The clock’s hands now indicate that the earth is just 89 seconds from midnight — the closest it’s ever been to “doomsday.” The clock was last reset in January 2023, when moved to 90 ...

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Richard Garwin, Chicago physicist who created the hydrogen bomb and worked to see it wasn't used, dead at 97 He served as a science adviser, focusing on nuclear deterrence, to every U.S. president ...

Three undergraduate students at the University of Chicago won a new housing challenge for proposing a citywide vacancy tax. The tax would fund affordable, infill housing.

Chicago Fire defender Jonathan Dean, left, and Orlando City midfielder Martin Ojeda (10) go after the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match on May 31, 2025, in Orlando, Fla.

CTA, Metra, and Pace officials are preparing "doomsday budgets" after Illinois state lawmakers didn't address the Chicago area mass transit system's massive budget shortfall during the spring ...

Colbert is hardly alone in his visceral response to the pope’s distinctly Chicago accent. “He sounds like me, grew up in a similar neighborhood, just a different part of town — it’s crazy ...

A vintage Renaissance Revival-style mansion in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood was sold in late March for $1.15 million by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago to a University of Chicago ...

I’ve been a faculty member at the University of Chicago for 27 years; for 12 of them, I was married to the university’s late president, Robert J. Zimmer. Bob was well known for his endorsement ...

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has received $14 million in total gift commitments from University of Chicago trustee and alumnus John Edwardson and Fran Edwardson to support its ...

At Lewis University, innovation is taking off during their regular summer break; construction that will allow them to grow and help fill the gaps in the country's shortage of air traffic controllers.

DePaul soccer player, Chase Stegall, dies ‘unexpectedly' on school campus at age 20 Chase Stegall was the son of Milton Stegall, a former NFL player with the Cincinnati Bengals who went on to ...