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- Trump administration may sharply limit ACA’s contraception coverage mandate
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- Blackhawks off to a blistering start with 10-1 rout of defending champs Penguins
- Blackhawks show they are still a major force with season-opening romp over Penguins
- Trump expected to declare that Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest
- Walk on, Chicago
- Soda tax: How the board voted last time, where they stand now
- Linea Chicago
- The Next MBA? Young Professionals Find Versatility in a Policy Degree
- Trump Jr. defends dad’s ‘both sides’ Charlottesville stance, blames criticism on universities, media
- 4 arrested in Southern Illinois on charges of torturing, killing piglets
- Everything but the action: A look back at the Cubs Regular Season
- Big-box shopper has a very bad day
- Mujeres de Copoya ganan primer Premio al Mérito de la Gastronomía Mexicana
- Does Chicago really need more police officers?
- Nonprofit puts workers on track for higher earnings, job retention, report shows
- Contemporary home with Lake Michigan views: $1.8M
- Hate the soda tax? Then ‘just say no’ to sugar
- What Chicago can learn from cleaning its river
- Your newest benefit: Bereavement leave for a family pet
- After a journey to Las Vegas ends in sorrow, a brotherly bond endures
- Chicago’s rats are out of control
- The post-mass shooting script
- After World Series, Cubs fans cautiously embrace winning tradition
- How to save Illinois’ public universities
- Guns, like cigarettes, are legal products that kill people. That’s not OK
- Man dropped gun onto Red Line tracks, police say
- Photo gallery: Chicago crime scene investigations
- Rauner unsure state has enough money to kick in for Obama center
- Report: Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s chartered flight from D.C. to New York cost $15,112
- Las Vegas gunman booked Chicago hotel rooms overlooking Lollapalooza: sources
- Chicago confronts security challenge of Marathon and Cubs, Bears games days after Vegas massacre
- Firm behind Fearless Girl statue to pay $5 million settlement for underpaying female execs
- Highland Park deli co-owner to leave family business after Vegas shooting tweet sparks outrage
- After shooting, suburban school forfeits football game at West Side field
- ‘A new extreme’ for the sharing economy: Shoe rentals
- Column: Elgin survey shows room for improvement
- Even the NRA sees a problem with bump stocks
- Rick and Morty fans, McDonald’s Szechuan dipping sauce is back for 1 day only!
- Living a charmed life in academia is pure fantasy
- Amid state budget stalemate, Metra’s labor costs rose 32 percent in effort to maintain aging equipment
- Mattel cancels plans for a kid-focused AI device that drew privacy concerns
- Help Squad: Do gift cards ever actually expire? It depends …
- Brandon Saad becomes second Blackhawks player to score hat trick in season opener
- Nate apunta a México y EEUU tras dejar al menos 22 muertos en Centroamérica
- South Elgin angler on quest for musky
- Lin-Manuel Miranda releases star-studded song to help Puerto Rico
- The GOP’s silence on gun control insults the dead
- Prickly City- silly facts
- John Daley flips on soda tax, boosting repeal effort
- Family of Aurora man who was killed offers forgiveness, seeks closure
- Heynckes expected return to Bayern delayed
- Why evangelicals still support Trump
- Srecko Katanec to step down as Slovenia coach
- Barcelona gives lifetime contract to Andres Iniesta
- If Las Vegas shooting has you trapped in repeat, look to Jimmy Kimmel
- Royal Caribbean faces class-action lawsuit after Hurricane Harvey
- Ohio State students to get iPads under deal with Apple
- Beyond Three Floyds: 5 northwest Indiana breweries worth your time
- Bayern officialize Heynckes return for fourth stint
- Breweries of northwest Indiana
- A landscaper’s ‘hire American’ plan ended with bringing in Mexican workers to finish the job
- Founded in a suburban basement four years ago, Chicago-based RXBar sells to Kellogg for $600 million
- Revered images paraded through Back of the Yards
- Trips & tips: Hiking the Swiss Alps, hitting the books at Oxford and more
- After accusations Hollywood asks: Is Harvey Weinstein done?
