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- Dodgers’ Justin Turner a head-turner as co-MVP of NLCS
- Hard part begins for Cubs after a torturous end to the season
- Losing no longer so lovable to Cubs fans after 2016 team raised the bar
- World Series repeat bid is history as Cubs end season with NLCS Game 5 loss to Dodgers
- Offseason issues facing Cubs include starting pitching and closer
- Los Dodgers entierran a los Cachorros y avanzan al Clásico de Otoño
- NLCS Game 5 turning point: Enrique Hernandez’s third-inning grand slam
- LAPD investigating Harvey Weinstein after actress in L.A. accuses him of 2013 rape
- ‘Daily Show’ quits Chicago, just like all the other celebs
- Kelly, whose son died in combat, defends president’s call to Gold Star widow, and slams congresswoman
- Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez had a lot on his mind after hitting 3 homers in NLCS Game 5
- Pollution killing more people every year than wars, disasters and hunger, study says
- Before execution, Alabama inmate defiant with words, actions: ‘I hate you’
- Los Cachorros se lamen sus heridas y se rinden ante la superioridad de los Dodgers
- 10-day Fantasy Fest begins in Florida Keys
- Adult is calling and texting young teen
- String of Bridgeport garage burglaries reported
- North Center home with penthouse deck: $1.6M
- From obscure to iconic, the rise of the ‘W’ flag
- Matt vs. the monster: An addict’s unlikely redemption
- Police warn taxicab drivers of Englewood robberies
- Apple’s new flagship store an understated gem on the Chicago River
- Republicans muscle $4 trillion budget plan through Senate, clear way for tax overhaul
- University of Chicago grad students vote to unionize
- Naperville ranks last among large Illinois communities for LGBTQ equality: report
- 2 plead not guilty in shots fired at sergeant, informant near Midway
- Morning Spin: Cook County soda tax ‘backlash’ will make other tax hikes hard, ratings agency warns
- Photographer’s death in fall from Loop hotel highlights risks of urban exploration
- Herget cross country teams capture state titles
- Win a tour of Tribune’s test kitchen in our Holiday Cookie Contest
- U.S.-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State in Raqqa
- Playoff tickets at ‘face value’? The Cubs have learned from ‘Hamilton’
- 7 pivotal moments from Cubs’ 11-1 loss in Game 5 of the NLCS
- E! cancels Joan Rivers’ ‘Fashion Police’ after 22-year run
- Americans are giddy about stocks again as Dow tops 23,000
- Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant came up small in Cubs’ biggest games
- Column: Sweetened beverage tax just too burdensome
- Annual Halloween Hoopla to offer seasonal fun
- Yorkville focuses on attracting businesses
- ‘I chose to stay home:’ Illini land commitment from Morgan Park’s Ayo Dosunmu
- Bryce Harper is a year from free agency. So what’s he really worth?
- Elgin Community College vying for $1 million Aspen Prize
- Taylor Swift’s ‘Gorgeous’ provides conventional pop song pleasure
- The new Apple flagship store: Own it before your friends do
- Video: DisneyQuest demolition
- Jet-makers like Boeing are preparing for a world with on-demand, pilotless air taxis
- What a mom really wants for her 43rd birthday
- Inside Illinois’ $16 billion backlog: What does the state owe your town?
- National parks in autumn: When and where to spot the best scenery
- New adaptation can feel uncertain, but this is still ‘Dracula’ for Halloween
- Retired ‘Navy SEAL’ praising Trump on Fox News was a fake
- Iran: A crisis without end
- Juventus leads Champions League prize money count
- Union cries foul after Palatine school district cuts benefits to striking workers
- Russia “would be glad” to welcome Blatter, Platini to World Cup
- 3 dead, 3 wounded in Chicago shootings, including teens hurt near Schurz High School
- Hodgson keeps Palace grounded after shock Chelsea win
- Author Marilynne Robinson fears the fear in our country
- Elgin police, residents share community conversation on procedural justice
- Neglecting iron can lead to low energy
- What would happen if Amazon brought 50,000 workers to your city? Ask Seattle.
