Don Babwin
The Associated Press
Chicago, IL, United States
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Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest, at last
Herbert “Bert” Jacobson will be laid to rest on Tuesday, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II. → Read More
Don’t accept portrayal of R. Kelly as ‘monster’: Attorney
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly kept an ugly side of his life hidden as he escaped poverty in Chicago and rose to pop music stardom, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday… → Read More
R. Kelly trial: Jury to hear opening statements in federal court
Opening statements set for Wednesday give prosecutors and R. Kelly’s attorneys their first chance to address jurors directly about charges that accuse the R&B singer of enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial. → Read More
Jury to hear opening statements at R Kelly trial in Chicago
Opening statements set for Wednesday give prosecutors and R. Kelly’s attorneys their first chance to address jurors directly about charges that accuse the R&B singer of enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial. → Read More
Jury to hear opening statements at R Kelly trial in Chicago
Opening statements set for Wednesday give prosecutors and R. Kelly's attorneys their first chance to address jurors directly about charges that accuse the R&B singer of enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial. → Read More
R. Kelly jury selection focuses on 2019 documentary
CHICAGO — Jury selection in R. Kelly’s federal trial on charges that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial began Monday with the judge and attorneys… → Read More
Pennsylvania Lottery website saw record traffic before Mega Millions drawing
PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Lottery’s website saw record traffic on Friday night as residents made last-minute attempts to purchase a $1.337 billion Mega Millions ticket. According to a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Lottery, the lottery website saw an estimated 1,700% traffic increase on the Draw Game purchasing site Friday. Some users experienced an outage […] → Read More
Ticket bought in Illinois wins $1.337B Mega Millions jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) — A single ticket bought in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. → Read More
Ticket bought in Illinois wins $1.28B Mega Millions jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) — Someone in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot. → Read More
Ticket bought in Illinois wins $1.28B Mega Millions jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) — Someone in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot. → Read More
Ticket bought in Illinois wins $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot
CHICAGO — Someone in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot. → Read More
Home of Emmett Till, other historic Black sites to receive preservation funds
KSNV NBC Las Vegas covers news, sports, weather and traffic for the Las Vegas, Nevada area including Paradise, Spring Valley, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Indian Springs, Sloan, Searchlight, Laughlin and Nellis AFB. → Read More
Emmett Till's house, Black sites to get preservation funds
Emmett Till left his mother's house on Chicago's South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman. → Read More
Emmett Till's house and other Black sites to get preservation funds
Till's mother insisted that his body be displayed in an open casket as it looked when it was pulled from a river, influencing thousands of mourners who saw his body. → Read More
Chicago police unveil long-awaited foot pursuit policy
CHICAGO — Chicago police officers will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot simply because they run away or give chase over minor offenses, the… → Read More
Chicago police no longer allowed to chase people on foot over minor offenses
Chicago police officers will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot simply because they run away or give chase over minor offenses, the department said Tuesday, more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man. → Read More
Chicago police unveil long-awaited foot pursuit policy
Chicago police officers will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot simply because they run away or give chase over minor offenses, the department said Tuesday, more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man. → Read More
Oklahoma shooting highlights vulnerability of hospitals
The vulnerability of health care facilities was highlighted by a shooter who killed four people and then himself Wednesday at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. → Read More
Tulsa shooting highlights vulnerability of hospitals
Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman entering the building to take lives. → Read More
Deaths of 3 women in early heat wave raise questions, fears
The city — and the country — is facing the reality that because of climate change, deadly heat waves can strike just about anywhere, don't only fall in the height of summer and need not last long. → Read More