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- Pei Wei offers free kids meal with purchase
- Alex Avila impresses in Cubs debut: ‘He’s got a lot to offer’
- MLS commissioner thinks All-Star game sign of bigger things for soccer
- Cubs’ winning streak ends at 3 games with 3-0 loss to Diamondbacks
- Real Madrid beats MLS All-Stars on penalty kicks at Soldier Field
- Daises Restaurant
- Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ review: A TV pilot that belongs in a ‘Middling-World’
- 8 things the Trump team denied, and then later confirmed
- Scaramucci memo shows his ambitious plans for press office
- Real Madrid edges MLS All-Stars on penalties
- Husband is looking for love in all the wrong places
- Morning Spin: Asked about Trump, Emanuel talks Rauner
- Lake Forest home with hot tub: $1.4M
- In Chicago, young children are lucky to survive a shooting
- No injuries reported in Far South Side fire
- Kevin White’s comeback hinges partly on ability to stiff-arm the scrutiny
- Chance the Rapper picked intern who wrote college papers about him
- Teen boy among 5 wounded in city shootings
- It feels like the end of ‘in yer face’ era in Chicago theater
- Judge gives man 4 years for stealing identities from Air Force personnel roster
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Aug. 3-9
- Weekend adventure: A visitor’s guide to Rock Hall and its old-school, waterfront charms
- Chicago festivals this weekend: Aug. 3-6
- Shuck off: The best oyster specials around Chicago
- Daisies in Logan Square makes the case for dad food
- Dow milestone? Shrug. Most Americans don’t benefit from record stock market gains.
- Rock Hall
- What’s behind the Dow’s stunning rise to 22,000?
- Go off to see the Wizard at the ‘Wizard of Oz’ Festival in Tinley Park
- Joe Maddon defends Willson Contreras after confrontation with umpire
- Series preview: White Sox at Red Sox
- Rookie running back Tarik Cohen continues to exude confidence
- Toys at Chicago Public Library teach building blocks of code — without a computer
- American Airlines will alert passengers when bags get lost
- ‘Kidnap’ review: I’ll see your ‘Taken,’ and raise you a ‘Speed’
- Community Calendar
- NFL to use sideline medical-examination tents
- Surveillance footage leads to arrest of man in Mount Prospect home invasion
- Help Squad: Many questions – and answers – about end of copper landline service
- IHSA attempt to level playing field irritates many private schools
- Column: 12 tips for women waiting for that perfect diamond ring
- Bears podcast: Scrutiny facing Kevin White
- New book collects essays, recipes to ‘feed the resistance’ and encourage community, activism
- Volunteers helping pick up litter at Starved Rock State Park
- Wrigleyville homeless man blogs on love, death, Cubs
- How to cope with travel constipation
- Column: Seems like we’ll all be robots sooner or later
- Executive, escort suspected of spending $5.8 million on company credit card
- Plan your own Disney Springs pub crawl
- Soda tax rollout leaves Chicago-area shoppers grumbling, confused
- Wrigley Field Taco Bell will be scrapped to make way for redevelopment
- Breast-feeding may lower moms’ breast cancer risk
- For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith
- Story of flesh-eating bacteria goes viral on Facebook. City of Myrtle Beach has doubts.
