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- U.S. officials downplay idea that nuclear war with North Korea is imminent
- Florida suspends 7 players for opener vs. Michigan for reportedly misusing school-issued funds
- 15 things to do with the kids Aug. 14-20
- Illinois school funding showdown: Find your district
- Por favor, presidente Trump, tómese unas vacaciones reales
- At least 18 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso
- Woman rebounds with a guy not in her league
- Man killed in Northwest Side crash
- Morning Spin: What’s next on Illinois education funding formula issue
- Has Bears rookie Mitch Trubisky arrived earlier than expected?
- Always wanted a bridge? IDOT’s giving one away
- Hundreds march in Chicago to denounce white supremacist rally in Charlottesville
- Charlottesville violence prompts Highland rally
- Senate overrides Rauner school funding veto, but House hurdle remains
- Bears had only 10 men on defense for game-tying touchdown vs. Broncos
- Bears inherit contract that owes kicker Roberto Aguayo guaranteed money
- Trump to seek trade probe of China amid North Korea tensions
- Phil Vettel reviews Proxi
- Trump and the Kim regime both talk a lot of smack — and that’s the danger
- Father yells for children to take cover as he and another man are shot dead on church steps
- ‘It was shocking to see that:’ Kyle Long shaken by violence in hometown of Charlottesville
- Review: Proxi is a small-plates bazaar of international street food
- Big Ten defensive players to watch
- Charlottesville is not the continuation of an old fight. It’s something new.
- How WeWork staff connects creators and then bonds at summer camp
- Snow blind? 5 thoughts on ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode 5
- Seahawks’ Michael Bennett sits for national anthem before preseason game
- Series preview: Reds at Cubs
- Katie Sowers expected to become NFL’s second full-time female assistant coach
- Waukegan back-to-school event prepares students, parents for school year
- Donald Trump is a joke, but incredibly unfunny
- Following in the footsteps of Scottish folk hero on the Rob Roy Way
- ‘Scandal’ creator Shonda Rhimes making new shows for Netflix
- Why Trump can’t respond to the Charlottesville attack
- Some questions about John Fox’s support of Mike Glennon amid all the Mitchsteria
- How a factory deal Trump touted puts the ‘con’ in ‘Foxconn’ — and how taxpayers will get taken
- Ramsey Lewis: Jazz Fest to be ‘a hot day in Country Club Hills’
- Exploring surf and turf in Santa Barbara, America’s Riviera
- One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile or threatening
- Chicago nightlife at Estate Ultra Bar last week
- Driving while aging: How to ask seniors to give up the keys
- ‘An underdog story’: Eisenhower band program growing, marching away with awards
- Ronaldo banned for 5 games after pushing referee
- Would you fly in a pilotless commercial plane if it meant a cheaper airline ticket?
