Judge issues order blocking Illinois semiautomatic gun ban
A judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the new Illinois law banning assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. Effingham County Judge Joshua Morrison issued the order after former Republican candidate for attorney general Tom DeVore sued to block the law. DeVore said heโs representing hundreds of people from dozens of counties who argue the law violates their constitutional rights.
news.yahoo.comParamedics charged with murder after patient dies
Two Illinois paramedics appeared in court on Thursday after being charged with murder in the death of Earl Moore Jr., who died after authorities say he was strapped facedown on a gurney in December. Moore's family, who have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the paramedics and Lifestar, a company that provides ambulance services, spoke with Charlie De Mar in an exclusive interview.
news.yahoo.comProsecutor: Paramedics killed man by strapping him facedown
Illinois authorities filed the charges against Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan on Jan. 9, nearly a month after 35-year-old Earl Moore died. Sangamon County State's Attorney Dan Wright announced the charges at a Jan. 10 press conference after an autopsy. The autopsy report listed Moore's cause of death as homicide, caused by compressional and positional asphyxia as he lay facedown on the paramedic stretcher with straps tightened across his back.
news.yahoo.comIllinois bans semiautomatic weapons, critics vow court test
Illinois banned the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons Tuesday when Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation driven largely by the killing of seven people at a 4th of July parade last year in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Pritzker acted without hesitation after the House voted 68-41 to make Illinois the ninth state, as well as Washington, D.C., to prohibit the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons. Pritzker, who was sworn into his second term on Monday, celebrated the culmination of what he described as a four-year struggle against โthe powerful forcesโ of gun advocacy groups.
news.yahoo.comMega Millions jackpot now at an estimated $1.1 billion
The Mega Million jackpot continues to grow and Tuesday nightโs estimated jackpot has increased to $1.1 billion. No tickets matched Friday nightโs winning numbers: 3, 20, 46, 59, 63 and 13. The only Mega Millions jackpots larger than Tuesdayโs estimated $1.1 billion are the gameโs record of $1.537 billion, won in South Carolina on October 23, 2018, and $1.337 billion won in Illinois last July 29. Across the country, 115 tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. The other 100 third-tier winning tickets are worth $10,000 each, lottery officials said.
myrgv.comMississippi St beats Illinois in 1st game since Leach death
Massimo Biscardi made a 27-yard tiebreaking field goal with four seconds left and Marcus Banks returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown on the gameโs last play as No. 24 Mississippi State rallied to beat Illinois 19-10 in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
Caterpillar employee โimmediately incineratedโ after falling into pot of molten iron, OSHA says
Caterpillar is being fined $145,000 due to a workplace accident where a new employee was โimmediately incineratedโ after falling into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Planned Parenthood plans mobile abortion clinic in Illinois
Planned Parenthood officials have announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic, a 37-foot RV that will stay in Illinois but travel close to the borders of adjoining states that have banned abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
2 claim Mega Millions prize; 3rd-largest US lottery jackpot
Lottery officials say two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket was sold in a Chicago suburb for a late July drawing, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5 million.
Chicago mayor seeks help for immigrants bused from Texas
Chicago officials have asked the public for volunteers and donations to help immigrants being bused to the city from Texas amid the Republican-led stateโs political battle over the immigration policies of President Joe Bidenโs administration.
Heat wave keeps Midwest and South in its sticky grip
People are flocking to pools, beaches and cooling centers in a swath of the Midwest and South spanning from northern Florida to the Great Lakes, as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s and beyond and may have caused the deaths of at least two people in the Milwaukee area.
Jury deliberates in Illinois guards' trial in fatal beating
Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys offered starkly different explanations Friday for the fatal beating of an Illinois prison inmate four years ago in closing arguments before a jury began deliberating in the trial of two former correctional officers.