- ‘Geostorm’ review: A tempest only Gerard Butler can tame
- UEFA punishes Roma for fans’ racist chants at Chelsea
- Prickly City- decisiveness
- ‘The Snowman’ review: Jo Nesbo adaptation melts into mess
- Russell Road scheduled for Nov. 2 closure at railroad crossing
- Breeding kindness: No animal turned away at safe haven for horses in Elburn
- Shout Out: Sarna Goldenberg
- Chicago Humanities Fest’s Fall ‘Belief’ series features critical voices from LGBTQ community
- There’s a N.H. presidential poll for 2020. Yes, already.
- Help Squad: Health insurance and open enrollment – what you need to know
- Conte: “don’t know” about Chelsea discontent rumors
- U.S. abortion rate falls 25 percent, but procedure is still common
- New homes move forward in Merrillville
- Contracts awarded to close sewage treatment plant
- Enigma Norteño quiere llegar a las mujeres y se aparta de los narcocorridos
- 12 s’mores desserts kicking fall into gear throughout Chicago
- Aurora set for vote on companies’ dueling tower plans
- Playboy dedica por primera vez sus páginas centrales a modelo transexual
- Debbie Gibson celebrates 30 years of music at Genesee
- Kane a bigger threat to Liverpool than Lukaku, says Klopp
- Lake County launches employee training center
- Over age 34 and still funny? Second City has a class for that.
- Chicago, pining for the Obama years
- Chicago date idea: Fall Fest at the zoo then pho
- Guardiola admits no date set for Kompany return
- Kenneka Jenkins’ freezer-death timeline comes into focus with audio, video, police reports
- Nighttime roadwork on Edens Spur to run Oct. 23 into November
- Places to go in Oklahoma City
- Beck revisits past on ‘Colors’
- You’re going where? Oklahoma City
- Sprint and T-Mobile merger timetable delayed, report says
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Iowa at Northwestern
- Keeper Burki signs extension with Dortmund
- For Cubs, once may not be enough — but twice had better hurry
- Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest winner and extras
- Quentin Tarantino on Harvey Weinstein: ‘I knew enough to do more than I did’
- Long-term disability insurance gets little attention but can pay off big time
- Hobart now owns land on Lake George
- Watford’s Silva wants to see “ambition” at Chelsea
- Service dog a welcome addition at Lake County office
- Harry Caray sculpture
- Can you teach a cell new tricks? Diabetes research aims to do just that.
- Cubs roster outlook for 2018
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Northern Illinois at Bowling Green
- Filing period extended for federal flood-recovery loans
- Davich: Innovation — and partnership — drive Cedar Lake couple
- Patrick Beverley shuts down Lonzo Ball, and then stirs up LaVar Ball
- The Chicago public health czar who craved celebrity
- Valanciunas aporta doble-doble y los Raptors dominan a los Bulls
- The Reality of Bone Health and Why You Should Take Steps Now (Infographic)
- Oak Brook part of state’s bid for Amazon headquarters
- 5 buzzworthy topics people will be talking about this weekend
- Climate change could spell disaster for coffee, but science may offer a solution
- Glencoe announces Halloween hours, festivities
- Deerfield police to begin carrying Tasers while on patrol
- Mourinho expects Zlatan to be ready by end of the year
- Construction begins on new Libertyville High School pool
- 16 places to eat burrata in suburban Chicago
- Fantasy football 2017: NFL Week 7 cheat sheet
- Naperville News Digest
- BBQ Pit offers old-school barbecue in Highland Park
- West Aurora District 129 hires administrator
- Keaton: Free health care, fun history, sparkling fridge – life is good
- OPRF saw slight increase in summer school participants
- Residents weigh in on Hobart bus expansion
- 1 dead, 7 injured in knife attack at Polish shopping mall
- Company boards are rife with drama and discontent as directors grapple with social issues
- Police: 3 purchases made with counterfeit bills in Glenview
- Bourbon County beer tasting yields new favorite for 2017: The Reserve
- New Harry Potter book takes readers behind the scenes of J.K. Rowling’s imaginative world
- ‘Primary English’ at 4th Street tackles translated cultures
- ‘Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween’ review: Horror sequel runs on fumes
- No bologna: Plano, Sandwich team up to host new festival
- Bale back in training, aiming for return at Tottenham
- Los niños de Puerto Rico siguen sin escuela a un mes del huracán María
