Authorities in Chicago are rigorously probing a funeral home situated on the South Side after more than 50 bodies were uncovered, improperly stored and in varying stages of decomposition, on Thursday.

This unsettling discovery follows months of complaints from nearby residents who reported a pervasive “stench” emanating from the funeral home.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that both state and local officials had informed them about the improperly stored bodies at the South Chicago Chapel. Upon investigation, forensic pathologists and other investigators uncovered remains in different stages of decay.

“The staff is currently evaluating the conditions of the remains and is in the process of gathering documentation for the identification of the deceased, along with their death certificates,” the medical examiner’s office stated online. “This careful process could take several days to complete, ensuring the appropriate disposition.”

State officials suspended the license of one of the funeral home’s directors, alleging multiple bodies were kept in an unrefrigerated area under “deplorable conditions.”

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said the conditions included rodent and maggot infestations and that the lack of refrigeration had caused bodies to decompose.

No arrests or charges have been made in connection with the discovery, but Chicago police said detectives are investigating.

State business records show funeral director Johanna Morgan incorporated South Chicago Chapel Inc. in 2022. Her funeral director’s license was temporarily suspended Wednesday.

The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said the suspension was based on a finding that Morgan’s continued practice posed “a danger to the public safety, interest and welfare.”

The agency accused Morgan of “allowing multiple decedents to be kept in an unrefrigerated area with deplorable conditions including rodent infestation, causing decomposition and maggot infestation of the bodies.”

The funeral home is operated by a couple who previously ran a crematory that authorities said was also shut down over the mishandling of remains.

Business records identify Clark Morgan, whom state officials describe as Johanna Morgan’s husband, as president of the funeral home. His funeral director’s license was revoked in 2024 for practicing with an expired license and “unprofessional conduct.”

News Media has reached out to South Chicago Chapel for comment.

Latasha Johnson, 55, said her mother’s funeral was held at South Chicago Chapel on Thursday, shortly before authorities arrived and made the discovery.

Johnson told The Associated Press that authorities informed her that her mother’s body would need to undergo an autopsy and that she would have to identify the remains within the next several days.

“I’m discombobulated,” Johnson said. “My heart is broken.”

Denver Broncos’ defensive linchpin, Matt Henningsen, finds himself grappling with yet another unfortunate setback.

At 27, Henningsen was taken off the field on a cart during a preseason practice session on Friday. Early reports suggest a potential Achilles tendon tear.

While the Broncos have not released an official comment on the injury, Mike Klis of KUSA-TV confirmed the likelihood of an Achilles tear.

This incident comes precisely a year after Henningsen experienced a career-stalling Achilles tear in a practice with the 49ers. Notably, this recent injury affected the other leg, according to Klis.

Should the diagnosis be confirmed as a torn Achilles, Henningsen faces the prospect of missing yet another entire season.

Henningsen was competing for a rotational role behind lineman Zach Allen, D.J. Jones and Malcolm Roach prior to his injury.

After spending five NCAA seasons at Wisconsin, Henningsen was drafted in the sixth round by the Broncos in the 2022 NFL Draft.

He appeared in all 17 games both as a rookie in 2022 and in the following season before being waived and subsequently re-signed to Denver’s practice squad.

In those two seasons, Henningsen has notched 40 tackles, a sack and two pass defenses.

Since the 2023 season, however, Henningsen has yet to play an NFL snap.

Henningsen re-signed with the Broncos in March, and head coach Sean Payton said that he has been performing “really well” in practice.

“Well, you saw the reaction [to the interception],” Payton told reporters when asked about Henningsen in June. “He does a great job of seeing those screens or underneath throws. He’s doing really well. He’s exceptionally smart.

“He has great respect from his teammates. He knows the technique and the defense well. In a position that gets rotated and plays a lot, he’s going to be competing for one of those spots.”

Heart-stopping new footage reveals the moment a gunman unleashed a torrent of bullets at a bustling Idaho In-N-Out, compelling terrified staff to seek safety on the floor while three lives were tragically lost.

