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The Lost Photos of Jay King

July 2, 2026 at 12:41 p.m.

The noted street photographer spent years capturing everyday life in the city. Decades later, Chicago is publishing images of his that have never been seen.

Rapid review of new scientific research | A typical, peer-reviewed journal takes at least a few months but often closer to a year to cycle submitted papers all the way to publication—and that's fine for most conditions. In 2020, we've seen scholarly research get a green light and a steady push from reviewers who are almost waiting by the phone. That means faster validation of vaccine experiments, for example, or studies of the efficacy of virus-killing UVC light.

More than 125 people who attended Texas church camp test positive for COVID-19

July 7, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

DALLAS — More than 125 people who attended a camp hosted by a Galveston County church late last month have since tested positive for COVID-19, the church said. Clear Creek...

Florida woman stabbed her daughter, 11, to prevent her from having sex, cops say

August 22, 2019 at 10:41 a.m.

A woman who stabbed her 11-year-old daughter more than a dozen times Sunday said it was because the girl smiled “different,” causing the mother to think her child was having...

Army veteran tried helping a stranded driver — a hitman who’d been hired to kill him, cops say

August 22, 2019 at 9:07 a.m.

When Carlos Cruz-Echevarria was found dead along the side of a Deltona road in November, Volusia County detectives believed he was a good Samaritan, randomly shot as he tried helping...

Witness to a Revolution

July 2, 2026 at 3:08 p.m.

When the Democratic National Convention came to town 50 years ago this month, sparking mass protests and mayhem, a young photographer found himself in the midst of it all. Here...

‘Stand your ground’ law needs changes, Orange County sheriff candidates say

December 12, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

All three candidates running for Orange County sheriff are calling for changes to Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law, which is once again in the national spotlight after a deadly...

Police form a perimeter around the road leading to the Mandalay Hotel (background) after a gunman killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 others when he opened fire on a country music concert in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 2, 2017.

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock previously lived in Central Florida

May 31, 2019 at 2:55 a.m.

Eric Paddock helped his brother, Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, move from Central Florida to Nevada two years ago to feed his video-poker habit and get away from the state's...

Man Out of Time

July 2, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

Before the city gave much thought to preserving its architectural gems, Richard Nickel devoted his life to saving them. His writings, sketches, and photos—now presented in a new book—offer a...

Sunken Treasures: Rediscovered Photographs of Turn-of-the-Century Chicago

July 2, 2026 at 10:47 p.m.

A trove of negatives chronicling the reversal of the Chicago River reveals a gritty city on the make—and a haunting landscape beyond Chicago that’s been lost forever

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