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- DNC race remains tight as Democrats seek to turn protests against Trump into wins
- Sam Thornton, Kiko Maso continue to shine on offense in Northridge win
- Local educators say transgender policies won’t change after Trump rollback
- Custom David Weekley Homes available in Chicago’s most desirable suburbs
- Ask a Builder: John Hall Custom Homes
- Express Homes, a D.R. Horton company, announces opening of single-family model home in Antioch
- Building the perfect kitchen
- Test:Cook Like a Boss test
- Today’s homes offer fresh features, finishes and conveniences
- Flossmoor firefighters rescue family of four from roof
- Ridgewood dance team ends season on high note at sectional
- Better work ethic helps Evan Clauss break 49-year-old school record
- Young Hinsdale singer performs at marathon fundraiser
- Over 552 Hitchcock fans enjoy ‘Vertigo’ screening
- Child’s flying phobia has grounded family
- After taking year off to work, Derek Jozwiak excels for Maine East
- Notre Dame lacks pool, but Dons swim team growing in popularity
- Chicago condo with balcony: $840,000
- 2 sophomores launch swim team at Northridge, compete at sectional
- Niles North’s Ethan Lee, Jared Brown excel at swimming sectional
- GE Healthcare moving hundreds of jobs from Barrington to Chicago
- These two plays reach Chicagoans who don’t go to the theater
- Madame Tussauds: New cameras catch you and Neymar from many angles
- ‘Kedi’ review: Documentary shows that felines are the cat’s meow of Istanbul
- Kraft Heinz stays hungry for big deal meal
- Dennis Hastert victim again argues for rest of hush money in court filing
- Logan Square man charged in Northwest Side shooting
- Morning Spin: Week later, Rauner still won’t answer questions about his budget
- All’s quiet on Jimmy Butler trade front with deadline at 2 p.m. Thursday
- Golf no longer a big part of Joe Maddon’s game
- In killing intentional walk, baseball loses a part of history, and gains nothing
- The American commute is worse today than it’s ever been
- The Jay Cutler trade stuff is a misdirection play
- Passengers rejoice when man kicked off Chicago-Houston flight for racist remarks
- New airfares target the cheapest of the cheapskates
- How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government
- Thursday’s matchup: Coyotes at Blackhawks
- After mass killing, Dylann Roof headed toward 2nd black church which had canceled Bible study: documents
- Bojangles’ chicken makes changes it hopes will please food activists
- Claims for U.S. jobless benefits tick up, level still healthy
- Photos: Wilco’s Winterlude 2017 at Chicago Theatre
- Chicago hotel offers $20.16 rate for Cubs home opener
- Nationals aren’t counting on Joe Nathan to be elite again at 42, but they’re intrigued
- CPAC’s odd tango with Milo Yiannopoulos
- When everyone else bails, check out Stand-in, the new friend-finding app founded in Chicago
- An on-edge Wilco captures the tone of turbulent times at the Chicago Theatre
- Disney bucket list: Everything and the Kitchen Sink
- Appeals court upholds conviction of man in DuPage arson death of ex-girlfriend
- This is how far your sneeze germs can travel
- Prickly City- Like Russia
- If Trump sends the feds to Chicago, civil liberties will suffer
- Like her brother, Maine South’s Caleigh Pistorius becomes state champ
- Apollo 11 capsule going on tour after decades in D.C.
