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- Chicago native Lena Waithe makes Emmy history as first black woman to win for comedy writing
- Shailene Woodley doesn’t watch or own a TV, she says on TV at TV awards show
- Emmy Awards: Complete list of winners
- Sean Spicer makes surprise appearance during Colbert’s Emmys opening monologue
- Report: Rolling Stone magazine to be sold
- Shrink at least 4 national monuments and modify a half-dozen others, Zinke tells Trump
- Sisters ponder forcing elderly mother to move
- Los Tigres del Norte y Natalia Jiménez en Fiesta Ravinia
- Morning Spin: Don’t send Rauner abortion bill until he agrees to sign it, advocate says
- Cook County’s social worker for the dead helps the unclaimed find final resting places
- For many Midwestern cities with shrinking populations, immigration is a lifeline
- Giant Abraham Lincoln sculpture moving from Chicago to Peoria
- After legal challenges, Cook County’s court for unwed parents quietly goes away
- Uptown tent city homeless move west of viaduct as city plans renovations
- Delays on Red, Brown and Purple line trains after person jumps on tracks at Fullerton
- Track all the Chicago artists at Riot Fest this weekend
- Delays on Red, Brown and Purple line trains after person jumps on tracks at Fullerton
- Our best moments of Riot Fest 2017
- Big Ten power rankings: Is Penn State still tops?
- 10 thoughts on the Bears’ Week 2 loss to the Buccaneers
- WWE announces the death of Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan at age 73
- Police arrest more than 80 amid violent St. Louis protests
- Maria grows to a Cat 2, nears already battered Caribbean
- ‘Stick to sports’ or stick to reality? Jemele Hill controversy highlights media issues
- Northrop Grumman is buying Orbital ATK for about $7.8 billion
- CNN chief Jeff Zucker keeps his network on a breaking news course in the wake of Irma
- The gender wage gap just shrank for the first time in a decade
- Neighbors shot to death in attacks hours apart and miles from each other
- She plugs into big data and gets free avocados at Uptake
- Chicago marks 500th homicide of the year: ‘It’s never over’
- Gobernador P.Rico declara estado emergencia para la isla por huracán María
- ‘Don’t feel sorry for me’: Home damaged by Irma, Jimmy Johnson skips Fox’s pregame show
- President Trump omnipresent over Emmy Awards ceremony
- McDonald’s to switch out Happy Meal apple juice
- María alcanza categoría 2 y su fuerza se intensificará en próximas horas
- How Betsy DeVos should approach campus rape cases
- Delays on inbound Metra line from Aurora
- Pets-a-Palooza teaches the power of positive training
- How a lawyer turned his homemade treats into America’s best-selling ice cream pint
- What do most mass shooters have in common? It’s not politics, violent video games or occult beliefs
- Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder spends the weekend at Wrigley Field
- Have some Halloween fun every weekend in October in Indy, save money on Michigan hotels and more
- Save-your-life test for $25,000 draws rich patients — and skeptics
- Chicago-area high school football Week 5 rankings
- Riot Fest 2017 coverage
- Much more going on in Chapel Hill than the Tar Heels
- Actress Amber Tamblyn: The sexism in Hollywood ‘is frightening,’ as evidenced by James Woods
- Monument to myth or history? Museum of the Bible to open in Washington, D.C.
- PrivateBank Theatre renamed CIBC Theatre
- Violent weekend leaves 11 dead as city marks 500 homicides
- Los egos de Neymar y Cavani, una patata caliente para Emery
- Why are elites rewarding Sean Spicer?
- La Villita fue escenario del homicidio 500 en Chicago en lo que va del año
- Ascribing meaning to bad weather a fool’s errand
- PSG win again but tensions simmer between Neymar, Cavani
- U.K. police quiz 2 ex-foster children over London subway bomb
- Community news
- Vernon Hills offers skunk removal rebates to residents
- Libertyville, Archdiocese willing to talk through land lawsuit
- Ring in the Jewish New Year with these Rosh Hashana specials
- St. Charles fire leaves home uninhabitable, but no one injured
- Maria Sharapova dishes on ‘tough love’ childhood and losses to Serena Williams in new memoir
- Ask Anna: Should I move abroad for my partner?
