GEOQUIZ: Six countries border the Red Sea. Name them. Answer: Yemen and Saudi Arabia in Asia, and Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti in Africa. In the north, the Red Sea flows into the Gulf of Aqaba, which touches Israel and Jordan.

GEOQUIZ: Which U.S. city is across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico? Answer: El Paso, Texas. With a population of about 685,000, it’s the largest of the U.S. cities bordering Mexico. Ciudad Juarez has a population of about 1.5 million people

CHICAGO — A memorial billboard for a Chicago police officer killed in a 2018 attack at a South Side hospital was vandalized Wednesday morning, police said. The billboard, which honors Officer Samuel Jimenez, who was killed responding to an active sho

The family behind Medline — the massive medical supply and equipment company based in Northfield — agreed to sell it to generate cash for family members and strengthen the company, its leaders said Tuesday. Medline on Saturday said it agreed to sell

GEOQUIZ: To which country would you travel to visit Gombe National Park? Answer: Tanzania. Located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika near the country’s western border, the park, also known as Gombe Stream National Park, is famous for its chimpanzees,

CHICAGO – Megan Steffen had completed all her college coursework at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and was at home with her parents in Michigan, waiting to graduate, when she got an email from the school, telling her an administrator needed to talk

Confiscated by federal authorities, The Income Store’s more than 3,300 websites are set to be auctioned Thursday in a bid to recover at least some of the more than $77 million that investors lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme. The court-ordered online

CLEVELAND — Wednesday’s Chicago White Sox game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field was postponed because of inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader Sept. 23. The first of the seven-inning games will

GEOQUIZ: What is the capital of Kansas? Answer: Topeka. Capitol Square is located in the city’s downtown, and the Capitol building is noted for its copper dome. With a population of about 124,000, Topeka is the state’s fifth-largest city.

As he closed in on his 5,000th game umpiring in the major leagues four years ago, I asked Joe West if he planned to hang around long enough to break Bill Klem’s all-time record. “That’s a few years down the road,” West said, dodging the question. So

CHICAGO – Two men died and 21 other people — including at least four teens — were injured in shootings over less than 24 hours in Chicago between late Saturday and Sunday afternoon, according to police. At least 38 people have been shot since 5 p.m.

GEOQUIZ: The Scandinavian Peninsula consists of which countries? Answer: Primarily Norway and Sweden, though sections of northwest Finland and Russia are also included. The peninsula is about 1,150 miles long.

CHICAGO — Cardinal Blase Cupich is reinstating the Rev. Michael Pfleger to his post as senior pastor at St. Sabina Catholic Parish after the archdiocesan board charged with investigating sexual abuse claims found that “there is no reason to suspect F

CHICAGO – Sandra Wilson-Muriel cried when she first picked up her cane. When the Skokie, Illinois, woman came down with COVID-19 in March 2020, she knew the diagnosis was serious, but she never imagined that a respiratory virus would result in her ne

GEOQUIZ: Which five states border Ohio? Answer: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan. On the north it’s bordered by Lake Erie.

CHICAGO – New data from researchers who studied women who were vaccinated while pregnant found no evidence that the vaccine affected their placentas. The new findings, published Tuesday in the Obstetrics & Gynecology journal, may help switch the focu

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden is expected to select former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as his ambassador to Japan, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The move would give Biden a deeply experienced government tactician and political veteran in a pr

Just imagine buying clothes for your child that they didn’t outgrow in one year. After seeing how fast his nephew outgrew his clothes, aeronautical engineer Ryan Yasin set out to address the problem and created Petit Pli, a cool line of clothes for k

GEOQUIZ: Which saltwater body borders Iran on the north? Answer: Caspian Sea. The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman border it on the south.

CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Saturday night on the West Side and Chicago police detectives are investigating the shooting as a homicide. The teenager was found in the first block of South Springfield Avenue, near Madison Street, west

Written by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, 2011′s “Contagion” hit No. 10 on the iTunes movie rental chart a year ago in January. In those early moths of the pandemic, audiences were suddenly seeking out a nearly decade-old thriller

CHICAGO — As the sailboat pushed away from North Cove Marina at 6:45 p.m. on a perfect New York Tuesday last August, director Jason Hehir took in the ambience, the collective energy, the relaxed smiles of those around him. For Hehir and the team he’d

Northwestern’s announcement of Mike Polisky as its new athletic director has been met coolly by some alumni and campus leaders who have expressed confusion and resistance to the selection, according to sources and faculty members. Six female faculty

Monday night’s game between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field has been postponed because of the threat of rain. The teams will play a split doubleheader Tuesday with seven-inning games at 1:20 and 6:40 pm. Before the game was

GEOQUIZ: Which country lies between Honduras and Costa Rica? Answer: Nicaragua. It’s Central America’s largest country, has coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and has roughly 40 volcanoes, some of which are active.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Saturday at the United Center with a smattering of fans in attendance. The Hawks increased the number of team-invited guests and had them sitting in the lower section of the stands

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox’s Wednesday game against the Detroit Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field has been postponed because of rain. The game will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader starting at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, while the second game

GEOQUIZ: What is the northernmost territory or province in Canada? Answer: Nunavut. Established in 1999, it encompasses about 772,000 square miles and was previously a part of the Northwest Territories. ———

CHICAGO — One night after one of their most uninspired performances of the season, the Chicago Bulls responded in a big way with a 108-91 blowout victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night at the United Center. It was a complete 180 on the

GEOQUIZ: Name the large lake that lies north of New Orleans. Answer: Lake Pontchartrain. Though called a lake, it’s actually an estuary that connects to the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Borgne and a narrow passage called The Rigolets. ———