- Indiana linebacker Tegray Scales finds his voice as production skyrockets
- Sessions calls Charlottesville violence domestic terrorism, defends Trump’s response
- Hinsdale Little League stars expect off-field experiences to make lasting memories
- Fleas carrying plague found in Arizona
- 6 killed, 11 wounded in city shootings
- How to address your kid’s nutrition at school — without being the pesky parent
- Prince-themed episode of ‘Empire’ to be shot next week in Chicago
- Fiscal general dice que ataque de Charlottesville es ‘terrorismo doméstico’
- Prickly City- Female Dr. Who
- Cristiano Ronaldo sancionado con cinco partidos de suspensión
- Ask Anna: I want to share revenge porn to get back at a boy
- The part of Taylor Swift’s court case we should all commit to memory
- Worth a trip: Dumplings from Bibim Town
- From Tiki torches to hockey, Charlottesville compels companies to denounce white supremacist patrons
- Bibim Town
- In Latin America, Pence says U.S. won’t stand by as Venezuela ‘crumbles’
- Lowriders, art on wheels to clean up the streets
- Niegan fianza a sujeto acusado de matar a manifestante en marcha racista
- Andrew Shaw’s wedding results in a mini-Blackhawks reunion
- A shooting in Chicago Lawn: ‘Dad, it’s fireworks.’ ‘Stay down, don’t get up’
- Libertyville High School pool construction to start in October
- ‘Huge’ crowds turn out for Montgomery Festival
- What Republicans who regret supporting Trump can do now
- Barca to sign Brazil midfielder Paulinho from Chinese club
- Joint Chiefs chairman stresses North Korea diplomacy, but notes ‘full range’ of military options at ready
- In struggling Ford Heights, new youth baseball field offers hope
- Miley Cyrus bails on the Teen Choice Awards and mystery remains
- Chinese investors buy Premier League club Southampton
- Salma Hayek dice que le ‘enfurece’ la falta de actores latinos en los Oscar
- Winning combo: Avocado toast topped with a perfectly poached egg
- Taste of the town: Elmwood Park festival enjoys ‘incredible weekend’
- Cybersecurity expert pleads not guilty to malware charges
- Aurora Freemasons to honor citizens who give back to city
- Un hombre dispara y mata a 3 que entraron a su hogar
- The Taste of Elmwood Park
- What the NHL Network got right and wrong in ranking the top wings
- Tom Cruise resulta herido durante escena acrobática de ‘Mission Impossible 6’
- Violent Sunday: 8 killed over 17 hours, including double and triple homicides
- British tabloid Daily Mail branches into TV with syndicated U.S. show
- Journalist mysteriously vanishes aboard submarine, man arrested after vessel sinks
- Eclipse viewers should watch out for solar retinopathy, experts say
- Norridge police seek answers in hit-and-run
- Homewood’s Giant Block Party presents host of free activities
- John Oliver blasts Trump on Charlottesville: ‘Doesn’t get easier than disavowing Nazis.’
- Rick Bayless, Sarah Grueneberg, Michael Muser and more to perform at Victory Gardens this weekend
- Orphans of the Storm readies for pet adoption event
- 5 tips to solve separation anxiety in your pet
- Pets help seniors stay healthier and happier, wherever they live, studies show
- Shared housework may be the true language of love, survey says
- Is your family expanding? Protect what matters most with these nursery safety checks
- Enjoy the latest trend in swimming pools
- How to Tackle a Dust-Free Renovation
- George Washington as soldier, aristocrat and excellent dancer
- These are your people, President Trump
- Jeremy Roenick goes on Twitter rant about ‘disrespectful’ Marshawn Lynch
- Questions about lawyers’ fees put El Chapo defense in limbo
- Rebecca Gilman, Ike Holter in Goodman’s New Stages
- Review: ‘Poetry Will Save Your Life’ by Jill Bialosky
- Three vehicles surround car parked during Oak Park carjacking; suspects sought
- It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s David Ross?
- Thousands greet return of Lincolnshire Art Festival format
- Mars Food agrees to acquire maker of Tasty Bite brand of Indian, Asian products
- Domingo violento: 8 homicidios en 17 horas
- ‘Hahahaha love this’: Police officer accused of mocking Charlottesville violence
- ‘Momager’ with moxy at the heart of classic ‘Gypsy’
- Attic artifacts trigger memories in ‘A Love Affair’
- Strike continues as Chicago-area mechanics vote down latest offer from dealers
- SpaceX launches ISS resupply mission, lands rocket at Cape Canaveral
- St. Cletus dedicates new $4.3 million parish center in La Grange
- Big tobacco’s new cigarette is sleek, smokeless — but is it actually healthier?
- Donald Trump, ¿insospechado aliado de los trabajadores mexicanos?
