Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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entertainment-and-culture
  • by david hall
Koalas debut next week at Brookfield Zoo Chicago

Brumby and Willum, a pair of 2-year-old male koalas, will be viewable to the public at 2 p.m. Tuesday — the first time koalas will inhabit Brookfield Zoo Chicago.

news
  • by david hall
2 charged with operating $430 million dark web marketplace

Thomas Pavey and Raheim Hamilton are accused of owning and operating Empire Market, an online site where thousands of vendors sold illegal goods and services, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD, counterfeit currency and stolen credit card information, according to the indictment.

chicago
  • by david hall
Shedd Aquarium announces new lakefront learning center, expanded outreach in South, West side neighborhoods

Plans for the new Morgridge Family Lakeside Learning Studios were unveiled Friday, along with an expansion of the Shedd's youth education programs in South and West side neighborhoods. The learning center, she added, will serve about 300,000 young people very year.

obituaries
  • by david hall
Mike Downey, former Sun-Times sportswriter, dies at 72

"He was one of those guys you wanted to read," recalled Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander.