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"Clear at 1230, good morning. I'm James Sears. LeBron James is about to make NBA history and ticket prices to see that are outrageous. The bulls beat Charlotte one 14 to 98 in college basketball northwestern lost to Michigan 68 51. The Blackhawks returned to play Tuesday at the united center against the Anaheim ducks, the pregame with Joe branded 7 the face off at 7 30 with John whiteman and Troy Murray on 7 20 WGN and WGN radio dot com. WGN traffic, our expressways in tollways are looking good right now. House Republicans booted Minnesota democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the foreign affairs committee over comments she made about Israel that some Republicans deemed anti semitic speaker Kevin McCarthy defended the move. We're not removing her from other committees. We just do not believe when it comes to foreign affairs, especially the responsibility of that position around the world with the comments that you make. She shouldn't serve there. Ahead of the vote Omar said it was no surprise the new GOP majority was targeting her and her voice in Congress won't be diminished. House democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called the move political revenge. And several House Democrats are now calling out speaker McCarthy to create a select committee to combat and not anti semitism amid a spike in incidents in recent years. The judge and the Alex Murdoch double murder trial decided that Murdoch's prior bed actions can now be admitted in court. News nation talked with trial attorney Brian claypool about that judge's decision. He says it was a good call. All of his finances are in question, and that really arguably does go to the motive for him killing both. Murda is acute Murdoch is accused of killing his wife and son in June 2021. LeBron James has just 63 points away from breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all time scoring record, so prices for tickets for the next two Lakers games are surging just to get into the building will set fans back at least $350 Tuesday about 550 bucks, Thursday, and for those who want to be courtside, to potentially witness history, those tickets are being listed for
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"And so beyond the only midday show. The next star media group station. It's 39°, mostly cloudy at 2 o'clock, good morning. I'm James Sears. The Illinois House takes up an assault weapons ban today. Again, plus why the federal government could ban gas stoves. WGN traffic, looking right now at the Stevenson, there's an exit ramp closed due to an accident Stevenson north at cermak road. Everything else is looking good at this time. The Illinois Senate late Monday voted to pass assault weapons ban legislation. The Senate had made changes to the legislation passed by the House, but intends to negotiations resulted in a mostly unchanged Bill. It now goes back to the house for a vote today, then governor pritzker's signature, WGN political analyst Paul lisnik. But pritzker didn't get it in time for his inauguration. He's probably disappointed in that regard, but ultimately he will get it. And I think his new term kicks off with an assault weapons ban in place. The Senate president on Harmon believes the new law could withstand legal challenges from gun rights activists. Well, before he took the oath of office, governor pritzker signed a bill that includes a pay raise for lawmakers, also legislature and agency directors. House and Senate members will see their pay increase from 70,000 to $85,000 per year. The governor said he initially wanted lawmakers to only give agency directors a raise, so Illinois could be more competitive with other states in the country. I'm focused on the executive branch, but I can say that they haven't had a raise for really since before the Great Recession. So I can see why there's an interest in doing that. The bill also says that 7 and a half percent of the state's annual general funds go toward the rainy day fund, which is up from 5%. A $16 million settlement was announced Monday for the families of three women who died in a north side apartment building during hot weather last year. At this time, residents of the James Snyder apartments in Rogers park said management refused to turn off the heat in the building despite unseasonably hot weather. Megan O'Connor is an attorney for the families. The settlement, the lawsuit. It sends a message if we can even prevent one more death in a similar situation and we've really done our job. Autopsies showed that all three women died from excessive
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"James Sears at 2 o'clock. President in one suburb have little to no running water. We'll tell you where the WGN traffic. The outbound getting in the express lanes are still closed as I got an LA state police work to clear a crash between north and hour to Japanese. As reported to be a fatal accident, keep using the local lamps at the time being. It was a tough Thanksgiving for people in south suburban Robbins, WG and Steve roxen reports. Dozens of residents have been dealing with little or no running water. According to mayor Darren Bryant, two water main breaks and packed at more than a hundred residents, including him. He says a third water main break may have occurred in the price tag to fix the village's water system is upwards of $40 million, France says cases of water are being delivered to those affected until the problems are fixed. Steve roxton WGN news. One place you're not likely to see a sale is at the gas pump today. Average gas prices are just sort of 360 a gallon across the country this Thanksgiving weekend, as people celebrate with family and France, WG and spam Jones is more. Triple-A says the national average for gas is three 58 a gallon, but in Illinois, it's 30 cents higher at three 89, four 18 in Cook County, prices are a bit lower in Indiana at an average of three 72 a gallon, the most expensive gas in the nation is in Hawaii at $5 and 19 cents. The cheapest gas is in Texas at two 93. Pam Jones, WGN news. Now isn't the time to walk away from Ukraine. So says President Biden
