A manhunt is underway for a shooter who killed one person and injured six in a Spirit Halloween store on Friday night, police in Fairfield, California said. At least three victims are currently in critical condition, Fairfield Police Department Chief Dan Marshall told a news conference about the incident at the Solano Town Center mall, which took place ...

France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and rerouting the Paris march to the capitals edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe. Interior Minister Laurent Nuez warned of a very high risk of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween. Paris ...

The reward has increased to $25,000 for information about the person responsible for killing six dogs in Will County that were found stuffed in trash bags along a wooded ditch earlier this year. The reward is believed to be the largest ever offered in an animal abuse case in the area. This is a case that needs to be solved because whoever did this ...

Four men allegedly burglarized a western suburban gaming caf, stealing nearly $14,000 and causing more than $100,000 in damage while armed with guns and sledgehammers, authorities said. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said a judge on Friday granted the state’s motion to detain four suspects pretrial: Keonte Adams, 20, Dajuan Johnson, ...

Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. A duo of Taco Bell employees played an important role in thwarting an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in the western suburbs, prosecutors said. It’s thanks to a 911 call from two co-workers of Alexandros Paporakis, a 19-year-old from Palatine, that ...

An online fundraiser has raised nearly $600,000 for a Michigan grocery store worker whose emotional reaction to an apparent prank while on the job went viral, resonating with people around the world. Original footage of the encounter shows the worker, identified through a GoFundMe fundraiser as Walt Z., a Red Baron employee who was stocking pizzas inside ...

Halloween is filled with spooky surprises, but safety experts say one of the biggest risks has nothing to do with ghosts or goblins. Children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year, according to Safe Kids Worldwide. The nonprofit is using the holiday to remind families and drivers that a ...

Jalen Brunson is trading in his basketball shoes for a detective badge. The New York Knicks point guard is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” NBC confirmed. Brunson will appear in the fifth episode of Season 28 titled “Forsaken,” which airs Thursday, Nov. 5 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. The “SVU” ...

For patients recovering from a stroke, brain injury and other neurological condition, rehabilitation is an essential part of their healing. At Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, a rare program includes man’s best friend. Milo is a Native American Indian dog who this week was working with two recent stroke patients. Milo is very motivated by ...

The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal investigation related to an alleged scheme to confuse voters by putting a Senate candidate on the ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent. The investigation has been ongoing for several months, but revelations this week from The New York Times that ...

A child sex offender was arrested after he attended a trick-or-treating event held by a church this week in Kankakee County, Illinois State Police said. Mitchel R. DeYoung, a 52-year-old man from St. Anne, Illinois, was arrested on Oct. 28 by ISP officers at a trunk-or-treat event held at a church in his hometown. He’s facing several charges, ...

It was 19 years ago this week when Stacy Peterson disappeared from her home in suburban Bolingbrook, leaving behind a mystery that remains unsolved. In the months before she vanished, Stacy had been confiding in her pastor about life with her husband, Drew Peterson. At first, Stacy was another young mother at church. Neil Schori was the counseling ...

The mother of an infant is sharing her heartbreaking story so other families dont have to experience a similar tragedy. On Oct. 24th, Kisha Avita-Wilson said she was with her family at a trunk-or-treat event in Kenosha, where her older children received balloon animals. We were keeping the balloons away from Baby Don, and one of the balloons came ...

The Chicago Bears may be dealing with a few problems, but 99 isn’t one of them. That’s because the Bears’ much-hyped new player, Jeffery Simmons, has chosen his number and it appears he’ll be wearing No. 99 in the Windy City. Simmons previously wore No. 98 in Tennessee, but that number currently belongs to Chicago’s Montez Sweat. ...

The owner of a suburban coffee shop has been charged with allegedly selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer on three separate occasions, DuPage County authorities said. Peter Thomas, 35, of Villa Park, was charged with three counts of delivery of methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, one count ...

A Chicago lung doctor used his surgical tools to handle an emergency unlike those typically seen in his field: a mischievous kitten trapped behind a wall. Dr. Benjamin Seides, an interventional pulmonologist with the Canning Thoracic Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, was at home with his family getting ready for bed when they ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Laura Jarrett’s Halloween costume earned the ultimate seal of approval. The “TODAY” co-anchor channeled Olympic gymnastics legend Simone Biles for Halloween, recreating the superstar athlete’s memorable floor routine from the 2024 Paris Olympics. Jarrett shared the costume reveal on Instagram, ...

Hundreds of thousands of space heaters sold nationwide at major retailers like Costco and Home Depot are being recalled after numerous reports the units ignited on fire. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned that anyone with certain models of DREO space heaters should stop using them “immediately.” The recall includes 338,000 space ...

Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. If you’re a fan of sweet treats and live in Chicago, you’ve probably heard of Mindy’s Bakery. This Halloween weekend the bakery’s owner, Mindy Segal, is giving Chicagoans an opportunity to browse a different selection of her treats: high-end vintage clothing, glassware ...

A race to lead the district that decides how to spend $10 billion of Chicagoans’ tax dollars may be overlooked by many for one simple reason: they don’t have kids. Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson and dozens more candidates are all vying for a position on the Chicago school board. The stakes could not be higher for Chicago’s ...

A woman driven by a compulsion to harm children admitted in a Pittsburgh court on Wednesday that she murdered her best friends infant son, in a plea agreement thatll likely keep this monster in prison for life. Nicole Virzi, 32, had been charged with capital murder with the possibility of the death penalty before opting to plead guilty to third-degree ...

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing changes to infant formula nutrient requirements as part of the agency’s first review of its ingredients and standards in nearly three decades. The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA, announced Thursday the first of three planned proposals. The proposed rule would update ...

A Chicago hospital cafeteria that was shut down earlier this month after an inspection revealed hundreds of live cockroaches in food preparation areas has reopened, according to health officials. The Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed to NBC Chicago that the cafeteria, at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago’s Lakeview ...

Several major companies like Target, Instacart, Walmart, United Airlines and more are being questioned by federal authorities over how they charge customers — and whether those charges differ by person. Nine companies – including Delta, United, JetBlue, Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, Target and Walmart – were recently targeted by the Federal ...

The Illinois Lottery has a new game, with multiple daily drawings and prizes up to $2,500 a “pop.” Players need to match just one number to win. The new game, called “Cash Pop,” launched Friday, the Illinois Lottery said in a news release. In the fast-paced, high-frequency game, players select between one and 15 “pops.” They then choose a ...