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- 13 things you should know about Manny Machado
- Hot dining deals during Broward County restaurant month extended through Oct. 15
- Tiroteo en Pilsen deja un hombre muerto
- Baby Matthew Erickson, the tiny fighter
- Night of the living plot explosions: 5 thoughts on the stunning season finale of ‘Game of Thrones’
- Lake Forest Academy victorious in eight-man football debut
- Woman confused by ‘delete’ request
- Truck crash closes inbound Kennedy at Montrose
- No, the Chicago Police Department isn’t fixed
- Morning Spin: Rauner set to sign immigration bill Monday
- Neo-Nazis, anti-Semitism and the cycle of hatred in America
- Hit-and-run crash near Millennium Park critically injures pedestrian
- 10 Most Wanted suspect in teen’s killing, burning is caught in Mexico: FBI
- Video confession in Hadiya’s slaying sealed months after its public filing
- Extremist graffiti in Ravenswood Gardens spurs community to speak out
- Man shot in West Woodlawn has died
- As more heroin is mixed with fentanyl, opioid crisis turns even deadlier
- State school funding deal comes under pressure as leaders work on final details
- Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston
- St. Joseph has ‘three-headed monster’ in speedy offensive players
- Second annual Peacebook brings Chicago’s wounds to the forefront
- 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 19-7 preseason win over Titans
- Inside the passion-fueled, bombastic, Cubs-loving, full-tilt life of David Kaplan
- Series preview: Pirates at Cubs
- Mike Montgomery has his eye on a future Cubs rotation spot
- Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
- Uber chooses a surprising new leader: Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
- West suburban football roundup: Lyons topples Sandburg in opener
- Whole Foods has tried lower prices before. Can Amazon make it work?
- Climate change seen as cause for mudslide in Switzerland
- Rookie slugger Matt Davidson getting back in swing of things for White Sox
- Master class: Volunteer gardeners teach skills, fill food pantries
- 9 questions for White Sox starter Miguel Gonzalez
- City Mouse, Dollop Diner and Cupitol exceling in breakfast game
- This guitar player helps other musicians hunting for gear on Reverb
- Relatives, O-line boost Brendan Bazar as Libertyville wins opener
- Timbers escape Seattle with 1-1 draw against Sounders
- Giovinco scores twice, Toronto extends unbeaten streak to 9
- Prickly City- losing their nut
- Gobernador Illinois veta ley que subía salario mínimo a $15 por hora
- El Tri pierde a dos volantes en eliminatoria, por lesión
- The drive for the perfect offspring can get scary
- How Hurricane Harvey will impact prices at the gas pump
- Todos sonríen, tras pelea Mayweather-McGregor
- El Tricolor mexicano dedicarán boleto a Márquez
- Ask Anna: My roommate stopped paying rent after we hooked up
- Camels, casbahs and more make for a magical visit to Morocco
- Taking in Morocco’s many charms
- Dortmund signs forward Andrey Yarmolenko from Dynamo Kiev
- New housing gives hope to Will County veterans
- Taylor Swift’s new song sounds an awful lot like victim blaming
- The Top 10 Tweets of August
- Sin varias estrellas, el US Open apuesta al futuro
- More seniors are taking loans against their homes — and it’s costing them
- Mike Glennon talks being a dad, son’s future in football
- Midwest and more: Highland Games in Iowa, a Taliesin dinner and a massive apple pie
- Donald Trump’s pro-wrestling presidency
- Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover
- La presentación de Dembélé deriva en bronca hacia el presidente del Barca
- 1 killed, 8 wounded in Chicago shootings
- Al menos 8 muertos en Texas por Harvey y miles de personas esperan rescate
- Aurora man finishes garden beds in memory of love of his life
- Sage Steele: People don’t watch ‘SportsCenter’ to hear about Charlottesville
- MVP candidate Giancarlo Stanton hits home run No. 50, and it’s still August
- Uno de los 10 más buscados por el FBI fue capturado en México
- México reitera que no pagará por un muro en EEUU
- History programs set at Oswego museum
- Chicago nightlife at Reverie Chicago last week
- Kendrick Lamar wins 6 awards at MTV VMAs on night full of emotional, political moments
