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- Dust isn’t the only thing your Roomba is sucking up. It’s also gathering maps of your house.
- 15 things to do with the kids July 24-30
- Pets of the week
- Opossum, where art thou?
- Shout Out: Sheetal Singh, New Century Scholar
- GM may discontinue six sedans from Cadillac, Buick, Chevy
- Home values on the rise in Deerfield, real estate group says
- New penalties in place for youth caught vaping in Park Ridge
- 1 killed, 13 hurt in city shootings
- Chicago condo in The Bristol: $825,000
- Lobster miniseason 2017
- Amtrak conductor shot in Naperville recovering at home
- McCain delivers a key health care vote, scolding message
- John Lackey wasn’t trying to hit anything other than the catcher’s mitt
- Justice Department rules intensify crackdown on sanctuary cities like Chicago
- High-living Cubs fan faces prison for defrauding investors out of $1.67 million
- A Cubs World Series baby boom? Some parents and hospitals think so
- Senate Judiciary Committee withdraws subpoena for Manafort
- Morning Spin: Special session called by Rauner starts today
- U.S. not taking Reggae Boyz lightly in Gold Cup final
- Quiz: Who’s on the Chicago Bears roster?
- United better prepared for league title charge: Mourinho
- ‘Girl Up:’ A feminist field guide for a brave (complicated) new world
- Michael Phelps: ‘Not my fault’ if viewers thought he’d be racing a real shark
- Top prosecutor ‘stunned’ at how few gun cases brought to trial yield convictions
- Investigator: Driver part of larger human-smuggling scheme
- Judge set to decide on Charlie Gard’s last days
- Todd Frazier had the majors’ first run-scoring triple play since 2006
- Ford’s second quarter profit swells on tax changes
- Everi develops slot machines in the West Loop
- Jonathan se reencontrará con su hermano Gio en el Galaxy, saltándose la recomendación de Osorio
- Green screens, animation and voice-overs: Designing modern slot machines
- 2017 BMW 530i xDrive is all very good and nice
- 11 Midwest amusement parks to hit before summer ends
- Do good this week with the Gary Comer Youth Center
- Sessions concreta castigos contra las ciudades santuario
- Prickly City- bumper sticker 2018 2
- Fires force evacuation of 12,000 in 3 French Riviera towns
- Blue Apron announces leadership change following IPO struggles
- Paul McCartney delivers Beatles history lesson in Tinley Park
- Former Fox News executive files $48-million lawsuit over sexual assault scandal
- Trump says Apple has plans to build 3 U.S. factories; Apple doesn’t comment
- Kremlin holds off on responding to new U.S. sanctions
- ‘Atomic Blonde’ review: Charlize Theron packs a punch, plot doesn’t
- Rick Perry thought he was talking to a world leader about pig manure. It was a prank call.
- Make your own flower crown for Lollapalooza at Travelle Kitchen + Bar
- No kidding, it’s already time again to vote for the Tweet of the Week
- Who is Jovan Landry? Find out
- Donald Trump’s behavior is abnormal
- Norwegian Sun cruises to Cuba from Port Canaveral now on sale
- Smooth Hound Smith is a powerhouse duo
- Absolutely Not’s ‘Errors’ makes it special — and noisy
- Tips & deals: Trip for cowgirls who love yoga, European vacation savings and more
- Rookie Mitch Trubisky guesses his Madden 18 rating — and misses
- SAUCED’s Summer Night Market will take over House of Vans, here is the lineup
- Sperm count drops 50 percent in U.S. and other parts of the world
- Emanuel tries to crack down on reselling stolen cellphones
- How one woman got a new smile after severe online bullying
- Turkey part ways with national team coach Terim
- Rotating schedule, sensory room among new features at Leigh School
- 63,000 empleados públicos de Illinois ganan más de $100,000
- Trump prohíbe que los transexuales sirvan en las Fuerzas Armadas
- Spanish federation names interim president to replace Villar
- Colombianos sacuden el verano en Chicago
- Warrant: Woman ‘slapped’ squad car before Minneapolis police shooting
- Munster garden in spotlight for calming, other benefits
- ‘Overlooked and undercooked’: New book features world’s ugliest foods
- 10 of the world’s ugliest foods
- Jencarlos cantará el himno nacional en el partido de estrellas de la MLS
- 2nd boy dies from injuries in Will Co. crash that also claimed lives of mom, brother
- Schweinsteiger: ‘No será fácil, pero vamos a intentar derrotar al Real Madrid’
- Koeman confirms Barkley has no future at Everton
- Christmas in July event ‘reminds us of the kid in everyone’
- The real problem in Washington? Men.
