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Gone are the days when every new video game would cost just $50 on release day. Most new Xbox and Playstation games cost $70, with some special editions reaching the triple digits, which means shopping video game sales has become ever more crucial. Here are the best deals you can find on games, consoles, controllers, and accessories right now. Nintendo...

How to Game Share on a PS5

One of the perils of going all-in on digital games is that sharing your games becomes harder. If you have a PlayStation 5 (PS5) disc variant, you can just buy physical media for your favorite games and share them with your friends once you're done playing. On the other hand, if your purchases happen digitally or if you have a...

Mar 24, 2026

You Can Get Promova Premium on Sale for $80 Right Now

You can get a lifetime subscription to Promova Premium on sale for $79.99 right now (reg. $299.99). Promova is a top 10-rated language-learning app in the App Store and top 20 on the Google Play store, and while its more designed for people learning English as a second language, you can practice nine other languages for far less than other...

Mar 24, 2026

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You can get a lifetime subscription to Skoove Premium piano lessons on sale for $119.99 right now with promo code ENJOY20 through March 10. The app comes with over 400 lessons and thousands of instructional videos from experienced Skoove music instructors, and it also provides real-time feedback so you can improve every step of the way. It was an App...

Mar 24, 2026

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Business

Nonfiction Producer CreativeChaos Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

CreativeChaos vmg, a producer of documentary films and series, has signed with CAA for representation. The company, founded by Ilan Arboleda and Tom Donahue in 2010, bills itself as a venture media group (hence the vmg in its name) and is behind films including HBOs Casting By and Bleed Out and Netflixs #MeToo doc This Changes Everything, among other titles....

In Setback for Disney Board, Influential Shareholder Firm ISS Backs Nelson Peltz in Proxy Fight

In a recommendation that could shape the high-profile proxy fight between The Walt Disney Company and Nelson Peltzs Trian Partners, the influential advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending that its clients vote to add Peltz to Disneys board of directors. ISS ultimately recommended a vote for Peltz, but not Trians other nominee, Jay Rasulo, and to withhold a vote...

Mar 24, 2026

Cinematographers Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

IATSEs largest Local, the International Cinematographers Guild, has reached a tentative agreement with studios and streamers on its craft-specific issues, the union told members Wednesday night. Today marked the conclusion of our bargaining teams in-person local negotiations with the AMPTP regarding our Camera and Publicist Agreements, IATSE Local 600 said in a memo on Wednesday night provided by a union...

Mar 24, 2026

Audacy Reorganizes Podcast Division, Sunsets Cadence13 Brand

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Bill Weinstein Joins Paradigm Talent Agency Following Verve Exit

Kenny Ortega Returns to Paradigm (Exclusive)

Blumhouse Inks Deal With ‘Shark Tank’ Contestant American Immersion Theater

Paramount Stock Pops After Apollo Bid for Film and TV Studio

TKO to Pay $335M to Settle Legal Bout Against UFC Fighters Ahead of Trial

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One of the companies at the heart of the creator economy is making a significant change to its leadership ranks. Spotter, a firm that provides guidance and capital to creators on YouTube, has hired Sam Rogoway as its new COO, while Nic Paul, the companys current COO, will become president of Spotter. With Sam as COO and Nic as President,...

Mar 24, 2026

ESPN Inks Multibillion Six-Year Extension for Expanded College Football Playoff

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Laurene Powell Jobs Throws Support Behind Disney Board and Bob Iger in Proxy Fight

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Crime & Law

Five Takeaways From Gripping Officer Testimony at the First January 6 Hearing

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol held its first hearing on Tuesday with harrowing testimony from four officers who shared their stories of being attacked by the rioters.

10 Chicago-Area Residents Charged in Bank Fraud Schemes

Ten people from the city and suburbs face the potential of decades behind bars after they allegedly used counterfeit U.S. Postal Service money orders to fraudulently obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars from area banks.

Mar 24, 2026

‘It Could Happen to Anyone’: Chicago Mother Shares Story of Stepson’s Murder

As journalists, we often work to avoid becoming part of the stories we cover. But sometimes, the story is part of us. Last month, my friend Sonya Anderson’s stepson was shot and killed, just two days before his 19th birthday. We sit down for an intimate conversation about gun violence.

Mar 24, 2026

New Illinois Laws on Marriage Certificates More Inclusive of LGBTQ Residents

Race Against Time: Inside ATF’s Efforts to Find Shooters Before They Strike Again

Chicago Police Defend Use of Gang Database, More than 2 Years After Watchdog Called it ‘Deeply Flawed’

8 Killed, 51 Shot Over the Weekend in Chicago

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Chicago police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk, who was charged for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, may lose his job, his attorneys claim, because he’s been forced to turn over his firearm owner identification card as part of the conditions for his release from jail.

Mar 24, 2026

Jussie Smollett Attorney Can Stay on Case Despite Conflict of Interest Concerns

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Education

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　　Lake Managua, also known as Lago Xolotlán in Spanish, is located in the Central American nation of Nicaragua. The lake, spanning 395 square miles, lies next to the country's capital, Managua, and is connected to Lake Nicaragua, Central America's largest lake. The lake harbors many species of aquatic life in its tranquil...

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Mar 24, 2026

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Mar 24, 2026

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Health

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Mar 24, 2026

What are the ethical concerns regarding the exploitation of vulnerable populations in medical tourism?

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Politics

Toni Preckwinkle Backs President Joe Biden’s Call for Assault Weapons Ban

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle spoke to WTTW News following Biden’s White House celebration of the passage of a federal gun safety law that was attended by elected officials, gun control advocates, gun violence survivors and the families of victims.

Spotlight Politics: VP Harris, Gov. Pritzker, Darren Bailey React to Highland Park Shooting

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Mar 24, 2026

The Fight for Reparations Has Stalled in Congress. Here’s What They Look Like in State and Local Governments

From cash payouts to issuing extensive reports and building a bureaucratic system to examine what reparations could look like, here is what some local and state governments have done so far.

Mar 24, 2026

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Science & Nature

Astronaut on NASA's future

The U.S. space shuttle program has come to an end with the Shuttle Atlantis returning to Earth early this morning. Eddie Arruza talks to a former Chicagoan and shuttle astronaut on what the 135 missions accomplished and what's ahead for the U.S. space program.

Kids & Cell Phones

How young is too young for a child to have a cell phone? We talk with experts about this new reality.

Mar 24, 2026

Rare Plants Take Root, Bloom in Chicago This Summer

Lurking in the still waters of the Montrose Beach Dunes is a plant unlike its neighbors. The small, carnivorous plant found earlier this month is not easy to spot, but its discovery marks the first of its kind in the area.

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