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- Woman’s search for love should start in the mirror
- 7 shot in Chicago on Monday, including 4 in or near South Austin
- The horrible truth about Kenneka Jenkins’ death: Alcohol was the culprit.
- Bidding high is worth the risk to win Amazon’s second headquarters
- Victim of CTA pushing identifies suspect in court as his attacker
- Hitch a ride to Mars on NASA InSight spacecraft blasting off in May
- Jesus Campos, Vegas security guard shot before rampage, appears to have vanished
- Eddie Olczyk’s return to broadcast booth while battling cancer will be ‘great for the soul’
- Chicago chiropractor kept practicing after license revoked, state alleges
- Emanuel may opt to raise 911, Uber taxes, setting aside council ideas
- Deadly fires ease, anger grows over Iberia’s 41 fire deaths
- NFL power rankings: There’s a new No. 1 — and it’s the Eagles
- Targeting penalties on the rise as players, officials get used to rule
- Canadian jetmaker Bombardier could dodge 300 percent tariff by building jets in Alabama with Airbus deal
- Nearly every modern, protected WiFi network is vulnerable, warns government cyber watchdog
- After Kirkuk, Kurdish forces pull out of more areas in Iraq
- Pipeworks plans brewpub in Logan Square
- ‘The Daily Show’ in Chicago dishes deep on the city
- Cirios, flores, rezos y música en Oaxaca para las víctimas mortales del terremoto
- My worst moment: When hubris got the best of ‘Survivor’s Remorse’ star Erica Ash
- Joe Maddon slashed social media criticism, but shouldn’t he be used to that by now?
- Mayors say many American families would be hurt by GOP plan to kill state and local tax deduction
- NLCS Game 3 starters: Kyle Hendricks vs. Yu Darvish
- EEUU asegura haber matado a ‘docenas’ de yihadistas del EI en Yemen
- New role leading women-in-tech group puts former CPS computer-science booster in spotlight
- Why actress Gabrielle Union wore mittens to make her Chicago neighbors feel comfortable
- ‘Hamilton’ star praises Chicago support as daughter struggles with epilepsy
- Walt Disney World offers up Ultimate Disney Christmas deal
- 20 hilarious Halloween costumes for pets
- Bartlett High gets $1.6 million for stadium seats, lights, press box
- Yes, the census is worth more than a Big Mac
- Jesús Campos, el guardia de seguridad de Las Vegas herido antes de la masacre, parece haber desaparecido
- Colin Kaepernick certainly seems to be the victim of collusion. But can he prove it?
- How do high schools keep spectators, athletes safe at sporting events?
- Travel Trouble: Hey TAR Aerolineas, where’s my ticket refund?
- Trips & Tips: 9 places to travel for Thanksgiving, Scotland’s Highland Games and more
- Fox filmed ‘Empire’ in a juvenile prison. Now it’s being sued by some inmates.
- Flu shot is key for people with diabetes
- ‘My baby, my heart, my niece’: Details emerge in fatal shooting of young mother
- Prickly City- a hero of Winslow’s
- Mike Clark weekly football video recap and lookahead — Oct. 17
- Got 10 minutes? You can do this workout.