- Heated City Series moves to the South Side
- Birkenstock CEO accuses Amazon of ‘modern day piracy’
- In solar eclipse’s ‘path of totality,’ rooms go for $1000 and vendors sell every trinket under the sun
- Portillo’s extends lemon-cake sales through August
- ‘Wonder Woman 2’ se estrenará en diciembre de 2019
- Residents can join in Sugar Grove Corn Boil parade
- Facility Theatre announces inaugural season
- Selle: As floodwaters drop, political effluent gets deeper
- The ugly way Trump and Putin are connected
- Read: CTA lawsuit claims man ‘wrongfully detained’ $600K in equipment
- Arrive in style with these luxury bikes and accessories
- OPINIÓN/El chivo expiatorio del Tri
- Lake County, IDOT hit with $7.1 million judgment in Rollins Gateway lawsuit
- Commissioners approve sidewalk replacement at Lake County Fairgrounds
- ‘Wonder Woman 2’ has a release date – now it’s time to sign conquering director Patty Jenkins
- Acusan a un sujeto por choque fatal
- Simple ways fresh mozzarella can jazz up favorite summer foods
- 3 reasons to study abroad during high school
- How the state you live in affects your college savings strategy
- ‘Removable’ labels present sticky situation for 8 of 10 shoppers
- Celebrate the Chisholm Trail’s 150th anniversary with these 6 historic Texas towns
- Purple Heart Day: The Purple Heart Battalion
- Hammond council questions judge’s need for legal services
- White Sox trade Anthony Swarzak to Brewers, reinstate Jake Petricka from DL
- Schweinsteiger: ‘It will not be easy, but we will try to defeat Real Madrid’
- Fantasy football 2017: The three smartest picks of the first round
- North Aurora fest adds another day to the fun
- Trump assails GOP senator on Twitter who opposed health care bill
- Geneva schools name communications coordinator
- Sculptures finding a home in Chicago
- ‘Pharma Bro’ won’t stop talking, except to jury in trial
- Unexpectedly contending Brewers weigh mortgaging their future to fend off Cubs
- Gary eyes creation of port at Buffington Harbor
- ‘Wait Wait’ returns to Millennium Park for free show
- Hull sign Czech defender Mazuch on two-year deal
- Why wine is a friend to Italian sausage
- Chicago art fairies are a myth: This is how sculptures find a home
- U.S. salmonella outbreak linked to papayas from Mexico; 1 dead, dozens sick in 12 states
- Man to serve as own attorney in Aurora attempted murder case
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Friday flight could be the last stop in Chicago for United’s 747 fleet
- Valparaiso police chief to lead new Porter County department
- Net neutrality face-off: Lawmakers ask Google, Comcast and other execs to testify
- Ohio puts child killer Ronald Phillips to death in 1st execution in 3 years
- Stacey Izard, John Grencik wed in Winnetka
- New East Chicago councilman comfortable in new role
- Parker: Poor everyone
- Parents of critically ill infant Charlie Gard request own hospice care team
- Celebrities rail against Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people in the military
- Wasserman Schultz fires IT staffer following bank fraud arrest
- Monaco hopeful Mbappe will sign contract extension
- ‘Madagascar’ works only if expectations are low
- Five things to do in Northwest Indiana Aug. 4-6
- Accused former Aurora priest back in federal custody
- Ravinia’s John Adams 70th birthday bash gets strong liftoff from CSO, Nagano
- In major shift, Americans now disapprove of Trump on the economy
- Britain to ban sale of new diesel and gasoline cars by 2040
- Insurers press feds to pump billions into shaky ACA markets
- 10 cavas that deliver more than their prices ask
- Man pleads not guilty to selling crack cocaine near Antioch High School
- Speak Out
- 2017 Sinai Forum features six dynamic speakers
- Neymar cleared in tax evasion case, father says
- Huele a romance entre Demi Lovato y Neymar
- Pedestrian hit, critically injured by semi truck on West Side
- Rapids sign German midfielder Stefan Aigner
- Bears hopeful Kyle Long, Danny Trevathan can avoid PUP list
- Trump resumes attack on Chicago, tells Emanuel to ‘get tough’
- Letter to the editor
- ‘Zipper merge’ article prompts strong reactions from readers
- Former Lake Bluff teacher denies public indecency charges
- Public comment allowed at City Council meetings
- Champion Juventus to debut at home against Cagliari in 2017-18 League
- Rep. Scalise discharged from hospital, begins rehab after being critically wounded in shooting
- Bastian Schweinsteiger voted MLS All-Star team captain
- Summer’s best statement earrings
- Lucas Segovia, un argentino en el musical ‘An American in Paris’
- 12 statement earrings for summer
- The Roberts court: Champion of free speech
- Five things to do in Lake County Aug. 4-10
- United sued after giant rabbit died on London-to-Chicago flight
- Bears report to training camp in Bourbonnais
- The John Roberts court: Champion of free speech
- ‘Significant Other,’ ‘Bull in a China Shop’ in About Face’s 2017-18 season
- Trump’s argument against transgender soldiers echoes one used against gays, women and blacks
- Photo exhibit examines detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II
- ‘Imperfections’ review: A small-scale Chicago diamond heist
- La Grange nurse turned actor/producer making film in town
- Abt gets a Dylan’s Candy Bar
- The cost of caring for the old
- St. Charles reopens two bridges
- Treat Chicago’s gun violence like a disease
- Is it too late to save Illinois?
