By Mia Taylor, TravelPulse If you were hoping to score any sort of bargain on summer travel this year, you’ll need to work especially hard to find it. A new analysis of flight searches conducted by Points Path reveals that …
Summer travel 2026 will be most expensive in years as airlines aren’t backing off high prices Read MoreBy YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) — The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in colored ink. Tokyo-based Calbee Inc., which makes potato chips …
Some Japanese snack packages are turning black-and-white as Iran war depletes ink supply Read MoreK-pop-inspired global girl group Katseye is heading out on its first major headlining arena tour this fall, including a stop in Los Angeles. The group’s Wildworld Tour will make a Southern California stop at Crypto.com Arena on Nov. 21 as …
Katseye bringing Wildworld Tour to Crypto.com Arena Read MoreComEd electric customers will see at least a 12% jump in monthly charges starting in June as big data centers increase demand for power and an unrelated consumer credit ends. The average monthly residential bill is $107, according to ComEd, …
ComEd electric customers brace for double-digit spike in bills Read MoreNetflix has expanded its inventory of NFL games and will have a season-long presence with the league under a new deal announced Wednesday. The streaming service will have five regular-season games as well as the NFL Honors through 2029. It …
Netflix expands its lineup of NFL games Read MoreTwo South Side-based visual arts organizations will receive part of a $1.8 million grant from the Los Angeles-based Getty Foundation to support Black visual arts archives, the foundation announced Wednesday. The South Side Community Art Center will receive $250,000, and …
South Side visual arts organizations awarded part of $1.8 million grant from Getty Foundation Read MoreThe University of Chicago is joining other top universities in offering free tuition for undergraduate students whose families make under $250,000 a year, the school announced Wednesday as part of an initiative to make the college affordable for middle- and …
University of Chicago to offer free tuition for students from families making less than $250,000 a year Read MoreFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he has issued an investigative subpoena to the NFL regarding the Rooney Rule. Uthmeier, who threatened possible enforcement actions against the league in March if it didn’t suspend the 23-year-old rule, sent the subpoena …
Florida attorney general continues push against NFL’s Rooney Rule Read MoreJim’s Original, el famoso puesto de hot dogs de Chicago conocido por sus salchichas polacas, o Polish, al estilo de Maxwell Street, se trasladará de su ubicación emblemática porque su propietario, la Universidad de Illinois en Chicago (UIC), planea reurbanizar …
Famoso puesto de hot dogs Jim’s Original tendrá que mudarse por la reurbanización de UIC Read MoreJosh Giddey had a lengthy list of offseason priorities he wanted to work on, including his shooting. “Off the bounce stuff is probably going to be the next step that I want to get into more,” Giddey said last month …
Bulls’ Josh Giddey hoping clean-up surgery allows time to clean up game Read MoreA man who ran dozens of unlicensed cannabis dispensaries across three Southern California counties faces 66 charges for allegedly failing to report more than $80 million in sales and evading payment of about $7.1 million in sales taxes, authorities said …
Cannabis retailer charged for not paying $7.1 million in sales tax in Orange, L.A. and San Bernardino counties Read MoreThe California Dream used to include a home you could own. For the nurses, teachers, firefighters, and recent graduates who keep Riverside and Long Beach running, that dream is slipping further out of reach. California has virtually stopped building starter …
Not every housing fix requires a new law. Some require fixing old ones. Read MoreBy THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship were ordered to remain on board after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, French authorities said Wednesday. They dismissed any link to a deadly hantavirus …
France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak Read MoreBy JOSH FUNK Safety experts recommended Wednesday that airlines develop realistic training to prepare their pilots to deal with smoke filling the cockpit like what happened on a Southwest Airlines plane after a bird strike. The National Transportation Safety Board …
NTSB urges airlines to train their pilots to deal with smoke in the cockpit Read MoreJoe Sedelmaier, the gifted, Chicago-based TV commercial director and creative force who shunned the coasts while producing iconic TV ads like the “Where’s the beef?” spots for Wendy’s and the “fast-talking guy” for Federal Express died on May 8 at …
Joe Sedelmaier, who created memorable ‘Where’s the beef?’ and FedEx ads, dies at 92 Read MorePresident Trump is defending his costly refurbishment of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall as the Senate is poised to debate $1 billion for his glitzy White House ballroom. Trump insisted the repainting and patching of the leaky national …
Trump’s reflecting pool rehab jumps in cost as White House ballroom price tag sparks debate Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Back in early April, Savannah Guthrie returned to Today after a two-month hiatus. The return came as Savannah’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, remains missing after seemingly being abducted from her Arizona home in February. While Savannah has …
Savannah Guthrie Reportedly Bursts Into Tears on ‘Today’ Set as Mother … Read MoreJodie Foster was recently spotted during a rare public outing â and fans quickly noticed an unexpected detail. The Oscar-winning actress, 63, was photographed using a cane while out on a grocery run with wife Alexandra Hedison in New York …
Jodie Foster, 63, Spotted Using a Cane During Rare Outing Read MoreA 57-year-old woman driving a CTA bus made a daring escape out a window early Wednesday when a knife-wielding man commandeered her bus, leading to his arrest. No one was injured and charges were pending for the suspect, police said. …
CTA bus driver makes daring escape from knife-wielding kidnapper in Logan Square Read More