The ceremonies and rituals of how we mourn are rapidly changing, can be very different across cultures and through generations. We met at an artist transforming the blurry and dull into clear and beautiful. See the full piece here: wgntv.com/backstory/back…
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Candy used to be a thing just for the elite. When and where did it become available to the masses? Chicago has a starring role.
wgntv.com/backstory/chic…
wgntv.com/backstory/chic…
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Disney’s “The Skeleton Dance” is famously an animated short produced by Walt Disney in 1929, as part of its Silly Symphony series. But when you look at it today, it’s essentially America’s first music video. We dig into the history in this backstory short.
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During World War II, before the world has yet to learn all of what’s going on behind the walls of Auschwitz, a man volunteers to go inside the concentration camp.
You can see our full Backstory piece here:
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You can see our full Backstory piece here:
wgntv.com/backstory/the-…
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From Playboy to Ali, the Chicago artist who was arguably the father of modern sports art. Meet Leroy Nieman. Check out here for the full piece:
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wgntv.com/backstory/from…
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The late Paul Reubens, AKA Pee Wee Herman, occupied a unique place in American culture. Part performance artist, part comedian, part children’s entertainer. And his dad? A war hero in not one or two but three different countries.
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The honeybee is perhaps the lynchpin to planet earth’s entire ecosystem, but their existence is very much threatened. For the whole piece go to WGNtv.com/backstory
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In this piece for Backstory, I met a woman with a very personal connection to the Nuremberg trials, who unraveled a mystery left behind after the death of her father. For the whole piece go to WGNtv.com/backstory
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Tonight on BACKSTORY - the disappearing bees. A man turns pasture into prairie to restore nature - for all of us. Sun 11pm - repeats earlier time next Sunday.
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Tonight on Backstory @WGNTV 11pm two people with a close connection to the Nuremberg trials - as depicted in this great movie.
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All new BACKSTORY @WGNTV - this was one of my fav cards. He has 61 shutouts. No one will even have that many complete games. Tonight: a unique baseball league and the worst team in history.
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All new BACKSTORY @WGNTV 11pm Sunday - Frank Lloyd Wright’s scandalous affair… and then, murder.
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A new season of Backstory drops this Sunday night at 11 on WGN and on the free WGN+ app.
Here's my colleague @marcusleshock on how to download the app to your smart TV:
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Here's my colleague @marcusleshock on how to download the app to your smart TV:
wgntv.com/seen-on-tv/how…
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Backstory Sunday @WGNTV MYSTERY IN THE MOJAVE: the cold case of a 1974 murder of a young man from the northern suburbs. His brother investigates. After 4 decades, there’s a break in the case. Backstory investigates tonight at 11. New episodes Oct 4
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ICYMI yesterday we dropped the trailer for the upcoming new double-season of Backstory. New shows start October 4th on WGN and the free WGN+ app and run through late November, every Sunday night.
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Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears joins @WGNMorningNews at 9am. What led to the break up? Their reunion? You know the hits--if you haven't heard SEEDS OF LOVE album - it's amazing.
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Baseball, presidential politics… the Father of Advertising has seen it all. Backstory @WGNTV Sunday 11pm
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Backstory Sunday 11pm German POW camps in Chicago’s suburbs and the family that lived next door. @wgntv
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New York City is the first to ban subscription traps and enable you to easily cancel subscriptions through a so-called "Click to Cancel" rule.
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Amazing mob story Sunday 1pm Barbara’s Bookstore Hawthorn Mall Vernon Hills. The author’s grandfather fought the mob and the Kennedy White House.
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NYT reviews Epstein docs:
Some important questions about Epstein’s death remain unanswered and likely unanswerable.Other writings presented fraying mental state including another note in which he hinted at ending his life.
Some important questions about Epstein’s death remain unanswered and likely unanswerable.Other writings presented fraying mental state including another note in which he hinted at ending his life.
