During his best director acceptance speech at this year’s Academy Awards, Sean Baker zealously spoke about the importance of theatergoing, particularly the increasingly threatened independently-owned ...

Last week, the writers at WNBA.com had Chicago ranked No. 8 in their preseason rankings. This means they believed the Sky had made improvements this offseason and could be a playoff team in 2025.

National Weather Service officials are expecting temperatures in the mid 80s Thursday and possible ... and thunderstorms are expected to hit Chicago before 9 p.m. Thursday, some expected to ...

The National Football League unveiled the complete 2025 regular-season schedule on Wednesday. This season, the Chicago Bears are scheduled to play games on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the ...

Geico, the country’s third-largest auto insurer, on Wednesday announced the launch of a Chicago office in the Merchandise Mart, where it will house more than 100 employees in corporate roles ...

Pope Leo XIV is busy in his first full week of work in the Vatican, but will he consider making a trip home to Chicago in the near future? The pope’s schedule is packed with a variety of ...

People reports that Portillo’s, a Chicago-based sandwich chain, has announced a new menu item in honor of Cardinal Robert Prevost, recently named Pope Leo XIV. In a press release, the chain ...

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was beloved. He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in Peru ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) celebrated the Thursday selection of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first pontiff from the U.S. “Everything dope ...

John Prevost, a brother of the pope who lives in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., said that Pope Leo XIV grew into a person who could follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, his predecessor.

Crain's today released its second annual list of the largest construction companies in the Chicago area, and the top two local builders have only grown bigger.. The Walsh Group retained its status ...

The growing epidemic of unruly air travelers hit the art world this weekend, when news broke that James Rondeau, the president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago allegedly disrobed in ...