Una familia recurre a la comedia para sobrellevar el Alzheimer
Un día, el padre de Arlieta Hall olvidó que uno no va a Best Buy a comprar sillas; otro día, pensó que su hermano era él mismo, pero menor. Fue...
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Toddler killed in bike crash with semitruck
A toddler was killed in a crash when the bike on which she was a passenger collided with a semitruck in Uptown on Thursday morning, a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson...
‘Finding Your Laughter’ documents the struggle of a Chicago family with Alzheimer’s, and how improv made that burden just a bit lighter
One day, Arlieta Hall's father forgot that you don't go to Best Buy to get chairs. On another day, he thought her brother was his younger self. That was when...
DCFS staffers removed from duties following suspicious Uptown death of 8-year-old Amaria Osby, officials say
Two state child welfare workers were removed from their duties following the suspicious death of 8-year-old Amaria Osby late last month in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, allegedly at the hands of...
Culinary student and shooting survivor Dakota Earley out of ICU
Dakota Earley, the culinary student who was shot last month during an attempted robbery in Lincoln Park, has been released from the intensive care unit, his mother announced on Twitter...
Chicago ve una ola de actividad sindical conforme los trabajadores de primera línea en EEUU se organizan. ‘La gente vio cómo sus jefes los abandonaron’
El año pasado, Brick Zurek, supervisor de turno en Starbucks in the Loop, descubrió que las condiciones de trabajo en la tienda se volvían cada vez más insostenibles. La gente...
Chicago is seeing a wave of union activity. Among the reasons: Workers ‘saw the willingness of their bosses to let them die.’
Last year, Brick Zurek, a shift supervisor at a Starbucks in the Loop, found working conditions at the store becoming increasingly untenable. People coming into the store threatened and screamed...
Man charged with attempted murder in Loop hotel stabbing
A man charged with stabbing another man at a downtown hotel over the holiday weekend was denied bail in court Tuesday, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. Gregory...
Deadly stretch of Milwaukee Avenue raises concern among cyclists as the season gets underway
When cyclists cruise along Milwaukee Avenue in Old Irving Park on the Northwest Side, they whiz by the never-ending construction and bike memorials as familiar, yet unsettling, backdrops. This half-mile...
Doctors, Durbin call for action in wake of mass shootings
It was an early Saturday evening when the radio alarm system went off, alerting Dr. Samaa Kemal, a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Lurie Children's Hospital, that an ambulance had...