Chicago is heading downhill because of the high-cost city-based taxes compared to the quality of services offered in return. It ranked 141 out of the 150 largest U.S. cities, according to a WalletHub financial research statement released in July 2021….
As the United States and its allies push to evacuate key people out of Afghanistan, an explosion occurred at the Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate in Kabul on Aug. 26, 2021. At least one more blast was reported at…
Attorneys for Dylann Roof petitioned the federal appeals court on behalf of their client to have his convictions and death penalty vacated. They assert he should have been determined unfit to stand trial for the 2015 racist slayings of nine…
A Barbie doll honoring Sarah Gilbert, a British professor who is one of the co-creators of the coronavirus vaccine, Oxford/AstraZeneca. She is part of Mattel’s new Barbie series devoted to inspirational women participating in the fight in the coronavirus pandemic….
Iconic rock legend Charles (Charlie) Watts spent over half a century with the Rolling Stones. The 80-year-old drummer was surrounded by family when he passed away peacefully in a London hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. His publicist asked that…
The Bloomingdale Trail, also called The 606, for the first three numbers of the zip codes in Chicago, is located at 1805 N. Ridgeway and was once used as a freight line. Some North Lawndale residents have envisioned something similar…
The first COVID-19 vaccine with full Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval was awarded to Pfizer-BioNTech for individuals 16 and older on Aug. 23, 2021. Pfizer is in league with other vaccines as the first COVID-19 vaccine subjected to a…
I have a strong and abiding belief, I guess because I am grounded in the richness of history and the wealth of knowledge and wisdom to be drawn from the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, that life is best lived, as…
No one living in Northeast Portland wanted the Proud Boys, their affiliates, and Antifa to use their backyards as a battleground, but the groups did on Aug. 22, 2021. These fascists have disturbed the peace far too long from their…
Doctors are monitoring Reverend and Mrs. Jesse Jackson’s health after the couple tested positive for COVID-19. The 79-year-old reverend has Parkinson’s Disease. He and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, are hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, according to NBC News,…