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"Group station. WGN radio news is on the air, good morning. I'm James Sears at 1 o'clock. Downtown Chicago alderman call out a lack of transparency in securing a NASCAR street race and a settlements reached over COVID vaccine religious exemptions. WGN traffic, the expressways in hallways in the area are looking good at this early hour. The three Chicago aldermen are not all in with mayor lightfoot's plan to turn grand park into a NASCAR raceway next summer, downtown council members, Sophia king pet dowell and Brendan Reilly are drawing up legislation that includes aldermen in the special events approval process. Now they're also concerned that their constituents will be inconvenienced for two weeks next summer, Riley joined Chicago's afternoon news. That was a revelation. That was not initially disclosed the length of time would lose the park. So that's concerning. I do hope that they will make public all of those key details of the contract. So the public can judge for themselves, whether this is a good deal or not. Mayor lafitte was asked about long traffic shutdowns. I don't think that's accurate based upon the planning I've seen. Certainly, in the days leading up to and the days immediately after, there's a period of time where the construction is happening and then the deconstruction happens. Life says the spider report that roads could be closed for a month. She said the city will work with NASCAR the way they do with Lollapalooza and other Vince downtown to reduce inconvenience as much as possible for city residents. If you live in Lincoln square police are warning to stay alert after an attempted hold up turned into a home invasion and more. They say a man pulled a gun on pedestrians in the 4600 block of north Campbell a week ago Saturday when they couldn't give him the cash he demanded, the gunman forced them inside their home and searched for their valuables. He then ordered his victims to drive to a nearby ATM after getting the cash he returned to the victim's residence and stole their cell phones before taking off. Police have only released a vague description saying the gunman wore a black ski mask and white shirt. The Chicago Tribune reports that north shore university health system has agreed to pay a $10.3 million settlement in a COVID-19 lawsuit over religious exemptions during burn field reports. The lawsuit was brought by employees who alleged the hospital system wouldn't let them keep their jobs after they objected to getting the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons. 14 workers, which included nurses, a pharmacy technician and a senior application analyst, sued north shore in October, alleging that they were refused true exemptions from the mandate. North shore is not admitting to wrongdoing in the settlement agreement, which must still be approved by a judge. North shore is also agreed to rehire the fired workers. Jordan burnfield, WGN news. Mount Carmel won't be going coed anytime soon in a letter to parents, the Catholic high school said they intend to stay boys only to the school year through this school year and next that according to block club Chicago in June school leadership floated the idea of adding girls to combat struggling enrollment. That sparked a flood of pushback from parents and alumni, the school will continue to explore the possibility of going coed in the future. WGN sports, the Sox
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"Media group station 32° at 3 o'clock good morning I'm James Sears Three violent crimes in one week in a north side neighborhood and Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Russia across the border WGN traffic are expressways in totals showing no accidents or delays at this time Chicago street super program begins today want to let you know about that running through mid November so watch out for those of bright orange signs with parking restrictions they'll be posted two days before street sweeping is set to start in a given area and you can track all that online at the department of streets and sand website Early this morning two South Korean air force planes collided in midair during training the two KT one trainer aircraft then crashed into a mountain in the southeastern city of satun three people were found dead and one injured Eastern parts of Ukraine braced for renewed attacks today and Russians blocked another aid mission to the besieged port city of Mary pole and developing now the governor of the Russian border region of Belgrade accused Ukraine of flying Russian gunships east into Russian territory and striking an oil depot this morning If confirmed it would be the first attack of its kind by Ukrainian forces inside Russia However we should note this all could be a false flag operation by Russia attacking itself Talks between both sides are expected today via a video call Meanwhile The White House is stepping around questions about whether it's poking the Russian bear communications director Kate benfield a defended the ongoing release of intelligence tidbits during the Russian invasion of Ukraine His leaving Russia weaker Putin himself has said that the sanctions have imposed unprecedented costs on the Russian economy Bettingfield also underscored the impact of sweeping global sanctions against Russia which President Biden has called crippling Chicago police are looking for whoever shot a 72 year old woman in the thigh yesterday afternoon on Broadway in Lake view east She was walking with two other women and a child in a stroller at the time This happened less than a mile from where a pizza shop worker was killed Sunday and a quarter mile from where a man was violently carjacked Monday Lakeview Chamber of Commerce spokesman Maureen martino One are we going to get laws to keep violent offenders away to keep kids with guns off the street to stop the carjackings to take our city back We.
