Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
E-cigarettes More Effective At Getting You To Quit Smoking
If you’ve tried to quit smoking with gums and patches and haven’t had much luck, new research shows you might want to try e-cigarettes instead. A major clinical trial conducted by research...
Jan 31, 2019
New Jersey to Become Fourth State to Offer Gender Neutral Birth Certificates
New Jersey officials have announced that the state will offer residents the choice of gender-neutral birth certificates. The option, which will become available February 1st, will allow parents or gua...
Jan 31, 2019
Drunk Passenger Ordered to Pay for Plane Fuel After Grounding Flight
A passenger on a WestJet flight got so drunk, the plane had to return to Calgary. David Stephen Young has been ordered by a judge to pay for the fuel that was dumped in order to safely land. The cost?...
Jan 31, 2019
Department of Energy Secretly Shipped Plutonium Across the United States
The Department of Energy has revealed that it moved a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to Nevada, despite objections from Nevada lawmakers. The DoE declassified the infor...
Jan 31, 2019
Would You Fly More Often if Your Kids were Free?
Would you fly more often if your kids flew for free? Frontier Airlines is offering just that. It’s part of the company’s ‘Discount Den’ program which does have a $59.99 annual ...
Jan 31, 2019
Alzheimer’s Patient, 84, Dumped by Hospital Outside Locked Care Facility
An 84-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Long Beach, CA was locked out of her care facility after leaving the hospital. Clothed in a bathrobe, Savina Genoese Zerbi is seen banging on the door of th...
Jan 31, 2019
Study Links E-Cigarettes To Heart Attacks, Strokes
Electronic cigarettes, or ‘E-cigs’, are generally thought of as a healthier alternative to smoking. But a new study links vaping to a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. The study says ...
Jan 30, 2019
How To Keep Your Pets Safe In The Polar Vortex
With below-zero temperaturs across much of the nation, it’s important that we not just keep ourselves warm, but our furry friends as well. Experts say pets need to stay indoors and should only g...
Jan 30, 2019
1,500 flights, trains canceled as subzero temps hit Illinois
[van id=”weather/2014/11/11/orig-what-is-a-polar-vortex-jennifer-gray-npr.cnn”] CHICAGO (AP) - More than 1,500 flights are canceled at Chicago’s airports as plummeting double-digit s...
Jan 30, 2019
Foxconn changes focus of massive Wisconsin project
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Foxconn Technology Group said Wednesday it is shifting the focus of its planned $10 billion Wisconsin campus away from blue-collar manufact...
Jan 30, 2019
