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Ofelia Torres, Chicago Teen Who Battled Cancer While Her Father Was Detained by ICE, Has Died Ofelia Torres, the 16-year-old whose cancer battle gained national attention last fall after her father was detained by immigration agents outside a suburban Home Depot, has died.

Ofelia Torres, the 16-year-old whose cancer battle gained national attention last fall after her father was detained by immigration agents outside a suburban Home Depot, has died. https://to.wttw.com/40dvWp6

Illinois Electrical Grids Could Face Power Shortages and Price Increases, State Report Warns A new report by state regulators projects energy shortfalls will begin in northern Illinois by 2029 and the rest of the state by 2031 if lawmakers and grid operators don’t act.

Illinois’ electric grids may soon face power shortages and further price increases as fossil fuel plants go offline and data centers fueling the rise of artificial intelligence demand ever-increasing amounts of power. https://to.wttw.com/4qek7da

Bing Crosby, a devout Catholic, almost passed on the role of Father Chuck O'Malley because he felt uneasy playing a priest. GOING MY WAY ('44) brought him a Best Actor Oscar and made him Hollywood's No. 1 box office attraction.

4 Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subs...

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. https://to.wttw.com/44uOWCi

Senate Rejects Extension of Health Care Subsidies as Costs Set to Rise for Millions of Americans Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end to a monthslong effo...

The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. https://to.wttw.com/494BdEB

FBI Seeking Other Possible Victims of Chicago Border Patrol Officer Alleged to Be ‘Serial Rapist’ The FBI’s Chicago field office on Wednesday said it is seeking to identify other potential victims of 44-year-old Luis Uribe, who stands accused of robbing and/or sexually assaulting at least four wom...

Federal investigators in Chicago are seeking other potential victims after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent described by prosecutors as a “serial rapist” who preyed on suburban women was arrested and charged this week. https://to.wttw.com/4psyv1v

Family of Blue Line Burn Victim Launches Fundraiser to Aid in Her Recovery The family of a woman who was set on fire on board a CTA Blue Line train last week has launched an online fundraiser to aid in her medical bills as she recovers from the severe burns she sustained.

The family of a woman who was set on fire on board a CTA Blue Line train last week has launched an online fundraiser to aid in her medical bills as she recovers from the severe burns she sustained.

https://to.wttw.com/44rXERx

CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News and NBC News refuse to sign the Pentagon's new press policy in a joint statement.

Read more here: variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Evidently, President Trump got all the proof he needs that vaccines are safe and effective. He voted with his arm yesterday and got the highly beneficial Covid and flu shots. Amid the sea of confusion RFKJ has generated about vaccines, all Americans should know that Trump is getting vaccinated.

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

What Burns-ing Questions Do You Have for Ken Burns? Let Us Know! Do you have a burning question for Ken Burns? Let us know, and we’ll ask him when he’s in town next month ahead of the premiere of The American Revolution!

Do you have a burning (ehem, Burns-ing) question for Ken Burns? Let us know, and we might ask him when he’s in town this month head of the premiere of The American Revolution! Submit your question in the form at this link: to.wttw.com/4nt9e5R

Pritzker Signs Order to Get Around US Limits on COVID-19 Vaccine “This is about making sure no family in Illinois is left wondering if they can protect themselves against preventable serious illness,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “When the federal government abandons its responsibility, Illinois will step up.”

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Friday to authorize medical professionals to provide updated COVID-19 vaccines to nearly anyone who wants it in Illinois, despite an effort by federal officials to limit access to the life-saving shot.

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Hi, immunologist here:

(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)

RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”

That’s NOT how immunology works.

He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Study Says AI Chatbots Need to Fix Suicide Response, as Family Sues Over ChatGPT Role in Boy’s Death A study of how three popular AI chatbots respond to queries about suicide found they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance. B...

A study of how three popular AI chatbots respond to queries about suicide found they generally avoid answering questions that pose a high risk to the user. But they are inconsistent in their replies to less extreme prompts that could still harm people.

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Never accepts responsibility for anything, does he. ^^

A new ICE detention center is in the works in Indiana, dubbed the “Speedway Slammer.”

Indiana state Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn talks about the fiscal responsibilities this new facility will impose on Indiana.

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RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...

RFK Jr. is going to end the vaccine program in the United States in order to make money for himself by suing companies that make them.

He wants to end the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which means that vaccine manufacturers will stop making vaccines in the U.S. 1/5

OK one more note on WTTW: you see the public faces of the station like Geoffrey Baer, @brandisfriedman.bsky.social, @heathercherone.bsky.social. But every time I do Chicago Tonight, I work with producers, sound guys, camera people, directors, etc. There's a whole army of people working there.

#TrumpFAILURE ^^

Co-sign.

Love your haircut! ^^

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

PBS Sues the Trump Administration Over Defunding, Days After NPR Filed Similar Case In its lawsuit, PBS relies on similar arguments, saying Trump was overstepping his authority and engaging in “viewpoint discrimination” because of his claim that PBS’ news coverage is biased against c...

PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network.

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Liar, liar, pants on fire. ^^

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cites Research Studies That Don't Exist Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA Report featured several seemingly fake studies and incorrect attributions.

Um. 🤔Who could have known these citations were fake…🤷‍♀️

Kennedy R. Brain worms: Unlocking creativity and spontaneous bad ideas. Inst Fake Neurol 2024;42(3):123-124.

Prasad M. COVID-19: Panic shopping and other pandemic benefits. Pandemics J. 2023;15(2):45-46.

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Let's chat about some claims made by the 🧠🪱 during its hearing earlier this week 👇

Claim: Our measles response is the best in the world, better than Europe and Canada and Mexico
Fact: Yes, our measles response is the best... if you're measles. Measles would pick the US every time!

RFK Jr Hazmat Response:
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has rejected a request from school health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team.”/cbs

Those, my friends, are the Red Arrows coming over St Paul's Cathedral just now for #VEDay80. And the lonely Lancaster Bomber, can you spot it? And the smoke afterwards, when everyone had gone off to Buckingham Palace!