- López y Montes son convocados a selección mexicana
- ‘I don’t desecrate my flag:’ Jim Brown thinks Colin Kaepernick should pick football or activism
- Giving permission for kids to grieve: Schools grappling with summer student deaths
- Why so many people still support Donald Trump
- Male-dominated car dealerships struggle to attract women workers
- Dembele’s Barca presentation marred by Bartomeu jeers
- A woman’s place: Female chefs make strides in their male-dominated field
- En imágenes, las labores de rescate tras el paso de Harvey por Texas
- Faced with substitute shortage, northwest suburban school districts focus on recruitment
- Liverpool agree Keita deal for 2018 – reports
- Texas hurricane rescues show how quickly our divisions wash away
- Column: An American in Paris can stroll past Trump’s follies and foibles
- Barca still chasing Coutinho despite Dembele capture
- Fewer people shot in Chicago this weekend, but total is still more than 30
- Dembélé: ‘Es un honor y un placer jugar con Leo Messi, quiero aprender de él’
- Dembele arrives trying to avoid comparisons with Neymar
- Teen charged with two sex assaults in Aurora
- Amid nuclear fears, bomb-shelter business booms: ‘We are back in the 1960s again’
- Proposed Vernon Hills psychiatric hospital has sights set on Waukegan
- 50 years before Sunday’s ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Fugitive’ set a precedent for big series finales
- Duncan Keith ranks No. 5 on NHL Network’s list of top defensemen
- Under 50? You still haven’t hit rock bottom, happiness-wise.
- More than 200 arrested during Terre Haute truck rally
- Growing number of Lake County nursing students head to Kenosha for degree
- Depressed but can’t see a therapist? This chatbot could help
- Does talcum powder cause ovarian cancer?
- Florida judge dismisses fraud lawsuit against DNC
- Lauri Markkanen gives his mom a car — but Twitter isn’t impressed
- The 20 unwritten rules of spin class
- Person stabbed in downtown Arlington Heights while intervening in fight, police say
- Judge sends Indian spiritual guru to jail for 10 years for rape of two female followers
- I was one of Joe Arpaio’s victims. He doesn’t deserve a pardon.
- Turning 65? Choosing the right Medicare Part D plan starts with 4 simple rules
- A+ advice for a successful school year
- How Americans use public transportation in their everyday lives (Infographic)
- Tips to make sure your fire extinguisher is at the ready
- Annual screening of ‘Gone With the Wind’ in Memphis canceled over racial content
- ‘México en el Corazón’ en Millennium Park
- South Shore Arts receives grant to expand projects
- German prosecutors believe nurse killed at least 86 patients
- Public spaces to lighten up Wabash Avenue planned under ‘L’ tracks
- Kenya bans plastic bags, threatening 4 years imprisonment and fines of up to $40,000
- Shinola still pursuing South Side factory: ‘We love the South Side’
- Harvey causes economic catastrophe with many uninsured
- Es ley, Illinois es un ‘estado santuario’ para inmigrantes
- GuerinFest celebrates with rides, games and music
- R. Kelly blames promoter for cancelling the final date of his Southern tour
- Coroner seeks help finding family of Gary man, 89
- Lettuce Entertain You settles whistleblower lawsuit
- Retro, super-processed and a bit ribald, cocktail weenies nevertheless delight
- ACLU sues White House over transgender soldiers ban
- Chicago-area high school football Week 2 rankings
- 20 of Lady Gaga’s greatest fashion moments
- Long Grove officials weigh enforcement of water ordinance amid concern from businesses
- GuerinFest
- Figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya retires at 19 after battling anorexia
- Trump autorizará venta de equipo militar a la Policía
- Latest from Francisco X. Stork, E. Lockhart and more featured in this week’s young-adult fiction roundup
- Alleged drunken driver crashes into La Grange squad car and ambulance
- Kevin Hart calls on fellow stars to help with Harvey relief
- Chicago cops get more Tasers, but red flags remain
- La vida de Carlota, bono cultural para turistas del Castillo de Chapultepec
- 15 things to do with the kids, Aug. 28 to Sept. 3