- Mike Tirico takes over as NBC’s Notre Dame football announcer
- Downtown Boys remain ferocious on ‘Cost of Living’
- Celebs dish on back-to-school memories
- The Dump furniture store looks to open in Deerfield
- Man with gray beard disguise sought in Valparaiso store robbery
- Park Ridge officials won’t reduce fine for underage possession of e-cigarettes, tobacco products
- DuPage courthouse evacuated after construction work triggers fire alarm
- Stargazing at Indiana Dunes offers prime galactic viewing
- The story of the Melrose pepper, a sweet vegetable with deep Chicago roots
- Shout Out: Lori Northup, Fremont healthy minds teacher
- How to get rid of Trump and make Mike Pence president
- Talk of the County
- Paul Ryan to hold first public town hall in nearly 2 years
- 26 new teachers, staff members starting in District 109
- Traditional public school teachers in Gary finding place in charters
- St. Cletus dedicates new parish center
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Traveling Beer Mansion bringing interactive Brooklyn Brewery festival to Fulton Market
- Talk of the County
- Lawmakers facing corruption charges see hope in Supreme Court ruling
- Cubs’ bullpen can’t stop dancing: ‘What should we do? Just sit there?’
- Man held on $2 million bail after police find 49 pounds of pot in traffic stop
- Speak Out
- Oprah does not miss Chicago: report
- Millennials collecting cars with new classics ranging from Datsuns to DeLoreans
- Two arrested for cocaine after search in Beach Park
- Aurora man charged with hitting bar security guard with bottle
- Charlottesville and Trump show that America isn’t ‘better than this’
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jill Soloway to headline Chicago Humanities Festival events
- Dos tiroteos en plena mañana, uno cerca de Pilsen
- Riot Fest still sucks. Pick your stage name.
- Oak Brook considers $2.3 million for police detention improvements
- La violencia política en EEUU ‘no salió de la nada’
- It’s time for the Cubs to wake up
- Simone Askew is first black woman to lead West Point cadets
- Photos: Doomsday Clock exhibit
- Mitch Trubisky and Tim Tebow: John Fox dares to compare
- Petulant & reckless: Stars’ bad habits erupt early in season
- Naperville fest a chance to connect with culture of India
- Roberto Aguayo arrives for ‘fresh opportunity’ as Bears training camp closes
- Roger Federer, baja en Cincinnati; Rafa Nadal será número uno
- Polka party like a ‘big Polish wedding’
- Special census shows Yorkville is booming
- Schools in La Grange, Western Springs use summer months to improve schools
- Play area addition part of McDonald’s makeovers in Carpentersville
- One drug bust leads to another in Round Lake Heights
- Sickly leaves, falling fruit signal common disease in crab apples
- Jémez asegura que defendió a sus hijas
- Stunt driver dies while filming ‘Deadpool 2’ in Vancouver
- Lake County Star Newspaper Almanac
- Trump says he is considering pardon for former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio
- El colombiano Reinaldo Rueda, nuevo entrenador del Flamengo
- Aurora police say loaded handgun found in car near park
- Rauner scrambles to call Charlottesville death ‘domestic terrorism’ after Democrats’ criticism
- Busquets urges Barcelona to make signings after Madrid defeat
- Man accused of ramming car into crowd was previously accused of beating his mother
- Elastic Bond: Rumba dulce y ‘vintage’
- Transfer window pits players against clubs in power struggle
- Emboldened white nationalists say Charlottesville is just the beginning
- Evanston shooting is city’s first homicide of the year
- Column: A lost cause goes beyond the pale in Charlottesville
- Naperville parks police investigating Riverwalk vandalism
- Brendon Marton’s experience at quarterback could pay off for Streamwood
- Dick Smothers to appear in iO’s Musical Improv Festival
- Emanuel: ‘Members of the neo-Nazi and the KKK think they have a friend in the Oval Office’
- HMS groundbreaking celebrates reality of a new school
- Internet addiction in China: When treatment is deadly
- Top Chicago cop moves to fire officer over alleged lies about fatal shooting in 2011
- Lipstick lessons for thinning lips: A little lip liner goes a long way
- Kitty Conley’s Scratching Post
