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- You’ve probably never heard of this creepy genealogy site, but it knows a lot about you
- ‘Caveman’ to offer comedic couples therapy at Jan. 20 engagement
- Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose enjoy victory over Bulls
- Annual ice-fishing derby raises funds for veterans, children
- Police: Boy pulls gun on classmate in New York, demands her Chicken McNugget
- DOJ investigations: 20 departments under enforcement agreements
- Families on CHA waiting list for years
- So how did Tom Hanks do as guest host of NPR’s ‘Wait, Wait’ show?
- Distant son ponders difficult family gathering
- Original Aladdin Adam Jacobs is coming to star in Chicago
- Morning Spin: Rauner: $50 million campaign check is about encouraging ‘bipartisan compromise’
- Morning Spin: Two years into his term, Rauner says he ‘will never give up’
- East Lakeview home with coach house: $2.6M
- Siri co-founder, a Chicagoan, faces same cancer as Steve Jobs
- Chicago home in Albany Park
- Man robbed in Little Village while warming up car
- Rauner to name former CPS chief Paul Vallas to board of troubled Chicago State
- Landmark moment for Chicago police as Justice report to be released today
- Trump’s Cabinet picks distance themselves from his controversial positions
- Man charged with trying to sexually assault paramedic on way to hospital
- Portage adds 2 cops, firefighter
- Friday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Capitals
- Half-brother: Beatings, starvation and isolation preceded Waukegan girl’s death
- Joe Maddon has the right idea with Kyle Schwarber
- AT&T executives met with Trump, but didn’t discuss Time Warner deal
- Iraqi forces enter Mosul University as battle to take city back from Islamic State pushes on
- Anthony Rizzo’s ‘Laugh-Off’ event
- With support from teammates and ex-teammates, Derrick Rose in better place
- Bob Dylan and the Band in 1966: A street fight of a tour
- In response to recent groping reports, Air India is reserving a women-only row
- ‘Urban Myths’ episode with Joseph Fiennes playing Michael Jackson cancelled
- Review: The Heritage’s two-chef team raises the culinary bar in Forest Park
- Universal sets opening date for Jimmy Fallon attraction
- Will you pray for Donald Trump?
- Chicago Housing Authority stockpiles cash, pays debts as families languish on waiting list
- Housing protesters arrested at breakfast honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
- Tool company consolidating offices with new Naperville headquarters
- ‘Chemo brain’ lasts for months in many breast cancer survivors
- ‘It’s inspiring’: Cubs’ Willson Contreras pays visit to Advocate Children’s Hospital
- Obama’s farewell speech in Chicago felt like the end of a dream
- In SpiceJet deal, Boeing scores a $22 billion win in market dominated by Airbus
- A bus that straddled traffic was supposed to solve this Chinese city’s traffic woes. What could go wrong?
- On jobs, Trump is setting the bar biblically high
- Despite doping scandals, Russia could bid for 2028 Olympics
- Pictures: Carnival Breeze
- Cubs Convention 2017: List of players set to attend
- A popular photo-op, but World Series trophy lacks aura of its counterparts
- Goodbye flu shot? The search for a universal vaccine begins.
- A May trial date is set for Hinsdale man in the killing of former pro athlete
- Prickly City flashback- sounds like a plan
- Why swearing at work is just fine
- Like it or not, mega-mergers must deal with Trump
- Chicken industry pushes against movement seeking lower-weight, slow-growing birds
- Iran approved to import additional 130 tons of uranium
- ‘Come Together’
- Carnival Breeze to sail from Port Canaveral
- Four shot over two hours Thursday in Chicago
- Review: Wood and Davis rejuvenate music of Gigi Gryce
- Alternate timelines and side-by-side universes no longer just for science fiction
- Spacewalking astronauts upgrade lab’s solar power grid
- The NFL is all-in on Los Angeles, but Chargers’ move is a gamble
- Man, parents face charges in Leyden Township ruse burglary
- Dan Jennings ($1.4M), Jake Petricka ($825,000) agree with White Sox
- ‘You have to make the world a better place’
- Is Trump steering automakers?