Chad Williams, 24, launched an attack with an AK-style rifle at the Twin Falls eatery on Saturday night. The brutal assault claimed the lives of three individuals and left ten others injured before Williams turned the weapon on himself.

On Friday, police made public an unsettling nearly 10-minute video of the harrowing events, cautioning viewers of its potentially disturbing and traumatic nature.

The footage, derived from body cameras and surveillance, captures the pandemonium inside the restaurant. It depicts employees clad in their signature red aprons diving to the floor, huddling together in a frantic bid to protect one another from the gunfire.

In one part of the footage, Williams, identified by police as the shooter, is seen arriving at the drive-thru in a white Honda Civic. There, he shoots Ashley Garibay, 23, who later succumbed to her injuries, marking the start of the tragic sequence.

He is then seen continuing through the drive-thru before another angle captured him approaching the car ahead of him with a gun in hand.

Police believe he then shot his second victim, 59-year-old Christopher Claunch, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man later identified as former Twin Falls police officer and Idaho State Police trooper Austin James then rushed toward the sound of the gunfire, only to come face-to-face with the shooter and become the third person struck.

He survived the encounter and managed to flee the area, with surveillance footage showing him sprinting across the parking lot as he attempted to retrieve his firearm. 

However, due to the severity of his injuries and significant blood loss, police said James was pulled back into his vehicle, seen in the footage among the long line of cars waiting in the drive-thru, before being rushed to the hospital. 

The haunting footage then showed Williams strolling back toward the drive-thru window, where he saw employees inside tending to 23-year-old Garibay, according to police narration of the video.

He fired directly into the window a second time before his handgun jammed, forcing him to return to his car to retrieve a rifle.

The video then cuts to the scene unfolding inside the restaurant, showing at least eight employees dropping to the floor beneath the fryers for cover, still dressed in their uniforms.

An off-duty ISP trooper is then seen with a gun in hand as he climbs over the counter, waving toward the horrified employees and signaling for them to flee.

While police said the trooper began searching the restaurant for a potential threat, another angle captured Williams running back up the drive-thru carrying a massive weapon. 

He opened fire on several other patrons from outside before the ISP officer began returning fire. 

Williams then shot a fourth victim – a good Samaritan who police said was attempting to help the wounded victims inside the restaurant. 

He then fled to a nearby street and was seen unleashing bullets on cars stopped at a red light, striking three more victims.

The gunman then continued the deadly pursuit in the parking lot, striking the eighth victim who was sitting in their Tesla at a charging station. 

Bullets were then fired at a second Tesla, killing Dale Schultz and striking his passenger. 

Williams continued to a second location, a nearby visitor’s center where three people sheltered. 

Outside the building, an employee at the store bravely engaged with the gunman, giving others time to escape. 

The employee was able to flee the scene as officers descended on Williams, who then turned the gun on himself and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

Jordan Salinas, 35, also intervened in the chaos by running toward the danger and firing a semi-automatic pistol at Williams. 

For Salinas, this was something he was prepared for after the 2021 shooting at the Boise Towne Square Mall that left two dead and four others injured, he recalled to the Idaho Statesman. 

Salinas, a healthcare worker and full-time caregiver for his disabled brother, told the outlet that the 2021 incident made him realize that gunmen often go after ‘soft targets’ – people like his wheelchair-bound brother and the aide by his side. 

He added that he practices shooting on the weekends and does his own training in the desert. Until Sunday, he had never pointed his gun and never thought he would have to. 

The popular burger chain had only opened the new location in Twin Falls this week, with many saying they had been anticipating the opening for months. 

The motive behind the senseless shooting remains unclear but Williams’ family is cooperating with police. 

Local police departments, including the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office, Nampa Police Department, Caldwell Police Department, Meridian Police Department and ISP, continue to investigate. 

The FBI has also asked the public to submit tips, videos and images related to the shooting to help investigators.  

With the anticipation building around Alex Murdaugh’s upcoming retrial, his legal team is ramping up efforts by pushing for a comprehensive search to uncover potential weaknesses in the prosecution’s arguments.