- Baseball-loving brothers, now in 90s, were indispensable to Cubs, Dodgers for decades
- Haunted Lake County: Unexplained phenomena often linked to traumatic events
- Morning Spin: Rauner to start borrowing $6 billion today
- Teen’s shooting rattles a South Austin neighborhood: ‘This is a block you can stand on’
- Man falls to his death at London House hotel in Loop
- ‘Breaking Bad’ house in Albuquerque gets fence to block fans
- Carrie Fisher’s gross but supremely satisfying warning to a Hollywood sexual harasser
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 7: Adrian Peterson turns back the clock
- In Rogers Park, ‘a great deal of sadness’ after fatal shooting of popular teacher
- Heynckes back as Bayern regroup for Celtic
- Draw for European playoffs in World Cup qualifying
- Queda definido el repechaje de Europa rumbo al Mundial 2018
- Social Security giveth, medical costs taketh away
- 5 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Ratboys, Julien Baker, Girlpool
- Spain: Top court officially rules Catalan referendum illegal
- Syrian Kurdish commander says Raqqa freed of Islamic State militants
- ‘Helloflo’ is the period book your daughter needs — even if she doesn’t know it yet
- Coast Guard suspends search for oil rig worker missing after explosion in Louisiana
- Man dies after crashing into Woodridge tornado siren
- ‘The River of Consciousness’ offers another glimpse inside the mind of Oliver Sacks
- Woman charged with DUI in retention pond crash as son clings to life
- Park Ridge school’s kindness fundraiser raises $35,175; principal gets slimed
- Money managers lure millennials with low minimums, live advice
- District 225 again delays action on Glenbrook North hall monitor charged with gun crime
- Clarendon Hills dog park a possibility
- Chicago leads Conde Nast list of top 15 U.S. cities
- Harvey Weinstein: His cinematic gifts and his bullying sway over a Hollywood he fascinated and repelled
- Democrats’ single-payer mania is helping Republicans
- They’ve been building up to this: Elevate is a citywide festival of dance
- Morgan Park’s Ayo Dosunmu to announce his choice — Illinois or Wake Forest — on Thursday
- Maximum sentence for Lansing man in assault on woman
- Council wants more info before taking further action on Elm Street TIF district
- Forum 55, the Loop’s newest food hall, soft opens Tuesday
- White Sox manager Rick Renteria named one of most influential Hispanics in sports
- Packers’ Mike McCarthy bristles at question about possibly signing Colin Kaepernick
- District 225 board considers land swap near Maple Junior High
- Así homenajea Google a Selena
- Taliban attacks kill at least 74, Afghan officials say
- The richest people in Illinois, according to Forbes
- District 181 may limit transfers among schools
- Gold Coast mansion that sold for $7.5 million is area’s highest-priced sale in 2017
- Business lobby proposes removing ‘America’s Dairyland’ from Wisconsin license plates
- Business lobby proposes removing ‘America’s Dairyland’ from Wisconsin license plates
- 12 places to grab food and drinks around our favorite music venues in Chicago
- ‘Trailer Park Boys’ star John Dunsworth dies at 71
- Rain no obstacle for visitors to Winnetka police and fire department open house
- Are your plants hardy enough to survive winter?
- Finding an umbrella that won’t let you down when it’s pouring
- Prospect High School students among select group to pilot national religious studies program
- Y tho: Ask RedEye anything about eating, drinking and doing in Chicago
- Have a condo? Pay attention to percentage ownership
- History boys Italy confident of reaching World Cup
- Conducía ebria y se metió a un estanque, ahora su hijo lucha por su vida
- Elmhurst to spend $75,000 for downtown lights and planters
- Conte blames Chelsea’s injury woes on hectic schedule
- Beer trade group starts crowdsourcing effort to buy Budweiser maker — for $213 billion
- Trump issues warning to McCain after senator condemns ‘half-baked, spurious nationalism’
- ‘La Chilindrina’ protagoniza nueva campaña de ‘Stranger Things’
- No complaints filed during Lake Glenview’s first boating season
- Again Illinois’ richest person, Ken Griffin increases fortune by $1 billion
- Topgolf opens Orlando location this week
- Bulls and NBA predictions for the 2017-18 season
- Republicans want to put America on a road to ruin
- Company pulls Anne Frank costume after outrage online
- Sharing its ‘Treasures’: Oak Park District 97 donating materials from its former curriculum
- My sister bugged my teddy bear, North Shore developer alleges in lawsuit
- Benjamin Booker moves forward at Thalia Hall
- Debunking the ‘seasonal’ allergy myth and reducing exposure year-round
- Make holiday shopping for your clients easy this year
- Don’t get hacked! Time to get serious about password safety
- 5 DIY home upgrades anyone can do in a day
- Herbie Hancock keeps searching for the unexpected
- Fortune Fish hopes to haul in e-commerce sales with Lobster Gram
- Philippine military pushes to defeat last Marawi fighters
- Un sujeto ahorca y golpea a muerte a su padre con una pesa
- How a group of Florida tomato growers could help derail NAFTA
- 2017 Holiday Cookie Contest
- How soccer helped a Niles North student from Syria assimilate to U.S.
