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Tribune editor Col. Robert R. McCormick was furious when the paper printed an erroneous headline proclaiming Thomas Dewey the winner of the 1948 presidential election, but the damage didn't last, writes Rick Kogan.

Arcturus is the brightest star north of the celestial equator. Located off the handle of the Big Dipper, it's easy to find in spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

There was so much to explore during my first trip to Chicago. Molly O'Brien I visited Chicago for the first time, and there was a lot to love about

Thanks to a number of artists championing her work, the pioneering African American composer Florence Price is finally achieving the recognition she deserves, writes Andrew Farach-Colton

The 2017 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents and the 19th session of the Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology (OCS) will be held in the city in December. The convention opened for registration in September to all the willing returned overseas talents and expats hoping to start businesses in China.

National Film Board of Canada/Library and Archives Canada (PA-155518) On May 28, 1934, a miracle happened. In a modest farmhouse in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada, parents Oliva and Elzire Dionne welcomed five additions to their family: Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie. Soon they would become the first known set of quintuplets to survive infancy. Their novelty made the Dionne sisters almost instantly internationally popular. “Five Babies Named; Continue to Gain,” announced The New Yo...

New Elmhurst History Museum exhibit focuses on the Great Depression The Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Elmhurst was a base for young men working on local public works projects during the Depression. Courtesy of Elmhurst History Museum Dominic A. Pacyga, emeritus professor of history at Columbia College Chicago   Updated 1/22/2021 9:04 AM It is an understatement to say that 2020 was one of the more difficult years in recent memory for most Americans. Yet, if history teaches us anythi...