Vatican Says No to Ordaining Women as Deacons

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract, reports Financial Times

Hope to see you Saturday.

Drug kingpin arrested after faking death. 4 of world’s 10 most homicidal cities are in Ecuador, where murder up 800% since ‘18 and climbing— per WSJ

BACKSTORY 11pm WGN-TV Sunday: this was the G.I. Joe I had. We are looking at the backstory of some of your favorite toys and we profile a #chicago company that created a classic. We also look at the artist who saved Bambi, and Dickens “lost” Christmas story.

Vatican Agrees to Return Indigenous Peoples' Artifacts newser.com/s378757

Hitler Wouldn't Have Liked What He Saw in His Own DNA newser.com/s378625

China plans to ease the flow of rare earths and other restricted materials to the U.S. by designing a system that will exclude companies with ties to the U.S. military while fast-tracking export approvals for other firms, according to WSJ.

UK ends some intel sharing with U.S.

Backstory WGN TV 11pm Sunday - why are Americans so susceptible to cults? We profile a cult leader who says music artists like Cyndi “Looper” are “dark angels.”

Tonight at 11 on Backstory - the Eephus. All new episode. @wgntv.com

Coming up soon: CRAP I FOUND IN MY BASEMENT to promote tonight’s new episode of BACKSTORY at 11 @wgntv Electric Football does not abide by the new kickoff rules. Get ready for old school smash mouth #football

Best of WGN 2pm

Breaking News: More associates and supporters of Mayor Eric Adams of New York City are said to be facing corruption charges, including his closest adviser.

Sunday 11pm on WGN the BACKSTORY of baseball. Meet guys playing in a vintage baseball league - playing 19th c rules.

New counterterror chief has ties to right wing extremists & conspiracy theories. www.newser.com/story/372757...

Epstein imported young women and children from Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Turkmenistan says @nytimes This trafficking was presumably expensive.Wire transfers added up to $1.1b associated with 1 of Epstein’s bank accounts.

WSJ: Trump writes bawdy letter for Epstein’s 50th bday-contains lines of text framed by outline of naked woman- squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair. “Happy Bday — may every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump denied it.

FL airports preferred to report “weather modification activities” under a controversial new law derided by critics as fueling conspiracy theories. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/14/f...

Sunday at 11p on WGN the BACKSTORY of Ian Fleming’s creation of 007.

Backstory Sunday 11pm on WGN a photographer uses technology to bring us back to the past.

At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave as part of a push to reduce staff.

If you like Airplane! David Zuckerberg tells @WGNMorningNews he’s working on a love story spoof set in 1949.

MAGA Candidate says “This isn’t just “climate change. It’s cloud seeding, geoengineering, & manipulation.”

WSJ: corporate winners&losers in new tax law.

Sunday BACKSTORY WGN 11pm A historian gets access to King George III’s archive for the backstory of how the American Revolution started. Also, a man catalogues ghost signs; what these fading murals teach us about the past.

Reality TV star Teresa Giudice joined WGN Morning News on Friday to discuss an event at Zanies in Rosemont, but the interview came to an abrupt end after one of the questions was not received well.

WSJ: Long-Suffering Gazans Direct Anger at Hamas tinyurl.com/yp77ef8k

Two Chicago Bears games during the 2025 regular season have been leaked early, according to multiple reports.

The trade war is about to hit your phone bill.

Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

BREAKING Pope Francis dies at 88. apnews.com/article/vati...

Science
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. The treatment approach is still early in its development; the personalized immunotherapy regimen shrank tumors in a quarter of patients with colon, & other GI cancers.—-WashPo

Musk claim debunked @nytimes.com “Musk appears to have misunderstood a statistic from the Soc Sec Admin. The agency recently estimated that 40% of dir deposit fraud, one specific type of fraud, occurred via calls to agency. That’s not the same thing as 40% of all telephone calls being fraudulent.”

“Musk’s $700b estimate for fraud in entitlements far outpaces figures from watchdogs, who said there was $72b in improper payments from fiscal years 2015 through 2022.”

Retired Chicago-area priest accused of sexually abusing minor at Northwest Side church