From the famed Art Institute of Chicago to the Field Museum, these are the eight best museums in Chicago, covering everything from art to science.

Following the departure of CEO Donald Lassere, community members are calling for leadership to rebuild trust with staff and ...

CHICAGO — Head curator Dr. Voula Saridakis liked to stand by the entrance to the balcony overlooking the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see ...

Starts before Friday Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show: 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29; 11 ...

The Chicago area is under an Extreme Cold Warning on Friday as much of the U.S. braces for a major winter storm that could ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For nearly 170 years, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has been helping Chicagoans and tourists alike connect with nature. And this weekend, they will celebrate their founder. Dawn ...

Some folks yearn to see Michelangelo’s “David” at the Galleria dell’Accademia. For others, basking in awe over a Union Pacific “Big Boy” — the largest steam locomotive ever built — is as high as art ...

Washington — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The strike, which was ...

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that ...