Lord of the Rings fans will experience the epic world of Hobbits, wizards and the Precious when the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus joins forces with Pacific Symphony for “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, In Concert.” …
LA Children’s Chorus, Pacific Symphony to perform at ‘Lord of the Rings’ screening Read MoreA $23.3 million effort to turn an architecturally significant 81-year-old former Altgeld Gardens commercial building into an after-school center has been approved by the Chicago Plan Commission. The panel last week approved the By The Hand Club For Kids’ project …
Altgeld Gardens’ ‘Up Top’ building to return to tip-top shape as an after-school center Read MoreTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Three young men laugh and swear at each other, thinking they have got away with raping …
Rapists laugh in back of lorry as they are smuggled out of UK after sex attack on teen girl Read MoreTop Democrats in Illinois are applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday that will allow the state to continue to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day. The challenge, backed by President Donald Trump and led by …
Supreme Court rejects GOP mail ballot challenge, but Illinois Dems warn voting rights ‘still under attack’ Read MoreA Lake County judge has denied Marni Yang’s bid for a new trial in the 2007 murder of a 42-year-old pregnant woman whom authorities say she saw as a rival for the affections of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle, according …
Lake County judge denies Marni Yang’s bid for new trial Read MoreAt the Studebaker Theater in the Loop, Alzo Slade, the new scorekeeper of the NPR quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!,” sits at a table backstage with producers Lillian King and Michael Danforth. The trio is working to craft …
Meet Alzo Slade, the new ‘Wait Wait’ scorekeeper Read MoreBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country’s worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region. …
He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela’s La Guaira. Now he vows never to return Read MoreBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MONIKA PRONCZUK KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Opposition and civil society groups are protesting Congo’s new ban on public demonstrations and mass gatherings in the capital and other areas far from the country’s deadly Ebola outbreak, alleging …
Congo bans gatherings in areas far from Ebola outbreak. Some say it limits dissent Read MoreBy NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday begged a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, calling the move a schismatic act and a “sin of …
Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations Read MoreBy HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — He’s a prize-winning presidential historian who wrote an entire biography of Thomas Jefferson. But even Jon Meacham needs to think for a moment before defining what it means to be a …
A Jefferson for every era, from Lincoln to Trump, and the contradictions that endure Read MoreA Santa Ana native, Mia Verdin considers herself privileged to be able to call herself a U.S. citizen. Verdin, along with her two younger brothers, was born in the U.S., which means they are citizens despite their parents’ immigration status. …
For many in California, the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision is personal Read MoreDisneyland has moved one step closer to opening a $60 million expansion of Avengers Campus that will double the size of the Marvel themed land with the selection of a team responsible for getting two new attractions ready for opening …
Disneyland selects test-and-adjust team for 2 new Avengers Campus rides Read MoreBy JESSICA DAMIANO President Donald Trump’s two makeovers of the White House Rose Garden, including converting its lawn into a patio, have drawn recent attention to one of the nation’s most iconic gardens. The garden has seen many changes over …
How the White House Rose Garden and its plantings have changed over the past century Read MoreBy GLENN GAMBOA, AP Business Writer This year’s class of “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” includes Citi CEO Jane Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza, and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. The newly renamed Andrew Carnegie Foundation announced …
Carnegie Foundation unveils 2026’s ‘Great Immigrants, Great Americans’ list Read MoreBy MARIAM FAM Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Kabouli had never …
How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery Read MoreBy ERIKA KINETZ The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a …
Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people Read MoreNigel Farage makes hundreds of thousands of pounds promoting Direct Bullion (Picture: Direct Bullion) Nigel Farage made more than a quarter of a million pounds for just four hours’ work a month promoting gold bullion, according to a new financial …
Nigel Farage makes £270,000 for 12 hours’ work flogging gold bullion Read MoreFox News host Laura Ingraham interviewed President Trump’s Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., where they discussed the newly revoked temporary protective status (TPS) for Haitians, which was granted in 2010 after …
Stephen Miller Laughs at Republican’s Plea for Haitians, “Taking Care of Your Mom” Read MoreBally’s has hired former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law firm to help potentially sue Chicago for violating the casino host agreement that she negotiated as mayor — a suit that would be based on the city’s decision to legalize video gambling …
Bally’s raises eyebrows by hiring ex-Mayor Lightfoot’s law firm to challenge video gambling terminals Read MoreThe Bulls honored three-time NBA champion and TV analyst Stacey King with a Celebration of Life ceremony Monday at the Advocate Center, with speakers that included Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf, King’s former broadcast teammates Neil Funk and Adam …
Stacey King honored by Bulls in Celebration of Life ceremony Monday Read More