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- Meet the acting attorney general Trump fired for ‘betraying’ the Justice Department
- Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson pulls out of Raiders-Vegas stadium deal
- Who is new acting attorney general Dana Boente?
- USOC: Foreign athletes to get expedited access to U.S. events
- Wal-Mart’s latest bid to battle Amazon: Free two-day shipping on 2 million items
- World’s longest running streak ends at 19,032 days
- Democrats escalate their attacks on Trump, while Republicans accuse him of leaving them in the dark
- Caterpillar moving headquarters to Chicago from Peoria
- Spinning J BYOB menu
- National signing day: Northern Illinois’ key questions
- National signing day: Illinois’ key questions
- National signing day: Notre Dame’s key questions
- National signing day: Northwestern’s key questions
- Highland Park Health Fair
- U.S. military botches online fight against Islamic State
- Scaled-back improvements planned for Deerpath Golf Course
- Highland Park fair promotes health and wellness
- ‘Captain Blood’ at First Folio has charm, wit and good, old-fashioned swordplay
- Man missing from North Side lakefront
- Morning Spin: Rauner administration tells workers ‘a strike against the taxpayers is reckless’
- Controversial ex-forensic lab analyst focus of another inmate’s appeal
- Lip sync app Musical.ly is latest tween craze, but parents nervous
- ‘It’s time for us to … start owning our identity’: The state of blacks in Chicago tech
- Wal-Mart offers free two-day shipping on 2 million items
- Donald Trump fires acting attorney general who refused to defend immigration order
- Highland votes to end Town Theatre project
- U.S. sailor killed during Yemen raid was from Peoria
- ‘Father of Pac-Man’ dead at 91. He later worried it was ‘not good for young people’
- 10 Super Bowl LI storylines: Tom Brady vs. Roger Goodell and things that really matter
- Chicago’s racial wealth gap far worse than U.S. average, report finds
- What do stats show on Elena Delle Donne? Sky losing a superstar
- Border walls aren’t unheard of, but today they are increasingly dividing friends, not enemies
- Wal-Mart to offer free 2-day shipping to all customers
- Library offers free citizenship course
- 8 people killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
- Lyft rides a wave of anger to the top of the App Store
- When Trump tweets and stocks fall, puppies win
- Supreme Court pick presents another governing choice for Trump
- Watch John Malkovich recall ‘the worst production of a play in the history of Chicago theater’
- Sinatra revue salutes iconic, charismatic entertainer
- Up to 50 held at O’Hare on Monday for Trump immigration ban
- Judy Garland’s remains moved from NY to LA
- I don’t think Dwyane Wade is done saying Dwyane Wade things
- White House says Donald Trump won’t roll back LGBTQ protections
- Prickly City-Clicks
- Sergio Garcia gives fan his wish after 206-day Twitter campaign of #Letmecaddieforyou
- Jimmy Buffett returns to Wrigley Field in July with Huey Lewis
- Trump did a tremendous job last week (according to his admirers)
- U.S. home prices climbed in November, but Chicago lagged
- With or without Super Bowl LI, Houston is a winner
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.: ‘America is created by immigrants’
- Fireworks at the Justice Department: Trump fires acting Attorney General Sally Yates
- Toying with run for governor, J.B. Pritzker calls Trump immigration order ‘wrong’
- When alcoholism ruins someone’s liver, should they qualify for a transplant?
- Trade Carmelo Anthony. Buy out Derrick Rose. It’s time for the Knicks to think long term.
- FAU promotional video featuring Lane Kiffin goes viral
- If NCAA ignores Baylor rape scandal, it deserves the death penalty
- Donald Trump’s constant lying threatens the American experiment
- Marine unit searching Lake Michigan for high-risk missing man
- Sled hockey players put on a show in Lake Forest
- Flint, Michigan-area residents seek $700M from EPA over water crisis
- GLASA sled hockey game
- 7 big Mardi Gras celebrations (not in New Orleans)
- Geraci’s lawsuit to keep dogs off condo elevators moving forward
- Who’s next? Peter Capaldi to quit ‘Doctor Who’ at year’s end
- 6 Chicago shows this week: Laura Jane Grace, Sampha, Fake Limbs
- District 205 residents seek STEM focus, full-day kindergarten
- Department of Homeland Security head to talk Trump’s immigration order with congressional leaders
- ‘The Bachelor’ Episode 5 recap: Who is really the villain here?
