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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man charged with murder after allegedly beating his mother to death inside suburban apartment
NORTHLAKE, Ill. (WGN) – A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly beating his mother to death inside a Northlake home Sunday morning. The Northlake Police Department said just before 10:45 a.m. Sunday, May 25, officers were sent to the King Arthur Court apartment complex for reports of an unconscious woman who was not breathing. When officers arrived, they found the woman – identified as 43-year-old Elizabeth Peralta-Guadalupe – severely beaten with no signs of life. Paramedics later arrived and pronounced Peralta-Guadalupe dead. Detectives interviewed everyone in the apartment at the time of Peralta-Guadalupe's death. Several family members were interviewed and released, but two people of interest were held for further questioning, according to investigators. Ex-Chicago police officer pleads guilty in fatal shooting of husband in 2021 Police said early Tuesday morning, one of the two remaining people in custody was reclassified as a witness and released without charges, leaving 20-year-old Larry Dorado as the remaining suspect. Based on physical evidence, interviews with witnesses and autopsy results, detectives concluded Dorado, Peralta-Guadalupe's son, beat his mother to death while inside his apartment. Dorado has been charged with first-degree murder and has a pre-trial detention hearing set for Wednesday morning. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
3 found dead in Northwest Indiana home Sunday evening
LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WGN) – An investigation is underway after three adults were found dead inside a home in La Porte County, Indiana, Sunday evening. The La Porte County Sheriff's Office said detectives from the sheriff's office's criminal investigations division are investigating the circumstances around the deaths. Coast Guard: Armed phosphorus pyrotechnic found on Montrose Beach, 3 still unaccounted for Deputies were sent to the home located in the 5600 block of CR 250 North Sunday evening to conduct a welfare check and discovered the bodies of the three adults shortly after arriving, according to investigators. The sheriff's office said the investigation so far has led them to believe this was an isolated incident and that there is/was no immediate threat to the public. Ex-Chicago police officer pleads guilty in fatal shooting of husband in 2021 The investigation remains ongoing and no other information was released. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Investigation launched into Chicago Public Schools' Black Student Success Plan
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday launched an investigation into Chicago Public Schools, alleging a program that aims to improve the educational outcomes of Black students is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. CPS' 'Black Student Success Plan' launched this spring to bridge achievement gaps that impact the school district's Black students, which make up about 35% of the student population. 'We're looking at the data and going where the data take us, and the data is taking us to a very, very dark place,' Valerie Leonard, founder of nonprofit Utopia and one of the people who helped develop the Black Student Success Plan, said. 'Even though we have quote unquote the same school system, it's not benefitting all of our kids to the same degree.' The plan is mandated by state law and the Board of Education formed a committee to monitor the plan just last week. Ex-Chicago school board member on Martinez, Johnson, former CTU head Lewis The probe into CPS' Black Students Success Plan follows a complaint from Parents Defending Education, an out-of-state parents group, that claims the district's initiative discriminates against students on the basis of race. Parents Defending Education opposes diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and fights what it calls 'indoctrination' in schools. Now, the U.S. Department of Education under President Trump is launching an investigation into allegations the plan violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 'No student should be denied an educational opportunity because of the color of their skin, yet perversely, that's exactly what Chicago Public Schools has chosen to do – despite the fact that the district's own data clearly demonstrates that students of all races are struggling academically,' Defending Education's president and founder Nicole Neily said in a statement. A representative with the Department of Education issued the following statement to WGN-TV: 'Chicago Public Schools have a record of academic failure, leaving students from all backgrounds and races struggling and ill-prepared to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards of contemporary American life. Rather than address its record honestly, CPS seeks to allocate additional resources to favored students on the basis of race.' Ousted CPS CEO Martinez earns nod to lead Massachusetts Board of Education 'I would hope that as they do their investigation that they would do it objectively. I would like to see them answer questions as to why are Black boys six times more likely to be expelled from schools than white boys,' Leonard said. WGN-TV also reached out to CPS for comment. A spokesperson said they will not be commenting on the investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Incredibly detrimental': Trump's tariffs under fire as Illinois leaders push back
