Governor JB Pritzker today announced the 2026 recipients of the Order of Lincoln, the state’s highest honor for professional ...

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The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s ...

The Chicago-based artist will draw from two vast photographic archives — including vintage images from Ebony and Jet — in his commission for the center, which will open late next spring.

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Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Former President Obama got into the holiday spirit by surprising students at a Chicago Public Library on Tuesday. He joined ...

1907: Albert A. Michelson, the first head of the physics department at the University of Chicago, won the first Nobel Prize ever presented to an American (though he was born in Prussia) in science.

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After 10 years of planning, construction and setbacks, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center will finally open to the public next summer. During an interview in Arkansas on Monday, Obama ...

After more than a decade of planning, construction, and delays, the Obama Presidential Center will open on the South Side of Chicago next summer, the former president announced this week. Trump rages ...