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Boats on San Francisco Bay near a beach

In chilly San Francisco Bay, open-water swimmers find warmth in community

Orlando Rivera, executive director and co-founder of the Chicago Cuatro Orchestra in Humboldt Park, strums a five-string tiple, a cousin of the cuatro instrument, on Jan. 8, 2026, at Humboldt Park Fieldhouse.

An orchestra reborn: How Chicago, the cuatro and a car crash reinvigorated Orlando Rivera’s career 

Rev. Jesse Jackson with two men, the Rev. Charles Jenkins and the Rev. Reginald Sharpe

WATCH: Chicagoans remember life, legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson

Bad Bunny at Super Bowl halftime show press conference

Rhetoric around Bad Bunny halftime show is projection, manifestation of America’s polarized political culture, scholars say

People at NFL Pride House Super Bowl event

NFL’s Pride Flag Football Clinic marks major milestone for San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community

ParkWhiz finds Cubs fans better parking on opening day

April 11, 2018

By Nick Mantas Medill Reports When heading to a Chicago Cubs home game, you might want to check to see if you’ll have a place

Go solo or find a partner: When a startup needs a co-founder

April 10, 2018

By DeForest Mapp Medill Reports Today’s startup inventor often brings revelation to fruition by returning home from a fulltime job to start a second life. The inventor may

Technology Training and Operations Manager by Day Head Basketball Coach by Night

March 30, 2018

By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Northwestern’s very own Rafie Fields works in the Medill Chicago Newsroom as the Technology Training and Operations Manager. Little do

Tim Cook made an announcement about the new iPad at the event.

In Chicago, Apple unveils faster, cheaper iPad for students

March 27, 2018

By Ang Gao Medill Reports Apple is returning to school with a new iPad and enhanced educational resources. The new iPad costs $299 for educators

Punching Back at the Crime in Chicago’s Southside

March 27, 2018

By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Children on the south side of Chicago are subjected to an alarming rate of violence from a very young age.

Richard Lee, another founder of GBIC, is working in their New York's office.

How college friends built a $100 million blockchain business

March 26, 2018

By Ang Gao Medill Reports When China banned initial coin offerings, or ICOs, in September last year, a number of Chinese blockchain projects started looking

Shop4Ties

A neckwear business rooted in China prospers in Chicago

March 26, 2018

By Charlene Zhang Medill Reports “My daughter was given a Harvard logo shirt a decade ago by the school president, when Becky’s father Arnie mentioned

For a family who lost a baby, love keeps them moving on

March 23, 2018

By Yunyi (Jessie) Liu Medill Reports Anne Street set a wall of five  clocks at home to the moment of her marriage and the birth times

One priest’s journey from the Second City to the Eternal City

March 23, 2018

By Larry Flynn Medill Reports Fr. Tom McCarthy is in his element. He wears the Augustinian Black Robe. He fills the immediate space around him

Is Glen Ellyn’s Ethan Cepuran the future of Illinois speed skating?

March 23, 2018

By Chris Kwiecinski Medill Reports Ethan Cepuran was simply trying to make it through the 2018 Junior World Championships with at least one top-20 finish.

Home for sale

FHFA House Price Index up 0.8 percent in January

March 23, 2018

By Charlene Zhang Medill Reports Single-family house prices rose in January 0.8 percent from December, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s seasonally adjusted House

Wrigleyville memorabilia shop brings history to life

March 23, 2018

By Sarah Foster Medill Reports Tom Boyle can’t help but poke through his shelves. He’s in search of a movie poster that only he can

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