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As a tutor at Eugene Field Elementary School in Rogers Park on the North Side, Jacob Wilcox spent the last year listening to a small group of students read sentences out loud to figure out where they were struggling and …

WASHINGTON — In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatal shootings was an active participant in Chicago’s left-wing protest scene, speaking out against police violence and a proposed Amazon headquarters. …

CINCINNATI — Pete Crow-Armstrong’s towering fly hung in the air for so long it seemed to defy physics. Then it clanged off the right-field foul pole, ringing in the young star’s first career grand slam. Facing the visitors’ dugout at …

Moon alert Avoid shopping or important decisions from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Aries into Taurus. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day You will express yourself very powerfully to others today, …

Bob Shapiro set out to conquer diet soft drinks and did. In 1983, G.D. Searle, the Skokie-based company he helped run, had just become the sole provider of the sugar substitute aspartame after the federal Food and Drug Administration signed …

DEAR ABBY: How do you handle a friend who never stops talking? My longtime friend has always been a good storyteller, but as we become older, she hijacks every conversation when we get together. She’s oblivious to verbal or body …

The Trump administration’s recent executive actions, along with proposed cuts to vital health and social service programs, pose an existential threat to our nation’s human service infrastructure — a threat Illinois knows all too well. During our state’s budget impasse, …

When kangaroos are distressed, they are known to exhibit out-of-the-ordinary behaviour (Picture: Getty Images) A kangaroo ‘tried to drown’ a man in floodwaters in a terrifying encounter that could only happen in Australia. Don James lived to tell the tale …

People wait on station after significant power outage is reported by local authorities in Alpes-Maritimes, including Cannes where the 78th Cannes Film Festival is currently taking place (Picture: Getty) ‘Malicious acts’ have been blamed for a major electricity outage across …

Climate change has thrown insurance markets into dysfunction, and the situation is about to get more dire. As the epicenter of a global insurance crisis, it is critical that California formulates a strong response. Creating and funding public catastrophe models, like …

As they have for more than 100 years, thousands of visitors will head out to Santa Cruz’s beaches and famous wharf over Memorial Day Weekend, heralding the beginning of summer. The sea lions, the clam chowder, the sunny weather and …

Climate change has thrown insurance markets into dysfunction, and the situation is about to get more dire. As the epicenter of a global insurance crisis, it is critical that California formulates a strong response. Creating and funding public catastrophe models, like …

As they have for more than 100 years, thousands of visitors will head out to Santa Cruz’s beaches and famous wharf over Memorial Day Weekend, heralding the beginning of summer. The sea lions, the clam chowder, the sunny weather and …

Dear Eric: I was a latch-key kid in the ’70s, no father, working mom of three kids. No one was ever there to read me a story, watch me make a basket or catch a ball. I now have a …

Apparently, it’s “No Mow May.” Keeping up with these new “official” additions to the yearly calendar is hard. I struggle to remember the usual holidays. Fortunately, No Mow May is a no-brainer for me. Every month is a holiday away …