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"O'Hare 44 at midway It is 38 up in Waukegan 35 down in Joliet 36 in Lansing 33 on the lakefront I'm James Sears on Chicago's very own 7 20 WGN Mad Max: Fury Road you may recall the 2015 movie is the most insane looking fun to watch movie even if like me you don't exactly understand what's going on here There's a car that looks like a porcupine Fighting a tanker train truck with flags and spears and guns There's a crane doing about 70 miles an hour And a roadster with a tall fenced grill attached to its front is Tom Hardy's character with his face in a metal cage There's a rolling sound stage with four drummers on the back and a guitar player strapped to the front whose guitar is a flamethrower as they roll through the desert into battle Who doesn't want to watch that I've watched that movie more than once and thought how is it that this got made and how is it that people didn't die making it And the lo and behold I see this book blood sweat and chrome And it's written by our guest Kyle Buchanan Kyle you're on WGN radio thanks for joining us Thanks for having me John and really what movie wouldn't be better by a porcupine shaped car I think maybe the most insane fun thing is the flamethrower guitar guy That was absolutely the moment where when I saw this film for the first time my jaw literally dropped you know That is a film that is unafraid to just push it to push things in a direction that other people might think it's wacky but because you're willing to go out on that knife stage the whole movie hits a little harder I mean it's got the craziest action scenes I've seen probably in just about any movie And it's astonishing to learn how they were made but also you know how this movie was made so much went into it took 20 years to get made and even when it finally finally got off the ground the leads were fighting the studio was trying to shut it down Just about everything that could go wrong went wrong and still somehow they made a masterpiece And made a masterpiece by a guy named George Miller who if you just looked at his IMDb you wouldn't go well he'll make this movie because he made movies like the witches of eastwick and Lorenzo's oil and what's the other puffy movie that he made Good one but I mean you wouldn't see it coming would you I mean before he made theory road the two films he directed were the happy feet movies You know animated penguin films I think people are always astonished to hear that the Mad Max guy made the happy feet movies but if you meet him he's much more the guy you'd expect who made the happy feet movies He's very kindly guy He has this sort of grandfather of paper professor manor He barely speaks above a mild Australian look And maybe because of that you know people see him on a set like this but so crazy and they think to themselves just I really have what it takes to get this movie over the line and to have people connect with it You know he hadn't even made a live action film in a long time when he signed on to make this movie And while he was making this movie he was making another movie too wasn't he Yeah I mean he was making a happy P two at the same time It's kind of a wild thing where I think because he seems so sort of you know it's not just fire breathing director like James Cameron who made Titanic or Michael Bay You know he seems like the kind of guy you can push around and many people have tried to and what they find is this man has a spine of steel He does not back down He does not quit I mean you have to That's the only way that you can have this movie where for 20 years people were saying no you can't make it No you can't do it No we'll shut it down And still he had the confidence to see it through Okay I'm going to not let you go longer than 25 seconds on the answer to this question And you can probably do this Not to answers have been long but here's the point What's the movie about It's deceptively simple It's a chase sequence Max and furiosa Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are escaping through the desert They're being pursued by a warlord who wants the hostages that they've smuggled out But there's so much under the surface the more you unpack this film the more the themes jump out at you That's the thing that's prognosis post apocalyptic world gas and water or valued and the movie if you just ask me it's this really fun chase scene but as I've read the book and heard other interviews you've given there's a lot more going on there than maybe I appreciate it I don't have to appreciate all the subtext though do I No I always kind of liken it to a song you know The first time you hear a song you're just letting it wash over you The next few times maybe you're paying more attention to the lyrics And then if you really love it you want to know who made it how they made it and the love that went into making it But this movie didn't have a script as I understand it well as you tell Miller had created 3500 Is that the right number storyboards And they were seen by scene and goes we'll do this Then we'll do this And I don't know how the actors felt about that but it was like some of the scenes that he would shoot He needs to capture a storyboard are three seconds long And he says good got it And they go got what And he goes next storyboard We'll film that Something like that right I just didn't feel great about it You know they're usually used to getting Athena up on its feet and doing you know two or three minutes and it's shot from a bunch of angles George Miller knew down to the millisecond what's not he.
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"Download the WGN radio app and stream us live 23° at 1230 good morning I'm James Sears The Russian convoy is on the move outside Kyiv The black hawks lost in Boston four three northwestern lost to Iowa one 12 to 76 WGN traffic looking at our expressways right now the Dan Ryan in the express lane southbound at 47th street there's an accident blocking the right lane on the bishop Ford outbound at sibley and accident taking out the two left lanes New satellite photos appear to show that a massive convoy outside the Ukrainian capital has split up and fanned out into towns and forests near Kyiv with artillery pieces raised into firing position The photos come amid more international efforts to isolate and sanction Russia particularly after a deadly air strike on a maternity hospital in the port city of miri poll western and Ukrainian officials decried that assault as a war crime Meanwhile inflation keeps soaring joling Kent has more Inflation accelerated 7.9% in February compared to last year a new 40 year high Prices are up across the board groceries surged 8.6% over last year rent rising 4.7% and most of all gas prices President Biden released a statement laying a large part of the blame on Russia's invasion of Ukraine He warned there will be costs at home while crippling sanctions are imposed on Russia Today the U.S. and other nations are set to revoke Russia's most favored nation trade status which would allow tariffs to be imposed on Russian imports Florida is one step away from passing the first ever law in the nation to restrict how race related issues can be taught It would apply to workplace training sessions and public schools The state Senate approved the measure 24 15 along party lines yesterday sending it to the governor to sign critics say this leaves businesses vulnerable to lawsuits the bill's sponsor argues it's intended to stop workers from being told that a person bears responsibility for actions of the past The CDC says just 2% of U.S. residents are living in areas considered with high coronavirus levels That's around 7 million people And an unusual bust made in Philadelphia last week members of U.S. customs and borders protection and U.S. fish and wildlife seized 6 air cargo shipments of leeches in total there are around 300 bloodsuckers.
