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- Trump to extend March 5 deadline to end DACA protections if Congress doesn’t act, GOP senator says
- Controversial call turns tide in Blackhawks’ 5-2 loss to Wild
- EGGStraordinary ways eggs contribute to our lives (Infographic)
- NLDS Game 5: Cubs-Nationals recap, social media reaction
- Cubs advance to NLCS
- Missing meals: Making sure to get the right nutrition
- Cubs World Series trophy: The hardware compared and how much it’s worth
- Music’s in the air and everywhere
- Needle arts: The continuing pleasures of knitting and crocheting
- Use heart, head in charitable giving
- Senior golfers compete for the love of the game and more
- Active adult communities now — resales, new developments
- The latest in stroke treatment
- Party central: Tips for helping you plan the bash
- Residents take center stage for activity programs
- Fall activities offer many ways to enjoy the season
- Our toxic smartphone addiction
- Turn a leaf: Fall activities offer many ways to enjoy the season
- Home for the holiday money discussions
- Fans at Wrigley watch party endure gut-wrenching twists, turns as Cubs advance
- Cubs’ wild win over Nationals in series clincher proves worth the wait
- Cubs outlast Nationals 9-8 in decisive NLDS Game 5 to clinch series, advance to NLCS
- Cubs dig deep, show incredible character and advance to third straight NLCS
- NLCS rematch: Cubs will face new-look Dodgers team
- Boy’s body found after 3 adults slain; manhunt underway in southern Ohio
- NLDS Game 5 turning point: Addison Russell’s 2-run double fuels Cubs’ 4-run 5th
- Los Cachorros remontan y ganan 9-8 a Nacionales en juego 5
- Amazon Studios chief suspended amid sexual harassment allegations
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Northwestern at Maryland
- A game like no other sends Cubs to the NLCS
- Cubs pull out all stops to win ‘nutty’ National League Division Series
- Clothes Closet looks to help those in need in Aurora
- Internet matching leads to dog sitting
- Rotation, roster decisions await Cubs vs. Dodgers in NLCS rematch
- Burr Ridge home with elevator: $2.3M
- Morning Spin: Senate hearing on new U.S. attorney for Chicago could come next week
- ‘Buddy, you get to go to heaven first’: A mom works on promise to son to beat pediatric brain cancer
- 7-Eleven settles lawsuit with customer over soda tax charge
- Police make arrest in East Chicago post office pipe bomb explosion
- Ald. Ameya Pawar leaves race for Illinois governor
- Metro wins and ‘Hamilton’ loses in mayor’s proposed amusement tax
- ‘Loving Vincent’ review: Van Gogh’s death, told through stunning images
- Good moms turn to ‘bad moms’ for fundraiser
- Open House Chicago offers a look at Englewood — beyond the crime
- Outcome Health puts 3 employees on leave amid claims it misled advertisers: report
- Justice Department says Chicago violated immigration rules on earlier grant
- Forever bound by ‘shoebox baby,’ mother and nurse reconnect 12 years later
- Wrigleyville celebrates Cubs’ NLDS Game 5 win
- Photo gallery: Chicago crime scene investigations
- Amazon is making it easier for teens to use their parents’ credit cards
- Column: Persistence pays off for Elgin charter initiative
- To the average investor, Puerto Rico debt crash is more of a whimper than a bang
- Linkin Park releases ‘Carpool Karaoke’ with the late Chester Bennington
- Waukegan board member ‘truly a public servant,’ says official reviewing felony pardon petition
- 15 pivotal moments in Cubs’ 9-8 victory over Nationals in Game 5 of NLDS
- Cubs look forward to Dodgers series
- NFL’s Roger Goodell secret Twitter defender: ex-Fox anchor wife from Lake Forest
- Matteson 1 of 3 contenders for Little League HQ
- We felt alone after our son’s rare medical diagnosis. Then we found thousands of friends.