- Retail’s creditors left grasping as brands are put out of reach
- 5-foot-5 post Maddie Simkins works hard to overcome lack of height
- How not to address liberal bias in academia
- When it comes to heart attacks, women are different from men
- Portage shows decrease in arrests, calls in 2016
- Cafe Racer more than another Logan Square band
- Lee Fields is a forward-looking throwback
- The Lilacs rise above the ‘filth’ once more for first show in 24 years
- The Joy Formidable, at the end of a long road, is even happier
- Sip on ‘La La Land’ cocktails at these Oscar watch parties
- ‘The Girl With All the Gifts’ review: Tired attempt to board zombie bandwagon
- Multi-talented Jeannie Tanner launches her epic ‘Words & Music’
- ‘You’re Killing Me Susana’ review: Love story of a troubled married couple
- Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts
- Niles West’s Sam Paloma, Jacob Bobiles enjoy career days at sectional
- A new indoor football team is winning over fans by letting them call the plays
- Meet the Baltimore across the Atlantic, a jewel of Ireland
- With help from his dad, Loyola’s Luke Maurer qualifies for state
- Blackhawks sign goalie Jeff Glass to 2-year deal
- Sounds of Oscar: Paying tribute to ‘My Fair Lady’
- The Foundry in Aurora sold, to become new entertainment venue
- Giraffe birth live-stream briefly removed for being labeled ‘explicit’
- Mortgage rates refuse to budge for the fourth week in a row
- Boeing fighter jet, feared dead, gets new life from Trump tweets
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Feb. 23-March 1
- Pundits confident Northwestern will make NCAA tournament despite losing 4 of 6
- East Aurora may name new stadium to honor veterans
- ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody wowed Chicago with his ‘Wild West’ shows
- Boys wrestling state notes: New Trier’s Jake Lowell finishes 4th
- Health care’s future: Turning patients into savers, shoppers
- New Trier’s Maeve Murdock thrilled to share state title on beam
- Power of science: Warriors thrive with chemistry experiment
- Police chief meets with essayist who wrote about being black in Naperville
- Meet Kevin Coval, a witness to Chance the Rapper, many other young Chicagoans
- Pictures: Forbes Travel Guide’s best hotels in Florida
- Why Trump’s immigration crackdown could sink U.S. home prices
- Community calendar
- How a blogger in Ohio discovered a runner in Florida cheating in a half-marathon
- Donald Trump will likely betray his white working-class voters
- ’24:Legacy’ producers apologize for using Kenya attack video
- Column: Americans are more than just for or against
- ‘One Part Plant’ is all about plant-based eating, but don’t call it a diet book
- New Trier’s Jack Walter, Mason McQuet shine at sectional
- Shout Out: Art Nati, owner of Wiener Take All in Buffalo Grove
- Maryland’s assault weapons ban upheld by U.S. appeals court
- Malcolm Townsel, Chris Hamil lead Evanston to impressive victory
- Billy Corgan’s former bandmate compares him to Donald Trump
- Cyr: Britain’s Parliament confirms Brexit
- Gardeners, don’t stress about Chicago’s warm spell
- Shout Out: Kerri Sherman, photographer
- Kellyanne Conway says she’s not feminist in ‘classic sense’ due to views on abortion, men
- 5 spring DIY craft projects to make old stuff new again
- Evanston’s relays excel at boys swimming sectional meet
- Youth Art Fair shows off work by hundreds of students
- Deere CEO says company will keep headquarters in Quad Cities
- On the job with hot-tub repairman Lars Larsen
- Injured driver in custody after fatal West Side crash
- The spirited debate at New Trier: Civil rights awareness or ‘indoctrination day’?
- 44 Florida hotels land Forbes Travel Guide ratings
- Rihanna is named Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year
- Sears licenses Kenmore brand grills to Permasteel
- Can Angela Merkel save Europe from Putin and Trump?
- Edward James to come back with more homes at lower price
- Actor Shia LaBeouf ends streaming of anti-Trump installation
- Why Jessa Crispin is ‘Not a Feminist’
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- Batman flies into special event at Legoland
- Keeping children safe is a high priority
- Sam Iida gearing up for another shot at state record, Colton Paulson
- Glenbrook South gymnasts help coach capture elusive state trophy
- Winner: “Probably a reporter for Chicago’s Crane Business.” – James Clarke, Deerfield
- Budget game gives Visclosky look into resident priorities
- Two millennials launch bookmobile for new generation of readers
- Shout Out: Taylor Wegrzyn, snowboarding village planner
- Illinois woman dies after I-65 crash
- Cops warn of armed-robberies in Chatham neighborhood
- Telecommunications company wants to expand into South Elgin
- Column: What ever happened to the planned Native American memorial in Lake Barrington?