In legal documents filed on Wednesday, Murdaugh’s attorneys made a compelling case that, given the time elapsed since his initial trial, it is imperative for prosecutors to launch a thorough investigation for any evidence that might support the defense or question the integrity of the state’s testimony.

Additionally, Murdaugh’s legal team is on the lookout for information that could call into question the trustworthiness of a witness. This includes any records of misconduct, disciplinary actions, contradictory statements, plea agreements, or any incentives or promises that might have been offered to witnesses for favorable testimony.

The request also covers new forensic or DNA findings, additional search warrants and information related to two other SLED investigations known as the “Side of Road” and narcotics cases.

The lawyers also want written confirmation that prosecutors completed a current search and disclosed everything required.

They’ve asked for the information within 30 days.

Murdaugh, once a powerful Lowcountry lawyer from a prominent legal dynasty, was convicted in March 2023 of gunning down his wife and son, Maggie and Paul.

The case was thrown back into turmoil after allegations surfaced that court clerk Rebecca Hill made improper comments to jurors during the trial.

The court found that Hill was drawn by the “siren call of celebrity” and allowed public attention to overcome her duty.

The state has maintained that Murdaugh received a fair trial, but the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the murder and weapons convictions and remanded the case for new proceedings.

News Media has reached out to the state prosecutors’ office for comment. Murdaugh’s defense declined to comment.

Murdaugh is back in court on Friday, Aug. 14.

Patrick Mahomes’ eagerly anticipated return to the gridiron might face a slight delay, as fans will have to extend their patience a bit longer.

The star quarterback, who underwent surgery last December to mend a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee, is unlikely to make a comeback in the Kansas City Chiefs’ opening preseason matchup. Despite actively participating in all training camp activities, Mahomes may also be absent from the following two games.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid addressed the media on Friday, hinting at Mahomes’ potential absence. “I mean, there’s a pretty good chance where I don’t play him,” Reid commented.

Reid elaborated, “The percentages are leading that way. I don’t know if I’ll play him in the second or third game. I don’t know that. The percentages probably lean against not doing that.”

Should Mahomes miss all three preseason games, it would be an unprecedented scenario in his impressive nine-year NFL career, marking the first time he would bypass the entire preseason lineup.

It will also come as a surprise to many, after the three-time Super Bowl MVP has looked as healthy as possible throughout training camp, leading the first-team offense in every 11-on-11 period thus far.

Despite a large knee brace around his left leg, Mahomes has shown off his patented scrambling ability this summer, seemingly not losing any improvisation skills with the injury.

Regardless of how much Mahomes plays in the preseason, though, he will have his eyes set for a regular season return in the Chiefs’ opener on Sept. 14 against the Broncos.

“I’m a competitor, so [on] game day, I’m going to want to be out there,” Mahomes said in July.

“But I understand the process of getting myself ready to play in the regular season is more important. We’ll see. The coaches and doctors will make that decision for me, but I’ll prepare myself like I’m going to play.”

In the meantime, Reid and company can use the reps Mahomes would have gotten in the preseason to bring backup quarterback Justin Fields and rookie Garrett Nussmeier up to speed.

Fields, who joined the Chiefs this offseason after a year with the Jets, saw his first reps with the first-team offense on Thursday.

“We’ve got new people behind [Mahomes] that need some work,” Reid said. “The more reps they get, the better.”

Ohio Congressman Max Miller, who enjoys the endorsement of former President Trump, is facing growing pressure to resign amid serious allegations of domestic violence by his ex-wife. Despite his staunch denials, his controversies continue to intensify within Republican circles.

The allegations surfaced in a detailed report by the Daily Mail this past May. Recent revelations include photographs purportedly taken in Miller’s bedroom, showing a syringe and a separate image depicting him displaying a bag containing high-potency marijuana gummies.

Whispers of discontent have turned into open criticism from within the Republican Party, particularly from those closest to the 37-year-old lawmaker. The sentiment spreading through his political base is reportedly unforgiving.