- Redheaded siblings play it loud and proud in White Mystery
- Donald Trump shows he’s quick to back down
- More discipline problems for teen suspect in Uber driver murder: official
- Vista Tower moving ahead despite Chinese crackdown on investor
- Think you are old because you are retiring? Social Security is 82-years old
- Pantone creates shade of purple named for Prince symbol
- Glencoe Beach to close for cleaning of water pipe
- Pro wrestler Ric Flair grappling ‘tough medical issues’
- Auburn’s Anfernee Grier learns the ropes in rookie year with the Cougars
- Park Ridge plan commission not satisfied with developer’s plans for site of landscaping business
- Asensio, especialista en debuts lo volvió a repetir
- Church news
- Man found dead outside apartment complex in Buffalo Grove
- Amid state funding questions, West Aurora welcomes back staff
- Naperville parks police investigating Riverwalk vandalism
- Aurora cars, home hit by bullets
- Police investigate shooting death of Waukegan man
- Albion tweaks design; Oak Park plan commission seeking answers on parking
- New Trier, educational foundation work to increase cooperation
- 6 verbs every home gardener should learn
- Scholarship tax credits will hurt Illinois’ public schools
- Community Consolidated School District 21 may exhaust reserves without additional state funds
- Man tells police he shot and killed 3 people who broke into his Southeast Side home
- At least 250 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides and flooding
- Keep an eye on Zion: Levy places second at nationals for Waukegan Invaders
- No descarta Ferretti un nuevo fichaje
- Gail Borden Library hosting solar eclipse viewing party
- Model trains showcased at Fremont Public Library
- Mokena musician adds adds accompaniment, education to his show
- Plan commission OKs fertility clinic project for Prairie Glen
- Low-income students deserve school choice
- Cubs ready to rest for ‘American Legion’ week
- Playground in place after community build at Leigh School
- Denmark’s Joe & The Juice to enter Chicago market with three locations
- Society isn’t required to tolerate hatred and intolerance
- When it comes to their health, patients in Illinois deserve to know everything
- Pick a peck at local apple orchards
- Chicago Tribune parent nears deal to move from Tribune Tower to south of river
- Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler still have one thing in common — wide receivers?
- Fox Lake Venetian Night rescheduled for Aug. 26
- Chicago Fire signs another world champion
- Veteran Valparaiso officer named police chief
- Lincolnwood to help residents dispose of some prescription drugs
- Community news
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- Oh deer: Family has a laugh after animal crashes through home
- Trial date set for teenager in fatal shooting of Glenbrook South student
- Chicago Heights man succeeds in construction for nearly a half century
- La violencia contra ancianos en México, un mal invisible
- Social media harnessed to expose white nationalists at rally
- Mundelein H.S. rejects Village Green Golf Course bids
- ‘Trevor’ at Writers Theatre
- Deerfield Park District event aims to get people moving
- Los ‘soñadores’, dispuestos a dejar la piel por DACA
- 5 questions about chicken from China
- Glasses for the solar eclipse
- Pedestrian bridge replaced near Tinley Park school
- On Twitter, Trump accuses blacks of racism three times as often as whites
- Fans take in festivities during 35th running of Arlington Million
- Retired Bartlett High teacher’s book documents Kenya visits
- Mural painting a group effort at the Birches in Clarendon Hills
- Notre Dame-Wisconsin football series was a long time in the making
- Técnico Pinto lamenta se haya divulgado incidente familiar
- Will County debates pensions for elected officials
- Charlottesville rally violence no surprise for some
- Vernon Hills to join phone Metra parking app
- 2017 Buick LaCrosse Premum at a glance
- Trump belatedly says what Americans need to hear about racism
- Bears dismiss Kyle Long from final training camp practice for fighting
- Model trains at Fremont Public Library
- Allscripts acquires parts of billionaire doctor’s NantHealth business
- Trump campaign emails show aide’s repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings
- Lessons continue for rebuilding White Sox during rough weekend
- John Macsai, architect whose work included Lincolnwood’s Purple Hotel, dies at 91
- Plans for Highland Park Theater site would see structure demolished
- Calumet City passes welcoming city ordinance strengthening immigrant protections
- Countdown to Football: Niles Gall, Richards ranked No. 10 in preseason
- 2 women killed in Algonquin car crash identified
- Orland Park police investigate home invasion
- Police: 16 immigrants locked inside rig at Texas truck stop
- QUOTABLES
- How white supremacy morphed into white victimization
- Chicago cop involved in off-duty shooting indefinitely put on desk duty
- Countdown to Football: Caden Watson, Crown Point ranked No. 4 in preseason
- Aurora City Hall legal office vacant for now
- Aurora already busy planning for winter
- Batavia man guilty of sexually assaulting child
- Waukegan High School rolls out expanded freshmen orientation
- At least 300 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides and flooding
- Elgin dedicating new park by Eastside Recreation Center Saturday
- Cubs minor-leaguers told to ‘Respect 90 like KB’
- Community support helps make Cal Ripken World Series a winner in Hammond
- Rauner attacks Democrats a day after they moved to override his education veto
- Rookie right-hander Josh Glick gives ThunderBolts’ bullpen a boost
- Baranek: Lincoln-Way East grad Jessica Lindsey gets surprise from Ball State
- Calendar
- Driver purposely steers into French pizzeria, killing girl
- ‘Out for blood’: Man arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank
- Letter to the Editor
- Roberto Aguayo, Connor Barth prepare for Bears kicking competition
- Gunmen attack U.N. base in Mali, killing 7 and wounding 7
- Elgin dedicating new park by Eastside Recreation Center Saturday
- ASK TOM: How are Chicago Lake Michigan water temperatures taken?
- Mattis leaves door open to some transgender service, says Pentagon is still studying issue
- Coroner identifies man found bleeding in Elgin parking lot
- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: ‘Have to understand’ other side in national anthem protests
- St. Charles Township man, 22, charged in stabbing death of his father
- Bulls’ 2017-18 schedule released: Six games worth circling
- Jury sides with Taylor Swift in DJ groping lawsuit
- Authorities release names of Aurora-area men killed at Wisconsin drag strip
- Andrean forward Alyssa Schichner looks to build on ‘amazing’ postseason
- Tiroteo con rifle frente a Harrison Park
- Wisconsin Republican seeking rematch with Paul Ryan says ‘Pizzagate’ is real
- Ford Heights man accused of firing at sheriff’s officer
- Palos Township meeting canceled after officials unable to accommodate large crowd of protesters
- Government rests as defense begins case in sheriff’s trial
- Cubs remain patient with Javier Baez at shortstop
- GoDaddy, Google ban neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer for ‘violating’ terms of service
- Girls soccer season preview: Crown Point takes turn as Region’s top team
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 15
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 15
- Stretch run another chance for Joe Maddon to prove his worth
- Chicago to see fair, breezy Tuesday, but storms may soon follow
- United Center shut down
- Chicagoans hunt for roses on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ premiere
- Nick Mantis, a man among boys in basketball at East Chicago Washington, dies
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 15
- Taylor Swift gana el juicio contra el locutor que le manoseó el trasero
- Under Armour CEO joins Merck exec in leaving Trump panel
- Trump arrives home in New York, but avoids protesters
- Woman, 67, shot by gunfire targeting another car near laundromat, police say
- Both Korean leaders, U.S. signal turn to diplomacy amid crisis
- Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank quits Trump panel
- Trump condemns racist groups for Charlottesville violence after days of criticism for failing to do so
- Tiger Woods reportedly had THC, four other drugs in system at time of arrest
- Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo banned 5 games for pushing referee