- FEMA removes statistics about drinking water access, electricity in Puerto Rico from website
- Migrant worker challenges
- Should you use protein powders? It’s complicated.
- Kross returns to Madrid to fully heal rib injury
- Navy officer fights for right to try unproven drugs before dying
- ‘Chasing the Blues’ is a movie that should be filmed in Chicago — and so it was
- France aim to shake off 1994 ghosts in Bulgaria
- Take a look inside BLVD
- Iowa offers example of how Trump administration keeps cutting federal support for Obamacare
- ‘Disposable’ women? TV wives keep dying on shows centered on male actors
- At BLVD, you’ll find approachable fine dining in a glamorous setting
- Ricardo Carvalho handed 7-month tax fraud sentence
- Chicago date idea: Architecture exhibit then Frank Lloyd Wright bar
- Shout Out: Dr. Robert Albrecht, an ophthalmologist in Barrington
- ‘A gateway into Oak Park’: Parks foundation unveils sculpture at gymnastics center
- Weekend cheat sheet: 5 buzzworthy topics people will be talking about
- Scotland ‘believe’ ahead of crucial World Cup qualifier
- Events in Kane to promote voter registration
- Tart n’ Juicy IPA nails both halves of the equation
- When Cubs win, Fox Sports wins, but World Series repeat will be difficult for both
- College notes: York’s Kylie Bowman guides Trinity International soccer
- 16-year-old is first African-American to win Miss Illinois Teen USA in 34-year history
- NRA, White House, Congress show support for regulating rifle ‘bump stocks’
- Mayoral donor bidding for Mundelein legal contract
- Sam Smith’s 2018 North American Tour includes United Center stop
- Disney: Dia de Muertos exhibit debuts at Epcot
- Fate of Bears, NFL could depend on Mitch Trubisky feel-good story
- The essential Galina Ustvolskaya, brought to vibrant life
- City Living: Chicago Avenue and Franklin Street
- HBO’s ‘Spielberg’ documentary: Fawning, sure, but also persuasive
- College of Lake County seeks applicants for new Board of Trustees member
- Gorsuch could strike a mortal blow to unions
- Spend a little (or a lot) of time with these ‘Nasty Women’
- Walk for Life raises $600,000 to fight ALS
- Trump administration cuts access to birth-control coverage under the Affordable Care Act
- Comedy makes a killing in Oil Lamp’s ‘Par for the Corpse’
- Waukegan set to replace 50-year-old tornado sirens
- Morning Spin: Unions, progressive groups put on Democratic governor forum Sunday
- Dukes of Distinction 2017
- York High School names 2017 Dukes of Distinction
- Cerqua Rivera Dance’s ‘Alone/Together’ leans on the music, and the fun
- ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ review: Pastel equines hit the big time
- Blackhawks Q&A: Defense, Nick Schmaltz, Richard Panik and more
- Forgettable fashion
- The legacy of the Doors
- Don’t let the flu bug you this year
- Installing large format tile for beautiful, durable floors
- 5 preparation tips to make any cruise smooth sailing
- 401(k) choices: What to do when you leave your job
- Photos: City Mouse restaurant
- Serial gambler Rahm makes sausage bet on Cubs
- 200 supporters attend FIDF Women’s Brigade Luncheon
- Students to tour new Hinsdale Middle School under construction
- Lincoln-Way schools chief responds to criticism of District 210; public asks for his removal
- Annual Walk raises $600,000 to fight ALS
- Letter: Thanks to Vine Street BBQ competition for donation to Maine Township food pantry
- ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Austin Rogers wins fans with quirky antics, big bets
- Man convicted of killing NIU student can’t take back guilty plea, judge rules
- Sea Life aquarium lands AZA accreditation
- CSO Chorus does what it can on behalf of maudlin Gounod mass
- Forgettable Fashions, the looks that still make us cringe
- After continued misfortunes, owner of hot dog truck ‘not giving up’
- Jerian Grant back as starter for Bulls preseason game vs. Bucks
- Review: City Mouse roars into the West Loop
- Man caused more than $10,000 in damage to Trump Tower restaurant, Chicago police say
- Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip shot in June, will throw out pitch before Cubs-Nationals game
- Tropical Storm Nate aims at New Orleans amid worries about drainage system
- U.S. lifts sanctions on Sudan, ending two decades of embargo
- Amber Ruffin gives us ‘Late Night’ laughs while forging her own path
- Hobart looks at expanding bus service
- 9 food and drink deals from Chicago bars for Cubs’ first-round playoff series
- Libertyville’s Copeland Manor wins Blue Ribbon award
- Recent buyout woes won’t curb Abbott’s deal-making appetite
- Diego Estrada’s marathon to the American Dream
- Cubs fans, welcome to Washington, D.C. — America’s skin tag!
