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- ‘Harry Potter’ actor Robert Hardy dies at 91
- Lollapalooza day one: Lorde, Muse cut short by weather evacuation
- Is Mark Sanchez worth keeping as the Bears’ backup quarterback?
- White Sox pitcher Miguel Gonzalez rocked by Red Sox in 9-5 loss
- Lollapalooza evacuated
- Officials in 4 cities baffled as Jeff Sessions targets them on immigration
- Shout Out: Harriet Spears, Camp Kesem counselor at Northwestern
- Steve Harvey thought leaked memo to Chicago staff was ‘cute’
- Man still in critical condition after Minnesota school blast that killed 2
- Family fun on the farm in Indiana
- These three European cities have plenty to offer fall travelers
- 5 fall music festivals worth the trip
- Shout Out: Ricky Gooden, police volunteer and Niles North employee
- Young family wrangles for control with in-laws
- Gage Park man dead, 3 others wounded in city shootings Thursday
- Police investigating death at CTA station
- Morning Spin: School funding talks continue, and so does the blame game
- In pioneer cemeteries, a disappearing part of Illinois’ landscape lives on
- Lake Forest home with pool: $2.9M
- Trump picks John Lausch to be new U.S. attorney for Chicago
- Lawsuit filed against Lansing cop seen on Facebook threatening black teen’s life during altercation
- Indiana soldier 32 days into first deployment among 2 killed in Afghanistan attack
- Bill FitzGerald selling namesake Berwyn nightclub after nearly 4-decade run
- Storms force early end to first day of Lollapalooza, Grant Park evacuated
- Equestrian home plan revised in Merrillville
- Hub Pool in need of major renovations, Crown Point mayor says
- Report from Stratford Fest: Women directors capture fervor of the moment
- Ford Bronco poised for comeback as O.J. set to leave jail
- Historical research delays County Line Road project in Hobart
- Series preview: Nationals at Cubs
- ‘ESPN8: The Ocho’ to replace ESPNU — if only for a day
- Nicky Delmonico’s first Fenway experience as player includes 1st career home run
- Map: Pioneer cemetery prairies in Illinois
- Dusty Baker returns to Wrigley with potential playoff preview vs. Cubs on tap
- 5 buzzworthy topics people will be talking about this weekend
- River Forest mansion once owned by Chicago mob figure Tony Accardo hits market for $2.25 million
- Donation of $1,000 in victim’s name deepens mystery of brutal stabbing in Northwestern prof’s home
- Aug. 4, 1993: The Robin Ventura vs. Nolan Ryan fight
- Chicago date idea: mini golf then Big & Little’s
- ‘It’s for the children!’ CPS’ crushing debt, that is
- Column: Is ‘buying time’ smart or lazy?
- Empty State Department sapping morale, some staffers say: ‘Death by a thousand cuts’
- Preckwinkle doubles down on foolish: Vengeance is mine, sayeth the soda taxer
- If Donald Trump were an immigrant, he’d probably be deported
- Employer-based health coverage likely to stay awhile
- Dunkin’ might dump ‘Donuts’ from name
- Doctors may be over-prescribing seizure drugs to treat pain
- Ryan Tannehill facing possibility of missing significant time
- The Mediterranean diet works — but not if you’re poor, a study finds
- Balotelli returns home as Nice faces Napoli in UCL playoffs
- American Airlines flight attendants file lawsuit over uniforms
- Kindergarten crunch: 29 days off leave parents scrambling for child care
- Top 10 Chicago sports songs
- Why you can’t get ‘Chelsea Dagger’ out of your head
- ‘Disco Demolition’ night fondly, and not-so-fondly, remembered
- Toyota, Mazda plan $1.6 billion U.S. plant, to partner in electric vehicles
- Smog follows Chicagoans on vacation to Wisconsin, Michigan
- Neymar denies money was motivation for record deal
