(The Hill) – Barron Trump, the youngest son of former President Trump, has declined the offer to serve as a delegate for Florida at this summer's Republican National Convention (RNC). "While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments," former first lady Melania Trump's office said in a statement. The Florida GOP earlier this week said Barron Trump, who is 18, would join three of the former president's other children — Eric, Tiffany and Donald Trump Jr. — as delegates, with Eric T ..read more

CHICAGO — A search is underway for the person who fatally shot a man who was walking in a Northwest Side neighborhood on Friday morning.  According to Chicago police, the deadly shooting unfolded just after 9:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of North Pittsburgh Avenue in the city's Dunning neighborhood, Officers say the victim, a 24-year-old man, was walking in the area when an unknown individual opened fire on him in the front yard of a home.  ..read more

(NEXSTAR) – Cold Stone Creamery’s pistachio-flavored ice cream is at the center of a proposed class-action lawsuit which alleges that the flavor’s description is misleading — as it contains no actual pistachio. Cold Stone’s parent company, Kahala, had previously filed a motion to dismiss, though the request was denied by a judge in the Eastern District of New York last week. “[This case] raises a deceptively complex question about the reasonable expectations of plaintiff and like-minded ice cream aficionados,” wrote Judge Gary R. Brown in his May 2 decision. The plaintiff, according to court d ..read more

CHICAGO — Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Friday used the approaching Mother's Day to renew her push to protect access to in vitro fertilization, which she used to conceive her own two daughters, in a roundtable discussion with local stakeholders on the city's north side. Senate Republicans in March blocked her 'Access to Family Building Act' that would have protected access nationwide, prompting the senator to modify it in hopes of passage. "I had to change the legislation from previous years when I've introduced it, which was just trying to guarantee access. But now the bill actually creates a statu ..read more

CHICAGO — Mother's Day is coming up this Sunday, and while it's a day of celebration, it can be extremely hard for mother's who have lost a child. About 145 moms signed up to attend a spa day organized by the group “Purpose Over Pain.” The unifying and tragic thread among these women is they’ve each lost a child to violence. More from Jewell: World War II veteran honored with French Legion of Honor in Chicago WGN's Jewell Hillery reports from St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham where a special group of moms are being treated from head to toe ..read more

(The Hill) — Fewer Americans believe former President Trump’s New York hush money trial will end in a conviction, according to a YouGov/Economist survey released Thursday.  The dip, seen from respondents from both sides of the aisle, is in comparison to a similar poll last month.  Around 39 percent of Democrats said in late April that Trump would be convicted. Now, the number stands at 34 percent. With independents, 21 percent believed in the conviction late last month; it is at 17 percent in new survey. With GOP voters, that belief dropped from 17 percent to 14 percent.  ..read more

PORTLAND, Oreg. — In a bin of clothes at a Portland, Oregon Goodwill Store, a high school student found a vintage jacket that may have been worn once-upon-a-time in the Chicago Cubs dugout by Mr. Cub himself, Ernie Banks. 18-year-old Jack Ricketts was that high school student last winter who paid $8.70 for a jacket he found turned inside out among a mound of clothes inside of a plastic at Goodwill. It’s always a hunt, you never know what you’re going to find," Ricketts said. Ricketts, who has no relation to Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and his family, said the jacket stood out when he initially ..read more

CHICAGO — May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and as the temperatures warm up, the ticks begin to emerge and concerns about the disease increase. In fact, this year has already produced an increased number of calls about tick bites, according to Dr. Casey Kelley, the founder and medical director of Case Integrative Health. Kelley joined WGN News to share important information about Lyme Disease, the prevalence of the disease in the metro area, what to do if you're bitten by a tick and the treatments available for those living with the disease ..read more

CHICAGO — Saturday will mark 13 years since Timmothy Pitzen was last seen. Hoping to spawn new leads in the Aurora boy's strange disappearance, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released an updated age-progression rendering of how Pitzen might now look at age 19. The updated photo was accompanied by a message from Timmothy's father who holds out hope that his son will be found: Dear Timmothy,  The years apart have been hard, I am so looking forward for us to be reunited. There is so much of your young life I have not been able to be a part of while you have been mi ..read more

PALATINE, Ill. — Metra riders are facing some interruptions heading into rush hour on Friday afternoon after a pedestrian was hit by a train in the northwest suburbs, causing some delays.  ..read more