What’s up with Lake Michigan’s water levels?
(Tribune photo) By Luke Zarzecki Whitney Young For teens all over the Chicagoland area, the beach is a prime attraction during the summer. From Oak Street to North Avenue, teens crowd the beaches...
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President Barack Obama (Getty Images) By Brianna Yang, Latin and Abbe Murphy, Downers Grove North What’s happening? In one of his biggest foreign policy moves to date, U.S. president Barack Obama has...
View ArticleBig Picture: Gun control in the U.S.
People visit a makeshift memorial near the Emanuel AME Church June 18, 2015 in Charleston, S.C., after a gunman killed nine people at a prayer meeting in one of the nation’s oldest black churches in...
View ArticleBreaking down the Planned Parenthood controversy
Anti-abortion activists hold a rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood in front of the U.S. Capitol. (Getty Images) By Grace Adee, Jones Maggie Harden, Vernon Hills What’s happening? A...
View ArticleFollowing the future president
Presidential candidates take to Twitter in the social media age By Emily Gross Walter Payton Eleven governors, one businesswoman, one professor, seven senators, one neurosurgeon, one real estate mogul...
View ArticleA letter to President Obama
By Joi Gillette H.L. Richards Dear President Obama, You will truly be missed—by me and many other Americans. Over the past seven years, you have done nothing but make history. Some people fail to see...
View ArticleBreaking down the Syrian refugee crisis
Refugees are smuggled through fields and forests in an attempt to evade the Hungarian police close to the Serbian border. (Getty) By Cameron Beach, Glenbrook South and Katie Karmin, North Shore Country...
View ArticleBig Picture: Tragedy in Paris
Everything you need to know about the attacks that killed 129 A woman sits in front of a memorial Nov. 16 in Nice, in tribute to the attacks in Paris. (Getty Images photo) By Maggie Harden, Vernon...
View ArticleAre Millennials really more informed?
(Stock photo) By Darcy Palder, Jones and Syeda Sameeha, Glenbard East Our generation, sometimes referred to as Millennials, has entered unknown territory when it comes to methods of collecting...
View ArticleWill Chicago’s teachers go on strike?
(Tribune file photo) By Darcy Palder, Jones and Luke Zarzecki, Whitney Young With all the rumors about a possible CPS strike, students, teachers and parents are confused on whether there are days off...
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