- Trump’s will be a presidency ‘like you’ve never seen before’
- Jordan Howard will find Pro Bowl in Orlando a not-so-glorious exhibition
- As term closes, Obama cracks down on companies
- Heading back to the gym? Here’s what you need
- Shops handle the fix for electronic devices
- Australian, Romanian tennis players banned over betting
- It’s not fake news, it’s web dung
- Animals born in Chicago zoos represent more than conserving cuteness
- West Lake train extension sessions start Tuesday
- Steelers reinstate assistant coach Joey Porter after some charges dropped
- Packers rule WR Jordy Nelson out for Cowboys game
- 2 page fact sheet of the Justice Department’s findings on Chicago police
- Ryan Reynolds named 2017 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
- Shout Out: Kathy Riesing, teacher and Arlington Heights resident
- Vacant seat on Yorkville City Council proves popular
- Read the Department of Justice report on Chicago police
- Watch: Stevenson High School Consortium Orchestra concert
- Pictures: Floridays resort in Orlando
- Arlington Heights police investigating theft of $5,000 in jewelry from rehab facility
- Driver of stolen SUV killed Wednesday in single-vehicle crash on Edens Expressway
- Elmwood Park Village Board sets stage for big Fight Night on Feb. 17
- Chicago native Jesse Williams to narrate special about Obama’s speeches
- Nintendo Switch off to wobbly start as pricing, timing unveiled
- Which Orlando resort is right for you?
- Fateful balloon connects 2 mothers, 1 killing
- Looking toward spring: native plant landscaper gives gardening tips at Takiff Center talk
- ‘Deadpool’ is creating a brilliant Oscars campaign about rooting for the underdog
- In Chicago and beyond, a movement to mark Inauguration Day with service
- First fan-in-chief: Sports and the White House
- Howard Park water leak now fixed after brief shut-off
- The xx flirts with dance music but prefers the shadows on ‘I See You’
- Liberty depicted as black woman on $100 gold coin
- Book by recovering drug addict tells harsh, necessary truths
- How should Trump help Chicago companies? Execs share ideas
- Pfleger: MLK would have been concerned about Trump presidency
- ‘First Date’ offers fresh look at age-old event
- R. Kelly says he’s not performing at Donald Trump’s inauguration
- Russian ballet brings ‘Cinderella’ to Genesee
- How to pick yourself up when winter gets you down
- Art takes flight with ‘Wings’
- Puppet theater show ‘steps’ onto Beverly stage
- The Chiefs drafted an abuser, who turned out to be a star. How should fans feel?
- Church briefs
- Singing, upholding tradition in Wilmette
- Love is the Key at Lyons Township Martin Luther King Day event
- Unique wine cruise destinations draw in a younger crowd
- Calzone & Macaroni brings the comfort
- Liz Phair, Ryan Adams working on a double album
- Portage police open doors for safety
- Police: Evanston man robbed pizza delivery driver using a large rock
- Casino revenue skids on snowy weather
- Dog sled demonstration planned in Batavia
- Petition to preserve covered bridge in Long Grove circulates as debate over future of bridge intensifies
- Bolingbrook village trustee in court next week on DUI charges
- Response times part of Merrillville ambulance contract
- Waukegan police called for incident involving kindergarten student
- Whiskey tops menu at Arboretum dinner
- Law enforcement trained on mental health issues
- Reeder: Reform is needed in civil asset forfeiture laws
- 6 more charged in Kardashian heist
- New beer shop owner asks Park Ridge to loosen sale restrictions
- Hinsdale development would make rules unappealing to families with children
- Trump Tower in Chicago, and what it could mean for Donald’s presidency
- ‘Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno’
- Park Ridge Chamber to host mayoral debate
- Middle school principal describes Cubs visit as ‘real magic’
- Zurich North America’s huge office has walking trails and a dry cleaner
- PBS’ ‘Victoria’ extravagantly portrays another young queen, but she’s a bit of a bore
- 2017 BMW 5 Series gallery
- Making sandwiches special, and fast
- Skokie man charged in March 2016 killing of his young son’s mother
- GOP caucus to fill vacancies in Porter County
- Evanston mayor, 5th Ward races headed to February primary
- Khloe Kardashian wants us to use revenge as motivation for getting in shape
- Man robs Oak Lawn bank, officials say
- River Forest District 90 administrators say water quality issues resolved
- Readers react: The future of Obamacare
- The myth of gender-neutral parenting