- Burglars crash car through front window of Bucktown store
- Summer temps a good fit for Clarendon Hills Family Fall Festival
- Column: Politicos taking powders as jockeying begins for ’18
- Former ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Kate Walsh reveals battle with benign brain tumor
- Foul play not suspected in Gary reserve officer’s death, police say
- Stevenson’s Alex Capstick, Travis Bronstein step up against Mundelein
- Prickly City- run for office
- Mexico in a Bottle returns to Chicago with dozens of mezcals
- PHOTOS: Ten Cat Tavern in Lakeview
- Equifax stock sales said to be focus of U.S. criminal probe
- Northwestern loses two cornerbacks for season
- Eighth graders snag roles in Tony-winning musical, ‘Fun Home,’ at Victory Gardens
- Report: More Park Ridge flood control could cost city $106 million
- Legal defense fund created for Michael Flynn in Russia probe
- White House, black college heads to meet amid strained ties
- Golf Classic raises $200,000 for La Rabida
- La Grange Park buries time capsule to celebrate 125 years
- Sea lice are disrupting the world’s salmon industry
- After 25 years, BG Singers group mark milestone with special performances
- Lo que se vio en Fiesta Ravinia 2017
- Protests after acquittal of St. Louis police officer
- Luke’s Lobster giving out free lobster rolls Tuesday to celebrate new Chicago location
- Cam Newton faces a ‘new normal’ and it’s been difficult even as the Panthers win
- 5 ways to boost engagement and productivity in the office
- The top 5 things to know about opioids
- Good health at any age: What women should watch out for
- Prevent falls this fall with a home safety checklist
- Dad bod: The new shape of sexy
- Clarendon Hills Family Fun Festival
- 6 ‘Dreamers’ sue Trump to block repeal of DACA
- Putin attends military drills that worry Russia’s neighbors
- Oak Park District 97 sells former maintenance building for $820,000
- Hinsdale Central homecoming a winning day
- Aurora library’s new ‘Heart of America’ mural to celebrate diversity
- Investigan el asesinato de productor de la serie ‘Narcos’, en México
- Deerfield to celebrate autumn with annual Harvest Fest
- It took Ken Burns and Lynn Novick 10 years to unbury the secrets of the Vietnam War
- Iraq’s top court suspends Kurdish region’s independence vote
- ‘Veep’ y ‘The Handsmaid’s Tale’ triunfan en los Emmy
- Calendar
- Corn and more: Event offers a taste of what Triton offers
- Man charged in string of suburban storage locker burglaries
- ‘It’ no encuentra rival en la taquilla
- Hinsdale Central homecoming parade 2017
- A visit to the art-filled Lakeview tavern that is Ten Cat
- La mayoría de estadounidenses no confía en Trump sobre Corea del Norte
- Camping World will sponsor Major League Baseball playoffs
- Suburban festival guide
- Cubs push back Jon Lester’s next start to Wednesday vs. Rays
- Pumpkin paradise
- Rebel spirit: Ridgewood celebrates homecoming
- Arts fest draws thousands to Mundelein
- Ridgewood High School homecoming
- Stranger Things-inspired pop-up will end after cheeky letter from Netflix
- Surprises in store for ‘Into the Woods’ at Metropolis
- Mundelein Arts Festival
- City to deposit $20 million in Chicago’s last black-owned bank
- Navy fires 2 commanders in connection with deadly ship collisions
- Linkin Park to perform tribute show for Chester Bennington
- We still have time to repent for American racism
- The class of ’67 soars with spirit at Lyons Township High School homecoming
- Pop! Con: Franklin Park library embraces pop culture event
- Facility for mentally ill inmates to open in Joliet
- New York exhibit allows virtual ‘interviews’ with Holocaust survivors
- ‘The Book of Separation’: On leaving a marriage and a faith
- Lyons Township High School homecoming
- Pop! Con in Franklin Park
- Catering to coyotes? Arlington Heights residents concerned about mysterious meals left at park
- Women’s fashion begins to face facts: Americans are getting bigger
- Fashionable fun in Oak Park: Belmont Village show benefits Alzheimer’s Association
- On a bigger stage, ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ is still a blast
- Lake Forest Symphony starts season with new director, more local concerts
- Woman accused of making bogus robbery report to Naperville police free on bond
- Mundelein’s Kyle Schaller impressive in football debut as a junior
- Fruits to fall for: Apples, pumpkins celebrated at long-standing festivals
- Higher SAT score, strong recommendations strengthen application
- Bring your grandkids for free to Northbrook Symphony concerts
- U.S. students in France acid attack show compassion for assailant
- Boeing could lose Canadian defense contract in dispute, Trudeau warns
- Junior forward Will Carroll puts in the work to spark revitalized Griffith
- Wood-fired pizza cafe blazes a trail through deep-dish country
- Te invitamos a Fiesta Familiar 2017
- Americans still love eating out. So why are restaurants like Chili’s and Cheesecake Factory struggling?
