United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, after more than 80 countries condemned "persistent attacks" in Lebanon and the killings of U.N. peacekeepers there. The U.S. was not on the list of signatories in the statement.

Speaking from Chicago about her family in Lebanon, Sahar Ditka said her relatives there are terrified.

"I mean, they're scared. Getting bombed 100 times in 10 minutes is terrifying," she said.

Lebanon says more than 1 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to the Israeli operation, and that at least 203 people were killed on Wednesday alone. The death toll from the last five weeks was over 1,500 even before Wednesday's strikes.

"They're being bombed indiscriminately, so there is no quote-unquote safe zones anymore," Ditka said.

Lebanon's prime minister said there were significant civilian casualties in Wednesday's attacks, but Israel's defense minister said Thursday that "200 terrorists" were killed in the strikes.

"This is absolutely not true that they are targeting Hezbollah, and only Hezbollah. They were bombing in Christian neighborhoods. They're bombing all over Lebanon," Ditka said.

The strikes have jeopardized a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the U.S.

Iran's deputy foreign minister called Israel's attacks in Lebanon "a grave violation" of the two-week ceasefire agreement, and said the U.S. must choose "between war and ceasefire."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he's authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon, which are expected to start next week.

Meantime, Vice President JD Vance was preparing to lead peace talks with Iran this weekend.

"If they don't give us what we need, then I think it's going to be bad, but I'm optimistic that the Iranians are going to be smart, that they're going to negotiate in good faith," Vance said.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said European allies are stepping up to secure the Strait of Hormuz, following talks with President Donald Trump. The White House earlier said the NATO alliance had failed.

"Nearly without exception, allies are doing everything the United States is asking. They have heard and are responding to President Trump's requests," Rutte said.

Ditka said she and her family do not want to see another deadly day in Lebanon.

"You know, the hospitals have been overrun over there, people are donating blood, there's almost a million people in Beirut who have been displaced from the south. So, yeah, I think that they were looking forward to having some sort of peace for at least a little while," she said.

Shortly after 4 p.m., police and firefighters responded to reports of a person in the water in a pond in the 700 block of Innovation Drive.

Police said a dead male was found in the water, but did not provide further details.

A death investigation was underway Thursday afternoon.

Sinclair wanted to be an architect. That's what he went to the University of Illinois to study. He was looking to make a little money when he took up what he thought would be a hobby.

"I looked around at our church one day and happened to see a guy who worked in radio, and I said, 'I wonder if he would give me a job, super part time, on the weekends,'" Sinclair said. "And he said words that changed my life. He said, 'do you want to be on the air?'"

Sinclair worked in TV and radio for years before he came across another opportunity at Illinois. He applied to be a public address announcer, then waited.

"They didn't call back for like a year.," he said. "When they got real desperate, they asked me to do a baseball game. That was where the wheels for this job started turning."

Sinclair gained experience working multiple sporting events on campus. He's called Illini men's basketball games for more than a decade. Thursday he was recognized in Chicago as the voice of the Chicago Fire FC and the Chicago Bears, but it's work with the Chicago Bulls you might know best.

"This was never anything I planned to do so I wasn't ever trying to mimic someone I was really trying to be myself and be quote on quote a fan with a microphone," he said.

He has been behind the microphone for the Bulls since 2020, and doesn't take being part of a historic franchise and iconic moment for granted.

"When you realize that intro the one from the Michael Jordan days that everyone around the world knows, the most famous intro in sports —  to me, best intro in sports – to now I'm the guy who is going to be doing that, there's a little fear and trembling," Sinclair said.

So what does it feel like to have to do it in front of an arena filled with 20,000 people?

"In the moment I don't think about it, because I think if you dwell on it too much—I'm an emotional person, that would be very emotional. But I love the idea that now, six seasons in, hopefully 10, 15, 20 down the line, there will be a generation of people where my voice will be tied to that intro just like Ray, Clay and Tommy, their voices are tied to it for me," he said.

Pronouncing names is no easy task either, but Sinclair said he doesn't practice starting lineups or phrases on purpose. What you see is what you'll hear. The results speak for themselves and have led to some pretty awesome opportunities.

"Being in the NBA2K video games, like to be a voice in a video game or one of them is crazy. To be singing the State Farm jingle in a State Farm commercial with Jake, that I never expected," he said.

Sinclair sometimes calls games in Champaign and Chicago on the same day. How does he do it? He said he spends a lot of time in the car. 

The meeting has many wondering if the pope might soon have a formal meeting with Obama himself.

