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By Forrest Brown | CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s broken down. Please rescue us. Werneth hopped in his vehicle to assist, driving by Patrick…

The Chicago Bears took another step toward a potential new stadium at the Arlington International Racecourse site when the village of Arlington Heights on Friday issued for interior demolition of the grandstand, office and jockey…

There were moments early in Kyle Gibson’s career that he looks back on and realizes he was too hard on himself, that he didn’t enjoy the thrill of life in the major leagues enough. But this season with the Orioles, “I’m trying to not…

For the first time, Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a television series. The longtime action star — and former California governor — hasn’t exactly leaped out of his comfort zone with the one-hour action-comedy “FUBAR,” the…

For most travelers, the town of Naturita, Colorado, is a pass-through point on the drive between Telluride and Moab, Utah. But Natalie Binder is working to make it a destination for outdoor recreation and art enthusiasts alike. In 2021,…

The moment was dreamlike and mesmerizing. An enormous pride of golden lions slumbered, snored and groaned in the afternoon sun, their long tails thumping against one another and then on the ground in a series of nonstop feline movements.…

Ten minutes separated the Chicago Cubs from the cusp of ending a season-high losing streak to their worst loss of the season. A five-run lead entering the bottom of the eighth should have provided enough cushion for the Cubs to put away…

At least 1.2 million Medicare beneficiaries pay premiums for Medicare Part B even though they likely qualify to get it for free through a Medicare Savings Program, according to a November 2021 letter from the Centers for Medicare &…

Forty-one years ago, on April 23, 1982, a Border Patrol blockade of the Florida Keys in search of drugs and undocumented immigrants led to the birth of the Conch Republic. Infuriated Keys residents seceded from the union to protest being…

It’s been a long, cold winter that does not want to let go. But for a few weeks, more than three dozen readers and I got to escape to an unexpected tropical paradise — Sicily and Southern Italy. I had been to Tuscany before, but the…