- Designer Zac Posen: New York trash has gone downhill
- Chicago named top city in Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards
- ‘Star Wars’ Han Solo movie title announced
- New Jersey dangles $7 billion in tax breaks for Amazon’s HQ2
- Fiscalía española acusa a Marcelo de fraude tributario
- Drink this! A smoky guy’s drink for the masses
- Matthew Doersching thrives in role as St. Viator’s primary pass option
- ‘World War I and America’: Events underway at Oak Park library
- Fortune Fish hopes to haul in e-commerce sales with Lobster Gram
- Diving ban forces Hinsdale Central and South teams on the road again
- Messi and wife expecting their third child
- Orland Park spelling bee attracts area residents
- Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lawrence join the chorus of women sharing Hollywood abuse stories
- One week left to enter Holiday Cookie Contest
- Marcelo accused of half a million euro tax fraud
- Football notes: Lake Zurich, Barrington near regular-season perfection
- Two guns recovered during traffic stop in Evanston, police say
- How the Cubs can win Game 3 of the NLCS vs. Dodgers
- Kate del Castillo: ‘Contar mi versión fue una catarsis, lo hice por paz mental’
- Chicago Fire forward Nemanja Nikolic voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week
- Wednesday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Blues
- Column: Rauner’s campaign fund transfers over $4M to state party
- Lawmaker: Scrappy the Owl wrong to rally for kneeling cheerleaders at Kennesaw State
- A major homage to master modernist Gyorgy Ligeti coming from U. of C.
- Paramount announces ‘Elf’ cast
- Two men rob spa in La Grange
- Las Vegas gets first pro basketball team: WNBA’s San Antonio Stars
- World premiere ‘Two Mile Hollow’ takes on the white-family plays
- Northbrook Fire Department opens its doors for community education
- Qué hacer este fin de semana en Chicago
- Youth social justice conference headed to Oak Park library
- Owen Goldsberry earns praise as Hersey claims MSL East football title
- Trump hails Greece’s economic revival at White House meeting
- Perjury trial for former Lake County coroner pushed back to January
- Fashion counterfeiter turned design icon Dapper Dan: Rappers gave me bouncing checks
- Cubs-Dodgers series splits some celebrity duos
- #MeToo , la campaña contra agresión sexual que inunda redes
- This Week in Naperville
- Comedy Central picks up comedy ‘South Side,’ will film here
- Oak Park Township to host prescription drug takeback program
- Columbus Crew owner may move soccer team to Austin, Texas
- Column: Too many false flags revealed in conspiracy theories
- Speak Out
- Honestly, I have no PSG plans, Mourinho says
- Arek Kleniuk steps into role as Rolling Meadows’ next standout QB
- Winnetka police and fire department open house
- Curlers upset with American Airlines after agent allegedly denies curling is a sport
- Appeals court tosses $72 million award in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder case
- McCain endorses budget bill in win for GOP tax plan
- White House says Fed chair search down to 5 finalists, including Yellen, Cohn
- ‘Ultimate Doo-Wop Show’ spins nostalgic sounds
- ‘Best and brightest’: Leyden District 212 students commended for academic achievements
- Victory over Islamic State is near. Then what?
- Sculpture gets 3-D boost with Valparaiso engineering program
- López Obrador y ex primera dama disputarán Presidencia de México, dice sondeo
- Park Ridge City Council to consider lowering fines for illegal tree removal
- Rain fails to dampen enthusiasm for Wilmette fire department open house
- Quickest ever Ford Mustang GT coming for 2018
- ‘No health issues’ for Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush, says Brian Kelly
- Work delayed on Fountain Square renovation in downtown Evanston
- Lockport High School may get rid of class ranking system that many say adds too much pressure
- ‘Dark and Swarmy Night’: Radio re-enactment troupe to perform at Oak Park Arms
- New Bull Kay Felder hopes to emulate Isaiah Thomas: ‘I feel like we’re the same player’
- Rain fails to dampen enthusiasm for Wilmette fire department open house
- Exgobernador de Chihuahua se quedó con vacas de ganaderos
- The cost of being uninsured
- Son charged with bludgeoning parents to death to stand trial Monday in Lake Superior Court
- 3-D art at Valparaiso University
- Naperville values culture, history over short-term gain
- Speak Out: People complaining about Metra rates should drive to Chicago
- Does Chicago really need a ‘world-class’ golf course?
