Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
NBC News Apologizes For ‘Inaccurately’ Quoting AG Barr
If you had only watched Meet the Press on Sunday, you would have gotten a very different impression of what William Barr had to say about the Justice Department’s decision to drop its case again...
May 12, 2020
Man Who Wanted Sword Fight With Ex-Wife Deemed ‘Not Crazy’
Unhappy with his child custody arrangement, David Ostrom asked the court in Iowa if he could take on his ex-wife in a sword fight. That request back in January led to a judge suspending his visitation...
May 12, 2020
Elon Musk Reopens Tesla Factory Despite Stay At Home Order, Says Arrest Me
Despite the state’s shelter-in-place order that has kept the facility closed since March 23rd, Elon Musk turned the lights back on at the Tesla factory in Northern California. “Tesla is re...
May 12, 2020
Boston Police Capture Runaway Peacock By Playing Mating Call Over The Phone
After a peacock ran away from the Franklin Park Zoo, a quick-thinking cop knew exactly what to do. According to the Boston Globe , a patrol working in the Roxbury area on Monday encountered “an ...
May 12, 2020
Space Agency: Human Urine Could Help Make Concrete on Moon
The European Space Agency is reporting that human urine could help make concrete on the moon. Urea, which is the main organic ingredient found in urine, would help make concrete more malleable before ...
May 12, 2020
Reopening US Economy Too Soon Could Cause ‘Double-Dip’ Recession, Needless Deaths
Well here’s a case for not re-opening the US economy too soon: experts believe it could make matters worse on several fronts. Economists originally predicted a short V or longer U shaped recover...
May 12, 2020
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Approaches 80,000
The coronavirus death toll in the U.S. is approaching 80,000 with the total number of cases surpassing 1.3 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. Those milestones are reached as many parts of...
May 11, 2020
Fauci, Redfield To Testify Before Senate Committee
Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield are set to testify before a Senate committee on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both will testify before the Senate Health, Educat...
May 11, 2020
Princeton Names First-Ever Black Valedictorian
For the first time in its 250-year history, Princeton University has named a black student as valedictorian. Nicholas Johnson will graduate at the top of the Class of 2020 with a degree in operations ...
May 11, 2020
Three Members of White House Virus Task Force in Quarantine
Three members of the White House Coronavirus task force have gone into quarantine after coming into contact with someone infected. Dr. Anthony Fauci of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
May 11, 2020
