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The windows shook as dynamite aboard an airplane exploded over Conrad Hopp’s family farm in northern Colorado 70 years ago. Hopp, then 18 years old, saw a ball of fire ...

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Here, debates about whether art can change a city give way to evidence that it already does through cultural labor and shared ...

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The city is home to a vibrant jazz scene and the Chicago Jazz Festival. But it’s hard to catch the genre on the local radio ...

While parts of “Child’s Play” were filmed at Culver Studios in Culver City, California, much of the movie was shot on location in Chicago, giving the film its distinctive urban grit and Midwestern ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced a $40 million plan to build a transportation hub that would return passenger train service to Michigan Central. Plans unveiled Wednesday call for a ...

Research and engineering will start on a transportation hub aimed to provide a new passenger rail and intercity bus station ...