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Phoenix Mercury vs Chicago Sky Predicted Starting Lineups and Depth Chart for June 21 | 2025 WNBA season
The Phoenix Mercury head to the Wintrust Arena to take on the Chicago Sky in one of four WNBA games slated for Friday. Both teams are having completely different campaigns this season. The Mercury are on a roll, holding the third (10-4) position...

ADA Standards of Care for Overweight and Obesity to Debut at 2025 Scientific Sessions
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) will announce and highlight the organization's first Standards of Care for Overweight and Obesity during a session on Friday at the 85th Scientific Sessions on June 20. The first 2 chapters have been...

5 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials in Obesity to Watch at the ADA 85th Scientific Sessions, June 20-24, 2025
The American Diabetes Association’s 85th Scientific Sessions, taking place June 20–24 in Chicago, will feature newly compiled data from phase 2 and 3 trials of the next generation of obesity pharmacotherapy. Among the hundreds of educational and...
Which Chicago skyscraper observation deck is better? We visited both.
That’s because every CityPASS includes upfront admission to Skydeck Chicago, as well as the Shedd Aquarium. It also allowed us to pick three more from a list of six top attractions like the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium and an architecture...

Hyatt Centric Chicago O’Hare reopens after modern renovation
Hyatt Centric Chicago O’Hare, conveniently located less than two miles from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport at 6350 N. River Road in Rosemont, is now open following a highly anticipated revitalization project. Hyatt Centric is a brand of...

Why Trump Admin Grounded These Middle Schoolers’ Drones — & Other STEM Research
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Give a girl a drone, and she might see her future as a scientist. But if her teacher doesn’t have the training or resources to turn cool tech into lessons that...
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Sauk Valley students named to Northern Illinois University’s spring 2025 dean’s list
DeKALB – Northern Illinois University recently announced its dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester. The list honors students with a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.5 in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a...

$5M settlement in Illinois fatal crash exposes risks of commercial trucking
The attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a wreck with a tractor-trailer hope their case highlights how quickly bad things can happen on the roadway.In March 2021, Jamie Roth, 34, died when a heavy-duty truck driven by Gursimran Singh...

Sunon Elevates Design and Sustainable Innovation in North America with its Exclusive Chicago Showroom Opening
A New Hub for Luxury and Sustainable Workspaces CHICAGO, June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunon, a global leading furniture solution provider for the work environment, is proud to announce a decisive milestone in its North American expansion: the...

Strange Beam from South Dakota Aimed at Illinois?
This sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but it's really happening right now miles under our feet. There's a project where a mountain in South Dakota is being hollowed out with the hope that it will soon be able to fire a beam at...

Heat wave’s high humidity raises health risks in Chicago and across the country
Hot, steamy air blowing into Illinois from a heat dome moving east across the country has kicked off at least a week of dangerous heat, with humidity peaking Saturday through Monday. These kinds of sticky temperatures with little to no overnight...

AI Now Powers Over Half of Global Spam Emails, Research Finds
Channel Insider content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. View our editorial policy here. A growing share of the world’s spam is now being generated with the help of...

Illinois DCFS Hiring at Welch’s 2025 Job Fair
Job recruiters from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are joining an upcoming Job Fair in the state to search for new talent. Dozens of Career Paths Available in Child Welfare DCFS is currently hiring for a wide range...

Phoenix Mercury vs Chicago Sky Prediction and Betting Tips - June 20 | 2025 WNBA season
The Chicago Sky host the Phoenix Mercury at Wintrust Arena in one of four WNBA games slated for Friday. The Mercury have done well this season, being third in the standings (10-4), while the Sky are struggling and are 11th (3-8). This will be the...

Illinois Gardeners: How To Know If Your Watermelon Is Ripe
If you're a gardener—or someone who just loves to grow their own food—you know darn well there's nothing better than picking the perfect vegetable from the garden. Like, you grew that all by yourself! If you've attempted to grow watermelons in...

Ginny Aronson, a top-tier Chicago lawyer who with her husband had a mind-reading act, has died at 77
Ginny Aronson’s talents read like a story some writer dreamt up. Trailblazing attorney. Ballroom dancer. Mind reader. She was the first female managing partner at the law firm Sidley Austin, now known just as Sidley, where she worked from 1975 to...

As Pa. courts data centers, Illinois serves as a cautionary tale
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. While Pennsylvania is poised to see an economic boost as...

Chicago conference looking into ways to make transportation more sustainable
A major conference in Chicago this week was focused on finding sustainable solutions to some of the nation's biggest environmental problems, and one major concern was transportation. Emissions from cars and trucks are among the greatest sources of...

Phoenix visits Chicago following Akoa Makani’s 21-point game
By Canadian Press on June 20, 2025. Phoenix Mercury (10-4, 6-4 Western Conference) at Chicago Sky (3-8, 1-6 Eastern Conference) Chicago; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix Mercury visits the Chicago Sky after Monique Akoa Makani scored 21...

Chicago's New Reptile Exhibit Is Pure Nightmare Fuel
If I wanted to voluntarily have a panic attack in public, I'd just climb a tall ladder while holding a snake. But since I'm not completely unhinged, I'll be outside the Field Museum this summer while my kids brave Chicago's newest exhibit:...