police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

cute This air quality monitor is a cute bird that dies when you need to air out your home Gail Sherman

Games PlayStation to give its next game reveal a nationwide theater screening Grant St. Clair

AI Cops used AI to match a photo to an innocent grandmother in Tennessee, then jailed her for nearly 6 months Ellsworth Toohey

Science Research keeps proving we should talk to strangers more Ellsworth Toohey

Culture Bald Mr Clean mascot "retired" Rob Beschizza

chicago Choose from "Abolish ICE," "Chance the Scraper," and more when you cast your vote in Chicago's 2026 "You Name a Snowplow" contest Jennifer Sandlin

Food New Haven's Sally's Apizza plans to become "the Chipotle of pizza" Ruben Bolling

footage Images show UPS flight's engine detaching before Kentucky crash Rob Beschizza

politics Trump's immigration sweep in Chicago mostly nabbed the innocent Jason Weisberger

Gestapo ICE vehicle rear-ends community observer in Oxnard Jason Weisberger

rats Scientists determine that Chicago's "Splatatouille" actually a squirrel Gail Sherman

politics No back-to-school turnaround for Target, beset by more boycotts Rob Beschizza

movies Sequel to The Social Network on the way Rob Beschizza

law A cop was shot and killed while chasing a suspect. Can you guess the key fact that media omitted? Rob Beschizza

politics Amid intense controversy, Kanye releases album to relatively modest fanfare Grant St. Clair

aviation Pilots analyze that near-miss at Chicago Midway airport (video) Gail Sherman

protest Group of Blue Men protest corporate labor actions Thom Dunn