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Desde la legislación que prohibió fumar en los vuelos nacionales hasta su insistente impulso para que los “dreamers” vivan legalmente en Estados Unidos, el senador saliente Dick Durbin recordó los aspectos destacados de sus 44 años de servicio público el …

Julian Rosefeldt’s “Euphoria” will open Balinale’s 19th edition, with Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End” closing the program. The festival is adding a new competitive category: Best Indonesian Short Tapestry of Indonesia, dedicated to local short-form storytelling. Indonesia’s only Academy Award qualifying …

The NBA approved sweeping changes to the draft lottery on Thursday that will strip the teams with the worst records from receiving the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick, a person with knowledge of the decision told The …

A person taken into custody after Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a high school junior who was walking to school in Back of the Yards has been released without charges, police said Thursday. Pedro Ramirez, 17, was struck by stray gunfire …

Disney’s ABC has submitted its license renewal applications for its eight local TV stations to the FCC as ordered by the agency — but said it is doing so “under protest.” The FCC’s Media Bureau last month issued an unprecedented …

Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players’ association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps …

12 new bombshells are entering the villa. “Love Island USA” has set its Season 8 cast, which notably includes Zach Georgiou, the brother of Season 7 islander Charlie, and Beatriz Hatz, a bronze medal-winning Paralympic athlete. Season 8 debuts on …

Scooter Braun — former manager to Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Kanye West and many more — does not give many interviews, especially since he retired from management and stepped down as CEO of Hybe America last year. But he sat for …

Hold the stopwatch! The new boss at “60 Minutes” believes the venerable newsmagazine ought to be more prevalent in popular culture and the news cycle, rather than merely holding forth in its usual place on Sunday evenings on CBS. “The …

Despite a Memorial Day weekend marred by teen takeovers turned violent, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday that stricter curfew and parental responsibility laws are not the answer to the perennial problem plaguing Chicago. Johnson said 15 arrests were made early …

Everybody calm down. The Cubs, despite looking worse than a last-place 16-inch team at Oz Park during this 2-14 free-fall heading into Wednesday night’s game in Pittsburgh, are going to be fine. How can you not believe it if president …

From legislation that banned smoking on domestic flights, to his continued push for Dreamers to live in the U.S. legally, retiring U.S Sen. Dick Durbin recalled the highlights of his 44 years of public service on Wednesday while also issuing …

While jumping in an Iron Man-themed bouncy house, high school students waved hello to a Chicago Police Department pilot flying a helicopter low above the first-ever Chicago Park District celebration of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The group from …

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he plans to use his visit with Pope Leo XIV to enlist from the homegrown pontiff, who has apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in slavery, support for the fight for reparations. The pope used …

El Taste of Chicago se expandirá a cinco días y regresará al corazón del verano, con docenas de restaurantes y artistas destacados como Julieta Venegas, Babyface, Beach Bunny y Common, anunció el departamento de asuntos culturales de la ciudad el …

After being pepper sprayed by ICE agents outside of Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) told CNN: “I tried my best to get between the ICE agents and the crowd as …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in November of 2025, the world was shocked by the brutal murder of Anna Kepner, the 18-year-old who was found dead in her cabin aboard a Carnival cruise ship. In February, Kepner’s stepbrother, 16-year-old Timothy …

Triple Espresso is back. The trio of Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Wilson, nicknamed Triple Espresso at the 2024 Olympics, were named on Tuesday to the U.S. training camp roster for a pair of June matches against the Brazilian …

The internet can be a strange place. Toxic fandom is real, and social media will run with the most unfounded rumor when fans love (or hate) the trajectory of a show’s central character. One of those rumors has been circling …

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Megastar Annita will play the lead role of a still unnamed feature film that will be lensed beginning June 1 at giant media group Globo’s Estúdios Globo in Rio, Amauri Soares, executive director of Estúdios …