- Morton Grove, Park Ridge and Assyrian American chambers golf for charity
- Fire at shuttered Joliet Correctional Center
- John O’Sullivan perfect in debut, leads Maine South over Glenbard West
- Le Pain Quotidien signs lease for Naperville bakery-restaurant
- Shrimp burgers and herbed gin and tonics: A Labor Day to remember
- Retiring District 181 principals savor moments with their students
- McCracken school student pleads guilty in shooting plot
- Legisladores estatales hispanos critican el perdón de Trump a Arpaio
- Chicago restaurants organize benefit meal for immigrant children’s rights
- Good for the grill, and your face? Ellen weighs in on the charcoal trend
- Rumored to be difficult, azaleas can thrive in right soil, site
- Trump prepares to travel to Texas as state copes with Harvey
- Trump revives program that provides police with military equipment
- Ejército mexicano entra a Estados Unidos en misión de ayuda
- Jack Antonoff staying mum about Taylor Swift’s target in new song
- LaGrange Highlands students celebrate new school year with party
- Lady Gaga’s former fiance Taylor Kinney spotted at her Wrigley Field show
- Some schools make nearly 400 scholarship offers per recruiting class. Why?
- Emanuel’s airport labor rules advance
- 2018 Toyota Camry XSE at a glance
- Larger attendance, more activities this year for Barrington Street Fest and Dance
- Monaco sign Jovetic, close in on Dendoncker – sources
- School bus service in East Aurora
- Local leaders tackle wide range of topics at town hall in Oak Park
- LaGrange Highlands students celebrate new school year with party
- De Jong ends Newcastle nightmare, re-signs for Ajax
- Glencoe kids get back to school — nerves and all
- Skate to Beyonce and Whitney at Chicago Athletic Association’s skate nights
- Northwestern police commander, noted for coordinating Obama visit, succumbs to cancer
- México necesita triunfo combinado con derrota de Honduras para amarrar pase
- New leader takes the helm at Winnetka Community House
- Remains found on Kenosha County beach in December identified as Waukegan man
- Can Trump be impeached for pardoning Arpaio?
- Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain
- Behind the scenes at Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain
- Surveillance photos of Loop bank robber released
- David Villa: ‘Estoy viviendo un sueño’
- North Shore Wine Beer and Cigar Fest
- Park Ridge news briefs: Oncologist, molecular biologist named to Maine South’s alumni Wall of Honor
- Ex-Lake in the Hills village president avoids jail, gets fined for domestic battery
- Former deputy enters not guilty plea to child porn charges
- Neymar se une a la selección brasileña junto con sus compañeros del PSG
- FDA cracks down on stem-cell clinics offering risky treatments
- Suit: Aetna violated law with envelope revealing HIV status
- México brindó ayuda tras el huracán Katrina. ¿Trump la aceptará ahora?
- Dembélé busca evitar comparaciones con Neymar en el Barca
- ‘Despacito’ ties Mariah Carey’s 16-week record at No. 1
- Oxlade-Chamberlain set for Chelsea move – reports
- Boy Scout troops in Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods camp out for new community expo
- Illinois’ anti-business attitude is nothing new
- Selena Gomez posts Justin Bieber nude photos in Instagram hack
- Boy Scout expo in Lake Zurich
- New trains to shave hour off Amtrak’s Chicago-to-St. Louis trip: state
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Community news
- Mundelein moves forward with downtown pedestrian bridge
- Fall semester starts at Oakton College, with students paying more this year for tuition
- Why are companies afraid to pay their fair share?
- Invest in smart technology for a smarter city
- Cubs’ Jon Lester throws 47-pitch simulated game
- Dollars and sense: Breaking down the new Bears contract for Charles Leno
- Large turnout at River Grove School’s first ‘Pizza Battle’
- Baseball drama ‘High & Outside’ is loaded with talent, and it was Geoffrey Lewis’ last film
- Aurora mayor praises new state immigration bill: ‘It is the right, just and fair thing to do’
- Lou Malnati’s to open Carpentersville site on Randall Road
- Embattled Northwestern fraternity to remain shuttered this school year
- What will Illinois politicians tax next? Air?
