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- Belief in bright future helps ease pain of mounting White Sox losses
- Officials: Coyote sightings ‘not uncommon’ in the area
- Yankees OF Dustin Fowler suffers serious knee injury during major-league debut
- Global cyberattack seems intent on havoc aimed at Ukraine, not extortion
- What to expect if no Illinois state budget deal is reached
- Ruido Fest 2017: Programa y horario por día
- White Sox 4, Yankees 3
- White Sox outlast Yankees 4-3 in rain-delayed game
- Summer Rhapsody Music Festival features free concerts
- Friend breaks the ‘girl code’ — now what?
- ’50s musical lightens up Bolingbrook summer stage
- Resident says Porter County’s $30M bond plan leaves no funds for grants
- Follow the windmills to Batavia summer fest
- Taltree concert features versatile Black Lillies
- Arboretum makes perfect setting for ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Salerno’s keeps its old-school vibe, menu
- Lake County’s finest on display at Day in the Gardens
- ‘Spark Gala’ raises $170,000 for Center for Independent Futures
- Police investigating South Side robberies
- Morning Spin: What you need to know about deadline day in Springfield
- Mediterranean-style home in South Barrington: $1.9M
- Are Illinois taxpayers finally waking up?
- Hot Doug’s branded sausages
- Walgreens CEO isn’t worried about Amazon. At least not yet.
- Cubs owners borrow more than $65 million on Wrigley rooftops
- New West Dundee eatery slates July opening
- 9 wounded, including 5 teens, in city shootings
- Hot Doug’s sausages now available on Peapod
- Elgin charter school backers consider appeal
- Inside Fire’s Section 8, arguably the most intense fans in Chicago sports
- Venus Williams blamed in fatal Palm Beach Gardens crash
- Photo gallery: Chicago crime scene investigations
- 30 days of Chicago’s best barbecue
- Germany legalizes same-sex marriage, despite Chancellor Merkel voting no
- Like it or not, we are in the midst of a second arts revolution
- Follow Serena Williams’ lead in the man vs. woman debate: Move on
- Meechy Monroe, Chicago blogger on black beauty, dies at 32
- Series preview: Rangers at White Sox
- Series preview: Cubs at Reds
- Reacciones del Tri tras ser goleado por Alemania
- McMansion Hell, blog that skewers tacky homes, wins legal tussle with Zillow
- Jury finds that NYC skyscraper owner violated Iran sanctions
- Taste of Chicago preview: 10 foods to seek out at the 2017 festival
- Trump urges ‘energy dominance’ as he promotes exports, jobs
- One inside fastball, and the rise of young star Trea Turner is stalled
- How a Supreme Court case in Canada could force Google to censor speech worldwide
- #RumboARuidoFest Bomba Estéreo: Fiesta, música y conciencia
- Emanuel Police Board chair says mayor’s reform approach is ‘set up for failure’
- #RumboARuidoFest: Tritón Soundsystem
- Gas tax jumps Saturday as new laws take effect
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Wrigley Field
- Immigration advocates gather at O’Hare as partial travel ban takes effect
- That new Seattle study is a big problem for fans of a higher minimum wage — or is it?
