Choose clothes that match your eye color. This and 4 other ways to boost your image.
Most people don’t have time to pull a full Marie Kondo on their wardrobe or apply and star in a television show to revamp their image. So we’ve rounded up...
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‘It seemed so far off.’ After news of 2nd man cleared of HIV, Chicagoans who lived through AIDS crisis express mixed feelings
During the 1980s AIDS crisis, many Chicagoans’ lives were cruelly curtailed. For those diagnosed, the options were limited for a disease that was considered a death sentence. Since 1981, 12,000...
Illinois will begin tracking rape kits online by end of the year
Sexual assault victims in Illinois will soon be able to follow the progress of their rape kits. By the end of the year, Illinois will join other states in implementing...
Female scientists receive on average about $40,000 less in federal funding
An unequal amount of funding might stymie female scientists as they seek to build careers and bolster research. A new study, released today in JAMA by researchers from Northwestern Medicine...
A 103-year-old Illinois woman is one of the Grand Canyon’s newest Junior Rangers
The Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years as a national park Tuesday. But one Illinois resident, who is also one of the park’s newest Junior Rangers, has that beat. Rose Torphy...
5 ways to transform your home inspired by witchcraft
Once we’ve move into a new space, it often feels as if what is needed is a spark of magic. Can’t one just wave a Harry Potter-type wand and place...
Jumped on the Marie Kondo decluttering bandwagon? Here’s why you might have regrets.
So you’ve tossed a bunch of stuff after watching a series of episodes from Marie Kondo's Netflix special. Those extra shirts, the duplicated kitchen appliances, that blue wig you’re not...
She was killed and dumped in a ditch in rural Illinois over 40 years ago. A deputy coroner has vowed to find out her name.
In a cardboard box on a gurney in the Morris, Ill., coroner’s office are two pieces of a skull. On the wall above Brandon Johnson’s desk is a sketch of...
How to celebrate Valentine’s Day if you’ve been together a month, 5 years or decades
A brand-new couple might feel pressure to overdo Valentine’s Day. Two partners together for decades might skip the holiday altogether. Someone in a five-year or 10-year relationship might wonder if...
‘It’s usually just a section of one.’ How tuba brought two Chicago area high schoolers together
Some things only a fellow tuba player can understand: How to travel with tubas (buying two seats to strap the instrument beside you is preferable). How it feels to be...