- Gary International Black Film Festival looks to grow stature
- 7 wounded in shootings in Chicago
- The rise of electric vehicles and the fall of gas engines is a matter of when, not if
- Uber appeals decision to cancel its London license
- Watch William Patrick Corgan perform ‘Aeronaut’ on ‘The Tonight Show’
- Asesinaron a integrante de Banda Cuisillos
- How drunk was the Cubs’ Game 5 win? This drunk …
- Prickly City- free speech absolutist
- Burbank police investigate attempted sexual assault of woman walking home from work
- NLCS preview: Cubs-Dodgers regular season recap
- Slovakian students see Naperville up close in sister cities event
- Hit the wine trail in southern Illinois, watch Jeff Daniels jam in Michigan and more
- Valparaiso elementary school trying to reduce homework load
- Prosecutor: No charges in fatal police shooting after chase in south suburbs, Indiana
- Prenatal multivitamins linked to lower autism risk
- Arcomusical brings Brazilian music, dance to Elgin
- 3rd party transfer deals ban upheld by European Commission
- 5 corn mazes to get lost in this fall
- Michelin’s Bib Gourmand awards go to 54 Chicago restaurants, with 8 newcomers
- Newcastle signs Merino to permanent deal from Dortmund
- London’s newest attraction, Mail Rail, delivers
- Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults are now obese, CDC says
- Will County debates behavioral health services
- Social Security checks to rise 2 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in years
- Sommelier Arthur Hon leaving Sepia, creating prime job opening at Michelin-starred restaurant
- Back from Las Vegas, Aurora’s Cross Man continues his mission
- Chicago date idea: Karaoke then late-night dim sum
- Tim Horton’s introduces ‘spicy’ Buffalo latte
- Pochettino calls Guardiola ‘disrespectful’ over Kane comment
- Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest winner and extras
- Shout Out: Cordelia Skuldt, Arlington Heights teen who helped organize BBQ for Lurie Children’s Hospital
- Arena resigns as U.S. manager after World Cup failure
- Bears vs. Ravens: On paper, this is a matchup Bears can win
- Sleeping in? Hinsdale, Lyons Township high schools slow to push back start times
- Microbes rule your health — and further prove that kids should eat dirt
- Five things to do in Lake County Oct. 20-22
- Learn to sing, the barbershop way
- Paying college athletes sounds good, but has anyone actually devised a plan?
- City Hall, use this delay to explain the Tiger Woods project in Jackson Park
- Saturday’s matchup: Predators at Blackhawks
- When government listens
- Italian police: PSG’s Al-Khelaifi put villa at Valcke’s disposal
- Michael Bloomberg is the key to saving Cook County
- New club helps students learn coding skills
- Women’s Convention faces backlash after Bernie Sanders lands a prime speaking slot
- Mulling over the darkest day in American soccer history
- Republican voters demanded tax reform. Congress must deliver.
- Aurora man charged with aggravated battery
- America’s obesity epidemic hasn’t budged, new research shows
- Guardiola aims for Mendy replacement in January window
- Son ya 31 los muertos por los incendios del norte de California
- As Cubs meet the Dodgers, thoughts are on California wildfires
- Mourinho relishing United’s trip to ‘beautiful’ Anfield
- My attempt at jury duty failed — because I’m a nursing mother
- Buffalo Grove teen diagnosed with POTS finds strength in washing cars
- Susan Collins announces she will stay in the Senate rather than seek Maine’s governorship
- Glenview woman wins $100K on scratch-off lottery ticket
- Bruce Arena resigns as U.S. men’s soccer coach after failure to qualify for World Cup
- Neighbors continue fight against community garden at Park Ridge’s North Park
- Why aren’t bikes treated like cars?