- Amonestados y lesiones afectan a Colombia de cara a dos duelos de eliminatoria
- District 34 firms up spending plan for next fiscal year
- Football notes: Tyler Holte and Saveon Smith amp up St. Edward’s efficiency
- Metra closes pedestrian crossing near Deerfield H.S.
- Why wouldn’t Trump pardon Joe Arpaio?
- Tequila and karaoke to remember “El Divo de Juárez”
- Mary Shelton, nurse who worked with premature babies, dies at 92
- ‘Game of Thrones’ breaks audience record with season finale
- Quickly
- Two injured in Aurora crash
- Food Truck Rally raises thousands for Oak Park-River Forest Rotary Club
- ‘The Audience’: The Queen advises and consents, always over tea
- QB Quinn Boyle returns from injury, but Loyola loses to Phillips
- State Farm, Allstate send hundreds of claims workers to assess Harvey damage
- School buses make first rounds in East Aurora: ‘This is a milestone for the district’
- Golfers raise $40,000 for Helping Hands services
- Veteran Luke Ricobene helps IC Catholic begin title defense with a win
- Pheasant Run to work with food bank during Hunger Action Month
- Libertyville fest highlights local beer and wine
- Meet the sometime-streamer: TV watchers who sign up for one show — then cancel
- For Houston’s undocumented immigrants, storm is just the latest challenge
- Harvey shuts down United flights, operations in Houston
- MRI reveals torn ACL for Bears WR Cameron Meredith
- Fans flock to Beatles Fest for music, camaraderie
- State’s attorney asks judge to invalidate ‘illegal annexations’ by Lemont of 17 properties
- Judge rules for ex-Treasurer Rutherford in suit tied to alleged harassment
- Girls volleyball preview: Miami recruit Maya Sullivan, Rosary dream big
- Old is new for hundreds at Center rummage sale
- Paco Jémez dice que experiencia en México lo hará mejor persona y entrenador
- Cubs’ Ernie Banks monument unveiled at Graceland Cemetery
- Rauner signs immigration, automatic voter registration bills into law
- Limits placed on what lawyers in Hastert civil case can tell reporters
- Rauner vetoes bill that would bar employers from asking about salary history
- Deerfield schools celebrate the start of a new year
- ‘Come together’ the theme for Giles School’s opening day
- Police: Push for residents to ‘say something’ leads to arrest in Morton Grove burglaries
- Iran and North Korea are partner threats to the U.S. and the world
- QUOTABLES
- Taj Gibson: Rajon Rondo ‘can run for president,’ Jimmy Butler ‘a supermodel now’
- CPS to teach 8th, 10th graders about Jon Burge legacy as part of reparations
- Harvey is also displacing wildlife
- McDonald’s deal with French tech firm to boost digital strategy could bring 600 jobs
- Drug users seeking treatment can turn to Deerfield police without threat of arrest
- New state budget has Lake County towns looking at cuts
- Crown Point Star Newspaper Almanac
- Saint Mary’s kids watch solar eclipse on playground
- Teens escape alleged street-racing crash, fire near Volo Bog without injury
- Church news
- Illinois quiere ser modelo nacional con ley que hace del estado un santuario
- Pet pony, meet pet puppy
- 5 ways to show your child’s teacher you have their back
- Illini running back Kendrick Foster eager to be ‘the best’
- Trouble in Trumpland? Some of the president’s key Cabinet members are off message.