- Man injured during robbery of computer he planned to sell at Glen Ellyn coffee shop
- Dogs bring comfort to classmates of slain children
- Northwest Indiana leaders reflect on King, look to future
- Paul Sassone: Free speech protects your right to be a jerk
- Some Chicago hair salons are cutting gender out of their pricing
- 50 things to do with the kids in winter
- Vilsack leaving USDA a week early; no replacement named
- Judge OKs $4.2 million Northern Trust settlement with Michigan pension systems
- ‘Quantico’ star Priyanka Chopra ‘resting’ after on-set injury
- Cubs, Hector Rondon reach $5.8 million agreement: report
- Mike Haley, an original ‘Bleacher Bum’ beloved by Cubs fans and players, dies
- Baxter unit to pay $18 million over alleged drug manufacturing violation
- Goldfish Swim School to open new location in Arlington Heights
- Bush twins write touching letter to Sasha and Malia Obama about life after White House
- Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo clowns around at Laugh-Off event
- Shout Out: Roni Akurati, a Lake Zurich teenager starring in his first feature film
- Bulls’ Doug McDermott insists his confidence is fine during slump
- 3rd annual restaurant week set in Geneva
- Highland Park bans coal tar sealants
- Speak Out: Rauner has responsibility to work with Emanuel on Chicago violence
- Column: Why do we report some suicides but not others?
- Mego: Housing amenities to benefit seniors something we can all get behind
- Kids take part in course on programming Xbox games
- Flap over Ferguson painting: Beware politicians who try to be art critics
- Proposed Aurora rule would allow sale of homemade baked goods
- Inaugural concert to feature Toby Keith, Jennifer Holliday
- Woman pleads not guilty in robbery of elderly Aurora resident
- How Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration Day went off the rails
- Teens cited for trespassing after one gets trapped in cell at shuttered prison
- Man charged with trying to meet up with 11-year-old says search of car illegal
- Harwood Heights police adding 6 automatic external defibrillators
- Steelers-Chiefs moved to primetime because of ice storm in Kansas City
- Clarendon Hills Village Board election missing citizens’ group candidates
- Aurora police investigating spate of East Side vandalism
- District 34 board hires new superintendent
- Orland Park re-christens fitness center
- Naperville man accused of being sexual predator
- Niles video gambling ordinance tweaked based on demand
- Oswego looks at pension option for village employees who are veterans
- Full text of lawsuit against Chicago police over ‘Stingray’ cellphone surveillance
- Review: ‘What of the Night?’ is a heavy and important 3 hours
- Chicago lawyer files federal lawsuit over police cellphone tracking system
- Steve Harvey meets with President-elect Trump about housing and inner-city issues
- Illinois’ biggest state worker union schedules strike-authorization vote
- Public comment encouraged for heritage area plan
- Car crashes into side of Park Ridge house
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- Treasure Chest uses toys to ease pain when kids go through cancer treatments
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- Portage Township inks deal with new superintendent
- Fast transit facts: Answers to your burning CTA-related questions
- Evanston/Skokie School District 65 lunchroom aide charged with battery involving student
- Lemont Catholic school meets fundraising goal to stay open
- South Elgin man gets prison for gun possession
- Down to Business: Barber shops may be traditional but they’re not old-fashioned, owner says
- Obama Foundation reports increase in donors
- Community calendar
- Letters to the editor: Aurora mayor race, guns and the cost of children
- Differences that once were appealing may lead to problems in a marriage
- Real estate market ends 2016 with growth in new homes, sales
- Paris meeting marks end to Obama’s failed Mideast diplomacy
- Letters to the editor: Gail Borden board race, U46 busing, cost of raising children
- Robotics team to host tournament at Griffith
- Ben Carson should approach HUD the way he did medicine: First do no harm
- Budget woes trickle down to municipalities
- Highland Park preservationists delay demo on Laurel Avenue home
- Q&A with Clinton Kelly
- ‘I felt like I won the lottery’: Norwood Park fire chief reflects on career as retirement nears
- Gallo withdraws from Hinsdale High School District 86 Board race
- Rahm demands to know who is in charge around here!
