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Chicago Weather: Mild And Pleasant WeekendThis weekend is looking mild and sunny before a significant cool-down arrives on Monday.
Woman Recovering After Life-Saving Heart Transplant Doctor Calls 'One In A Million'After eight hours in surgery over Thanksgiving, a Kankakee woman is recovering after she got a new heart. Her case is so unusual doctors say out of the thousands of transplants they do a year, maybe one like this ever happens.
Boy Abducted After His Mother's Murder Now Safe; Manhunt Continues For Boy's FatherAfter police say his mother and uncle were murdered and he was abducted, 1-year-old K'Marion Hebron is now safe. The man accused of taking him and killing his mother and uncle was still on the run Friday night.
Person Pushed Onto CTA Tracks, Struck By Train In Serious ConditionA person is in serious condition after he was pushed onto the CTA Red Line tracks Friday evening, Chicago police say.
COVID-19 Pandemic Leaves Nonprofits In Need In Holiday SeasonThe world may be in for a COVID Christmas, but there is no skipping presents in a pandemic, and nonprofits are especially in need. Some Chicago charities are making major changes this season.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory To Become First Black Cardinal In United StatesArchbishop Wilton Gregory was in quarantine in Rome Friday, just hours away from making history as the South Side native will become the first Black American cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church Saturday.
AMBER Alert Update: 1-Year-Old K'marion Hebron Located Safely After Double Homicide In RiverdaleAuthorities have issued an AMBER Alert for a 1-year-old boy who was kidnapped after a double homicide in south suburban Riverdale.
Mail Delays Cause Problems For Edgewater, Rogers Park Residents; 'They're Waiting For Paychecks. They're Waiting For Bills'"My husband's license plates and city stickers have not arrived. My insurance cards have not arrived."
Chicago Area Man Gives Thanks For COVID-19 Recovery; 'At Least I'm Alive'"I came a real long way and I just thank god everyday. And I go to bed praying for these other people that they survive it."
CBS 2 Investigators
Getting Hosed: After Vietnam Vet Rodney Andrews Got Hit With $10,700 Water Bill At House Where He'd Never Lived, He Gets A Surprise Of New Appliances To Make It A Home
Woman Says She Paid Thousands To Contractor To Fix Leaky Roof, Only For Him To Demand More And More -- And Then VanishTalk about a double whammy – your roof is messed up, you pay a contractor thousands of dollars, and he does the demolition work, only to disappear like Houdini.
Cook County Judicial Candidate Says Vote Totals Changed After Deadline To Make Him Lose, Claims FraudOne man who ran for judge in Cook County claims thousands of ballots mysteriously materialized after the Nov. 17 deadline to count them, and it cost him the race.
COVID In Illinois: Expert Says Ambitious Federal Timeline For Getting Out Coronavirus Vaccine Is PossibleAn ambitious timeline has been set up to get out a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
COVID-19 Surging In Chicago Area Nursing Homes Again, And Some Say State Is Not Doing EnoughCOVID-19 cases are again surging in Chicago area nursing homes, and workers in the facilities are in dire need of emergency supplies.
DHL Says 'We're Ready' To Assist In Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccine When It's Available"Whatever methods we can use to deliver those vaccines to the patients need them as soon as possible, we should look into it."
Towing Without Telling: City Accused Of Towing Vehicles Without Proper Warning, And Now Taxpayers Could Be On The Hook For MillionsThe CBS 2 Investigators were the first to expose how the city towed and destroyed a woman's van with her wheelchair lift inside. The city claimed it was abandoned because it hadn't moved in seven days, and now, the city is accused of failing to warn people properly in these kinds of cases.
No New Ambulances Coming, Response Times Still Sometimes Long, And CFD Whistleblower Says Pandemic Has Made Shortage WorseA whistleblower exposed to CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov that a critical Chicago Fire Department ambulance shortage has been made worse with the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Customs And Border Protection Seizes More Than $1.6M In Fake Money Headed To Joliet From UkraineMore than $1.6 million in fake money has been intercepted over the last month from shipments originating in Ukraine and destined for, of all places, Joliet.
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Chicago Weather: Mild And Pleasant WeekendCBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis has the 10 p.m. forecast for Friday, Nov. 27, 2020.
Manhunt Underway For Man Suspected Of Abducting Son After Murdering His Mother; Boy Found SafeAfter police say his mother and uncle were murdered and he was abducted, 1-year-old K'Marion Hebron is now safe. The man accused of taking him and killing his mother and uncle was still on the run Friday night.
COVID-19 Pandemic Leaves Nonprofits In Need In Holiday SeasonThe world may be in for a COVID Christmas, but there is no skipping presents in a pandemic, and nonprofits are especially in need. Some Chicago charities are making major changes this season.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory To Become First Black Cardinal In United StatesArchbishop Wilton Gregory was in quarantine in Rome Friday, just hours away from making history as the South Side native will become the first Black American cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church Saturday.
Postal Problems As People Don't Get Their PackagesCBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports, some Edgewater and Rogers Park residents are not getting their mail.
Chicago's Black Shop FridayCBS 2's Marie Saavedra reports on what Black owned businesses are doing to get the attention of holiday shoppers, at a time when sales are critical for shops hit hard by the pandemic.
CBS 2 Sports Headlines
Bears Name QB Mitchell Trubisky As Starter Sunday Night Vs. PackersWith the Bears' offensive line decimated by injuries and poor play, Trubisky's mobility could give him an advantage against Foles the rest of the season even when both are healthy.
Ohio State Goes On The Road To Face Revitalized Illini
Dosunmu, Curbelo Lead No. 8 Illinois Past Chicago StateAyo Dosunmu scored 22 points, freshman Andres Curbelo added 18 and No. 8 Illinois beat Chicago State on Thursday.
