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Reptiles Alive! has a spider-tailed horned viper on display, the only one of its kind currently in the United States. The exhibit will run until April 2026 and features 20 live reptiles from Madagascar, Southeast Asia and New Guinea, models and specimens from the museum archives.
Jun 20, 2025
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A motorist is facing DUI charges after 69-year-old Rosa M. Hernandez was hit while crossing the street to attend St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on the Near West Side.
On Sunday, the shelter hosted its annual adoption event in Roscoe Village, bringing cats and dogs together with new pet parents and marking 12 years of the initiative in the neighborhood.
“Realmente me rompió el corazón”, dijo Earl Abernathy, de 33 años de edad, quien manejaba por el vecindario Near West Side cuando notó a la bebé sola.
After struggling over the last few years, the Chicago area’s firefly population seems to be enjoying a “pretty good year,” thanks to a milder winter and wetter spring.
The league hosted its first river-bound game Thursday, as athletes went head-to-head in a 3-on-3 exhibition for nearly three hours.
“It really broke my heart,” said Earl Abernathy, 33, who was driving on the Near West Side when he noticed the infant all alone after she was allegedly abandoned after a carjacking. “It’s hot, there’s no water, no milk.”
A high swim risk advisory is in effect amid potentially life-threatening rip currents and high wave activity at Illinois and northwest Indiana beaches.
The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she’s not yet “out of the woods.”
Ruling hailed as a “victory” by supporters, but people in Wisconsin still face other obstacles to accessing reproductive care.
John Branscomb, 56, was stabbed to death in a fight with another man Sunday night at a beer garden.