- Race-by-race picks for today’s racing at Laurel Park
- All the Chicago baseball home games in July
- Chiropractic treatment, a $15-billion industry, has its roots in a ghost story
- ‘The Ornithologist’ review: A playful, sometimes blasphemous take on St. Anthony of Padua
- Chicago date idea: Walk the 606 then Mindy’s Hot Chocolate
- Weekend cheat sheet: 5 buzz-worthy topics people will be talking about
- Good Samaritans save woman, 3 kids from sinking car during Lake County storm
- Prickly City- evil genius Kevin
- AMC tests an ad-free channel on Comcast for viewers who hate commercials
- Q&A: Stevenson’s Henry Marchese on college football or pro baseball
- FBI busca supuesto narcotraficante de Humboldt Park
- OakFest hosts 14th annual car and bike show
- Connolly’s Public House closing in Oak Park
- Abogados regresan al O’Hare ante implementación de restricciones migratorias
- One killed, one wounded in South Side shooting
- LT summer school keeps students learning and growing
- Developer eyes River Grove for transit-oriented luxury apartment buildings
- Hundreds of New York Times employees stage walkout to protest copy editor cuts
- Agencies helping developmentally disabled hurt by state budget impasse
- Meet one of the women behind ‘Wonder Woman’ comics
- Melanoma biopsy results can differ, worrying patients
- Scandinavian heritage, quirky charm await on winsome Washington Island
- Prickly City- goodness and cash
- Mascot purist says ‘Jojo’ doesn’t make sense — and needs pants
- Letter: Fourth of July also marks Battle of Gettysburg
- From Jimmy Butler to Miguel Montero to John McEnroe: A week of curious behavior
- Tom Petty brings a master class to Wrigley on 40th anniversary tour
- Estudiante de DePaul demanda a un instructor por obligarla a tener relaciones sexuales
- Man killed in University Park after online sale turns into a robbery
- Aurora officials warn against using illegal fireworks
- Hijos de inmigrantes emprenden campaña para registrar votantes
- Chicago alderman joins residents with concerns about a car wash at former Elliott’s site in Harwood Heights
- Prickly City- running for office
- China demands U.S. cancel $1.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan
- La generación dorada del fútbol chileno nació de una derrota
- Trump tuitea sobre la violencia en Chicago, mientras se anuncia ayuda para combatirla
- #RumboARuidoFest : El Guincho, una fusión de sonidos internacionales
- Mego: July 4 should be a reminder to us — and the city — to live up to our ideals
- More court challenges expected for Trump’s scaled-back travel ban
- Use audio walking tour app Detour for free all summer
- El Barcelona ejerce la opción de recompra sobre Deulofeu hasta el 2019
- The big consequence of the Amazon-Whole Foods deal no one’s talking about
- What to grill, eat and drink this 4th of July
- From the cheese counter to the Reds: Tim Adleman’s unlikely path to majors
- North Shore communities find combating loss of sand a costly undertaking
- Niles Township special ed district plans for increase in satellite classes next year
- Prickly City- both running
- Residents maintain opposition to Park Ridge multi-family building
- Carl’s Jr. ordered to pay $1.45 million for failing to pay workers minimum wage
- #RumboARuidoFest : Mon Laferte y sus canciones para sufrir, reír y vivir
- Officer guards his last Aurora City Council meeting
- México busca ante Paraguay su puesta a punto para la Copa Oro
- RML specializes in hospital care for people on ventilators, with chronic wounds
- Feeling blue? Crayola seeks help naming its new crayon
- #RumboARuidoFest : Intocable y su lado alternativo
- Trampoline, indoor soccer facilities head toward approval in Vernon Hills
- Flying high: Longtime Elmwood Park Scouts earn Eagle honor
- Top 50 NBA free agents: Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry … and then lots of chaos
- Café Tacvba: Música por su cuenta
- Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest winner and extras
- Down to Business: Medical practice goes far beyond just doctor visits
- Treat health care like any other public good
- Stone carver shares his skills, and gargoyles, at Kalo Foundation
- Son of Cubs scout Keith Lockhart off life support after condition improves
- Alcohol, sex and consent: Add TV cameras and the ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ party gets complicated
- Removing Confederate monuments isn’t rewriting history
- 5 affordable weekend DIY projects that completely recreate your home
- Shining a light on sarcoma
- Color as a catalyst for purchase decisions (Infographic)
- Shining a light on sarcoma (Infographic)
- Forest Preserves K-9 dies after being left in hot patrol car, officials say
- Our 10 favorite dog-friendly restaurant patios in Chicago
- Speak Out: Trump fired Flynn because he knew something was wrong
- Furious Spoon resurrects all-you-can-eat ramen in July
- What will the childhood of the future look like?
