7+ hour, 40+ min ago  (290+ words) The Chicago Bears are busy preparing for next week's NFL draft " and after that, the league wants to learn more about the team's stadium plans. The NFL's stadium committee has called for a meeting during the week of April 27, according…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (774+ words) NEW YORK " Miguel Vargas faced a 1-2 count in a first-inning at-bat against Chicago Cubs right-hander Cade Horton on May 16 at Wrigley Field. Vargas fouled off a pitch and then took two pitches out of the zone to work a full…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (805+ words) I will be forever grateful to Lily King for her 2020 book "Writers and Lovers," which was the first novel to break me out of my COVID pandemic disorientation that left me " and many others, as I recall " unable to read…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (853+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela's beloved "doctor of the poor" Sunday before tens of thousands of people, offering the South American nation its first saint and a reason to celebrate amid a yearslong economic crisis and new tensions…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (497+ words) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. " The once and possibly future home of the Tampa Bay Rays will get a new roof to replace the one shredded by Hurricane Milton with the goal of having the ballpark ready for the 2026 season, city officials…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (668+ words) Known as the South Beach " a 6. 3-acre sandy area leading from parking lots to Lake" Michigan between two piers at the Waukegan Municipal Beach " it easily accommodates hundreds of beachgoers on a warm summer day. North of South Beach is…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (665+ words) In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a vaccine hadn't been discovered and people were dying'by the thousands'each day and social distancing seemed our best bet, but also, potentially, our great unraveling, I remember searching hard " and finding…...

9+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (694+ words) At a Gary Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday, former Sen. Joe Donnelly said the future is bright for the city. "We have so much going on here, but the biggest thing we have is our people," Donnelly said. "People who…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (504+ words) Nashwood 2025 marked the closing of iconic downtown Highwood restaurant Nite "N Gale. The restaurant at 346 Sheridan Road is set to be torn down as early as next month to make way for a luxury apartment complex with retail space that…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (552+ words) Kyuramen, a fast-growing Japanese ramen brand with more than 120 locations in Japan and the U. S. , opened a location Monday in Naperville. "Naperville is one of the hottest parts (of) the Chicagoland area," said Ting Ting Zheng, managing member of Kyuramen in…...