- Volunteers gear up to take homeless count in Lake County
- Waitresses of former Village Bar and Grill in Buffalo Grove claim they never received final paychecks
- Plywood falling onto heater sparks Naperville townhouse fire
- Citing Russian meddling, Rep. John Lewis says Trump not a ‘legitimate president’
- Rail union rejects agreement on Second Chance jobs program for felons: CTA
- Shout Out: Joe Marchfield, Skokie’s electric bicycle maker
- Lyons Township High School Martin Luther King Jr. event
- Letters to the editor: The cost of raising children
- Oak Park School District 97 to have pair of referendum questions on ballot
- Dismissal of murder charge bid denied in ’80 cop killing
- Economists: Chargers’ move to Los Angeles might hurt NFL, benefit taxpayers
- Green Day confirms Wrigley Field stop as part of summer tour
- Carson Newsome’s big second half helps Waukegan hold off Warren
- More Lake County departments should implement body cameras
- Takata agrees to guilty plea, will pay $1B for hiding air bag inflator defect
- Paul Zipser lauded by Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg after surprise first start
- OPRF celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Moran: Cubs’ trophy tour considering Waukegan stop?
- Batavia School Board concerned about cost of consulting contract
- Naperville News Digest: Fire department to begin physical ability testing, no DUI arrests over holidays
- Girls basketball notes: Antioch’s Ashley Reiser picks up scoring pace
- Prosecutors: Man tries to solicit murders of girl, 15, and mom who accused him of sex abuse
- Punch Out raises $10,000 to help people with Parkinson’s
- Clemency for Leonard Peltier? Never
- MLK’s legacy connects with Aurora students
- Blanks: Martin Luther King Jr. and the children’s crusade
- Have crowdfunding requests become the new lottery ticket?
- Prosecutors ask for life sentence in Waukegan girl’s beating death
- Donald Trump will continue long association of sports and the White House
- Former auditor asked to repay county funds
- 5 smart money-saving travel strategies
- Trump Tower in Chicago, and what it could mean for the Donald’s presidency
- How to pick a tree that won’t grow too wide for your yard
- White Sox settle on contracts with Todd Frazier, four others
- Another new retail/office building proposed for Water Street
- Ask Tom: What are the historical high, low levels of Lake Michigan?
- Providers urge state to restore funding for domestic violence services
- Shannon Ryan gets up to speed in North Central College’s loss to Augustana
- Tri-Cities Little League officials hope to light up the fields
- North Chicago fire victim rescued through window
- Disabato: Long odds no match for Homewood-Flossmoor’s Tyler DeMarta
- How parents can survive the $233,610 cost of raising a child
- Joel Quenneville on arguing with officials: ‘I’ve mellowed out’
- Zion man guilty of drug-induced homicide in woman’s heroin overdose
- VFW halls are changing, but veteran-focused purpose remains
- Woman, ex-boyfriend accused of fatally shooting dog, staging home invasion
- ‘We have to do this kind of thing in small-town America’: BP protesters celebrate ‘Whiting 41’
- Maine South kicker Sean McNulty chooses Army
- CPS orders 4 unpaid furlough days for all employees
- Volunteers brave cold to restore forest preserve
- Trump team to remove commander of D.C.’s National Guard in middle of inauguration
- Valentine’s dinner planned by Kane County Cougars
- Investigation of mom who killed kids, self continues amid outpouring of grief
- IHSAA bans Bowman from playoffs till 2018 for basketball violations
- 2 denied bail in 2015 fatal shooting on West Side
- Woman testifies ex-boyfriend wanted her to destroy bloody shirt
- An open letter to a distant dream
- DeKalb judge asked to hear Kendall County circuit clerk’s battery case
- Chicago State sledgehammer: Can Paul Vallas save the struggling university?