- Olympic Day: Campers celebrate with world-class athlete
- Donald Trump’s diet is bad for America’s health
- Investor: ‘Pharma Bro’ reported too-good-to-be-true returns
- Courageous Bakery and Cafe headed to Lake Street in Oak Park
- Una transacción en línea termina en robo fatal
- Photos: Kinderdijk windmills
- Cubs’ World Series exhibit at Hall of Fame opens Saturday
- Abren escuela de peluquería dentro de correccional juvenil
- McClure students shine at National History Bee
- Race-by-race picks for Saturday’s racing at Laurel Park
- Kinderdijk windmills a must-see on any trip to Holland
- French far-right leader Le Pen accused of misusing EU funds
- ‘Dirt Day’ events for children in Aurora
- A test of the next frontier of fitness gadgets
- U46 misses opportunity with charter school
- Bill Brady named the new Illinois Senate Republican leader
- Summer road projects will impact motorists in central Lake County
- Upstate NY dairy farmer co-op to buy Kraft Heinz plant
- ‘Hamilton’ drops instrumental album, officially endorses fan sing-alongs
- Police: Northbrook man catches burglars in the act
- Aurora firefighters conduct fire training on the East Side
- Grafiti de Trump decapitado ‘ilustra’ transitada calle de La Habana
- Church news
- Disneyland takes wives off auction block on ‘Pirates’ ride
- Trump’s Labor Dept wants salary to count on overtime rule
- Moran: Record-setting travel expected over ‘extended’ Fourth of July weekend
- Lyons Township High School summer gymnastics camp
- Court Theatre’s ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ heads to Getty Villa
- 10 creatures that can ruin your day at the beach
- Tinley Park planners recommend village board deny permit for controversial apartments
- ‘Big Bang Theory’ star Johnny Galecki thanks firefighters after house fire
- Carpentersville police searching for man involved in stabbing
- Vandals smash more than a dozen mailboxes in far southwest Naperville
- Paddle the Chicago River to see beauty, waterway’s future. Ignore the mattress.
- ‘The House’ review: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler comedy misses the jackpot
- Waukegan schools promoting free summer meal sites for students in need
- Plano looks to boost construction in unfinished subdivision
- 1 year later, Utah man stuck in Venezuela jail amid unrest
- Jamal Crawford on new Bull Zach LaVine: ‘That’s my guy’
- ‘Nailed It’: Franklin Park library program gives kids the power to build
- Oak Park District 97 mulls how to repay $2.6M to taxpayers
- ‘The alternative is the dead carcass of Obamacare’
- Where is Trump’s new vetting process?
- PHOTOS: “Changes” by Chicago Tap Theatre
- Kylie and Kendall Jenner apologize after heat over T-shirts
- Hundreds flee Mosul as Iraqi forces squeeze extremists
- Chicago’s best dog-friendly restaurant patios
- In surprise visit to reporters, Shkreli calls prosecution ‘junior varsity,’ slams witness
- How the Supreme Court re-established the rule of law
- Margaret Frisbie paddles the Chicago River
- Get creative at House of Vans Chicago with free concerts, beer and skateboarding lessons
- When the U.S. military heads to space
- How President Trump and Mayor Emanuel can help combat violence in Chicago
- Motley 2 travels from Los Angeles to CD&ME in Frankfort
- Renovated Aldi reopens in Harwood Heights
- Injury to Yankees’ Dustin Fowler brings back eerie memories of ‘Moonlight’ Graham
- Multiple Lake County sites offering free breakfast and lunch for children this summer
- North Central adding occupational therapy master’s program
- Deerfield church welcomes new pastor who brings ‘a lot of energy’
- New Deerfield H.S. class will create student entrepreneurs
- Dinner and a movie? Theaters will serve up drinks and dessert, too
- Warren Buffett buys 700 million shares in Bank of America, becomes largest shareholder
- The press and the president: Here’s how it should work
- ‘Checa tu cheque’, ¿incluye el incremento al salario mínimo?
- Leyden to present ‘James and the Giant Peach Jr.’
