Nara Schoenberg

Easter brings bunnies, jelly beans, lamb cakes and ... helicopters? In recent decades, the answer has increasingly been yes. Across the nation and in Chicago suburbs such as Barrington, Evanston...

When the skeleton believed to belong to the Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski was first examined by modern scientists in the late 1990s, the results were disappointing. “You’ll just have...

The theory that the earth is flat reached a new audience this week, thanks to a viral video by controversial YouTube star Logan Paul. Paul, who is popular with middle...

In college, she set up a chore chart for her roommates, who teasingly referred to her as “Martha Stewart.” As a young art teacher, she got compliments from the custodians...

When Sammi Shay stopped drinking at age 25, her friends were puzzled. “You didn’t have a problem,” they would say. Shay hadn’t been drinking more than her peers or doing...

After Chicago police announced charges alleging Jussie Smollett, a gay African-American actor, faked a hate crime, LGBTQ advocates say they hope the actions of one don’t overshadow a growing problem...

Forget the ice, the slush, the dreaded freezing rain. The first signs of spring are already popping up throughout the Chicago area, from snowdrops pushing through the dirt in the...

She got good grades in school while she lived at Anne’s House, a residential program for sexually exploited girls. She loved the staff. She made friends she still refers to...