- A glimpse into the past: Glencoe Historical Society opens World War I exhibit
- Elmwood Park library plans Gatsby Gala event
- Abuela indocumentada de Chicago demanda al gobierno federal
- ‘Lady Bird,’ ‘Shape of Water’ added to Chicago film fest titles
- U.S. jets drop live bombs in a new, massive show of force aimed at North Korea
- Quickly
- Community garage sale turns one person’s trash into another’s treasure
- Loudon Wainwright III offers glimpse inside ‘the dysfunctional von Trapp family’
- Emmys 2017: Everything you didn’t see on TV
- Vernon Hills event encourages kids to unplug
- Park Ridge forum to focus on how schools are financed
- Speak Out
- 10 really, really expensive Champagnes
- Talk of the County
- World Wide Day of Play
- Tercer día del Riot Fest 2017
- 2017 Porsche Panamera is quick and nice for a steep steep price
- Looking for holiday bazaar information
- Wilmette community garage sale
- 2017 Porsche Panamera 4S at a glance
- Los republicanos reabren el debate sobre ‘Obamacare’ en el Congreso
- Oak Park police: Convenience store manager accused of selling heroin out of store
- Missing Beach Park man located by sheriff’s K-9 team
- How to keep school boards — and administrators — honest
- Emanuel says Trump’s unpopularity with Chicagoans makes his job easier, politically
- The GOP’s last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill may be the worst one yet
- Lake County Star Newspaper Almanac
- Chicago-area mechanics are back to work after new contract ends almost 7-week strike
- Local athletes help Schaumburg Boomers win Frontier League title
- Metra can pay its own way
- Women’s fashion begins to face facts: Americans are getting bigger
- Lake County’s first farm stroll brings families outdoors ‘to see where their food comes from’
- DACA recipients protest Pelosi’s deal with Trump: ‘We are not a bargaining chip’
- A final fit of hatred
- White Sox Q&A: Offseason goals, Matt Davidson and when team might return to postseason
- Utah cop who arrested nurse was previously reprimanded for sexual harassment
- 10 beautiful places to photograph fall
- Ex-North Chicago cop surrenders on charges alleging on-duty solicitation of prostitution
- Lake County Farm Stroll
- For Chicago warehouse owners, Amazon effect is already big
- Kitty Conley’s Scratching Post
- Barrington Park District turns to fairy tales for first ever ‘Princess Party’
- The freedom in forgetting football
- Man pleads guilty to battery in Aurora assault case
- Bartlett man faces burglary charges
- Local performers teaming up in Berwyn to be part of ‘Concert Across America’
- Waukegan District 60 reaches new agreement with support staff union after layoffs
- Who moved my cereal? Changes afoot at Strack & Van Til stores
- Mother charged, 2nd person questioned in killing of 3-year-old boy
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 19
- Can the war between red states and blue states end now?
- Lake Villa man pretended to shoot two officers and nearly ran one over: police
- Without Dembele, Barcelona again looking to mend its attack
- IKEA offers post-Hurricane Irma discount at four Florida stores to help customers recover
- Olivia the Ovary part of NU’s animated approach to teach reproductive health to kids
- European soccer: What to watch in the mid-week action
- More retail, new restaurants on the horizon for the Shops at Deerfield Square
- Jackie Hoffman jokingly screams, slams Laura Dern after Emmy loss
- Rooney gets road ban after pleading guilty to drunk driving
- Among the elite: OPRF honors 12 students named National Merit semifinalists
- District 225 officials raise concerns about future of state funding
- Bayern sweat over new Neuer injury
- Hawthorn 73 planning response to issues raised in community surveys
- The Margaret Atwood story of ‘Alias Grace’ gets inside your head
- Estados Unidos reforzará su presencia en Afganistán con 3.000 nuevos soldados
- Juez rechaza detener certificado de extradición de Martinelli
- El jefe de seguridad de la embajada entre los afectados por el ataque sónico
- In ‘The Rembrandt,’ why would a museum guard try to touch a masterpiece?