- State budget crisis knocks out some holiday roadside checks and saturation patrols
- Searchers’ wounds will be considered at Army sergeant Bergdahl’s sentencing
- Readers Respond
- Virginia McCaskey makes Adweek’s list of most powerful women in sports
- President Trump, your insecurities are showing — again
- Yankees manager blames lack of padding at Guaranteed Rate Field for rookie’s injury
- Skokie may reverse course on Cook County minimum wage, sick time laws
- ‘Go ahead and kill me,’ suspect charged with 7 murders tells prosecution in courtroom outburst
- Southland children learn theater while staging ‘Oklahoma!’ in Oak Lawn
- ESPN, commentator Stephen Smith dropped from Jackie Robinson West lawsuit
- Amazon pickup store coming to DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus
- Incertidumbre en el distrito escolar U-46 por falta de un presupuesto estatal
- Confederate monuments and the Fourth of July
- With award in hand, Deerfield H.S. Spanish teacher looks toward 20th year
- District 64 board reluctantly gets on board with county’s prevailing wage
- Al menos dos víctimas en tiroteo dentro de hospital de Nueva York
- Naperville high schools providing online summer classes to 2,000 students
- Shout Out: John Zebell, School of Rock franchisee
- Who’s right about the ‘ice tax’? Me or Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle?
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Oak Park man, 66, accused of murder after man run over by car
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- Make Illinois the ‘One-Term State’
- PHOTOS: Chicago SummerDance at the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park
- ‘We got a mayday!’ Small plane crashes onto Southern California freeway
- Emotional opening for Vietnam Moving Wall in Oswego
- Plans underway for new year of Chromebook technology in Naperville schools
- Deerfield resident turns her love of art into a business
- Jay-Z gets personal and deep on new album ‘4:44’
- Illinoisians take part in Fife and Drum events
- Byline Bancorp shares begin trading on New York Stock Exchange
- Waukegan Park District appoints new director after Petry’s retirement
- Trump urges Republicans to repeal Obamacare now and replace it later
- New Naperville data portal gives people access to city documents, numbers
- Former federal prosecutor Lausch is White House pick to be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney
- Oak Brook-based Lions Club celebrates 100th anniversary
- Complaint calls roll in as Illinois elections board waits for Trump voter data letter
- Developer has big plans in Franklin Park
- La Grange District 102 hires new principal at Congress Park School
- Aurora woman hopes Metra riders will relish her hot dogs at downtown Chicago kiosk
- 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
- Lake Station incident draws SWAT team; man is charged
- Pink Martini headlines lively CSO Corporate Night party
- Trump’s voting fraud commission won’t get full Indiana data
- In Naperville, Starbucks and Dark Horse Pastries move to new locations, Floyd’s Barbershop opens
- Meter madness: Franklin Park water and sewer supervisor is a state champion
- The two words that Trump — and the rest of us — should keep in mind
- Aurora American Legion Band hitting high note in 80th year
- Chalkboards become a thing of the past at Deerfield schools
- Department of Defense Warrior Games
- San Antonio police officer shot while investigating vehicle break-in dies
- Week in review: Chicago cop indictments, soda tax blocked and Miggy’s big mouth
- Woman, 80, dies after falling 4 floors at South Shore assisted living facility
- Officer and police dog hit by vehicle in traffic stop gone awry in North Chicago
- Why parents put faith in Uber, Lyft
- Little Dinos Scavenger Hunt runs through July in Elgin, South Elgin
- United frequent flyer miles may not stretch as far, starting this fall
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- Family of ex-Penn State football coach Joe Paterno drops lawsuit against NCAA
- Valpo Parks and Rec Fourth of July 5K
- Rail fans should make tracks for model train shrine in Iowa
- GOP’s Plan B for Obamacare repeal began with quiet push from Koch network
- Corporate Night raises $925,000 for Chicago Symphony
- Spark Gala raises $170,000 for Center for Independent Future
- Naperville News Digest
- Community calendar
- Gary dad convicted in infant son’s starvation death
- 6 must-know kitchen and bathroom design trends
- A room-by-room guide to decluttering your home
- A happy pet is a hydrated pet
- Rethinking bathroom design
- 5 things you didn’t know about summer driving (Infographic)
- Greek ribs the way to go for holiday festivities
- Chuck Renslow, Chicago gay community icon and International Mr. Leather contest founder, dies at 87
- Police: Octogenarian charged with sexual assaulted in Oak Forest
- Two women arrested on prostitution-related charges at Naperville hotel
- PADS among agencies in line for federal grant assisting emergency housing programs
- Fate of Wild West Town unknown; cowboys and cowgirls key to park’s endurance
- Shout Out: Marques Hatch, Triton coach
- Library expansion draws mixed reaction in Highland Park
- MSNBC hosts say National Enquirer article a weapon in Trump feud
- It’s not so, Joe: Berrios misstates the law on open records
- Ally Mahinay, Grant girls basketball teammates adjust to new coach
- Aurora gives final approval to downtown mural
- Wounded veteran athletes get spotlight as Warrior Games open in Chicago
- Experts say hot dogs minus artificial nitrites may be no better
- Main Baptist Church honored for 150 years in Aurora
- For Cubs, this has become year of uber-angst
- Hutton: A Post-Tribune sports columnist looks back at 20
- CPS makes good on chunk of massive teacher pension fund payment
- Homewood-Flossmoor’s Jeffrey Griffin to return to defense for NIU
- LemonAid fundraising event to benefit south Austin-based Kidz Express
- Care about every inch of airline legroom? Do your homework.