- Ivanka and Jared don’t belong in the White House
- Retired Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen lists Highland Park home for $2.8 million
- Des Plaines man who fled U.S. after 2001 drug trafficking conviction is back in local custody
- México califica de cobarde a Nicolás Maduro por arremeter contra su pueblo
- Never mind April in Paris. Autumn in Provence is perfect
- Speculation about Jay Cutler joining Dolphins heating up after Ryan Tannehill’s injury
- La frontera México-EEUU se cobra más vidas en 2016
- ‘Brigsby Bear’ review: Kyle Mooney plays a childlike adult in dark tale
- Prickly City- the question
- 7 wineries to visit near Peoria, a good base for touring Illinois vineyards
- Un padre de familia fue asesinado y 3 personas resultaron heridas en tiroteos
- ‘It could be another 100 years’ before equal pay for women
- Bayern comes into Super Cup against Dortmund with pressure
- México expresa compromiso con respeto a derechos humanos de los migrantes
- Lane closures to begin at Aurora intersection
- Desempleo en EEUU se ubica en 4.3%
- One-woman show ‘Sugar’ sweet on life experiences
- The crunchy, creamy bar snack that will have to be forcibly removed from your clawing fingers
- Is Trump’s ‘White House soap opera’ ruining book sales?
- ‘Lonely Teardrops’ brings Jackie Wilson story to life
- Los 3 de La Habana, con Cuba en el corazón
- Tras más de 35 años, María Elena Salinas deja Univision
- Conte wants more signings
- South Works development
- Erik Spoelstra says inspiration from Luol Deng led him to Africa Game
- Navistar to lay off 170 in Melrose Park, cut production of box truck engine
- Investigan muerte en la CTA
- Take a look at Neymar’s presentation with Paris Saint-Germain
- Why it’s smart to invest in female-led companies
- AC Milan to face Macedonian side Shkendija in Europa League
- Víctor Manuelle se alista para celebrar en grande sus 25 años de carrera
- Southampton boss Pellegrino targets more signings ahead of new season
- Lollapalooza VIP and platinum pass amenities
- VW executive pleads guilty in emissions scandal
- How Alfred Angelo Bridal died: Too slow to grow, adapt to fast-paced times
- ‘This has become a fiasco. It’s a circus’: Conor McGregor’s sparring partner quits
- Column: Schools should not be dictating start and end of summer
- Bears training camp: Come for the fun, get kicked out when it rains
- Pimm’s and Indian spices refresh in a cooling cocktail at Blue Door Farm Stand
- Q&A: Elmwood Park resident, Independence Cup sailor Barbara Galinska
- Timothy Christian grad Nick Groenewold playing pro soccer in Tasmania
- ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ review: Fascinating and absolutely crucial viewing
- Lacrosse notes: Mason Ade named all-star, Jack Cain suffers injury
- Travel tips to keep bed bugs at bay
- United star Mata wants soccer players to give 1 percent to charity
- Flashy doc also a timely look at Baltimore teens
- Plan your autumn escape
- Hinsdale Board OKs $1.7 million increase for HMS parking deck
- Review: Randy Newman still has much to say
- ‘Pop Aye’ review: A man, an elephant and a plan
- Church news
- ‘Fun Mom Dinner’ review: A meal of savory appetizers, not hearty cuisine
- Apodos, hábito cultural mexicano y ‘huella digital’ entre los narcotraficantes
- Park Ridge Sports Inc. celebrating 50 years of building character
- Superintendent requests $75K to boost pay for some District 64 principals, administrators
- North Shore hockey players win bronze at Maccabiah World Games
- Taco Bell withdraws plans for Madison Street restaurant in Oak Park
- Clarendon Hills working together to avoid losing green space at Prospect Park
- Tinley Park names ‘Benches on the Avenue’ winners
