Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions

New research shows that parents who read to their 6- to 8-year-olds nightly boost their children’s creativity and empathy.

Willmar area community rallies to support their neighbors, no love lost for ICE

The unseasonably warm weather and news of a drawdown of the surge that sent thousands of federal immigration agents to ...

‘Welcome to the Grateful Dead': Mickey Hart recalls Bob Weir's first words

In a new essay for Rolling Stone, Mickey Hart recounts waking up in a Belvedere Street closet to Bob Weir's greeting - ...

'The Bear' has begun filming again in Chicago — here’s what we know so far

This week, actors Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson were spotted in Ukrainian Village, where several residential streets ...
BroadwayWorld

Exclusive: Emily Bear on Upcoming Barlow & Bear Broadway Musicals & More

At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Grammy winner and MOANA 2 co-composer Emily Bear performed an impressive solo set as part of the ASCAP Music Café at Acura’s House of Energy as her ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Getting up close with Alaska's coastal brown bears

A week in Chinitna Bay offers intimate encounters with Alaska’s brown bears, from massive males to newborn cubs spotted at dawn.

Chicago postal worker caught on camera singing, community rallies to buy him a car

Lavonte Harvey, a 23-year-old letter carrier in Chicago, went viral for singing while on his route, and a GoFundMe was started to help him buy a car after he was found to be struggling with ...