’ll probably be looking for a “chipper.” But as you’ll see in this week’s Taste With Tori, you don’t have to go overseas for delicious battered fish and fries. READ MORE: Child Tax Credit: When
LOWELL (CBS) – On the same day an FDA advisory committee recommended Moderna booster shots for vulnerable populations, a new clinic opened in Lowell. Grocery worker Dan Beauregard was among the first to get a booster shot there. “Do my part like everybody else,” he said. “Get the shot, get vaccinated, get America back on
(CBS Detroit) — The fourth Child Tax Credit payment from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) goes out tomorrow. But many parents want to know when exactly the money will be deposited. Last month’s checks started arriving the morning of September 15 for those with direct deposit, or soon after for those who received it through