- Q&A: John Fox, Mike Glennon, Jerrell Freeman and more as Bears arrive at camp
- Joshua Beal wrongful death lawsuit
- Lawsuit filed in police killing that sparked protests in Mount Greenwood
- Midwest food and wine events
- Nani suffers knee sprain, out several weeks
- Supervalu buys Central Grocers warehouse; deal may put more store brands in supermarkets
- NBA commissioner says expansion discussion is ‘inevitable,’ mentions Seattle
- Chicago cop Patrick Kelly taken off street amid reopened city investigations
- Newt Gingrich provides a window into Trump’s deep-state paranoia
- Argentina, Uruguay to go ahead with 2030 World Cup bid
- Golf outing honors memory of Crisis Center founder
- Jenny Allen’s Shouts & Murmurs, collected
- Young goat herders seek ribbons, camaraderie at Lake County Fair
- Jeff Sessions did more for Trumpism than anyone, but it still wasn’t enough
- Former Cowboys QB Tony Romo to tee it up at Western Amateur in Glencoe
- Run this Malort 5K to get a buzz and a burn
- New details emerge as death of Montgomery woman ruled homicide from pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration and neglect
- QUOTABLES
- Red Light Camera Settlement Selfie
- Shout Out: Jimmy Rancich, cancer survivor and blood drive host
- Young goat herders seek ribbons, camaraderie
- Sauk Village family reaches $15M settlement over alleged brain damage during delivery
- With school scheduled to start next month, Aurora schools are still waiting on state funding
- Ukrainian oligarch’s legal team fires back at Chicago prosecutors’ ‘innuendo’
- Ajax hold Nice as Celtic falter against Rosenborg
- Brewery comes to Long Grove
- Man stabbed in Northwest Side dispute
- Police: Riverdale bust nets assault rifles, drugs
- Get your angsty punk-rock fix at The Alley’s new cafe
- Barbara Boutte, Chicago teacher active in civic affairs and business, dies at 86
- Column: Good intentions can go overboard with school dress codes
- Local Democrats attack Trump over tweet about transgender troops in the military
- Shout Out: Joe Paul, grad school student
- Thorn Creek hosts nature camp for seniors
- El Real Madrid y el FC Barcelona se citan en Miami
- This permanent contraceptive device was welcomed as a breakthrough – why are so many women speaking out against it?
- Glenview appliance giant Abt opens Dylan’s Candy Bar
- Notorious RBG is coming to Chicago with a talk at Roosevelt University
- Michelle Obama’s burden — and ours
- Son convicted of aggravated domestic battery, but not murder, in 2016 death of his father
- Help Squad: Why do utilities offer energy assessments that cut consumers’ bills?
