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16 hours ago | nbcchicago.com | Lexi Sutter

The kitchen where deep dish pizza was invented can unsurprisingly be found in a Chicago kitchen, but where? There’s a lot of passion for Chicago-style pizza, but it turns out the chefs actually “stumbled upon” the now-staple's recipe. Deep dish pizza started as a snack for customers drinking alcohol inside a bar owned by Chicago businessman Ike Sewell.

21 hours ago | nbcchicago.com | Dan De Luce |Tom Winter |Laura Strickler |Courtney Kube

Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One for President Donald Trump would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News. They said that accepting the 13-year-old jet would likely cost U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over time, noting that refurbishing the commercial plane would exceed its current value of $400 million.

22 hours ago | nbcchicago.com | Darsha Philips |Karla Rendon |Michael Duarte

A Los Angeles resident made a disturbing discovery over Mother’s Day weekend when he found a stranger sleeping nude in his bed. Michael Duarte, an NBC Los Angeles sports writer, found his Echo Park home ransacked late Saturday night. Food from his pantry and fridge had been taken out and his miscellaneous items were found scattered across his kitchen. “My first thought was – did some wild animal come into my home and damage everything?” he said.

23 hours ago | nbcchicago.com | Kristina Behr |Brahmjot Kaur

Domino Kirke is saying hello to two. Two months after her husband Penn Badgley announced they are expecting twins, the "Teething" singer shared how they're going with the flow while getting ready to welcome babies no. 3 and 4. "Everyone is in the same boat, very, very fluid with it," Kirke told E! News in an exclusive interview. "I think they're taking my lead. No one's holding on too tight.

1 day ago | nbcchicago.com | Christian Farr

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago area—but new revelations about his ancestry are drawing attention far beyond the Vatican. According to leading genealogists, Pope Leo’s family history reveals a deep and complex African American lineage, with roots stretching back to New Orleans and Haiti.