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Highest-rated cafes in Chicago, according to Yelp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

From the first coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire to Boston's London Coffee House, cafes have always been an egalitarian place to gather, sip, and share ideas, many of which have changed the world.During the Enlightenment, cafes would regularly entertain the likes of Voltaire, Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Isaac Newton. Later, Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre would spend hours in cafes, pondering their works and holding court alongside other intellectuals.Needless to say, coffee and cafes beget some revolutionary ideas; sipping a cup may even be a political act. When settlers dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to send a message to the British empire, tea became a British loyalist's drink, and coffee became a popular substitute. Unsurprisingly, Boston's London Coffee House opened in 1689, was soon renamed the American Coffee House. Later on in Philadelphia, Merchant Coffee House, also known as the City Tavern, would host the likes of George Washington, Tho...

4 injured after head-on collision on 183 Toll

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Four people were taken to the hospital with potentially serious injuries early Sunday after a head-on collision, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.Medics arrived in the 1600 block of the US-183 Toll road at approximately 4 a.m.ATCEMS said four adults were taken to the hospital in two ambulances. All patients were trauma alerts, according to officials.As of 4:48 a.m., EMS was no longer on the scene.

Influential Lutheran pastor Morris George Cornell Vaagenes, North Heights leader, remembered in Saturday funeral services

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

Funeral services were held Saturday for Pastor Emeritus Morris George Cornell Vaagenes, former leader of an Arden Hills megachurch for nearly four decades, who died this week at 93.He was the longtime pastor at North Heights Church, which was founded in 1946 and operated for years in a 450-seat church in Roseville. Its Arden Hills property was added in 1985, a 43-acre campus bigger than the site of the Minnesota Vikings stadium, with a full-sized basketball court, a racquetball court, several chapels and a cavernous sanctuary with 1,350 seats.Vaagenes is credited with sparking a spiritual movement that followers say transformed the lives of more than 650 million Christians across the world, a movement that originated at his North Heights Church. Under his leadership, the church was hailed as one of the most influential Lutheran churches in the country.Vaagenes grew up in the Lutheran Free Church, a denomination that valued the mystical gifts of the Holy Spirit, as the child of Norwe...

Sunday Bulletin Board: How is a hippopotamus like a horse? It’s all Greek to us!

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

The Baader-Meinhof PhenomenonCOS ON THE EAST SIDE writes: “It’s good to know that even when one is Older Than Dirt, it is possible to learn something new from the comic pages. It is even better when it turns into a B-M and leads to a revelation concerning something most people probably already know.“On April 11, the Jumble had a drawing of two hippopotamuses in a river, with one giving the other a hard time about eating too much. The clue was ‘When the “river horse” criticized his son about his weight, he was being a ____.’ The answer was ‘”HIPPO”-CRIT.’ From this I deduced that a hippopotamus must also be known as a river horse. I never knew that.“A few hours later I was watching ‘Jeopardy!’ and the clue was ‘Africa’s Lake Victoria is home to a plethora of wildlife, including these “water horses.”‘ I figured that water is equivalent to river and guessed the answer must ...

Foggy and humid start Sunday, storms expected by 2 p.m.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

St. Louis weather from FOX 2 Meteorologist Linh TruongST. LOUIS - A foggy, mild, and humid start Sunday. Showers and storms are expected again Sunday afternoon through the evening (2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) slight risk for severe storms. Main threats will be damaging winds, large hail, and a tornado or two. St. Louis radar: See a map of current weather here It's going to be warm and humid, with temperature highs in the 80s. There will be dry time. Scattered showers will be around on Monday, but it’ll be cooler and less humid. Temp highs are set for the 70s. Highs will be in the 70s to low 80s the rest of the week and looking mainly dry.

