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Juul Labs reached a $462 million settlement with several states, including New York and California, on Wednesday, stemming from lawsuits accusing the company of aggressively targeting young people and providing misinformation about the e-cigarettes. As reported by the New York Times, California—which is expected to receive the biggest portion of the settlement with an estimated $162 million—claimed in its […]
Michael Jordan’s home was burglarized this week, and the suspect has been arrested. TMZ reports that an 18-year-old broke into MJ’s Highland Park, Illinois home on Tuesday. Neighbors reported the incident, with police arriving at around 4:10 p.m. Raiden Hagedorn was inside when authorities arrived. He was subsequently charged with three misdemeanors of criminal trespass […]
A man who was reported missing was discovered dead eight months later by his wife when she was looking for holiday decorations in their Troy, Illinois home, KTVI reports. On April 27, 2022, Jennifer Maedge reported her husband Richard missing. She told authorities that she spoke with him the day before, during a phone call […]
Construction of the Obama Presidential Center came to a halt this week after a noose was reportedly discovered at the $830 million worksite. Lakeside Alliance, a coalition of Black-owned construction firms overseeing the project, confirmed the news in a statement Thursday, shortly after the noose was found. The group told outlets it was suspending operations indefinitely so it […]
As many as 14 people, including three children, were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Monday night. The Chicago Tribune reports the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m., when a person opened fire from an SUV into a crowd of people who were standing on the corner of South California Avenue and West […]
Chicago has earned the No. 1 spot on Orkin’s “Top 50 Rattiest Cities” list for the eighth consecutive year. The pest control company ranked the most rat-infested cities based on the number of new residential and commercial rodent treatments confirmed between Sept. 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022. New York came in second, with Los Angeles, Washington, […]
R. Kelly’s legal team is arguing that anyone who’s seen the Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly should not be allowed to serve as jurors in the singer’s imminent federal trial in Illinois. As TMZ first reported Monday morning, Kelly’s lawyers have filed a motion aiming to disqualify such jurors, arguing that individuals under consideration […]
California has become the latest state to declare a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the declaration on Monday as the state recently eclipsed 800 monkeypox cases, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The declaration will allow California to deploy personnel from the Emergency Medical Services […]
The second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history took place Friday night, with the winning ticket bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines, Illinois, a 20-mile drive northwest of downtown Chicago. CNN reports a single ticket sold in the Chicago suburb for the whole $1.337 billion. Friday night’s winning numbers were 13, 36, 45, […]
The U.S. was met with heartbreaking news of yet another mass shooting this week when a 21-year-old white male opened fire on a parade in Highland Park, Illinois. In the first half of 2022 alone, the country has seen more than 300 mass shootings. Still, an all-too-familiar response of the powers that be persists, even […]
