CHICAGO — In the multiracial Nussbaum household on Chicago’s North Side, parents Eli, 45, and Amy, 41, are teaching their four children – two biological sons and two adopted daughters – that siblings don’t have to look alike to be family, and that their similarities outweigh their differences. “We wanted to have a multiracial
Month: May 2022
Data integration service provider Authenticom’s antitrust lawsuit against dealership management system company Reynolds and Reynolds Co. was dismissed Friday after the parties settled their differences. The dismissal came five years after Authenticom accused Reynolds and CDK Global, another DMS giant, of creating a duopoly in the dealership data integration market. A countersuit filed in 2018
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is already putting plans in place in case the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. The Texas trigger law would take effect 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling. It would make it a second-degree felony for a person who knowingly performs, induces, or attempts an abortion. That
Two Chicago restaurants and several Midwest eateries have been named to Yelp’s Top Restaurants of 2022 list released Tuesday. Oriole, located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, ranked No. 4 among 100 restaurants in the latest list – making it the top spot from the Midwest. The Michelin-starred restaurant features signature dishes like the capellini with
The city’s teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers, cheered the bill in a written statement: “The passage and enactment of this legislation — which prioritizes the city’s poorest schools, phases in over five years, and provides exemptions when necessary for overcrowded buildings — would be a landmark achievement for this city’s children by the
As a retired University of Chicago professor lay bleeding from multiple stab wounds on the floor of his Hyde Park home four years ago, his son knelt by his side and drew a large kitchen knife across his father’s throat, a neighbor of the family testified Tuesday. “It’s done,” Ian Jackson recalled Matthew Luchins saying
NAPA, Calif. (KGO) — Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire that’s forcing evacuations and threatening structures in Napa Tuesday afternoon. The fire was first reported at 2300 Old Soda Springs Road at 4:01 p.m. CAL FIRE officials say the fire is growing. CAL FIRE says 50 acres with structures are threatened. Evacuations are ordered
Hollywood has been popping champagne corks over the success of Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun” sequel, which raked in the most Memorial Day weekend box-office bucks ever. But there’s a new problem looming. A shortage of movie popcorn and other overpriced snacks. The Wall Street Journal reports that operators of movie theaters were nervous at the
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state against Black people and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods. It also recommends the creation of
A woman in Petaluma was run over by her own car and died of her injuries, police said. In the accident on Friday, the Toyota Highlander, with nobody inside, rolled down her home’s driveway and onto the sloping Glen Eagle Drive. “The victim attempted to give chase, fell to the ground and was run over
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open tennis tournament (all times local): 1:15 a.m. Rafael Nadal has beaten Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in a monumental match in the quarterfinals to move a step closer to his 14th championship at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament and 22nd major trophy overall. The
Climate change is transforming our planet in countless ways: We are seeing increasingly frequent wildfires, more frequent and severe flooding, alterations in the flow of ocean currents and the height of glaciers. Not surprisingly, the flora and fauna that populate our natural world have struggled to keep up with these man-made changes — and that is
Local Children in the car warned Ryan O’Farrell that he was driving erratically before the crash, according to officials. The driver who allegedly injured nine people after plowing into their motorcycles Sunday in Northfield will be held in jail without bail, officials said Tuesday. O’Farrell appeared in Greenfield District Court Tuesday, where he pleaded not
A teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has pushed back against a narrative of the last week’s mass shooting put forward by police. On May 24, Salvador Ramos, 18, entered the elementary school with an assault rifle and a handgun and carried out the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, ultimately killing 19
A necropsy on a beloved, endangered piping plover named Monty shows he died of a respiratory infection, experts said Tuesday. The Lincoln Park Zoo said it partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Illinois Zoological Pathology Program to determine the bird’s cause of death. The severe fungal respiratory infection included
The bodies of all 22 victims and the plane’s black box have been recovered after a deadly crash in Nepal. The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter was on a short flight through the Himalayas on Sunday and crashed shortly before it was scheduled to land in Jomsom, a mountain town. The plane had taken off
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