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US military rushed to prepare ground mission to capture Iran’s uranium, but Trump paused it, fearing Iranian retaliation and American casualties, sources tell CNN. @WGNMorningNews
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Democrats have a 10-point advantage over GOP on the congressional ballot, according to a new Emerson College poll—Trump's approval is at 39%, and voters think mid-decade redistricting is a bad thing for the country. @WGNMorningNews
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130,000 people are missing across Mexico—most of them kidnapped or killed by cartels, sometimes in cooperation with law enforcement. Their relatives are plastering posters with photos of them outside World Cup sites.- WSJ
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NYT story:WH staff meeting to strategize about Epstein-“With all due respect,the communications strategy of this group got us here. I don’t know that it’s going to get us out. And if you’re going to go in front of the press, you’ve got a lot of work to do.” -Dpty Chief of Staff
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Employers Push Back On Weight-Loss Drugs. WSJ:1 in 8 American adults take the drugs. Companies are dropping coverage or requiring weigh-ins.
@WGNMorningNews
@WGNMorningNews
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Big Tobacco Co. Reynolds American made $5 million donation to political group aligned with Trump shortly before administration’s decision to lift restrictions on certain flavored vaping products.
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Matt Belloni at Puck reported Colbert was losing $40m/yr but Snopes notes he also wrote that other people at CBS added that executives didn't ask Colbert to take pay cut, or fire people or slash costs.
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Pentagon targets Nigeria where terror “has run amok,” reports the Spectator. In last 6 months, the US Air Force bombed rebel camps to halt murders and abductions. US bombings this week killed Islamic State’s #2 but the insurgency shows no sign of slowing.
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Report on Oct 7th includes testimony of rape and assault. Gunshots to the face and genitals. Mutilation. Bodies naked, legs spread. Grotesque scenes staged. 10k photos and video segments.
“I saw them raping her. Then they murdered her. And then they raped her again.” (WSJ)
“I saw them raping her. Then they murdered her. And then they raped her again.” (WSJ)
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Russia Launches Huge Attack on Ukraine -
Strikes Kill at least 27 people after Putin, Trump discuss cease-fire; The brunt of the attacks were on residential buildings; a carwash and an auto-repair shop were among the locations hit. -WSJ @WGNMorningNews
Strikes Kill at least 27 people after Putin, Trump discuss cease-fire; The brunt of the attacks were on residential buildings; a carwash and an auto-repair shop were among the locations hit. -WSJ @WGNMorningNews
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A study of more than four million cancer cases in the U.S. found cancer rates were about 68% higher among men who have never married compared with those who have. For never-married women, the relationship was more pronounced, with cancer rates roughly 83% higher. (WSJ)
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Two-thirds of babies watch screens — some for eight hours a day
A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all.
(The Times)
A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all.
(The Times)
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Man accused of conspiring to kill Jam Master Jay, pleaded guilty Monday to taking part in a murder plot that had baffled investigators for 2 decades.
Karl Jordan Jr. & Ron Washington were charged with killing JMJ in drug deal gone wrong. -NYT
Karl Jordan Jr. & Ron Washington were charged with killing JMJ in drug deal gone wrong. -NYT
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Employers expect to boost new-graduate hires by 5.6% this spring from a year ago—a turnaround from their much grimmer forecasts last fall. WSJ reports unemployment among 20- to 24-year-olds with bachelor’s degrees and higher dropped sharply in March to 5.3%.
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Tonight at 11 @WGNTV the BACKSTORY of a German prisoner of war camp in the the U.S. through a family bar that’s still there. Also…the father of modern advertising. He made tens of millions as he left his imprint on presidential politics and baseball. @NXSTMediaGroup
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Feds will refund more than $1B to importers. The refunds stem from the Supreme Court's finding that President Trump exceeded his authority to impose broad global tariffs.
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Health Sec Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s reforming task force that determines whether insurance companies must cover colonoscopies, mammograms, depression screenings & osteoporosis tests, among many other medical services at no cost for millions of Americans. (NYT)
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WSJ reports RFK’s silence on raw milk underscores a growing disconnect between his agenda & his record in office. Some allies say his team no longer discusses raw milk to avoid talking about “weird stuff.”
Raw milk can lead to severe illness or, in rare cases, death.
Raw milk can lead to severe illness or, in rare cases, death.
