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- Senate GOP’s frustrations with Trump come to head as agenda stalls
- Appeals court ruling could help preserve Obamacare subsidies
- Evan Longoria hits for cycle as Rays top Astros 6-4
- ‘We are not thugs’: Black police chiefs push back on Trump’s call to be ‘rough’ with suspects
- Cubs 16, Diamondbacks 4
- Matt Davidson exits with bruised wrist in White Sox’ 8-4 loss
- ‘Weird game:’ Jon Lester perplexed by hitting a home run, then not earning the win
- Greg Kot’s picks for Lollapalooza 2017
- Ponte a prueba: ¿cuáles de mis bebidas favoritas aumentarán de precio?
- Lollapalooza: map of Grant Park
- CARS 3 DVD Giveaway
- White Sox, Blue Jays benches clear after Tim Anderson-Marcus Stroman exchange
- Rick Renteria says White Sox call-up Nicky Delmonico has ‘it’ factor
- Jon Lester achieves two milestones, gets plenty of help in Cubs’ 16-4 win
- Reports: Trump administration plans trade action over China copyright piracy
- Pets of the week
- Family worries that niece is online ‘catfish’
- Child safety advocates push for rear-seat alarm law
- Calling all writers: Northwestern hosting three-day writing conference
- Morning Spin: Pritzker details health care plan, rivals say it’s not enough
- A woman fights to save her rhinos armed only with her grandmother’s shotgun
- July moutzas multiply like rabbits, but only one can be chosen
- Freelance marketplace Upwork opens Chicago office, expects staff of 100
- Contemporary Highland Park home: $2.4M
- European soccer clubs come to Chicago courting talent, fans, brand loyalty
- Loeb & Loeb adds trusts and estates practice to Chicago office
- German court rules against ‘Spaghetti Monster church’
- 2017 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 at a glance
- Tillerson laments sour ties with Russia, but holds out hope
- Mercedes-AMG’s first compact performance crossover takes a bite out of competition
- Ara Parseghian
- Venezuela’s president says new assembly to convene soon
- 4 shot in Humboldt Park: ‘You have to be heartless … to shoot on a porch full of kids and the elderly’
- Rauner takes aim at CPS funding in rewriting education plan
- Court keeps Great Lakes wolves on endangered species list
- Former Rep. Schock’s attorneys: Prosecutors have ‘apparent obsession’ with his sexuality
- Aug. 2, 2017: Wisconsin company holds ‘chip party’ to microchip workers
- Cook County soda pop tax goes into effect, despite retailers’ appeal
- Boy, 4, recovering from shooting that killed mom: ‘He’s strong … He’s been to church a lot’
- Neymar tells Barcelona he is leaving – club
- Theranos settles lawsuit brought by Walgreens over blood tests
- Elgin city worker relocates honey bees from storm-damaged tree
- Give back this week with Supplies for Dreams
- Get moving with Chicago’s best run clubs
- Robotic hands for all: U. of I.-based startup works to make bionic limbs affordable
- 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Memo to Tim Anderson: Bad and stupid is no way to go through the majors
- Prickly City_ Why Shelly?
