Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
5 Kids Found Boxed up in Back of Pickup
Three Sacramento residents are behind bars after police found that a box in the back of their pickup contained five children. The discovery was made in Needles, California earlier this week after a mo...
May 16, 2020
Struggling JC Penney Files for Bankruptcy
Blaming the coronavirus pandemic’s economic impact, struggling department store J.C. Penney on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In making the announcement, executives with the ...
May 16, 2020
Austin, Tulsa Selected as Finalists for New Tesla Plant
Some much-need economic relief in on the way for residents of either Austin, Texas or Tulsa, Oklahoma. The two cities have been selected as finalists for the location of Tesla’s new automotive p...
May 16, 2020
CDC Predicts 100K COVID-19 Deaths by June 1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed it expects the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. to exceed 100,000 by June 1st. The unsettling prediction, announced Friday, is based on data ...
May 16, 2020
CA-based company claims COVID ‘cure’
A coronavirus antibody breakthrough is expected to be announced today. California-based Sorrento Therapeutics says it has discovered an antibody that not only protects humans from cornavirus, but also...
May 15, 2020
China’s COVID count might be higher than 640,000
According to Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 tracker, China still reports just over 84,000 cases. However, that number may be higher 640,000, according to leaked data from China’s mili...
May 15, 2020
Yes, Mitch, there was a ‘playbook’
Yes, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Obama administration did leave a ‘playbook’ in the event of a pandemic. PBS reports that, soon after the Senate Majority Leader made the comments, former mem...
May 15, 2020
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 300,000
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 300,000, with over 4.4 million confirmed cases worldwide. The U.S. remains the hardest-hit country with 85,906 deaths, more than a quarte...
May 15, 2020
Biden: “If They Believe Tara Reade, They Probably Shouldn’t Vote For Me”
Joe Biden once again addressed the sexual assault allegations made by a former staffer – this time telling Americans not to vote for him if they believe the allegations. During an MSNBC intervie...
May 15, 2020
Restaurants in Casinos Get Go-Ahead to Reopen
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has given restaurants inside casinos the go-ahead to re-open but there are some rules, which more than likely, casino restaurants will find hard to follow. Some of the ...
May 15, 2020
