National Weather Service officials are expecting up to an inch of snow Wednesday morning as temperatures hover slightly about 10 degrees in Chicago. Officials said snow fall was expected mainly between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in portions of north central and northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana. Road conditions in those areas may become slippery, officials warn. Temperatures were expected to rise in the low 20s after a brutally cold Tuesday with windchills below zero. On Wednesday, wind chills are expected to be in the negative teens, officials said. Windy conditions with gusts up to 25 mph are expected…
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Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a Jan. 27 deadline suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration. Thousands of refugees are now stranded at various locations around the globe. The suspension was in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday. It left open the possibility that people who had undergone the lengthy process to be approved as refugees and permitted to come to the U.S., and had flights booked before that deadline, might still be able to get in under the wire. But…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers who are in the United States illegally. Referencing Trump’s belief that he was saved by God from assassination, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde said, “You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” After he returned to the…
As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin watched helpless as the horror unfolded before them, with people leaning out of smoke-filled rooms pleading for help and others making the harrowing decision to jump. The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel, in Kartalkaya, in the Koroglu mountains in Bolu province, on Tuesday left at least 76 people dead and 51 injured. It came near the start of a two-week winter break for schools when hotels in the region are filled to capacity. “There was no one around.…
Zoe Kent hopes people get a little joy out of her talking about farming on the Internet. In one of her latest videos, she compares pesticide application to dry shampoo. “Farming is for the girls,” she quips. On Instagram and TikTok, under the handle “farmwithzoe,” Kent films herself putting on boots to load corn into a massive truck bed, posts memes about the price of grain and documents just about everything else about farm life from getting rocks stuck in her equipment to eating lunch on long days out in a combine. Now, the future of TikTok — and “Farmtok,”…
President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. The moves Tuesday follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination” and insisted on restoring strictly “merit-based” hiring. The executive order on affirmative action revokes an order issued by President Lyndon Johnson,…
A winning ticket worth over $100,000 was purchased in Florida on Tuesday. Leer en español The winning Fantasy 5 ticket worth $107,178.78 was purchased at a Publix in North Fort Myers, the Florida Lottery confirmed Wednesday. The deadline to claim the top prize is July 22 at midnight. The winning Fantasy 5 numbers for Tuesday’s evening drawing were 5-9-10-17-36. A Florida Lottery news release also stated that a Fantasy 5 ticket worth $51,953.84 was purchased at a 7-Eleven in Boynton Beach for Tuesday’s midday drawing. The winning numbers for that drawing were 6-12-18-27-31. “While any Florida Lottery retailer can validate…
Among all states, Washington ranked seventh in terms of overall net migration, according to the moving truck company. Among all states, Washington ranked seventh in terms of overall net migration, according to the moving truck company. Spokane, Tukwila, Tacoma and Vancouver (Clark County) ranked among the top cities for in-migration nationwide in 2024, according to annual rankings published this month by moving truck company U-Haul. Every year, U-Haul facilitates more than 2.5 million one-way truck, trailer and moving container transactions in the U.S. and Canada. Based on this data, the company calculates the metro areas and cities with the highest…
Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta announced they had helped secure more than $14.3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation that was expected to go toward the installation of electric vehicle charging ports at 44 sites across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. A Santa Cruz official told the Sentinel Tuesday that a recent executive order from President Donald Trump could jeopardize a previously-announced $14 million federal grant that was supposed to be used for installation of dozens of electric vehicle charging ports across the county. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel file) SANTA CRUZ — An executive order issued…
Trump scraps Biden executive orders on technology and artificial intelligence, but has brought Silicon Valley leaders into his close orbit. Silicon Valley has come a long way. In suits and ties on the dais behind President Donald Trump during his inauguration speech Monday — inches from the President’s family — sat Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Related Articles Technology | Trump’s gender executive order a “full erasure” on transgender rights, advocates say Technology | Trump administration directs all federal diversity,…
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Caltrans say they need more time to study traffic patterns and road emergencies. Traffic flows across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge near San Rafael, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) Regional commissioners say a proposed pilot project to remove a multiuse path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge four days a week raises questions about equity, timing and the long-term vision for the span. Related Articles Transportation | Opinion: Danville councilmembers’ bullying of volunteers has happened before Transportation | East Bay man arrested after $28,000 in stolen bikes are traced by victims Transportation…
The Board of Supervisors is expected to make a decision on Jan. 28 OAKLAND — The seven finalists to succeed recalled Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price spelled out their vision for the region’s criminal justice system Tuesday during expansive interviews before the county’s Board of Supervisors. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Alameda County supervisors to publicly interview seven finalists to replace recalled DA Pamela Price Crime and Public Safety | Endorsements roll in among 15 candidates to replace ousted Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Crime and Public Safety | ‘Numerous’ attempts to serve subpoena to ex-Alameda…
From noon to nearly midnight, they hunched over more than a dozen machines in Concord, trying to score as many points as possible before missing a critical flipper hit or losing balls rolling into the outlane and down the drain. Daniele Celestino Acciari, of Rome, Italy, competes on a tiebreaker against John Tracey, right, of Monterey, during the IFPA California State Pinball Championship 2024 at The Flipper Room in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. Acciari, who has won multiple championships, including an international championship in 2013, won the state championship, $2500, and a plaque after 24 players competed…
Only the coordinators who interviewed for head coaching jobs before playoff games know if those conversations with other teams were a distraction. It won’t stop people from speculating about it. The NFL’s hiring process became a hot topic after the Detroit Lions were knocked out of the playoffs. The Lions went 15-2 and earned the NFC’s No. 1 seed but were eliminated by the Washington Commanders in the divisional round. Some disgruntled Lions fans blamed offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn for being more focused on interviews than their game plans. Johnson accepted an offer Monday to…
WASHINGTON — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, the findings suggest his actions may quickly push the country beyond the limited consensus that exists on the issue. There is a clear desire for some kind of action on U.S.-Mexico border security, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Half of U.S. adults think increasing security at…
In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns. The violence comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces domestic pressure from his far-right allies after agreeing to the truce and hostage-prisoner exchange with the Hamas militant group. U.S. President Donald Trump has, meanwhile, rescinded the Biden administration’s sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory. It’s a volatile mix that could undermine the ceasefire, which is set to last for at least…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Written by Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, the memo also says the department will return to the principle of charging defendants with the most serious crime it can prove, a staple position of Republican-led departments meant to remove a prosecutor’s discretion to charge a lower-level offense. Much of the memo is…
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said. “He was a devoted agent who served with honor and bravery,” a family statement provided to The Associated Press late Tuesday said. “He had a tremendous respect and pride for the work he did; he truly embodied service over self.” Agent David Maland, 44, was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said…
A robber was taken into custody after he implied he had a weapon during a robbery overnight at a restaurant in the Loop neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after midnight Wednesday, a male entered a restaurant in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue with his hand inside a bag and implied he had a weapon. An argument ensued between the robber and another person before the robber made off with property and fled the scene, police said. Officers responding to the robbery caught a male suspect nearby and arrested him. Charges are pending as detectives continue to investigate. …
Chicago police reported about six residents of a Lower West Side apartment building were displaced Tuesday due to a fire. Shortly before 8 p.m., officers and fire officials were called to a fire at a building in the 1600 block of West Cullerton Street where six people exited safely, police said. The Red Cross also was called to the scene to assist the residents who are now displaced, officials said. No injuries were reported in the fire, and fire officials were investigating the cause of the fire. Chicago police reported about six residents of a Lower West Side apartment…