
Carol Thompson
Special Projects Producer at CBS News
Mother first, journalist second, always a tea lover and eternal optimist. Tips? [email protected]
Articles
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2 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Tara Molina |Carol Thompson
Some taxpayers who paid their taxes by the April 15 deadlines are getting notices telling them they still owe money, all because of delays with the IRS electronic payment system. Some of the people impacted have also said they've found it impossible to get through to the IRS for help.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Carol Thompson |Darius Johnson
Vilmarilys "Lilly" Hernandez and her sister had been looking for their brother Jean Eli Gonzalez since he went missing in September 2007. "He was the one always like trying to make everybody laugh," said Lilly. They held onto hope for nearly 18 years and prayed their brother was still alive. "Maybe he's cold. Maybe he's hungry," Lilly said.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Carol Thompson |Dorothy Tucker
Renovation delays, other issues at mental health facility contributed to patient's death Anthony Stringfellow Jr., 19, tied a shoelace to the raised bolt of a hinge on his bathroom door at Madden Mental Health Center in Chicago's western suburbs on Feb. 7, 2023. A recently hired mental health technician who was only working that day to cover a staffing shortage found Anthony and tried to save his life.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | David Yeomans |Carol Thompson
There are 122 National Weather Service (NWS) offices nationwide, each of which performs critical lifesaving duties every day from issuing tornado warnings to keeping airplanes out of hazardous weather. But many NWS offices are now short-staffed, following recent Department of Government Efficiency-ordered staff cuts and voluntary early retirements. CBS News Chicago found that scaled-back services are already making weather forecasts from your phone to your television less accurate.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Dorothy Tucker |Carol Thompson
Since the beginning of 2025, several people have reported their SNAP benefit cards were used to buy items at a small Lombard retailer in online reviews on Yelp and Google. Now, the owner of Alsham Supermarket and Bakery is speaking to the CBS News Chicago Investigators to clear his name and rebuild his reputation. SNAP FraudEarlier this year, we reported on the extent of SNAP fraud on Illinois recipients. Thieves stole $21 million between October 2022 and December 2024.
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