Fans celebrate win after longest game in Blackhawks history
By Scott Guthrie and Sam Fiske Fans who stayed up to watch the Blackhawks’ thrilling triple-overtime playoff win over Anaheim, might have had to start their Wednesday morning workday with a triple espresso. When the final horn sounded at 1:15 a.m. Chicago time, the Blackhawks had defeated the Ducks 3-2 in Game 2 of the […]
From granite to glacier: Rebuilding Antarctica’s Ice Age past
By Jia You Palisades, New York — They rest side by side on a dark bench table, two coarse linen bags labeled with big, round numbers and letters. Mike Kaplan carefully unties the bag labeled “JRI-14-33” and reaches inside. “That’s a really nice granite,” the 46-year-old geologist exclaims as soon as he sees the light […]
U.S. nonimmigrants face more risks during tax filing season
By Coral Lu Writing down the name, date of birth and amount of income, 27-year-old foreign student Trevor Tao carefully filled in the blanks of his tax form step by step. “The number, like how much I gotta pay and how much I gotta pay for the tax,” Tao said. “The thing I would be […]
VIDEO: MEDILLCAST
Produced by: Courtney Dillard Medillcast is a weekly newscast covering events and issues in Chicago. J’nelle Agee and Joe Musso bring you this week’s top stories. The headlines include suspended service on the CTA Yellow line, the new location for Barack Obama’s presidential library and funeral arrangements for the late blues icon B.B. King.
@POTUS takes Twitter world by storm, omits @Cubs
By Hannah Beery The most famous Sox fan did the Cubs a favor this week. President Obama’s conspicuous Twitter non-follow of the team Monday has led to about 1,000 new Cubs followers and given ticket sales a boost since then, according to vice president of communications Julian Green. The Commander-in-Chief (@POTUS) cracked a few jokes […]
The Field Museum partners with Filipino-American Community
By Empriss Campbell The Field Museum opened the doors to five Filipino-American artists for a behind the scenes look at their 100-year-old collection of objects from the Philippines. The Field Museum has more than 10,000 archeological and ethnographic objects from the country. Five Chicago artists and five Philippine artists were selected to create individual art […]
Birkenstock trend shows no sign of letting up
By Sara Shouhayib When 15-year-old Joy Pasin walks through the doors of North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka she sees many of her classmates sporting the same shoes – Birkenstocks. And last week she finally got a pair of her own for her birthday. “I see at least 10 girls wearing them everyday, and my […]
VIDEO: Trapeze school offers Chicagoans chance to fly
by Lukas J. Voss If you ever wanted to fly, trapeze is probably the closest experience you can get: swinging from a 23-foot platform performing jumps, swings and flying dismounts. Afraid of flying? No problem. The Trapeze School New York Chicago has been teaching students how to handle the trapeze for the past 15 years.
VIDEO: Commuters find alternate routes with Yellow Line down
By Andrew Fowler Skokie residents are finding other ways to get to work, school and wherever else they need to go while the Yellow Line is closed for repairs. The Chicago Transport Authority has not announced when Yellow Line trains will be up and running again, but only that the line will not be in service […]
More oil than ever is rolling on U.S. rails
By Ezra Kaplan A 21 percent jump in the number of tank cars of crude oil traveling by U.S. rail in 2014 over 2013 represents a new record total of nearly half of a million cars of crude, according to the Association of American Railroads. A total of 493,126 crude oil tank cars moved through […]