- Trump’s threat to NBC is the very definition of ‘Nixonian’
- Football is a waste of time
- Five things to do in the western suburbs Oct. 20-22
- Sex abuse trial again postponed for Naperville doctor
- Notre Dame at the midpoint: Improvement evident in several key areas
- FIFA opens investigation into PSG’s Al-Khelaifi, BeIN group
- Barrington’s Jocelyn Long, a Northwestern recruit, finds ‘second gear’
- ‘Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz’s home burns down in Santa Rosa fire
- Distemper quarantine to end at humane society in Hobart
- When faced with evil, Americans showed courage and compassion
- Pictures: Sebastian Inlet State Park
- Prevén escalada de precios en seguros médicos tras orden ejecutiva de Trump
- Unsafe at any speed: Driving with Facebook on the dashboard
- Why I celebrate Columbus Day
- Scottish side Hamilton in “difficult” situation after “elaborate fraud”
- Daylong #WomenBoycottTwitter campaign is largely symbolic and sorely needed
- Has Trump abandoned America?
- Will Congress now override Trump’s Obamacare moves?
- Donna Karan’s defense of Weinstein is taking its toll
- Who pitches NLCS Game 1 for Cubs? Jose Quintana? John Lackey?
- Japan’s Kobe Steel announces more cases of faked inspections data
- First look: Erdem x H&M collection
- Spain to face Costa Rica, Russia in November friendlies
- El príncipe Harry viene a Chicago para ‘darle una manita’ a Obama
- Disney World: Dogs now welcome at four hotels
- Disney: Kurt Russell, Olympian Laurie Hernandez help fill Candlelight lineup
- North Carolina avoids major NCAA penalties in academic fraud case
- Chemical smell at Loop building sends 6 people to hospitals
- Deerfield High School gets rainwater harvesting system
- 5 things to eat, drink and do this weekend
- Valverde: Barca visit to Atletico Madrid ‘just a game’
- Meaning in Reggie Wilson’s ‘Citizen’ is slowly and pointedly revealed
- Upping your laundry room’s wow factor
- 7 job titles that didn’t exist before millennials
- Asbury property owner wins subdivision after council considers flood control issues
- Jeanne Uzdawinis, ran popular Lincoln Square cafe, dies
- Lincolnwood woman fatally struck by car while crossing street in Niles
- ‘It’s all about Ben now’: Community supports 11-year-old who lost parents to domestic violence
- Friday the 13th: Here’s why you might be on edge today
- Arena resigns, U.S. federation head Gulati stays after World Cup failure
- FBI seeks South Side man in robberies in Chicago, Minneapolis
- How Naperville trampled on property rights
- Couple’s hobby turns into antiques store
- Five things to do in Northwest Indiana Oct. 20-22
- 10 things you might not know about shameless promotions
- Valley Lo Club in Glenview looks to add additional paddle tennis courts
- Chicago businesses space
- The Obama conspiracy theories just keep coming
- Grubhub grabs a piece of Facebook’s new food-ordering platform
- Church news
- Gary schools’ emergency manager gets $6.2M contract
- Column: Rebelling against my Apple devices
- Colleges using sober dorms to combat alcohol, drug addiction
- Chicago violó las reglas de inmigración, dice el gobierno federal
- Sleepless in Chicago 3.0
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Northern Illinois at Buffalo
- Stores weigh a Thanksgiving break before Black Friday retail feast
- Trump ending lower-income Obamacare subsidies, threatening the law’s marketplaces
- Elgin: EMSA building needs only minor repairs
- Who leads the nation in tackles for loss? An NIU Huskie, that’s who.