- Where to snag food deals with your Chicago Marathon bib
- Column: Government workers shouldn’t be forced to pay union fees
- AOL Instant Messenger is finally signing off in December
- New Metropolitan taproom easily one of Chicago’s prettiest
- ‘Campfire Horrors’ Halloween movie series begins, continues through October at Northerly Island
- Leonys Martin, surprise addition to Cubs playoff roster, took harrowing route to U.S.
- Lincoln-Way board urges caution in financial projections
- The JFK papers will be fodder for conspiracy theorists
- Down to Business: Temporary kitchens keep schools, institutions cooking
- Letter: To kneel or not to kneel, that is the question
- Chicago se prepara para tres eventos masivos a días de la masacre en Las Vegas
- NLDS Game 1: Cubs 3, Nationals 0
- Torres’ sonic shift on ‘Three Futures’ falls short
- Robbie Hummel decides to launch broadcasting career after five pro seasons
- A promise made to her mother led first-gen entrepreneur to cut college, open beauty salon
- Holiday Cookie Contest: Start your ovens, and bring home some dough!
- Cubs excited by 18-year-old prospect Nelson Velazquez
- Column: Rural Indiana needs the NEH, NEA
- Geneva couple unhurt after small plane makes emergency landing in cornfield
- Guanajuato lanza una plataforma para promover a 500 empresas en 120 países
- Serbia loss gives Wales and Ireland fresh hope in qualifying
- Aurora officer fired amid criminal proceedings in Instagram harassment case
- Inmigración le niega la libertad bajo fianza a veterano que enfrenta la deportación
- Patrick Kane dazzles, but look at how his Blackhawks teammates delivered
- Indoor archery facility proposed in Montgomery
- Photos: Lyric Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’
- Aurora man installs 58 crosses to honor Las Vegas victims
- Bayern confirma el regreso como técnico de Heynckes hasta final de temporada
- Griffith nets awards for AP program
- Chicago artist pens children’s book about immigration and deportation
- Estados Unidos necesita el triunfo ante Panamá y convencer con su fútbol
- Moran: Enjoy the great outdoors without someone invading the inside of your car
- U.S. hiring falls 33,000 after hurricanes slam Texas, Florida, but rebound likely
- Trump administration calls for easing rules for financial markets
- Lake Forest’s Jordan McInerney stars at defensive end in memory of ‘Maddy’
- Saturday’s matchup: Blue Jackets at Blackhawks
- Aurora man installs crosses to honor Las Vegas victims
- Read Superintendent Scott Tingley’s response
- Man in custody after barricade situation in Gresham neighborhood
- Trabajadores latinos ayudaron a salvar vidas en la masacre de Las Vegas
- Newly registered teen voters in Hobart, Hammond ineligible for Nov. 7 special elections
- Shopping malls battered by online retailers may be offered to Amazon as HQ2 sites
- North Central College to host ‘1984’ discussion seminars
- Wrigleyville building boom pits quirky past against future: ‘Change is going to happen’
- Glenview trustees vote down nonprofit giving policy
- Swim school, kickboxing coming to Park Ridge’s Village Green
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Notre Dame at North Carolina
- Column: The day I finally broke the rules
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Penn State at Northwestern
- ‘Quixote’ at Writers Theatre asks, is there still a place for the good knight?