Kenneth Iwamasa, Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on Wednesday following Perry’s fatal ketamine overdose in October 2023. Iwamasa was charged for his role in obtaining and repeatedly injecting Perry with the drug, …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in October of 2023, beloved Friends star Matthew Perry drowned in his hot tub while under the influence of ketamine. In the years since, several people close to the actor have been arrested and charged …

Media entrepreneur and stand-up comedian Byron Allen now is the majority owner of BuzzFeed — the struggling digital media player that Allen plans to use to launch a free-streaming platform that he imagines will rival video colossus YouTube. “Our vision …

Get ready to step into the shoes of James Bond. Amazon MGM Studios and independent video game developer IO Interactive have officially launched “007 First Flight,” a new game that reimagines James Bond’s origin story as the 26-year-old fights his …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Even if you don’t watch Euphoria, by now you’ve probably heard about Sydney Sweeney’s OnlyFans storyline. Showrunner Sam Levinson obviously knew that he would get a ton of free publicity by writing scenes in which the …

A Mather High School senior who was detained by federal agents with his mother in March is heading back home to Chicago. Ricardo Navarrete, 18, appeared for a bond hearing in immigration court Tuesday morning and is expected to be …

A Chicago man is charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy who fatally shot himself Sunday afternoon in Pullman on the Far South Side. The toddler’s death appeared to be one of two shooting deaths during the long holiday …

Former MTV reality TV star Spencer Pratt (The Hills), who is running as a Republican for Mayor of Los Angeles and was recently praised by former reality TV star President Donald Trump (The Apprentice), is responding to a Variety interview …

PITTSBURGH — Given the Cubs’ recent travails, what better person to talk to about not hitting than a guy who made a career out of not hitting? We didn’t have to go far to find one. He’s been in the …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wedding bells may be ringing for Lil Wayne. Or at the very least, the rap icon recently shelled out for a very expensive ring. Yes, Wayne is reportedly engaged to a woman nearly two decades his …

Have people ever been more nostalgic for New York City in the ‘90s? Ryan Murphy’s FX series “Love Story,” which chronicles the tragic romance of JFK Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly) and Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon), has people riding bikes like …

Una jueza del Condado de Cook rechazó el jueves de la semana pasada instalar a un fiscal especial para investigar los presuntos delitos derivados de la campaña de deportación Operativo Midway Blitz del año pasado. Durante una audiencia en la …

Spotify is bringing another format to listeners’ ears: narrated articles. Starting Tuesday, more than 650 long-form magazine articles will be available (in English) to Spotify users where audiobooks are available. The curated collection of narrated articles, produced the Spotify Audiobooks …

One of the most dramatic betrayals in reality TV (since Scandoval, of course) took place after, and potentially during, Season 10 of “Summer House.” Now, the show’s cast will finally speak to each other and the public for the first …

Tony Dokoupil is pushing back. The “CBS Evening News” anchor, who has been under intense scrutiny since taking the role in early January, led the signature CBS newscast to an audience of a little more than 4 million during the …

Proposed property tax incentive legislation intended to keep the Chicago Bears from moving to Indiana might maintain local pride, but perhaps not at a price that’s worth it for the average Illinois homeowner, a new report from Cook County Treasurer …

NEW YORK — Midfielders Gio Reyna and Sebastian Berhalter were included on U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino’s 26-man World Cup roster Tuesday along with winger Alejandro Zendejas, while midfielders Diego Luna and Tanner Tessmann were left off. Defender Sergiño Dest, midfielder …

In an interview with CNN on Monday, U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said he finds Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner‘s tattoo disqualifying. Auchincloss said: “I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying. I hope Maine …

“KPop Demon Hunters” is getting the Criterion treatment. Netflix’s breakout musical fantasy film will get a special Blu-ray release from the prestige home entertainment label on Dec. 31, with pre-orders available now. Retail listings currently show the film available in …

PITTSBURGH — It was here, in postcard-perfect PNC Park, with the dramatic backdrop of the Pirate yellow Roberto Clemente bridge spanning the muddy Allegheny River to the city skyline on the other side, that Cubs left-hander Jordan Wicks made his …