- Haribo, maker of gummy bears, eligible for $1.7M in state incentives for Rosemont HQ expansion
- Carpentersville’s inaugural Fall Festival canceled due to expected rain
- How to celebrate Treat Yo Self Day in Chicago
- Montgomery Village Board split on commission appointment
- Nick Schmaltz’s impending return should make Blackhawks dangerous again
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Rutgers at Illinois
- School District 308 looks at county sales tax option
- Fire Prevention Month good time to practice safety drills
- Former wrestler, third-party candidate Jon Stewart locked out of gubernatorial debate at wife’s venue
- Humane Society of Hobart
- Gurnee takes another step to get ‘all structures’ removed from Old Grand flood plain
- Gondwana: 30 años de reggae latino
- The last Cubs-Dodgers NLCS: A 6-game masterpiece
- Gurnee flood plain
- Se enferman estudiantes de la Clemente después de comer brownies
- Chance, Gloria Estefan to headline Obama Foundation concert
- Cedar Lake loses annexation appeal
- Porter hospital event aims to raise awareness for breast cancer
- 5 buzzworthy topics people will be talking about this weekend
- Parking proves obstacle to Merrillville businesses
- 4 students taken to hospitals after eating brownies at Clemente High School
- As the gardening world embraces native plants, a city plot undergoes its own evolution
- Police investigate shooting at Aurora apartment complex
- A billionaire’s quirky quest to create a mecca for Bob Dylan fans — in Tulsa, Okla.
- Bulls to close preseason at less than full strength
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- Chicago-area bank exec describes how Bill Murray berated his wife
- State’s attorney’s office objects to special prosecutor in Chicago police shooting
- Under pressure from Congress, IRS suspends Equifax contract
- Who will stand up for our property tax deduction?
- Wisconsin board to discuss Foxconn contract in private
- Sao Paulo lucha para acabar con su mercado de crack
- Column: Wedding lifts spirits
- How, exactly, Trump is trying to blow up Obamacare
- Smart, uneven ‘Invisible Hand’ is about the greed that controls us all
- Morgan Park garden lauded for helping make Chicago ‘beautiful’ and ‘sustainable’
- Game of the Week: Providence vs. Loyola
- Iniesta returns to Barca squad for Atletico clash
- Gardiner launches Monteverdi cycle with brilliant ‘L’Orfeo’ at Harris Theater
- Analysis: AT&T’s race against time to save its TV business
- Read full text of $6.2M contract for Gary schools’ emergency manager
- Melgarejo prolongs Spartak undefeated streak vs. Akhmat
- Techstars Chicago crosses finish line with more focus on founders at Demo Day
- New director, venue for Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2017-18 season
- Murder charges filed in shooting death of 20-year-old Valparaiso man
- Baxter says Hurricane Maria has caused saline bag shortage
- Las Vegas police now say there was no 6-minute gap between first shots, concert massacre
- Column: Big Brother tried to come for your soda — but it’s not over
- Fact check: Trump’s questionable claims on Iran nuclear deal
- Downstate Democrat candidate for governor picks running mate from Chicago
- Akolo saves Stuttgart in aggregate time
- Haunted houses in Chicago: Our top spots for 2017
- Beatniks brings thriller ‘The Mark of Cain’ to Hammond stage
- Ford offers repairs to address Explorer exhaust gas concerns
- Chicago illustrator and EDM artist REZZ build hypnotic world together in new comic book ‘Mass Manipulation’
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- Cubs win sets local cable record; NLCS pits No. 2 TV market vs. No. 3
- FTC, Illinois crack down on student debt relief scams
- Some charges dismissed against man accused of operating illegal puppy mill in Indiana
- Community calendar
- Column: Real talk needed to prevent future gun massacres
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- Watch: Marist vs. Benet
- Concert Association of Valparaiso welcome backs Lee Bognar Duo
- Police: Man accused of beating father to death in Logan Square
- Casinos post solid September growth
- Clarendon Hills Park District to spend $340,000 on Hosek Park drainage
- Gov. Walker’s son reimburses for use of Wisconsin state van to move friend
- Elgin considers lifting ban on ice cream trucks
- Watch: Minooka vs. Oswego East
- Trump reneges on Obamacare payments, portending turmoil for consumers and taxpayers
- Las autoridades lo querían como informante y amenazaron a sus padres con deportarlos
- Trump, unlikely religious favorite, hails Christian values, return of ‘Merry Christmas’
- Volunteers, businesses sought for Oswego Christmas Walk
- Suburban Chicago Republican congressmen back Trump health care move as Democrats go on attack
- Suspect in slayings of boy, 3 adults arrested while walking along Ohio road
- How will the Northern California fires affect the wine? Industry putting people first.
