Texas girl saves sister's life after first aid class
Auri Agramont, 12, were preparing to walk their dogs when her 8-year-old sister, Suri, started choking. As J.D. Miles reports, Auri had just learned the Heimlich maneuver hours earlier.
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Auri Agramont, 12, were preparing to walk their dogs when her 8-year-old sister, Suri, started choking. As J.D. Miles reports, Auri had just learned the Heimlich maneuver hours earlier.
The story would be hard to believe if not for dashcam video.
TGI Fridays Executive Chairman Rohit Manocha said "COVID-19 and capital structure" were the primary drivers of the chain's financial challenges.
Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Willie Nelson and Jessica Alba are the latest big-name celebrities to join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail.
In 1972, the plane of U.S. Marine Corps Captain Ronald Forrester of Texas vanished during a nighttime combat mission in Vietnam.
The monkeys were rescued from traffickers at a U.S. port of entry.
Officers ripped out a window air conditioning unit and pulled the children to safety just moments before flames filled their bedroom.
Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish, the National Hurricane Center said.
Civil rights leaders are demanding a federal investigation into a series of voter fraud raids conducted by the Texas attorney general. The League of United Latin American Citizens claims Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office illegally searched the homes of volunteers helping register people to vote.
Six is a little too young to join the Fort Worth police, but Bryson knows he wants to be a cop when he grows up.
Police bodycam video shows the moments a 12-year-old boy's quick thinking saved his mother's life. The woman was driving when she suffered a seizure, passed out, and drove into a pond with her two kids in the car.
The number of migrants arriving at hte southern border hit a three-year low of just over 83,000 in June.
While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says buses will keep rolling, an experts tells Political Reporter Chris Tye that changes in the circumstances of the migrant crisis cast doubt on what is actually likely to happen.
Uvalde city officials released a massive trove of audio and video recordings connected to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School after a legal fight.
Lazar Đukić drowned Wednesday morning during an individual competition. The fire department was called to help after someone saw him go underwater in Marine Creek Lake and not come up.
The 3D printing company's Icon’s Vulcan printer goes layer-by-layer to build these homes. It's 45 feet wide, and weighs just under five tons.
Meanwhile, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds more work needs to be done to address the mental health crisis in young people.
Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of drug lord El Chapo, were arrested last week in Texas.
More than a million people go a fourth day without power after Hurricane Beryl.
At least four of the deceased victims were reported in Texas, and Houston's mayor says that figure includes a city employee whose car was submerged in floodwaters. Michael Yoshida reports.
Beryl pounded parts of Texas with high winds and heavy rains, and storm survivors are just now assessing the damage.
Three people were hospitalized and one person was treated at the scene and discharged, South Padre Island officials said.
The charges come more than two years after a teenage gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Back in 2022, a gunman shot and killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Born on Oct. 31, 1944, Friedman was known for his unique storytelling style modeled after American satirists such as Mark Twain and Will Rogers.
The breach happened sometime between August and September last year.
Ben Williamson doubled twice and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay spoiled the major league debut of White Sox starter Nick Schultz.
Police said the pair from Melrose Park made reservations at the hotel, but they checked out wearing handcuffs.
Carson Kelly hit a three-run homer, Colin Rea pitched six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 on Tuesday night.
Aroma Park resident Mike Satterfield says he's still waiting for the county to pick up leftover debris, as well as his insurance claim, more than a month after the storm.
The City Council is expected to soon raise cab fares in Chicago for the first time in a decade, and while you might expect taxi drivers are happy about it, opinions are mixed.
Former ComEd chief executive officer Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain have both been ordered released from prison on appeal bonds, as a federal appeals court announced it will be granting them a new trial just hours after hearing arguments in their case.
The back and forth between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV continues to make waves, as the president has lashed out at the pope's criticism of his administration.
After a one-month delay, the City Council is moving forward with plans to increase taxi fares in Chicago for the first time since 2016.
The image was deleted from President Trump's Truth Social account, but the president said it depicted him as a "doctor, making people better."
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," the local premiere of the 2022 opera "Omar," and a fresh production of "Guys and Dolls" are among the highlights of the 2026-2027 season for Chicago's Lyric Opera.
Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
If a package, for example, is put on the wrong truck, radio sensors will automatically detect it and issue an alert. Packages will also be able to be tracked in real time.
The study in the Journal of Cancer Research Communications found that women who aren't married have an 83% higher risk of the disease. Single men have a 68% higher risk of getting cancer.
Foods including salty snacks, sugary drinks, and fast food can have negative effects on heart health and diabetes, according to the research published in the Journal of Radiology.
Meet Pancake. Her elite zoomies and her lop-sided smile earned her the title of "mid-tier influencer" in the latest Pet Lover's Choice Awards. The annual contest invites followers to vote for their favorite pet accounts on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Anyone who was a patient at Insight, there are a few things the hospital is already advising people to do, including get a copy of their credit report, place a fraud alert on it, and freeze their credit file.
Severe storms move across the Chicago area with reports of hail and strong winds.
The breach happened sometime between August and September last year.
Police said the pair from Melrose Park made reservations at the hotel, but they checked out wearing handcuffs.
After surveillance video showed a delivery robot smashing into a CTA bus stop, the little guy and the company he works for have issued an apology.
Carson Kelly hit a three-run homer, Colin Rea pitched six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 on Tuesday night.
Some parents in southwest suburban Oswego are fired up, saying the school district invited all non-white students to participate in summer remedial programming, regardless of how they're doing in school.
New proposed Illinois legislation would allow renters or people who can't install massive rooftop panels to also harness the power of the sun.
When a rusty light pole snapped and fell on a woman's car in Bucktown, causing thousands of dollars in damage, she thought the city would pay for it. She was wrong.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
Ben Williamson doubled twice and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay spoiled the major league debut of White Sox starter Nick Schultz.
Carson Kelly hit a three-run homer, Colin Rea pitched six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 on Tuesday night.
Former Oswego East High School standout Noah Schultz is getting ready to step on the mound for the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night for his Major League debut with his hometown team.
Angel Reese will not be playing for the Chicago Sky next season, but the team selected a college championship player in Gabriela Jaquez in the WNBA Draft Monday night.
The game was tied at 1 before Thompson scored from the low slot 13 minutes into the second after stealing the puck from Blackhawks defenseman Louis Crevier.
A Chicago man has been sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for his role in trying to carjack an off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy and his family in 2023 in south suburban Dolton.
Two Chicago men have been charged with murder in the shooting death of an Alsip man in southwest suburban Oak Forest over the weekend.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested and charged this week with robbing two men at gunpoint in Chicago's River North district.
Crash-and-grab burglars stole an ATM from a River North gas station early Tuesday morning, Chicago police say.
Two police officers were injured over the weekend while arresting a man in a domestic disturbance in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park.