- Trump urged Mexican president to end public defiance on border wall, called N.H. ‘drug-infested den’
- U.S. factory orders rose in June as demand for aircraft soared
- Prickly City- Shelly’s fear
- Why morcilla jibaritos, with Puerto Rican blood sausage, are the best jibaritos
- ¿Buscas boletos para Lollapalooza? Por qué deberías tener más cuidado al intentar comprarlos por internet
- Father of Afghan robotics team member is killed in suicide attack on mosque, manager says
- Column: Pence trip underscores importance of NATO — and current threats
- Community dinner to be held in Batavia
- Gary commission issues new contracts for 2016 demolition work
- Trump pidió a Peña Nieto que deje de decir que México no pagará el muro
- Elevated lead levels found in some D300 water sources
- DePaul joins entertainment-focused tech hub 2112
- WNBA players featured in video game for 1st time
- Kordell Stewart: Bears doing ‘horrible job’ of managing quarterbacks
- Residents raise concerns about plan for historic Campana Building
- Se metió a una residencia y fue captado en video; el sujeto ya fue detenido
- Your guide to where (and how) to watch the eclipse
- Kanye West’s $10 million insurance battle with Lloyd’s is really ugly
- Se viraliza ‘In a Heartbeat’, corto sobre una pareja gay adolescente
- $300K federal grant to pay for Indiana ‘Frankenstein’ themed events
- How to maximize a gap year — and where to go if you want to travel
- Homegrown talent fuels first-place Red Stars
- Pound cake to help you cope
- Trump was almost the president in ‘Sharknado,’ after Sarah Palin turned down the role
- Deep Dish Baseball podcast
- OPINIÓN/Chicago se vistió de manteles largos para el MLS All-Stars Game
- Predators captain Mike Fisher retires after 17 seasons in NHL
- Column: Trivia night comes to the Lake Barrington Shores
- Darien and Hinsdale join National Night Out
- Dave Bliss, who once accused a murdered player of being a drug dealer, is now a high school coach
- Darien, Hinsdale, Oak Brook National Night Out
- Meet American Pharaoh, other champion horses through Kentucky equestrian initiative
- Aurora seeks to end making private water repairs
- July storms lead deer to River Forest man’s yard: ‘They are beautiful animals, but they are big’
- TreeHouse Foods to lay off 375 workers, close 2 factories
- Kids free at Brookfield Zoo Aug. 7-9
- Rock and fun with Mr. Singer and Kerry Appleberry
- Back to school made easy (or at least easier)
- Seniors snap up U.S. national park passes before price hike
- Sweet corn time: Where to find the short-lived specialty on local menus
- 5 hassle-free tips for protecting your child’s valuables at school
- 5 ways to save money on back-to-school shopping
- Chicago comics bring two nights of laughs to Skokie Theatre
- Sugary beverage tax not going down well in Cook County’s west suburbs
- LT alum brings her one-woman ‘Sex and the City’ show home
- Chicago writer’s book woven with fear and kindness, like the city itself
- Take a scenic trip through the suburbs with Wright Ride
- Disputed downtown Winnetka development gets final plan commission approval, goes to village council
- Column: Internet puts my car buying fears at ease
- Scientists identify tiny prehistoric sea worm with 50 head spines
- Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J among Kennedy Center honorees
- Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor sees ship traffic increase in 2017
- Smoking pot does relax you, scientists say. But is that a good thing?
- What’s real diversity in comedy? Welcome to ‘Woke Up, Stand Up’
- Man gets prison for traveling to Aurora for sex with children
- Marilynne Robinson, acclaimed novelist and essayist, wins 2017 Tribune Literary Award
- Boy, 4, falls from 3rd-story window on West Side
- Scottie Pippen Highland Park mansion
- Look inside Katana, opening today in River North
- Polka dots get a modern update for summer
- Judith Jones dies at 93; changed American cuisine by publishing Julia Child
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- Hobart committee tees up debate on golf cart usage on city streets
- Promueven el ‘voto Chilango’ inmigrante
- Column: Could this court be the future of criminal justice in Illinois?
- The Bean Spot in Lowell grabs life by the beans
- Pop tax in Deerfield? Depends on which side of the street you’re on
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Aug. 10-16
- Column: From ‘Jerry’ to ‘dad’ – sweet 16 birthday comes with a surprise gift
- Average U.S. mortgage rates steady; 30-year at 3.93 percent
- Vernon Hills RibFest to welcome Grammy-nominated blues singer
- Chicago gets a drubbing in the trailer for Bruce Willis in ‘Death Wish’
- Airport opens bidding process for customs facility in Gary
- Shout Out: Stephen Christensen, former Lake Bluff trustee
- More than 1 in 5 travelers knowingly or unknowingly carried prohibited items onto aircraft, survey finds
- Lincoln Park mansion, rental property next door listed for $9.9M
- Escuelas en peligro de quedarse sin presupuesto
- District 214’s new Early College Center looks to give students head start
- Bill FitzGerald reflects on 30 years of booking live music in Chicago
- Tinley Park officials OK road reconstruction agreement; will share cost with county
- Are Nationals ready for October? Who cares? Enjoy the daily drama they are now.
