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A man was airlifted to a hospital in Rockford after suffering serious injuries during a multi-vehicle crash in unincorporated Harvard Sunday. According to police, the Harvard Fire Protection District was dispatched around 2:37 p.m. to the area of Route 173 and Crowley Road after 911 calls reported a crash. When crews arrived, they confirmed the … Read more
The eldest victim of Sunday’s antisemetic terrorist attack in Boulder was an 88-year-old Holocaust refugee, according to a local rabbi who knows the “very loving” woman. The woman was one of the eight people who were wounded when an Egyptian national blasted a group of Israel supporters with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails outside … Read more
Early Tuesday morning, while workers with the Gaza Soup Kitchen prepared to serve meals for displaced families sheltering at a United Nations school in Mashrou’ Beit Lehia, Israel’s bombs began to fall. For 30 minutes, Israeli military munitions and quadcopter gunfire rained down on a city block in northern Gaza, which included the U.N.-run Khalifa … Read more
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Six people calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured Sunday at an… BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Six people calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured Sunday at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, by a man who police say used a makeshift flamethrower … Read more
Pride Month kicks off with events around the world starting this weekend. It’s an annual series of parades and other gatherings to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and rights. At its heart, Pride is both a party and a protest. In the U.S. this year, that means speaking out against a slew of policies that impose restrictions … Read more
On any given weekend, gaggles of underage students from Chicago’s universities stand in line for bars and clubs, clutching their fake IDs and saying silent prayers as they approach the doors ahead. Often, they’re waved through. Getting past the bouncer and heading to the bar, one student felt “liberated.” “I felt literally free,” she said. … Read more
Dear Eric: My husband has a rocky past with his family. He is close with one sister and doesn’t enjoy being with the other (“Lisa”), especially since she started dating (now married) a guy that is very awkward and makes our family get-togethers much less fun. Additionally, their mother “Betsy” has been cut out of … Read more
A cool breeze prevailed Sunday as temps held in the 60s through the afternoon. This morning, the cooler than average air lingers as morning temps start off in the 40s to low 50s. The bounce back today is nice under a partly to mostly sunny sky as temperatures head back into the lower 70s. Beautiful … Read more
In some ways, it might be a bit odd to describe something as “physical theater.” Doesn’t all theater involve some degree of physicality? As Marc Frost and Alice da Cunha, the married cofounders of Physical Theater Festival Chicago, note during our Zoom interview, the narrowing of the definition of theater is a relatively newer phenomenon. … Read more
Merriam-Webster has added 200 new words and definitions to its dictionary. The new additions are added based on widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today, according to Merriam-Webster.com. “The one constant of a vibrant living language is change,” explains Gregory Barlow, President of Merriam-Webster. “We continuously encounter new ways of … Read more