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CBS News
22-07-2025
- CBS News
Suspect held after tent is set on fire, man is burned in Chicago north lakefront homeless encampment
Charges were pending Tuesday afternoon against a man accused of setting another man's tent on fire in a homeless encampment alongside DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Uptown neighborhood. The man whose tent was set on fire was injured by the blaze, police said. The incident happened at 12:27 a.m. near the northbound entrance ramp to DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Wilson Avenue/Drive, in the park of Lincoln Park. The 56-year-old victim said he got into a quarrel with a 64-year-old man whom he knew, police said. The older man set the victim's tent on fire with a match. The victim suffered burns to his right hand, and was taken to Thorek Hospital in good condition, police said. The man accused of setting the fire was arrested, and charges were pending late Tuesday.
Telegraph
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Hunter Biden: F--- George Clooney
Hunter Biden unleashed on George Clooney in an expletive-laden rant, describing him as 'not a f—ing actor'. Mr Biden criticised the Academy Award winner for withdrawing his support for his father Joe Biden during the 2024 presidential race. 'F‑‑‑ him. F‑‑‑ him. F‑‑‑ him and everybody around him,' Hunter Biden told YouTube journalist, Andrew Callaghan during an interview on his 'Channel 5'. 'I don't have to be f‑‑‑ing nice. No. 1, I agree with Quentin Tarantino. F‑‑‑ing George Clooney is not a f‑‑‑ing actor. He is a f‑‑‑ing, like… I don't know what he is. He is a brand.' Hunter was referring to remarks by director Tarantino in which he said Clooney was not a 'movie star'. Clooney wrote a New York Times op-ed last July highlighting Joe Biden's mental decline and urging him to pull out of the race against Donald Trump. The piece contributed to the pressure which ultimately led Joe Biden to step down. Elsewhere in the interview, Hunter revealed that he bought crack near the White House during Mr Trump's first term as president. Hunter, 55, said he purchased the drugs in Washington DC's Lincoln Park after admitting to his doctor that he had begun drinking again shortly after his brother Beau died of cancer. 'I know it to be…sometimes an open air drug market, and I saw someone that I knew from my past life as being on the streets, a woman that I referred to as Bicycles, and I knew that it was kind of a suicidal thought,' he told Mr Callaghan. 'I said: 'Do you got any crack?' She sold me crack. And that was it.' The interview was published on the one-year anniversary of his father's withdrawal from the race for the White House. In the three-hour conversation, Hunter spoke candidly about his drug use, addressed criticism of his father from both Republicans and Democrats and shared his thoughts on Mr Trump's border crackdown, comparing it to Nazi Germany. The president's son dismissed claims that he acted as a de facto chief of staff to his father as one of a number of 'conspiracies' spread about him. The allegations are contained in Original Sin, a recently-published book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson, chronicling the former president's mental decline and aides' attempts to cover it up. Responding to suggestions that he played a key decision role in the Biden administration, Hunter said: 'I think I spent 12 days in the White House in the last two years of the administration. I had a lot of other things going on.' Hunter has frequently clashed with Mr Tapper. The former president's son also hit out at Democratic commentators David Axelrod and Rahm Emmanuel, claiming that they want the Left to 'turn away from all values' on the issue of immigration. The two Democrats, who worked in the Obama administration, were critical of Joe Biden's decision to run for a second term. 'These guys think that we need to turn away from all values in order for us to lead.' 'I would threaten to invade El Salvador' If he were president, he would threaten to invade El Salvador in order to free US deportees detained there, Hunter said. 'I would pick up the phone and call the f—ing president of El Salvador and say, you either f—ing send them back or I'm going to f—ing invade,' he said. Hunter said any migrant who goes to extreme lengths to get into the country 'deserves to be an American'. Addressing his drug addiction, which spiralled out of control between 2016 and 2019, when he got clean, Hunter said he was drinking a bottle of vodka a day and began to make his own crack cocaine. Asked how he sourced the drug, he said: 'One of the things I don't want to do is give a how-to to any moron like myself that may think that it's a good idea.' Having tried his first drink before high school and begun experimenting with drugs in his teenage years, the former president's son said that during his period of full-blown addiction, he was 'smoking anything that even remotely resembled crack cocaine'. 'I probably smoked more parmesan cheese than anyone,' he joked. Hunter denied that a bag of cocaine found in the White House in 2023 during his father's presidency was his, after the FBI opened an investigation into the matter. 'I have been clean and sober since June of 2019. I have not touched a drop of alcohol or a drug, and I'm incredibly proud of that,' he said. 'Why would I bring cocaine into the White House and stick it into a cubby outside of the situation room in the West Wing?' The discovery of the illicit substance fuelled rumours among Maga supporters that Hunter was responsible.