- William Petersen joins cast of Steppenwolf’s ‘Minutes’
- New Trump Cuba policy is actually fueling business, some travel providers say
- Chicago man charged with robbing woman of Lollapalooza tickets in Niles
- Fitness center may shift to self-storage facility
- MLS All-Stars vs. Real Madrid gets boost from Spanish-language viewers
- Villa sign Tottenham’s Onomah on loan
- CBS news swoops in to explore Chicago gun violence
- Confronting a deadly opioid plague that demands more attention
- In Andersonville, new rooftop water tank nods to Swedish, Chicago history
- ‘Big Band Vintage Glam’ raises $250,000 for Citadel Theatre
- Fatal crash prompts changes to Portage Township intersection
- Liverpool’s Lallana out injured for a couple of months – Klopp
- 7 things to know about gene editing
- Aaron Rodgers said he records all his media interviews to avoid being taken out of context
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Climate change detrimental to Midwest, says Al Gore
- Nationals 4, Cubs 2
- Merrillville High School trades program growing
- Elmwood Park police speak on crime-free housing
- Will County considering temporary traffic signal on Weber
- A tech incubator in 1871 works to empower the next generation of Latino startups
- Teacher Feature: Even a disastrous day can be learning experience, Naperville North teacher says
- Waukegan woman pleads not guilty in fatal Fourth of July stabbing of her boyfriend
- Cook County soda tax could fizzle out in Barrington as shoppers look to Lake County
- Condo living on the Gold Coast: Lawsuits, fines, insults
- Do colleges discriminate against Asian-Americans? Team Trump is on the case.
- Joe Maddon lobbies for more night games at Wrigley
- Burr Ridge Chalk Fest offers fun and creativity for kids
- Saul back training with the team
- Crystal Lake man charged after girl, 16, and woman found shot to death
- Naperville Newcomer of the Month for August: Tobias Vancura
- Luncheon raises $170,000 for Shalva
- Reeder: Old blue cap is prized possession
- Winnetka approves preliminary stormwater agreement with county forest preserve board
- Chalk Fest at Burr Ridge Village Center
- MLS set to introduce video review technology this weekend
- Lee Botts honored for environmental activism
- 10 things you might not know about the Cabinet
- Pedestrian injured in two-vehicle crash in Aurora
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- Fairfield Road to close for 2 weeks from Wauconda to Lake Zurich
- What will Illinois lawmakers tax next?
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- Man falls onto Red Line tracks in Loop, causing major delays
- What Donald Trump doesn’t understand about immigration
- For Lolla VIPs, massages, haircuts, gourmet food and yes, music too
- Chicago teen found with loaded revolver in Waukegan, police say
- The right way to become an American
- Down to Business: Couple makes good on college vow to open a senior center
- ‘Hair’ shows much has changed but it’s still great to be young
- Coroner identifies man found dead after St. Charles fire
- Uruguayan Martin Caceres signs with Hellas Verona through 2018
- Time for TV celebration of National Zucchini Day
- Protesters aren’t ‘obstructionists.’ They’re patriots.
- Orlando City sign Peruvian international Yotun
- The next Foxconn and Illinois: Here’s why Wisconsin will be the state growing more taxpayers
- Palos Heights joins international campaign to help the monarch butterfly
- Man pinned by dump truck dies at Valparaiso gas station, coroner says
- Donald Trump’s pathetic lies
- The ‘cost’ of being Jewish is well worth it
- Shout Out: Jake Chung, an assistant superintendent at Arlington Heights School District 25
- 11 epic drives around the U.S.
