Find today’s readings here. The fire raged for a week. From its start in the Circus Maximus, flames spread throughout the city of Rome in the year 64 A.D. Nero was not, as popular imagination would ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Jermont Terry joined the CBS 2 team in October 2019. He's born and ...

Queen of Martyrs School, a Catholic elementary school in Evergreen Park, will not reopen for the 2026-2027 school year, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Monday, setting off an attempt by area ...

The choice of July 5th intentionally aligns with the anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 landmark speech, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, As the United States prepares to celebrate its ...

The day after Independence Day has never had a name. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall wants to change that. The constitutional law professor, attorney, and author announced the creation of Martyrs Day, a ...

There are few things more exhilarating than grabbing the mic at a karaoke night at a bar and tearing into a classic song. Maybe you’re several cocktails into your evening’s escapades, maybe you’re ...

Think about the moment in “Hamlet” when the prince delivers “To be, or not to be,” the diner scene in “When Harry Met Sally” (1989), or the ear-cutting sequence in “Reservoir Dogs” (1992). What makes ...

Dance pioneer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson teaching early-film icon Shirley Temple his signature stair dance in David Butler’s “The Little Colonel” — need we say more? Well, we could mention that this is ...

Five Spanish Franciscan friars, collectively known as the 'Georgia Martyrs,' will be beatified in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct. 31. Five Spanish Franciscan missionaries — Father Pedro de Corpa, Father ...

It appears that agitators are trying to spark confrontations with federal law enforcement that could lead to protesters being harmed, even killed, to spark outrage and support for their cause. It’s a ...