You can stay in the ‘Home Alone’ house this holiday season

A lucky "Home Alone" fan will get the chance to spend the night in the iconic Chicago-area house, which includes all the '90s junk food their heart desires.

Chicago Auto Show returning to McCormick Place in February

The Chicago Auto Show is returning to the Windy City during its traditional timeframe, officials announced Monday.

Chicago prepares for new COVID-19 variant
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Travel restrictions are starting to be put in place after a new COVID variant was reported in South Africa.

Nightmare home sale leads Minnesota couple to arbitration

It was a problematic home sale: a failed retaining wall, the ground infilled with unopened bags of mulch, wallpaper concealing holes in the walls, the backyard slipping away into the nearby creek and an unpermitted porch structure on the verge of falling away with it.

Free Festival of Lights opens in Aurora

The city said that more than 50,000 cars toured the Festival of Lights in 2020.

Will travel bans stop 'highly transmissible' omicron variant?

A coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease.

Last-minute turkey cooking tips for Thanksgiving
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A representative from the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line dishes out cooking tips for this Thanksgiving.

‘Well-fed’ squirrel freed by rescuers after getting stuck in bird feeder

According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in England, a squirrel who may have had a few too many nuts found itself trapped in a bird feeder and had to be freed by an RSPCA rescue officer.

Conquering the mental aspect of personal fitness
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Body transformation specialist Corey Calliet joins Good Day Chicago to dish out tips on harnessing the mental aspect of fitness and staying in shape over the holidays.

Tips for avoiding financial feuds with family this holiday season
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Cameron Huddleston, director of education at Carefull, dishes out helpful tips for ditching family drama at the dinner table over the holidays.

Grandmothers may hold deeper bond with grandchildren than own children, study suggests

“In many societies, grandmothers are important caregivers, and grandmaternal investment is often associated with improved grandchild well-being,” the study’s authors said.

Chicago adds 2 states to COVID-19 travel advisory ahead of Thanksgiving

Two states were added to Chicago's weekly COVID-19 travel advisory on Tuesday as residents make preparations for the busy Thanksgiving holiday.

Salvation Army preparing Thanksgiving meals from scratch for thousands of needy families

It's a Thanksgiving tradition. Each year, a few days before the holiday, a small army of volunteers assembles in the big Levy restaurant kitchen at Guaranteed Rate Field to begin their preparations.