- Cubs prospect David Bote named AFL Player of the Week
- Oak Park pantry owners appeal village-ordered closure after manager charged with selling heroin
- East High Football Old Timers host dinner
- How to deal with a stranger who critiques your child in public
- Periodista muere al caer de un piso 20 cuando tomaba fotos
- Baseball fans deserve more protection from foul balls
- Disabato: Playoff bubble could burst for number of Southland football teams
- In Palatine school strike, judge orders some employees back to work
- Harvey Weinstein leaves the board of his film company
- Sports calendar
- Taco Bell plans another ‘Steal a Base, Steal a Taco’ promotion for World Series
- The ‘Fearless Girl’ statue, Harvey Weinstein and faux feminism
- Chicago cop pleads the Fifth at trial involving mysterious shooting at his home
- Kevin James explains ‘Kevin Can Wait’ death: ‘We were literally running out of ideas’
- Drug industry swims in Washington’s swamp
- Cubs’ Ben Zobrist bats leadoff, Javier Baez on bench
- District 220 looks to join lawsuit seeking injunction on Hoffman Estates residential project
- A Google-owned Whole Foods? CEO John Mackey says he was open to such a deal
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 18
- U.S.-backed forces capture Islamic State ‘capital’ of Raqqa
- Comings & Goings: Kernel Sweetooth to close Frankfort location
- Crown Point looks ahead after losing to Goshen comeback in regional final
- Apesar del espiral de violencia, el gobernador de Guanajuato invita a migrantes a visitar su tierra
- Walgreens expanding tech office in Chicago, doubling downtown employees to 600
- Batavia sends Campana building apartment plan back for review
- Nekritz replaced in 57th, Northfield Township Dems usher in new leadership
- New fires break out in California as wine country fires dim
- Fox Valley chef helped Texas and Florida after hurricanes; now he’s in California aiding wildfire relief
- Tomorrow Never Knows Festival announces 2018 lineup
- Girls golf state notes: New Trier, Penelope Tir capture titles
- Man accused in East Chicago post office explosion called ‘a danger to others,’ denied release
- Football notes: Nate Ashford helps Waubonsie Valley take step toward playoffs
- The Russians pretended to be Texans — and the Texans believed them
- Crest Hill latest to ban sale of pets from ‘puppy mills’ after Chicago ban upheld
- Lake Council, others backing Northwest Indiana bid for Amazon
- Neuqua Valley boys and Naperville North girls take DuPage Valley Meet titles
- ‘Shameless’ stars arrive in Chicago to film scenes for Season 8
- Northern Trust names current president as new CEO
- Valparaiso gas station waiting for $25 million customer to return
- North Korea playing a longer nuclear game than the U.S.
- A cause for running: Naperville Half Marathon and 5K steps off Sunday
- Freshman Allyce Gaborik wins sectional singles for up-and-coming Benet
- Report: Illinois ranks 29th in tax climate for business
- Democrats’ obsession with Hollywood stars was bound to blow up
- Yes, Mr. President, the public is ‘sick,’ but not of the Russia probe
- Trump: Drug czar nominee, Rep. Marino, withdrawing his name from consideration
- Trump, GOP relations
- Quickly
- T.R. Smith won’t seek reelection to Kane County board
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Oktoberfest, trick-or-treating at Hodges Park; youth movie night at the library
- Vans burned in fire being investigated as ‘suspicious’ by Zion police
- Judge wants to hear from journalist about leaked documents in Laquan McDonald shooting
- British illusionists bring acts to Waukegan
- Shop around for title insurance
- Young families with kids helping reverse D203’s enrollment slump
- Broadway tour ‘Les Miserables’ riveting stage story of redemption
- CTU President Karen Lewis suffers stroke, says from hospital: ‘I’m OK’
- Apple flagship store, Mag Mile office building sold for $360 million
- Life insurance details to be allowed at trial of man accused in 1973 death of wife
- Slowik: Bremen Township squeezing youth agency’s hopes for a wonderful life
- Arlington Heights Village Board rejects downtown apartment proposal
- City fires 2 aviation officers involved in dragging man off United flight
- Spurs hold Real as City down Napoli
- Column: Roundabout wins the lottery for Fairfield-Monaville upgrade
- From idea to action, here’s how these influencers bring concepts to life
- Rauner borrows $1.5 billion toward paying down Illinois’ unpaid bill pile
- Empate del Real Madrid, debacle del Sevilla y pleno del City
- Facebook acquires TBH, an anonymous teen compliment app
- 10 tips to keep infants safe
- Make the most of your brain as you age
- Are You One of the 4 Million People at Risk for Leaky Heart Valves?