- Glenbrook North diver Ryan Cohn coaches himself to school record
- Round Lake area youths set aside video time to learn to knit, crochet
- Evanston state-qualifier Ramin Abraham began season hating wrestling
- Alan Colmes, a liberal voice on Fox News, dead at 66
- President Trump used to live-tweet the Oscars and you can probably guess how much he liked them
- Straight women aren’t getting their fair share of orgasms
- What’s streaming and leaving Netflix: March 2017
- Gold Coast mansion is Chicago’s fifth-priciest home listing
- Quickly: Lawmakers don’t really care about Indiana smokers’ health
- Stevenson’s Dylan Geick talks about being gay in ‘Outsports’ interview
- Race relations forum: ‘Don’t say you don’t see race’
- Daniel Carcillo’s Lincoln Park home
- $3.35 million settlement for Wisconsin family of black teen killed by officer
- Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says goal is to pass tax reform by August
- Starship’s Grace Slick licensed a song to Chick-fil-A, gave proceeds to LGBT group
- Retired Chicago Blackhawk Daniel Carcillo sells Lincoln Park condo for $990,000
- ‘Patriot’ review: Dark comedy reveals headaches of being a spy
- Consulting firm KPMG announces 500 new jobs in Chicago office by 2020
- Trump touts recent immigration raids, calls them a ‘military operation’
- Trade targets take the ice for Coyotes vs. Blackhawks
- Fly to Europe for $65? Low-cost Norwegian Air promises bargain flights
- Irish pub classics on menu at Ballydoyle
- When life hands you a voice like Janis Joplin’s, sing
- Cheap Trick’s bass player talks music, luck, family
- Cubs, Chicago rolls add to Dao Sushi’s uniqueness
- Addressing hope and despair, Chekhov play still resonates
- Acrobatic shenanigans in Slapstick Sonata
- Wind ensemble to perform battle scene music, hits from ‘Les Mis’
- The embarrassing confusion of the ‘women’s strike’
- On anti-Semitic acts and how Trump can send a strong message to bigots
- Old Town goes old school with old world favorites
- Manhattan gets jump on Irish merriment
- Chris Christie swallowed his pride … and the meatloaf
- North Barrington attorney sentenced to prison for invasion of ex-wife’s home
- Winning Powerball ticket for $435 million jackpot sold in Indiana
- Ballet Theatre plan brings healing to nurses home
- New playground equipment first phase of Carpenter Park upgrade
- Your 5 best bets for the weekend ahead
- Arctic ‘doomsday’ seed vault receives 50,000 new deposits
- Column: Plans underway for Barrington Greenway Initiative
- Butler, McClure students returning to National Spelling Bee
- New Trier’s seminar day did something right: It got people talking
- American-made companies worry about proposed border tax
- Live diversity, don’t lecture about it
- Regional spelling bees
- Setting the record straight on New Trier’s seminar day
- New regulations for Northbrook’s downtown development in the works
- DeVos defiant at CPAC: ‘My job isn’t to win a popularity contest’
- Charles Tillman says Bears lack punch. Also, don’t hold anything near Charles Tillman
- Taj Gibson, meet your twin … John Legend?
- City could shift position on proposed track project
- Shout Out: Luis Tubens, poet
- Chicago gangs arm themselves with high-powered rifles
- Plight of company towns: Finding a new identity
- ‘Operation Finale’ a Holocaust Museum smash
- Beyonce, pregnant with twins, out of Coachella; will perform in 2018
- Father pleads guilty in 2016 death of infant
- Indivisible Chicago speaks up
- Column: Taking a break from serious stuff like politics
- Illini select 28 for inaugural Hall of Fame class
- American-made companies worried about proposed border tax
- Kraft Heinz eliminated another 1,000 jobs in 2016
- Oak Park District 97 candidates discuss issues at forum
- Vandals use spray foam to damage Elgin house
- Casino party raises $25,000 for Dist. 64 ELF
- Shout Out: Katherine Bazata, growing up was more fun
- A strong example of heartland values? Immigrant parents.
- Candidates in Elmhurst Ward 6 seek better intergovernmental relations
- Lake Central freshman wins state Google Doodle contest
- Column: No reason to fret over unseasonably warm weather
- White nationalist leader Richard Spencer booted from CPAC after getting credentials
- City council OKs new age-restricted subdivision, extension of Trumpet Ave.
- Transgender teen to press Supreme Court case despite Trump administration guidance
- Police seek suspects after afternoon carjacking in Oak Park
- 5 unique fitness classes happening in Chicago this weekend: Feb. 23-26
- Transgender kids are bullied all the time. Now the White House is helping the bullies.