- Arlington Heights native Sebastian Maniscalco reflects on Forbes comedian honor: ‘It’s crazy’
- Southern Caribbean cruise strikes the right note with jazz lovers
- Love Pizza Hut? Now you can finally get rewarded for your loyalty
- German hiker missing since 1987 found in Swiss glacier
- Canceling a hotel reservation is getting tougher at Hilton and Marriott
- Great Wolf offers sneak peek of its first water park resort in Illinois
- Kanye West’s touring company sues insurers over canceled tour
- Human remains dating back about 900 years found in Ohio
- The unhealthiest foods at Disney parks
- The unhealthiest foods at Disney parks
- Mike Glennon feeling comfortable amid Bears’ efforts to empower him
- Chicago ranks among nation’s best high-end steakhouse chains
- Chester Bennington’s funeral held days ago: record label
- Paralyzed veterans sue over delay of a rule requiring airlines to track lost or damaged wheelchairs
- Fight deportations alongside Pilsen Alliance with Punk Rock and Donuts event
- How to make frozen cocktails you’ll want to sip (slowly, please) all summer long
- Real men drink fruity beer
- Interview: Kyle Mooney and Dave McCary of SNL talk new film, ‘Brigsby Bear’
- Cancelan el concierto del cuarteto de Cuerdas Simón Bolívar en Ravinia
- Neymar on verge of record-breaking move to PSG – agent
- Tirotean a una familia frente a su casa en Humboldt Park
- Mall owner GGP moving HQ to River North in early 2018
- This pasta dish, starring summer leeks and shrimp, tastes good at any temperature
- Neymar comunica al Barcelona que quiere irse; PSG le espera
- Denuncian alteración de resultados electorales en Venezuela
- Lake Zurich to bury utility lines to attract downtown development
- Melrose Restaurant, a Lakeview mainstay, apparently closed
- We will survive this
- The secret to cooking with your favorite summer produce: Keep it simple.
- Commemorative brick program at new East Aurora stadium
- From Bennett to bebop, a busy weekend in jazz
- RATT singer joins Last Fling lineup
- Teenager and 20-year-old man shot in Waukegan, police say
- How to cope with travel constipation
- ¿Qué opositores son blanco de Nicolás Maduro?
- This Week in Naperville
- Encuentran un cuerpo en los alrededores de Pilsen
- Internet has put a spotlight on sex addiction
- El programa por día para el Festival Los Dells 2017
- Michael Jordan on LaVar Ball: He couldn’t beat me if I was 1-legged
- Accio Broadway! Chicago actors cast in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
- Trademark for n-word, swastika filed after legal ruling
- Column: Illinois, once a jobs magnet, is losing its pull to lure firms, workers
- Boy Scouts deny Trump’s claim that top leader called him to praise speech
- Sin agua potable ni electricidad, la paradisiaca Holbox cerraría al turismo
- Leftover opioids are a common dilemma for surgery patients
- Dwayne Kennedy begins week at Zanies with a little comedy philosophy
- Hundreds show up for jobs at Amazon warehouses in U.S. cities
- In Wheeling, construction of village’s first downtown underway
- Writers premieres touching musical ‘Trevor’ about a boy coming to terms with his sexuality
- It should be no surprise Trump’s administration wants to fight affirmative action
- Bulls unveil new Nike uniforms
- Man wounded near Millennium Park, second shooting at intersection in 9 months
- Aurora project earns Landmarks Illinois award
- French wines with an Italian bread salad? Of course!
- Conductores multados por usar el teléfono deben ser reembolsados, pide una demanda
- Happy Together tour includes top hits of yesteryear, comedy
- Taste of Elmwood Park is back with food, music and rides
- Officers prevent second Lake County jail suicide attempt in the past month
- James Levine reflects on his new role as Ravinia’s conductor laureate: ‘Everything feels right’
- Chicagoans hope to save Wrigleyville’s beloved Taco Bell
- More than fun: 5 tips for planning a healthy vacation
- Preparing for classroom success starts with being tech-ready
- Must-have elements for building a sustainable new home
- Funeral services for family members killed in Beecher crash
- Today’s supper clubs range from rustically retro to modern pop-ups
- Pochettino targets quality signings to inspire Spurs stars
- Shout Out: Conor Ataya, recent Glenbrook South grad
- Trump firma el proyecto de ley con nuevas sanciones a Rusia
- Retailers have fought Amazon for years; now they’re embracing it
