The bluegrass musician's mom Debra died of a drug overdose in June Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said seven teens ranging in age from 13 to 17 were shot in the Loop Friday night. A separate shooting nearby left a teen dead and a man injured, officials said. City ...

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Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

Editor's note: The latest details on this incident can be found here. Seven people were shot near the Chicago Theatre in the city's Loop neighborhood Friday evening, authorities said, prompting a ...

Two shootings in Chicago's Loop on Friday night left one person dead and 8 others injured, mostly teenagers. Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd Ward) said young people were "rioting" in the Loop and that ...

Billy Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

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