CHICAGO (WGN) — Top local leaders have continued their pushback against President Donald Trump's tariff plan from City Hall to the Statehouse. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson kicked off Chicago's construction season on Tuesday, highlighting his $1.25 billion housing and economic development bond. Still, Trump's global tariffs and other nations' retaliation plans worry Johnson and top local officials. 'These taxes on working people are incredibly detrimental,' Johnson said. MORE FROM WGN'S TAHMAN BRADLEY: Ex-Chicago school board member on Martinez, Johnson, former CTU head Lewis The mayor says he's moving forward with his infrastructure investments despite the tariffs. Meanwhile, on the state level, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been in touch with foreign nations hoping to expand business partnerships. After securing a non-binding corporation agreement with Mexico last week, Pritzker on Tuesday signed a similar pact with the United Kingdom. 'My concern is to do everything I can to protect the businesses and the people doing business in the state of Illinois,' Pritzker said. Pritzker, widely viewed as a future presidential candidate, is one of several Democratic Party governors playing attack dog against the Trump administration. 'Donald Trump is betraying the economy,' he said. As Pritzker takes aim at the White House, Illinois State Rep. Brad Fritts is among Illinois Republicans going after Pritzker and calling out the political maneuvering. SEE ALSO: 'Unfortunately, our governor is more worried about running for president than running his own state agencies,' Fritts said. The governor dismisses the criticism, however. 'When I talk about what's going on in Washington, DC, it is about protecting Illinois,' Pritzker said. 'I don't think, in this circumstance, that anybody who holds state office can not talk about what's going on at the federal level and the impact that will have on state government and our budget.' The governor acknowledged that he could only do so much in terms of working with foreign nations if Washington continued the tariff policy. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
3 audiobooks to whisk you away to other times and places
Bessie Carter, best known in her role as 'Bridgerton's' waspish Prudence Dankworth née Featherington, here expands her repertoire marvelously. In Marie Benedict's engaging historical novel, Carter captures the personalities of the five most famous women detective novelists of the golden age of detective fiction. Each is distinctly herself in Carter's delivery: Agatha Christie, chastened by scandal; Margery Allingham, youthfully effervescent; Ngaio Marsh, no-nonsense New Zealander, with accent to prove it; Baroness Emma Orczy, lofty and commanding; and Dorothy L. Sayers, conveniently married to a Scottish reporter (his accent perfectly captured by Carter). It is 1930, and they have joined as members of London's recently formed Detection Club — whose male members frowned on accepting more than a couple of women. Undaunted, the five literary sleuths set about to prove their superior worth by solving an actual crime, the case of a murdered young nurse. What follows is an old-fashioned mystery, all events, clues and revelations adhering to the rules of fair play as set down by the club: No 'hocus pocus, trickeries, superstitions, epiphanies, acts of God, skulduggeries, or divine intervention.' (Macmillan, Unabridged, 10⅓ hours) Bessie Carter, best known in her role as 'Bridgerton's' waspish Prudence Dankworth née Featherington, here expands her repertoire marvelously. In Marie Benedict's engaging historical novel, Carter captures the personalities of the five most famous women detective novelists of the golden age of detective fiction. Each is distinctly herself in Carter's delivery: Agatha Christie, chastened by scandal; Margery Allingham, youthfully effervescent; Ngaio Marsh, no-nonsense New Zealander, with accent to prove it; Baroness Emma Orczy, lofty and commanding; and Dorothy L. Sayers, conveniently married to a Scottish reporter (his accent perfectly captured by Carter). It is 1930, and they have joined as members of London's recently formed Detection Club — whose male members frowned on accepting more than a couple of women. Undaunted, the