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Facing legal peril, Trump calls on GOP to rally around him as he threatens primary challenges

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to primary Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden and urged them to halt Ukrainian military aid until the White House cooperates with their investigations into Biden and his family.“Every dollar spent attacking me by Republicans is a dollar given straight to the Biden campaign,” Trump said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. The former president and GOP front-runner said it was time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others he dismissed as “clowns” to clear the field, accusing them of “wasting hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans should be using to build a massive vote-gathering operation” to take on Biden in November.The comments came two days after federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Trump as part of the case that ...

TTC changing subway wait times at night on both Line 1 and 2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

The TTC is altering wait times for nighttime subway service on both Line 1 and Line 2 starting this week as part of a series of updated route and service changes.Starting Monday, the wait time between trains from 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday to Friday on both the Yonge-University and Bloor-Danforth lines will be five minutes, an increase of one minute from the current wait time. After 10 p.m., the wait time between trains on Yonge-University will also be five minutes, a change of two minutes from the current standard, while the wait time between trains on the Bloor-Danforth line will be up to six minutes.Transit advocate groups say one minute might not sound like much but any delay creates a ripple effect which means a longer wait time overall and may cause riders to miss possible surface connections, which could mean an additional 15 or 20-minute wait for the next bus or streetcar due to previous cuts made on those routes. No reason was given for the changes but the transit agency has...

Woman killed, 8 others injured in shooting at party in North Lawndale overnight

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

CHICAGO -- A woman is dead and eight other women are injured after a group of individuals opened fired in North Lawndale overnight.According to police, the group of women were gathering near the 1500 block of South Keeler Avene around 12:51 a.m. when a black jeep approached, and multiple individuals exited the jeep and began shooting. Police said a total of nine women were stuck by gunfire. A 21-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to the face and was transported to the hospital in critical condition She was pronounced dead a short time after.Another woman, 28, sustained eight gunshot wounds to the torso and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Another woman, 33, sustained a graze wound to the stomach and is listed in good condition. Woman dead after incident in Lake Michigan, found pinned beneath boat: CFD Another woman suffered a graze wound to the right arm and is also in good condition. A 28-year-old woman was also shot in the right knee. She is in good ...

US mother, daughter reportedly kidnapped in Haiti, 'do not travel' advisory issued

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

(AP) - A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns.Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program's director, Sandro Dorsainvil.“Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.”A State Department spokesperson...

Sunday Brunch: Hoyt's American Tavern

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

Check out Sunday Brunch with WGN Weekend Morning News with executive chef John Rudolph of Hoyt's American Tavern.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

Weekend Break: Chicago Dogs

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

WGN Weekend Morning News headed to Rosemont on Sunday morning to check out the Chicago Dogs. MORE STORIES: Weekend Break Watch the video in the player above for this story.

Scientists want your dead butterflies, moths if you live in these states

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The U.S. Geological Survey has a morbid request: they want you to mail in deceased butterflies, moths, and skippers if you live in one of six states.According to the USGS, the pilot program hopes to collect specimens that can help "identify contaminants and environmental factors which may be contributing to the decline of insect populations." said USGS. "There are some questions that can't effectively be answered without help from a lot of people. It's what makes citizen science so special and valuable,” said Julie Dietze, USGS scientist-in-charge of the effort. "Collections like this one are important because they have the potential to provide scientists now, and 20 years from now, access to specimens." It may look stunning, but officials want you to kill this bug if you see it "Citizen scientists" have been submitting their butterflies, moths, and skippers since April, but based on how many specimens have been received, collections may continue through Nov...

ATCEMS: 4 dead following rollover collision in south Austin

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Four people died overnight after a rollover collision in south Austin, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.EMS officials responded to the 5300 block of South Interstate 35 service road near Battle Bend Boulevard at approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday for a collision involving a rollover with a fire.At the scene, four people were pronounced dead, and two additional patients were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Literary calendar for week of July 30

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

SARAH AUNA: Minnesotan presents “Both and All,” a queer memoir about mending heartbreak, reading the entire book in public for the first time. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.GARY HEYN: Author and treasurer of the Germanic Genealogy Society reads from his newly released book “Standing at the Grave: A Family’s Journey from the Grand Duchy of Posen to the Prairies of North Dakota,” presented by the Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota, an affiliate of the Germanic Genealogy Society, dedicated to stimulating interest in the history of Pommern/Pomerania. (Most of Pomerania is now part of Poland, but its westernmost section is in eastern Germany.) Free. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1385 Mendota Road, Mendota Heights. Information at prgmn.org.DANIEL HORNSBY: Minnesotan discusses “Sucker,” his funny/creepy novel about a young man who separates from his rich family to start an i...

Letters: Redo I-94? Others have imagination. Take heed, MnDOT

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:30:59 GMT

Others have imagination. MnDOT should take heedAfter spending six years on its Re-Think I-94 project, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), with its recent 10 alternatives, has demonstrated it has little imagination. But don’t give up; others do have imagination, and MnDOT should pay attention.Before MnDOT says “we can’t consider your idea, it costs too much”, remember they are prepared to spend $600 million or more to strap St. Paul with just another noisy, dirty, dangerous freeway, cutting a wide swath through St. Paul, with no amends for the 60 years that I-94 has divided and punished the city.If we are going to spend that kind of money, we should get real improvements.I-94 — a key part of the long-haul national Interstate Highway System — should not have access every mile. Regardless of how it is being used now, it should never have been built as a fast-on-fast-off shortcut for locals trying to save two minutes driving from home to the supermarket or clinic.I...