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Parking lot party shooting leaves 1 dead and at least 22 people hurt in suburban Chicago

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

Investigators look over the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill., Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)(AP/Matt Marton) Investigators look over the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill., Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)(AP/Matt Marton) WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — At least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a suburban Chicago parking lot that drew hundreds of people to celebrate Juneteenth, authorities said.TV news video showed the strip mall lot in Willowbrook filled with debris and police tape, about 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office des...

40 millones de personas, desde Arkansas hasta Florida, están bajo riesgo por tormentas

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

(CNN) — Alrededor de 40 millones de personas en todo el sur de Estados Unidos están en peligro de tiempo severo este domingo a medida que las tormentas se mueven hacia el Valle del Bajo Mississippi y los estados de la costa central del Golfo, con lo cual hay riesgo de granizo grande y vientos destructivos.Existe un mayor riesgo de tiempo severo, considerado Nivel 3 de 5, para un área a través del valle inferior del río Mississippi que incluye Arkansas, el norte de Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama y el noroeste de Florida.Las tormentas serán “de rápido movimiento e incluyen la posibilidad tanto de supercélulas como de estructuras lineales o en arco”, que suelen causar fuertes vientos, según el Centro de Predicción de Tormentas.Alrededor de 40 millones de personas en todo el sur de EE.UU. están en riesgo de mal tiempo este domingo mientras las tormentas se mueven en el Valle del Bajo Mississippi y el centro de los estados de la costa del Golfo, con lo cual hay riesgo ...

Tapia nearly hits grand slam, Brewers rally to hand Pirates 6th straight loss 5-2

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Raimel Tapia’s sacrifice fly to deep center — nearly a grand slam — put Milwaukee ahead in a four-run eighth inning for the Brewers, who rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Sunday and sweep the three-game series.“We played a good series,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. “We did a lot of good things.”The Brewers (37-34) remain a half game ahead of the Reds in the National League Central. Cincinnati defeated Houston 9-7 in 10 innings on Sunday. Pittsburgh (34-36) is now two and a half games behind Milwaukee and has lost six straight.In the eighth, Jesse Winker and Willy Adames drew back-to-back to walks. After Rowdy Tellez flew out to right, William Contreras laced a single to right off Pirates reliever Dauri Moreta (3-2) that scored Andruw Monasterio, who entered as a pinch-runner for Winker, pulling the Brewers even.After a walk loaded the bases, Tapia’s sacrifice fly to deep center off Pittsburgh closer David Bednar put Milwaukee in fro...

Recent weather impacts Water World staff, guests

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. (KDVR) -- Visitors at Water World are soaking up the sun, something that’s been missing for a few weeks.  Since opening on Memorial Day weekend, Water World has had to close for a total of eight days due to weather. Joann Cortez with Water World said they’ve had a soggy start to the season. “Every summer is different at Water World and the weather in June is crazy,” Cortez said. “We’re only running 90 to 100-day season, so when it cuts into our season as much as it has this year, it has impacts, especially on the kids.”  What you might see pop up on your lawn after this soggy spring Lifeguard Melanie Breeds said she’s only worked four full days so far this season. “I’m trying to save up for a car right now and get some good money for college and it’s really hard to do that when I can’t be on the clock making money,” Breeds said.Long-time employee Mira Houk said this is a first. “I’ve never seen this many closures before, especially with the fi...

Bodycam video shows deputy, stranded driver sucked into drainage pipe and under highway in Pensacola

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WSVN) — There was danger in the water in the Florida Panhandle when a deputy who put his life on the line and a stranded driver were swept away in a flood, leading to a remarkable rescue captured in the deputy’s body-worn camera.The terrifying moments unfolded during a dark and stormy Friday night in Pensacola.Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputy William Hollingsworth was helping stranded drivers.“As he approached, Deputy Hollingsworth witnessed this citizen go underwater and rushed to his aid without regard ro his own safety,” said Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons.In darkness illuminated by flashes of lightning, Hollingsworth can barely be seen walking before he is once again engulfed in darkness.Audio from the body camera captured water rushing around the deputy, as he and a stranded driver were sucked into a drainage pipe and under a four-lane highway for 30 seconds.The pair traveled about 100 feet under the highway before they came ...

