Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Kentucky Clerk Who Opposed Same-Sex Marriage Loses Re-Election Bid
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, KY clerk who made national headlines in 2015 for denying same-sex marriage licenses, has lost her re-election bid to a Democratic challenger. Davis spent five days in jail...
Nov 7, 2018
Sanders, Warren Win Re-Election
Two of the Democrats’ top 2020 presidential hopefuls cruised to re-election in their Senate races on Tuesday. Elizabeth Warren easily won a second term as Massachusetts Senator, with the race ca...
Nov 7, 2018
Emanuel: ‘Election a rejection of Donald Trump’
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Mayor Emanuel is decoding the results of the midterms. Rahm says in this good economy the Democrats actually had no business winning the Hou...
Nov 7, 2018
Susan B. Anthony’s Presence Still Felt on Election Day
Nearly 150 years after she founded the National Woman Sufferage Association, Susan B. Anthony’s presence is still being felt on election day in the U.S. In what appears to have become an electio...
Nov 7, 2018
Coffee May Reduce Risk Of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Good news for coffee addicts – your beverage of choice may be protecting you from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Researchers in Canada say drinking coffee could help reduce th...
Nov 7, 2018
Google Search Suggests A Lot Of Latinos Are Heading To The Polls
A check of Tuesday’s Google Trends suggests that Latinos are heading to the polls in record numbers. On Tuesday morning, the company revealed that the top trending Google search for Election Day...
Nov 7, 2018
Colorado Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Wife And Daughters
Chris Watts, the Colorado man accused of killing his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, has pleaded guilty to murder charges. Back in August, the bodies of Watts’ wife Shanann, and the...
Nov 7, 2018
Paul Ryan protege Steil wins mentor’s seat
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican attorney Bryan Steil has won outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin congressional seat. Steil is a Ryan protg. He defeated Democratic ironworker Randy Bryce on ...
Nov 6, 2018
Mass Graves Of ISIS Victims Found In Iraq
UN officials have discovered more than 200 mass graves holding the bodies of thousands of victims of ISIS militants. Among the thousands of victims are women and children, the elderly, and soldiers wi...
Nov 6, 2018
Duncan Hines Cake Mixes Recalled
Another day, another recall. Four types of Duncan Hines cake mix were recalled due to potential salmonella contamination. If you planned on baking up a White cake, Yellow cake, Butter Golden cake or C...
Nov 6, 2018