- Police: Thieves bump driver’s car, then steal it in Oak Park
- Elgin police, fire set to use drones for rescues, searches and investigations
- Emergency Evanston minimum wage hike meeting draws 150 people, including protesters
- Judge blocks Cook County soda pop tax
- McGrath: July Fourth takes on new meaning
- Trump’s voter fraud panel gets pushback after asking states for election data
- ASK TOM: Can a moon rise full but set waning?
- Umpire Angel Hernandez sets record straight on Steve McMichael ejection from 2001 Cubs game
- Trump ups trade tensions with South Korea in welcoming new leader
- Kane County activists: Political landscape has people ‘looking for more answers’
- 2 industrial businesses looking to relocate to Tinley Park
- Reds 5, Cubs 0
- Why the Blackhawks will likely stay quiet during free agency
- At 90, Orland Park twins still delivering Meals on Wheels to homebound
- ‘Cannabis-conscious’ alternative health clinic opens in West Dundee
- Authorities urge patience as they investigate Joliet-area toddler’s mysterious death
- Zach LaVine didn’t have to look far for his athletic role models
- Wilmette opts out of county wage, sick-time ordinances
- Local roundup: Valparaiso’s Shane Hammink signs with Spanish pro team
- 911 recording: Oak Lawn fire victim reports blaze, identifies suspect before dying
- America, be nice to each other
- Love for Lexi Thompson grows after rules controversy at last women’s major
- State budget passes first House vote, but huge hurdles remain on deadline day
- Madigan, Cullerton — nothing personal, but follow Radogno’s good example and step aside
- Public art appears — and disappears — in year celebrating its impact on city
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- Wisconsin chocolatier scores victory as Mars’ trademark suit tossed
- No changes planned to Guaranteed Rate Field after injury to Yankees rookie
- Lansing mayor wants sheriff to probe off-duty officer who pinned 15-year-old in confrontation
- Oak Park sticks with county minimum wage rule hours before it takes effect, declines opt-out vote
- Judge: Cash-strapped state must pay more toward medical bills
- Slowik: White Sox super fans celebrate home-game attendance streaks
- White Sox 8, Rangers 7
- June 2017 closes out as one of Chicago’s warmer ones
- Halfway through 2017, violence remains stubbornly high in Chicago
- As feds help Chicago on guns, Trump aide says city’s crime more about ‘morality’
- Suburbs waver on minimum wage hike 1 day before it’s to go into effect
- Train hauling crude oil derails in Plainfield, causing evacuation but no injuries
- Words can’t explain the hard-to-figure success and failure of Phil Jackson
- Upscale gun range opens in unincorporated Lake Forest
- Trump discovering Mideast peace is more complicated than he thought
- Sky’s struggles continue with 89-82 loss to previously winless Stars
- COPServation teaches Elgin children about environment, community
- Pacers trade Paul George to Thunder for Victor Oladipo, Domantas Sabonis: AP sources
- Cook County suburbs consider minimum wage hike
- Mike Montgomery continues to build case for spot in Cubs’ starting rotation
- Cubs come up empty as Scott Feldman exposes their inexperience in 5-0 loss
- Cubs finally receive encouraging news regarding cast of injured players