- Study: College endowments have worst year since 2009
- Man surrenders to Wauconda police following 8-hour standoff
- Global anti-Trump petition has 4.2 million signatures and counting
- Flip of underground switch ends era in Kenilworth, launches distribution of Wilmette water to village
- Judge to rule on Oak Park candidates’ ballot eligibility Feb. 7
- Late-night hosts skewer Trump’s immigration order with airport jokes and riffs on ‘Finding Dory’
- Leyden’s got talent: Show’s creator takes final bow after 25 years
- Lake Forest College students look to ‘capture the pulse’ of Waukegan redevelopment
- Betsy DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources
- Park Ridge Civic Orchestra founders to be honored in concert
- The need for speed is felt at Winnetka Cub Scout Pack 18 Pinewood Derby
- Don’t call Illinois QB recruit Dwayne Lawson Superman — yet
- Chicago Flamenco Festival lineup announced
- Looking for a healthier Super Bowl snack? Try chicken satay skewers
- Undercover checks at District 64 schools reveal security breaches, firm says
- Lake Forest senior Mark Rinaolo turns adversity into college opportunity
- Universal Mardi Gras: Passholders can sign up for bead duty
- Monroe School learns about Brazil and its customs
- South Dakota’s transgender locker room bill withdrawn
- ‘Superior Donuts’ stars Judd Hirsch as owner of a kneady Chicago shop
- Patriots coach Bill Belichick gives boat named ‘V Rings’ to sailing center
- Shout Out: Katy Noffsinger, front and center
- ‘Scream Queens’ star Keke Palmer describes Robbins childhood in new book
- Shout Out: Thomas Lillie, Hinsdale’s new deputy police chief
- 5 Key food plays for the ultimate game-day spread
- Bake some good (Infographic)
- Shout Out: Nelly Musso, swimmer, preschool teacher and mom
- Shout Out: Sean Douglas, animal lover
- Downtown Arlington Heights restaurants fined after liquor stings
- With those five million illegal votes, how did Hillary Clinton lose?
- Activist investor Bill Ackman increases stake in Oreo-maker Mondelez
- Flippers can’t be choosers: First-timer handles house-flip punches
- Cupich preaches freedom from fear, support for refugees during Regina Dominican Mass
- Red Line running again after fire disrupts service for 30 minutes
- Residents voice concerns over proposed 18-story Lake Street development
- North Shore firefighters compete for chili bragging rights
- Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Butler among special guests at Chance the Rapper’s ‘Open Mike’ event
- If you like Boy Scouts’ new transgender policy, speak up
- North Shore firefighters compete for chili bragging rights
- Sen. Durbin calls Trump attorney general nominee Sessions ‘wrong person for job’
- Calling volunteers: BMW Championship requires army of 1,700
- 872 ‘hardship’ case refugees to come to U.S. post-Trump travel ban: official
- Renee Fleming, John Prine and friends gear up to celebrate ‘Chicago Voices’
- Trump calls drug pricing ‘astronomical’ and promises changes
- Going Southern among wealth of brunch choices at Hutch for Restaurant Week
- York’s Megan Cronin brings work ethic, positive attitude to gymnastics
- Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump is contributing to the ‘LEGO Batman Movie’ soundtrack
- How Pinterest’s co-founder kept his surging company from losing its identity
- Extra yolks on hand? Chocolate custard is the answer
- Actress Gabrielle Union to launch hair-care line
- Ray Niro brings speed, grit from gridiron to Barrington basketball
- Burr Ridge to raise fees for single-family home construction
- Travel ban throws research, academic exchange into turmoil
- Jimmy John’s now open in Summit
- Madigan’s filing to stop paying state employee wages is long overdue
- Trump’s Transportation secretary pick Elaine Chao confirmed in Senate, with some top Democrats voting no
- Falcons GM: Bears castoff Phil Emery ‘a vital cog in our wheel’