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"Is 35 aurora 33 34 on the lakefront I'm James Sears on Chicago's very own 7 20 WGN WGN radio haven't talked to our friend Carrie peck in a while but we do now the elder law attorney You've got a question about your estate your will maybe your parents estate or will or how somebody's massen with them Carrie peck is the guy to talk to Carrie welcome back How have you been Excellent John How are you today Thanks for having me I'm glad to hear you say excellent Are you an excellent spirits in health I am an excellent spirits and health and I hope you and your family are as well Well I know you were really cautious about the pandemic and very very careful in your personal and business practices And so I think I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here but I think a lot of people are going to breathe a little bit of a sigh of relief without a mask on come the first to march Well I'm sure you're right John There's no question but you're right I was very careful And I thank God it paid off Well particularly since I suppose you see adults or elder adults so in your practice you would have to be particularly careful to say nothing about your own care I think that's been a point of concern for a lot of people Kerry has been over the course of the pandemic and we're talking a couple of years now a lot of us who have parents who are senior citizens wish that their caretakers would take better care of their health you know what I mean And I don't know what Options you have if the day care center or the people that come into mom and dad's house aren't exercising the kind of caution you wish they would Do you have any advice or thoughts along those lines Well I think that you know it's kind of it starts with don't kill grandma And you know we take it from there And I think that when people come into your home particularly if they're paid caregivers you can set the rules as to what protocol you want them to follow regarding wearing a mask and COVID precautions And you know as you know and pointed out already that the elderly population is very susceptible to COVID and ultimately they potential death So this is a real serious issue And I think at most caregivers will be responsive to a family saying you know wear a mask or follow the following COVID protocols to keep Bond safe I can see that sign now Don't kill grandma take to the front door I should have put that on the front door My mom and dad's house who have both survived COVID late during the pandemic but we didn't have that sign Don't kill grandma don't kill grandpa which I think would at least be a reminder to people of how stark the decision is when you're taking care of people if you decide not to get the vaccine what the consequences could be And I don't know that everybody will abide by that or has been abiding by that carry I think a lot of people said yeah I'm not going to do it And either I'll lie to you or I'll quit my job But I don't know that all of the caretakers out there had been that conscientious Well I think you're right And I think it's kind of a case by case situation And I think that you know when somebody hires a caretaker they should ask the agency or the individuals they're hiring them directly What can we expect and what preventive precautions will you take to keep your patient your client safe Because you know I really think that you know kind of the bumper sticker the sign on the door don't kill grandma says it all Carey pecks on a phone line Peck Ritchie dot com is the website He's the elder law attorney whose commercials you hear her once in a while and who we turn to for expertise on things like will's state plans trust a candy has a question for you Candy you're on WGN What's your question for Carrie Hi we're getting ready to meet with a lawyer next week And we're trying to figure out if we need a will or a trust Okay It's a great question candy And I think that a lot of John's listeners have the same question If you use a revocable living trust you will have a will also And the purpose of using what we call a revocable living trust is to avoid probate In Illinois if you die with assets in your name alone not a joint tenancy that was the beneficiary designation but assets in excess of a $100,000 in your name alone it's necessary to open a post death probate estate And that's done at the daily center if you die in Cook County in the 18th floor and that's where we administer decedents estates and basically administration of the decedents to state is gathering the assets paying the debts and distributing the assets either under the terms of a will and or trust or if someone dies without a will the state of Illinois has already created a will for you So a revocable living trust is a state of the art device to avoid the post death probate proceeding and it's a real good one and I would encourage you to have that discussion with your attorney and he's likely to or she to recommend the preparation of what we call a pour over will in conjunction with a revocable living trust Okay now you're getting to a question I've got which is because you said if you have a revocable living trust you have a will Those aren't synonymous with each other are they No but in this instance they are paired couple And the reason they're a paired couple is because when you use a revocable living trust the intention is that you're going to change the title of your assets and put them into the trust So for example John if you have a stock portfolio and you want to put it into your revocable living trust to avoid probate and you do you're going to change the.
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"Stream us live 38° at 1130 good evening I'm James Sears Russia throws its military might at Ukraine but the resistance is holding Loyola won the MVC championship 64 58 over Drake and returns to the NCAA tournament Illinois beat Iowa 74 72 and clinches a share of the Big Ten championship its first title since 2005 Northwestern beat Minnesota 75 62 the black hawks lost to Tampa Bay 6 three WGN traffic are supposed to be some toys in good shape right now No accidents to report a good news since it's snowing out there For Russia appears to be pulling out all the stops on its invasion of Ukraine a senior UN defense official told CNN Sunday that the country has fired 600 missiles on its neighbor and they've also amassed 95% of their combat power inside Ukraine Despite the show of strength the Russian assault continues to be slowed by the strong Ukrainian resistance the military convoy that's north of Kyiv also remains stalled and there hasn't been an update on how far it is from the city center Chicagoans have been trying to raise money for people in Ukraine to Paul university history professor Thomas told dean Richards I know people are collecting things all over Chicago That is often not a good strategy because you don't know what they need And then there's the cost and difficulty of shipping it What you're better advised to do is write a check to an organization like the international refugee committee or to your church or synagogue to have mosque and so on Mercedes says those individuals may need long-term and permanent resettlement The global death toll from COVID is about to reach a tragic milestone nearly 6 million lives lost This comes as many countries start scaling back mandates under discussing ways to live with the virus here in the United States more than 950,000 people died since the virus was first detected here in Illinois more than 37,000 people are listed as COVID deaths about 80 million cases are confirmed across the U.S. The MLB Players Association is giving the league a new proposal to discuss but probably won't be the one that ends that three month lockout A league spokesman said the offer was worse than Monday night That was the original deadline a week ago for the deal to keep regular season games from being canceled A spokesman added.
