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LOS ANGELES — Ben Platt describes himself as a highly anxious person, but there is one place that keeps his nerves at bay: the stage.

That might sound counterintuitive to most people, but Platt grew up in the spotlight,...Read more

CHICAGO — Angels hovering anew over Chicago’s North Side. The return of Brian Friel. And a “Raisin” we could call our own.

Here’s our annual celebration of the best Chicago shows of the year, in order, with an ...Read more

NEW YORK — Beyoncé will co-chair the 2026 Met Gala, marking a grand return to fashion’s biggest night after a decade away.

The 35-time Grammy winner, 44, will be joined by Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna ...Read more

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado secretly left Venezuela in a bid to get to Oslo in time to accept her award but was forced to miss the ceremony because bad weather delayed her journey, a person familiar with ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Franklin County Coroner’s Office has identified the Kentucky State University student who died in an on-campus shooting Tuesday as a 19-year-old from Indiana.

Coroner Will Harrod said Wednesday ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Friends of Josh Garrick, the artist, educator and writer with a passion for ancient Greek culture, will gather to celebrate his life — appropriately surrounded by his artwork — on Dec. 19.

“He was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn't escape the fires, especially in Altadena. Concerts were canceled but then became events of communal healing, a process that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ran for Congress in 2020 to fix a system she believed failed to deliver for the people.

President Donald Trump, in her opinion, was the solution, but he needed more allies ...Read more

CHICAGO — Anthony Rapp, an original Broadway star of “Rent,” will appear as Benjamin Stone in the upcoming Porchlight Music Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s “Follies,” to be performed ...Read more

Haiti’s new Gang Suppression Force appears poised to meet its ambitious target of 5,500 troops, after a number of nations, including Chad and Bangladesh, offered to deploy soldiers, engineers and police offices to help ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick took to the airwaves on Wednesday to make his case for shedding the restitution he owes taxpayers as part of his public corruption conviction.

The current amount of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brad Lander, New York City’s outgoing comptroller, is challenging Congressman Dan Goldman in this summer’s Democratic primary election, portraying himself as a progressive stalwart who can do a better job ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office’s new leader starting later this year, at least on an acting basis, will be a veteran investigator with over three decades’ experience at the nonpartisan legislative ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump Administration must end the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

Federal judge Charles R. Breyer said in his ruling that the guard should be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is expanding its group of targeted seats for next year, adding a handful of seats to its “Districts in Play” list.

They include Republican-held seats: ...Read more

WASHINGTON — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is running for Congress, launching a Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Dan Goldman for a seat representing lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

“I’ve ...Read more

President Donald Trump plans to speak to the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia as more than half a million people flee a revived border clash, one of eight conflicts the U.S. leader has claimed credit for ending.

Fighting...Read more

CHICAGO — With his namesake center due to open in just over six months, former President Barack Obama is in Chicago this week to see how construction is coming along — plus make a few other stops to promote and preview...Read more

Opposition leader María Corina Machado sent a message of thanks to the Norwegian Nobel Committee on behalf of the Venezuelan people, as she confirmed that she was on her way to Oslo to collect the Peace Prize in person, ...Read more

This page has long supported the responsible use of nuclear power to generate electricity. Illinois was the birthplace of the first-ever reactor at the University of Chicago, after all, and now has more reactors than any ...Read more