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- Stars dominate Blackhawks with 4-0 victory to end their 5-game winning streak
- College notes: Barrington’s Mia Calamari among D-III All-Americans
- Senate says $1.5 million in taxpayers’ money paid over 20 years for ‘harassment’
- Oyster shucking? A duel? No, Virginia will pull a name from a film canister to settle tied election.
- As Trump administration targets certain words, ‘a hostile bureaucracy’ pushes back
- A ‘voter fraud’ complaint in Alabama falls flat after investigation
- Dick Enberg dead at age 82
- 2 killed, 5 wounded in city shootings Thursday
- Man seriously injured in North Side bar fight
- ‘Hard Labor’ looks back on NBA’s earlier days, plus more sports books reviewed
- Amazon, Trump and other disruptors rattled Chicago-area business in 2017
- Teen would endure anything — even a 6-hour commute to school — to dance ballet
- On an action-packed Bahamas vacation, off the beach and into high gear
- Morning Spin: The top 10 Chicago political stories of 2017
- At a children’s hospital, a Jewish family carries on its Santa tradition — 47 years and counting
- The science behind why there’s no place like home for the holidays
- Parents refuse to vaccinate a child. Are others at risk?
- ‘It’s a war’: Dog breeders rally behind an 81-year-old convicted of animal cruelty
- Six injured in West Side crash: ‘It sounded like a train’
- Police warn of 3 apartment burglaries on same block near United Center
- Ford CEO apologizes for harassment cases at Chicago plant
- Cook County Jail drops below 6,000 inmates to lowest level in decades
- Tax code changes will affect your paycheck, and W-4s will require tweaking
- Tax code changes will affect your paycheck, and W-4s will require tweaking
- Chicago woman dies after car crash in Glenview
- Man carjacked at gunpoint in the South Loop
- No phones: In ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Call Me By Your Name,’ parents actually talk to their kids
- Help Them To Hope
- CSO guest conductor Dutoit accused of sexual misconduct, withdraws from Chicago performances
- Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg dies
- John Fox’s laughable answer sounds like a guy sucking up to his boss to keep his job
- Russian hackers have targeted more than 200 journalists around the world, including Americans
- My worst moment: Ron Perlman and a delicate wardrobe situation
- 5 buzzworthy topics people will be talking about
- Chicago date idea: Ice skating then hot chocolate
- Apple ditches rule that could have killed thousands of apps from small businesses
- 13 New Year’s Eve parties for $100 or less in Chicago
- Richard Panik’s disappearance is more concerning than Patrick Sharp’s
- Royal Philharmonic cuts ties with Charles Dutoit over assault allegations
- Congress has extended deadlines to install a train safety system that could have saved 298 lives
- Gary Payton: When trash-talking Michael Jordan backfired
- Zidane calls for Real Madrid players to ignore Barca points gap
- The fantasy football advice you need to win your championship matchups
- Prickly City- hug handshake
- Werder Bremen transfer striker Gomez to Stuttgart
- Best food and drink in Illinois: The Daily Meal
- Ezekiel Elliott returns to Cowboys, but don’t ask him what he did during his suspension
- Vero Voce stages kids’ version of tale as old as time
- 2018 Dodge Durango SRT at a glance
- Zidane: Ronaldo ‘100 percent’ fit ahead of El Clasico
- The down and out Mall Santa reinvents himself for a modern age
- Saturday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Devils
- Rangers tap Murty as manager the rest of the season
- Olympic Alpine racecourse will be tended to by cattle rancher and snow ‘magician’
- Prickly City- certitude
- ‘The Post’ and the forgotten security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in
- Capello denies interest in Italy national team job
- How CPS can help itself
- Prickly City- certain about opinions
- Conte regrets Morata absence against Everton
- The lifelong fight for women’s equality
- Mourinho warns Carabao Cup players are out of Leicester clash
- Hallan muerta en East Chicago a quinceañera desaparecida
- A gathering spot
- How sexual harassment affects all women — and all ages
- U.S. new home sales skyrocket 17.5 percent in November, biggest jump in more than 25 years
- Prickly City- question motives
- Man charged in fatal DUI crash was wearing headphones, had phone open to social media: prosecutors
- 2018 Dodge Durango SRT: For drivers who don’t give a hoot
- Terim returns for 4th stint at Galatarasay
- Prickly City- what she’s done
- I saw fraud in Illinois’ home health care industry firsthand
- Man who jumped from Aqua building was Ohio priest under investigation
- Jodie Foster goes behind the camera for Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror’
- A look at the Chicago TV and film projects set to premiere in 2018
- There’s no hope for America
- FC Dallas sign Bulgarian defender Nedyalkov
- Saturday’s matchup: Bulls at Celtics
- Christmas in Baltimore
- Longtime Aurora educator reflects on a busy life
