1951: “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre II.” Sugar Ray Robinson won the middleweight championship from “Raging Bull” Jake LaMotta ...

Chicago's eastern boundary ... make your way to North Rush Street for your choice of nightlife venues. Accessible via the Red Line's Clark/Division and North/Clybourn L stops and the Brown and ...

One of the most memorable 1980s cult classics to feature St. Louis, albeit briefly, is “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” While the city plays only a small role in the film, the ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Edgewater Glen district on Chicago's north lakefront has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The district — located within the Edgewater neighborhood ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

Nestled in the heart of Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, The Brown Elephant is the cool kid of thrift stores. It’s the ...

The Goodwill in Champaign is like the Disneyland of thrift stores – minus the overpriced churros and long lines for Space Mountain. This place is so massive, you might want to bring a compass and some ...

Ian Baucom, executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia, has been named president of Middlebury ...

Illinois struck down laws that kept free Black people from entering the state in 1865, a year after the Illinois Colored ...