‘Mother of Pop Art’: Venezuelan artist showcased in Chicago
She is known as the “Mother of Pop Art.” Marisol Escobar is known as the female Andy Warhol of Paris, Venezuela and later the United States. At Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary ...
CTA president defends agency, urges Illinois legislature for fair funding
Using an address at the City Club of Chicago as a rebuttal to critics, Chicago Transit Authority president Dorval Carter defended his agency as “bouncing back” from the pandemic and ...
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City of Chicago responds after WGN report on dying tree
CHICAGO — The tree outside Maurie Richie’s Northwest Side home was dying. He called the city and his alderman’s office to request its trimming or removal. But more than two years later, no one had ...
Dodgers clinch 12th straight playoff berth on Shohei Ohtani’s historic night
In what has become a fall custom, the Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to the playoffs. The Dodgers clinched their 12th ...
Diana Taurasi all business in what could be final home game of her 20-year career
Diana Taurasi’s Phoenix Mercury teammates wore her No. 3 jersey for introductions, a nod to the possibility this was the final home game in the 20-year career of the player ...
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North Carolina gov. candidate Mark Robinson responds to bombshell CNN report
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) is facing pressure from within the Republican Party to suspend his campaign for governor. The pressure began in anticipation of a story that would ...
Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed the United States in part on Thursday for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which ...
Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse
A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged ...
DCFS tried to contact Illinois mom before her infant son’s death but she was a ‘no-show’
The state’s Department of Children and Family Services tried to reach Andrea Luncsford earlier this month after being told there was a substantial risk to a ...
Jets’ Aaron Rodgers returns to huge cheers for 1st home game since Achilles tendon injury last year
No American flag this time for Aaron Rodgers. But a thunderous ovation greeted the New York Jets quarterback as he jogged onto the field at MetLife Stadium. Rodgers ...
Chicago Public School teachers allegedly told to pass migrant students regardless of grades: report
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools is facing criticism over the alleged mishandling of migrant students’ education inside city classrooms. Some district administrators reportedly instructed ...
Why does Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 feat resonate so much in baseball?
Among the roughly 23,000 men who played played Major League Baseball over the past century-and-a-half, none had a season with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases — until now. Shohei Ohtani became the ...