
Tanja Babich
Morning Anchor at WLS-TV (Chicago, IL)
Crafted in Canada 🇨🇦 - Forged in America 🇺🇸
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3 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Tanja Babich
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Attitudes are shifting around beauty at every age and major brands are taking notice. Each year, beauty retailer Sephora designates a group of online beauty influencers as ambassadors. This year's "Sephora Squad" includes three women in their 50s and two of them are from the Chicago area. Tanja caught up with the pair to talk about how beauty and confidence come from within. "It's been surreal," Tracy Reed said. "I've pinched myself more than a million times.
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3 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Tanja Babich
CHICAGO (WLS) -- When it comes to women's health, generations have avoided talking openly about menopause. It was considered taboo, which is wild, because roughly half of the population will experience it and it presents significant challenges!But social media has opened the door to discussion and the science of how to navigate this midlife transition. Thirty four symptoms of perimenopause.
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Sep 21, 2024 |
abc7chicago.com | Tanja Babich
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The world's largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's care, support and research is underway at Soldier Field. Thousands will step off Saturday on this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's. It's all part of the Alzheimer's Association's commitment to ending the disease that affects 55 million people worldwide. The event is held annually in more than 600 community nationwide, calling on all ages and abilities to join the ifght against the disease.
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Apr 26, 2024 |
abc7chicago.com | Tanja Babich
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The word "homemade" conveys a lot of ideas: that something is unique; it is made with love; and it tells a story. That's true of food - either a singular dish or a cuisine, more broadly. It's also true of the people who prepare that food. The chefs you will meet in this digital special all hail from Chicago or its suburbs. Like the dishes that come out of their kitchens, they, too, are homemade.
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Feb 27, 2024 |
abc7chicago.com | Tanja Babich
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family-owned restaurants are the heart and soul of Chicago's restaurant scene. This week, ABC7's Tanja Babich visited Chicago's Southwest Side to tell the story of a literal homemade business. Chef Jonathan Zaragoza started cooking meals for his family when he was 9-years-old. Jonathan's mother, Norma Zaragoza, would say "quítame a este niño de la cocina!" Which in Spanish translates to "get that kid out of the kitchen."Zaragoza's family is from La Barca, Jalisco, México.
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President Trump is always referred to as such upon first mention in our scripts. Subsequent mentions - per AP Style rules - include only the president's last name. We did the same thing for President Biden during his time in office. Regards.

@TanjaBabichABC7 now have stooped to referring to President Trump as Mr Trump ? ABC News is the worst

Hey, @chicago and @DePaulU - someone is going to break a leg (or worse) tripping over this pipe cemented into the new sidewalk at Fullerton-Halsted-Lincoln. Can we do something about it, stat? https://t.co/D8Hjbr0rai

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