Only four times since September 1996 have all four original members of R.E.M. performed together live. The first was when they inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2007, the second was 17 years later at a Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and their third and fourth occurred over two consecutive nights last February, when frontman Michael Stipe, … [Read more...] about It’s not just an act: Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy continue their R.E.M. tours
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Blue Island expects revenue, jobs from OmniTRAX development agreement
Blue Island city officials approved a lease agreement with OmniTRAX, a private railroad transportation company, to create city revenue and jobs on 90 acres of city-owned land near 119th & Division streets that has remained vacant for decades. The company agreed to share 8% of its net revenue generated from the property each year with the city and to pay $200,000 in rent … [Read more...] about Blue Island expects revenue, jobs from OmniTRAX development agreement
Today in History: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma for civil rights movement
Today is Friday, March 7, the 66th day of 2025. There are 299 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 7, 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; state troopers and a sheriff’s posse fired tear gas and beat marchers with batons in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Also on this … [Read more...] about Today in History: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma for civil rights movement
Today in Chicago History: Mayor Harold Washington halts cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Chicagoland front page flashback: March 8, 2019 Former Ald. Edward Vrdolyak, center left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on March 7, 2019, after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge. (José M. … [Read more...] about Today in Chicago History: Mayor Harold Washington halts cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Qué saber sobre los kurdos y su posible participación en la guerra de Irán
Por SAM McNEIL BUSELAS (AP) — Miles de kurdos curtidos en batalla en el norte de Irak se están preparando para una posible operación militar transfronteriza en Irán con respaldo de Estados Unidos, según dijeron a The Associated Press funcionarios kurdos. Los tres funcionarios indicaron que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y los líderes de los dos principales … [Read more...] about Qué saber sobre los kurdos y su posible participación en la guerra de Irán