- Summer Lovin’ party funds cutting-edge medical research
- Inter Milan sign Fiorentina midfielder Vecino
- Waukegan District 60 plans back-to-school event featuring free backpacks, school supplies
- Police seek man involved in aggravated battery at North Side train station
- Wilmette board bids goodbye, hello to fire department members
- Trump respalda un plan para reducir a la mitad la inmigración legal
- What you need to know about Chilean wine
- Column: Wonders of nature appear following heavy rainfall
- Philadelphia Phillies scrap plans to honor Pete Rose
- Airbnb hosts still not registered 4 months after Chicago’s new rules took effect
- Wrigleyville Taco Bell development
- Wrigleyville development gallery
- Column: The troubling numbers on football brain injuries
- Check out the 48 self-serve taps at Navigator Taproom
- Shout Out: Debbie Heer, former OPRF teacher
- White Sox honor 8-year-old beach-cleaning, cookie-baking, volunteering phenom
- Amazon held a job fair at the company’s warehouse in Romeoville, Illinois
- Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers
- Foxconn — how the cookie crumbles for Illinois’ economy
- Learning Beautiful coding toys
- COLUMN: ‘Game of Thrones’ creator is the pride of Highland Park
- All aboard the South Elgin RiverFest Express
- Amazon recruiting event in Romeoville draws hundreds of job-seekers: ‘I go where the money’s at’
- Debate continues over dredging project
- El nuevo impuesto a la soda (a cafés y margaritas) ya entró en vigencia
- Montgomery Fest marches along with parade, fishing derby, and more
- Lollapalooza: Everything you need to know before you go
- Summer program is career boost to Gary students
- Porchlight announces ‘Billy Elliot’ cast
- Candida Alvarez’s work has something for everyone
- La Grange Escape Room
- Parker: What the world needs now
- Neymar dejará 300 millones de euros en cinco años en el erario francés
- Tiró por las escaleras a un usuario del tren, la Policía anda tras sus pasos
- Shout Out: Mia Krone, deep dish pizza lover
- Time added to man’s sentence for using profanities in court
- Man charged with armed robbery of Darien gas station in July
- Iliana Mora, advocate for working women, says change is happening, but ‘we have a lot further to go’
- Danish centre back Kjaer, seventh Sevilla transfer for 2017-18
- Deputies tortured a restrained teenager by using a stun gun on him, lawyers say
- 10 gap-year travel destinations
- Shout Out: Samanta Katlabi, River Grove library volunteer
- Time to teach your kids that I’m not a friend, I’m a grown-up.
- Will County panel greenlights road, bridge improvements
- Neymar-Messi-Suárez, un tridente que encandiló
- Shout Out: Dasha Ignatova, co-founder of healthy lifestyle club at Buffalo Grove High School
- En pie por DACA
- James and Thiago to be absent for a few weeks, out of Super Cup
- Seniors, kids enjoy ice cream and books
- Assisted living center project returns with few changes for Northbrook detractors
- $1M lottery ticket sold in Alsip, officials say
- Gurnee Days all set to ‘play ball’
- Live safety training scheduled Thursday at South Middle School in Arlington Heights
- Pentagon says 2 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing attack
- Blues on the menu at Waukegan harbor festival
- Debate continues over dredging project
- How to know if John Kelly is really in charge
- Esta becerra luce como Gene Simmons de Kiss, y él lo sabe
- U.S. test-launches unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile
- Old animal shelter razed in Porter County
- Chicago Botanic Garden exhibit brings a little bit of Rio to Glencoe
- Liverpool’s Sturridge does not need scan on thigh injury
- Rauner is hurting Illinois’ neediest children
- Increase in skunks raising a stink in Fox Valley
- Shout Out: Chris Lienhardt, RED Center chief
- Your lifestyle is supported by others’ sins
- Community news
- NASA is hiring a ‘planetary protection officer’ to guard us against alien life — and vice versa
- Employee charged with arson that heavily damaged Rosemont used-car dealership
- Ivy Tech ASAP program enjoys biggest year yet
- Chicago needs more mixed-income housing, not parks
- ‘American Idol’ contestant pleads not guilty to battery in fight at Palatine bar
- U.S. Bank branch robbed on Northwest Side
- Don’t fear the rise of superbabies. Worry about who will own genetic engineering technology.
- Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts
- Grealish faces three months out with kidney injury
- Chicago will get first new live trading floor in years
- Open house in the works for proposed cell tower near Countryside Golf Club
- Americans are desperate for a principled leader
- Atlético Nacional marca el camino de la liga CLASA en Chicago
- Speak out: Imagine a world without smartphones
- Blue Jays 5, White Sox 1
- Wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of woman strangled in Schaumburg apartment
- Quickly
- Italian beef wishes and ice cream dreams
- More than 1,000 nabbed in nationwide sex trafficking sting, 141 in Cook County
- Airberlin launching flights between Chicago and Dusseldorf next year
- Arlington Heights police host National Night Out
- Oak Brook aquatic center to add family locker room
- Town evacuated after Chicago to N.Y. freight train derails, catches fire
- Mondelez CEO Irene Rosenfeld to retire in November
- The value of sanctions aimed at Russia — and Trump
- Riot Fest Stage Naming Contest Official Rules 2017
- Naperville People in the News
- Tras años de incertidumbre, EEUU otorga asilo a dos niños guatemaltecos
- Nueve muertos y 16 heridos en accidente carretero en el noreste de México
- México, el peor de los mundos posibles en materia de nutrición: experto
- Messi le desea suerte a Neymar
- Grayslake fest has evening parade, go-kart races and pig-kissing
- Centavrvs y su llamado a la unión en ‘Somos uno’
- Shout Out: Scott Engle of Solid Rock Carpenters
- Speak Out: Trump changing politics like Dean, Brando changed acting
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Petrak: Surviving, even thriving, without web access
- Name a stage at Riot Fest
- Geneva man gets six years in prison for attempted carjacking
- Pregnant Beecher mom, 3 young sons killed in crash laid to rest
- Dow Jones closes above 22,000 for first time, driven almost entirely by Apple stock
- The Toni Tax
- Foxconn steers clear of Trump’s $30 billion investment claim
- Lightning may have caused Burr Ridge house fire
- Name a Riot Fest Stage Entry Form
- #TweetYourReceipt: Show us your soda tax
- Celtic squeeze through, Ajax crash out of Champions League
- Police investigate body found in burned vehicle
- U.S. says North Korea travel ban will start Sept. 1, urges Americans to leave
- Clarkson: Choir offers quiet giving ministry to those who are dying
- Do we love the Picasso now? Celebrating the 50th birthday of this gift to the city
- Coroner on death being investigated by police: Gary man had no apparent injuries
- My family couldn’t afford to be Jewish
- Seniors, kids enjoy ice cream, books
- Trump’s approval rating drops to new low of 33 percent in national poll
- Booster Club celebrates BHS baseball
- Former student hikes the Pacific Crest Trail in memory of Niles North teacher
- June Revel raises $38,615 for Pleasant Home in Oak Park
- Fun fuels competitive spirit for local swimmers
- Slowik: Community shares grief in loss of precious lives
- Russia: Trump shows ‘total impotence’ in signing ‘humiliating’ sanctions legislation
- New athletic directors settle into positions at Larkin and Streamwood
- Dunes Theatre ‘Mousetrap’ brings mystery to audiences
- 5 late-summer road trip tips
- Target seeks October opening in downtown Oak Park
- Chain O’Lakes and upper Fox River open for no-wake boating; lower river still closed
- Stephen Miller vs. Jim Acosta sent the White House news briefing completely off the rails
- Historic Aurora cemetery will get fence to stop people driving through it
- Triple-digit heat forecasted for Pacific Northwest, where many don’t have air conditioning
- Ara Parseghian said he never wanted to leave Northwestern. So why did he?