Leo was born in Chicago and raised in south suburban Dolton. While Axelrod was born in New York, like Obama, he attended the University of Chicago, and after working as a reporter at the Chicago Tribune in the 1980s, he later helped Obama get elected president in 2008.

While the Vatican did not provide any details on Axelrod's meeting with Leo on Thursday, six weeks ago, Obama made it clear he'd like to meet his hometown pope.

"Being president, or even being an ex-president, I can kind of meet everybody. So, I've met a lot of folks. The person who I have not yet met, and that I'm looking forward to meeting – and I hope I get an opportunity sometime in the future – is the new pope, who's from Chicago, and a White Sox fan," Obama said on Bryan Tyler Cohen's podcast in February.

Axelrod hasn't shared details of his meeting with the pope, but his former boss is two months out from opening the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago.

Meantime, the pope has been as vocal as any predecessor about American wars. In his Easter Sunday message, he said he was "asking people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, to reject war, especially a war which many people have said is an unjust war, which is continuing to escalate and is not resolving anything."

In recent months, the Vatican has said the pope is unlikely to come to the U.S. in 2026, because it's an election year. So, what's really going on?

Christopher Hale, who is writing a book on the pope and American politics, said all signs point to the meeting Obama wanted.

"It's a surprise. Obviously, [Axelrod is] not someone you'd expect to meet with Pope Leo XIV," Hale said. "We're not 100% sure that this is connected to that, but the timing is auspicious."

In November, Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to the Vatican to meet with the pope. A number of Illinois mayors also have met with Leo since he became pontiff.

President Donald Trump still has not met Leo, who insiders said is keenly aware of how the political winds blow and how meetings and messages are perceived. 

"Pope Leo XIV is an American. He consumes American media vociferiously. He's an iPhone user. He's not disconnected from reality," Hale said.

Axelrod did not respond to a request for comment on his meeting with the pope.

One neighbor who lives four doors down said she heard someone screaming for help and came outside to find the front of the home engulfed in flames. The home is now a complete loss.

The Streamwood Fire Department responded to the report of a house fire around 4:45 a.m. in the 100 block of Southwood Circle. When they arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke on both the first and second floors of the home.

"I heard somebody screaming, 'Help me!'" said neighbor Julie Siegel. "I kept hearing it over and over, which got me out of bed."

When she looked out her bedroom window, she saw the fire.

"I said to my husband, quick, call 911, and the fire department was just coming down the street," she said.

Fire Chief Mike Meyers said the flames were incredibly hot when his company arrived.

"Some of our firefighters' gear was actually damaged from the flames. It was so hot," he said.

The residents of the home were trapped in the fire. As some firefighters attacked the flames with hoses and ladders, others searched for victims. Two victims were found; a 75-year-old woman died at the scene from their injuries, while a man in his 70s was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital for treatment. His condition was not immediately known.

Neighbors said the victims were husband and wife.

"It's just very unsettling, I just feel so bad," said Siegel. "I was with this poor lady when she came and found out that her mom passed away. I just hugged her and got her some water."

Meyers said processing the aftermath of a fire like this is tough for the whole department.

"We offer our condolences to the family and friends of our residents this we take this hard here at the fire department," he said.  "Our guys are… we don't take these too well."

One firefighter was treated for minor injuries and released at the scene. Meyers said they're still investigating what could have started the fire, but do not believe it was suspicious. 

Five masked suspects pulled up to a home on East Camp McDonald Road just before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Police said two appeared to be armed with handguns and acting as lookouts while the other three suspects went through a Chevrolet Camaro parked in the driveway.

The homeowner didn't notice the break-in until she went to leave for work a little before 7 a.m. She found the driver's side door was stuck and unable to open, and saw items from her glovebox were now on the floor of the car. She reviewed her home security camera footage, which had captured the entire incident, and called police.

Police said the suspects took off after only a few minutes and nothing was stolen, but the car was damaged.

No one is currently in custody. 

Kevan Works, 66, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of concealing the death of a person. Chicago police said he was arrested Tuesday morning after the body of Daniest Graves, 88, was found in a home in the 10700-block of S. Lafayette.

Works was arrested at the same address, according to Chicago police. Police scanner radio traffic said Graves was found in the basement of the home, wrapped in a rug, plastic bags and a sweater.

Graves was Works' mother. He repeatedly posted her missing person flyer to his Facebook page, writing that he misses his mother and asking for help to find her.

Graves had been reported missing on March 27. On Tuesday, police said she was found unresponsive and pronounced dead. An autopsy by the Cook County Medical Examiner found she had multiple injuries from a physical assault and ruled her death a homicide.

Neighbors, who didn't want to speak on camera, said Graves lived with her son and was known to pick up trash around the neighborhood to keep it clean.

