
Chicago theater for summer 2025: Our top 10 from '42 Balloons' on Navy Pier to Amy Morton back at Steppenwolf
CHICAGO — As our chilly, dusty spring turns into summer, Chicago theaters have a stellar lineup of warm-weather ... Read More
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Review: In FX's 'Adults,' growing up is hard to do
In the opening scene of the new FX situation comedy "Adults," which premiered May 28, Issa (Amita Rao), the most aggressively forward member of a five-person pod of 20-something friends, masturbates back at a man ...Read more
Q&A: In 'The Better Sister,' Kim Dickens and Bobby Naderi try to figure out whodunit
ANAHEIM, Calif. — In “The Better Sister,” Kim Dickens and Bobby Naderi play detectives investigating a high-profile murder case on Long Island, the kind of roles where the chemistry of their partnership is important ...Read more
Bay Area free summer music guide: See 100-plus shows without dropping a dime
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Everybody seems to be watching what they spend these days.
And it definitely makes sense, given what it costs to take your family out to an amusement park or even just the movies these days.
Of ...Read more
Josh Hawley teams with Democrats to pass bills that stalled in Senate
Picking up a fight they started two years ago, GOP U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois again have proposed laws aimed at curbing child pornography.
Last week, the bistate ...Read more
He started a feud with superstar Zach Bryan. Now he's coming to the Philadelphia Folk Festival
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Folk Festival lineup is growing.
In April, the Philadelphia Folksong Society announced the initial group of acts for the 62nd iteration of the fest which happens this year Aug. 15-17 and ...Read more
Mexico's judicial reform is now in the hands of confused voters
MEXICO CITY — It’s an election unlike any other in Mexico. No sports stadiums packed with the party faithful. The smiling faces of normally omnipresent candidates almost completely absent on TV or glitzy posters. But ...Read more
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers star Josh Klinghoffer accepts no jail plea deal over fatal car crash
Josh Klinghoffer has accepted a no-jail plea deal for a vehicular manslaughter charge.
The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, 45, appeared in court this week in Alhambra, California where he pleaded no contest to ...Read more
Jackie Chan reveals how Karate Kid and Rocky stopped him from 'giving up'
Jackie Chan wanted to "give up" his acting dreams before seeing 'Karate Kid' and 'Rocky'.
The 71-year-old movie legend - who plays kung fu mentor Mr. Han in new movie 'Karate Kid: Legends' - has opened up on how the ...Read more
Scarlett Johansson relished hosting Saturday Night Live
Scarlett Johansson loved hosting the final episode of 'Saturday Night Live's 50th season.
The 40-year-old actress recently became the first woman to host the long-running comedy show seven times, and Scarlett has revealed...Read more
Hoda Kotb feels ready for her next 'chapter' in life
Hoda Kotb is "open" to finding love again.
The 60-year-old TV star has barely thought about romance since leaving the 'Today' show in January - but Hoda is now looking forward to the next "chapter" in her life.
Hoda - ...Read more
Fifth Harmony rumoured for 2026 reunion tour - sans Camila Cabello
Fifth Harmony are reportedly in talks to reunite - without Camila Cabello.
Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, and Lauren Jauregui continued until 2018 after 'Havana' hitmaker Camila quit in 2016 to launch a solo career.
...Read more
Wynonna Judd says touring immediately after her mom Naomi's suicide helped with her grief
Wynonna Judd says touring right after her mom Naomi's tragic death helped her cope with her grief.
The 60-year-old country musician rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother in their mother-daughter country music duo...Read more
Chicago fatal car crash totals remain stubbornly high in pandemic's wake
CHICAGO — The officers were just north of 71st Street when they saw a man lying in the middle of Western Avenue, close to the eastern boundary of the Chicago Police Department’s 8th District.
It was about 10:30 p.m. ...Read more
This news might ruin your appetite -- and summer
It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting.
In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ...Read more
Homebuying options remain slim for middle-income earners
Like many moderate-income workers, public school teachers Julia and Scott Whitnall didn’t think they’d become homeowners in their early 30s. Especially in California.
“We never felt homeownership was in our cards. ...Read more
'MAHA moms,' psilocybin therapy, anti-vaxxers: LA's wellness movement's path to the White House
LOS ANGELES — On Oct. 29, 2022, the universe told Dr. Casey Means her fate lay in Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in her popular online newsletter of her epiphany, which came ...Read more
He took over a Capitol Police force reeling from Jan. 6. Now Chief Manger is retiring
WASHINGTON — When J. Thomas Manger took charge of the Capitol Police in the aftermath of Jan. 6, 2021, he said that day “should not define us.”
As Manger prepares to retire at the end of the month, he’s taking ...Read more
Federal cuts ripple through a bioscience hub in rural Montana
HAMILTON, Mont. — Scientists are often careful to take off their work badges when they leave the campus of one of the nation’s top research facilities, here in southwestern Montana’s Bitterroot Valley.
It’s a ...Read more
After years on the front lines of violence prevention, Chicago group faces layoffs as DOJ shifts priorities
CHICAGO -- For a city with hundreds of shootings each year, the work that Pha’Tal Perkins does with kids in Chicago is quiet but significant.
Perkins, 41, remembers that after a bullet went through a window and into the...Read more
A judge blocked Florida's immigration law. Police arrested 25 anyway
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida police arrested more than two dozen people under a controversial new immigration law that makes it a crime to enter the state while undocumented — after a judge blocked the measure saying it was ...Read more
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