Travel
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Brash and beautiful: Blue Jays liven up backyards like no other songbirdNov 25, 2025 3:30 am - Brash, blue and beautiful, the charismatic Blue Jay livens up backyards and forest preserves like no other songbird.
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Planes, trains and automobiles: Five things to know about this year’s Thanksgiving odysseyNov 24, 2025 6:39 pm - Can I bring homemade gravy in carry-on? How cheap is gas in Wisconsin? When’s the worst day to drive home? We have answers.
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More than 720 flights canceled at O’Hare, Midway as snow flies, shutdown grinds onNov 10, 2025 1:58 pm - FAA is gradually ramping up flight reductions; with the tally expected to reach 10% by Friday at 40 airports across the U.S. But a shutdown resolution could change that.
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Palm Springs a mecca for Modernism: California city draws Midcentury architecture lovers to the desertNov 10, 2025 12:54 pm - What’s old can become cool again. And so it is with Midcentury Modern architecture, a style spanning the post-World War II years in the middle of the last century that’s on view in Palm Springs, California.
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The FAA is slashing flights because of the shutdown. Here’s what travelers can expect
Nov 06, 2025 9:32 am - Travelers can expect to see fewer flights to many major U.S. cities starting Friday morning, when the Federal Aviation Administration said it would reduce traffic across ...
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Most major US airports are among 40 targeted by shutdown-related flight cuts
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‘Great incentives’ coming in 2026 for businesses eyeing events at Q Center in St. Charles
Nov 04, 2025 2:16 pm - Local tourism officials are touting the Q Center in St. Charles for the role the facility has played over the past four decades in attracting events and shoppers to the downtown area.
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Hawkiosaurus? United recognizes Blackhawks’ centennial with dino-sized tribute at O’HareOct 20, 2025 4:40 pm - That’s one big hockey player. A 75-foot-long Brachiosaurus model suits up at O’Hare’s Terminal 1 in a Chicago Blackhawks jersey.
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Germany, where beer is sacred, now leads world in nonalcoholic brews
Oct 20, 2025 10:25 am - It looked like all the other beers in the sea of giant one-liter glasses at Munich’s Oktoberfest, but Peter Asen’s mug harbored a secret: His drink was nonalcoholic. Germany, a country long associated with beer, and specifically with hyper-traditional brewing, has quietly become the world leader in the consumption of alcohol-free beer by volume.
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‘An exciting new chapter’: Meet Chicago Northwest touts Renaissance Schaumburg’s $30M renovationOct 18, 2025 1:28 pm - Meet Chicago Northwest is touting the completion of the $30 million renovation of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel as “an exciting new chapter for one of the region’s most iconic hospitality landmarks.”