One neighbor said she saw a lot of police outside the house.

"It took a few days for them to go in. I figured they had to get a search warrant because it was at a standstill, but I heard she had been there a while," said June Harris.

No further information was immediately available. Works is due in court for a detention hearing Friday.

Pooh Shiesty, whose legal name is Lontrell Williams Jr., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver for a hearing on Wednesday. Prosecutors have also charged eight others over the alleged January confrontation at a music studio, where the victims were allegedly robbed at gunpoint.

Prosecutors have declined to name the victims, and an FBI affidavit attached to a criminal complaint only refers to them by their initials. One victim, R.D., is described as the owner of 1017 Records, the label belonging to Gucci Mane, whose legal name is Radric Delantic Davis.

"I find that the weight of the evidence against you is strong," Toliver told Pooh Shiesty during the hearing.

She noted that the rapper had a criminal history and had violated a home confinement order following a prior firearms conspiracy conviction in Florida.

As of Thursday morning, no other hearings are scheduled in the case.

Affidavit details alleged gun threat, robbery during Dallas studio meeting

During the hearing, Bradford Cohen, the rapper's attorney, raised questions about much of the prosecution's evidence. "The FBI doesn't take three months to arrest someone if they believe everything that was said on the night that it occurred," Cohen said.

Prosecutors have accused the rapper, who was arrested last week, of arranging the music studio meeting in Dallas to discuss the terms of his contract with 1017 Records.

According to an affidavit attached to a criminal complaint, Pooh Shiesty had asked to speak with the record label owner in a recording room. He then allegedly produced contract termination paperwork and pulled out what appeared to be an AK-style pistol while forcing the label owner to sign.

The rapper then took the victim's wedding ring, watch, earrings and cash, according to the affidavit.

Pooh Shiesty is from Memphis, Tennessee, but he is believed to have been recently living in a high-rise apartment in Frisco, according to the affidavit. Several of the defendants traveled from Memphis to Dallas ahead of the meeting, according to the affidavit.

Gucci Mane is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of trap music alongside fellow Atlanta rappers T.I. and Jeezy. He emerged in the mid-2000s with his breakout single "Icy" and went on to build a vast catalog.

Around 11:30 a.m., the Carol Stream Fire District responded to a small fire in a 3rd floor apartment at 585 Thornhill Dr.

The fire started in a bathroom, and spread to a nearby hallway, but was put out quickly.

One person was taken to Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, and another was taken to Loyola University Medical Center. Their conditions were not available Thursday afternoon.

Five apartments were left uninhabitable as a result of the fire.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

The Lyric Opera announced the schedule for its 2026-2027 season on Thursday.

The season begins with "Don Giovanni" (Oct. 10-Nov. 1, 2026), Mozart's famous tale of deceit and retribution centering the infamous womanizer Don Juan and his downfall as a consequence of his insatiable lust. Former Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls will direct the production, Lyric Opera music director Enrique Mazzola will conduct, and bass-baritone and Lyric Opera veteran Christian Van Horn is the star.

"Don Giovanni" was actually the first ever production by Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1954. It was also staged in 1961, 1964, 1969, 1980, 1988-89, 1995-96, and 2004-05. Falls' production of "Don Giovanni" has appeared at the Lyric previously in 2014-15 and 2019-20.

The Lyric premiere of "Omar" runs concurrently with part of the run of "Don Giovanni" (Oct. 23-28). "Omar" was composed by MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Rhiannon Giddens and co-composer Michael Abels, and premiered in 2022 at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.

"Omar" is inspired by the memoir of 19th-cenutry Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said. It tells the story of Omar's capture in West Africa, passage across the Atlantic Ocean, and enslavement in South Carolina — where, the Lyric says, "he confronts his circumstances and challenges his faith through a series of indelible writings."

Director Kaneza Schaal interprets Giddens and Abels' score, which won a Pulitzer Prize.

Gaetano Donizetti's 1842 classic "Don Pasquale," appears Nov. 12-27. Wealthy lifelong bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry not out of love, but to stick it to his nephew, Ernesto, who is in love with a penniless widow. Don Pasquale has the idea in mind that he will produce a new heir after disowning Ernesto, but Ernesto's fiancée and the Don's doctor thwart the plan.

Mazzola conducts, and Mariame Clément directs the period production.

On Nov. 20 and 22, the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus will present "Wagner: Myth & Music," a program of orchestral and choral classics by Richard Wagner. Alexander Soddy makes his debut conducting, and Michael Black leads the Lyric Opera Chorus.

