expand New York hip-hop star Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Shakur’s death was a tragic chapter in the “East Coast vs. West Coast” conflict detailed in the 2002 documentary “Biggie and Tupac.” (Archive photos/Moviepix via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — AP sources …

This weekend kicks off October with Peter Gabriel’s concert, Lunar Festival Chinatown, Chicago Exposition and more. Little Amal, presented by Walk Productions with Handspring Puppet Company, is in Chicago this weekend. Or not so little – Amal is a 12-foot puppet depicting a 10-year-old Syrian refugee and is currently on …

We all look at the world through different lenses, but photojournalists do it more literally every day. Photography brought together four friends, teachers and pioneers at the South Side Community Art Center last Saturday afternoon to talk about their work as Black photojournalists for Chicago’s mainstream newspapers in the 1960s …

As science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke said: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. So, if you’re the king of France in the 1700s and you’ve got a doctor waving a magic wand and claiming to have a cure for whatever ails you, seemingly out of nowhere, who …

Young, vigorous and getting richer with each passing second, Emily and Luke work at a hedge fund called One Crest Capital in New York. Their relationship (they live together) violates company policy, but so far so good; their discretion paid off. The hedge fund, dominated by cocky, paranoid brothers, has …

On the count of three, a 7-foot floating globe illuminated as an image of the Earth was projected 360 degrees onto its surface, drawing thunderous applause from attendees at the grand opening of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s Sustainability Center on Thursday. Surrounding the imposing, dynamic space is an interactive …

NEW YORK — With Hollywood writers on strike, actors will now have the chance to negotiate their own deals with studios and streaming services. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists announced Wednesday night that strike talks with studios will continue on Monday. The guild said large …

The Indiana Dunes Visitor Center now tells not only the history of the area, but also the original people who lived there. After six years of work, the first phase of the Indiana Dunes Native Cultural Trail was dedicated Wednesday. Indiana Dunes Tourism and Indiana Dunes National Park partnered with …

Wagner’s 1843 fantasy opera is about a sea captain destined to sail forever. Director Christopher Alden’s production doesn’t give him much hope.

Located between the west side of the Beverly Arts Center and its parking lot at 2407 W. 111th Street, Roy Diblik Garden is full of life. Bees and butterflies gather the last bits of pollen from purple coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, pink hydrangea, phlox, purple asters, Russian sage and other late-season …