- Oak Park teacher aims to build relationships between students and those with disabilities
- Baltimore’s enduring eccentricities shine at Christmas
- Readers react: The fate of Obamacare
- Speak Out: Kaepernick not citizen of the year
- Sizing up Chicago for Amazon
- Blind travelers can get around an airport more easily with new app
- These two foods could help ex-smokers’ lungs heal
- Hallfredsson extends contract with Udinese until 2020
- Want the I-Pass rate? Then carry an I-Pass transponder
- Changes in Oswego allow earlier liquor sales on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
- Prairie-style home in Chicago: $4M
- Kris Dunn has earned Fred Hoiberg’s trust — but he isn’t satisfied: ‘I can do a little more’
- Songs and stories
- RiverEdge Park in Aurora to host job fair
- Highland man charged in string of Hammond fast food robberies
- Costa Rican Segura signs with DC United
- South Shore Brewery Trail in NWI tailors to beer enthusiasts
- Kids’ questions reveal their curiosity and need for attention
- Parachuting elves: Copeland Manor students test engineering skills
- Retirement readiness: Hitting the retirement preparation sweet spot
- 3 documents you need to create your estate plan
- Prescription for a healthy holiday: Tips to safeguard your medicines
- Second Naperville dry cleaners held up; sixth armed robbery since Nov. 27
- Clubhouse at Lake Forest golf course to be named after filmmaker John Hughes and his widow Nancy
- A healthy start
- 4 myths about safe spaces at NU and other campuses
- Japan’s Olympics-size challenge: Ban smoking
- Welcome to ‘The Cards Against Humanity Baseball Place’
- Naperville native, now a book illustrator, shares her passion with Clow Elementary students
- Drunk school bus driver was nearly 3 times over legal limit when picking up kids in Summit: prosecutors
- Epic crystal-ball fail: A look back at how 2017 confounded this would-be seer
- Elgin News Digest
- Church news
- Lake County Lines: Kwanzaa makes appearance at Waukegan City Council meeting
- Creadora de alas, el inusual negocio de una artesana amante de las aves
- Trump inicia exultante sus vacaciones tras el triunfo de su rebaja fiscal
- Blackhawks continue unfortunate trend vs. Stars with four more shots off posts
- La Grange Park woman killed by apparent drunk driver remembered as a mother to everybody
- Year in Review: Libertyville, Mundelein and Vernon Hills in 2017
- Zidane no da la liga por perdida antes del clásico
- Napout y Marin culpables en caso FIFA; sin fallo sobre Burga
- Director del Tour pide solución rápida al caso Froome
- Request to name Joliet-area park after toddler Semaj Crosby is rejected
- Lake Zurich school district will pay out $399K in football hazing lawsuit
- El Clasico, Arsenal-Liverpool, Juventus-Roma, what to watch this soccer weekend
- Year in Review: Deerfield gains business growth, loses a superintendent in 2017
- Man charged in fatal Thanksgiving weekend hit-and-run in Antioch Township
- Down to Business: HeartWISE Training teaches people to save lives in Naperville
- Definition Theatre Company announces ‘Moon Man Walk’ cast
- Confidentiality order signed in lawsuit over Aurora police info given to imprisoned gang associate
- Speak Out
- Nikolaj Znaider trades his violin bow for a baton and elicits admirable results from the CSO
- Mundelein’s new double-double: Winning big and having fun
- Fantasy football start/sit for Week 16: Drew Brees is ol’ reliable in title week
- Aurora wins contest for best-tasting water in Kane County
- Second law firm to evaluate rules for officers set to be stationed at District 64 middle schools
- Christmas for the boys at war
- Sevilla sack manager Berizzo following Real Sociedad loss
- Hombre acusado de matar a un joven de 17 años que jugaba al baloncesto en Cicero
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- Government scientists blocked from the biggest meeting in their field
- Yorkville hopes new signs will draw people downtown
- White Sox claim right-hander Jose Ruiz off waivers from Padres
- Illinois Supreme Court grants Dorothy Brown’s request to delay e-filing in Cook County
- Mitch McConnell mocks Steve Bannon’s ‘political genius’
- In Lake Forest, news often as strange as fiction in 2017
- Spanish federation head Villar removed by court
- NWI terrain has hills and thrills landscapes for bundle-up fun
- For Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire, 2017 a mix of highs and lows with development and flooding
- Sevilla destituye al técnico Eduardo Berizzo
- Lake Forest City Council meets behind closed doors after disclosure of nearly $200K to lobby for Amtrak stop
- Ahmad Muhammad thrives at St. Joseph as a combo guard and a scholar
- Generation Grumpy is frustrated
- Tribunal deportivo despide a Villar de federación española
- This year’s top movies were mostly these four types – and 2018 will be more of the same
- Aussie the polar bear euthanized at Brookfield Zoo
- Four-star lineman Verdis Brown signs with Illinois
- Quickly
- U.S. ambassador tells Dutch journalist he is spreading fake news. Then, confronted with truth, denies saying ‘fake news.’
