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17+ min ago (833+ words) John Corkery was an attorney and a distinguished one, a frequent radio and TV legal expert, a powerful courtroom presence, and an admired teacher and administrator. He was much more. "John was a performer at heart," said his wife, Denise Corkery, an advertising executive. "He always referred to teaching his law classes as giving "five performances a week.'" Corkery died at home in Chicago on Nov. 27, on Thanksgiving morning. He had been on home hospice care for'a lengthy battle with brain cancer, with which he had been diagnosed in 2019. He was 82. "He died peacefully, without pain," Denise said. Born in 1943 in St. Louis, Corkery was the eldest of eight children. He earned a bachelor's degree at St. Louis University in 1964 and his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1967. Smitten with Chicago, he would make the city his…...

19+ min ago (724+ words) D'as despu's de que los principales directivos de Warner estuvieron de acuerdo con la oferta de compra de 72.000 millones de d'lares de Netflix, la oferta de Paramount busca pasar por encima de ellos apelando directamente a los accionistas de Warner con m's dinero: 74.400 millones de d'lares y un plan para comprar todo el negocio de Warner, incluido el negocio de cable que Netflix no quiere. Paramount dijo que su decisi'n de ir hostil se produjo despu's de que hizo varias ofertas anteriores con las que la direcci'n de Warner "nunca se comprometi' de manera significativa" tras el anuncio de octubre de la compa'a de que estaba abierta a venderse. En su apelaci'n a los accionistas, Paramount seal' que su oferta tambi'n contiene m's efectivo que la oferta de Netflix (18.000 millones m's) y argument' que es m's probable que apruebe el…...

29+ min ago (1101+ words) Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan: Bring it on. Speaking at a City Hall news conference, the mayor castigated the slim City Council majority and said that if those 26 aldermen are so confident in their counterproposal to his $16.6 billion spending plan for next year, then prove it. "Well, we don't know that they have 26 votes, because nothing's been voted on," Johnson told reporters. "So I'm saying put it on the board. Let's see. Do people actually want to vote on doubling the garbage fees? They should present that. If City Council members want to double the garbage fees in Englewood, Roseland, Austin, then they should put it on the board and vote." "That's just an incomplete assignment," Johnson said. "I don't want us to overly…...

37+ min ago (224+ words) The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal is pending a physical. The 28-year-old Soroka is expected to bolster the back of the Diamondbacks starting rotation. He was 3-8 with a 4.52 ERA last season, starting 16 games for the Washington Nationals before getting traded to the Chicago Cubs, where he pitched mostly out of the bullpen. Soroka's first start in a Cubs uniform certainly didn't play out as the front office had envisioned when he was acquired at the trade deadline. He landed on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain after lasting just two innings a day earlier. Soroka made six appearances in all for the Cubs. A 2019 All-Star with the Atlanta Braves, Soroka was one of the game's best young pitchers, finishing with a 13-4 record and a 2.68 ERA that season. But he tore…...

37+ min ago (165+ words) December 8, 2025 / 1:12 PM CST / CBS Chicago Metra BNSF trains are halted in both directions near Hinsdale after a train struck a vehicle. Metra posted the alert just before 1 p.m. Monday. The transit agency said extensive delays are expected. Both inbound and outbound trains are affected. Metra said the train scheduled to arrive in Aurora at 12:51 p.m. will now arrive an hour late and run express from LaGrange to Aurora due to the crash. Once it's in Aurora, it will be able to pick up passengers. It was not immediately clear how the vehicle came to be on the tracks, whether the driver or any passengers were inside at the time of the crash, and whether there were any injuries to anyone in the car or on the train. Metra has not released any further details. CBS News Chicago has reached out to Hinsdale…...

40+ min ago (403+ words) TOKYO " A powerful 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 27 inches in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. Several people were injured, media reports said. The quake struck at about 11:15 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean about 50 miles off the coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu island, the agency said. A tsunami of 70 centimeters was measured in Kuji port in Iwate prefecture, just south of Aomori, and tsunami levels of up to 50 centimeters struck other coastal communities in the region, the agency said. The agency issued an alert for potential tsunami surges of up to 10 feet in some areas, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara urged residents to immediately head to higher ground or take shelter inside buildings or evacuation centers until the…...

42+ min ago (815+ words) All eight teams left in the running for the NBA Cup are now playing for a shot at going to Las Vegas for the tournament semifinals, along with a chance of picking up more than $500,000 per player as a reward for claiming the title. And for the Oklahoma City Thunder, there's something more: History is at stake. The NBA Cup quarterfinal games " Miami at Orlando, New York at Toronto, Phoenix at Oklahoma City, and San Antonio at the Los Angeles Lakers " are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The winners will head to Vegas for semifinal games this weekend. If the Thunder beat the Suns, they'll improve to 24-1 this season and tie Golden State for the best 25-game start in NBA history. There are also cash incentives: Players on the quarterfinalist teams have already assured themselves of $53,093 apiece in a bonus,…...

43+ min ago (1090+ words) New car prices didn't spike after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs in the spring, as some experts and dealers projected. But prices on many models are now pushing notably higher " and analysts said carmakers recouping Trump's higher import costs is a key factor. Consider a recent analysis that found automakers are implementing more aggressive price increases on 2026 model-year vehicles compared to when 2025s were hitting dealership lots last year. Cloud Theory, which tracks car inventory on dealer websites across the country, found the average marketed price increase on 2026 models was nearly $2,000, compared to an approximately $400 uptick during last year's model year changeover. This year, 23 models have at least a $2,000 price hike; last year there were just nine. "What I think is different this year is you have a lot of cost increases that are $1,000 or $1,500 or more, $2,000 or more," said…...

46+ min ago (548+ words) The twilight Santa's Parade of Toys in Portage received a warm reception despite Saturday's cold temperature. Danny and Alyssa Wilkinson, of Portage, brought their kids and a few of their friends to the parade. "I love that we have an opportunity to do this together," Alyssa said. "It's a great parade to bring the city together," Danny said. "It fosters a sense of community." "My daughter is thrilled about the firetruck. She wants to be a firefighter," Alyssa said. At age 5, her daughter has plenty of time to change her mind, but Alyssa was glad to have the opportunity to introduce her daughter to the loud noise when it wasn't caused by an emergency. "Layers to stay warm," Danny said, was his strategy while watching the parade. Nancy Buza, of Valparaiso, wanted to share the excitement of Christmas with her…...

47+ min ago (862+ words) Dozens of community members from six municipalities in the Calumet region came together Friday to celebrate progress on a collection of flood mitigation projects funded by American Rescue Plan funds, ranging from better stormwater diversion to retrofitting homes for flood resilience. Miriam Savad, chief strategy and program officer for the Center for Neighborhood Technology, which created the flood preparedness plans now being put into action, said the goal was to center the needs and perspectives of residents. "We know that you need an equitable process to end up with an equitable solution," Savad said. "I think this is a project that really exemplifies that. We need community participation in communities that have been explicitly disinvested in." The six communities involved in the project are Dolton, Robbins, Blue Island, Calumet City, Calumet Park and Riverdale. Each of the municipalities has its…...