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Scholarship fight puts spotlight on family struggles to find 'good' schools

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

CHICAGO — Theauntae Jones’ day begins before sunrise. He boards a bus near his home on Chicago’s Far West Side and embarks upon an hour-and-a-half-long commute to high school on the city’s South Side.It’s a commute that’s made his mother cry. Lawsuit seeks to block dispensary from opening in old Rainforest Café “It should not be that hard where you have to go outside your neighborhood just to find a better education for your child,” Theauntae’s mother, Tanisha Williams, said.Theauntae’s neighborhood high school is Orr Academy. It’s about a mile from his home but an eternity from his family’s expectations of a quality education.  Orr has a 59% graduation rate and 72% of its students miss 10% or more of the school year without a valid excuse, according to Illinois State Board of Education data. CPS as a whole has an 84% graduation rate and 40% of its students are chronically absent.Theauntae’s family said he had good grades in 8th grade but tested poorly so he had few options at CPS...

2 in custody after woman killed during attempted robbery in south suburbs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

WORTH, Ill. — Police say two people are in custody in connection with a deadly shooting that unfolded in the south suburbs over the weekend.Family members say the victim killed was a mother of two who was trying to make a withdrawal at a bank in the area when she was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery.Worth police say the shooting happened in the 6800 block of West 111th Street on Saturday afternoon. FBI-Chicago warns of charity fraud amid ongoing conflict between Israel, Hamas According to family members, 32-year-old Jonnie Angel Klein had just gotten off work at the Dunkin' Donuts around 3 p.m. with her son, who had just gotten his work permit."She dropped him off and she went straight to the bank. At that time we know that someone pulled up next to her," Bridget McLain, the victim's sister said. "Obviously it was an attempt to get her money and she was shot."Officers were called to the scene on reports of someone "in need of assistance," but when police arrived on th...

Maine man sentenced to 15 years for Chicago mosque attack plot

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A 19-year-old from Maine who the FBI says built homemade explosives and plotted to attack a mosque in the name of the Islamic State group was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison.Xavier Pelkey, of Waterville, entered an agreement with prosecutors in April in which he pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists while a second charge was dropped.Pelkey planned to contribute firearms, ammunition and explosives for a mass shooting at a Shiite mosque in the Chicago area and possibly other houses of worship, and he was in communication with a pair of juveniles, one in Canada and one Chicago, about the plot, law enforcement officials said. Calumet City drops citations against reporter for asking too many questions Pelkey was 18 when he was arrested by FBI agents who found three homemade explosives in his home. The devices were made of fireworks bundled with staples, pins and thumb tacks to create shrapnel, the FBI said. Investigat...

5 Republicans will be on stage for third presidential debate. Who missed the cut?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of candidates onstage for the third Republican presidential debate will be the smallest yet.Five hopefuls will participate in Wednesday night’s debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, according to the Republican National Committee.To have qualified for the third debate, candidates needed at least 4% support in two national polls or 4% in one national poll as well as two polls from four of the early-voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. All the polls used for qualification must have been approved by the RNC. Can a Floridian win the White House? Trump, DeSantis vie to be first The White House hopefuls also needed at least 70,000 unique donors, with at least 200 of those coming from 20 states or territories. Additionally, they had to sign an RNC pledge promising to support the party’s eventual nominee.The escalating qualification markers have become increasingly difficult for candidate...

No. 18 Longhorns men's hoops clobber Incarnate Word 88-56 in season opener

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The No. 18 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team cruised to an 88-56 season-opening win over Incarnate Word on Monday at Moody Center.Five Longhorns scored in double figures and two more were a bucket away in a balanced offensive attack. Ithiel Horton, a transfer from Central Florida, led Texas with 17 points in 26 minutes. Max Abmas and Kadin Shedrick each scored 12 while Tyrese Hunter and Ze'rik Onyema had 11 points. Onyema led the team with seven rebounds. Brock Cunningham and Dillion Mitchell had eight points apiece.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersTexas shot 51% from the field and 38% from 3-point range while holding the Cardinals to 30% shooting. Incarnate Word took a 6-5 lead about five minutes into the first half, but the Longhorns ripped off a 21-0 run over the next five minutes to lead 26-6 with 9:54 left.Texas scored 23 points off 17 Incarnate...

