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Preservationists are leading renewed efforts to save the two-flat where Emmett Till spent the last years of his life before leaving on that fateful train trip Down South on Aug. 20, 1955. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Preservationists and the family of Emmett Till are urging landmark status for the Woodlawn home where the teen lived before a visit to family Down South ended with his brutal lynching on Aug. 28, 1955 — for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The home has many building code violations... Читать дальше...

What happens when two musical forces come together to create? Pure magic, usually. But while we all get to enjoy the end result on repeat, we rarely hear about the steps the artists took to get...

Whether or not he gave the order personally, the blame lies with him.

Whether they’re priced out of housing or ready for more space, diehard downtowners are rethinking looking for homes within 90 minutes of the city centre. Here’s how to find a new home with all the other perks of a good community.

Kyle Mizokami

Security, Asia

"Sky Fighters" (2011) proves that a movie with fighter planes can actually be pretty awful.

Key Point: The film defies any attempt to make fun of it.

The Chinese government wants to take you into the danger zone. In 2011 Beijing released Sky Fighters, China’s answer to Top Gun. Like Top Gun, it’s about fighter pilots waging aerial war for their country.

But that’s where the comparison ends. Made by the Chinese military as domestic propaganda... Читать дальше...

With the addition of the Sense and Versa 3, Fitbit is now selling nine different trackers and smartwatches, but they're not all worth buying.

Owls are mysterious-looking spooky creatures with over 200 species living on every continent except Antarctica. They are also known for being "wise", maybe due to their super-tuned senses that help them hunt prey. Some people even find them enigmatic and cute.

The annual scenic ride on the bike that goes nowhere approaches.

Barry's Bootcamp reopened in the Bay Area with major changes across the board, including outdoor studios, Bluetooth headphones and masks. But should it?

The city is in the midst of a reckoning—not simply because of the pandemic, but because of what it had already become.

Héctor Tobar gives fictional travelogues an intervention with the cheeky, self-aware The Last Great Road Bum.

Japan Center, the cluster of malls that make up the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown, is home to dozens of restaurants, from intimate omakase spots to grab-and-go snack kiosks hawking mochi donuts and takoyaki. Previously, restaurants benefited from the bustling location, drawing in hungry shoppers looking for a tasty respite in between hitting up Daiso and the Kinokuniya bookstore.

According to "Parks and Recreation" creator Mike Schur, former Vice President Joe Biden has no trouble with improv.

Your 2016 claim about your father-in-law’s heart has aged poorly.

It may, paradoxically, be precisely because they believe cuckoldry is so bad.

As the Postal Service has made changes that slowed down package delivery, many customers have been confused by the notifications they've received.

THE BAD PLACE — We knew Janet was too good to be true when she welcomed us at Fort Hood’s reception area. If only we were more perceptive, we would have seen that plot twist coming. Fort Hood isn’t The Great Place. It’s the Bad Place. There were other signs that we should have been...

As the amount of information—and misinformation—about the novel coronavirus began to swell rapidly in January, the Infodemic Management group became immediately operational.

A couple of little-known rules let you change a Social Security claiming decision.

For all generations, the standards are changing.

Bristol Bay Lodge was one of the original fly fishermen’s playgrounds built in the heart of the best salmon and trout angling on the planet.

Sean McGowan writes a humorous piece exploring the probabilities behind rolling a die, tossing a coin, and surviving some hairy situations.