- Rep. Gutierrez attacks Trump’s immigration order
- Winnetka board eyes ban on phosphorus fertilizers
- Diplomats defy White House warning, criticize travel ban
- Speak Out: Chicago police shouldn’t be blamed for reflex behavior
- Pair charged in Hammond woman’s shooting death
- Who is Trump’s high court pick? Announcement Tuesday night
- Tudor Wine Bar opens across from Writers Theatre
- District 64 Spelling Bee champion claims title for fourth year
- Mokena woman arrested after making racist comments at library, police say
- This Week in Naperville: Groundhog programs, vegetable garden for ‘cowards,’ book signings, more
- Time to go to bat for your version, or vision, of America
- Police log four burglaries, warn about unlit properties
- Democratic attorneys general in 4 states challenge Trump’s travel ban
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft indicates Deflategate revenge tour is very real
- Line cook puts his own spin on comfort food classics
- Naperville bakery takes top honor at Donut Fest Chicago
- Theurer-Wrigley House Lincoln Park
- DeVry settles misleading advertising case with New York State for $2.25 million
- Please, Melania Trump, save the White House Kitchen Garden
- MSL wrestling notebook: Prospect finishes 4th, preps for regionals
- Naperville Newcomer of the Month: Kathy Swain
- Police seeking south Oak Park armed robbery suspects
- Artisan distiller makes a cinnamon whiskey actually worth sipping
- Changes for Willis Tower
- Man attacks Midlothian woman with a knife while she gets her mail, police say
- Barrington police to conduct active shooter drill at Roslyn Elementary School
- ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ review: Baldwin’s unfinished book project subject of powerful documentary
- President Trump sent rural Illinois FedEx courier a $10,000 check in the mail
- Barrington house destroyed by early morning fire
- Northwest suburban high schools promote health, food accessibility for students
- Readers react: Trump’s travel ban and Sally Yates
- ‘The Nether’: Are there sex crimes in a virtual world? A Red Orchid struggles with answer
- Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem won’t bring peace
- Pets of the week
- OPRF to seek ‘welcoming community’ ordinance
- South Elgin wrestlers find focus for regionals after theft of uniforms
- 15 Netflix titles to queue up on Valentine’s Day, no matter your relationship status
- Plea deal considered for woman charged in 2014 beating death
- CSO’s 2017-18 subscription season sticks to a mostly familiar refrain
- OPRF’s Alyona Jochaniewicz finishes fifth in WSC Silver all-around
- Drain the swamp of the federal bureaucracy — and start with middle management
- Libertyville fire chief pitches takeover of Knollwood fire services
- Winnetka Community House holds Family Bingo Night
- Shout Out: Emily Guthrie, community leader and real-estate agent
- Winterfest provides fun at Austin Gardens park
- Benefit of hindsight: Five area football seniors share recruiting tips
- Critics of Trump executive order rally in Munster
- Muncie firm wins jail medical contract
- Boys basketball notes: West Aurora’s Camron Donatlan out 3-4 weeks with injury
- Park West’s Wrigley mansion listed for $7 million
- Braintree hires former Lending Club exec as chief technology officer
- San Francisco sues Trump over ‘sanctuary city’ funding cuts
- Sally Yates is the Kim Davis of the left
- Sports calendar
- Authors to speak on Italian-American jazz history at Oak Park library
- John Wetton of rock group Asia dies at 67
- Elgin’s land value change hits fee revenue
- Letters to the editor
- ‘Voltron’ has never been better than it is right now
- Bears’ director of player development Jerry Butler retires
- District 112, residents panel promote unity looking forward
- Chicago LGBTQ advocates commend Boy Scouts’ new transgender policy