- Cirujanos extirparán un tumor facial de 10 libras a un niño cubano en Miami
- Community news
- 25 years ago, St. Charles parents left their kids alone to vacation in Mexico. Their case changed state law.
- Ravens say team’s protests during and before national anthem ‘surely’ have led to no-shows
- Minnesota United loan Venegas to Costa Rica’s Saprissa
- Bears coach John Fox once had a pet monkey named Gidget
- Niles police do special holiday duty with ‘shop’ program
- Glencoe Village Board approves tax levy increases
- Tamales the glue that brings Northwest Indiana family together to prepare for Christmas Eve
- Shoppers in Aurora bear down as Christmas nears
- A teen YouTube star insulted a notorious Mexican drug lord. They had to use his tattoos to identify his body.
- Niles police do special holiday duty with ‘shop’ program
- Photos: Aussie the polar bear dies at Brookfield Zoo
- Denzel Valentine aiming to shoot his way into a secure spot in Bulls’ rotation
- After an extra year on JV, Trevor Hilt becomes Stevenson’s top scorer
- Vienna concert and classic cookie are delicious traditions
- Estudiantes de Chicago salen de sus aulas para abogar por los ‘Dreamers’
- Expanded child tax credit may not be as generous as it seems
- 20 Illinois hospitals earn top marks from government — and 13 get lowest rating
- Will tax cuts help Republicans in 2018?
- This week in Naperville
- Northwest Indiana home sales dip in November over last year
- Aurora mayor’s office releases ‘action plan’ for city
- How can you be Christian without caring for the poor?
- Elgin Neighborhood Housing Services office closes
- Trump signs tax cut in ‘rush job’ Oval Office event, heads to Florida
- Once thriving Spanish bookstore in Chicago turns into a bank
- Women’s hearts may be more vulnerable to stress
- Comic rings in 2018 at Schererville eatery
- FIFA corruption culture exposed in trials
- Most people enrolled in Obamacare for 2018 live in states Trump won
- Providence Catholic president retires amid investigation into ‘potentially inappropriate material’ on phone
- MLS add another game to Kljestan ban
- Church news
- Roy Moore still won’t concede in Alabama. And those write-in votes? Mickey Mouse got a few
- Liverpool survive Arsenal comeback bid, draw 3-3
- Tinley Park seeks artists for 15th annual ‘Benches on the Avenue’
- Bears understand stakes against Browns: ‘You never want to be a team’s first win’
- Park Ridge 2017 in review: Social media controversy, election and more
- 2017 in Chicago theater
- Man charged in killing of teen slain playing basketball in Cicero
- It’s a catch. Wait, in the NFL there’s a catch to the catch.
- Players’ union: End-of-year average MLB salary a record $4M
- Butler Junior High students share talents before winter break
- ‘Battle for Illinois’ college basketball rivalry series announced
- 2017 Butler Junior High talent show
- Chicago Tribune 2017 Photos of the Year
- Corrections and clarifications
- More trouble for suspended Notre Dame wide receiver Kevin Stepherson
- OPRF board approves amended levy, forgoes CPI increase
- Lake Zurich School District 95 voters to decide $77.6M building upgrade referendum
- Speak out: Trump increased Social Security check by $22
- Philanthropist Ann Lurie sells mansion to Latin School
- The epidemic that’s shortening American lives
- Waukegan could see water and sewer rates rise 6 percent next year
- Top sports leaders look at ways to address sexual misconduct
- New Lenox historical society fighting time in effort to save old train depot
- Two Chicago-area residents sue Apple over its practice of slowing older iPhones
- Year in Review: Top stories in Barrington in 2017
- Park Ridge health group proposes raising tobacco age to 21
- Glenview Park Board approves $17 million referendum for March ballot
- Rauner grants 10 requests for clemency, denies 78
- 2017: The year in quotes
- Lincolnwood police: Several vehicles reported broken into in separate incidents
- 2017 Park Ridge Community Star winners named
- Outgoing Aurora development director ‘leaves impossibly large shoes’
- Epic failure of men’s national team overshadows the year in US soccer
- Park Ridge’s Prospect Park awarded for design and development
- Elevated lead levels found at some East Aurora schools
- At the Rohingya Culture Center, peace and goodwill abound
- Heart Attack Survivor Bob Harper’s Journey
- Illinois lawmaker says proposed Wisconsin casino would ‘devastate’ Rockford