- Paired with Patrick Kane, Nick Schmaltz looks like potential breakout player
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Illinois at Iowa
- Diane Guerrero urges Chicago area Latinx youth to confront depression and anxiety
- ‘Chemos’, los adictos marginados en México
- ‘Community effort’ fuels Aurora relief drive for Mexico, Puerto Rico
- Trump administration to propose repealing Obama’s key effort to combat climate change
- Williams Elementary to host first Community Engagement Day on Saturday
- A famed feminist attorney sides with Harvey Weinstein in harassment case
- Prosecutors: $2 million bribe scheme to steer Olympics to Rio — and away from Chicago
- Sessions’ order to accommodate religious objections undercuts LGBT protections
- Shout out: Sandra Pesmen, author and journalist
- Following other schools, Stevenson launches program to help students with depression
- Kellogg buys RXBar photos
- Pro golfer to host charity event in Sugar Grove
- Chicago should hope to lose the Amazon chase
- New Atlanta stadium roof to open for only 1 more 2017 event
- Game of the Week: Naperville Central vs. Naperville North
- Florida executes man convicted of killing 2 decades ago
- Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl expected to plead guilty to desertion, misbehavior
- A DACA family’s dreams, on hold
- Gary man denied bail in murder trial
- Flimsy ‘fetal pain’ argument wins the day in Congress
- Nationals announce Gio Gonzalez, Max Scherzer will pitch Games 2,3 of NLDS
- Edge of River North rich with art, fresh eats, arcade games
- For second time in two years, his fiancee texts: ‘Active shooter.’ And so began a night of hell in Vegas
- Hobart approves buildings at All About Storage
- Saving DCFS. Saving kids. Honoring Joseph.
- Watch: Lockport vs. Lincoln-Way East
- Is satire dead in the Trump era?
- Prosecutors: Man exposed himself 3 times to woman, 8-year-old daughter on NW Side
- Letter: Oak Park’s park district applauds public process on Albion development
- James Woods says he’s retiring from film (and selling house)
- 5 shot in South Side alley: ‘My mom is always telling me to stay at home’
- Watch: Glenbrook South vs. Maine South
- Ex primera dama Margarita Zavala renuncia al PAN
- Letters to the editor: Naperville development, golf outing, teen driver safety
- Dangerous heat, snow, world records, controversy and the year it was canceled: 40 Chicago Marathon moments
- Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-nuclear campaign group
- Vigil held for 15-year-old Park Forest girl whose 1984 killing remains unsolved
- Dusty Baker ready to put Cubs on defensive
- Waukegan police: Man arrested after approaching girl at bus stop
- Go ahead, blame Obama if it means better gun laws
- Mexican-American soccer players conflicted by allegiance to either country
- Watch: Lake Zurich vs. Stevenson
- Group works to help ‘hard-working Aurora families’ find homes
- Cubs-Nationals NLDS Game 3 set for Monday afternoon at Wrigley Field
- Oak Park seeks stricter regulation of massage parlors following August prostitution bust
- Asesinan a un periodista en el centro de México, el undécimo del año
- South suburban ‘combat doctors’ form their own medical NGO to help refugee populations
- Police: Gold Coast purse theft ended in pursuit and crash
- Lincolnwood commissioners: Hotel plans are ‘potentially adverse’ to community
- Indiana taxpayers could be on the hook in Purdue’s acquisition of Kaplan University
- Shout Out: Doug Hood, biking for hurricane relief
- Study to look at bluff erosion, flooding at Lakefront Park and Glencoe Beach
- Reader employees reach one-year labor deal with new Sun-Times owner
- Watch: Marmion vs. St. Laurence
- 18 shows to see now
- Cubs vs. Nationals: Who has the edge in the National League Division Series?