- Flotsam and jetsam from the mind of Rob Manker
- Speak Out
- Apple forecast misses estimates, casts shadow over holiday sales
- Sophomore forward Ashley Konkle emerges as Metea Valley’s vocal leader
- Dana Iverson ends her term as pioneer for Prospect competitive dance
- Moran: A Waukegan lakefront eyesore is suddenly wiped away
- Time is right for camping in the Everglades
- No free lunch: Donors come forward to erase students’ debts
- Crime Stoppers offers $5,000 reward for info in fatal shooting at school
- Businesses face treacherous path after ‘Delete Uber’
- Young book-lovers packed Evanston library for literary event
- D204 sets high school tech fee to cover Chromebook use
- TCF Bank branch robbed in Avondale on Northwest Side
- Maine East offers support to students impacted by travel ban: Principal
- Police superintendent asks IG to look into incident involving fiancee’s son
- County grant to help domestic violence survivors in north suburbs
- From the opening tip, Carly Sidor sparks Jacobs to rout of Crystal Lake Central
- Trench, the remake of Trenchermen, opens Wednesday
- Slowik: Here’s why ‘Groundhog Day’ is the greatest movie ever made
- Trump’s Department of Just Me
- Soldier Field to host Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game on Aug. 2
- Curriculum changes open science fair to more students
- Garrett Popcorn mashup with Frango Mints: A chocolate-cheese-caramel taste treat
- Critics of Trump executive order rally in Munster
- Howie Long: Kyle Long better after rough reaction to ankle surgery
- Yearbook plans Valentine’s event with ‘a vintage theme’ to help Sarah’s Inn
- Police investigating theft of two ‘designer’ puppies from pet store
- Lake Zurich Chamber celebrates local excellence
- Trump administration signals that some temporary bans on entry into U.S. could become permanent
- Cruise news for 2017: Alaska boom, more in-depth experiences
- Swim with whale sharks, run a half-marathon in the Serengeti and more
- Pocket-size tape for sticky situations
- Driver dies 2 weeks after Eisenhower crash that killed 3
- Crestwood to get vacant state police facility
- Original Rainbow Cone to open for season March 4
- Elmhurst group home worker charged with abuse of disabled adult
- Naperville vet walks 22 miles to raise awareness for veteran suicides
- Winter a prime time for golden tilefish
- Tuesday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Sharks
- Central February challenge
- Wednesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
- Man accused of murdering mother placed on suicide watch, lawyer says
- Ask Tom: Have first half of Februarys since 2000 been snowier?
- Police investigating Oak Park shooting near Eisenhower Expressway
- Restoration Hardware accuses Crate and Barrel of stealing trade secrets
- Not-so-average workout wear
- Son’s flip puts DePaul’s Dave Leitao on ‘uncomfortable’ side of recruiting
- Wintertime the perfect time for a picnic
- Citizenship classes to begin in Aurora
- Win with water (Video)
- 9 tips to boost productivity in the workplace
- Almost half of office workers feel increased pressure to be more productive at work (Infographic)
- Police seek help finding house burglar, bank account/credit card thief
- Evanton police chief announces possible settlement in case of Northwestern doctoral student arrest
- Disabato: Legendary coach Tom Cappel to retire at end of Crete-Monee’s season
- Lakeshore February challenge
- IIT sells oldest building for redevelopment
- Trump travel ban could hurt medical visits to U.S.
- Woman accused of striking boyfriend with car in Lombard pleads guilty to DUI
- Lake County’s first bank robbery of 2017 hits Gurnee
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017
- Cat’s new HQ goal: Change culture
- Evanston’s McGaw YMCA hosts annual gala Jan. 21.
- Lake Zurich Chamber hosts Excellence Awards and installs new board Jan. 21.