- “Soñadores” protestan ante Pelosi y le dicen que no son moneda de cambio
- Sin Dembélé, el Barca busca de nuevo replantear su ataque
- Former Bartlett star Vince DiNuzzo excited about drive at St. Charles East
- Ingredion CEO is latest Chicago-area female CEO to leave post
- Residents of all ages ‘Bike Arlington Heights’ as village plans upgrades for cyclists
- Rafa Márquez regresa a los entrenamientos con Atlas
- $27 an hour can’t fix Northbrook factory’s staffing issue, but automation might
- Our endless legal debate about campus rape misses the central problem
- Officials say BMW golf tourney offers local pride but no economic windfall
- Wisconsin governor signs $3 billion Foxconn bill into law
- Protesters make good on threat to disrupt St. Louis business
- Cowboys es el equipo más valioso del mundo
- How I used a haircut to teach my daughter about consent
- Archery range result of Hanover Township, Ikes partnership
- Which single behavior best prevents high blood pressure?
- Wayne Rooney se declara culpable por conducir ebrio
- Mattis: No need yet to shoot down North Korean missiles
- Longtime Wolves exec leaving to become Minnesota United CEO
- Megan Heuser makes sparkling debut as a freshman for Lakes with 18-0 record
- Trump says he wants a massive military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on July 4
- Why did Sterling K. Brown’s acceptance speech get cut off but Nicole Kidman’s didn’t?
- Derroche de mexicanidad en Chicago durante el fin de semana de fiestas patrias
- Hammond co-working business offers a new way to work
- St. Joseph boys soccer has high hopes after slow start
- Talk of the County
- Former employee sues Niles Township High School District 219 over alleged unpaid overtime
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Cross country notes: Austin Ohm angling to get Illiana Christian back on top
- Talk of the County
- Spring Clean-Up won’t disappear in ’18
- Schaumburg village president feels validated by being ranked 9th best place to live in U.S.
- Norridge pet owner found in violation of village’s dangerous dog ordinance
- City ousts relocated tent city; advocates withdraw bid to stop Uptown viaduct construction
- Chicago insurance adjusters are in demand after Irma and Harvey
- White people are really confident that things are getting better for black people
- Norridge dog hearing
- Corrections and clarifications
- Cubs Q&A: Albert Almora’s playing time, Kyle Schwarber and late inning defense
- Charter bus barrels into NYC bus, killing 3 and injuring 16
- Former nursing home employee gets 2 years probation in patient’s death
- Naperville cop injured while investigating home invasion
- Highland Park shuts off fixtures due to lead
- Derroche de mexicanidad en Chicago durante el fin de semana de fiestas patrias
- Apartments, retail proposed for downtown Lake Zurich amid trustees’ concerns
- Gurnee man killed in Waukegan shooting, two others wounded
- Kristin Chenoweth to sing selections from ‘Wicked’ in concert
- New report cites risks youths face when getting tattoos and body piercings
- Elgin part of regional effort to draw Amazon’s second headquarters
- Rauner boosting Amazon bids of both Chicago and St. Louis
- Beer flows during Main Street Oktoberfest in Uptown Park Ridge
- Haute Dog Chicago fashion show funds service dog training
- Mundelein puts historic Village Hall up for sale
- Main Street Oktoberfest
- Trump’s vile retweet shows he’s an abnormal president
- Espanyol beats Celta Vigo 2-1 to snap winless La Liga streak
- Emergency preparedness 101: Know how to protect your family against carbon monoxide poisoning
- Man held on $1 million bail in Zion armed robbery; police seek second suspect
- Church news
- Neymar-Cavani: A ‘war of egos’
- Irish dance, sports celebrated at Gaelic heritage day
- Illini add QB depth with grad transfer walk-on Pete DiNovo
- Y tras el asesinato de una joven a manos de un chofer, ‘Cabify’ refuerza la seguridad
- Los Tigres del Norte ready to fight for the ‘Dreamers’
- Mutt Strut raises $20,000 to aid animals
- New Lake sheriff asks council for budget leeway
- Alec Hansen, who led all minor-leaguers with 191 strikeouts, among White Sox success stories
- Aurora gives final approval to downtown mural
- Sarah Kustok, former Chicago broadcaster, promoted to Nets TV analyst
