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You already know about the local news crisis. The proof is probably not in your hands with the demise of so many newspapers. The terms “ghost paper” (...

It’s been 80 years since the bloodiest battle of World War II, the Battle of the Bulge, a five-week struggle that started during the Christmas season ...

Dr. Jordan Grumet is a hospice doctor as well as a podcaster at The Earn & Invest Podcast. He’s also an author whose new book is The Purpose Code,...

Books that seek to help you understand the world of finance probably aren’t viewed as the most engaging of literary categories. Consumers, after all, ...

You’re a Japanese American living in Nebraska in 1941. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, sending the United States into war. What do you do?At 24 when...

So many images represent Walt Disney. There’s that mouse, of course, and all those movies. There’s so much music, countless cartoons, and aisles of to...

Pickleball has become the fastest-growing sport in America. Ilana Long, author of Pickleballers, a debut romantic comedy set in Seattle, noted that as...

Whenever the Jurassic Park/World franchise launches another movie entry, the national media runs to quote “a dinosaur guy” for a professional analysis...

A plaque standing in downtown Bloomington, Ill. pays tribute to that city’s circus heritage:“In the era before movies, television, and the internet, i...

Decades before the Civil War, Illinois meant freedom for those seeking to escape slavery. Larry McClellan’s Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and th...

The comics page has long been a place for cars and energy. Comic strips like Otto Auto, Toonerville Folks, and Gasoline Alley related a nation that ha...

Doug Villhard knew that Red Grange might have been the greatest running back in the history of college football. He was also singularly responsible fo...