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• Police rampage targets striking railway workers in Myanmar Demonstrators against Myanmar’s military takeover returned to the streets Thursday after a night of armed intimidation by security forces in the country’s second biggest city. The police rampage in a Mandalay neighborhood where state railway workers are housed showed the conflict between protesters and the new military government is increasingly focused on the businesses and government institutions that sustain the economy. State railway workers on Sunday had called a strike, joining a loosely organized Civil Disobedience Movement that was initiated…
• CTA Pink Line service halted between Polk and the Loop, riders directed to Blue Line trains CTA Pink Line service was disrupted Feb. 18, 2021. | Sun-Times file photoThe transit authority announced the service disruption about 6:50 p.m., and said that Pink Line riders headed downtown will have to transfer to an O’Hare-bound Blue Line train at the Racine stop. CTA Pink Line trains are not running between the Loop and the Polk station Thursday evening due to signal problems near the Adams/Wabash stop. The transit authority announced the service disruption about 6:50 p.m., and said…
• How the Bay Area is coping with storm-driven vaccine delays Bay Area health officials scrambled Monday to roll out expanded vaccination plans after losing some steam from distribution delays caused by last week’s fierce winter storms in wide swaths of the nation. San Francisco announced Monday it would resume appointments at two of its mass vaccination sites this week, while other counties forged ahead by opening new clinics for teachers and emergency responders. California — and the United States as a whole — had significantly picked up the pace in…
• Chicago pups line up for drive-thru pet food pantry near Cook County Jail Jose Rodriguez feeds his dog Guccie Rosé after receiving treats during the Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s drive-up pet food pantry near West 28th Street and South California Boulevard in the Little Village neighborhood on Saturday. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times, Pat Nabong/Sun-TimesCook County Sheriff’s Office’s drive-thru pet pantry distributed treats, toys and pet accessories to people in about 200 cars Saturday morning. Canines were in for a drive-thru treat Saturday morning near the Cook County Jail. Jose Rodriguez drove 40 minutes and…
• Multiple vehicles burn in Sun Valley auto recycling yard SUN VALLEY — A fire damaged multiple vehicles Wednesday in an outdoor area at a recycling yard in Sun Valley, and a firefighter suffered a minor injury while battling the flames. Firefighters sent to the 11200 block of Vinedale Street at 12:34 p.m. extinguished the fire in 23 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. No structures were damaged. A firefighter was taken to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury, the LAFD reported. The cause of the fire…
• Democrats demand answers for USPS delays By Devan Cole, Kristen Holmes and Liz Stark | CNN Congressional Democrats are calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to protect the country’s mail from future delivery delays and raising questions about his leadership, urging President Joe Biden to fill vacancies on the US Postal Service’s Board of Governors so that the board can “seriously consider” whether the Trump administration appointee “is suitable to continue in his role.” In two separate letters sent to DeJoy and Biden this week, scores…
• Genesis Invitational delayed by strong winds at Riviera LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods arrived at Riviera Country Club on Saturday just in time for the Genesis Invitational to be delayed by high wind. Woods, the tournament host, is not playing this year as he recovers from a fifth back surgery. He spent most of the late morning visiting with Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and other players who had time on their hands. The wind was gusting to 35 mph, strong enough in such dry conditions that golf balls…
• Jonathan Quick, Kings stifle Wild with surging special teams Los Angeles Kings defenseman Tobias Bjornfot, left, and Minnesota Wild left wing Jordan Greenway vie for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno, top, trips over Los Angeles Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Los…
• 3 people robbed near Red Line station in Englewood Three people were robbed near a CTA station in Englewood. | Sun-Times fileA group of one to six men, approach a person at or near the Red Line station on 63rd Street and take their property before leaving the scene, Chicago police said. Chicago police are searching for a group of men wanted in connection with robberies near a CTA station in Englewood. In the robberies, a group of one to six men, approach a person at or near the…
• Person killed in rollover crash on I-57 near 107th; good Samaritan struck by vehicle: state police A person died in a crash Feb. 21, 2021, on Interstate 57. | Sun-Times file photoTroopers responded to a rollover crash about 3:17 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-57 near 107th Street, Illinois State Police said.  A person was killed in a crash Sunday on Interstate 57 on the South Side, and a good Samaritan who pulled over to help was injured in a hit-and-run, state police said. Troopers responded to a rollover crash about 3:17 a.m. in the…