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12+ min ago (868+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. " The theme of family ties in motorsports has been woven through Michael Jordan's federal antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, with witness after witness testifying to their emotional connections to the top motorsports series in the United States. It began on the opening day when three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin broke down in tears talking about his dying father introducing him to racing and financially leveraging the entire family to help his son make it to NASCAR. Next came Jordan himself, a basketball Hall of Famer who was actually raised going on family "weekend vacations" to NASCAR races across the South with his Richard Petty-loving father. So began a love affair that led him to partner with Hamlin to launch 23XI Racing in 2021. Bob Jenkins formed Front Row Motorsports after falling in love with NASCAR as a teenager in East Tennessee and…...

21+ min ago (87+ words) December 11, 2025 / 7:54 AM CST / CBS Chicago A man was shot and killed early Thursday morning in a house in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood. At 4:34 a.m., the 39-year-old man was inside a residence in the 5100 block of West Deming Place when he was shot in the chest, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. No one was in custody in the shooting Thursday morning. Grand Central Area detectives are investigating....

23+ min ago (760+ words) Rumbo a la 16ta fecha, los Wolves a'n no han ganado. Hundidos en el fondo de la clasificaci'n, el descenso a la segunda divisi'n y la misi'n de Rob Edwards, el t'cnico que acaba de ser contratado, parece ser un caso de limitar los da'os. El s'bado, los Wolves visitan al l'der Arsenal. Con apenas dos puntos en 15 partidos hasta ahora, la expectativa es que los Wolves cierren la temporada con cinco puntos. Quedar'an menos de la mitad del total m's bajo en la historia de la Premier, los 11 de Derby County en la campa'a 2007-08. "Tenemos que intentar mejorar. Tenemos que intentar encontrar esa confianza, dijo Edwards. La derrota en casa 4-1 ante el Manchester United el lunes provoc' que los aficionados protestasen contra los propietarios chinos del club, Fosun. Algunos aficionados boicotearon los primeros 15 minutos del partido y protestaron fuera del…...

24+ min ago (352+ words) Roundup of recent arrests made by the Naperville Police Department. The following items were taken from Naperville police reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 33-year-old man from Naperville was arrested on charges of reckless driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without insurance at 1:13 a.m. Dec. 3 at West Ogden Avenue and Quincy Avenue. A 31-year-old woman from Warrenville was arrested on charges of prostitution and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia at 3:37 p.m. Dec. 3 at Aurora Avenue and South Route 59. A 33-year-old man from Aurora was arrested on three warrants and on charges of obstructing identification and driving on a revoked license at 3:57 p.m. Dec. 3 at Aurora Avenue and South Route 59. A 48-year-old woman from Aurora was arrested on charges of attempted retail theft not exceeding $300 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor…...

26+ min ago (157+ words) A 37-year-old woman was left in serious condition and a 31-year-old man was pronounced dead in a doouble shooting overnight on the Far South Side in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, Chicago police said. A 37-year-old woman was left in serious condition and a 31-year-old man was pronounced dead in a double shooting overnight on the Far South Side in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, Chicago police said. Around 2:40 a.m., the woman was standing in her backyard when she heard gunshots and felt pain. She realized she had been shot in the thigh and back. Paramedics arrived and took the woman to UChicago Medicine where she was listed in serious condition, police said. A 31-year-old man also was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds to the body, and was pronounced dead at the scene. No one was in custody for the double shooting and…...

26+ min ago (291+ words) NEW YORK " The "Architects of AI" were named Time magazine's person of the year for 2025 on Thursday. The magazine cited 2025 as the year when the potential of artificial intelligence "roared into view" with no turning back. "For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the possible, the Architects of AI are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year," Time said in a social media post. The magazine was deliberate in selecting people " the "individuals who imagined, designed, and built AI" " rather than the technology itself, though there would have been some precedent for that. Another cover image shows scaffolding surrounding the giant letters "AI" made to look like computer componentry. It made sense for Time to anoint AI because 2025 was the year that it shifted from "a novel technology explored by early…...

26+ min ago (90+ words) December 11, 2025 / 7:48 AM CST / CBS Chicago A woman was hospitalized after being shot and wounded in Chicago's Calumet Heights neighborhood early Thursday morning. At 2:40 a.m., the 37-year-old woman was standing in her backyard in the 9200 block of South Merrill Avenue when she heard gunshots and felt pain. The woman was shot in the thigh and back and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition. No one was in custody Thursday morning. Calumet Area detectives are investigating....

30+ min ago (612+ words) MOUNT VERNON, Wash. " Washington state was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused a mudslide to crash down on a highway and trapped people in floodwaters. Tens of thousands of residents could face evacuation orders. After days of seemingly unrelenting heavy rain Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency by Wednesday night, warning "lives will be at stake in the coming days." Some residents have already been ordered to higher ground, with Skagit County, a major agricultural region north of Seattle, ordering those within the Skagit River's floodplain to evacuate. "Catastrophic flooding is likely" in many areas and the state is requesting water rescue teams and boats, Ferguson said on the social media platform X on Wednesday night. Hundreds of National Guard members will be sent…...

33+ min ago (116+ words) December 11, 2025 / 7:42 AM CST / CBS Chicago Two Chicago police officers were injured when a squad car was involved in a crash early Thursday morning on Lower Wacker Drive downtown. At 1:31 a.m., officers were responding to a call in a marked police vehicle in the 500 block of East Lower Wacker Drive, close to DuSable Lake Shore Drive, when they tried to avoid hitting another vehicle, police said. In so doing, the police vehicle hit a raised center median. The officers in the police vehicle suffered minor injuries and were taken to an area hospital in fair condition, police said. No other vehicles were damaged, and no one else was injured....

39+ min ago (338+ words) La dimisi'n de la coalici'n minoritaria, liderada por el partido de centroderecha GERB, fue anunciada minutos antes de una votaci'n de censura presentada por la oposici'n en el parlamento debido a la mala gesti'n econ'mica y apoyada por el creciente descontento p'blico con la corrupci'n generalizada. "Antes de la votaci'n de censura de hoy, el gobierno est" dimitiendo, declar' el primer ministro Rosen Zhelyazkov en el parlamento. Las manifestaciones del mi'rcoles se produjeron despu's de las protestas de la semana pasada que fueron provocadas por los planes presupuestarios del gobierno para aumentar los impuestos, las contribuciones a la seguridad social y el gasto. Posteriormente, el gobierno retir' el controvertido plan presupuestario de 2026. Las demandas de los manifestantes se hab'an ampliado para incluir llamados a que el gobierno de centroderecha renunciara. "Las decisiones de la Asamblea Nacional son significativas cuando reflejan…...