Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...

Satchel Paige was talking about James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell, one of the greatest players in ... In 1929 and '32, he also had brief stints with the Chicago American Giants. • At some point in his ...

BUFFALO GROVE, Illinois (WBBM) — The plane that crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. after colliding in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night was transporting some ...

The tragedy has had a massive impact on Chicago’s teenage figure skating community. The first thing Chicago area figure skaters said Thursday was that they were in shock. The athletes are all in ...

The best cool box could make all the difference to your next camping or beach trip. We've tested electric cool boxes and passive ones on everything from insulation to durability and portability.

The male and female national winners will be announced at NFL Honors on Thursday, Feb. 6. It is very cool to Chris focusing on a younger generation and doing what he can to help them reach the ...

Hamaad Raza, whose wife was involved in the horrific Washington D.C. plane crash, shared the final text she sent to him ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.

But the two most historic might be the presidential race and the race for Chicago’s first elected school board. I’m sending free text updates about both to readers from now until Election Day.

Afterward I rushed to the simultaneous load-ins for Ella Lee Davidson’s show, “Sapphire,” at the Brick, and “Cool Zone ... like, four text messages about it as a plan.

These are great fall gloves, offering a thin buffer between my hands and the cool air. They even hold up ... whatever button turns on speech to text. Simply put, these gloves don’t hold up ...

(CNN) — The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago on Sunday that includes several federal agencies which have been granted additional authorities to arrest ...

We tested a range of AI-detection services with text written by ChatGPT and text written by a human: These are the tools that performed best. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license ...