On Nov. 28 and 29, the Lyric presents a screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Encanto" (2021) with a live orchestra. "Encanto" tells the story of the Madrigals, who live in a magic house in the mountains of Colombia that their only ordinary family member finds is in danger.

"Encanto" features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

On Jan. 15 and 16, the Lyric will screen the 1984 Miloš Forman period film "Amadeus" with the accompaniment of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus performing Mozart's best-known works. "Amadeus" tells the story of aging composer Antonio Salieri and his envy of the younger and brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Brett Mitchell conducts the orchestra and chorus, making his Lyric debut.

On Jan. 22 and 23, music director Mazzola is back to conduct the orchestra and chorus for the Lyric premiere of Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Creation." The English libretto for the 1797-1798 opera combines Biblical passages from Genesis and Psalms and excerpts from John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost," which retells the story of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

"Hérodiade," an 1898 French grand opera by Jules Massanet inspired by Gustave Flaubert's 1877 novella "Hérodias," makes its first appearance at the Lyric. "Hérodiade" retells the Biblical story of Salomé and her vengeful mother, Hérodiade, who demands St. John the Baptist's head. The Massanet opera predates Richard Strauss' opera "Salomé," which premiered in 1905 and was based on an Oscar Wilde play about the same Biblical story.

Mazzola will conduct for what the Lyric called "a lush score filled with haunting choral chants, sultry dances, and Hollywood-esque evocations of first-century Jerusalem."

From March 11-26, the Lyric presents John Cox's production of Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos," an opera within an opera in which a composer first rushes to stage an opera for the richest man in Vienna, then stages an opera about the princess Ariadne of Greek mythology.

From March 24-April 25, the Lyric presents Giuseppe Verdi's "La traviata." The opera tells the story of hedonistic courtesan Violetta Valéry, who finds true love with Alfredo Germont — and who falls seriously ill after they separate.

"Prepare to be moved by this masterwork of melody and melancholy conducted by Enrique Mazzola, whether you've heard it a hundred times or never before," the Lyric said.

From April 11-23, Gabriella Reyes stars in Carlisle Floyd's 1955 American opera "Susannah," the story of a gentle and beautiful woman of modest origins in a small Tennessee mountain town. Gossip falsely alleging Susannah to be promiscuous leads to a mob mentality in her church community.

The Lyric describes "Susannah" as featuring "a taut, visceral libretto sung in English and a score that infuses lush orchestration with flavors of Broadway and American folk music."

On April 30 and May 2, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor SeokJong Baek appear in concert, performing classics by Puccini, Verdi, and others as conductor Riccardo Frizza leads the orchestra.

The season winds up with the Lyric premiere of the Broadway classic "Guys and Dolls" (June 4-20).

The 1950 musical, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, features some colorful characters who would fit right into one of CBS Chicago reporter John "Bulldog" Drummond's "Chicago Chronicles" features of yore. Nathan Detroit needs to money to rent a space for his floating craps game, and bets gambler Sky Masterson $1,000 that Sky can't get a frigid missionary named Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana.

The musical is based on the short stories of Damon Runyon. It features classic numbers such as "Fugue for Tinhorns," "Sit Down, You're Rockin; the Boat," "A Bushel an a Peck," "I've Never Been in Love Before," "Luck Be a Lady," and of course, the title song.

According to Illinois State Police, Bradley police officers were conducting a well-being check in the 600 block of Jonette Avenue and found a man "armed with a bladed weapon." 

Police said the man did not obey the officers and approached them. 

ISP said that's when officers fired shots, hitting the man. 

The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Kankakee County Coroner's office identified him as Jose Orozco, 34.

Illinois State Police are investigating. The case will be turned over to the Kankakee County State's Attorney for review. 

The Rainbow PUSH board of directors has approved Yusef Jackson as president and chief executive officer of the organization. This was what the late Rev. Jackson wanted — before he died Rev. Jackson named Yusef as his successor, Rainbow PUSH reported.

For the past two years, Yusef Jackson has been chief operating officer at Rainbow PUSH.

"I am deeply grateful to my father for his trust, his guidance, and the example he set for all of us," Yusef Jackson said in a Rainbow PUSH news release. "My father's leadership and legacy have left an indelible mark on our world. I had the profound privilege of working alongside him as he tirelessly advocated for human rights and economic justice for all. His work to educate, register, and mobilize millions of voters helped transform our democracy."

The Rev. Jesse Jackson died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. 

Chicago police said on April 7, around 9:15 p.m., a woman was getting a Red Line train at Monroe when she was approached by a person who grabbed her buttock. 

Police said the suspect then followed the woman onto the escalator. 

Police are asking anyone with information to contact detectives at 312-745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com. 

