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Can Connor Cover? A Sports Trick-Or-Treat Just In Time For Halloween
Connor A. McCann I’ve long said that right behind Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday. The crispness in the air as the weather cools down and fall sets in. The incredibly unhealthy amount of candy that I get to consume and feel less bad...
Kalyani Mudumba opens up about carrying forward her grandfather’s musical legacy
What began as a little girl’s devotion to her grandfather’s music in Telangana has today become an international movement for harmony and healing. Kalyani Mudumba, now based in Illinois, has turned Carnatic music into her medium of service —...
Screams & Screens: Black Creators Bring Fresh Fear To Horror Cinema
Black creators aren’t merely slipping into horror, they are bending the genre’s spine Horror has long served as a litmus test for the anxieties of its age. A fresh cohort of Black creators is now turning the genre on its ear. From blood‑soaked...
Morgan Wallen Stuns Country Music Fans With Major Career News: WATCH
Morgan Wallen crushed it in 2025, and he's cranking things up in 2026. PublishedOctober 30, 2025 2:50 PM EDT•UpdatedOctober 30, 2025 2:18 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link Morgan Wallen fans are in for a monster 2026. Wallen dropped his...
Harrison Ford recalls first encounters with nature in Chicago during visit to receive environmental activism award
On a quiet day at a pond near his childhood home in Morton Grove, a teenage Harrison Ford went down to the water looking for frogs to hunt and rocks to collect. He was alone, but after a while, the air shifted with a new presence. He looked up to...
US Chicago Tribune Harrison Ford recalls first encounters with nature in Chicago during visit to receive environmental activism award
On a quiet day at a pond near his childhood home in Morton Grove, a teenage Harrison Ford went down to the water looking for frogs to hunt and rocks to collect. He was alone, but after a while, the air shifted with a new presence. He looked up to...
WA Collegiate Sports Schedule: Oct. 31 – Nov. 7
MOSES LAKE – Collegiate Athletes head into another competitive week as their teams head into the final stretch of the regular season. See where your favorite team will be headed this week. Football Nov. 1 EWU (4-4) vs Sacramento State – 1 p.m. WSU...
The Confluence: The Making of a Radical Chicago Activist
The protest began on principle. It came in the aftermath of a great controversy concerning America’s freedom of speech: a proposed Nazi march in Skokie. The Nazis’ right to march, which united free speech advocates from Ayn Rand to the American...
Munster v Argentina XV: kick-off time, TV details and team news
Munster will welcome Argentina to Limerick on Saturday in what will be the second clash between the two sides. The two sides met last in 1973 in Thomond Park, in a game that featured the current Munster Branch president Brendan Foley, with...
Niños de Chicago atrapados en caos de represión migratoria
CHICAGO — El niño de 2 años estaba tan asustado que tartamudeó. “Mami, mami, mami”, repitió, aferrado a ella. Su madre, Molly Kucich, compraba víveres cuando la llamó su esposo, presa del pánico. Ella escuchó: “Redada migratoria”. Luego: “Gas...
STATE OF ILLINOIS NEWS BRIEFS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
Jury Convicts Sean Grayson of 2nd-Degree Murder In Massey Death (Springfield, IL) — A jury is convicting a former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the death of Sonya Massey. Sean Grayson shot and killed the unarmed Black...
Media Insider: Kiwi journalist duped by ‘imposter’ ex-New York mayor; All Blacks peel back curtain for top US media; DDB agency faces axe; Three News loses top boss to TVNZ
“De Blasio” told Hurley in the email that Mamdani was making dangerously “optimistic assumptions” about the likely income generated by new taxes. “In my view, the math doesn’t hold up under scrutiny, and the political hurdles are substantial,”...
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Still the Problem Tour’ will bring him to Chicago
Country star Morgan Wallen has announced a tour that will bring him to Chicago for two nights at Soldier Field next summer. His “Still the Problem Tour 2026” will play Soldier Field June 19-20, 2026, both nights with different lineups of opening...
Illinois Treasurer commits $50 million to aid unpaid federal workers
(WAND) — Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs is committing $50 million to fund zero-interest and low-interest loans to unpaid federal workers during the government shutdown. An estimated 153,000 federal employees live and work in Illinois,...
Illinois State University Teaching Assistant Who Flipped Over TPUSA Table Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kill President Trump
Derek Lopez/ Image: El Paso, Illinois Police Department The Gateway Pundit reported that students manning a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) table at Illinois State University (ISU) watched as an angry man flipped their table over and tore down flags...
All Blacks vs. Ireland Rugby: 5 Things To Know Before Chicago Test
One of the biggest rugby matches ever played in the United States will kick off at 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 1, as No. 3 Ireland Rugby faces No. 2 New Zealand All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago. Even if the teams weren’t vying for No. 1 in the world,...
'Jack has been running the side really well this week': Farrell backs Crowley to deliver in Chicago
Returning to a place that “means a little bit more to everyone now”, Andy Farrell has backed both of his two headline Ireland inclusions to help swing what he called the “Battle of Chicago, Round 2” his side’s way.Munster out-half Jack Crowley and...
“The Other Chicago World’s Fair”
A Century of Progress International Exposition The 1933 World’s Fair opened during the Great Depression when times were tough. One-quarter of America’s work force was unemployed. Those lucky enough to still be working had seen their wages plummet...
20 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Other Art Fair, Hot Chocolate Run, Haunted Halsted Parade
CHICAGO — Immerse yourself in local art at the Other Art Fair, run through the city while enjoying sweet treats on the Hot Chocolate Run, celebrate Halloween at the Haunted Halsted parade and enjoy fall festivities at the Green Corn Festival this...
SIU’s Simon Institute co-hosts panel on the future of higher education in Illinois
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, in partnership with the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, will host a panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 4, looking at the future of higher education in the state....