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Boy, 3, dies after being shot inside home in Calumet Heights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

CHICAGO — A 3-year-old boy has died after he was shot in the face while inside a home in the Calumet Heights neighborhood last weekend.The medical examiner has identified the boy as Laroyce Bolden.Police said the boy was shot inside a home in the 8800 block of South Euclid Avenue on April 22. He was initially transported to Jackson Park Hospital, then transferred to Comer Children's Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.The boy was injured around 3:40 p.m. when he was shot in the face while he was inside a home in the 8800 block of South Euclid Avenue. 3-year-old boy shot while inside home in Chicago, police say The boy was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and eventually was transferred to Comer Children’s Hospital, police said.No one is in custody and the incident is still under investigation, police said.

Family looking for missing MMA fighter last seen in Schaumburg

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

AURORA, Ill. — Family of a missing local MMA fighter are asking the public's help with finding him.Trevon Lawson, of Aurora, was last seen in Schaumburg on April 16 wearing black pants and a gray or black hoodie. He was driving a tan/gold/light brown 2003 Nissan Altima sedan, family said.Lawson also goes by Tre or his stage name "The Last Shinobi." He is 5'8" and weighs between 155 and 165 lbs.Lawson is a member of the Carlson Gracie Team and was recently named The Ignite MMA 155 pound champion, family said.After going missing on April 16, Lawson did not report to work the next day.Anyone with information on his whereabouts can contact 240-242-9875.

Aerosmith announces final farewell tour — including stop in Chicago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate the rock band's 50-plus years together.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia. The 40-date run of shows, which includes a stop at Chicago's United Center on Sept. 15, will end Jan. 26 in Montreal.“I think it’s about time,” guitarist Joe Perry said.COMPLETE LIST OF "PEACE OUT" TOUR DATES HERETom Hamilton, from left, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, John Douglas and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith, perform on Sept. 8, 2022, at Fenway Park in Boston. Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate their 50-plus years of being together. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday, May 1, 2023 the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Winslow Townson/Invision/AP, file)Perry said the group, with frontman Steven Tyler, bas...

'A waste of time': Community college transfers derail many students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

First came the good news. After taking classes at a community college, Ricki Korba was admitted to California State University, Bakersfield, as a transfer student. But when she logged on to her student account, she got a gut punch: Most of her previous classes wouldn’t count.The university rejected most of her science classes, she was told, because they were deemed less rigorous than those at Bakersfield — even though some used the same textbooks. Several other courses were rejected because Korba exceeded a cap on how many credits can be transferred.Now Korba, a chemistry and music major, is retaking classes she already passed once. It will add a year to her studies, plus at least $20,000 in tuition and fees. Rep. Angie Craig drops bachelor’s degree requirement to work in her office “It just feels like a waste of time,” said Korba, 23, of Sonora, California. “I thought I was supposed to be going to a CSU and starting hard classes and doing a bunch of cool labs.”Every year, hundred...

UAE Mars orbiter snaps epic photo of Martian moon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

(The Hill) -- Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, may be more like its planet than we realize.New, high-resolution views of the tiny moon were recently captured by a United Arab Emirates spacecraft named Hope. Part of the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), Hope used its onboard instruments to capture never-before-seen views of the space rock. Mars has two oddly-shaped moons — Phobos and Deimos, which are just 17 miles and 9 miles in diameter, respectively. Their quirky dimensions, diminutive size, and proximity to the asteroid belt have led scientists to believe that both of these rocky bodies were likely captured asteroids. But thanks to new images beamed back by the Hope orbiter, a new theory is emerging."We're getting the highest resolution [images] ever," says Hessa Al Matroushi, the mission's science lead. Falcon Heavy launches after series of weather delays The images, which were shared at the European Geoscience Union meeting on April 24, help to strengthen the notion ...

Is my money safe? What to know about bank failures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Recent turmoil in the banking industry may have you worried about your money.Officials announced Monday that they closed San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, making it the third U.S. bank to collapse in the past two months. Most of First Republic’s assets are being acquired by JPMorgan.First Republic had wealthy clients who rarely defaulted on their loans. But the vast majority of deposits were above the $250,000 limit set by the FDIC, meaning they were uninsured. And that worried analysts and investors who were worried that if First Republic were to fail, its customers might not get all their money back.Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, both collapsed in March under similar circumstances.The First Republic deal announced Monday means customers will be able to access all of their money, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. First Republic branches will change to JPMorgan Chase branches a...

Bills in the 88th Legislative Session addressing maternal mortality

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — At the last legislative session, Texas failed to pass several bills aimed at positively impacting the maternal mortality rate in the state. Most of these bills have been presented again in this session along with new ones echoing some of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee's (MMMRC) recommendations.“As we talk about educating those who care for all women in general, but Black women in particular, efforts around training for cultural competence, cultural humility, bias reduction, and addressing biases have not been fully utilized,” MMMRC chair, Dr. Carla Ortique said. “There's a lot of room for improvement there. Simple things like increasing the number who qualify for insurance, the duration of insurance, and really ultimately having access across the whole course of the reproductive lifetime as opposed to episodic coverage.”A traumatic experience with the maternal health system in 2012 motivated Rep. Shawn Thierry (D-Houston) to focus on mater...

How severe maternal mortality affects the surviving family

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When a mother dies from pregnancy or in the year post-partum, the effect this has on the family often goes untold.Clinical social worker and therapist Tesleigh Eure said it is possible children who lose their mothers at birth may struggle psychologically later in life.According to Eure, there’s research to show that the bond between the mother and child begins during pregnancy. The strength of that attachment to the parent in utero and after-birth can affect the social and emotional development of the child. The attachment styles developed in our childhood can influence our adult relationships significantly, she added.“As children continue to age and become more familiar with the circumstances that led to the untimely passing of their mother," Eure said. "It is also possible that the children experience feelings of guilt, shame and struggle with grieving and processing the loss."Another often overlooked issue that comes up with maternal mortality is the feeding ...

Air quality awareness: Austin's problem pollutants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- May 1 marks the beginning of National Air Quality Awareness Week, a collaborative effort between federal, state and local agencies to promote the importance of clean air.Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is required to review and regulate specific pollutants in outdoor air, pollutants that are known to be harmful to humans and the environment. These pollution standards are known as the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).Meteorologist Kristen Currie spoke with Amanda Mortl with the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability to discuss Central Texas' air quality and our problem pollutants. It’s gonna be (a wet) May Below is a transcript of their discussion. Edits have been made for clarity.Kristen Currie, KXAN News: Air quality is part of our everyday life. And to talk more about it today is Amanda Mortl with the Office of Sustainability with the City of Austin. Amanda, air quality in Central Texas -- what are some of the things...

Review: Hatcher and Poling have fun with Jesse James’ downfall in this History Theatre musical

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

Sometimes you have to expose a historical figure for the awful person they were. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun doing it.That’s the approach undertaken by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher and composer Chan Poling in creating “The Defeat of Jesse James,” a new musical that premiered this weekend at St. Paul’s History Theatre. It examines a 19th-century outlaw who became a folk legend — and has been portrayed in a positive light by many a piece of popular culture — and makes clear that his life didn’t offer much worth admiring.But this strong stand against historical revisionism is rooted in the rock and roll aesthetic, loaded with laughter, and told from the perspective of one outlandish character after another. It carries on a very appealing recent tradition at History Theatre, throwing together rock music and comedy to tell stories of Minnesota’s past, something Hatcher and Poling did with the enormously successful “Glensheen,” followed by Mark Jensen and Gary Rue w...