- Mattis asks general, deputy defense secretary to help determine future of transgender troops
- Interstate Eight breakup could leave Plano, Sandwich looking for league
- Aurora property owners keep faith with redevelopment plan
- Bond court gets underway in Cook County with different judges, new guidelines
- Dying Marquette Park man tells cops the name of his shooter, prosecutors say
- How many women run major companies? Not enough
- Golf Classic raises $200,000 for La Rabida
- Witnesses: Mom on trial in kids’ killing acted in jail as if she were stabbing baby
- Grandes Ligas cerca de nuevo récord en jonrones en un año
- Mutt Strut raises $20,000 for Animal Care League
- ‘M*A*S*H’ star Jamie Farr performs in ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’
- Puddles Pity Party brings humor, baritone voice to Genesee
- Jordan Howard off to a quiet start after superb rookie season
- Student douses self with gasoline at Geneva High School
- CIA acknowledges legendary spy who saved Hamid Karzai’s life — and honors him by name
- Shnay: Park Forest considers changing street names honoring Confederate figures
- Patrick Kane back in familiar territory — searching for linemates
- Donan $40 millones a vecindarios para combatir la violencia
- Senate backs bill to pump $700 billion into military
- Midlothian woman accused of hate crime found guilty of misdemeanor battery
- JPMorgan’s $40M contribution will test argument that crime stems from lack of opportunity
- Ask Tom: Settle a bet: Has Chicago ever had an 80-degree February day?
- Environmental, outdoor groups vow to fight national monument reductions
- Legacy of Elgin gifted school lives on at Batavia academy
- Palos Township trustee apologizes for controversial comments, invites dialogue with Muslim constituents
- Airborne irritant evacuates Andrew High School
- 2 Crystal Lake men killed when car leaves road, crashes into tree
- AG: Waukegan violated law in denying FOIA request about District 60 superintendent’s missing file
- What happened to the ‘Narcos’ location scout found dead in Mexico?
- Jury awards almost $5 million to three siblings shot by a Chicago cop
- Week 2 grades: Dink-and-dunk passing game dooms Bears offense
- Evidence of spills at toxic site in Texas during floods after Harvey
- Jason Heyward is still struggling almost 2 seasons into his deal. Is this who he is now?
- Well, at least Abe will be closer to Springfield
- Mike Glennon’s struggles could test Bears’ commitment to Mitch Trubisky plan
- Authors draw a crowd to hear scary stories in Naperville
- Joe Maddon looking forward to hitting road, going home
- Hillary Clinton won’t rule out questioning Trump’s legitimacy, pending Russia probe
- City likely to record its latest 90 in 10 years
- More Navy officers fired for collisions at sea that killed 17 U.S. sailors
- El gobierno despliega MÁS oficiales de inmigración en ‘ciudades santuario’
- EEUU cree que hay condiciones para un proceso político ‘creíble’ en Siria
- Cubs have no second thoughts: It’s Addison Russell at short, Javier Baez at 2B
- Lena Waithe’s historic Emmy brightens spotlight for ‘The Chi’
- Police: Witnesses ‘largely uncooperative’ in shooting of man on Aurora porch
- ‘Froyo’ and ‘Sriracha’ among new entries in Merriam-Webster dictionary
- Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott accused of quitting; Jason Garrett plans chat
- La población hispana alcanza los 57,5 millones, de ellos 37 nacidos en EEUU
- Equifax suffered another data breach in March
- New Senate health care push reflects high political stakes for Republicans
- Illinois man awarded $15,000 in lawsuit for flag-burning arrest
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 19
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 19
- Donald Trump Jr. wants to give up Secret Service protection for more privacy
- Girls volleyball notes: Taylor Duddleston eyes big finish for De La Salle
- As No. 1 pick Nico Hischier debuts, Switzerland’s NHL influence continues to climb
- Political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes files lawsuit alleging she was raped by Fox Business host Charles Payne
- 911 call about suspicious man was made by Georgia Tech student killed by police, officials say
- Protests resume after 120 arrests in St. Louis unrest