CBS News
17-07-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Rat birth control pilot program coming to Chicago's North Side
A rat birth control program is coming to Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. On Thursday, 43rd Ward Alderperson Timmy Knudsen introduced a resolution for the privately funded "Rat Contraceptive Pilot," which uses non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce the rat population. This resolution was announced in partnership with the Chicago Bird Alliance, Lincoln Park Zoo, the Lincoln Park Conservancy, and the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation. "Chicago's current use of rat poison is not effectively reducing the targeted population," Ald. Knudsen said. "More than that, rat poison has been determined as the cause of death of natural wildlife, including horned owls in the 43rd Ward." Test results last year revealed Lincoln Park's beloved great horned owls died after exposure to rodenticide, or rat poison. The Chicago Bird Alliance passed a policy calling for reducing the use of anticoagulant rodenticides. The group continues to advocate for local birds impacted by rat poisoning. The new pilot program will start later this summer, officials confirmed. Back in April, the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce announced a similar program where bait boxes with rat birth control were installed in alleys behind several major thoroughfares in the neighborhoods. In 2024, Chicago was named the rattiest city in America by Orkin for the 10th year in a row. Los Angeles was ranked the second rattiest city in the nation, with New York coming in third. This effort is separate from the City of Chicago's rodent control program. In 2017, the city tried a rat birth control pilot program on the South Side. City officials did not respond to a request on information on what happened with that program.
CBS News
04-07-2025
- CBS News
Woman shot at while driving on I-75 in Lincoln Park, police searching for suspect
Woman shot at while driving on I-75 in Lincoln Park, police searching for suspect Woman shot at while driving on I-75 in Lincoln Park, police searching for suspect Woman shot at while driving on I-75 in Lincoln Park, police searching for suspect Michigan State Police are searching for a suspect accused of shooting at another driver on southbound I-75 between Outer Drive and Southfield Road overnight. Troopers responded to the area of Dix Avenue, south of I-75 in Lincoln Park, around 12:15 a.m. Friday. A 47-year-old River Rouge woman told police she was driving southbound on I-75 in the right lane when a red vehicle with tinted windows pulled up alongside her in the center lane and shot at her. The driver suffered minor injuries, according to police, but declined medical attention. Her 19-year-old passenger was uninjured. Troopers say the woman's vehicle had several bullet holes. The freeway was closed for four hours as police searched the area for evidence. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Metro South Post or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
CBS News
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Lincoln Park Zoo welcomes new herd of alpacas to Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo's newest residents, a herd of alpacas, are calling Chicago home for the first time in 6 years. The herd of six female alpacas range in ages from 1 to 24 years old. The group consists of Zsa Zsa, Starlight, Sara, Maya, Grettle, and Gracie all of which now reside in the southernmost habitat of the zoo. Alpacas are known to be gentle and outgoing, expressing themselves through head tilts and neck posturing. Lincoln Park Zoo has not had alpacas in its residence since 2019. Lincoln Park Zoo "These six ladies have quickly won over their care team with their sweet personalities and friendly demeanors," said zoo curator Dan Boehm in a statement. "It's great to welcome back such a beloved species to Lincoln Park Zoo, and we're excited for people to meet the new herd!" For more information about the species, visit the Lincoln Park's Zoo website.
