A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

LAKE FOREST (WREX) — The Chicago Bears will host the first-ever collegiate women’s flag football game for the state of Illinois on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center, featuring ...

The Bears will host the first-ever collegiate women’s flag football game for the state of Illinois on March 8, 2025, at the ...

and one of two surviving 17th-century Jolly Roger flags (that familiar black flag featuring a skull and crossbones). At the center of the museum, travelers can climb aboard a replica pirate ship ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

Who’s Who 2025 — our authoritative guide to power in Chicago — is here. This year’s edition features more than 464 influential leaders who are shaping Chicago's business, civic ...

A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era. The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving ...

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Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images Ashok Selvam is the regional editor for Eater Midwest and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He's a native Chicagoan ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...