- Hombre acusado de producir pornografia infantil con aplicación telefónica
- Se declaran no culpables de dispara a sargento e informante cerca de Midway
- Free whole rotisserie chicken with purchase at Boston Market
- Blackhawks allow most shots on goal in NHL — here’s how they can fix it
- Specialty running retailers look to new tech for better shoe fit
- Lo acusan de asalto violento contra septuagenario en tren de CTA
- Shout Out: Natalie Laky, top ACT scorer
- Study of police body cameras in Washington finds complaints against officers did not drop
- Big Ten picks: Beaver Stadium whiteout bests Michigan defense
- Blackhawk Park evokes memories of former school
- Health care pioneer: La Grange doctor opens membership-based family practice to spend more time with patients
- Charity’s promised back pay to Roy Moore was not reported to IRS as income, according to report
- Tourniquet practice
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: USC at Notre Dame
- Police ban PSG fans from Marseille match
- Down to Business: ‘Ever-changing’ technology part of today’s auto repair biz
- Tesla Model 3 is stuck in ‘production hell’
- Oswego salesman charged with sexually assaulting girl in Aurora
- Trump drawing of Empire State Building sells for $16,000 at auction
- The first thing we do, let’s blame all the lawyers
- Leicester players ‘want answers’ over Shakespeare sacking
- East Aurora High School briefly on ‘soft lockdown’ after unsubstantiated threat
- Pioneer meals of beans and cornbread still favored
- KFC’s Twitter account only follows 11 Herbs and Spices
- Michelin awards two stars to Smyth; 24 other Chicago restaurants honored
- Frederica Wilson and her fancy hats: 5 things to know about the congresswoman at war with Trump
- Judge expresses doubts about appointing special prosecutor in Chicago police shooting
- Messages to a man who wasn’t there
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus battles against breast cancer in new Instagram post
- Facebook, Google might be one step closer to new regulations on ad transparency
- ‘Two Scenes for Halloween’ in Hobart features creepy fun
- Police: No safety concerns as probe continues after Maine South soft lockdown
- Obamacare enrollment: Here’s what you need to know
- Willowbrook explosion
- Moran: Nov. 2 is hereby proclaimed ‘Fly the W Day’
- Resource agencies team up to help Lake County veterans in crisis
- Wine brings all the flavors together in apricot-flavored pork tenderloin
- Death of woman found shot in Gary home ruled homicide
- Why lend your own big brand to Uber? Bozoma Saint John seeks out the heat
- Retirement basics: Medical costs will be a big pill to swallow
- ‘He really could be anything’: Giannis Antetokounmpo is about to take over the NBA
- Leyden plans Halloween concert; blood drive set at Triton College
- La Porte County Orchestra kicks off with family-focused concert
- Sen. Young: More action needed to stop Rohingya ethnic cleansing
- Parents sue Chicago day care center, alleging children were abused
- Barrington resident organizes volunteers to rebuild Houston homes after Hurricane Harvey
- End of Game 5 sounded different in Chicago, L.A. and across the country
- Northwestern, Illinois games get new dates in 2018 Big Ten schedule changes
- Readers Respond: Girls in the Boys Scouts, Naperville’s LGBTQ ranking, more
- Teen Vogue editor in Chicago: Don’t give Trump too much credit for our success
- Les Misérables, un musical que no pasa de moda
- Shout Out: Judith M. K. Kaufman, journal editor
- Map: Chicago Hope Academy and 2017 shooting victims
- Slowik: Stage is set for state’s subdued bicentennial celebration
- Shout Out: Shay Galloza, with the lowdown on the hot Halloween costumes
- Death toll rises to 358 in Somalia truck bombing, the country’s worst-ever attack
- Keeping Spain intact
- Death penalty trial in Lake County, Ind., pushed to next fall
- Chicago’s trophy case: 110 years of sports championships
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- Suburban K9 biz makes house calls to train dogs
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- Ben Zobrist ready to make amends: ‘I’ve never been more excited for an offseason’
- Art Shay, a life in photographs
- Photographer Art Shay
- Photos: ‘Saturday Night Live: The Experience’ exhibit
- Photos: Saturday Night Live, The Experience exhibit
- Ben Zobrist ready to make amends: ‘I’ve never been more excited for an offseason’
- How do we make football safer?