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"12 o'clock good morning I'm James Sears Reaction to Mike madigan's indictment on racketeering and conspiracy And Ukraine's president addresses the nation early this morning WGN traffic are expressed recent always are in good shape not seen any delays or accidents at this time The longtime former Illinois House speaker Mike madigan is facing federal racketeering charges Madigan once considered the most powerful politician in Illinois faces 22 charges that accused him of building a political operation as a criminal enterprise the financially benefit himself and his associates in a statement released a few hours after the indictment Madigan denied the accusations and said he looks back proudly on my time as an elected official Lawmakers are reacting to the indictment calling it deplorable and a violation of the public's trust Mayor lightfoot weighed in on the case and the work that went into reaching a point of formal charges I have a great deal of respect for my former colleagues at the U.S. attorney's office but I would imagine that this case has lots of layers of evidence that got us to this point State House GOP leader Jim durkin on Chicago's afternoon news said the indictment is fair political game for Republicans with elections coming and says he and other Republicans will be taking the medicine indictment and the comet deferred plea agreement to voters They need to understand that there's an option A lot of these Democrats who are sitting in this chamber particularly the Speaker of the House said from the Mike mannequin trough for years The current Speaker of the House That's correct Hand picked He blocked the investigation that I asked for before the special investigation committee He said that my intentions were nothing more than a political stunt The Illinois Democratic Party noting that madigan stepped down from his party chair position last year but he still holds a position for the third congressional district and they want him to resign from that as well Well in a video addressed to the nation early Thursday Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky gave an upbeat assessment of the war and called on Ukrainians to keep up the resistance He didn't comment on whether the Russians have seized several cities including cursing he said the fighting is taking a toll on the morale of Russian soldiers who quote go into grocery stores and try to find something to eat He said the Russian death toll has reached about 9000 President Biden says president Putin badly underestimated the west and NATO He thought the west in NATO.
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"Flurries right now Also flurries out in aurora where it is 24 in Joliet it is cloudy and 27° and it is 23° on the lakefront I'm James Sears on Chicago's very own 7 20 WGN WWE I'm Robbie James I said earlier when I was listening to Bill Kenner sign off I like that song What is it And so a lot of them talking to you ever since I played that I've been looking for it I found it It was Michelle roubini summer song because I echo in 1966 How about it hurt you I really like it Don't even ask how I found it But in the meantime we are talking to Pam the first time caller a former W SDM smack dab in the middle of the dial Jacques.
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"Teens I'm James Sears on Chicago's very own 7 20 of WGN Time for speed jokes Sponsored by Team hockey Okay today is January 3rd we said start in January 3rd we were trying to get to 50 states 50 jokes in 50 days We got a joke today from Janice Lance of Woodstock and Laurie and will met and Joe Wagner and Ellen and Huffman estate sent us a joke Don wolf thank you Justin Moretti and Steve veach sent us a joke from Chandler Arizona We had a joke from John and Florida and gambin sent a joke from Utah Jane siebert sent a joke from New Jersey and bob and nan in new glarus Wisconsin that's 5 out of the gate Davis ran a Villa Park wrote hey John if there's any recognition for the first joke for me state of 2022 here my submissions from Illinois sent at 12 zero 0 a.m. on January 1st He stayed up till midnight and hit send Thank you very much Davis And we got this note from our friend Dave in Canada my soon to be lord and liege welcome to your new time slot This will be an adjustment for all of us if I may say without insulting the new courtiers who wait on you weekdays from ten to two I'm really going to miss that morning crew that's so easily meshed into speed jokes I now look forward to the new members of your eminent royal court I know you were looking for 50 jokes from 50 states and 50 days and I want to assure you you will still receive jokes from America's hat Canada I do note that you are making no provisions for seeking jokes from ten provinces in ten days but come on John And he also shouts out to Helen and south Milwaukee a special hello who he says I believe it was the first listener to be stunned at the concept of a mug going to Canada I wish you and your time slot and band of merry makers the best in the coming year and I leave you with this.
