Lawyers for Bill Cosby argue in a new court filing his admission he used quaaludes in the 1970s doesn’t mean he drugged and sexually assaulted women.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 11:57 a.m.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space mission last week to the international space station was diverse: three crew members represented the U.S., Russia and Japan.
R&B singer Bobby Brown said Monday that his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was "an angel" and that the family must find a way to honor her memory.
Filmmaker Spike Lee won’t be getting a $3 million tax break for his new movie, “Chiraq,” an upcoming feature film that was filmed in Chicago.
By: Norman Parish - July 23, 2015 12:59 p.m.
(Opinion)
When my dad died, my family scrabbled to find a place to hold his memorial in Chicago.
He was an artist reared on the South Side but spent the last two decades of his life operating a gallery in Washington, D.C.
By: Norman Parish - July 16, 2015 4:35 p.m.
Abena Joan Brown, founder of the ETA Creative Arts Theater on Chicago’s South Side, died Sunday after a short illness.
Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born ballerina who's become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a celebrity that far transcends that rarified world, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday — the first African-American woman to reach that status in the company's 75-year history.
Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care after months in the hospital.
In a statement Wednesday, her aunt Pat Houston said Whitney Houston's daughter's condition has worsened.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 2:14 p.m.
In an effort to help restore peace throughout Chicago’s violence-ridden neighborhoods, members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) will present interactive, after-school concerts to begin in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood next month.
By: Deborah Bayliss - June 26, 2015 noon
Local thespians who’d like to try their hand at comedy are urged to audition for a local production.
Stevie Wonder, Cody Simpson and Avril Lavigne are some of the stars who will perform during next month’s opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games, organizers announced last week.
NBC News said Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his job as "Nightly News" anchor following his suspension for misrepresenting himself, but will be given a second chance as a breaking news anchor at the cable network MSNBC.
Miss Zimbabwe has been officially stripped of her title after photographs emerged of her posing nude, pageant organizers announced.
The initiative “Akon Lighting Africa” trains local African engineers and entrepreneurs in the production of solar power and will bring solar power to over 600 million Africans.
A judge last week delayed the murder trial of Marion "Suge" Knight after the former rap music mogul hired the attorney who successfully defended Michael Jackson against child molestation charges.
