Mark Rivera
Reporter and Anchor at WLS-TV (Chicago, IL)
Anchor & Reporter @ABC7Chicago.🇵🇷🇩🇪🏴News, black coffee, science, tech, politics. #ChicagoProud ✶✶✶✶ https://t.co/sOSSIU8nAy
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1 week ago |
abc7chicago.com | Mark Rivera
CHICAGO (WLS) -- While Chicago is celebrating the election of a new pope from the South Side, not everyone's cheering. Some are hoping this could be a moment when it comes to how the Catholic Church addresses child abuse by its priests. The Chicago-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) told the ABC7 Chicago I-Team that the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, or Cardinal Robert Prevost, didn't act quickly enough or transparently in response to local cases of child sex abuse by priests.
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3 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Mark Rivera
CHICAGO (WLS) -- On a swath of land nearly four hours southwest of Chicago is a massive project city leaders are banking on to bring down the price to power America's third largest city. Swift Current Energy says its nearly 4,000-acre solar farm, equipped with 1.6 million solar panels, is the largest solar park east of the Mississippi, and could be the solution to soaring energy costs for taxpayers. The ABC7 Chicago I-Team was given exclusive access to the massive solar farm this month.
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3 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Mark Rivera
CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's an audacious effort by the city of Chicago to pay for hundreds of of megawatts of clean energy to offset power usage in the airports and every firehouse, police district, library and city-owned building. The I-Team tracked Chicago energy usage with an exclusive look inside the clean energy compound.
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3 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Mark Rivera
Solar farm powering ChicagoMonday, April 21, 2025 6:13PMSoybeans have been replaced by millions of solar panels, hundreds of miles from the city. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Soybeans have been replaced by millions of solar panels, hundreds of miles from the city. The I-Team investigates how this unique solar project is powering Chicago. ABC7 Chicago's Mark Rivera and the I-Team got an exclusive look inside the clean energy compound. Copyright © 2025 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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4 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Mark Rivera
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The group 764 methodically coerces and extorts minors to produce heinous materials online, according to the FBI. This includes live-streaming acts of self-harm, animal cruelty, sexually explicit acts and even suicide. Chicago FBI officials told the I-Team the group's activity has increased sharply.
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