- Pilsen artists open up their studios on their ‘quinceañera’
- Proposed sites for Amazon’s HQ2
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- Lake commissioners move forward with plan to better track incidental expenses
- 76-year-old Naperville man charged with DUI after hitting car, garbage can in church parking lot: police
- Chicago taxpayers should be asking: Are we getting our money’s worth?
- The struggle of the middle-class worker
- Teenage boy denied bail in shooting of ATF informant during gun sting
- A former West Side Chicago gang member now a life-saving community leader
- Provocative sculpture rejected by Louvre finds new home
- Bleacher stairs rise up
- Breaking down the science behind 1986’s ‘The Fly’
- Trump promises ‘biggest’ tax cuts in U.S. history as Senate GOP paves way with budget
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Illinois at Minnesota
- How I overcame my opioid addiction
- A suggestion for the 2018 Cubs: More rest
- Column: You can kneel during the national anthem, but it’s still wrong
- Illinois math: Higher taxes, fewer employers
- Chicago Public Schools enrollment drops by nearly 10,000 students
- UIC student beats the clock on DACA: ‘I cried for an hour’
- Cook County sheriff’s police come to South Side
- Entitlements in Puerto Rico
- Map: 33 Michelin stars for Chicago restaurants
- After ‘scary’ chest injury, Bears LB Nick Kwiatkoski nearing a return
- Brasil convoca a Douglas Costa para amistosos
- Prosecutors: 18-year-old fatally shot, beat man for bag of cannabis
- Deerfield launches social media presence
- Career politicians don’t serve the public good
- Guerrero encabeza a Perú para repechaje contra Nueva Zelanda
- Will Illinois legalize recreational marijuana?
- Sampaoli: La presión afecta a Argentina
- EU leaders struggle to break through Brexit talks impasse
- German Roundup: Goretzka scores again to lead Schalke win over Mainz
- Reeder: We condemn transgressions of politicians we don’t agree with, but tolerate them in those we do
- Networking night brings Porter County businesses together
- Aurora holds event offering resources for kids and families
- 29 Chicago coffee shops serving up great coffee and character
- Director: Early voting on pace for school questions in Hammond, Hobart
- Taking on Twain: ‘Is He Dead?’ set as Fenwick’s fall production
- Illinois welcomes Amazon
- Evanston police: Man had live surveillance running when guns, drugs found at his home
- Speak Out
- Saturday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Coyotes
- Fenwick’s fall play
- Women were marginalized in the 1950s, not consecrated
- Bears announce Kyle Long as 2017 Ed Block Courage Award winner
- ATM skimmers found at three Chicago Walgreens stores
- Community calendar
- It presumes too much to say slain soldier was ‘exactly where he wanted to be’ when killed
- Oak Lawn sets disciplinary hearing date for motel that trustees say has lots of ‘undesirable behavior’
- Church news
- Backup goalie Anton Forsberg has looked the part in 1st 2 Blackhawks starts
- Police: Three men attacked a man, stole his car in Oak Park
- Suicide bombings in Afghanistan hit mosques, killing 63
- Wheeling High School teacher, off-duty officer save referee’s life who collapsed during game
- May no force be with you
- White Sox pitcher Jake Petricka undergoes elbow surgery
- Deerfield church event includes advocacy resource fair
- Familias con TPS y DACA, bajo la doble amenaza migratoria de Trump
- Two Elgin nonprofits awarded $24K grants
- 70-year-old man left unable to speak for 2 months after Red Line robbery: Prosecutors
- Great news for road worriers: Teen driving deaths plunge
- Before another Vegas, ban high-capacity magazines
- 5 things to eat, drink and do this weekend
- Tennessee Tech recruit Erica Grant takes nothing for granted for Lakes
- Corrections and clarifications
- Corrections and clarifications
- Here’s how Chicago wins Amazon’s HQ2
- Sophomore outside hitter Briah Strezo provides the gusto for Griffith
- Oakton College approves $81K settlement with ex-employee who alleged discrimination
- Appeals court rules immigrant teen can’t be denied abortion; grants time to find sponsor
- Creative arts help veterans reclaim their voice
- Philip Chinn, Sears employee who had hand in development of what is now Willis Tower, dies
- Saturday’s matchup: Spurs at Bulls
- Chicagoland prep football game live streams for Week 9
- Carpentersville upgrades firefighting equipment
- TV Academy could boot Harvey Weinstein; new allegation revealed
- School District 303 eyes dual-credit course expansion
- Week 9 Chicago area high school football sights and sounds
- Disabato: Crete-Monee QB Rucker looks like elite, can’t-miss prospect
- Amy McCormack inaugurated as first female Calumet College president
- Murder charge filed in death of man, 69, shot outside East Chicago job
- Trump: Considering Powell and Taylor for Federal Reserve’s top 2 posts
- As Cubs fans mourn, a Sox bar flies the ‘L’
- County sheriff touts new command staff, culture changes in office
- Ask Tom: Why isn’t temperature corrected for sea level?