- Column: East Aurora leaders say there is ‘optimism’ now in the district
- Why we still need affirmative action
- Returning to Gary, Hinckley faces daunting challenges securing schools’ future
- ‘We just need a paper to get out of here, even if we’re going to hell’: The dismal world of Syria’s displaced
- Sinkhole forms in Hinsdale over sewer break
- Civil War Days designed to ‘go beyond the battles’
- Amanda Knox: Woman in texting suicide case deserves sympathy
- Instalan criticada Asamblea Constituyente en Venezuela
- Community briefs
- La Grange library plans first-floor renovation this fall
- South Side to represent at Get IN it MusicFest
- Fox Valley Mall retail area ranks 1st in suburban sales with $5.5B in 2016, report says
- Column: Mayor should be fighting to save old Nichols Library
- Arizona drug company may pay Illinois $4.5M over opioid lawsuit
- Monaco starts title defense with 3-2 win over Toulouse
- Column: Hopeful signs that bipartisan compromise is making a comeback
- Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified information
- Judge denies new trial in Aurora murder of former girlfriend
- Shout Out: Trudy Wehren, an organizer of Barrington Street Fest and Dance
- Speakerswagon Pils in cans hits Chicago this week
- Shout Out: Officer Stephen Balogh, new MHS resource officer
- Federal court judge halts enforcement of Illinois abortion notification law
- Federal charges filed in Munster armed robbery that led to officer-involved shooting
- Bank Of America branch robbed in Galewood neighborhood
- Teens set out to create ‘Meaningful Summers’ with nonprofit
- El partido Estrellas MLS-Real Madrid bate marca de audiencia de televisión
- Shamed for having a pre-existing condition: How our leaders add insult to the health care debate
- Israeli teens enjoy Winnetka pool party
- Dolton teen charged in Craiglist robbery, shooting incident, police say
- The Chicago Sweetened Tea Party
- Huff, puff, pass? Attorney general’s pot fury not echoed by task force
- Skokie police: Pair of masked thieves broke into store on Old Orchard Road
- Murder conviction in Blackwater case thrown out, other sentences overturned
- Yorkville residents not kidding: They want their streets fixed
- Aurora man gets 27 years in prison for sex assault of child
- Naperville News Digest: Will County election judges needed, Edward Foundation raises $462K, safety wristbands
- Nearly 1,500 mass layoffs in Illinois in July, dominated by manufacturing
- Jobless rate at 16-year low raises question: How much better can it get?
- Vehicles for kids — large and small — at Beach Park Fest
- Taylor Swift, former Denver radio host head to court over groping claim
- 5 steps to help a new, large tree thrive
- Emanuel: City to sue Trump Justice Department over funding threat
- Chris Jones recommends
- Baby monkey Zingo makes debut at Brookfield Zoo
- Running down the clock: Illinois school funding rests in the Democrat-controlled — and empty — Senate chamber
- Israeli teens enjoy pool party in Winnetka
- Benefit luncheon raises $170,000 for Shalva of Chicago.
- Gala raises $250,000 for Citadel Theatre
- 18 shows to see now
- Column: Elgin charter school would offer exceptional educational opportunity
- Mundelein deliberating as Vernon Hills ups tobacco sales age requirement to 21
- Disabato: First day of football practice prelude to intriguing story lines
- Crunching dollars and planning weddings: How to financially plan for the big day
- Getting ready for back to school: How setting goals can help Generation Z students excel in the new school year
- In Gold Coast condo war, judge orders resident who sued board to pay $100,000
- Speak Out: Americans giving up cars, phones would cause depression
- Escort wasn’t the ‘brains’ behind spending of $5.8 million with exec’s credit card, lawyer says
- Prosecutors seek to move up former priest’s trial date
- As Trump’s patience wanes, McMaster navigates divide over U.S. Afghan strategy
- With party switch in West Virginia, Republicans now have matched record number of governors’ seats. Will it last?
