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Annette Prince, director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, searches for birds on the sidewalks early in the morning at Daley Plaza on April 2, 2019.

As many as a billion birds are killed crashing into buildings each year — and Chicago’s skyline is the most dangerous area in the country

May 23, 2019 at 1:55 a.m.

On a brisk weekday morning, before the sunrise shimmers across Chicago’s downtown skyscrapers, Annette Prince walks a perimeter around the glass facades while carrying a duffel bag and net. Every...

What do Cardi B and one Chicago aldermanic candidate have in common? A hip-hop controversy

March 29, 2019 at 9:42 a.m.

Cardi B hit a little rough patch on social media earlier this week. The rapper, known for her opulent outrageousness and her openness about a past that included working as...

Christina Lozada plays with her 1-year-old daughter, Lejla, on March 19, 2019, at Wash Time laundromat in Chicago. On Wednesday, Chelsea Clinton led storytime in the space intended to promote early learning and literacy for kids.

‘Laundromats and literacy are a weirdly perfect couple.’ Chelsea Clinton leads storytime in new Chicago learning space for kids

March 21, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

The 24-hour Wash Time laundromat at Fullerton and Cicero, sprawled next to a Family Dollar store in a plaza in Belmont-Cragin, was buzzing at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning , the...

One Bennett Park, a new condo and apartment tower in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

A million dollars in art and fancy fridges: Chicago residential buildings take interior design to the next level

May 20, 2019 at 9:03 a.m.

Time was, looking at brand-new apartment buildings meant managing your expectations. Sure, you might get a bright, fresh apartment with new appliances, a party room and an in-house fitness center....

Order the egg white omelette — new Northwestern study links cholesterol in eggs with heart disease

March 15, 2019 at 12:27 p.m.

What will you have for brunch this Sunday? A pork belly and egg taco at Big Star? A lobster Benedict at Two Lights? Perhaps a classic omelette is more to...

R. Kelly's outburst during his "CBS This Morning" interview with Gayle King looks like a classic pattern of response to accusations of abuse.

R. Kelly’s CBS meltdown has a name, says researcher: ‘That’s DARVO’

April 5, 2019 at 6:13 a.m.

You might have felt any number of emotions while watching R. Kelly melt down during his CBS interview with Gayle King this week: surprise, outrage, sympathy, confusion. Definitely a few...

A monarch butterfly sits on a purple coneflower in Millennium Park's Lurie Garden on July 12, 2018.

Chicagoans have planted more than 14,000 gardens to help pollinators like monarch butterflies. Here’s how to join the effort.

March 3, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

On the ecological front, 2018 might not have seemed like a banner year — unless you were a monarch butterfly. Monarchs, the beloved, determined little flyers who trek from Mexico...

Gina Tesi and Mitch Kehler arrange electrical cords attached to their 8-week-old daughter, Riley, in the NICU at Lurie Children's Hospital on Feb. 14, 2019. Riley is part of John Rogers' testing of Band-Aid-like monitors but remains attached to a wired system, as well.

Premature babies are often covered in wires. A Northwestern scientist’s new invention could change that.

February 28, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

John Rogers, eminent materials scientist and engineer, professor and entrepreneur, sits sandwiched behind an oversize, ’90s-style, blond-wood desk in his office, tucked into a corner of Northwestern University’s engineering school....

Addison Russell hits his third double of the day in the 8th inning against the Giants. The Cubs won 8-6.

Is it OK to cheer for the Cubs’ Addison Russell? Domestic violence experts have surprising answers to questions around abuse

February 22, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

When Cubs player Addison Russell stepped to the mic late last week in front of a room full of reporters, he stuck to a simple message: “I am accountable for...

Alex Lerner and Dan Gasby embrace as they leave his East Hampton home. "I didn't want to go out with a married man," Alex said. Then he asked her to meet B.

‘No one is talking about this’: How to navigate marriage when spouse has Alzheimer’s

February 15, 2019 at 11:44 a.m.

When Dan Gasby, the husband of model and lifestyle guru B. Smith — who has Alzheimer’s — went public recently with his relationship with a new woman, it sparked fallout...

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