- Quarterbacks the Miami Dolphins could add if Ryan Tannehill has to miss time
- Trump dice que hará un ‘gran anuncio’ en Virginia Occidental
- Chris Sale won’t face White Sox in upcoming 4-game series in Boston
- Three people injured in Aurora crash
- Suspect in fatal North Chicago crash arrested in Waukegan
- ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ comes to Hammond
- Accardo’s River Forest mansion
- University of Chicago Medicine severs ties with Medicaid insurer IlliniCare
- A promising new jazz series at Navy Pier
- Death Valley breaks 100-year-old record for hottest month ever
- Diamondbacks 10, Cubs 8
- Great work of Shepard, Moreau, Landau and Romero lives on
- When creators of certain TV and movie projects become controversial
- The Royals created the power bullpen model. Now they’re just hoping they can get by.
- Neymar free to complete record PSG move
- New principal named for East Aurora magnet school
- Venezuela’s Maduro dismisses vote tampering allegation
- Chef’s Choice: She’s living the dream with her own Mexican restaurant
- Lawsuit filed against Lansing cop seen threatening black teen’s life during altercation on Facebook
- Bridal chain Alfred Angelo leaving customers’ orders at the altar
- Neymar to PSG timeline
- Raquel Ontiveros (1929 – 2917)
- Midwest gas prices up as families take final summer road trips
- Illini release nonconference basketball schedule
- Manchester City transfer Kelechi Iheanacho to Leicester City
- Trump blames Congress for ‘all-time’ low relationship with Russia; lawmakers push back
- Indiana Dunes marks National S’mores Day
- Fire destroys one Naperville house, badly damages another
- How I escaped from La Grange’s newest attraction
- FedEx, in online pivot, backs away from holiday surcharges
- Rural towns in the eclipse’s path are bracing for a flood of smartphone-toting visitors
- La noche que la MLS le plantó cara al Real Madrid
- Here’s all the food a Lollapalooza VIP ticket gets you
- Highwood church plans hit snag over parking deficit
- Northwestern opens basketball season with 3 home games in 6 days — at Allstate Arena
- ‘Genius’ Matic needs time to get ready, says Man United’s Mourinho
- New York Mets fan’s ‘Chicago Cubs Family’ song takes expansive view of family
- In November, Dave Chappelle said he would give Trump a chance – how does he feel now?
- Neymar vale más que todo el Tricolor mexicano
- Leland Fest to recall Aurora’s blues past
- The night MLS stood up to Real Madrid
- What to do if you dislike your child’s teacher
- Taltree concert features Crown Point musician
- Metea giving new AP students an added leg up with senior mentors
- Neymar signs five-year deal to complete world record PSG move
- Long-time Aurora East Side McDonald’s plans to expand, renovate
- Students set themselves apart by looking at the big picture
- On Mike Madigan’s watch…
- Murió la primera mujer mariachi de Chicago
- Vendors plan for long days as Lake County Fair opens run
- Neymar y las grandes transferencias de la historia
- Is it time for a Chicago income tax?