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Four men accused of home invasion in Alsip, police say
- Mundelein woman sentenced for DUI crash that killed ‘best friend’
- Dwyane Wade stays on message: He and Jimmy Butler need help
- Near West February challenge
- Apple snaps out of iPhone slump, but what’s next?
- Amtrak to take over train line between Indianapolis, Chicago
- Lawlor wants referendum to decide if voters can pick Lake County Board chair
- Armed robbery at West Aurora Plaza
- Naperville electric rates going up by 3.6% in 2017
- Joseph DiLeonardi, storied Chicago cop, dies
- Mirica Yancey has fancy state plans for Waubonsie Valley in girls bowling
- Rauner ally seeks spending cuts on universities, care for poor, teacher pensions
- Did NHL’s ‘top 100′ snub Blackhawks’ Marian Hossa?
- Illinois Sierra Club endorses Lisa May for Waukegan mayor
- 11 people shot in Chicago, including 14-year-old boy, as violent January draws to a close
- Finding the good in all of this political ugliness, and praising it
- Teen charged in single-car Aurora crash that injured passenger
- Officials: Lake County bomb threat may be part of national anti-Semitic campaign
- U46 charter school proposal resurrected in Elgin
- Local libraries keep history all in the family
- Will February be budget month for Illinois?
- Budweiser focuses on immigration in Super Bowl commercial
- Trump administration circulates more draft immigration restrictions
- GOP lawmakers rattled after mysterious intruder breaches policy retreat
- Northwestern scoring leader Scottie Lindsey, Nathan Taphorn out vs. Purdue
- Gymnastics notes: Sydney Ruiz dives back into the all-around event for Portage
- West Dundee senior housing project scaled back
- North Shore February challenge
- Northwest February challenge
- Niklas Hjalmarsson on pace to set career high in blocked shots
- Caterpillar will move headquarters to Chicago area, citing transportation access
- In Peoria, Caterpillar’s move feels like ‘kick in the gut’
- Jordanian teen sent to Chicago for detainment after being held in Texas
- Ice fishing derby a chance to reel in prizes and dinner
- Battle for the arts theme of timeless 17th century opera
- Husband/wife act bring original folk music, stories to Grayslake stage
- Tender and triumphant, 5 Irish Tenors sing Ireland’s praises
- The Sinatra you knew, and maybe didn’t know
- When it’s National Signing Day and you’re Texas, ‘Urban Meyer is a real problem’
- Winter book roundup: Treat yo shelf with these 21 titles
- 7 arrested in second week of ‘Resist Trump’ protests
- Like everyone else, Bulls marvel at Russell Westbrook’s season
- People gather to protest Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos for education secretary
- Illinois adds two secondary recruits on eve of signing day
- New Aurora senior living center called ‘a gem’
- Aurora area officials to meet with Caterpillar about possible job cuts
- Supreme Court fight could forever change nature of the Senate
- Weather turning colder entering February
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Portage officials ask for indicted mayor’s resignation
- Trump made his pick, but it’s still Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court
- Yorkville superintendent makes special delivery to newborns
- California judge ordered to impose longer sentence in child sex attack
- Tara O’Malley scores 29 points as McAuley ousts Queen of Peace in GCAC tourney
- Chuck Schumer signals Democrats willing to fight Trump’s Supreme Court nomination
- Tyrek Cooper, North Chicago move to 10-0 in Northern Lake County play
- Trump gives the hard left a chance at power
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Liam Lyman’s scoring, defense helps Benet down Justin Smith, Stevenson
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Blackhawks GM doesn’t envision making big splash before trade deadline
- Local roundup: T.F. South covers winning ground behind Myles Cephas
- DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources
- Hannah Hammar’s late free throws help Morton edge Munster in double OT
- Man who stabs 3 in Hollywood restaurant killed by police
- Winston Carey, Andrean edge Jermaine Couisnard, East Chicago Central in OT
- No. 10 Wisconsin 57, Illinois 43
- Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch known for conservative pedigree, sharp writing
- Army Corps ordered to issue final Dakota Access pipeline permit, two lawmakers say