- District 308 board takes final step authorizing bond issue
- Woman stolen at birth learns true identity; ‘Momma’ charged
- Senate intelligence panel to examine possible campaign links with Russia
- Aurora mayor candidate Chapa LaVia announces economic plan
- Finch Beer moving into Like Minds brewery while Like Minds heads to Milwaukee
- Jake Arrieta, Cubs settle on 1-year, $15.6375 million contract
- Department of Justice report on Chicago police names problems. Now it’s time to tame them.
- Major crimes, including 2008 Lane Bryant slayings, focus of task force’s work
- ‘Exorcist’ author William Peter Blatty dead at 89
- A stinging rebuke of Chicago police misconduct, and a chance to fix the damage
- Church news
- Eric Garner, New York police case in limbo with Lynch leaving Justice Department
- Liquor licenses suspended for 3 Huntley businesses
- 2018 Neighbors’ Choice – Lake County
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- Capitals 6, Blackhawks 0
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- Lockport Township opens new office with plans to expand community events
- Naperville man guilty in theft that led to 5-car police chase, crash
- Who shaped cop culture laid out in DOJ report? They weren’t saints.
- As food allergies spread, a push to raise awareness among students
- Local schools have mixed reactions to bill that would require lead testing
- Democrats accuse FBI’s Comey of stonewalling on Trump-Russia ties
- The Heritage raises the bar
- Drop in weekend violence in Chicago: 2 dead, 7 wounded
- Man convicted in Carpentersville drug deal sentenced to 34 years
- Frankfort in no rush for term limits referendum
- Neighbors’ Choice Awards
- Leader’s return puts Aurora homeless shelter back on course
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- Chargers announce hiring of Anthony Lynn as new head coach
- Court records: Arrest warrant issued for slain congressional aide’s son
- House takes first step toward gutting Obamacare but faces steep challenge to replace law
- What are your business campaigns for 2017?
- Trump’s business ties prompt showdown between ethics office, Republicans
- When mothers kill kids, twisted altruism may be factor, experts say
- Cubs fans gush appreciation for World Series title at annual convention
- Advisory referendum on U46 property taxes up for vote in Wayne
- Trump’s education pick Betsy DeVos omitted $125,000 anti-union donation from disclosure form
- Friday’s recap: Capitals 6, Blackhawks 0
- No unauthorized immigrants? Manufacturing, hospitality workforces would struggle
- Tinley Park panel approves enhancement plan for wireless service
- Lake Zurich, ‘still learning,’ focuses on minimizing mistakes
- Tribune investigations of Chicago police highlight similar themes as DOJ report
- Cubs’ Addison Russell still absorbing and enjoying World Series title
- Yorkville doctor not guilty on sex assault count, could face more trials
- Warmer in Chicago; ice storm continues to south
- Justice report rips Chicago police for excessive force, lax discipline, bad training
- Bill aims to push for voting precinct consolidation
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 14
- Trump’s national security adviser in frequent contact with Russian ambassador
- David Ross set for new role as special assistant with Cubs
- Lucasfilm says no plans to digitize Carrie Fisher in future ‘Star Wars’ films
- Community briefs
- Propane idea for public fleets should ignite locally
- Jalen Lee a floor general, leads in third quarter as Bloom beats Crete-Monee
- Right to privacy is pitted against crime concerns
- Justice report questions Emanuel police changes
- All decked out: Ken Decker scores career high as Crown Point edges Merrillville
- LaDerrick Williams steps up late as Griffith rallies to down Lowell
- Blackhawks fall 6-0 to Capitals in their most lopsided loss since 2011
- Tyler Cochran shines as No. 3 Bolingbrook outlasts No. 12 Homewood-Flossmoor
- Obama as symbol of hope, possibility for blacks, key to racial legacy, scholars say
- Raegan Walther leads way as Kankakee Valley races past Hebron
- Night and day: Adrian Casaday’s three with 3.4 seconds left lifts Valparaiso
- Justin Brown’s double-double powers unbeaten Marist past Marian Catholic
- Local roundup: Jeffrey Boyd gives big effort, but H-F bows to Bolingbrook
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 14
- Carmel charges back to defeat Nazareth for first ESCC win