- Brazil’s president rejects selling Embraer to Boeing
- U.N. imposes tough new sanctions on North Korea after missile launch
- Valparaiso, Center Township finalize parks agreement
- Carpentersville doubles video gaming fee
- New Lenox fire district seeks tax hike
- NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80
- Palos Heights resident wins $75K lottery prize
- Kenneth Lahner, political jack of all trades in DuPage County, dies
- Decent: Merry Christmas to you, even if your life’s not as amazing as ours
- Bitcoin goes on wild ride and it may only get crazier
- Traffic shift marks halfway point for 159th St. work
- Wake Forest recruit Kaylen Dickson delivers hustle and bustle for Warren
- Speak Out
- Comptroller calls for hearing on food stamp computer contract in wake of problems
- Girls basketball notes: Improved Courtney Krol holds court for Chesterton
- Notre Dame signs four-star wide receiver Braden Lenzy to close early signing period
- La Liga Recap: Espanyol end Atletico Madrid’s unbeaten season
- Game of the Week: St. Rita vs. St. Laurence boys basketball
- Ex-staffer accused of stealing more than $80K from Hoffman Estates High
- Serie A Recap: Babacar nets game winner for Fiorentina at Cagliari
- Lawsuit claiming men were unfairly targeted as suspects in death of Fox Lake Lt. Gliniewicz can proceed
- By George, only one guy really knows what’s at stake in Bears-Browns game
- Letters to the editor
- Baranek: Determination to succeed helps Kasey Brennan find holiday cheer
- Police: 3 sisters taken from Indiana home found safe in Arkansas
- TV sports great Dick Enberg shined when ceding spotlight to others
- Rosenthal remembered as influential teacher, political leader and coach in west, southwest suburbs
- Trump scraps national motto in bid to make presidential coin great again
- UCLA extends suspensions of players arrested on team trip to China until end of season
- Quickly
- Deep struggles frustrate former Bears, not just the fan base
- Bonds of family, faith emerge amid holiday bluster
- Democrats who supported spending bill face angry backlash over immigration
- Fired food worker arrested after ramming vehicle at Lambeau
- Shnay: Southland friend ‘did things his way’
- White Christmas possible with snow on Sunday
- Proposed bill would ban sale of commercially bred pets in Will, DuPage counties
- Ask Tom: What is Chicago’s lowest temperature ever recorded without snow cover?
- Ask Tom: What is Chicago’s record snow depth?
- Suspended Miss America CEO: Story about insulting emails ‘unkind and untrue’
- What’s the source of childhood Christmas magic? Ted Slowik has a theory
- Six-year-old boy killed by stray bullet as Texas police shoot suspect on trailer porch
- Prince Amukamara’s quest for first interception meets turnover-prone Browns
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 23
- Tribe on shrinking island threatened by climate change to move to Louisiana sugar cane farm
- Oklahoma 104, Northwestern 78
- Appeals court rules against Trump’s latest travel ban, but waits for Supreme Court
- Government seeks $1 million in forfeiture, alleges liquor stores benefited in ‘bootlegging’ operation
- Zach Parduhn erupts in fourth quarter to lift Lincoln-Way East past Central
- Man charged in shooting that wounded teen on CTA bus
- Elk Grove High School physical education class
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 23
- Speak Out
- Indiana recruit Robert Phinisee a sight to see as McCutcheon tops Merrillville
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 23
- Crown Point to purchase park from homeowner
- Showdown expected on Lake County hiring freeze
- Lake County juvenile court vehicle request stalled
- Hobart building demolition put on hold
- Munster family celebrates Polish Christmas Eve built around pierogi, meatless feast
- Gary ballpark maintenance issue unresolved
- AT&T hands out bonuses to 200,000 workers, pink slips to 600 others
- Sports calendar
- Jayden Robertson rises to the occasion as St. Laurence slips past St. Rita
- Cory’s Project continues to deliver Christmas to young cancer patients
- Chicago police raid targets wrong home: ‘This is Christmastime. You kicked down my door.’
- Jamari Norwood learns free lesson in De La Salle’s loss to St. Joseph
- Helping teens turn off in a world that’s ‘always on’: The links between technology and depression
- East Aurora looking at STEM, STEAM academies for elementary grades
- Group looks to help undocumented workers in Kane County