Union Station celebrating Mother's Day with free Ferris wheel rides

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Union Station is celebrating Mother's Day with a scenic way to show mom some love.All moms will get a free ride on the observation wheel Sunday. When they ride with someone who bought a ticket, they will be the lucky guest. It's a limited-time special.The 200-foot-tall wheel at Union Station is open from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Once up there, you and mom can take in the 20-mile view of the St. Louis skyline. I-64 open after massive flooding from a main break Beyond the wheel, Union Station visitors can take mom for a spin on the St. Louis carousel, play a round of mini-golf, explore the mirror maze, swing on the ropes course, and enjoy animal adventures at the St. Louis Aquarium and their three restaurants.Adult tickets are $15, children's tickets are $10, and ages 2 and under are free.

Mother's Day events in the St. Louis area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

ST. LOUIS - There are lots of events for moms around the St. Louis area Sunday.The Chesterfield Mother's Day 5k Run and Walk begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Stanberg Group Entertainment Development. Then there's the St. Louis Mother's Day Run at Forest Park. That also starts at 8:30 a.m. You'll receive a rose and cake pop at the end of the race. Trending Story: Mother delivers healthy baby boy thanks to Pike County 911 Dispatcher At 9:30 a.m., Edison's Entertainment Complex in Edwardsville is hosting a Mother's Day brunch. It will be a buffet lay out. Adults can eat for $22.95 a person.It's $9.95 for kids four to 12. Kids under three eat for free.

Rockies’ catcher Elias Diaz playing like an All-Star, behind the plate and at the dish

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

The Rockies have never had a catcher selected for the All-Star Game. Zero for 30.Could Elias Diaz be the man to change that equation?“Wow! Good question,” Diaz said, his eyes brightening at the thought. “For every player in the major leagues that is the dream. Everybody wants to play in the All-Star Game. I don’t know if I’ll make it but I’ll continue to play hard and we’ll see what happens.”It’s only mid-May, so we’re a long way away from the Midsummer Classic. But through the first six weeks of the season, Diaz, 32, has been the Rockies’ best everyday player, as well as one of the best catchers in the majors.“The thing about Elias is that he’s so capable and so willing,” manager Bud Black said. “He’s strong as a bull and he wants to play every day. There is a strong desire to do it all — and do it playing a tough position.”As the Rockies entered a weekend series against the Phillies at ...

Keeler: Ex-CU Buffs coach Mike Sanford on Coach Prime, transfers, recruiting: “Not every single kid on that team was a 1-11 person.”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

Mike Sanford was kibitzing at Brady Russell’s NFL Draft party when it hit him like Ralphie at full tilt. He couldn’t let CU go. Not Buffs players, anyway.“That (party) kind of reconnected me as to why you do this in the first place,” CU’s former offensive coordinator and 2022 interim head coach told me by phone last week. “I was at the party and there were a bunch of former CU players, and I was like, ‘I love these kids.’”Sanford had punted Twitter for a time, understandably, to decompress and clear the decks after Deion Sanders and the new Buffs football regime cut him loose this past December. But seeing the kids again and hearing how many of them felt left in the lurch by the historic roster switcheroo at CU got him back on the platform, tweeting the night of May 1 that:“If any coaches want unbiased info on any of the CU players in the (transfer) portal, shoot me a DM with your number and I’ll call you. I’ll shoot you straight… I have no dog in the fight!”His phone blew up. In th...

Mark Knudson stands alone as only ballplayer to play for Colorado team in high school, Division I and MLB

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:36 GMT

Mark Knudson is a Colorado baseball rarity.The first Colorado native to play for the Rockies and the last Colorado State player to make the major leagues, Knudson is the lone man to play for a Colorado team in high school, at the NCAA Division I level and then for the Rockies.  Even now, the game has never left him as Knudson, 62, is the head coach at Prospect Ridge Academy in Broomfield.Not bad for a homegrown baseball life.“He’s lived a life as a high school, college and professional player that kids in this state would dream of,” points out former longtime CSU sports information director Gary Ozzello. “And there’s only one guy in this state who’s done what he did in this sport — him.”Knudson’s feat could stand in perpetuity, too.  UNC hasn’t had a big-leaguer since the 1980s. CU/CSU are unlikely to bring back their long-defunct programs and Air Force has only had one big-leaguer — Griffin Jax. The Twins right-hander and former...