A GOP operative, dripping with sarcasm, critiqued Miller’s ability to handle the scandal, suggesting it requires ‘a little talent, likability, and discipline.’ The operative continued, starkly claiming Miller may lack these essential qualities more than any other member of Congress.

A Republican insider offered a blunt assessment to the Daily Mail, declaring, “Max Miller’s political career is toast.” The insider further predicted his downfall, noting that his exit from Congress is inevitable, whether it happens by August 10th or extends to November 3rd.

Under Ohio law, Miller has until 4pm on Monday, August 10, to withdraw so local party chairs can install a replacement on the ballot. After that, Republicans are stuck with him in the November midterm election whether they like it or not. 

This week, a new element to the saga has shocked members of the public and DC insiders alike. Miller’s ex-father-in-law, Senator Bernie Moreno, told reporters that his granddaughter, Miller and Emily Moreno’s daughter, ‘has a little blue bunny that she sleeps with. Max would not hand over the little blue bunny. Literally held it hostage for 48 hours.

‘This girl is crying at night because she can’t sleep without her little blue bunny. And his answer is, “I’m just not going to give it to you,”‘ he added. ‘This is the level of total and complete depravity.’

An Ohio political insider predicted to the Daily Mail that it is ‘only going to get uglier if he doesn’t step aside,’ adding: ‘The American public shouldn’t know about a child’s blue bunny.’ 

Miller denies withholding the bunny, and insisted in a post on X that his daughter got the toy back within 14 hours, not 48.

On Wednesday, Miller posted screenshots of the purported text messages and emails on X, insisting they prove he never withheld his daughter’s beloved blue bunny and that she got it back within 14 hours.

The messages appear to show he agreed to a pickup arranged by the couple’s parenting coordinator, but refused to hand the toy over to a family friend who wasn’t on the approved exchange list. Miller demanded that his father-in-law collect the stuffed animal himself.

As well as private criticism of Miller, the public blows are landing just as hard, with Ohio Senator Jon Husted declaring on Thursday that Miller ‘would be making the right decision to step aside as a candidate and resign from Congress to focus on what is in the best interest of his daughter.’

It was a screeching U-turn from just days earlier, when Husted was still telling everyone to let the two families ‘sort this at a family level.’

Moreno has already branded him ‘a danger to my daughter’ and declared he ‘should not serve in the House of Representatives.’

Moreno has even moved Miller’s ex-wife Emily and the former couple’s two-year-old daughter out of Ohio altogether, telling reporters: ‘I sent my daughter, granddaughter, and wife out of State to a secure place until such time as they feel safe.’

Fueling the panic is brutal electoral math, because a northeast Ohio district that Donald Trump carried by 11 points in 2024 is suddenly in danger of tumbling to the Democrats, who smell blood in the seat, according to two Ohio insiders.

A bombshell new poll released Thursday also shows the bottom falling out for Miller. A co/efficient survey has him trailing his Democratic opponent Brian Poindexter by 14 points, 47 to 33.

Just one week earlier, the gap was five. The collapse tracks the scandal flooding the airwaves, with voter awareness of the domestic abuse allegations rocketing from 53 percent to 86 percent in seven days.

The pollster Ryan Munce declared, ‘the data no longer supports a viable path to victory for Max Miller.’

Party chiefs are already war-gaming substitutes behind his back as the August 10 deadline nears, with names including former congressman Jim Renacci and state representative Mike Dovilla in the mix.

Miller is refusing to budge, vowing this week, ‘I’m not dropping out of this race, and I’ll win in November,’ and even comparing his ordeal on CNN to Trump toughing out the storm of allegations that battered him in 2016.

Trump himself sounds far less bullish, with Miller admitting the President warned him ‘Maxi, it’s going to be a tough race’ and said he did not know if he could ‘pull this one out.’

The President told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he’s ‘not going to get involved’ with getting Miller out of his congressional race.

