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Ornithologist Katie LaBarbera arrives at the Coyote Creek Field Station in Alviso about 45 minutes before sunrise — peak time for bird activity. The early part of LaBarbera’s Sunday shift is peacefully spent capturing, banding and releasing birds in what …

Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches. The concrete letters — quoting …

Bears wide receiver Luther Burden will play Sunday against the 49ers. Burden sprained his ankle against the Browns and didn’t play against the Packers but returned to practice this week. He was a full participant for the first time Friday. …

The holidays are a good inflection point of the MLB offseason. Most deals are done before Christmas, and free-agent activity is relatively quiet as front offices take time to be with their family. Surprisingly, the White Sox ($57.1) have outspent …

The city of Chicago is collecting submissions for its fourth annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest. People are encouraged to submit their best snow-related puns by Jan. 10 at Chicagoshovels.org. Six winning names will be attached to plows in each …

Philadelphia artist Kristin Scholz has one public mural in Chicago, which can be found in a Lincoln Square alley on her best friend’s garage door. “She just wanted color on her house,” says Scholz, who also painted her friend’s back …

Dear Eric: About 14 years ago our son was seriously dating a woman whom both my wife and I really adored. We both thought she would be a great wife and daughter-in-law. She became the daughter we always wanted to …

Today is Saturday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2025. There are four days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 27, 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage from Plymouth, England, aboard the HMS …

The Bears can clinch the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs by winning out. They can get there a lot faster — before kickoff against the 49ers on Sunday night. If the Packers lose to the Ravens on Saturday …

DEAR HARRIETTE: I don’t feel secure in my current relationship. I feel like the guy I have been seeing is going to ghost when it takes him a while to respond, even if things seem fine on the surface. Related …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Californian wildfires was the most expensive climate catastrophe this year, as disasters brought on by global …

Lisa Smith, 33, suffered what police described as ‘very serious head injuries’ at an address in the Almondbury area (Picture: West Yorkshire Police/MEN Media) The parents of a mum-of-six killed last week have urged people to ‘hold your loved ones …

Wael al-Dahdouh lost more than 16 immediate family members while covering the war (Picture: Getty) The ceasefire in Gaza has been in place for months now – but life is still uncertain for the dozens of Palestinian journalists still on …

Zac Howells saved the lives of both himself and his mum Nicola Crump (Picture: Family Photo) A 12-year-old boy managed to take control of his mum’s car and save ‘countless lives’ after she passed out at the wheel going 60mph. …

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Timothee Chalamet, 30; Chloe Bridges, 34; Hayley Williams, 37; Gerard Depardieu, 77. Happy Birthday: Take your time. Go through the pros and cons before you make choices. Refuse to let anyone push you in a …

For a while last year, scientists offered a glimmer of hope that artificial intelligence would make a positive contribution to democracy. They showed that chatbots could address conspiracy theories racing across social media, challenging misinformation around beliefs in issues such …

TODAY’S WORD — SOLICITOUS (so-LIH-sih-tus: Meticulously careful.) Average mark 29 words Time limit 50 minutes Can you find 44 or more words in SOLICITOUS? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD — INSPECT: inept insect inset instep nest nice …

This month, Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, traveled to Nashville, Tenn., to meet with Candace Owens, a podcaster who has become the premier purveyor of conspiracy theories about her husband’s murder. If the summit was meant to persuade Owens to …

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen were among the familiar faces in a batch of photographs released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in connection to the late Jeffrey Epstein. The images underscore an uncomfortable truth …

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