- White Sox prospect Zack Burdi lucked into watching Mark Buehrle’s perfect game
- Civility has its nose buried in a smartphone
- Orioles’ John Angelos would have a problem giving President Trump a first pitch
- Hinsdale District 86 identifies $71 million of improvements for referendum
- Marcheschi: Instead of hate, offer love
- Oswego leader points to new projects, growth
- Universal sets Halloween Horror Nights dates for 2017
- Robin Thicke’s ex-wife accuses him of evidence tampering
- AFSCME strike authorization makes no sense
- Berg: Useless committees provide political pay raises for state lawmakers
- As Oscars awarded, Hollywood contemplates own demise. What about the rest of the arts?
- Oak Park District 97 officials warn of significant cuts if referendums fail
- Sears cuts 130 corporate jobs, mostly at Hoffman Estates HQ
- #FireGarPax trends on Twitter after Bulls trade Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott
- Loyola University fraternity suspended, investigated for hazing
- Sessions: U.S. to continue use of private prisons, reversing Obama directive
- 4th Ward candidate under scrutiny of lawyer licensing agency
- Montgomery police may get more officers
- YouTube star PewDiePie shows the danger of mean humor played off as harmless
- Caleb Siler, West Aurora seniors help clinch first conference title since 2013-14
- Mannheim Steamroller drummer brings ensemble act to Park Forest
- Former House Speaker Boehner predicts ‘Obamacare’ won’t be repealed
- Basement fire in Lake Forest causes $150,000 in damage
- Uber harassment case shows a new obstacle for women
- South Florida fishing report: Fish are biting in the Everglades
- West Dundee trustee withdraws from election
- Aurora Christian and Rosary among schools targeted by Metro Suburban Conference
- Outdoors notebook: Boating safety class in Boynton Beach
- Outdoors calendar: Spring Fishing Classic seminars
- J.B. Pritzker’s gender-swap bathroom protest idea gets thumbs down
- Confession time in Des Plaines: End this taxpayer-funded game of Clue
- 24 arrested after video of LA cop firing gun during dispute with teens sparks protests
- Residents press their view of Munster train station
- Experts discuss changing police perceptions during Naperville forum
- White Sox practice at spring training
- State workers should embrace the 40-hour week
- Yes, ‘illegal is illegal’ but a borderline explanation
- Spring break is murder in GreenMan’s ‘McAddams Family’
- Former East Aurora High School principal to leave district
- Police: Northbrook man charged in connection with GBN bomb threat
- 70th Gala raises $365,000 for youth orchestras
- Supersized growth spurt gives Newark’s Cameron Myre a unique skill set
- 2017 Lexus GS F gallery
- Homeland Security Secretary Kelly: No use of U.S. military to enforce immigration
- Study of Preakness’ future at Pimlico due Friday
- Police chief: Violent altercation led to slaying of River Grove woman
- Talking trends with Kelly Golden at Neapolitan Collection
- Spicer: Feds could step up enforcement against marijuana use in states
- Young offers to support NWI, urges support for new administration
- Teen held in stabbing of man, 45
- Felony Franks’ concept shines brightest at Big Idea pitch party
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 24
- Car burglaries in Elgin’s Cobblers Crossing reported
- Giffords tells Republican lawmaker who won’t hold a town hall: ‘Have some courage’
- Man found guilty of murder in shooting death of mom outside Burr Ridge church
- Mundelein trustee draws heat for ‘Korean money’ comment on Facebook
- Rauner: OK on Obama Day, but no one gets to skip work
- Community turns out for Kane County sheriff’s forum on race: ‘Don’t say you don’t see race’
- Tony Salvaro, Chicago-area harness track announcer, dies at 70
- Carrabba’s, Sumo close; Jimmy’s Charhouse returning to Naperville
- ‘Sunday in the Park with George’
- Homicides in Chicago outpacing last year after deadliest day so far in 2017
- Back to Normal: St. Edward ready for first state appearance since 2007
- Carson Newsome scores 16 points, carries Waukegan past Lake Forest on senior day
- Waukegan Mayor Wayne Motley defends record ahead of primary
- Historic Thornton brewery building getting new life as distillery
- Naperville cops ID, wait to talk to tuxedo-clad ‘crime victim’
