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By Noel Brennan

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    CHICAGO (WBBM) — Goya Foods is celebrating a major milestone with a gift of a million pounds of food to help feed families all over the country.

The Hispanic-owned food company based in Bolingbrook is celebrating its 90th birthday by packing bags with food.

“We have to put our slogan in there. Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. If it’s Goya, it’s gotta be good,” Goya Chicago general manager Juan Lopez said.

Goya is doing something good to mark 90 years in business.

“We want to remember our humble beginnings and give back,” Lopez said.

The largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States is donating a million pounds of food to families across the country.

Approximately 100,000 pounds of food from their Bolingbrook warehouse will go to more than 20 local partners, including the GAP community center, a nonprofit in the North Austin neighborhood, which serves Black and Latino families in Chicago.

“We’re one of the biggest distribution centers in Chicago in collaboration with the Greater Chicago Food Depository,” said GAP community center CEO Angelina Zayas. “So this is going to be such a blessing for us to make sure that our families get this kind of food.”

How quickly will the donated food be gone?

“I’m going to tell you, no exaggeration whatsoever, it could be gone today,” Zayas said. “We have over 100 people on a given Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.”

So many families in need, but a little help from Goya goes a long way.

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By Jermont Terry

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    ILLNOIS (WBBM) — It comes as no surprise that the result was devastating for Illini fans, especially fans who made the trip to Indianapolis.

Despite the Illini’s takeover there, the support from the fans just wasn’t enough to get that win.

Arms were folded, faces stunned by, and a feeling of defeat—that’s what was left as the road to the championship came to a halt with the Fighting Illini losing to the UConn Huskies.

After waiting 21 years to get back to the Final Four, the Illini nation wanted more.

“You never know when it’s going to happen again, right?” said fan Mike Summitt. “It’s just hard to get here. So, I’m glad to be here.”

“Obviously, it’s a great time being here in Indy watching, but … I wanted more. I wanted more,” said Illinois alum Conner Smith.

“We were there in 2005, so it’s a little different feeling,” said fan Josh Means.

“Amazing run by the Illini. Great team. Great chemistry. Fell a little short tonight, but we love them,” said fan Matt Williams.

Love for the team remains. When the team’s bus returns home in Champaign, Illinois, the fans, school, and loved ones will be there to remind them of the great job they did during this season’s run.

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By Ross Guidotti

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Life for a child should be a time of wonder and discovery, but children with cancer are sometimes robbed of those wonders. A 6-year-old girl from Pennsylvania is making it her mission to help those patients through art.

It all started when Kaylin Lundell, who loves to draw and color, was in the car with her mom and a commercial for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which specializes in care for kids with cancer, came on the radio.

“She wanted to do something about it, and I wanted to support her,” said Kaylin’s mom Tea Lundell.

That’s when Tea Lundell said she came up with “a conspiracy of kindness.” She proposed an art auction to raise money for St. Jude’s. The artists would be children, just like her daughter.

“Right now, we have four businesses that we have scheduled the event for, they are fully committed,” she said.

The kids can draw whatever they want. Then it’s up to the highest bidder to claim the creation. The money collected is all going to St. Jude’s.

Kaylin Lundell said she’s trying to raise $100,000. She sad she wants the kids to enjoy something other than fear and pain.

“Kids should just dream about other kids, being a kid and having ice cream after dinner from their parents,” she said.

Kids who make art for the auction will have their creations embossed with the official seal of Kaylin Lundell’s Draw for a Dream campaign. They’ll also have a signed certificate of authenticity.

Tea Lundell believes her daughter can make a difference.

“I just don’t want their life to be hard for them,” Kaylin Lundell said. “It’s not fair for them.”

You can find more information about the auctions on Dream for a Dream’s website.

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By Jennifer McLogan

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    NEW YORK (WCBS) — Shortly after the Artemis II rocket launched on its trip around the moon, a college professor in New York learned he was picked by NASA to help with future missions.

Stony Brook University professor Timothy Glotch is one of just 10 scientists from across the country selected to shape research plans for the next Artemis moon missions.

Glotch got the call of his life Wednesday, when NASA exploration leaders told the Long Island planetary geologist that he and nine others would be bringing their wealth of experience to the Artemis program.

“I was over the moon!” he said. “My heart was racing, I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face for the entire day.”

Glotch will help astronauts on the 2028 Artemis mission locate minerals and water ice near the moon’s south pole, and start to build a base on the moon in the coming years.

“Artemis is being built from the ground up to be sustainable,” he said. “I’m excited to bring Artemis to Stony Brook and teach classes.”

Glotch will be front and center for the 2028 launch to the moon from either Cape Canaveral, Florida, or the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

While discussing his elation, Glotch donned gloves – a strict protocol – and showed lunar dust experiments from rock samples collected on the surface of the 4.5 billion-year-old moon by Apollo astronauts more than 50 years ago.