- Lollapalooza 2017: All the food a VIP ticket gets you
- Speak Out: Most Americans didn’t take Native land
- ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star denies grabbing colleague’s buttocks
- Now is the perfect time to kick a soda-drinking habit
- Joe Maddon won’t hold Cubs back in upcoming series vs. Nationals
- Get ready for Pink, Brian Setzer, Third Eye Blind
- Rwanda’s government will stop at nothing to maintain power
- Chicago ties with Orlando as top choice for convention planners
- Skokie police, residents partake in ‘community bonding’ with National Night Out event
- Let HBO make ‘Confederate’ before judging it
- Quickly
- In an era of on-demand food delivery, hotel room service is forced to evolve
- Naperville businesses
- Anuncian el Get In It MusicFest en el estadio de los White Shox
- Column: Disconnect to find out what truly matters
- ‘Crimes of the Heart’ brings deep South to Michigan City
- Elgin seeking new public services director
- Lower-tier U.S. teams take promotion/relegation fight to CAS
- Sulzer Regional Library to host first Comic Fest
- Column: Bartman’s World Series ring shows class and winning ways by the Cubs
- Column: Support, not guilt, the focus of ‘Latch-on’ breastfeeding events
- Neymar move makes little business sense but could spark transfer scramble
- Reversing course, Trump administration will not delay an Obama ozone rule
- Woman, 19, missing since Wednesday night on North Side
- Trump’s immigration fix
- Glenview Metra stations see crowds headed to Lollapalooza 2017
- From Monster to Magic, Neymarketing goes global
- Oak Park Farmers’ Market seeks contestants for pie bake-off
- Chesterton Art Fair celebrates creativity
- Body found in burned car in Palos Hills identified
- Burglar accused of trying to sexually assault woman in Northwest Side apartment
- Crown Point man gives up rights to 64 dogs amid allegations he ran illegal puppy mill: prosecutor
- Grubhub to buy Yelp food-delivery platform Eat24
- Gary schools manager: ‘We will be ready for your children’
- 1999 keeper Scurry, contributor Machnik voted into hall
- Judge: Plea deal in crash that killed 15-year-old girl and her father ‘unbelievable’
- Wizard of Oz Fest returns to Tinley Park
- Deaths from child abuse and neglect continue to increase in Indiana
- Lake Forest, Lake Bluff officials concerned about future state funding decisions
- Fire destroys maintenance warehouse at Lakemoor Golf Club
- Chicago construction volume slows, but less so than most big markets
- Eclipse viewing event headed to Park Ridge library
- Car show on the lake features celebrities, charities and vintage vehicles
- Lakemoor fire
- Preckwinkle scales back spending cuts as fate of pop tax is uncertain
- Lollapalooza’s Chow Town on the cheap: 8 best bets under $8
- West Aurora’s Caleb Siler key to Elgin Community College recruiting class
- What’s wrong with punishing bad behavior?
- Trump’s desperate plea: Impeach me, please!
- Shout Out: Wendy Abrams, philanthropist
- Bluemercury to move into old Starbucks, luxury salon planned for Water Street
- Prosecutor: Rapper Kidd Creole, accused of murder, thought man hit on him
- Fiscal especial forma jurado para investigar interferencia rusa, según el WSJ
- Hammel Woods to get new dog park for small animals
- Evanston police search for 2 armed robbery suspects after man allegedly held up, cut
- ‘I don’t think he sleeps:’ Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck is the real deal
- Elmhurst and Hinsdale Republicans among those eyeing Bellock’s seat
- Meeting to buy Lolla tickets ends in armed robbery, Naperville police say
- Possible Republican candidates to replace Patti Bellock
- Sessions amenaza con negar a ‘ciudades santuario’ fondos de lucha anticrimen
- Libertyville pitcher Riley Gowens verbally commits to Illinois
- Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters on Trump, Lucius and his ‘Us + Them’ tour
- Demócratas piden a Trump proteger a ‘soñadores y preparan plan B legislativo
- Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with president’s company
- 5 ways to help kids start the school year strong
- How savvy Wi-Fi use saves data and dollars
- 5 secrets of success: Traits to help you live without fear and reach your full potential
- Planning her life, pursuing her adventures (Infographic)
- Oreo-maker Mondelez’s new CEO could make more than $55M in his first year
- Chicago violence: Another child’s lasting scars
- Suge Knight accused of threatening film director
- Former Naperville North star Abbie Boswell shines for Red Stars Reserves
- Ask Tom: What forces cause anvil-topped clouds?
