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CHICAGO — It was the second week of December, and Amanda Ullah was counting the minutes to payday so she and her roommate could purchase a Christmas tree for their little apartment, perched above a bar on Chicago’s North Side.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman at Symphony Center, holiday fun at Skydeck Chicago, and the Pentatonix Christmas Spectacular are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Driving and checking parking for anglers (and others who drive and use the lakefront) from south to north, Calumet Park to the Evanston border.

Decades after the last bison vanished from their tribal lands, the Cherokee Nation is part of a resurgence of Indigenous people seeking to reconnect with the animals.

'Tis the season, apparently. Pre-Thanksgiving travelers who clogged the busy Gate D10 at Seattle-Tacoma International were shocked — although maybe slightly less shocked than they would have been five years ago — to see a young-adult male passenger abruptly throw up a Nazi salute and begin a barely comprehensible antisemitic…

The fastest commute to Manhattan by land, sea or air takes just 20 seconds to catch wind.

Round-the-world adventurer Kinga Tanajewska and her BMW F 800 GS take on the world-famous Cabot Trail, a beautiful scenic road in Nova Scotia, Canada.

As the winter travel season approaches, AAA Travel has some car rental tips and tricks for Americans as they prepare to visit friends and family.

This is not about Joshua Tree, California.