Gunshots or fireworks? How to tell the difference
Fireworks. They travel hundreds of feet into the air, rain trash all over your fresh summer lawn and scare your kids and dogs. But their momentary display, that blink-and-you'll-miss-it beauty...
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Happy Independence Day! John Adams predicted we would all celebrate Independence Day on July 2. What happened?
On July 3, 1776, the day after the Second Continental Congress voted on a resolution to declare independence from the British, John Adams sent a letter to his wife, Abigail,...
‘A stranger in my own community’: Mixed feelings as young Latinos move back to gentrifying Chicago neighborhoods
Rocio Velazquez Kato, 34, is her ancestor's wildest dream come true; a first-generation American, first-generation college graduate, immigration policy analyst at the Latino Policy Forum, licensed attorney, wife, mother, and...
NASA to land first woman on the moon. ‘It would be out of this world.’
From 1969 to 1972, six NASA missions named for the Greek god Apollo successfully landed 12 men on the surface of the moon; Neil, "Buzz," two men named Alan, two...
CPS to offer children free lunch at nearly 100 locations, almost all summer vacation
Summer break, long awaited by CPS students and teachers alike, has arrived. Yet the summer season does not bode fun for everyone. Forty-three percent of low-income families report increased financial...
Barbra Streisand coming to the United Center in August
Call your mothers, grandmothers, theater-kid cousins and fun aunts, because Barbra Streisand will be returning to Chicago for one night only this summer. The legendary singer, and the only artist...
A drowning accident in Lake Michigan claimed the life of their 15-year-old son. Here’s what they and others want you to know about water safety.
Dave Benjamin, co-founder and executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, usually starts his water safety classes by talking about fire. "What do you do in case of...
Q&A: Dennis Lloyd on bringing his trumpet and break-up bangers to the Taste of Randolph
Dennis Lloyd was wi-fi-less in Thailand when his hit song "Nevermind" — written and composed in his one-bedroom apartment — blew up on music charts across the globe. It accumulated...
Extravagant estates: These are some of the biggest mansions in America
These American mansions all clock in at more than 20 times the size of the average American home when measured by square footage. Many of them are now museums, others...
Chris Brown announces INDIGOAT Tour, coming to United Center in September
In 2011, on the track "Crazy" off his mixtape "Boy In Detention," Chris Brown tried to tell us all he's "the greatest." Then, just this past January, as the rapper...