- Highwood may reverse duplex zoning
- Watch: Aurora Christian vs. St. Laurence
- Scott Elementary School educator fascinated by languages
- No viewing parties at Park at Wrigley for weekend games with Dodgers
- Lake County parents: ICE threatened to deport if son didn’t talk
- Watch: Maine South vs. New Trier
- Trump declares war on the Constitution
- Gary schools’ budget faces cuts
- Ryan, visiting Puerto Rico, vows to secure money needed for recovery
- Watch: Grayslake North vs. Grayslake Central
- Hackers have turned PolitiFact’s website into a trap for your PC
- St. Vincent gets personal on ‘Masseduction’
- Peña brace helps Rangers upend St. Johnstone, close in on Celtic
- Country band Rascal Flatts to open restaurant at the Arboretum of South Barrington
- Espanyol held to scoreless draw by Levante
- Did Chicago theater company co-founder win Friday’s ‘Jeopardy’?
- Amazon Time: Go for it, Chicago. Offer bold incentives.
- Miguel Herrera: “Si pierdo los clásicos pero soy campeón, lo apuesto”
- Watch: Lake Central vs. Valparaiso
- Rauner staff overhaul continues with a new top spokeswoman
- The inside story behind Bears’ wild two-point conversion play vs. Vikings
- Costa Rica visitará a España el 11 de noviembre en partido amistoso
- Fekir’s late winner lifts Lyon over Monaco
- Trump’s plan to end Obamacare subsidies stirs uncertainty in Illinois
- Oak Lawn cemetery hosts fall festival
- Skokie District 73.5 schedules dedication for new Meyer School addition
- Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame honor exceeds the dreams of Zion’s Ernie Brown
- Mexicans and ‘Hispanics’, now the largest minority in Chicago
- Watch: Naperville North vs. Waubonsie Valley
- México recurre al ingenio tras el sismo
- Judge in Chicago refuses to change ruling on sanctuary cities
- Northern Iowa recruit Kat Barr wants to take Antioch to the next level
- Trump threatens to pull U.S. out of Iran nuclear deal if Congress doesn’t heed his call to toughen accord
- EPA begins study of contamination at former East Chicago factory site
- Railroad crossing repair to close Winchester Road in late October
- Chicagoland prep football game live streams for Week 8
- Obese America
- Ample apple opportunities this season despite wicked weather
- Friends and money don’t mix: Money cited as a key cause of stress in friendship (Infographic)
- Evanston council, clerk at odds over FOIA policy after names of victim, child made public
- Trump is tying his presidency to the stock market. He might come to regret that.
- Palatine schools will be open Monday even if support staff strikes, officials say
- Disabato: Canadian Willis Griffin the right man to turn around Marist hockey
- Column: An unkillable version of the Cubs lures us into Cubtober 2017
- Trump sees big advantage in attacking his ‘little’ foes
- Column: NRA’s power comes from its numbers, not political contributions
- Boy Scouts to accept girls? Thanks but no thanks, respond many involved in Girl Scouts
- Emanuel floats $24M in new police training, community policing money in ’18 budget
- Week 8 Chicago area high school football sights and sounds
- Indiana lawmaker angry over gun control drafts bill to require licenses for journalists
- Bears receiver Markus Wheaton to miss Sunday’s game with new groin injury
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Utah at USC
- Homewood’s first microbrewery opens its doors
- Column: Trump, GOP seem to blame everything on Obama and Democrats
- $57 million grant helps city move forward with State-Lake ‘L’ station rehab
- California declares state of emergency over deadly hepatitis A outbreak
- Family sues Kenyon Woods, U46 following February assault in South Elgin
- Dean Martin’s daughter to perform tribute at Arcada
- Interior Secretary Zinke vows to end culture of harassment and intimidation in Park Service
- Obama Foundation releases its latest list of new big donors
- Letter to the editor
- Boy seriously injured after being mauled by pit bulls in Aurora, police say
- ‘A Voice for All’: Oak Park march to call for reinstatement of suspended OPRF teacher
- Priebus, former Trump chief of staff, interviewed by Mueller team in Russia probe
- Financial analysis for Andrean move expected by end of month
- Candy, a poem, a politician: 9 Things I Like
- Week in review: Cubs’ wild win, deadly California wildfires and Mike Ditka’s failed history test
- What’s next for Obamacare after Trump scuttled subsidy payments
- Cubs-Dodgers in NLCS: Who has the edge?
