GEOQUIZ: Where would you travel to visit Sanibel Island? Answer: Florida. The island off the state’s Gulf Coast near Fort Myers is noted as a great place to collect seashells in the morning. It’s also home to J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Ref

GEOQUIZ: Which countries border Afghanistan? Answer: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It also has a short border with China at the end of the Wakhan Corridor.

GEOQUIZ: To which country would you travel to visit the Brandenburg Gate? Answer: Germany. Built in the late 1700s, the gate became part of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Berlin. It reopened Dec. 22, 1989, when the two Germanys were reuni

Illinois kicked off the college football season in an emphatic way with a 30-22 victory over Nebraska on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The “Week 0″ game was the only Power Five conference game played Saturday and gave first-year coach Bret

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois kicked off the college football season in an emphatic way with a 30-22 victory over Nebraska on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The “Week 0″ game was the only Power Five conference game played Saturday and gave firs

CHICAGO — Two people are dead and third injured following a shooting outside the Kankakee County courthouse, a Kankakee city spokesman confirmed. At least two suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting, which took place in an open ar

GEOQUIZ: Which state in the contiguous U.S. borders the fewest other states? Answer: Maine. It borders only New Hampshire on the southwest, but also bumps up against the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick.

GEOQUIZ: What is the capital of Indonesia? Answer: Jakarta. The country’s leaders, though, are in the process of moving the capital from the city on the island of Java to East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

GEOQUIZ: Lusaka is the capital of which African country? Answer: Zambia. Previously the capital of Northern Rhodesia, it was declared the capital when the new independent state of Zambia was formed in 1964. Lusaka has a population of about 2.9 millio

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs game against the Milwaukee Brewers was postponed because of weather Monday night at Wrigley Field and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader Tuesday. The first game will begin at 1:20 p.m., with the nightcap at 7:0

CHICAGO — Legendary house music producer and DJ Paul Johnson died Aug. 4 of complications from COVID-19. He was 50. Johnson’s death was confirmed by his agents. A statement on his Facebook page read: “Our greatness passed away this morning at 9am, th

GEOQUIZ: Which three countries border Paraguay? Answer: Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. Of South America’s 12 countries, only Paraguay and Bolivia are landlocked.

CHICAGO — Ron Rivera remains agitated. “Beyond frustrated,” to use his exact words. A year after contracting squamous cell cancer and battling it into remission, the coach of the Washington Football Team is aware his compromised immune system could m

The Chicago Cubs are breaking up their dominant back end of the bullpen while the Chicago White Sox are getting some much needed relief help. Right-hander Ryan Tepera was traded from the Cubs to the Sox Thursday. The Cubs received minor-league pitche

GEOQUIZ: What’s the state nickname for Kentucky? Answer: The Bluegrass State. It comes from the bluish purple buds the green grass produces in the spring that give a bluish cast to large fields.

GEOQUIZ: Which three countries border Cambodia? Answer: Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. On the southwest it borders the Gulf of Thailand.

GEOQUIZ: The Canadian province of Ontario has two capital cities. Name them. Answer: Toronto and Ottawa. The former, which is Canada’s largest city, is the provincial capital. Ottawa is the nation’s capital. ———

CHICAGO — A little over a decade ago, on a team going nowhere fast, Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano launched an attack on his teammates after a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. “We play like a Triple A team,” Zambrano fumed on June 5, 2011. “Thi

GEOQUIZ: What is the capital of Luxembourg? Answer: Luxembourg or Luxembourg City. It has a population of about 120,000 and is located in the south central part of the country, which has about 640,000 people.

CHICAGO — As the long holiday weekend wore on, Chicago police Sunday morning were investigating several shootings overnight, including multiple homicides, separate shootings that left teenagers wounded and a shooting in Gresham that left four men inj

CHICAGO — Six people are dead, and at least 11 other victims have been wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon as Chicagoans start the holiday weekend. Police said the latest fatal attack happened shortly before 4:45 a.m. Saturday in the 440

GEOQUIZ: San Francisco is at roughly the same latitude as what popular Greek island? Answer: Mykonos. Both are at about 37 degrees North latitude.

CHICAGO — José Abreu slammed his helmet while he was on the ground near home plate. The Chicago White Sox first baseman was in serious pain after being hit by a pitch. Abreu exited after suffering a bruised left knee in the sixth inning of Sunday’s 3

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs right-hander Adbert Alzolay never got comfortable Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. His command issues were apparent early in a first inning that saw the rookie throw more balls than strikes. The trend continued into the second,

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