VIDEO: Man puts positive spin on ALS diagnosis
By Kira Boyd Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It
VIDEO: Thousands turn out for ‘Chiraq’ casting call
By Aisha I. Jefferson More than 3,500 people started arriving as early as 4:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Sabina Church in the Auburn Gresham community
VIDEO: Evanston farmers market celebrates 40 years of community
By Sara Shouhayib Farm Manager Philip Guida at Lake Breeze Organics farm in Benton Harbor, Michigan, unloaded Italian spinach, lettuce heads and purple passion asparagus
Report ranks Chicago the nation’s 6th ‘sneeziest and wheeziest’ city
By Jia You As Chicagoans brace themselves for another peak asthma and allergy season, a national report ranks the Windy City among America’s top 10
VIDEO: Illinois advisory board recommends expanding medical marijuana coverage
By Avinash Chak Cancer, HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s are a few of the diseases that qualify patients for medical marijuana usage in Illinois. The Illinois Medical
Macy’s posts weak quarterly earnings
By Siyuan Du Macy’s Inc. reported quarterly earnings and revenue that were below Wall Street expectations as the retailer coped with bad winter weather, the
Take this job: workers quitting a good sign
By Brian MacIver Nearly 3 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in March in hopes of finding better employment, a sign that the job market
NFL’s Play 60 sparks youth interest
By Sam Fiske The glow of the 2015 NFL Draft has come and gone, but the lasting imprint may ultimately reside with Chicago youth through
Chicago organization helps prevent HIV with needle exchange
By Empriss Campbell The Chicago Recovery Alliance has been providing various items to people who suffer from drug addiction. The organization has a free needle
Two steps forward, three steps back: NFL teams choose talent over troubled pasts
By Hannah Beery Despite the NFL’s efforts to clean up its image, the 2015 draft revealed a troubling trend as teams continued to select players
Asset Managers eye Latin America’s middle class for growth
By Yimian Wu Asset managers operating in Latin America hope to claim a bigger share of the growing mutual fund market, currently dominated by local
How Disneyland went wrong in Hong Kong
By Yimian Wu Experts characterize China’s vast wave of “super consumers” as emerging middle class, aging customers and active e-commerce users. As China is shifting