Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson marked Memorial Day with a social media post wishing followers a Happy Africa Day.

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Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago.

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President Donald Trump issued an order to take down exhibits that "divide Americans based on race," but the White House says it wasn't involved and the museum says the moves were part of normal ...

Ryan Coogler’s masterpiece mixes African spirits, the American church and the power of music into a terrifying brew.

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The Reverend James Bretzke, a theology professor at John Carroll University in Ohio, told USA Today this week that a diplomat ...