- East Chicago fundraiser for Puerto Rico relief set for Saturday
- Readers Respond: Gun control after Las Vegas massacre, Naperville happy hour
- John Crowe, trucking executive and longtime Lyric Opera trustee, dies
- Spain clinches World Cup spot with win against Albania
- Have a Big Gulp, Mike
- District 35 says it finds no evidence to support sex abuse allegations against former teacher
- Mars Food starts fresh, plans growth from new Goose Island HQ
- Watch: Fenwick vs. Providence
- FC Dallas fined $100,000 for roster violation
- John Lackey, Justin Wilson on Cubs’ NLDS roster; Hector Rondon out
- Majority of Lake Zurich residents approve of village services in latest community survey
- Pasta-focused Charlatan restaurant closing
- Naperville attorney running for DuPage board in District 5
- Dunes Pavilion changes won’t get a second review
- The 4-month process of buying a gun in Japan
- ‘Making God Laugh’ spends 30 years with a family
- Valparaiso police investigating death of pit bull found decapitated near train tracks
- Iceland on path to World Cup with 3-0 win at Turkey
- Say boo! Your guide to this year’s Halloween fun
- Say boo! Your guide to 2017 Halloween fun
- Community briefs
- Lake council considers funding to maintain bus route
- Go ahead, order up another slice of cheesecake without the guilt
- Chicago Humanities Fest opens with former United Nations ambassador Samantha Power
- Saturday’s matchup, prediction: Kent State at Northern Illinois
- Sorry to interrupt your victory lap, CPS, but …
- Fox Valley congressmen call for review of ‘bump stocks,’ other gun measures
- Watch: Niles North vs. New Trier
- Week in review: Las Vegas massacre, Tom Petty dies and the soda tax fizzles out
- Go ahead and order another slice of cheesecake
- Gunman who shot Steve Scalise cased baseball field for weeks before rampage
- Man who drove 135 mph before deadly crash may have been under influence: prosecutors
- Woman accused in killer clown case pleads not guilty
- Watch: Waukegan vs. Warren
- Quickly
- Man who traveled to Aurora for sex with children gets six years in prison
- Italy held by Macedonia 1-1, almost into World Cup playoffs
- Cubs playoff ticket prices dip on resale market — but are still high
- Cubs’ Ben Zobrist bats leadoff, Jason Heyward in CF vs. Nationals
- Scrap the mortgage interest deduction
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce sounds alarm about a NAFTA pullout by Trump
- Quickly
- Chicagoland prep football game live streams for Week 7
- Coordinan colecta ‘Estamos Contigo Puerto Rico’
- Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, Astros rout Red Sox 8-2, take 2-0 ALDS lead
- Will Komodo dragon blood be the source of the next miracle drug?
- Hair-raising facts about BPA (Infographic)
- More than 90 Northwest Indiana schools to get free lead testing
- 9 Cook County sheriff’s employees face firings related to alleged sexual assault of female detainee
- ‘A better outcome’: Albion’s changes will decrease shading of Austin Gardens, Oak Park’s park district says
- Recent St. Charles East grad going to U.S. Special Olympics
- Virgin Mary statues bring hope to Back of the Yards
- Quinto Imperio’s hip-hop infused cumbia inspires Chicago undocumented youth to ‘come out of the shadows’
- Evanston manager, police chief express ‘regret’ over arrest of 12-year-old
- Beecher police chief dies after sudden illness
- In book, Ivana Trump relives ‘insane’ time of divorce from future president
- Rauner parts ways with chief of staff from conservative think tank
- Week 7 Chicago area high school football sights and sounds
- Protesters rally for immigrants at Gary airport: ‘We will not stand by and see our neighbors deported’
- Rep. Jeanne Ives attacks Rauner’s weak right flank
- Valpo Tech marks rebirth with sculpture unveiling
- Quickly
- Autopsy and toxicology report on Kenneka Jenkins’ death
- Las Vegas gunman was a laid-back ‘goofball,’ longtime business associate says: ‘He made you laugh’
- Business development perks up in Carpentersville
- Gary airport protest against deportations
