Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

A Texas bartender has been arrested for serving an intoxicated patron who would later kill eight people in a mass shooting. In September of 2017, Spencer Hight murdered his wife and seven other people...

If you live in Iowa and you claim a pet is a service animal but you do not have a disability, watch out, you may find yourself in hot water now that a new law is in place. Signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds,...

Microsoft is jumping deeper into machine learning with three new services that all aim to simplify the process. One is a new interface for a tool that completely automates the process of creating mode...

Jason Stiber got pulled over by police in Connecticut last year and was handed a distracted driving citation for using his cell phone behind the wheel. Except that wasn’t the case at all. The 45...

U.S. job growth continued to surge last month, dropping unemployment to its lowest point in 49 years. The economy added 263,000 jobs in April, more than were added in March and February combined. Unem...

The ‘retail apocalypse’ is continuing with drugstore chain CVS, who announced plans to close several dozen ‘underperforming’ locations. Last month, the company began closing 46...

Facebook is looking to dip its toe into the cryptocurrency game, reaching out to other companies about launching a crypto payment service. According to reports, Facebook has approached companies like ...

Authorities in Maryland are looking for the culprit who poisoned and killed several bald eagles earlier this year. Wildlife officials say seven eagles have died and two more sickened after being poiso...

An Iowa basketball coach who molested more than a dozen boys over 20 years will spend the rest of his life behind bars. 43-year-old Greg Stephens was sentenced to 180 years in federal prison on charge...

Here’s your ‘Florida Man’ story for the day – a Florida man will spend a year behind bars for trying to smuggle baby turtles hidden inside candy wrappers. Prosecutors say Matth...