Why one Chicago motel encouraged guests to smash stuff in the 1960s
Today’s rage rooms often trace their roots to a 2008 Japanese pop-up. A Chicago motel had one in 1962: the Frustration Room.
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Mark Cuban Foundation and Perficient Bring Free AI Bootcamp to Chicago Teens
The AI Bootcamp gives underserved students hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI tools, including generative AI, and explores real-world applications in fields such as healthcare, arts, business, ...
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Chelsea vs Chelsea: What happened when the club took on a software firm over their trademark?
Football club Chelsea argued local software firm Chelsea AI Ventures' name was "highly similar" to theirs - and wanted ...
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Yunus Emre Tozal: Chicago’s quantum park comes with a $9 billion price tag. Who actually benefits?
Chicago should not hand over hundreds of millions in public money without locking in, on paper, what residents get in return.
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Closed West Englewood School Is Now Home To Affordable Housing For The Community
Local officials gathered Wednesday to cut the ribbon on the Charles Earle School Apartments. Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is ...
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Chicago Bears and CDW open nominations for 2026 Classroom Legends program
The Chicago Bears and CDW are inviting fans across Chicagoland to recognize exceptional educators through Classroom Legends ...
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Old-School Electronics Repair Man Vows To Be The Last In Chicago: ‘A Dying Breed’
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Despite disinvestment, a longtime West Sider has stayed put with the help of block clubs
Helen King sits in her dining room in West Garfield Park. She’s been living in the home for more than 50 years and chuckles at the couch and lampshades covered in plastic. “Can you imagine that color ...
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Quantum computer completes verified task beyond practical reach of classical simulations
IBM and researchers from the University of Chicago announced a demonstration in quantum computing that meets the fundamental criteria for "quantum advantage"—the point where quantum computers can be ...
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IBM, UChicago demonstrate ‘quantum advantage,’ outperforming traditional computers with a quantum computer
IBM and researchers from the University of Chicago announced July 30 a demonstration in quantum computing that meets the fundamental criteria for “quantum advantage”—the point where quantum computers ...
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Infleqtion’s new quantum computer to be housed in Chicago
LOUISVILLE — Infleqtion Inc. (NYSE: INFQ) intends to deploy its latest fault-tolerant, neutral-atom quantum computer next year in Chicago rather than in its Boulder County homebase. “This is a ...
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Fact Check: Chicago Man Was NOT Arrested For Hacking Into Government Computer System To Approve Every Food Stamp Application In Cook County, Illinois
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead Stories says: AI Image Does a viral post about "a 26-year-old man from Chicago" arrested over "hacking into the Cook County ...
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The next citywide read will be nostalgic space novel ‘Orbital’ in expanded ‘One Book, One Chicago’ program
As “One Book, One Chicago” turns 25, the Chicago Public Library program sets its sights on outer space. This year also ...
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Guadalupe Rosales' memoir is a family album, a house party and an altar
With "East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood," Rosales has written a coming-of-age story fit for the big screen.
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Batavia Public Library will stay open amid 12-month renovation project starting this fall
The library says it will stay open throughout the construction, though some areas and services may be temporarily relocated ...
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Barack and Michelle Obama Discuss Their New Presidential Center—And Their Favorite Things to Do in Chicago
With the opening of the museum, library, and cultural space, the former president and first lady invite everyone to join the conversation.
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One for the Books: Kids receive prizes along the way as they read 1,000 books before kindergarten
Naperville Public Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a self-paced reading challenge that improves listening, ...
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Lincoln's Blood-Stained Assassination Gloves Resurface at Reagan Library in California
Lincoln's blood-stained gloves from Ford's Theatre are on display in California — and nobody knows who bought them.
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Moment thug shoves defenceless pensioner to the ground after complaining library was 'too noisy'
This is the moment an angry thug shoved a defenceless pensioner to the ground after complaining the library was 'too noisy' ...
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Timeline From The Past: Warsaw Library Expansion, Train Derailments
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few ...
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Tinubu’s alleged drug case takes new twist as US firm hints at video evidence
A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has hinted at providing video evidence in the alleged drug ...
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Reflections on 9/11 and its aftermath 25 years later
A special memorial service in honor of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, will be held Friday at the Marion Public Library. It is ...
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Guest Commentary: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is more important than ever
An alarming decline in students’ reading scores across the country makes Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program vital.
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My library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more
Chicago Public Library tells patrons exactly what they’ve saved. I’ve become obsessed with running up the score.
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