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04/29/2025

BREAKING: An employee behind the meat counter at Sanford Foods was shot and killed this morning. Story: https://tinyurl.com/3tjdut3a

04/29/2025

Human remains discovered in March have been identified as a missing Gary woman last seen in 2021.

GARY, Ind. — Human remains discovered in March have been identified as a missing Gary woman last seen in 2021. Gary police responded to a residence in the 2600 block of Jefferson Street on the afte…

04/29/2025

JUST IN: UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles.

The package delivery company said Tuesday that it anticipates making the job cuts this year.

04/29/2025

“As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country,” Carney said in his victory speech late Monday in Ottawa. “These are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. That will never…ever happen.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won the election Monday to officially replace former leader Justin Trudeau, warned that President Donald Trump is “trying to break us.”

04/29/2025

Harvard University is revamping its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) amid its ongoing fight with the Trump administration, which it has sued after its funding was cut when it refused to make administration-demanded changes.

Harvard University is revamping its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) amid its ongoing fight with the Trump administration, which it has sued after its funding was cut when it refused to make a…

04/29/2025

UPDATE: An Amazon spokesperson told The Hill after the White House briefing that the displaying of tariff costs "was never approved and is not going to happen.”

READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/politics-3/white-house-amazon-displaying-tariff-costs-a-hostile-and-political-act/

The White House on Tuesday bashed Amazon for reportedly planning on displaying how much President Trump’s tariffs added to the cost of an item, calling it an aggressive move by the e-commerce giant…

04/29/2025

A northwest suburban police sergeant has been relieved of his duties and is facing criminal charges after he was involved in a traffic dispute earlier this month in which a gun was fired.

READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/northwest-suburbs/northwest-suburban-police-sergeant-relieved-of-duties-criminally-charged-after-getting-in-traffic-dispute-in-which-gun-was-fired/

04/29/2025

An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet is lost at sea after slipping off the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier Monday, leaving one sailor injured, officials with the U.S. Navy announced.

It is unclear whether there will be an effort to recover the jet, which costs about $60 million.

04/29/2025

UPDATE: Inbound Edens Expressway open again at Touhy Ave. after being shut down due to fatal crash involving semi and vehicle Tuesday morning.

READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/traffic-alert-inbound-edens-expressway-shut-down-at-touhy-ave-after-semi-rolls-over-in-fiery-crash-early-tuesday-morning/

04/29/2025

The White House on Tuesday bashed Amazon for reportedly planning on displaying how much President Trump’s tariffs added to the cost of an item, calling it an aggressive move by the e-commerce giant.

The White House on Tuesday bashed Amazon for reportedly planning on displaying how much President Trump’s tariffs added to the cost of an item, calling it an aggressive move by the e-commerce giant…

04/29/2025

WGN SPECIAL REPORT: Funeral coverage for fallen CFD Capt. David Meyer. More: https://tinyurl.com/p9x426ny

04/29/2025

A 25-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle while walking on the sidewalk on Chicago's West Side.

A 25-year-old woman was killed and a 21-year-old driver was injured after a vehicle struck her while traveling northbound on 13th Street in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West S…

04/29/2025

People waiting for a payout from the $350 million T-Mobile settlement will have to wait a little longer.

04/29/2025

A Northwest Indiana man died Monday in Lake Michigan after his boat drifted from the shore.

PORTER COUNTY, Ind. — A Northwest Indiana man died Monday in Lake Michigan after his boat drifted from the shore. Authorities received a 911 call shortly after 11:30 a.m. that a man, later identifi…