Author Archives: Cumulus Media

‘Suck it up, buttercup’
An Iowa lawmaker is looking to slash funding for public colleges spending money on grief counseling and other kid-glove treatment for students upset over last week's presidential election results R...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2016

Rikers Island prisoner stayed for almost 5 months without realizing his bail was only $2
A prisoner spent almost five months in prison without knowing his bail was just $2, his lawyers have claimed. Aitabdel Salem, 41, was an inmate at the notorious Rikers Island prison in New York City, ...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2016

Chicago Mayor Heads to Rome
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel is off to Rome today, leading a delegation to see Pope Francis make Chicago Archbishop Cupich a Cardinal this weekend. More than 80 are on this...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2016

Corker says Trump won’t tear up Iran nuclear deal
By Adrienne Shih Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker cast doubt Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump will reverse the Iran nuclear deal, saying such a decision would distract his fledgling administration...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2016

Downstate Explosion Kills One, Injures 11
UPDATED 7:27am from Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CANTON) One person is dead and 11 people are injured after a large gas explosion in downstate Canton, about 30 miles southwest of Peoria. State police have ...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2016

Head found in McKinley Park lagoon two months ago identified
(CHICAGO) The family of a woman whose severed head was found in a lagoon in McKinley Park on the South Side earlier this year is struggling to come to terms with her death. So far, only the head of 20...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2016

Congress: First 100 Days Will Be Busy
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An Illinois congressman expects it to be a busy time in Congress during President-elect Donald Trump’s first 100 days. U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) ...
Cumulus Media Nov 16, 2016

Will Donald Trump Make School Lunches Unhealthy?
Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by first lady Michelle Obama may have reason to cheer Trump’s election.The billionaire businessman is a proud patron of Kentucky F...
Cumulus Media Nov 16, 2016
Attorneys for Aaron Schock ask judge to postpone arraignment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock are asking a federal judge to postpone his arraignment on charges alleging he schemed to profit personally from his gove...
Cumulus Media Nov 16, 2016
Presidential Elector Art Sisneros on the Electoral College Vote
Art Sisneros is a Presidential elector in the Electoral college who is thinking about not voting Trump. “In Texas, we’re not tied…we’re not bound to any candidate,” he to...
Cumulus Media Nov 16, 2016







