Cocker spaniel Simba survives touching CTA third rail

A cocker spaniel named Simba miraculously survived an encounter with the third rail of the CTA Brown Line tracks early Monday on the Northwest Side. The 10-year-old canine went lacking late Sunday as his homeowners futzed with a storage door that wasn’t working correctly within the 4300 block of North Lawndale Avenue within the Albany Park neighborhood. “We immediately started looking around the neighborhood,” stated Frances Jimenez, who’d simply returned house from a double shift as a nursing assistant and was trying ahead to mattress when she realized her canine was gone. “He’s like our baby, a part of the family,” she stated, noting her and her husband filed a police report within the wee

Democrats rail towards economy-for-the-rich in first debate

MIAMI — Ten Democrats railed towards a nationwide financial system and Republican administration they argued exist just for the wealthy as presidential candidates debated onstage for the primary time within the younger 2020 season, embracing inequality as a defining theme of their struggle to disclaim President Donald Trump a second time period in workplace. Health care and immigration, greater than some other points, led the talk. And Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, greater than anybody else, stood out — on her personal at occasions — in calling for “fundamental change” throughout the nation’s financial system and authorities to deal with a widening hole between the wealthy and the center class. ”I consider it this fashion. Who is