On Tuesday, the Daily Mail exclusively obtained a photograph that a source said appears to show a syringe in Miller’s bedroom despite the Ohio congressman’s insistence, in a recorded conversation with Emily that he himself released, that he has ‘never had a needle in my bedroom drawer.’ 

In a separate recording Miller released, from about a month later, he acknowledged using syringes for testosterone treatment and said he had told Emily about it. 

The photo was taken during Miller’s romantic relationship with Moreno, a source told the Daily Mail. 

Miller admitted on CNN this week to having illegal drugs ‘several years ago’. Nothing yet proves who owned the syringe or what substance it contained.

He vehemently denies ever abusing Emily or their two-year-old daughter.

The Daily Mail was first to reveal the abuse accusations in May, which include a claim that he threw hot water on his ex-wife.

The House Ethics Committee has now formally opened an investigation into the domestic violence and drug abuse accusations as he demanded to clear his name. Miller himself called for the investigation into the allegations. 

In a gambit to clear his name from the nasty allegations lobbed at him, Miller also released a trove of files last weekend.

Among them are audio recordings of him arguing with his ex-wife over the syringes she claims to have found near his bed.

‘I have gone into your backpack because I truly do believe you have a drug problem,’ Emily said in one of the audio tapes.

A defiant Miller shot back: ‘Okay, what drugs?’

‘First it was weed, then I found needles next to your bed,’ Moreno told Miller, according to the recording. ‘I took a picture of it. You can try to deny it to me.’ 

Miller repeatedly denied any drug use during the back and forth, promising so to his ex-wife by invoking his ‘Jewish word of honor.’

Pressed by CNN host Jake Tapper this week on the last time he had illegal drugs, Miller responded that it was years ago, though exactly when, he said, he was unsure.

‘I would have to say, the last time I had illegal drugs would have been, I don’t know, several years ago. I mean I don’t have a time frame on it, but I don’t use illegal drugs.’

Miller, a former aide to Trump during the Republican’s first term, has also been accused by his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Grisham, a former press secretary for the President during his first term, of domestic abuse. Miller denied the allegations. 

After he sued her for defamation over her claims, which first surfaced in 2021, the pair settled the case and signed a non-disclosure agreement to refrain from disparaging each other. They dated in 2019 and 2020.

This week, Grisham filed a petition for a restraining order against Miller.

‘The settlement included certain promises that Congressman Miller made to our client Stephanie Grisham, and those promises were broken,’ Grisham’s lawyer, Marc Dann, told the Ohio Capital Journal.

Miller has not commented on the restraining order.  

However, it’s not just the Ohio delegation that have knives out for Miller.

Republican Kansas Senator Roger Marshall said Miller ‘should resign.’

Miller ‘shouldn’t be in office,’ Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida said.

House and Senate GOP leadership have largely remained mum on the matter, likely in deference to Trump, who has not yet called on Miller to resign.

Still, Trump understands that the scandal could be damaging to Republicans.

The President spoke to Miller by phone about the ongoing scandal on Monday.

‘Things aren’t looking good,’ Trump reportedly told the embattled Congressman, to which Miller responded that he would be staying in the race.

The President told reporters earlier that day that the allegations against Miller are just ‘accusations,’ adding that ‘I’m going to let them figure that out.’

The White House did not respond to the Daily Mail’s inquiries on whether the President has spoken to Miller since Monday, or whether he still stands by his endorsement of Miller.

The Congressman’s conviction to stay in the race despite the allegations against him could imperil Republicans’ larger hopes of maintaining control of Congress.

As the November midterm elections approach, and incumbent lawmakers increasingly focus on their campaigns to secure re-election, some GOP members of Congress have tried to avoid speaking out on Miller’s scandal altogether.

‘I have heard people are concerned and do not want to publicly support him as more comes out,’ one Republican House member told the Daily Mail.

Prediction markets show Republicans are poised for a beatdown in November, with Kalshi projecting that Democrats have an 83 percent chance of controlling the House next year. The projections are similar on rival prediction platform Polymarket.

The Daily Mail has contacted Moreno and Miller’s legal representatives for comment.