- Briar Road sings original tunes Aug. 20 in Grayslake
- Northern Michigan golf courses
- ‘Still debris to deal with’ as Fox River reopens to boaters
- Man dies early Friday near Interstate 80/94 ramp in Hammond
- Jay Cutler’s past with Adam Gase makes Dolphins a smart fit
- Park district officials: 18-story Lake Street tower would hurt Austin Gardens
- Two proposals left to be Aurora’s next mural
- New restrooms to be built on Naperville Riverwalk’s western end
- Newly released video shows plane’s engine exploding on O’Hare runway
- Alleged puppy mill operator wants trial moved out of Lake County; lawyer cites social media backlash
- Amid struggles, Potbelly considers sale
- Judge stops NIU from paying rest of ousted president’s severance package
- Connor Barth clear front-runner as Bears kicker, but Andy Phillips could press him
- Man followed woman out of downtown Naperville business, punched her in face, police say
- Ribfest all about local blues, local sauces
- Feds investigate suspicious package that sickened people at Kansas City IRS building
- Speak Out
- Jay Cutler-to-Dolphins rumors provide amusement at Bears training camp
- Police seek West Dundee man charged with growing marijuana in basement
- Ask Tom: Why does it seem like many storms bypass Chicago?
- Judge sets $30K bail in banking malware case for hacker who helped stop WannaCry attack
- Vintage Days features folk music, ice cream, hay rides, unicyclists
- This Naperville woman is on a quest to become Ms. Wheelchair America 2017
- Fox Valley leaders outline pros, cons of Trump-endorsed immigration bill
- Three-alarm fire strikes business in downtown Round Lake
- Hold off on those Cubs playoff tickets as losing streak hits three
- Man threw knife at co-worker in fatal Hampshire meat plant incident, officials say
- Washington Street underpass in Grayslake might be open in one week
- NTSB: Father-son team was moving gas meter at time of Minnesota school blast
- ‘Biggest mistake’: Northwestern prof sends family, friends video apologizing for fatal stabbing, police say
- Wings of Freedom: World War II-era planes grace the skies of Northwest Indiana
- Trump’s cabinet agencies still understaffed despite flurry of Senate confirmations
- Red Sox 3, White Sox 2 (11 innings)
- Are you a proclipstinator — a total eclipse procrastinator — in regret?
- All-powerful Venezuelan assembly opens amid protests
- ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud. Then, he livestreamed to his fans.
- Sunday memorial service set for Ara Parseghian at Notre Dame
- Politicians to pay, literally, for tax-happy cliches
- With Addison Russell on DL, Javier Baez to see extended time at shortstop
- U.S. attorney nominee for Chicago, a former Ivy Leaguer, called ‘more Joliet than Harvard’
- Dowell Loggains offers upbeat report on Mitch Trubisky and Mike Glennon
- Rauner: Once analysis of his school funding plan is done, it will ‘carry the day’
- ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli found guilty in securities fraud trial
- Fugitive from sexual assault charges identified by Lake County residents after watching TV show
- With Nick Hardy out at Western Amateur, eyes turn to Cameron Champ
- Woman seriously injured during West Side stabbing
- Francis Kwong, flower and vegetable seed scientist with ‘heart of a poet,’ dies
- New Mexico cow shootings spark fears of serial cattle killer
- Column: Heavy July rainfall helps a gardener grow a green thumb
- Courtney Vandersloot’s double-double leads Sky past Fever 81-70
- Top Gunn: Left-hander provides stability in RailCats’ rotation
- Illinois lands commitment from 4-star defensive tackle Calvin Avery
- Will County residents balk at proposed yard waste burning restrictions
- Speak Out
- Boeing wins contract for two 747s that will become future Air Force One aircraft
- Colin Kaepernick’s polarizing story comes to Baltimore
- Ford to repair Chicago-built police SUVs with carbon monoxide issues
- Cool weather forecast to last into mid-month
- New Marmion basketball coach Tony Young has beaten long odds before
- Ask Tom: How does Chicago’s average temperature compare with the world’s?
- Mitch Moreland’s walk-off homer gives Red Sox 3-2 win over White Sox in 11 innings
- Judge allows alleged police ride confession in Merrillville strangling case, sets trial for next year
- Week in review: Northwestern murder mystery, soda tax confusion and closure for Steve Bartman
- Western desert communities mop up after summer storms
- Under Armour’s challenge: reaching women
- Hard to find reason to care about Los Angeles ‘winning’ Olympic honors
- Disaster command center shaping up in Merrillville