- Column: This special group, once strangers, is forever family
- QUOTABLES
- The problem of competitive victimhood
- Strike up the band. Northwestern’s Clayton Thorson is engaged.
- Civil War reenactment set for Carpenter Park; West Dundee honors vets
- Girlfriend whose texts urged teen to commit suicide gets 15 months in jail
- Cary man identified as victim in fatal Fox River Road motorcycle crash
- Longtime area bowler, Highland coach Claude Jackson dies at 66
- How do Dems solve a problem like the speaker?
- John Tempka, World War II vet and longtime Motorola employee, dies at 94
- Flouting his own advice, Trump taking 17-day vacation to his New Jersey golf club
- Lake Central’s Alexis Miestowski ready for another state title run
- District 308 extends superintendent contract, hires communications director
- Lollapalooza a draw for Naperville residents of all ages
- Soap suds overwhelm Elgin fountain
- Emanuel to reappoint Lightfoot as president of Chicago’s police discipline board
- As Bears head to Soldier Field, here are eight observations from training camp
- Baranek: ‘Leadfoot Lizzy’ is hitting the lights on drag racing success
- White Sox’s Willy Garcia to miss 4-6 weeks with broken jaw after collision
- Milan brush aside Craiova at packed San Siro
- Art and Soul on the Fox using both to draw people to downtown Elgin
- Mueller using grand jury in federal court as part of probe into Russia, Trump campaign
- Coolest air in months arrives on gusty winds
- Pairing with veteran Quintin Demps should help Adrian Amos’ production
- Woman pleads guilty to bilking elderly Palatine man of almost $4.5 million
- White Sox’s Willy Garcia to miss 4-6 weeks with broken jaw after collision
- Speak Out
- Reflective recess ahead for GOP as lawmakers return home empty-handed
- Race-by-race picks for Friday’s racing at Laurel Park
- Veteran Victor Cruz mentoring Bears’ unproven wide receivers
- West Virginia governor, a Democrat, announces switch to GOP at Trump rally
- Democratic governor candidate Drury compares Speaker Madigan to Lord Voldemort
- Fire that engulfed 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai under control
- Family sues LaSalle County sheriff over teen’s suicide in jail, demands trial by jury
- At West Virginia rally, Trump calls Russia allegations a ‘total fabrication’
- IPRA reopens investigation into fatal 2014 shooting by Chicago police
- SI Swimsuit branching off as own division apart from Sports Illustrated
- Senators unveil two bipartisan bills to prevent Trump from firing Mueller
- Cubs’ pursuit of bullpen help provides timely relief in Justin Wilson
- Without Trump, Pritzker and Rahm would be lonely, sad and a bit lost
- ‘Married at First Sight’ reunion: Which Chicago-area couples are still married?
- Lincoln-Way Central’s Matt Pollack a difference-maker on football field
- The peril of supporting the soda tax: Unpopularity
- Red Sox 9, White Sox 5
- Hacker who helped stop WannaCry attack accused of spreading banking malware
- Indiana environmentalists sound alarm on proposed EPA budget cuts
- Flynn details tie to data firm, transition pay in revised financial filing
- 3 shot at packed San Francisco park, sending panicked people scrambling
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, August 4
- Slowik: Amid theatrics, legislators seek bipartisan school-funding solution
- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: Colin Kaepernick isn’t being blackballed
- Shaquille O’Neal elaborates on possible plans to run for sheriff in 2020
- Veggie Fest flourishing in 12th year
- Healthy again, Andy Roberts aims to aid RailCats’ stretch run
- Rain makes playoff hopefuls ThunderBolts, Slammers play waiting game
- Paul Goldschmidt overshadows Willson Contreras as Cubs fall 10-8 to Diamondbacks
- In return to Boston, White Sox rookie Yoan Moncada says trade was ‘best for my career’
- Man stabbed on South Side
- Stars and starters sit out as Cowboys beat Cardinals 20-18 in Hall of Fame game