five literary sleuths set about to prove their superior worth by solving an actual crime, the case of a murdered young nurse. What follows is an old-fashioned mystery, all events, clues and revelations adhering to the rules of fair play as set down by the club: No 'hocus pocus, trickeries, superstitions, epiphanies, acts of God, skulduggeries, or divine intervention.' (Macmillan, Unabridged, 10⅓ hours) Ex-Chicago police detective Carrie Starr, of mixed Native American descent, has just become U.S. marshal for a large but sparsely populated Oklahoma reservation. Shattered by the murder in Chicago of her daughter, she moves through her days numbed by whiskey and weed. She feels no interest in her job of looking into the cold cases of the many young women who have disappeared from the reservation. Confronted by a new case, she is less engaged at first than she is spooked by the occasional apparition of a ghostly woman with antlers. Yes, there is a supernatural element here, one connected, it emerges, to the appallingly frequent abuse and unsolved murders of Native American women. The plot grows infinitely complicated, drawing in oil companies, developers, a nearly extinct bug, yet another dead woman, an embezzling town official and whiskey in quantities that only fictional detectives can handle. Isabella Star Lablanc, herself of Native American ancestry, narrates the novel in a clear voice that alters slightly but convincingly to take in dialogue from different speakers. (Penguin, Unabridged, 9⅔ hours) Ex-Chicago police detective Carrie Starr, of mixed Native American descent, has just become U.S. marshal for a large but sparsely populated Oklahoma reservation. Shattered by the murder in Chicago of her daughter, she moves through her days numbed by whiskey and weed. She feels no interest in her job of looking into the cold cases of the many young women who have disappeared from the reservation. Confronted by a new case, she is less engaged at first than she is spooked by the occasional apparition of a ghostly woman with antlers. Yes, there is a supernatural element here, one connected, it emerges, to the appallingly frequent abuse and unsolved murders of Native American women. The plot grows infinitely complicated, drawing in oil companies, developers, a nearly extinct bug, yet another dead woman, an embezzling town official and whiskey in quantities that only fictional detectives can handle. Isabella Star Lablanc, herself of Native American ancestry, narrates the novel in a clear voice that alters slightly but convincingly to take in dialogue from different speakers. (Penguin, Unabridged, 9⅔ hours) Corren's memoir of his mother, Renay, is a peerless exercise in seedy realism, verbal pyrotechnics and savage wit. The author, youngest of Renay's six children, is a virtuoso of trash talk and a connoisseur of the sordid. He narrates the book in his own high-pitched, Carolina-accented voice, beginning in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1978, when he was 9, smitten with Donny Osmond but not yet realizing he was gay. He describes much of his life through influential literature: TV Guide, Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins, Dick Dale's 'Mr. Fancy Panties,' James Baldwin and Lillian Hellman. Beyond that, his youth was marked by evictions, petty crime, besotted servitude to his mother's comfort and her utter neglect of domestic matters. Despite the extravagant comedy and occasional mawkishness, Corren brings a deeply felt, revved-up emotional truth to his feelings that is genuinely moving. Part elegy, part philippic, this is a phantasmagoric portrait of a much-loved woman, a star in one of America's red-lit, drugged-out, porno-saturated, fast-food-fueled circles of hell. (Grand Central Publishing, Unabridged, 10 hours) Corren's memoir of his mother, Renay, is a peerless exercise in seedy realism, verbal pyrotechnics and savage wit. The author, youngest of Renay's six children, is a virtuoso of trash talk and a connoisseur of the sordid. He narrates the book in his own high-pitched, Carolina-accented voice, beginning in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1978, when he was 9, smitten with Donny Osmond but not yet realizing he was gay. He describes much of his life through influential literature: TV Guide, Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins, Dick Dale's 'Mr. Fancy Panties,' James Baldwin and Lillian Hellman. Beyond that, his youth was marked by evictions, petty crime, besotted servitude to his mother's comfort and her utter neglect of domestic matters. Despite the extravagant comedy and occasional mawkishness, Corren brings a deeply felt, revved-up emotional truth to his feelings that is genuinely moving. Part elegy, part philippic, this is a phantasmagoric portrait of a much-loved woman, a star in one of America's red-lit, drugged-out, porno-saturated, fast-food-fueled circles of hell. (Grand Central Publishing, Unabridged, 10 hours)