- Elmhurst lawyer faces child pornography charges after images discovered in office printer
- Pioneer Press Week 1 football roundup
- Illinois is officially a ‘sanctuary state’ for immigrants
- Justin Hancock lights up radar guns at Triple-A Iowa Cubs
- Area police to step up traffic enforcement over Labor Day weekend
- A carrot in disguise: When a hot dog is not a hot dog
- Bring on the Dodgers? Good one, Joe Maddon
- Talk of the County
- Three charged with residential burglary in Bartlett
- Trump defends Arpaio pardon, says timing during hurricane was for better ratings
- The yearslong recovery from Hurricane Harvey
- Trump’s hurricane response: So far, so good
- Fox Valley groups look to help Hurricane Harvey victims
- Kitty Conley’s Scratching Post
- Harvey’s heavy rains ratchet up flooding fears in Louisiana
- Trump eagerly confronts tricky politics of natural disasters
- El entrenamiento abierto de Canelo y GGG
- Norris Center fire caused $500k damage, renovation still on track
- Illini AD: Ending ‘war chant’ song will create a more inclusive environment
- How to help the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey
- Diana Rauner reports for jury duty at Daley Center, not selected to serve
- Facebook bloquea los anuncios de páginas que comparten “noticias falsas”
- Speak Out
- Francisca Lino, another face of the ‘unjust deportations under Trump’
- Attorney: Waukegan agrees to its share of $9 million settlement in wrongful-conviction lawsuit
- Corrections and clarifications
- Fire breaks out at ‘Blues Brothers’ prison in Joliet, police say
- Ask Tom: August is usually the wettest month, but how about this year?
- Public rifts between Trump, senior officials widen after Charlottesville
- Bears sign long snapper Jeff Overbaugh after Patrick Scales suffers ‘serious’ injury
- Boys cross country preview: Dylan Jacobs looks to put Sandburg in lead
- Is preseason success a sign of big things to come for Bears defense?
- Family calls Decatur sailor who died in USS McCain collision ‘our pride and joy’
- Josh McCown named Jets’ starting quarterback
- Texas officials say at least 9 dead as Harvey-related flooding continues
- ‘What universe does that come from?’ Judges criticize travel ban weeks before it heads to Supreme Court
- Experienced defender Kyler Tanis provides an anchor for revamped Highland
- Girls volleyball notes: Marist’s Savannah Thompson leads way over No. 9 Minooka
- Juan Villoro: periodistas mexicanos están investigando lo que el gobierno no hace
- Amazon slashes Whole Foods prices by up to 43 percent on first day
- Alertan a ‘soñadores’ a no viajar al extranjero hasta que se defina DACA
- Senators, pass school funding — without the risky House theatrics
- Jim Harbaugh playing games as Michigan preps to play Florida
- Judge pushes trial for suspect in abduction of U. of I. Chinese scholar to February
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 29
- Top Trump Organization executive reached out to Putin aide for help on business deal
- Muere Alicia Juárez, última musa del compositor mexicano José Alfredo Jiménez
- Muere Alicia Juárez, última musa del compositor mexicano José Alfredo Jiménez
- Pleasant temperatures, with some rain here
- Cubs looking for best fit for Jon Lester’s return
- Police: Teen who was shot in head before his rescue from Grayslake fire has died
- Hurricane Harvey, flooding forces Astros, Texans to move home games
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 29
- Steve Johnson, still grieving loss of his father, moves into second round at U.S. Open
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 29
- Wilmette mayor tasks committee with analyzing minimum wage data
- Fired Baylor coach Art Briles will not be joining the CFL quite yet
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn’t want to be a distraction at son’s Northwestern games
- White Sox prospect Jake Burger on hitting for cycle: ‘unbelievable’
- Resident group will make recommendations on park district projects
- Sean Adams, Munster take advantage of fluke collision to top Lake Central
- Safer Foundation receives grant to help more ex-offenders
- Tillerson to cut more than half of State Department’s special envoys
- 15-year-old arrested in stabbing death, two rapes in Hammond: police
- Cubs 6, Pirates 1
- For new Texas coach Tom Herman, road to success was long, dusty
- Trump pledges swift Harvey aid, says effort will be unimpeded by threatened government shutdown
- Standoff at CHA building on Near North Side ends peacefully
- ‘Cajun Navy’ races from Louisiana to Texas, using boats to pay it forward
- QB Matthew Stafford agrees to 5-year extension with Lions
- Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump, GOP