Officials say the riverfront Acrisure Amphitheater is about 80% complete, and the pro soccer stadium is really taking shape ...

The Cleveland Browns traveled to Chicago last weekend for football. I made the trek west the same weekend, but for ballet.

Numerous special events and road trips are planned throughout 2026 in order to celebrate the 100th birthday of Route 66, an ...

The official ruling that Anna Schneider, 19, died from drowning in her own backyard by a manner undetermined is one that never sat well with her family, who always believed there was more to the story ...

A giant river turtle -- named Yam -- got a sweet potato pie at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Mashed sweet potatoes were topped with yellow peppers, apples and other things and put inside a ...

CHICAGO — No, she isn’t green. Well, not her coat anyway. The newest addition to Shedd Aquarium’s rescued sea otters officially has a name: Jade. The aquarium revealed the name Monday in a news ...

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Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will offer expanded hours for its visitors to coincide with spring break later this month. The attraction, which has hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for most of the week, will be ...

I've been gaga for beluga whales ever since I was a little kid (along with probably every other 80s/90s kid who grew up listening to Raffi's "Baby Beluga" song). Turns out, though, baby belugas don't ...

Shedd Aquarium’s baby beluga now has a name: Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set of compositions — that honors his father Beethoven and nods to the high-pitched songs that have led to these ...