- ACA enrollment schedule may lock millions into unwanted health plans
- 3 men charged in shooting after white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech in Florida
- Ask Tom: Was the heavy rain in October 1954 worse than recent rainfall?
- Naperville auto repair shop catches fire, damage limited
- Former Joliet Central wrestling coach to be honored Sunday
- Watch: Boone Grove vs. River Forest
- Live from State Street, ‘SNL’ exhibit delivers laughs, lore
- Kelly might not be like Trump, but he seems like many Trump voters
- Gary finds no substitute for licensed teachers
- Game of the Week: Bolingbrook vs. Lincoln-Way East
- White House pushing for new concessions in bipartisan health bill
- 2 Aurora men charged with drive-by shooting at occupied vehicle
- Bobby Portis returns to practice, but Bulls road to recovery remains long
- Watch: Naperville Central vs. Lake Park
- Watch: Warren vs. Stevenson
- Watch: St. Viator vs. Notre Dame
- Watch: Maine South vs. Niles West
- Watch: Barrington vs. James B. Conant
- Man wants mom’s tombstone to say she ‘supported priest rapist victims,’ but diocese objects
- 2nd school forfeits football game vs. Hope: ‘Maybe we’re not reading the same Bible’
- Highland Park residents evacuate after sidewalk collapses during flash flooding
- 300,000 immigrants from Haiti, Central America could lose protected status in U.S.
- Here are the 10 sites Chicago and Illinois sent to Amazon for HQ2
- White House says don’t bash four-star generals. Here are three times Trump did just that.
- Amy McCormick inauguration at Calumet College
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 21
- 80 Beverly elementary school students walk mile to raise money to rehabilitate wells in Kenya
- With hugs and cheers, Apple store opens at site of Chicago’s first settlement
- Dusty Baker gone as manager of Nationals after 2 NL East titles
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 21
- Many Trump voters who got hurricane relief in Texas aren’t sure about helping Puerto Rico
- Ohio State University denies appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer
- Aurora set to vote on transportation center project
- Mild temperatures easing into below-normal readings for Chicago area
- Wounded Michigan vet gets student loan debt forgiven, but now IRS wants $62,000
- Cubs assessing pitching needs through free agency and trades off roster
- Gen. John Kelly comes out to defend a coward
- Lincoln-Way board approves up to $27M in tax warrants
- ‘Why do you hate me?’ black protester asked white nationalist. ‘I don’t know.’
- Hobart runs into problems from start in sectional loss to South Bend St. Joseph
- Kelly made false claim about Rep. Wilson speech in dispute over Trump call
- Hammond Area Career Center prepares new generation of students in skilled trades
- 20 years in, East Aurora district program aims to help students by starting before preschool
- Andrean forces four turnovers and delivers 10 sacks in stopping Hanover Central
- Will County pushes for control tower at Lewis University Airport
- Brown amasses 158 yards, 2 TDs as Roosevelt clobbers Bishop Noll
- Johnt’e Crawford runs for 178 yards and 3 TDs as T.F. South edges Oak Forest
- Brighton adds to Bilic’s woes with 3-0 win at West Ham
- Argentinian adoption drama wins top prize at Chicago Film Fest
- Montpellier continues good form with win at Saint-Etienne
- Speak Out
- Astros beat Yankees 7-1 to force Game 7 of American League Championship Series
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 21
- Shane Pedersen’s TD with 2:19 left rallies Lincoln-Way East past Bolingbrook
- St. Laurence ‘humbled’ by St. Ignatius in Catholic League White clash