Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
What You Should Know Before You Give Your Child Popcorn
A mother who’s two-year-old child choked and then days later aspirated on popcorn stuck in his lungs is warning parents about the dangers of feeding young children the popular snack. After the c...
Mar 26, 2019
McDonald’s Customer Fined For Littering After Feeding McMuffin To Seagulls
Turns out those signs warning people not to feed the birds actually have some weight behind them as one British man just found out. Ian Chapman was snacking away on some McDonald’s while sitting...
Mar 26, 2019
NJ Approves Bill Allowing Medically Assisted Suicide
New Jersey’s governor will sign a bill allowing terminally ill patients access to life-ending medication. New Jersey residents given six months or less to live by their doctor would have the rig...
Mar 26, 2019
Pediatricians Call For Soda Taxes To Curb Children’s Love Of Sugary Drinks
American children drink a lot of soda and it’s leading to all kinds of health issues say pediatricians, who are calling on lawmakers to institute new taxes to help kids kick the habit. The Ameri...
Mar 26, 2019
NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk
This is why you should always double check what you’ve packed before a big trip. Especially when you can’t just turn the car around. Or in this case, the space shuttle. NASA needed to canc...
Mar 26, 2019
Cop Accused of Serving Homeless Man a Poop Sandwich Gets His Job Back
A San Antonio cop who was fired for giving a poop sandwich to a homeless man is getting his job back. Officer Matthew Luckhurst on Monday won an appeal by calling upon a rule that requires officers to...
Mar 26, 2019
Florida Man Electrocuted While Trying to Help a Pigeon
A Florida man was fatally electrocuted over the weekend when he tried to get a pigeon off a power line. West Palm Beach resident Elian Garcia-Rivera, 36, was found dead Saturday between a pigeon coup ...
Mar 26, 2019
World’s Fastest-Shrinking Glacier is Growing Again
In a surprising development, one of the world’s fastest shrinking glaciers has started to grow again. In 2012, scientists discovered Greenland’s Jakobshayn glacier was receding at a rate o...
Mar 26, 2019
Colorado Reports Increase in Pot-Related ER Visits
It was bound to happen — as more and more states move closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, a report has been released that connects legalization with an uptick in pot-related emergency r...
Mar 26, 2019
Former NFL Ref Speaks
With rare exception, league rules prevent NFL referees from talking to the media – that’s no longer the case for newly retired official Walt Coleman. The 67-year-old ended his 30-year care...
Mar 25, 2019