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President Trump weighs military operation to extract 1,000 lbs of uranium from Iran, reports WSJ. Military officials say it’s a complex and risky mission. The potential operation could lengthen the war well beyond 4 weeks. @WGNMorningNews
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“Who Killed Jennifer?” is a new true-crime half-hour special that I'm working on with the WGN Films team. It will drop April 7 on the free WGN+ app. The show takes an in-depth look at the unsolved killing of ISU student Jennifer Lockmiller in 1993. More at WGNtv.com/WKJ
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White House is more tightly controlling the messaging of RFK Jr ahead of the midterm elections, including around vaccines, WSJ reports. Polling shows his vaccine moves are unpopular.
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Excited to announce a new WGN Films project “Who Killed Jennifer?” a true-crime half-hour special, that will debut April 7 on the free WGN+ app. The show takes an in-depth look at the unsolved killing of ISU student Jennifer Lockmiller in 1993. More at WGNtv.com/WKJ
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BACKSTORY Sunday 11pm Mystery in the Mojave— cold case 1974 murder of a young Ma from #Chicago solved?
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Push to end child marriage globally is slowing. WSJ: Efforts to keep girls in school etc to reduce child marriage are being disrupted by cutbacks in global humanitarian assistance, retrenchment in women’s rights and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic @WGNMorningNews
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BACKSTORY 11pm Sunday @WGNTV a Viking ship restored,and understanding the rapidly changing profession of journalism. @WGNMorningNews
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WSJ reports:DHS Sec Noem failed to respond to findings of internal watchdog that one of her biggest changes to airport security—allowing passengers to pass screening with shoes on—is creating “significant” security risks, according to inspector.
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Jean-Luc Brunel was ready to turn on Epstein—then, went dark. WSJ reports French modeling scout was prepared to tell prosecutors what he knew about sex trafficking. Never showed. “Set investigation back years.”
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Utah politician charged after police said he waterboarded his 16 yr old daughter because room wasn’t cleaned.
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Tonight on Backstory at 11 @wgntv we look at the psychology of collecting. We look at a remarkable collection of Lincoln artifacts, including an eerie memento from the assassination. One man has his family heirloom- a Lincoln photo - evaluated to see if it’s worth a fortune.
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‘' It’s a Wonderful Life'' is a holiday classic and even if you think you’ve seen it all before, tonight at 11 on Backstory @WGNTV you may never watch it the same way again.
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As docs and vax deniers spar over safety of vaccines, evidence finds some vaccines might have broader benefits.
The shingles vax might help reduce risk of developing dementia later. Covid-19 vax, when given to certain cancer patients, increased their survival rates, WSJ reports.
The shingles vax might help reduce risk of developing dementia later. Covid-19 vax, when given to certain cancer patients, increased their survival rates, WSJ reports.
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Drug kingpin arrested after faking death. 4 of world’s 10 most homicidal cities are in Ecuador, where murder up 800% since ‘18 and climbing— per WSJ
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China plans to ease the flow of rare earths and other restricted materials to the U.S. by designing a system that will exclude companies with ties to the U.S. military while fast-tracking export approvals for other firms, reports the WSJ.
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Backstory tonight at 11 @WGNTV cults in America. We profile one leader who claims singers like “Cyndi Looper” are “dark angels.”
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Did Capone write a song while at Alcatraz? A woman investigates the BACKSTORY tonight at 11 @WGNTV
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National debt surges past $38 trillion—rose by $1 trillion in a little over two months—fastest rate of growth outside the pandemic.
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Backstory Sunday 11pm - the origins of science fiction and the evolution through Chicago’s very own Ray Bradbury, whose insights in the 1950’s and 60s are a warning for today. Also, astrophysicist Brian Greene on free will, aliens, and God. @WGNTV
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Murder in the Desert 1974: A break in a brother’s search for the killers | Backstory Sundays 11pm youtu.be/Z6NUuwAvhPM?si… via @YouTube @WGNTV
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A goodwill mission involves a flight more dangerous than he expected. Backstory 11pm Sunday @WGNTV
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Mojave Mystery: 11pm Sunday on Backstory @WGNTV a man investigates the murder of his brother in 1974. There’s a break in the case.
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BREAKING @WGNMorningNews Mayor Johnson says ICE tear-gassed CPD officers. Signing exec order creating “ice free zones” in #Chicago
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Backstory Sunday 11pm @WGNTV the beloved janitor’s secret and rarely seen footage from the Chicago film archive includes celebrities before they became famous.
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