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Concertgoers attend a 40th Chicago Jazz Festival performance at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Sept. 1, 2018.

Week in review: Cubs clinch, Hugh Hefner remembered and Rauner signs abortion bill

June 2, 2018 at 6:22 a.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Sept. 24 through Friday, Sept. 29). Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who built his empire in...

Former President Barack Obama talks to Young Jeon and orders food as he makes a campaign stop at Caffe Paradiso with Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, second from left, after speaking at the University of Illinois in Urbana on Sept. 7, 2018.

Week in review: Wheaton College hazing charges, deadly disasters and Doug Collins’ return

December 17, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Sept. 17 through Friday, Sept. 22). 5 Wheaton College football players charged in violent hazing...

Week in review: Irma’s deadly path, Trump’s DACA decision, Amazon’s second home

June 2, 2018 at 3:23 p.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Sept. 3 through Friday, Sept. 8). Irma devastates islands, sets sights on Florida Hurricane Irma,...

Week in review: Houston’s 1,000-year flood, Rauner’s costly school bill and Field’s new dinosaur star

August 24, 2019 at 11:20 p.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Aug. 27 through Friday, Sept. 1). Harvey leaves trail of flooding, ruin behind in Texas...

Molly Ryan, 25, left, and Giselle Hilgert, 24, both of Chicago, view the eclipse Aug. 21, 2017, from North Avenue Beach.

Week in review: Eclipse awes nation, Trubisky gets his shot, Amazon plans Whole Foods price cuts

June 2, 2018 at 8:10 p.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Aug. 20 through Friday, Aug. 25). Eclipse inspires awe from Chicago to Carbondale For a...

Week in review: Terrorists strike Spain, Trump sparks a firestorm and Cubs lose Lester

June 2, 2018 at 11:09 p.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Aug. 13 through Friday, Aug. 18). Terror in Spain kills at least 14, injures dozens...

Jockey Jorge Vargas, riding Postulation, pumps his fist after crossing the finish line for a first place finish during the American St. Leger race.

Former Johns Hopkins lacrosse player continues winning as a horse owner

June 2, 2018 at 11:48 p.m.

Coming back to Baltimore and winning the 2016 Preakness with Exaggerator could easily be seen as the highlight of Sol Kumin's career as a horse owner. But the former Johns...

Week in review: A nuclear war of words, Hobos gang sentences and an early Bears quarterback controversy

June 3, 2018 at 1:28 a.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, Aug. 6 through Friday, Aug. 11). IPRA calls 2012 police shooting 'unwarranted' The city's police...

Week in review: A tragic crash, a GOP health care fail and the red-hot Cubs

June 3, 2018 at 4:20 a.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, July 23 through Friday, July 28). 4 members of family killed in Beecher car crash...

Week in review: A crosstown trade, Trump Jr.’s Russian meeting and Lake Shore Drive plans

June 3, 2018 at 8:42 a.m.

Here are some of the top stories of the week from Chicago and beyond (Sunday, July 9 through Friday, July 14). Cubs deal four prospects to Sox for Jose Quintana...

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