“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, immortalized in “Saturday Night Live” sketches. No matter how Pope Leo XIV actually ...

On Jan. 31, 1976, Bell was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his “incredible effect on the community in debasity, ...

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper uses blue bat to signal creative baby ... springtime swim to shallow spawning grounds. The Chicago River is dyed green as part of annual St. Patrick's Day festivities ...

One of the best jazz singers among contemporary jazz, Chicago-born Elling made his debut album for Blue Note in 1995 and ... Arthur Hamilton’s “Cry Me A River” alone, which sold three ...

Chicago River Cleanup event was held Saturday morning and this year’s event attracted the most volunteers ever.

Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city will now be supercharged by a freshly updated Clean Water Act permit and the efforts of nonprofits ...

On Tuesday, a truck carrying dye crashed into a lamppost in Jundiaí in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, causing blue dye to ...

The annual Chicago River bridge lifts start Saturday, April 19, the Chicago Department of Transportation announced Friday. Each spring, the city raises all 27 bridges along the Chicago River from ...

He had earlier been at an inauguration viewing event held at Trump Tower on the Chicago River. Chicago cop Josue Najera, 44, was scheduled to work the 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift guarding the mayor’s ...

The bridge lifts allow boats to pass through as they head to harbors for the sailing season ahead. Traffic will be temporarily halted while bridges are raised. That can take up to 12 minutes at ...

And you get a new pope!” And more memes of the pope in a dyed-green Chicago River or atop its shiny “Cloud Gate” bean than anyone can count. “There's just a lot of joy in the city right ...