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The best boxers in the world travel to “The Big Apple” for the inaugural U.S. Most Valuable Promotions Women (MVPW) boxing event. For the main matchup, American Alycia Baumgardner (17-1-0) defends her unified super featherweight title against South Korean Bo …

ReedPop made book lovers’ dreams come true last year with the reveal that BookCon would be returning in 2026 after the beloved publishing convention was retired in 2020. Since that June 2025 announcement, readers have been dissecting every new piece …

Li Jun Li, one of the breakout stars of “Sinners,” has joined Season 3 of “The Last of Us,” Variety has learned exclusively. In the HBO Max series, she will play Miriam, a Seraphite and the mother of Lev and …

Friday was a good-bad-ugly kind of day for the health of the Cubs’ pitching staff. Left-hander Matthew Boyd said he’s on target to return to the rotation Wednesday, the team put closer Daniel Palenica on the 15-day injured list and …

President Donald Trump was criticized for participating in a staged photo op at the White House on Monday with a DoorDash driver (Sharon Simmons, dubbed “DoorDash grandma,” who lives in Arkansas) to promote his “No Tax on Tips” policy. When …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a boisterous introduction to Major League Baseball with three home runs in his first three games, the hits haven’t been easy to come by for Munetaka Murakami. The slugger dubbed the Babe Ruth of Higo, …

QVC Group — the company that owns and operates QVC and HSN, the shopping channels that have been mainstays of cable TV for decades — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection of its U.S. businesses in the face of …

The Sky signed guard Jordan Hobbs and forward Sidney Cooks to training camp contracts. Hobbs was drafted No. 34 out of Michigan in the 2025 WNBA Draft, though she did not make the Storm’s final roster. She played with the …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Natalie Portman just shared some very exciting news. The beloved actress has revealed that she’s pregnant with her third child! Yes, though she’s famous for keeping her private life as private as possible, Natalie decided to …

TENERIFE, Spain — Galician animation auteur Alberto Vázquez has done it again. “Decorado,” his bruising meditation on identity and appearances in a society that prizes the surface, landed Best Feature Film at the 9th Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, handed out …

Bears general manager Ryan Poles gave himself a tough act to follow. Last year, in conjunction with new head coach Ben Johnson, Poles drafted tight end Colston Loveland, who led the Bears in both catches and receiving yards, in Round …

Ali Malone was among those releasing silver, black and blue balloons Thursday afternoon outside the South Side YMCA, yelling “We love you, king.” It was in honor of her cousin Eric Billups, 16, who was fatally shot Wednesday — at …

Mark Lubell has been named executive director of the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, the organization announced Thursday, following a national search led by PBR Executive Search. A Sag Harbor resident and native New Yorker, Lubell brings decades of experience …

“Grey’s Anatomy” has made 320 appearances on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, more than any other series in the charts’ history. The long-running ABC medical drama beat and continues to reset a record previously held by “NCIS,” which is still in …

The Cubs could not be returning home to a more favorable forecast this weekend. Temperatures are climbing, and the Mets, playing so miserably that Mr. Met has asked for a trial separation, blow into town. The Mets have lost eight …

The Chicago Loop Alliance on Thursday announced Suzet McKinney as its new president and CEO starting May 11. She was most recently director of life sciences at developer Sterling Bay. McKinney was previously CEO of the Illinois Medical District and …

A cash-strapped City Hall has missed out on more than $8 billion in sorely needed revenue because it “lacks foundational management tools” to chip away at the mountain of delinquent debt it’s owed dating back three decades, Chicago’s top government …

El salario por hora de los trabajadores que reciben propinas en Chicago volverá a aumentar para igualar el costo de vida, después de que el Concejo Municipal no pudo anular el tercer veto del alcalde Brandon Johnson. Un mes después …

With Opening Day starter and 2025 All-Star Shane Smith trying to recapture his form in the minors, the top spot in the White Sox’ rotation is there for the taking. As he prepares for his fourth start of the season …

Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw their compensation come in just above $53 million in 2025, which actually marked a decrease in the chiefs’ pay packages from 2024. The streamer announced the CEOs’ pay in an SEC filing …