Anthony Edwards shines as Timberwolves take down previously unbeaten Boston

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

Target Center is where undefeated records go to die.Five days after handing Denver its first loss, the Timberwolves did the same to Boston, downing the Celtics 114-109 in an overtime thriller that very much had a playoff feel.The game was billed as a matchup featuring the league’s top offense — Boston — against Minnesota’s top-ranked defense. It’s difficult to chalk that mini-duel up as anything other than a win for the Wolves’ defense. The Celtics struggled to generate anything that could be classified as a good look in the half-court set.Anthony Edwards and Jayson Tatum traded blows in the second half, with the two top-tier offensive wings each demonstrating their abilities to hit tough shots on command. Tatum finished with 32 points, while Edwards had 38 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. But, importantly for Edwards, even on a night where he had his offense rolling, he made a number of wise decisions with the ball down the stretch.The gu...

What is biggest difference in Gophers men’s basketball after season opener?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

The Gophers’ 27-point lead over Bethune-Cookman had been cut to 11 with less than four minutes left in the season opener on Monday.During a timeout, Minnesota’s best player and new vocal leader Dawson Garcia emphasized not getting complacent against a low-major opponent. Afterward, the U built back up the lead in a 80-60 win.“That’s something last year’s team wasn’t doing,” Garcia said.As a 17-point favorite, Minnesota (1-0) built a huge lead and overcome a somewhat threatening comeback to dispatch a Bethune-Cookman team picked to finish ninth in the 12-team Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).A year ago, Minnesota had its hands full in a 61-60 win over Western Michigan, which foreshadowed last-place conference finishes for both teams.The Gophers, picked to finish last again in the Big Ten, showed other reasons for more optimism this year. For one, they have a deeper roster.Midway through the first half, Parker Fox and Isaiah Ihnen came ...

Family, friends and teammates gather to remember fallen hockey player Adam Johnson

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

HIBBING, Minn. — Adam Johnson was humble, kind and smart, and most of all an athlete.Thousands gathered Monday to remember the 29-year-old American hockey player who died after his neck was cut by a skate blade.The 29-year-old Johnson died late last month after being cut by a blade during a game in England. Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a Challenge Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut during the Elite Ice Hockey League contest.Family, friends and former teammates gathered to celebrate the life of the former Hibbing High School, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Penguins and Nottingham player.“Adam was a joyful, kind human being. He had a quiet unselfishness about him, but he was a guy you wanted to be around all of the time,” said James Perunovich, a spokesperson for the Johnson family. “He didn’t have to say much. You were a better person as a result of ...

Bone marrow, stem cell donor drive held at UAlbany

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A donor drive is taking place at the University at Albany to help those give the gift of life. The drive was to get more students to sign up as stem cell and bone marrow donors. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The goal over the course of this week is to have 700 students sign up to be screened to be a donor. Officials with the Gift of Life said anyone who is 18 to 35 years old and is in good health and can sign up to be a donor.The drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, November 6 through Friday, November 10 on campus.

Police: Patrol officer struck by SUV in Queensbury

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:19:14 GMT

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Warren County Sheriff's Office is investigating after one of its officers was struck by a car. The incident took place around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the town of Queensbury. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Officers with the Warren County Sheriff's Office were assisting on a crash investigation on Blind Rock Road when a parole officer was struck on the arm by a passing gray SUV. The vehicle continued driving and turned left on Country Club Road.Anyone who was in the area on Sunday evening or has information related to the incident is asked to call police at (518) 761-9800.