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just now (714+ words) Morris Moore, a preschooler in Waukegan, was thinking about what may come his way on Dec. 25 as he was busy decorating Christmas cookies and watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on Saturday morning. "I want a superhero," he said. "I like all kinds of them. I want to make snow angels in a snow house," he added, referring to what he hopes to do on Christmas Day. Morris was making and decorating Christmas cookies Saturday at the Jane Addams Center in Waukegan's Bowen Park, while less than a quarter-mile away, the Waukegan Historical Society was preparing for a Victorian Christmas as the Waukegan Park District began its holiday season. The Park District is planning a wide variety of events for the holidays, including cookie-making, a sing-along with the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra, a Zumba night with a toy for admission, live…...

23+ min ago (499+ words) December 10, 2025 / 12:10 PM CST / CBS Chicago A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed assault charges against a manager of the Laugh Factory comedy club in Chicago stemming from a confrontation with Border Patrol agents in Lakeview, after federal prosecutors revealed a grand jury refused to indict him. Last week, without explanation, federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss all charges against Chicago Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin, who had been'charged with forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal officer. Prosecutors did not explain the reason for dropping the charges in their filing last week, but at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling on Wednesday, they revealed a grand jury had returned a "no bill" in Griffin's case, refusing to indict him. Federal authorities had'accused Griffin of assaulting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent'outside the Lakeview comedy club in October....

24+ min ago (543+ words) Los hallazgos, descritos en la revista Nature, retrasan la fecha m's antigua conocida para la creaci'n controlada de fuego en aproximadamente 350.000 a'os. Hasta ahora, la evidencia confirmada m's antigua proven'a de sitios neandertales en lo que ahora es el norte de Francia, que datan de hace unos 50.000 a'os. El descubrimiento se realiz' en Barnham, un sitio paleol'tico en Suffolk que ha sido excavado durante d'cadas. Un equipo liderado por el Museo Brit'nico identific' un parche de arcilla cocida, hachas de mano de s'lex fracturadas por calor intenso y dos fragmentos de pirita de hierro, un mineral que produce chispas cuando se golpea contra el s'lex. Los investigadores pasaron cuatro a'os analizando para descartar incendios naturales. Las pruebas geoqu'micas mostraron que las temperaturas hab'an superado los 700 grados Celsius (1.292 Fahrenheit), con evidencia de quemas repetidas en el mismo lugar. Ese patr'n, dicen,…...

34+ min ago (31+ words) Get your tickets for "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre from Dec. 11 through Feb. 1. "The Phantom of the Opera" runs through Feb. 1 in Chicago...

45+ min ago (547+ words) After a nearly two-year legal fight, Ogden Dunes officials have dropped plans for a stone revetment along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Save the Dunes Executive Director Betsy Maher said. The stone revetment would have extended the existing barrier on the tiny town's eastern side to protect homes from erosion. Ogden Dunes Town Council President Scott Kingan could not be reached for comment Saturday. In June 2023, the Conservation Law Center, representing Save the Dunes, challenged the Indiana Department of Natural Resources permit for the project. The DNR didn't delineate Lake Michigan's natural ordinary high-water mark, the boundary between private property and public land, the Conservation Law Center argued, so public access to the beach would have been negatively affected. Former state Sen. Karen Tallian, of Ogden Dunes, had authored a state law to codify a 2018 Supreme Court ruling in a Long…...

47+ min ago (304+ words) El multimillonario Elon Musk afirm" que sus esfuerzos al frente del Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental fueron solo "algo exitosos" y que no lo volver'a a hacer. "Fuimos un poco exitosos. Fuimos algo exitosos", declar" Musk en una entrevista amistosa con su asistente e influencer conservadora Katie Miller. El CEO de Tesla y SpaceX, quien tambi'n es due'o de la plataforma de redes sociales X, defendi" en t'rminos generales la improvisada agencia del presidente Donald Trump, bajo la cual miles de empleados p'blicos perdieron sus empleos. Musk se retir" de la agencia en la primavera antes de que cerrara oficialmente el mes pasado. Sin embargo, Musk lament" lo dif'cil que es reformar r'pidamente el gobierno federal y reconoci" cu'nto sufrieron sus negocios debido a su trabajo en DOGE y su falta de popularidad. Cuando Miller presion" a Musk sobre si lo…...

47+ min ago (19+ words) Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking a wintry mix in the Chicago area. Light snowfall lingers on Wednesday in Chicago...

53+ min ago (510+ words) Por SONIA P'REZ D. "Mi pap" el periodista Jos" Rub"n Zamora lleva m"s de 1.200 d'as en prisi'n preventiva'es inocente. Ha enfrentado un proceso espurio lleno de violaci'n a sus derechos, incluida su presunci'n de inocencia, dijo su hijo Ram'n Zamora en un v'deo difundido a la prensa. Zamora, quien permanece detenido sin juicio ni condena, es reconocido por haber presidido un medio "El Peri'dico" que destap' varios casos de corrupci'n en Guatemala. Ha sido considerado como un s'mbolo del periodismo de investigaci'n en Am"rica Latina. El juez a cargo de la primera causa, Jimi Bremer, sancionado por Estados Unidos por sus resoluciones judiciales, no permiti' que Zamora presentara pruebas a su favor. En junio de 2023 Zamora fue llevado a juicio; la fiscal'a hab'a solicitado 40 a'os de prisi'n y fue condenado a seis a'os. En 2024, tras la revisi'n del…...

53+ min ago (346+ words) Deena and Lonnie Givens" children faced a towering task when they flipped on Wilmette"s holiday lights Saturday. Especially when the larger-than-life switch stood taller than both of them. The Givens" 5-year old daughter, Sloan, and 2-year-old son, Beau, nevertheless managed to turn on the lights decorating the Christmas tree and the entire snow-covered green in front of Village Hall. Sloan cheered, while Beau looked ahead with his mouth agape, perhaps in astonishment. Their momentary but momentous role arose from an ask by Wilmette Village President Senta Plunkett. Deena Givens, who sits on the village"s Human Relations Commission, said she works closely with Plunkett. "It was just one of those things that just all came together," Deena Givens said. And so the Givens basked in the resplendence around them, including what Plunkett told the crowd were the more than…...

56+ min ago (788+ words) It's not easy to distinguish between brothers Kyle and Brogan Banker based on statistics and accolades. But Washington Township coach Scott Bowersock knows there are more differences between 6-foot-2 senior guard Kyle Banker and 5-10 sophomore guard Brogan Banker than size and age. "Brogan has a more laid-back personality," Bowersock said. "Kyle is more focused or lasered in, both on the court and in the classroom. Both are good players and students, but Kyle has more of a direct approach, while Brogan takes things slow and doesn't let things bother him. Kyle's improving in that regard, too, but it stems from the fact that he wants to win." With Kyle Banker, who is averaging 13.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3.3 steals, and Brogan Banker, who is averaging 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals, winning has become commonplace for the defending Porter County Conference champion…...