Senate passed bill that includes TikTok ban, heads to President Biden’s desk
The bill gives TikTok 270 days to part ways with Chinese company Byte Dance and instead find a new owner or it'll be taken out of U.S. app stores.
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The bill gives TikTok 270 days to part ways with Chinese company Byte Dance and instead find a new owner or it'll be taken out of U.S. app stores.
On Saturday, House leaders passed a bill ordering TikTok’s parent company to sell TikTok within a year, or risk it being banned from coast to coast.
The company said the legislation would "trample the free speech rights" of TikTok users.
In recent months, there has been no shortage of videos posted to TikTok that have ended up at the center of controversies.
TikTok now has more than 6 million users in Illinois – and thousands of businesses have grown to rely on the social media platform to advertise. But it has also been used to spread disturbing and dangerous content. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
The House on Wednesday passed legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance doesn't sell its stake.
TikTok could soon be faced with a difficult choice. Congress has advanced legislation that would order the social media platform to cut ties with their Chinese owners, or get removed from app stores in the U.S.
Lawmakers' phones were flooded after TikTok alerted users to tell their representatives to oppose legislation targeting the app's Chinese ownership.
Krishnamoorthi represents Illinois’ 8th congressional district and is a co-author of the bill ordering TikTok to break ties with their Chinese owners or get kicked off U.S. app stores.
The new bipartisan bill would force parent company ByteDance to divest from TikTok or face a ban in the U.S.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a measure that would give the app's Chinese parent company six months to divest, or face a U.S. ban. CBS 2's Marie Saavedra explains.
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has long faced national security concerns that it would share U.S. users' data with the Chinese government.
The trend uses the song "End of Beginning" as people post their favorite places, activities, and memories of Chicago.
It's the new number 1 reason for a toddler to go to the bathroom.
Parents who lost their kids after bullying and violence on social media packed the hearing, including one family from Chicago.
Two Chicago parents were in the front row on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee pushed big tech executives to do more to protect children from sexual exploitation on social media.
A TikTok account shared a scene of an absolutely massive web created by dozens – and maybe hundreds of spiders. They are so big as to be compared to the size of a watch.
A growing TikTok trend might be helping Gen Z become more financially responsible. Loud Budgeting is all about talking openly with friends and family about how much money you are willing to spend, when and where.
Health officials say it's not safe to eat starch toothpicks. Restaurants use them as an environmentally friendly way to pick up finger foods.
In an interview with CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot, Dr. Youn explains what autojuvenation is and how it works.
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas grinds on, social media has become a front line in the battle over public opinion. Teens are getting caught in the middle.
Whose that wonderful girl? Could she be any cuter? Mona, the small green puppet who is the star of Nanalan', an old Canadian TV show, gains new fans on Tiktok.
If the abstract feeling of childlike wonder could be embodied, it would be in the form of a small puppet named Mona, the main character of "Nanalan'." And more than 20 years after her debut on Canadian TV in 1999, her sing-a-long, "Whose that wonderful girl? Could she be any cuter?" is going viral on TikTok. Mona is a three-year-old green puppet with wide eyes, wearing a corduroy pink dress, matching pink pigtails, and a contagious smile. She speaks in small, short sentences with bursts of energy and emotion. Creators Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley say the idea was born out of their love for their own nanas, inviting viewers into the magical experience of playing as a kid at a grandparent's house.
Thrift-Tok is the latest trend where users of TikTok share some of their finds on the social media app.
A judge in Indiana has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing the company of making false claims about the safety of user data and age-appropriate content.
Nazareth Academy senior Landon Thome is one of the top baseball players in Illinois, and his dream is to play in the big leagues like his Hall of Fame dad, Jim Thome, who's been there with him throughout his high school career.
The Bears will kick off the season against the defending NFC south champion Carolina Panthers.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
A Chicago firefighter died on Thursday afternoon during a training exercise in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
The Chicago City Council chamber has been full of passionate debate Thursday, but it hasn't been filled with alders; teenagers have taken them over, and they're putting in the work to make real change in Chicago.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.
Chicago taxpayers could pay $3.5 million to the family of a man who was killed by a driver being chased by police in the Little Village neighborhood in 2020, under a settlement recommended by the city's attorneys.
Attorneys for the city of Chicago are recommending that the City Council approve a $13 million settlement with a man who spent 26 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1994.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks, who was appointed to the role last year, told staff on Thursday that he is stepping down.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday announced an expansion to the city's CARE Program, a specialized team that responds to mental health crises without police.
A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Nazareth Academy senior Landon Thome is one of the top baseball players in Illinois, and his dream is to play in the big leagues like his Hall of Fame dad, Jim Thome, who's been there with him throughout his high school career.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
A Chicago firefighter died on Thursday afternoon during a training exercise in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
The Chicago City Council chamber has been full of passionate debate Thursday, but it hasn't been filled with alders; teenagers have taken them over, and they're putting in the work to make real change in Chicago.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified him as 61-year-old Steven Decker. Fire Department officials said he was a 30-year veteran of the department.
Phone lines in south suburban Sauk Village were disconnected for several days due to money issues, but are now being fixed.
A man's family is demanding answers after he was shot by a security guard inside a hospital emergency room waiting area on Tuesday night in Gary, Indiana.
After the public learned about Chicago girls left high and dry when a Humboldt Park shop didn't deliver their prom dresses, strangers across the city are stepping up to help.
Nazareth Academy senior Landon Thome is one of the top baseball players in Illinois, and his dream is to play in the big leagues like his Hall of Fame dad, Jim Thome, who's been there with him throughout his high school career.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
Illinois lawmakers are trying to decide what should happen when artificial intelligence leads to serious destruction or even death, and two of the most influential AI companies in the world are backing opposing state bills trying to answer that question.
Nazareth Academy senior Landon Thome is one of the top baseball players in Illinois, and his dream is to play in the big leagues like his Hall of Fame dad, Jim Thome, who's been there with him throughout his high school career.
The Bears will kick off the season against the defending NFC south champion Carolina Panthers.
The Detroit Lions will host the defending NFC North champion Chicago Bears in Detroit's annual Thanksgiving Day game.
Cuypers has scored at least one goal in each of the nine games he has played this season.
The Cubs managed just four hits — all singles — after being held to a single hit in the series opener, a 5-2 victory for the Braves.
A man was found shot to death Thursday morning in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
One man was killed and another was critically injured Thursday morning in a shooting in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
A young man was shot and killed while getting into his car in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side Thursday morning.
A Chicago-area man who ran a business helping people apply for asylum and immigrant visas was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and child pornography.
Alex Murdaugh was convicted of his killing his wife and his son at the family's home in 2021.
