Bill Gates released his annual letter on Friday and it was a bit disturbing. The Microsoft co-founder titled his letter “Optimism with Footnotes.” The footnotes are dark, to say the least. “Friends ...

CHICAGO — WGN’s Dean Richards is offering a look at some of the shows and events taking place around Chicagoland this weekend. In music, Chicago legend Mavis Staples performs at the Chicago Theater ...

Speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box, Wilson characterized the path forward as “crystal clear,” driven by a stabilizing Federal Reserve and legislative tailwinds that are set to reignite the consumer sector.

Just as Mavis Staples kicks off her new album, “Sad and Beautiful World,” with a cover of Tom Waits’s “Chicago,” the beloved singer begins her 2026 tour this weekend in her hometown. Expect her to ...

Christy Bennett: 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights. Part of the Women’s Jazz Festival. Tickets start at $14. heynonny.com. Marshall Charloff & the Purple ...

The two paintings hanging side by side operate as two lenses on the same art. On the left, a series of cloudlike shapes in an array of fantastical colors, floating serenly against a vibrant, wavering ...

Longtime Taylor Little League baseball coach and volunteer Bill Kessler had a stroke and is expected to go into hospice. Kessler was a coach and volunteer for Taylor North Little League for many years ...

Dividend King Hormel is deeply out of favor and working on a turnaround, but it boasts a historically high yield. Dividend King Procter & Gamble is reasonably priced to a little cheap, and is holding ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Another atmospheric river is heading for the Pacific Northwest, but state geologists are warning the ground may not be able to handle it. According to the Oregon Department of ...

House Republicans have approved their version of a health care bill as the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies looms ever closer. But the legislation does not address those subsidies, ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The victim from Wednesday’s brutal acid attack is suffering from severe burns and will have a lengthy recovery process ahead of her. A friend of the victim told WTOC, that she ...

Politico reporter Dasha Burns expressed surprise when billionaire Bill Gates told her on “The Conversation with Dasha Burns” Friday that he had more meetings with President Donald Trump during his ...