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"Degrees of 3 o'clock good morning I'm James Sears Alderman address a police shortage on the northwest side and more kids are getting the coronavirus including Karen Chicago WGN traffic Everything back to normal now that Dan Ryan has reopened from an earlier accident between the Chinatown feeder and 31st street slight delays from the Steven snow if you're heading outbound multiple accidents were reported A group of Chicago aldermen are raising concerns about a lack of police presence in their wards to handle a rising crime This has become a hot button issue since a 9-1-1 dispatchers video brought attention to what he called a lack of police resources on the northwest side alderman Nick sposato represents part of the 16th police district His video was a bit making you miss leading Now yes we are short in 16 There's no ifs ands or buts about it Totally unacceptable to me and the 7 other element that are represented in the 16th district The alderman took their concerns to police superintendent David Brown who promised to return sworn officers to the Chicago police districts and additional officers would be coming to the 16th in 2022 Funeral services are set for a Chicago firefighter who died in the line of duty Michelle and plummer died a week ago after spending 5 days in critical condition He was hurt while battling a fire on the northwest side The 30 year old had just celebrated his first year on the job His visitation will be held a week from today at leaking sun's funeral home on the south side followed by a funeral on Thursday at House of hope He'll be buried at oak Woods cemetery In south suburban oil and park trustees approved a resolution last night opposing cocaine's proof of vaccine mandate for customers that bars restaurants and entertainment venues starting January 3rd The village will instead let local businesses choose whether or not to follow it The chief of police Joseph Mitchell said during the meeting his officers don't have time to enforce the new rules I simply do not have nor would I devote.
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"Good morning I'm James Sears the news is sponsored by news nation Nearly two dozen Chicago cops put on no pay status over the vaccine mandate and the search for Stacy Peterson was back on for a day WG and traffic looking at our expressways in tollways nuts in any accidents out there on those roads just a lot of road construction to watch out for Chicago police superintendent David Brown says there are 21 officers that have been placed into no pay status because they have not complied with the vaccine mandate for city workers Ron says he's working tirelessly to convince the holdouts to get their shots and minimally to comply with the mandate Braun says it's antithetical to the department's mission to not get vaccinated It will go against our oath to take this virus into their homes They're calling us in distress They're calling 9-1-1 for us to come in and help them And because we're not vaccinated because we're not testing we're going into people's homes in this community potentially spreading the virus brun says he'll say and do anything to protect the lives of CPD officers and the number one killer of police officers is the virus Second word ultimate brain Hopkins has said he wants all the officers to get vaccinated but tells WGN's and its launches We can't afford to fire any of them We can't afford to put any of them on no pay status and tell them to stay home We're actually short police officers in the middle of the worst crime wave of my lifetime Pumpkin says instead of stripping officers of their powers they should be educated on why the vaccine is safe and the city should be adding officers A 14 years after she disappeared search teams were back out looking for Stacy Peterson yesterday in a sanitary and ship canal in lockport Because of me pressing buttons And they come out 5 months later And Don't recover anything That's Cassandra Kelsey Peterson's younger sister she says she called Illinois state police back in May with a tip that skeletal remains were supposedly found in the canal by a sonar search.
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"I'm James Sears. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is taking an early lead in the race to be New York's next mayor. However, with the new ranked choice voting, an early lead may not hold up once candidates start being eliminated. Officials say it could be a while before we learned who won. Adams was marked as the first choice on about 31% of ballots Maya while he was second at 21% and Kathryn Garcia, just a little behind her for third. Vice president Harris says the White House will continue to fight for voting reform. Her comments come after Republicans used the filibuster to kill the Democrats sweeping voting rights bill Tuesday. It is clear Certainly for the American people that when we're talking about the right to vote, it is not a Republican. Concern or a democratic concern. It is an American concern. This is about the American people's right to vote unfettered. It is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way. President Biden released a statement saying the fight will go on. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in the House are going to start a climate caucus. Its goal is to provide information and find new strategies for how to discuss issues on climate change The caucuses being led by Utah Congressman John Curtis. Background checks helped stop a record number of gun cells. Last year, FBI records provided to The Associated Press show more than 300,000 gun sales were blocked in 2020, necessarily twice as many as the previous year. More than 40% of the would be buyers were denied because they had felony convictions on their records. 16% were prohibited by state law 12% were blocked because of matters related to domestic violence. Surgeon denials comes amid a spike in firearms sales and fast food dollar menus are starting to scale down Reuters supporting chains like McDonald's and KFC, scaling back their value items for more expensive combo meals. The strategies being used to raise sales and profits.
