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Aug 21, 2024 | tmj4.com | Glendalys Valdes |Tony Aria

KENOSHA — Several homeowners in Kenosha are still cleaning up after a sewage backup damaged their homes on Aug. 4. Over 20 homeowners were left with thousands of dollars in damages and extensive cleanup bills after a sewage pipe malfunctioned. Melissa Beck and Jason Palmer are two residents whose basements flooded unexpectedly. Pictures show Beck's basement completely covered in human waste. "Poop, vomit, you name it, whatever you put in the toilet was in our basement," Beck recalled.

Aug 19, 2024 | tmj4.com | Katlin Connin |Glendalys Valdes |Tony Aria

Chrystul Kizer has been sentenced to 16 years in a second degree reckless homicide case. The 23-year-old claims she killed Randall Volar III after he sexually assaulted her as a teen. She's accused of shooting him twice in the head, setting his house on fire and fleeing in his car. That was back in 2018. Kizer was brought back into custody following a warrant for her arrest on separate charges from a Milwaukee domestic incident.

Apr 5, 2024 | news.medill.northwestern.edu | Glendalys Valdes

By Glendalys ValdesMedill ReportsTOKYO — In Japan, only 19% of working-age people with disabilities are employed, according to a Bloomberg calculation, but Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe in Tokyo challenges those barriers by employing people who have physical disabilities and are otherwise unable to work. Ory Laboratory, the company that built and opened the cafe in 2021, created OriHime, a robot that can be controlled from a smartphone or tablet and can be used to see, hear and talk.

Feb 22, 2024 | muckrock.com | Dillon Bergin |Jorge Martinez |Jorge Martínez |Glendalys Valdes |Derek Kravitz

Read in EnglishDurante la última década, la planta de alquitrán de hulla de Koppers, situada en el límite entre la ciudad de Cicero y Stickney, ha sido señalada por cometer más de 50 infracciones de la legislación medioambiental estatal. La planta emite más cantidad de dos sustancias químicas relacionadas con el cáncer que cualquier otra instalación del Condado de Cook, y se encuentra entre los contaminadores atmosféricos regulados más grandes en los Estados Unidos.

Dec 21, 2023 | illinoisanswers.org | Dillon Bergin |Stephana Ocneanu |Glendalys Valdes |Derek Kravitz

This story was originally published as part of “The Air We Breathe” project by two nonprofit newsrooms, the Cicero Independiente and MuckRock. For years, the Koppers coal tar plant in Cicero has been the town’s biggest source of industrial air pollution. In the neighborhoods near the 36-acre facility, some residents say they have always noticed white smoke billowing from its smokestacks, rotten smells and poor air quality.