- Ask Tom: What does ’30 percent chance of rain’ actually mean?
- Huddle up: Bears have much to overcome against Ravens in Baltimore
- Former student accuses retired Evanston high school teacher of sexual abuse: police
- At first Obama Foundation program, a focus on the city’s youths
- Ask Tom: What affects temperatures other than an area’s latitude?
- Renewable energy grants could help bring more solar power to Naperville
- Pernell McPhee’s Bears tenure shows why Ravens’ development system works so well
- Police: Top cop Eddie Johnson ‘fine’ following ‘lightheaded’ stumble in Springfield
- Cubs vs. Dodgers: Chicago Tribune NLCS predictions
- D148 school board member resigns to take newly created $110K district job
- ICE denies threatening Lake County parents with deportation if son did not serve as informant
- Oct. 13, 2017: ‘It’s all about Ben now’: Community supports 11-year-old who lost parents to domestic violence
- Barrington wins MSL Cup with an assist from student manager Jack Davis
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 14
- Gun raffle protest
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 14
- Ill passenger forces emergency landing of Cubs’ plane in New Mexico
- Ill passenger forces emergency landing of Cubs’ plane in New Mexico
- Season’s coolest air to follow stormy Saturday
- Preseason: Raptors 125, Bulls 104
- Twitter turns over ‘handles’ of 201 Russia-linked accounts to Senate investigators
- NLCS: Cubs, Dodgers projected lineups, rosters
- As Lake County GOP raffle off guns, quarantined protesters look on from the parking lot
- Few took Rose McGowan’s claims seriously before Weinstein scandal. Now, everyone is listening.
- Police reports offer new details on investigation into Kenneka Jenkins’ death
- Trump’s blow to Obamacare jolts health consumers, renews political battle
- Syracuse stuns No. 2 Clemson 27-24
- Lowell goes undefeated and clinches conference title with rout of Hobart
- Chicago-area Girl Scout leaders unfazed by BSA decision
- Lake County, Ind., agrees to fund paternity leave for its workers
- Bulls finish exhibition season 3-3 after loss to Raptors
- Weinstein rebukes pile up; brother says movie business ‘continuing as usual’
- Oh, snap: Crown Point field-goal attempt goes awry as Michigan City holds on
- Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw not looking for revenge in NLCS rematch with Cubs
- Wide receiver Tyler Geiman comes up big on defense too as Zion-Benton prevails
- Pick of the litter: Tony Munoz’s interception helps LaPorte slip past Portage
- Cubs look ready to take off again in Los Angeles for NLCS
- State audit cites Munster for health insurance overpayment to former school board member
- Cubs put off making tough decisions before taking on daunting Dodgers
- México y Canadá seguirán tratando de salvar el TLCAN ante amenazas de Trump
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 14
- Cubs are survivors this postseason, even when they’re not at their fittest
- Running back Chris Childers’ TD pass powers St. Rita past Brother Rice
- 64-year-old teacher fatally shot in Rogers Park
- Justin Hall a 5-tool standout as Homewood-Flossmoor overwhelms Andrew