From the Coast Starlight to the Empire Builder, here’s how to use Amtrak’s USA Rail Pass—10 segments in 30 days—for scenic, ...

After years of little snow across the Chicago area, recent record-breaking snowfall and below-freezing temperatures might seem to contradict scientific reports of winters getting warmer. But climate ...

With their loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Chicago Bears dropped to second place in the NFC North, a half game behind the Packers. The loss also dropped them all the way to the seventh seed in the ...

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A WBEZ analysis finds student attendance briefly plummeted following intense moments of immigration enforcement, but overall rates are comparable to last year. Some credit “magic school buses” and ...

Three different times over the past year, popular and longstanding Chicago stage theater spaces have made headlines for their demise. At the dawn of 2025, "Blue Man Group" said goodbye to the Briar ...

Chicago homeowners are getting hit with a record property tax hike after the city’s downtown office buildings and other commercial real estate values fell again. The median residential bill climbed by ...

If you want a full-on leaf-peeping trip, some of the best color in the state comes from three parks that show up again and again on national foliage lists: Austin was on track for one of its driest ...

Scientists have long questioned whether the vibrant colors of fall foliage serve an evolutionary purpose. One theory suggests red pigments protect leaves from sun damage, allowing trees to absorb more ...

Amanda M. Castro is a Network TV writer at Collider and a journalist based in New York. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Amanda is a bilingual Latina who graduated from the University of New Haven with ...

The 2025 Arizona Fall League officially wraps up Friday with the championship between the Surprise Saguaros and Peoria Javelinas. But for nine White Sox prospects, AFL play ended Wednesday as the ...

Who didn’t see that cliffhanger coming? We know Chicago PD Season 13 Episode 7 would likely leave us hanging with the fall finale, and it certainly did, as the hour concluded with Eva Imani trapped in ...