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Illinois reports nearly 2,600 new coronavirus cases, 25 deaths
"In Illinois reported 2600 new coronavirus cases yesterday. 25 more deaths With more on this story. Here's WGN's James Sears. The state seven day positivity rate rose to 3% from a low of 2.1% about two weeks ago. And that gradual rise in new cases has Governor Pritzker rethinking his plan to loosen more business restrictions this week in a bridge face to a full reopening some good news more than 136,000 vaccine doses were administered Friday, the second highest ever as more than two million ill annoyance are now fully vaccinated from the virus. That's almost 16% of the population. Game
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Chicago boy arrested after Near West Side carjacking
"Police have arrested a boy linked to a car jacking yesterday on the near West side. Here's WGN's James Sears with the tails. Police in a helicopter saw the boy and three other people getting out of a soul in black. Audie Q five in the 7500 block of South Vernon Avenue, at about 11 30 last night. Ah, 33 old woman was pulled from that vehicle yesterday afternoon near the 100 block of South Oakley. She was kicked and punched you for the three men got into the vehicle and took off. Police are still looking for the three other people seen leaving that stolen Audie
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"James Sears, Indonesia officials say they detected signals from two points today that could be coming from the flight recorder of flight as J. 1 82 that crashed into the Java Sea. It disappeared from radar screens minutes after takeoff from Jakarta yesterday afternoon with 62 people on board. Search crews have found some human remains in the area. House is preparing to introduce articles of impeachment tomorrow in an effort to remove President Trump from office with 10 days left in his term. Democrats say the president needs to be held accountable for inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol Last week, California Congressman Ted Lieu We wrote these articles, impeachment, specifically, very narrowly a tailored towards what happened on Wednesday. And we avoided any inflammatory language or rhetoric, with the goal of trying to gain Republican support Host vote could happen on Wednesday. No American president has ever been impeached twice. If it happens, President Trump would be banned from holding public office again. Meanwhile, the source close to vice President Pence says he is not ruling out an effort to invoke the 25th amendment against President Trump. BC is increasing security measures around the Capitol getting ready for more protests ahead of the January 20th inauguration of prisons elected Biden. National Guard members may be lots of carry guns while reinforcing local police President Trump is expected to travel to the U. S Mexico border this week to mark the completion of 400 miles of border Wall and hits administration's efforts to reform what the White House described as the nation's broken immigration system. Trump's campaign for the presidency in 2016 focused extensively on the president's desire to construct a border wall. He also promised Mexico would pay for the wall, which it has not done and no one matched all six balls. So the Powerball jackpot will rise to $550 million, with the cash option of 411 million for Wednesday's drawing. Meanwhile, the mega millions jackpot is at $600 million for Tuesday night's drawing. What's news nation every night on WGN America or go on the news nation now, eh? Producer on the clock. I'm James Sears..
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Woman Charged With Child Endangerment After 7 Children Found Alone In Vacant Apartment In Chicago
"Charged a woman after seven Children were found in an apartment on the West side that should have been vacant. 31 year old Jesse Huntsman charged with seven counts of child endangerment. WGN's James Sears has more police were called out to the building near Trumbull and here on yesterday afternoon, a neighbor told police someone was in the empty first floor. Apartment. Officers found seven Children. The oldest was 14, the youngest 23 months. They were all taken to the hospital to be checked out and are in good condition. James
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Woman Charged With Child Endangerment After 7 Children Found Alone In Vacant Chicago Apartment
"Have have charged charged a a woman woman after after seven seven Children Children were were found found in in an an apartment apartment on on the the West West side side that that should should have have been been vacant. vacant. 31 31 year year old old Jesse Jesse Hunt's Hunt's been been charged charged with with seven seven charge charge seven seven counts counts of of child child endangerment. endangerment. WGN's WGN's James James Sears Sears has has more more police police were were called called out out to to the the building building near Trumbull. And here on yesterday afternoon, a neighbor told police someone was in the empty first floor apartment. Officers found seven Children. The oldest was 14, the youngest 23 months. They were all taken to the hospital to be checked out and are in good condition.
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Chicago man stabbed in face in Red Line attack
"Chicago Police are investigating a stabbing on the Red Line overnight. WGN's James Sears has details. A 50 year old man was stabbed while writing the red line through the south loop just before two police say a man sitting across from him stabbed him in the face with a knife cutting his skin. He was taken to the hospital in fair condition. The other man fled the scene after the attack. Police say he has gray hair and was wearing black jeans and a black jacket. Please don't know what
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Residents prepare for stay-at-home advisories in Chicago, suburban Cook County
"Busses are an operation most of the Chicago area getting ready to stay put for about a month. Here's WGN's James Sears, with details stayed home advisories in the city of Chicago and suburban Cook County go into effect tomorrow morning at six. While not mandatory, Both advisories call for people to stay indoors as much as possible for 30 days. Chicago's advisory also limits all gatherings to 10. People marry Lori Lightfoot is urging Chicagoans to
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Indiana On Warning List For Chicago’s Travel Quarantine Order
"Is put on notice as Chicago updates its travel quarantine list. WG Ens James Sears has details Georgia and Texas are off Alaska is on Chicago's emergency travel order now covers 22 states and territories. Indiana has been put on the warning list with over 15 cases per 100,000 people a day. If you can't get that number down, the state will be added to the quarantine list, joining other border states, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky.
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200 More Officers To Be Added To Chicago’s Community Safety Team
"Team more on that from W. Tien's Jane Sear. The community safety team consists of nearly 500 officers deployed the hot spots in the city and also works with community based organizations, faith leaders and residents to build, trust and address violence. The mayor's office says the expansion of 200 more officers today will capitalize on the recent city red reductions of 44% in violent crime. Deploying resource is too specific neighborhoods that have experienced recent upticks. James Sears w G. A news An
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Chicago's Navy Pier set to close after Labor Day weekend
"Weekend will be your last chance of is a Navy pier for several months. WG ens James Sears has more because of the Corona virus. Pandemic attendance is down at the pier by more than 75%, the tourist destination also facing a $20 million deficit, so to save some money, it'll close Tuesday and re open in the spring. The only place that will stay open is offshore advertise, says the largest rooftop bar and restaurant in the world.
