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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The first COVID-19 vaccines were administered at several Chicago area hospitals Thursday, where frontline heath care workers were the first to receive the shots. The shipment of the century rolled into Cook County Health Thursday morning loaded with anticipation. Every step had to be executed down to the second, carefully unloaded into ultra-cold storage. A few precious vials were left out to thaw. "Today is different for me because its almost a renewed hope, because we have ...

Amid its ‘war’ against COVID-19, a Chicago hospital makes symbolic choices for first five employees to be vaccinated Stacy St. Clair and Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Dan Moriarty, engineer, in the basement workshop on Dec. 15, 2020, at Roseland Hospital. CHICAGO – The 975 coveted doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were expected to arrive by police escort as soon as Thursday morning will create a new challenge for Rose...

Doctors in Chicago's largest hospitals are pushing to make sure the city's smaller hospitals have the resources they need to adequately care for COVID-19 patients.

Million people in the united states alone and pays the highest amount of taxes, so why are they to blame and not the obama administrations policies? here to join us is the host of varney and company, stuart varney. stuart? >> what utter nonsense. this is an attempt -- it is not an attempt. theyre doing this. demonize wal-mart. make business look bad, big business look particularly bad. they are responsible for inequality. its their fault. thats basically the train of thought thats going on here....

That killed 23-year-old private first class andrew seff of fremont, south carolina. he earned the army service ribbon. a great white shark on the side of a 35 foot fishing vessel. the attack took place off the coast of cape may in new jersey saturdays. the boat reportedly decided it was time to take off when the shark started nibbling. good timing. time to go. >> all right. thanks, elisabeth. the reason for income inequality in america? according to one "new york times" writer, republicans and...

u.s.a. has victory turn into a draw? literally in the final seconds. but dont give up. hope aplenty. they are still 1-0 in one. plenty of tyke -- time to lick your wounds. mornings are better with friends. >> youre watching "fox & friends." thats a great way to begin your day. >> moments ago secretary of state john kerry touched down in iraq where he will meet with the countrys prime minister and other leaders today. >> kerry arrives amid more acts of violence carried out by isis, an a...

couple of days in the bay area. ann mackovic explains the sudden surge. >> it is too expensive. >> if you are filling up your gas tank any time soon prepare for the 1/2 punch. >> i really need gasoline otherwise a what i went and looked for another station. >> the price may not have gotten better. the average price in the bay area is $4.34 in san fransisco and $4.26 in oakland. it is up about eight times since the end of april and prices are expected to jump up to 20¢ over the next fe...

Party racist and we know what happened to juan williams. there was publicity to really get people to think that maybe after all of these years and all through democratic and republican administrations they might defund npr . that is public broadcasting. it doesnt happy. they got $445 million and they are the propaganda arm of the white house democratic party. so lets look at the reaction to this. there was gloating of course, not a lot but the new york times couldnt miss a shot. like to read to ...

Service has to say about ivory coast. >> i have news for mr. egan even though he is writing from idaho. most people dont care about the ivory coast in the country . so while you are making the test that republican red states and rural areas are helped by the failure to defund npr because that is where they get their news. i beg to differ with him on that. it is a kind of gloating with bad information and if he thinks that everybody out there is just waiting for news fromi vory coast he is not ta...

around you. it is unbelievable site. >> it really is, there is 120 tornados in the last two days in areas of the southeast. well have more in the carolinas and so it is a deadly storm system . such a longg tieve time period as well here in mississippi, the storm went through sen : 45 and just getting dark and the storm moved through and dark by the time it was done and people had no idea. people moved in shelters and just this morning able to get out and assess the damage. they are try...