Famous otter Luna goes under the knife to prevent cancer
Luna, probably the most famous southern sea otter in America, lies on her back, out cold, nestled in a foam body support and draped in shroud-like blue sheeting in an...
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5 best, 5 worst Super Bowl commercials of 2020
It wasn't easy advertising in this year's Super Bowl. There was an actual competitive game to contend with, for one thing, and politicians tried to butt into the festivities, too....
All the 2020 Super Bowl commercials, ranked
TV audiences keep getting pulled in different directions, but every year more than 100 million Americans still come together to watch the Super Bowl and its commercials. And that means...
WeatherTech’s mascot dog had aggressive cancer. Now Scout’s in a new Super Bowl ad raising money for his doctors
Last year at this time, the star of WeatherTech's now-annual Super Bowl commercial was Scout, the company CEO's golden retriever. Scout looked happy and healthy as he showed off the...
A brand new virtual reality exhibit will take you behind the scenes of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech — and it’s launching in Chicago
In a world premiere virtual reality exhibition, Martin Luther King Jr. is coming to the DuSable Museum. Beginning Feb. 28, "The March" will bring museum visitors into the crowd and...
‘Game of Thrones’ finale recap: 5 thoughts on that satisfying (sort of) ending
Well, that was... satisfying intellectually, I guess, sort of. But Sunday's big series finale of "Game of Thrones," which saw -- spoiler alert -- all manners of justice meted out,...
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8, Episode 5 recap: 5 thoughts on who died Sunday and who really won the fiery battle in the streets
So it turns out a one-dragon lead is more than enough. In the world-changing second-to-last episode of "Game of Thrones" Sunday night (spoiler alert), a temperate city was taken, an...
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Episode 4 recap: 5 thoughts on the night’s unexpected dead and the coming King’s Landing battle
Ladies and gentlemen, restart your engines. After a couple of "Games and Thrones" seasons spent preparing for what we were told would be the ultimate fight against the ultimate enemy,...
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8, Episode 3 recap: 5 thoughts on who died in the Battle of Winterfell and its shocking resolution
What is the metaphor for all that just happened in Sunday's wrenching, exhilarating, very dimly lit, and, in the end, "Game of Thrones"-changing episode, the one that brought the battle...
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8, episode 2 recap: Poignant sentiment and preparation for slaughter
All that has been on "Game of Thrones" and all that shall be hung in the balance Sunday night as — spoiler alert — the ranks of the undead made...