‘Squid Game’ Season 2: New details revealed

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

(CNN) — Get ready, because everyone’s favorite lethal game show is preparing for a big return.Netflix shared exclusive new details for the second season of its runaway hit South Korean thriller series “Squid Game” on Saturday, as part of its Tudum Global Fan Event in Brazil.A new teaser for the second season of “Squid Game” announced both returning and new cast members, with series lead Lee Jung-jae, playing cash-strapped everyman Seong Gi-hun, back for a second round. Returning for Season 2 as well will be the masked character of “Front Man,” portrayed by Lee Byung-hun, and Wi Ha-jun, who plays the cop in search of his missing brother who gets in over his head behind the scenes of the deadly game.The series, which premiered in 2021 and racked up six Primetime Emmys, will also welcome new cast members Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon and Yang Dong-geun.Standout cast member Oh Yeong-su, who played the elderly and unassuming Oh Il-nam in the first season of “Squid Game,” has y...

St. John’s Prep boys break BC High hearts again

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

BURLINGTON — How could the Div. 1 boys state finals pit anyone other than powerhouses St. John’s Prep and BC High again?On Sunday, the two programs met in the championship for a third straight year, and the latest chapter in the storied rivalry was far and away the greatest. Junior attackman Jake Vana buried four goals and dished out a pair of assists, while Jimmy Ayers (five goals, assist) also provided a massive spark as top-seeded St. John’s Prep overcame a four-goal fourth quarter deficit en route to capturing its third consecutive Div. 1 lacrosse title with a stunning 16-14 victory over BC High at Burlington High School.“This was a wild game,” said St. John’s Prep coach John Pynchon. “I’m just so proud of these seniors. After we lost to (BC High) up at our place, we had a pretty emotional meeting. We brought a photo in of the team from last year. (I said) to the seniors: ‘That was last year. Forget it. We want to go get another one.’ I’m just so proud… it was a dramatic, great ...

Hitting coach Dillon Lawson, other Yankees address team’s offensive woes

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

BOSTON — Shortly after the Yankees started Sunday’s doubleheader with just four hits in a 6-2 loss to the Red Sox, hitting coach Dillon Lawson, among others, addressed the Bombers’ unproductive offense.Prior to Sunday night’s series finale, the Yankees had failed to score more than three runs in seven of their last 10 games, a stretch that saw them go 3-7 against the sub-.500 Mets and White Sox and the last-place Red Sox. Those clubs all began Sunday with three of the 10 highest team ERAs in baseball.“We’re flipping over all the rocks looking for any little advantage that we can,” Lawson said.While the Yankees have been missing Aaron Judge thanks to a right big toe injury, the team still has high-paid veterans such as DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo and Josh Donaldson. However, those former All-Stars and MVPs have not been producing at a consistent rate.“We just got a few of our guys, especially guys we lean on, that are ...

Buttigieg vows to reopen I-95 bridge ‘within weeks’

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reiterated the government’s determination to respond quickly to revive the collapsed Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia, saying it was expected to reopen “within weeks.”“Within weeks they are going to be able to get that done with novel approaches to filling that back in,” Buttigieg said Sunday in an interview with Bloomberg TV.Buttigieg is in Ise-Shima, Japan, for a meeting with Group of Seven counterparts. He also said in the interview that the U.S. must take steps to cut into China’s advantage in batteries used to power electric vehicles, saying building the refining capacity for key materials is “addressable.”In Philadelphia, crews have been working around the clock to tear down portions of the highway that remained standing after a tanker-truck flipped and caught fire on June 11. Buttigieg said the rapid reopening was possible with the use of a form of material made out of recycled glass that can be compressed into bricks and paved...

Blinken has ‘candid’ talks with China on trip to mend ties

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:23:51 GMT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken had “candid” talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, the two countries said, as both looked to project a positive but cautious tone about a visit that’s meant to bring some semblance of normalcy back to a strained relationship.Discussions between the delegations led by Blinken and Foreign Minister Qin Gang lasted 7 1/2 hours — much longer than planned, officials said. In a further signal that the two saw the meeting as a path to closer ties, Qin accepted Blinken’s invitation to visit Washington at “a mutually suitable time,” the State Department said.“The Secretary emphasized the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of misperception and miscalculation,” a U.S. readout of the meeting said. “The Secretary raised a number of issues of concern,” it said, without identifying them.The U.S. described the talks as “candid, substantive, and constructive.” State-run Ch...