Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Edward Snowden Calls Assange Arrest A ‘Dark Moment’ For Freedom
Famous whistleblower Edward Snowden has weighed in on the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, calling it “a dark moment for press freedom”. Snowden, a former NSA contractor who fam...
Apr 11, 2019
Woman Crashes Car Because of Spider
A woman in Cairo, New York became so startled when she saw a spider in her car, she crashed the vehicle. The Cairo Police Department told the story on their Facebook page. They said when the driver no...
Apr 11, 2019
Deputy Sheriff Turns In Son For Arrest Over Fires at Louisiana Churches
A suspect has been arrested in connection to three fires at Black churches in St. Landry Parish, Lousiana. Deputy Roy Matthews turned in his son Holden Matthews on Wednesday evening. Holden was charge...
Apr 11, 2019
Report: Alexa Is Listening To Your Conversations
Bloomberg reports that Amazon has thousands of people listening to your conversations to make your Alexa voice assistant work better and even have a chat room where workers talk about some of the more...
Apr 11, 2019
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar Receive Death Threats
The Ohio College Republican Federation has targeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a recent email that had the subject line “AOC is a domestic terrorist”. “Multiple ppl have been a...
Apr 11, 2019
South Korea Rules Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
After a 66 year ban on abortion, South Korea’s court has ruled that the ban is unconstitutional, ordering lawmakers to reverse the ban by December 31st, 2020. A woman “convicted” of ...
Apr 11, 2019
Meet The Woman Behind Black Hole Photo
Dr. Katie Bouman is only 29 years old but she is now a science legend! Her computer program algorithm is responsible for capturing the first ever black hole photo. She began her work three years ago a...
Apr 11, 2019
Omar on 9/11: “Some People Did Something”
Criticism of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar continues following comments the Minnesota Democrat made in a speech about the September 11th attacks. The Washington Times reports video has surfaced of Rep. Oma...
Apr 10, 2019
Barr: “I Think Spying Did Occur”
US Attorney General William Barr told Senators “I think spying did occur.” Barr made the comments Wednesday in testimony before the Appropriations subcommittee. NBC News reports Barr was a...
Apr 10, 2019
House Passes DOA Net Neutrality
The US House Wednesday passed a measure to restore “net neutrality.” The Obama-era rules curbed by FCC chair Ajit Pai. The “Save the Internet Act” was approved by a mostly part...
Apr 10, 2019
