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February 19, 2024

On this day in history, February 19, 1912, Cracker Jack's 'prize in every box' debuts

Cracker Jack started its “prize in every box" promotion on this day in history, Feb. 19, 1912, by including a small toy in each box of its popular caramel-coated popcorn.

February 17, 2024

Venezuelan migrant boy died from sepsis at Chicago warehouse-turned-shelter: autopsy report

A young Venezuelan migrant boy living at a Chicago shelter died from sepsis and a bacterial infection that causes strep throat, an autopsy released Friday shows.

February 17, 2024

Migrant gang members are terrorizing these cities, and soft-on-crime Dems abetting the mayhem

Gang members recruit migrants from shelters and as they come off buses, putting then to work in retail theft rings or on mopeds, grabbing phones and handbags and roughing up pedestrians.

February 16, 2024

Illinois pumping $250M more in taxpayer funds to help illegal migrants in Chicago

Illinois and Cook County are sending an additional $252 million to Chicago house, feed and provide other services to illegal immigrants arriving in in the city this year.

February 16, 2024

Biden economy, lack of visibility shake Black voters' loyalty for Dems: 'Get rid of' him

Black Conservative Federation Vice President Quenton Jordan discussed his man-on-the-street interview with Black voters from South Chicago in an interview with Fox News Digital.

February 16, 2024

Chicago migrants make poor and homeless 'an afterthought' in their own city: local activist

Tio Hardiman, the Executive Director for Violence Interrupters, described his frustration over how poorly the migrant crisis has been handled in Chicago.

February 15, 2024

Biden administration grants airports $970 million for improvements, modernization

The Biden administration is giving 114 airports in 44 states $970 million for improvements from a $5 billion grant program to modernize airport terminals across the US.

February 13, 2024

Mayor Johnson announces Chicago will cancel ShotSpotter deal designed to combat crime

Chicago will end its contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, city officials announced on Tuesday. The Chicago Police Department has said the technology helps fight crime.

February 13, 2024

Mayors want work permits extended to keep migrants employed, receive new asylum seekers

A group of mayors and county executives are calling on the feds to extend work permits for migrants so they won't lose their jobs and districts can cater to new asylum seekers.

February 13, 2024

Former chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker receives prison time for lying under oath

A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to two and a half years in prison for lying under oath.