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DOWNTOWN — Another hands-on experience is coming to the Magnificent Mile this June. The Cube, based on a popular TBS game show, will open in June at 600 N. Michigan Ave. It’ll feature interactive challenges and competitions, according to a news release. The entertainment space will be 25,000 s
Families receive food at the Reaching Out Community Services food pantry on March 25, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. City Harvest released its annual report on child hunger as families brace for deep cuts to SNAP. [ more › ]
Jin Tao Wu has survived Japan’s invasion of China, the rise of the Communist Party and the massacres of the Cultural Revolution. Now, thousands of miles and many decades later, the 93-year-old sits in a beige-walled public housing apartment in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, conf
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025 emphasizing the importance of backing the NCRI's democratic movement. A spokesperson says the former New York City mayor is “fighting” and asks for prayers. [ more › ]
CHICAGO — More cold and rain is in the forecast for Chicago after a brief warmup on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday saw temperatures near 70 degrees and Monday could see a high around 80 in Chicago. That is considered unseasonably warm, with May 4 seeing an avera
NYPD officers respond to anti-ICE protesters outside out of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Elected leaders are questioning the presence of federal immigration agents and the police response after a chaotic confrontation on Saturday night. [ more › ]
DOUGLAS — A fundraiser has been launched for the family of a teenage girl who was killed while riding an e-scooter last month, the third teen killed while riding a bike or scooter on the South Side since March. The deaths include a 15-year-old girl killed while riding an e-scooter in late March, an
CHICAGO — A person was killed and another person was critically injured by drivers in two different altercations Saturday in Gage Park and Logan Square, according to police. Around 2:40 a.m. Saturday, a 65-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 5000 block of South Western Avenue when a man
New Jersey police officers and first responders are seen outside Chick-Fil-A restaurant following a mass shooting in April. Jaheed Fields, the alleged shooter, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a handgun without a permit. [ more › ]
CHICAGO — May Day felt especially urgent this year for thousands of Chicagoans who took to the streets Friday demanding increased labor rights and protections. “You have to look at the actions that the Trump administration has taken over the last year and the impact of our economy on working p
One detainee was found dead with 66 pills in his cell. Another lay in distress for five minutes during an apparent overdose before staff administered Narcan. A third was left locked in his cell, unsupervised, for nearly half an hour as he spiraled into a medical crisis. Those were some of the damnin
The Houston stop will be the last opportunity to see the trophy in Texas and one of the last chances to see it entirely before the start of the World Cup on June 11.
Donald Perkins, 50, has been charged with injury to a disabled person after allegedly pushing a 16-year-old autistic student who ended up choking moments later, according to court documents.
James Beard Award-winning chef Allen Susser revives his iconic restaurant with a 40th-anniversary pop-up in Fort Lauderdale.
James Elmore, 61, was charged with possession of child pornography and possession of visual material depicting sexual assault on Thursday. Elmore was previously arrested in March on charges of manslaughter and tampering with evidence in two of the Texas Killing Fields cases.
CHICAGO — A man from suburban Maywood has been charged with multiple crimes in connection with an armed robbery that preceded Saturday’s fatal shooting of Officer John Bartholomew at Swedish Hospital. Jeron Tate, 18, now faces charges of robbery with an armed firearm, aggravated kidnapping, ag
District leaders refuted the accuracy of internal planning documents that were recently leaked online, but acknowledged they plan to consolidate special education students and services next year, according to a parent who attended an invitation-only meeting this week.
This story is a collaboration between Injustice Watch and Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and voting rights in local governments. CHICAGO — About a decade into his prison sentence for a murder he always said he did not commit, Tyrece Williams told his mother to stop bring
LINCOLN SQUARE — Inside the barrel loft of Dovetail Brewery on the North Side, a magician named Brielle holds out a lock and asks, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how much faith do you have in my ability to influence a choice that you make?” If you catch her monthly show at Dovetail, 1800 W. Belle Plaine Av
A Travis County judge issued a temporary injunction allowed the sale of hemp flower and concentrates and blocking sharply higher state fees charged to businesses that make and sell hemp products.
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