article Photo provided by the McHenry Police Department MCHENRY, Ill. - A suburban man was charged with driving under the influence after crashing his car Monday in McHenry. Joseph Galan, 21, allegedly crashed a black Cadillac CTS into a light pole and a vacant building around 9:45 p.m. near the intersection of Elm Street and Richmond Road, according to McHenry police. Galan was seriously injured in the crash and was transported to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital.

With great tension between these two Catholic leaders, the true story behind The Two Popes certainly didn't involve the pizza-eating, soccer-watching hangouts that the Netflix movie depicts.Maurix/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesPope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI met three times before the former was declared the new head of the church. In February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world when he resigned from the papacy — a first in nearly 600 years of modern church history.

Following decades of captive breeding, 130-year-old Diego — once just one of three living males left of his species — will finally be getting some rest. Parque Nacional Galápagos/FacebookA 130-year-old giant Galápagos tortoise named Diego is retiring after his “exceptional” sex drive helped revive his dying species. In the captive breeding program at the Fausto Llerena Tortoise Center on the Ecuadorian island of Santa Cruz, one giant tortoise stands above from the rest.

File this one under Kids Today.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJktWT6oYjE The Tide Pod Challenge. Say the words in reverse order and it sounds like you’re commanding someone to attack a heaping bowl of Thai noodles and rice. But the reality of the Tide Pod Challenge is far less delicious. According to various news outlets, which don’t at all have a history of ginning up the actions of a few dolts into a national epidemic, the Tide Pod Challenge is all the rage right now.

'The best mayor ever': Tiffany Henyard applauded by constituents following FOX 32 report Thornton Township Supervisor and Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard held a public meeting Wednesday night to discuss finances and respond to a FOX 32 report which revealed she billed the wrong taxpayers for a trip to Washington, DC. THURSDAY NEWS FLASH - Thornton Township Supervisor and Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard hosted a "Township Talk" meeting on Wednesday, where around 30 residents gathered to discuss various community issues.

The 60-year-old businessman is adamant he and his friend killed the two elephants in self-defense after they unexpectedly charged at the two men.TwitterMike Jines and Max “Buzz” Delezenne posing with their kill in 2018. When Mike Jines was photographed looming over two dead elephants with a rifle slung over his shoulder, social media smelled blood. The American businessman — an executive with TopGen Energy in Alpharetta, Georgia — quickly became a target himself.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A truck driver is dead after a crash on Interstate 294 in Cook County Friday morning. At about 8:55 a.m., Illinois State Police troopers responded to I-294 northbound at 167th Street in Hazel Crest for a report of a two-unit crash, involving a truck-tractor semi-trailer and a passenger vehicle. According to ISP, the semi-truck struck the passenger vehicle and then struck the left concrete median. The driver of the semi-truck died at the scene.

article (Wally Gobetz/Flickr) SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE - Two sexual assaults were reported in dorms on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus this month. The most recent assault happened early Thursday in the Munroe dorm at 2312 N. Clifton, according to a DePaul public safety alert. The other assault happened between 1:45 and 2:30 a.m. Oct. 10 in the Belden/Racine dorm at 2311 N. Racine, according to an alert. DePaul University staff did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Go inside the sad story of "Typhoid Mary" Mallon, an Irish American cook who was found to be "patient zero" during a typhoid epidemic in early 1900s New York.As new infectious diseases threaten public health and so-called superspreaders make headlines, the unbelievable story of Mary Mallon — better known as Typhoid Mary — feels more relevant with each passing day. Mallon was a working-class Irish immigrant who became a national sensation after she was discovered to be an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid in New York City in the early 1900s.

Family condemns fatal shooting by police in Carol Stream A man was fatally shot by Carol Stream police in the western suburbs early Saturday morning during a domestic violence call. CAROL STREAM, Ill. - The family of a man who was fatally shot by Carol Stream police viewed portions of the body camera footage ahead of its public release.  Isaac Goodlow III's family viewed the video Friday morning.  "We support that this opportunity was provided to Mr.