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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Wants To Ban Single-Night Home-Sharing Rentals In Effort To Crack Down On Illegal Parties
"Mayor Lightfoot wants to ban single Night vacation rentals in Chicago WG Ens James Sears reports. It's an effort to crack down on party houses. The ordinance that past committee with also let residence ban vacation rentals in denser neighborhoods such as lakefront areas. Airbnb is against it, saying a very low percentage of single night bookings result in problems. It's cracking down on parties itself, it says. By setting a gym, it's for renters and the number of people Each unit, James Sears, WG and new single Night. Reynolds. Rentals in Chicago has currently been banned because of the Corona virus
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Chicago launches winter outdoor dining design challenge
"Ella Ella Baby Baby summer, summer, and and it it it certainly certainly certainly feels feels feels feels like like like like it it it it outside. outside. outside. outside. But But But the the the city city city of of of Chicago Chicago Chicago want want want you you you to to to be be be thinking thinking thinking winner. winner. winner. We We We get get get more more more from from from WG WG WG ens ens ens James James James Sears. Sears. Sears. What What What will will will the the the outdoor outdoor outdoor dining dining dining experience look like in a winter with the Corona virus? That's what the city and Illinois Restaurant Association want to know. The winter design challenges looking for creative and innovative outdoor dining solutions from Chicago wins that follow Corben 19 protocols You have until September, 7 to get your idea in James Here's W G N News
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Walmart turning 160 of its parking lots into drive-in theaters
"Into drive in movie theaters, 160 lots of the repurpose starting next month. WalMart says the movies will be family friendly. They love concession food delivered to customers, vehicles so far, exact locations and film titles have not been announced. Most traditional theaters remain close because of covert. 19. I'm James Sears on Chicago's
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COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Moderna to be tested in Chicago
"A corona virus vaccine begins human testing in Chicago next month WGN's James Sears has that you A. C. researchers will start the clinical trial July ninth to determine whether modernist covert nineteen vaccine is effective in both preventing people from getting the virus and from getting severely ill one thousand Chicagoans will be tested including four hundred people over sixty five years old if successful the vaccine could be approved for use next year James Sears
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Judge blocks 30-day extension of Illinois stay-at-home order
"Southern Illinois judges issued a temporary restraining order on the extension of the state stay at home order ruling comes after state representative Aaron Bailey filed a lawsuit claiming the governor exceeded his authority and violated the civil rights of the states residents the ruling in the case only affects Bailey who is a Republican from southern Illinois the current stay at home order hasn't been lifted Pritzker says his legal team is appealing the ruling as a matter of life and death and he had strong words for state representative Bailey history will remember those who put politics aside to come together to keep people safe it will also remember those who so blindly devoted to ideology and the pursuit of personal celebrity that they've made an enemy of science the end of reason the state has filed an appeal now with the appellate court in the fifth judicial circuit asking for an immediate reversal of yesterday's ruling a new poll shows the majority of Illinois and support the governor's state home policies even in southern Illinois WGN's James Sears without independent polling company victory research found three out of four voters in every region of the state support governor Pritzker's efforts to combat the corona virus that's across all demographics and political parties when it comes to the shelter in place measures eighty percent of voters overall say they're worth it to protect people and limit the spread and that includes nearly sixty three percent of Illinois
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City of Chicago cancels Gospel, Blues and House Music Festivals
"The city of Chicago has canceled some popular summer celebrations moved into June all because of the cold mid nineteen pandemic years WGN's James Sears list supposed to be the year of Chicago music but now the blues gospel and house music festivals are canceled along with the Chicago Memorial Day parade and wreath laying ceremony merely put
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Chicago - CPS Distributes Computer Devices For Remote Learning
"Each day two of stay at home learning for Chicago public school students today the schools will get more computers out to those students later in the day WGN's James Sears reports one in three CPS students or one hundred fourth thousand kids didn't have a laptop or tablet when remote learning got under way the district hands out eleven thousand devices yesterday it expects to get out sixty thousand and all by the end of the week officials laid out a goal to deliver one hundred thousand each devices to the neediest students in the meantime homework packets are available for
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GoFundMe created by Southwest Side alderman to buy lunch for Chicago police Tuesday
"An effort to bring lunch to Chicago's medical workers and first responders on the front lines of the covert nineteen battle WGN's James Sears did has details on that a go fund me created by southwest side alderman metal Shea three weeks ago has so far reached seventy six thousand dollars thousands of meals have gone to advocate Christ Medical Center all of us little company of Mary hospital and local fire stations now we say with superintendent back will deliver more than nineteen hundred pizza pasta and salad lunches to the city's police districts effective divisions and headquarters on Tuesday
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Chicago - New study tests alternative to ventilators for COVID-19 patients
"A new study is trying to keep covered nineteen patients from having to go on ventilators WGN's James Sears has details the goal is to save the ventilators for more severe cases of corona virus the clinical trial at rush university Medical Center in Chicago his patients lie face down on their beds for sixteen hours at a time with heated humidified oxygen flowing into tubes in their noses doctors have been doing this for a few days now and I've already seen some begin to improve within minutes up to two