- Kane County could save thousands of dollars by using fewer precinct judges
- Getaway driver given 84 years in prison for murder of off-duty Chicago cop
- Family mourns death of Gurnee man killed in Waukegan holdup, buried on his 34th birthday
- University of Illinois leads $25 million military technology initiative
- Kyle Long reflects on his own rookie emergence ahead of Mitch Trubisky’s debut
- Metra proposes service cuts to bridge expected budget gap
- Will County eyes more fee hikes for pet and restaurant owners
- Comedian Ralphie May dies of cardiac arrest at 45
- Cook County pop tax likely to be repealed next week as 3 more commissioners switch sides
- 4 injured during Little Village traffic crash
- No change in sight for John Lackey’s bullpen role for playoffs
- Welcome to the dysfunction of Illinois government
- Amazon’s HQ2 quest sent Chicago looking for an ‘in,’ Mayor Emanuel’s emails show
- Tinley to start 171st St. patching Monday
- White Sox prospect Michael Kopech’s romantic relationship explored on Bravo show
- ‘What storm, Mr. President?’ Trump puts world on edge with cryptic cliffhanger
- Harvey Weinstein to be suspended from his company during harassment inquiry
- NLDS Game 2 starters: Jon Lester vs. Gio Gonzalez
- Porter County parks working to bring silo building ‘from concept to reality’
- Rauner takes Manufacturing Month tour to South Elgin’s Hoffer Plastics
- After the Cook County soda tax dies
- Cristiano Felicio worked to extend shooting range; will role be extended?
- Column: Oh, say can you see?
- Truck recovered after gunpoint hijacking in Naperville: police
- QUOTABLES
- Feds say they thwarted 2016 plot targeting concert venues, subway in New York
- Defending Chicago Marathon champs eager to celebrate again
- South Elgin’s Jim Hansen Park upgrade is ‘taxpayers’ money at work’
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 7
- Kenneka Jenkins’ death
- University of Wisconsin approves free speech policy that punishes student protesters
- Preseason: Bulls 114, Bucks 101
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 7
- A Texas father was cleared of killing his toddler — after his 7-year-old son confessed
- Religious conservatives cheer Trump’s one-two punch against birth control, LGBT rights
- España se clasifica al Mundial; Italia, a repechaje
- Christian Pulisic leads U.S. to crucial 4-0 win over Panama in World Cup qualifying
- Estados Unidos golea a Panamá y se acerca al Mundial
- Speak Out
- Still without motive, frustrated police appeal for public’s help in Vegas case
- Column: America elected a mirror image of itself
- With either Vikings quarterback, Bears have tough pair of receivers to slow
- 245 workers laid off at Florida nursing home where 12 residents died in heat after Irma
- Column a ‘Trigger’ for Roy Rogers questions
- Kyle Hendricks does what he does best — throws a gem and makes it look easy
- Ask Tom: How far can the sound of a thunder travel and does the distance vary with where lightning strikes?
- Ben Fridrich gets his kicks in Crown Point’s victory over Chesterton
- Friday’s rainfall beats total for all of September
- Los Cachorros golpean primero en serie ante Nacionales
- Reece Crossin rolls in return from injury to lift Valparaiso past Portage
- Branden Gallimore’s TD pass powers Antioch to thrilling win over Lakes
- Bulls’ pace and space play serves them well in victory over Bucks
- Florida ejecuta a un hombre por un doble asesinato ocurrido décadas atrás
- Marquel Porter and Nieko Carter hook up to spark Shepard past Hillcrest
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 7
- Lowell’s defense stifles Andrean before the offense comes alive
- Coming of age in the age of sexual harassment
- Turner classic: Pallissard scores 2 TDs as Lincoln-Way East routs Lockport
- NLDS Game 1: Cubs-Nationals recap, social media reaction
- NLDS Game 1 turning point: Anthony Rendon’s 6th-inning error costs Nationals
- Cubs’ Game 1 victory shows how one slip-up can swing a playoff game
- Indians rally from 5 runs down to beat Yankees in 13, take 2-0 ALDS lead
- México pasa susto con el colista, remonta y conserva su invicto