A south suburban teenager is recovering Tuesday from frostbite that he got during a bike ride to a friend’s house during single-digit temperatures. His hands were very swollen with large blisters. He went to his local hospital and was transferred to the burn unit at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood where doctors immediately recognized how serious it was. Doctors there typically treat dozens of frostbite cases every winter.
A massive glut of people buying tickets has pushed the Powerball up to $1.5 billion. Odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292 million, and no one has won it since Nov. 7. Billionaire Mark Cuban shared his advice for the person who ends up winning.
Iran has released 10 US sailors held for entering its territorial waters, in a swift resolution of an incident that tested newly improved US-Iranian ties. The US expressed its gratitude to Iran for freeing the sailors one day after they were detained when their vessel broke down in the Gulf. Bestselling author and former Pentagon official Jed Babbin with reaction. (Listen here)
John got response to Tuesday night’s State of the Union response from Peter Roskam from the 6th Congressional district (Listen here), Mike Quigley from the 5th Congressional district (Listen here), Dan Lipinski from the 3rd Congressional district (Listen here), Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin (Listen here) and Adam Kinzinger from the 16th Congressional district (Listen here)
Tom Bevan the Executive Editor for RealClearPolitics also joined John with analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union Speech as well as Nicki Haley’s response. (Listen here)
A federal appeals court has ruled that wearing unearned military medals is protected by the first amendment. Basically, they ruled that if you’re wearing the medals, you’re trying to convey a message and that rises to the level of protected speech.