- Amazon has more than 50,000 jobs to fill; hiring event planned for Aug. 2
- Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military is un-American
- Column: 6 reasons you should definitely have a dog for your emotional well-being
- Hawks Cay
- Ex-Melrose Park cop given 11 years in prison for selling stolen narcotics
- Futures Game gives former Cougar Jon Duplantier a taste of the big time
- Shout Out: Carol McCoy, volunteering with flood victims in Lake County
- Adventures in Moab
- La historia de la mano derecha de ‘El Chapo’
- Disparities alleged in upkeep of foreclosed homes in Southland, NW Indiana
- Cubs celebrate ‘Rookie of the Year’ arrivals
- Es Guillermo Iván la mano derecha de ‘El Chapo’ en nueva serie
- Bond reduced for former D300 substitute teacher accused of sex abuse
- 7 grape ways to celebrate summer
- 7 ways to snack like a pro this football season
- Trump declares ban on transgender individuals in U.S. military
- Abortions temporarily halt at Merrillville Planned Parenthood office
- New executive director supportive of U46’s career pathway plans
- Ex-major leaguer Joseph Ortiz hits comeback trail with Slammers
- Kyle Viverito and South Elgin linebackers cross over to gain speed
- Testing facility for firefighter candidates opens in Homewood
- New program gives Cook County Jail ex-inmates fresh start
- Questions still unanswered in Antioch chemical spill
- Mr. Madigan, Mr. Cullerton, Wisconsin thanks you for blocking Illinois reforms
- Anonymous donor puts up $45K reward in professor murder case
- Estudio: Alto nivel de encefalopatía en exjugadores de NFL
- When Chicagoans want to speak, the mayor and aldermen should want to listen
- Community news
- Orland Park man faces sexual abuse charge
- Doctor shot dead outside northern Indiana medical center; suspect kills self
- Transgender veterans take issue with Trump’s tweets
- Prosecutors: Driver high on opioids, Vicodin, PCP in fatal Southwest Side crash
- FBI: Two banks robbed by same man hours apart
- West Dundee approves school resource officer agreement with D300
- Messer announces U.S. Senate bid, fueling Indiana primary feud with Rokita
- Hawk Harrelson says John Lackey is ‘full of (expletive)’
- District veteran Colette Erbach takes over as Waukegan athletic director
- Man refuses to turn over CTA storage container with $600K in tools, lawsuit says
- State Department head of diplomatic security resigns
- iPhone-maker Foxconn to open Wisconsin plant expected to create as many as 13,000 jobs
- New airport rules will mean separate screening for iPads, e-readers, other devices
- Elgin ROPE cops golf with neighborhood kids
- Ask Tom: Can breathing ozone result in negative health effects?
- Italian art distributor given 9 months in prison for selling fake Picassos
- Break out the butter: Lobster miniseason is underway
- Cullerton won’t send Rauner school funding bill until Monday
- John Fox wants better passing game for Bears — a challenge with so many new faces
- Mexican government reuniting truck smuggling victims with families
- Despite new Trump threat, Emanuel holds onto sanctuary city stance
- Lost cities of the Midwest: A trek back to pre-Columbian times
- Activists urge U.S. rep to help block dumping of toxic material in East Chicago
- Largest detector of its kind arrives at Fermilab
- ‘Kind of a mess’: Lawmakers to study state’s Prohibition-era alcohol laws
- Trump to nominate Kansas governor to serve as religious freedom ambassador
- High-living Cubs fan given almost 6 years in prison for fraud on girlfriend, her family
- Merrilville environmental protest
- John Fox reports he likes his roster, and he must win with it or …
- Police: Slain teenage Hammond girl was not intended target in shooting
- Chicagoans speak at City Council meeting, but did aldermen listen?
- Chicago Fire’s Bastian Schweinsteiger voted captain for the MLS All-Star Game
- Man charged in attempted Hobart home invasion turned fatal
- Mitch Trubisky will begin waiting game as Bears begin training camp
- Jury: Michael Jackson estate owes Quincy Jones $9.4 million
- Cubs’ Kris Bryant gets pat on back from father following ejection
- Northeast winds into weekend will keep temperatures in the 70s
- Americans microchipped in the land of the free
- Boy Scouts president expected fiery Trump speech
- Fact check: Trump’s tweets about Clinton, Sessions and the FBI
- Senate rejects health bill, but GOP momentum grows for ‘skinny repeal’ of Obamacare
- Subject of international manhunt gets 13 years for assaulting boy
- Aftermath of flooding hurts Fox Lake businesses
- Hall of Famer Doug Kent finds groove in PBA50 South Shore Open
- Adler Planetarium
- Trump talks privately about a recess appointment to replace Jeff Sessions
- Jose Gonzalez glad to be back for second stint with Railcats
- Senate, House leaders strike a deal on sanctions against Russia, Iran, North Korea
- Golf may end at Highland Park Country Club
- Dolton police search for man they thought was barricaded in home after shooting, police say
- City Series turns into reality show with John Lackey as villain
- Protesters gather against Trump ban on transgender troops
- Jets claim Lucky Whitehead after Cowboys cut him