- 1871 CEO Howard Tullman stepping down at end of year
- Man dies after being thrown from motorcycle near Cary
- National Night Out in Buffalo Grove attracts large crowd
- Memo to the West: When you hunt grizzlies and wolves, you lose Midwest tourists
- 100 Club presents Valor Awards
- Ara Parseghian, Hall of Fame coach at Notre Dame and Northwestern, dies at 94
- Shout Out: Bob LaPaglia, Harwood Heights resident shares the secret to making pizza from scratch
- Mechanics on strike at 9 Naperville car dealerships
- Hernandez: Latino families at risk because of Senate Bill 7
- Man, 27, fatally shot in Gary
- Trump supports GOP plan to dramatically reduce legal immigration
- Cops investigating Monday morning battery in downtown Naperville
- First human embryo editing experiment in U.S. ‘corrects’ gene for heart condition
- Elgin hosts Lao conference, reconnects with sister city
- MLS boasts ‘best looking’ players, but are they?
- Series preview: White Sox at Red Sox
- Rookie left-hander Aaron Bummer settling into White Sox bullpen
- Justice Department denies broad move against college affirmative action
- After yet another loss, White Sox maintain positive outlook
- Danny Crawford retires on top after 32 seasons of NBA officiating
- Video: Magic tricks with Brett Schneider
- 15-year-old boy shot by Gary officer following armed robbery: officials
- Injuries take toll up front for Indiana defensive, offensive lines
- Speak Out
- Cook County soda tax quiz: Is my drink taxed?
- Cutting payments to insurers could spike premiums and end up costing the government more
- Emanuel: Republican lawmakers will feel pressure to defy Rauner on education bill
- Ask Tom: Hottest spot not far from coldest spot — how can that be?
- Citation dismissed in Beecher crash that killed mother, 3 children; investigation continues
- Scenes from the 2017 Stratford Festival
- Brazil’s embattled president survives vote on bribery charge
- Ara Parseghian remembered as meticulous coach who blended intensity, intellect
- Amtrak’s Chicago-Indianapolis train struggles to be on time
- Underwater attraction at Shipwreck Park is a real dive bar
- Wednesday’s Bears training camp practice
- Arrest warrant issued for Northwestern professor in Near North Side stabbing death
- Sessions’ move to take on affirmative action energizes Trump’s base
- 5 observations from Bears practice Wednesday
- Tony Romo gets slow-play penalty en route to missing cut at Western Amateur
- Keenyn Walker sparks comeback as ThunderBolts slip past Slammers
- ComEd investigating after outage hits 4,000 South Side customers
- Left fielder Kyle Schwarber continues to prepare as a catcher too
- Chris Christie: At least I didn’t dump nachos on Cubs fan
- NAACP issues first-ever travel advisory for a state: Missouri
- Storms Thursday followed by October-like cool-down Friday
- Vote tampering claims jolt Venezuela on eve of new assembly
- Sandburg’s Jaimie Marines brings his ‘A’ game on field, in classroom
- Merit board member resigns after posting ‘disgusting’ Facebook memes about African-Americans
- Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 0
- The best images of Real Madrid vs. MLS All-Stars in Chicago
- Kayak gets stuck against tree on Fox River, West Dundee fire crews rescue man
- Charities relieved that Strack & Van Til survives
- 23 years in prison for 2013 Bucktown home invasion, sex assault
- Fact check: Shaky assumptions in Trump immigration pitch
- Mike Glennon and Cameron Meredith developing connection
- Las mejores imágenes del Real Madrid vs. Estrellas de la MLS en Chicago
- MLS All-Stars vs. Real Madrid at Soldier Field
- Cara Delevingne presenta ‘Valerian”‘en México como mensaje de paz, amor y fe
- Nebraska patrol required invasive vaginal exams for female hires, lawsuit alleges
- Trump denies he told his golf buddies the White House is a ‘real dump’
- McMaster ousts former Flynn ally from National Security Council
- Neighboring Naperville homes uninhabitable after fire
- 2 dead after natural gas explosion at Minneapolis grade school
- Nearly 275,000 iPhone cases decorated with liquid glitter recalled after causing chemical burns
- Jake Arrieta looking more like his old self: ‘He’s trending in the right direction’
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five rapper Kidd Creole arrested in fatal stabbing