- Coaching your teen driver: The handbook (Infographic)
- 5 myths about solar panels, debunked
- Players impress Fred Hoiberg with attention to detail, not won-lost record
- Ex-Chicago cop accused of misconduct takes stand but denies remembering details
- Rauner’s tax returns: $91 million in taxable income for ’16
- Oak Forest native George Saunders’ ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ wins Man Booker Prize for fiction
- Ask Tom: Does Leap Day have any effect on our weather patterns?
- What was life like in Syria’s Raqqah, the fallen capital of Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’?
- Rampant Reds hit seven to silence Klopp critics
- Does Sunday’s road win legitimize gritty Bears as a team on the rise?
- Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli
- Where do World Series babies come from? ‘Rain delay was a perfect opportunity’
- Nearly 300 immigrants ‘finally’ become U.S. citizens in Waukegan ceremony
- DCFS director: Changes made after Semaj’s death will improve agency’s ‘line of sight’
- Aurora to use grant for Segways as feds link funds, immigration policy
- Roy Wood Jr., Jim Belushi, Kris Dunn highlight Cubs’ Game 3 VIPs
- White Castle closes Carpentersville restaurant
- East Aurora teacher crowdfunds for ‘traumatized’ boy whose ear was ripped off in pit bull attack
- Cate and Jenna Long the story as Aurora Christian rides high into playoffs
- Man charged in Tinley sandwich shop robbery
- Feds allege Matteson health care company defrauded Medicare
- East Aurora delaying step in superintendent search
- Javier Báez a la banca tras mala racha en playoffs
- Brandon Wimbush back, linebacker Greer Martini day to day for Notre Dame
- El turismo de Cancún apuesta por la imaginación para renovarse
- Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts on shortlist for next leader of Heritage Foundation
- P.J. Fleck keeping QB for Illinois game secret, but look for Demry Croft
- Woman who posed as drug, mental health counselor given 2 years in prison
- Health care, Russia focus of Raja’s first town hall in Elgin
- Chicago woman charged with Medicaid fraud
- Why Corey Crawford is the hottest goaltender in the NHL
- Exgobernador de Chihuahua se quedó con las vacas destinadas a pequeños ganaderos
- Still learning as he goes, Ron Rivera ready to bring Panthers back to Chicago
- The thrill is gone? Some NLCS tickets going for under face value
- Federal judge blocks Trump’s third travel ban, setting up another legal showdown
- What if the NFL were a diner?
- Portis manda al hospital a Mirotic de un puñetazo en entrenamiento de los Chicago Bulls
- Showrunner on Spike series ‘The Mist’ accuses Bob Weinstein of sexual harassment
- Did Columbia College alum defeat former NFL player on ‘The Voice’?
- Blackhawks mix up power-play units ahead of Blues game
- Irvin honored by Robert Morris University
- Roy Price resigns as Amazon Studios chief following sexual harassment allegation
- NLCS Game 4 pitching matchup: Jake Arrieta vs. Alex Wood
- Aurora police probe reports of shootout between cars before fatal crash
- Free trade policies increase abortions, spousal abuse, White House document says
- Oct. 17, 2017: Nikola Mirotic out with 2 broken bones in face after being punched by teammate Bobby Portis at Bulls practice
- Wade Davis once killed a bear — but is left off list of players likely to conquer animal
- Nate Zain scores as Naperville Central avoids another upset in regional semis
- Aurora man charged with producing, transporting child porn using Musical.ly app
- Mild and dry through Saturday, then cooler
- Former American hostage freed from Afghanistan rushed to hospital
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 18
- Jake Arrieta plans to savor his Wrigley Field start while hoping for more
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 18
- Aaron Judge HR sparks Yankees to 6-4 win over Astros, evens ALCS at 2
- Pemex despide a empleados implicados en robo de combustible en México
- Celtics star Gordon Hayward suffers gruesome broken ankle in opener
- Joe Maddon hopes walks by Cubs relievers take a hike
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 18
- Bipartisan deal on Obamacare subsidies stalls amid GOP opposition
- Daniel Favela scores in second OT as Mount Carmel survives Lincoln-Way East
- Illinois defenders Tony Adams, Tre Watson undergo surgery
- Fulminante reacción de Yanquis iguala serie con Astros
- Northwestern picked 4th in Big Ten preseason poll; Illinois 12th
- Twelve days of silence, then a swipe at Obama: How Trump handled four dead soldiers