“We can take this tiny little amount of sample and use it to inform our global perspective,” he said. “By studying the moon, we learn more about the Earth.”

All of his research is being done on Earth, but would Glotch ever want to take a rocket on a trip to the moon?

“I don’t even like tall roller coasters,” he said. “I’m happy to do my science here on Earth.”

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    WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A potentially rabid fox attacked a woman in Worcester, Massachusetts Friday in an incident that was captured on video.

It happened at about 7 a.m. on Esther Street. Video shows the fox running at the victim repeatedly while she tries to fight it off.

Witness Dahnyel Swenson said she saw the victim “running up the stairs, hitting it with the pocketbook, screaming” and she “got pinned against her home trying to fight this medium-sized fox.”

The fox then dragged the woman to the ground.

“It lunged at her so fast … she didn’t know which way to go,” said Swenson, who lives across the street and said she had just warned the victim about a recent fox sighting in the area.

Swenson said she noticed that the victim pinned the fox to the ground, so she and her daughter rushed to help. Swenson’s daughter managed to trap the fox with a green recycling bucket until the first responders arrived.

“There’s a hole in the bucket, so I had to get a rake because it’s viscous, it’s trying to come through the hole,” Swenson said.

Swenson grabbed a rake and a green recycling bucket, and her daughter managed to trap it under the bucket until first responders arrived.

The victim was hospitalized because the bites to her ankle and both hands drew blood, police said. Swenson said her daughter also went to the hospital because she had gotten blood on her during the incident.

“We’re taking all the precautions. Now she’s going through all the rabies shots series for the next week,” Swenson said.

The animal was euthanized, and its remains have been sent to a Webster Square Animal Clinic for rabies testing.

Worcester police said that hours earlier, someone reported that a fox tried to bite them near Gibbs Street. An animal control unit responded, but didn’t find the fox.

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    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The annual Bunny Bonanzoo, an Easter celebration held at the Maryland Zoo, attracted kids and families on Friday

Kids have the chance to not only participate in the egg hunt, but also see a bubble show, win candy, and meet this weekend’s most famous animal, the Easter bunny.

“I think it’s kind of our big spring opener, you know, the weather is going to start to look a little prettier and nicer and warmer. And it’s just a fun time to bring the family, lots of crafts and big things for the kids to do today,” said Colleen Burch with the Maryland Zoo.

And of course, the animals will get an Easter treat too.

“We have a lovely volunteer that makes these big papier-mache eggs, and the animal keepers will stuff them with some fun treats. They put them in with our animals, and you get to watch the animals tear them up and have a good time,” said Burch.

Many parents said Bunny Bonanzoo has become a tradition to visit the zoo each year, kicking off spring and Easter weekend.

“We’ve actually done this day since she was born, so she just turned 12 today, so it’s her birthday. So we came out for her birthday to do it for the 12th year, I think now, and it’s become a tradition,” said one mother.

“Just being together, I think, is really important. Just being able to celebrate what this is all about,” said another.

The annual event is about spending time with family, having fun, and supporting a great cause.

“It is rewarding, and we love to have them come and educate them on why it’s so important to have animals and conservation and all of those things,” said Burch.

The Bunny Bonanzoo will continue through Easter weekend.

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    PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A young survivor of the Northeast Philly plane crash took center court Friday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Ten-year-old Ramesses Vazquez-Viana was honored before the Philadelphia 76ers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game.

Minutes before tip-off, Ramesses rung the ceremonial bell to kick off the Sixers’ game as the arena looked on, hearing his story of resilience over the speakers — a journey we’ve documented from the beginning.

Ramesses has been through so much and continues to heal from severe burns suffered in the January 2025 plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia. He suffered burns to more than 90% of his body.

After nearly a year of treatment in Boston and more than 40 surgeries, Ramesses is now making a remarkable recovery.

Ramesses is back in school part-time and surrounded by support, including from David Kelleher, owner of David Dodge, who gifted the family a minivan and a courtside experience to Friday’s game.

“What Ramesses has done and the way he’s fought through this is Philadelphia, it’s Philly,” Kelleher said. “He and I have had a friendship together, a love for each other.”

“I’ve never been in here, so it’s kind of surprising,” Ramesses said. “I never thought the stadium would be like this.”

When asked if he was nervous to ring the bell Friday night, he had only this to say: “A little bit, but mostly my mom is nervous.”

Before ringing the bell, Ramesses was met with a standing ovation from both Sixers and Timberwolves fans.

His mother, Jamie Vazquez-Viana, joined him at center court as he rang the bell and said this moment was more than just a ceremony.

“Every day he’s still showing me how great he is,” she said. “I’m learning from him. It’s amazing to see him so happy about it. This is a unique event, something we’ve never did before and he’s never gonna forget this.”

She says this experience will stay with them long after the bell rings.

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