- Hundreds of protesters urge Bobby Rush, other Illinois Democrats to fight harder against Trump
- Opponents renew criticisms over homeless housing proposal near Lake Zurich before court date
- Bluegrass in the woods
- If anybody knows what the Bulls are doing, please let me know
- Union authorizes strike, Rauner doesn’t budge
- ‘Sunday in the Park With George’: Jake Gyllenhaal picks paint over love
- Exploiting Trump and the Nixonian ‘Madman Theory’
- Police: Man charged with Aurora burglary trying to replenish money lost gambling
- Witness testifies Bartlett man was shot on Route 31
- Body pulled from Chicago River near downtown
- Slowik: Local controversy reflects shift in protest movements
- Jesse Jackson Jr., Redflex prove that crime pays in Chicago
- Authorities digging at Joliet home in connection to ex-Will County deputy missing since ’90
- Rick Renteria expects good things from ‘fluid-fielding’ Tim Anderson
- Michael Stern steps up as senior co-captain for Naperville Central swim team
- Bannon: Trump administration is in unending battle for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’
- Meet the 3 new Bulls: Joffrey Lauvergne, Anthony Morrow and Cameron Payne
- Boys basketball notes: Chris Johnson emerges as Naperville North heats up
- Mike Pence at CPAC says ‘America’s Obamacare nightmare is about to end’
- Baranek: Chrapkiewicz father-and-son duo are perfect pair at Palos Lanes
- Taj Gibson leaves Bulls for Thunder with head high and job well done
- Naperville North’s 15-game win streak snapped with second loss to Wheaton South
- Aurora police officers create ‘perfect’ room for girl in need
- Woman killed in Chicago Heights, police say
- How did the 3 Chicagoans fare on Thursday’s episode of ‘MasterChef Junior?’
- Federal agents searching for immigrant ask domestic flight passengers to show IDs
- Lincoln-Way West looking for first wrestling state trophy in program history
- Kyle Schwarber at leadoff? Joe Maddon pondering many lineup options
- Uber using stolen Google technology for self-driving cars, lawsuit alleges
- Michigan State recruit Aidan Farley of Sandburg set for active state swim meet
- Bulls management stands firmly behind coach Fred Hoiberg
- Seasonal reality returns to Chicago as warmth departs
- Montana abortion bill would force doctors to try to save fetus
- Federal agents move woman awaiting emergency surgery at Texas hospital to detention site
- On the verge: Alec Peters and Valparaiso eye Horizon League regular-season title
- Freshman stint on star relay set tone for Chesterton’s Gary Kostbade
- Marcus Jefferson and Latrell Williams want to help Roosevelt win a sectional
- ABC-7 suspends sportscaster Mark Giangreco for calling Donald Trump a ‘cartoon lunatic’
- Pregnant woman among 7 killed in Chicago’s deadliest day this year
- Milton Doyle’s Loyola career winding down on an upswing
- Green machine: Missouri signee Nadia Green, H-F romp past Marist for sectional
- Tommy La Stella all-in on his attempt to earn Cubs roster spot
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 24
- Chicago homicide victim identified as second transgender woman killed in 6 months
- Local roundup: Morgan Park ousts Oak Forest, wins second straight sectional
- Caitlyn Jenner calls Trump transgender decision a ‘disaster’
- Bulls’ odd deal suggests Jimmy Butler trade delayed, not necessarily denied
- No. 10 Maine West gains emotional win over No. 4 Evanston for sectional championship
- Kankakee churches will merge due to priest shortage
- 2 wounded in shootings on West, Southwest sides
- White Sox to retire Mark Buehrle’s No. 56
- Thursday’s recap: Blackhawks 6, Coyotes 3
- Obama’s reaction to architects’ first design for his library: ‘He said it was too unflashy.’
- Clara Prasse keys Benet past Plainfield East for third straight sectional title
- Bulls keep Jimmy Butler for now, but trade Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott
- Hersey’s special season ends with loss to Fremd in 4A sectional finals
- East Aurora project focuses on abduction, abuse
- North Lawndale girls forced to forfeit 3A sectional final by IHSA
- Orr, Uplift no fans of meeting so soon in Class 2A playoffs
- Bulls keep Jimmy Butler for now, trade Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott to Thunder