Thousands of fans have visited the store below the Omni Hotel on Michigan Avenue since its opening a year ago. 

The store will host a birthday party on Friday with free cake for guests while supplies last. It is a cake similar to the one Hagrid gives Harry, but it will say "Happee 1st Birthdae Chicago." 

The Mag Mile location is the second store in the country. The first one is in New York.   

Just after 2 a.m., the Chicago Fire Department was called to an apartment building fire in the 3400 block of West Monroe Street. Firefighters found a 4-year-old child and a woman outside on the sidewalk. 

Firefighters found a 62-year-old man unresponsive inside the burning apartment. The man was treated on the scene and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

The victim has not been identified. 

The woman and child were taken to the same hospital in good condition. 

CBS News Chicago was told the woman and child lived on the second floor of the building, and the man who died lived on the first floor. 

The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

All six of Jackson's children had time to speak or perform during the ceremony. His daughter, Santita, performed a rousing rendition of "My Tribute (To God Be The Glory)" by gospel singer Andrae Crouch.

Jesse Jackson Jr. and Yusuf Jackson Sr. also spoke at the public memorial service, "The People's Celebration," on Friday at House of Hope on the Far South Side of Chicago.

While many of Friday's speeches – three of which were delivered by former U.S. presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton – focused on Jackson's legacy of civil rights work, political campaigns and advocacy, and cultural impact, the Jackson children took their time Saturday to give a glimpse into not just the life of a towering icon but of a man they called "dad."

"He taught us that every child deserves a strong foundation, a loving mother and a family, a welcoming church, a close-knit neighborhood with resources and opportunity," his son Yusuf Jackson said. "He lived that belief."

"It was hard to visit my father, even in his illness, and not leave feeling better about yourself," he added.

U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson reflected on his father's immense legacy in the political world, but also shared that when he was young, Rev. Jackson's political activism and constant protesting were a source of embarrassment for him.

"I was embarrassed as a child to see my father protesting and boycotting week after week," he said. "I didn't understand economic exclusion and the fight for economic inclusion. I didn't know what was happening in South Africa, in apartheid. I didn't understand. I'm not going to lie to you. It was a great source of pain for me to hear people talk about my father. But let me tell you what: that was only because I was a child."

"I'm proud to say that my father was my friend, my hero, my pastor, my confidant, my biggest cheerleader, my political advisor," Jonathan Jackson continued. "When I was at my worst, I saw a man at his best, and I'm proud to call him my father."

His youngest daughter, Ashley Jackson, recalled taking a road trip with her father through the American South back to the house where he was born in South Carolina, during which he taught her the history of the Civil Rights Movement and shared the sites of his own personal history with her.  She spoke of how all of their activities weren't just opportunities to bond as father and daughter, but for him to teach her more about his roots and the roots of the fight for equality in America.

"Today, I am standing here as his daughter, the baby of the family, bereft and amazed and so deeply grateful that enough of his love was poured into me across 26 years that I know I will never run out," she said. "Dad, I love you in every lifetime, and until we meet again, I'll find you in the rainbows."

His daughter, Dr. Jaqueline Jackson II, an author and peace activist, spoke about how her father helped her with learning, writing, reading, and math as a child who struggled in school, and how he was always attentive to her introverted nature at church and at home.

She described a very close relationship with Rev. Jackson that persisted as his health failed, and she helped her mother meet the new challenges with his physical state.

"I share all this with you, in closing, to highlight my own awareness of my father's impact on me as a child," she said, "when he lay his own hand to write and coach my own relationship beyond my interior life, into the larger exterior world, through learning the alphabet and numbers and while heightening my observation of details, I came to realize that our roles had indeed reversed, and all that he taught me as a child were the tools that I used to help him."

"In the end," she concluded, "it came down not to the tools but simply the love for someone whose love could never be repaid. God bless you, Daddy."

Jesse Jackson, Jr., was overcome by emotions as he spoke, recounting the history of his mother and father meeting more than 60 years ago, about what it was like to bear his father's name as he launched his own political career, and about how his father helped him and loved him during his fall from political grace and a conviction for campaign fraud.

"I remember when Daddy would come visit me in prison, and I would think about all of the people my daddy could save. And he came to visit me one day and I said, 'Daddy, do you think you can get me out of here?'" he recalled. "He said, 'I'm trying son, but don't give up. Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it.'"

"I am grateful to each of the iterations of Jesse Jackson that are represented here today because we've seen you, and you, and you, and you have lifted this family and allowed us the great privilege of representing you," Jackson Jr. said through tears as he concluded his eulogy. ""I am grateful to all of you on behalf of our family. Rise, Jesse, rise!"