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- That’s Life: Disney World’s debut made magazine cover in 1971
- Free tickets for military and their families at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens
- Northwestern comes up short in 71-65 loss to Ohio State
- New menu options on all-you-can-eat appetizers at TGI Fridays
- School District 219 board approves hires, accepts resignations
- Shout Out: J.P. Rauh, owner of new Skokie CrossFit gym
- Democrats for state attorney general talk pot legalization, slam Trump at Evanston forum
- Bulls fall to Warriors 119-112; Kris Dunn ‘chipped and dislocated’ 2 front teeth
- Chicago Fire re-sign Schweinsteiger for 2018 season
- Pete Mangan does the little things to fuel Loyola basketball’s success
- Big Diehl: Senior steps up to help deliver win over Waukegan
- Chuck Schramm puts family first, cheers on grandson at rival Deerfield
- Local residents embrace triathlon training for fitness, camaraderie
- Undersized Niles North senior plays in paint for the good of the team
- 5-foot-11 post Gavin Morse overcomes lack of height with hustle, speed
- Ridgewood girls basketball team’s swarming defense creates offense
- Starbucks tests no-cash policy at Seattle store
- Bonuses are great, but tax law windfall should include workers’ retirement perk
- Fallen out of love with your roommate? Find your next one Tinder-style
- Two-story colonial in Glenview: $1.25M
- Spouse shoulders family’s financial worries
- ‘Mom and Dad’ review: Nic Cage, Selma Blair play parents with an ax to grind
- Meet the Wisconsin prisoner, Chicago man cast on ‘Love After Lockup’
- Obama Presidential Center activists shout ‘Shame on you!’ at aldermen
- Emanuel won’t say whether city should challenge low commercial property assessments
- Mother of Brian Urlacher’s son files $125 million defamation lawsuit against former Bears star
- ‘Extraordinary volunteer’ Jim Neville entering hockey hall of fame
- Lawsuit accuses U.S. Steel of polluting Lake Michigan with toxic chromium
- A crowded Cubs outfield has plenty to prove in 2018
- ‘My name is Lorraine Hansberry’: New PBS documentary tells her story
- Chicago DACA rally
- Photo gallery: Chicago DACA rally and march
- The Spurs made a big bet on LaMarcus Aldridge. He has responded with an MVP-caliber season.
- ‘Dreamers’ march in Chicago as Democrats dig in on immigration
- St. Cyprian school to close; River Grove church to unite with Elmwood Park’s St. Celestine
- Nikola Mirotic is too good to still be on the Bulls
- Incarnation Catholic, Our Lady of the Ridge to close at school year’s end
- Takata air bag killed Florida driver who should have survived crash, report says
- Gourmet doughnut shop opens Monday in downtown West Dundee
- 3 Midwest inns ideal for a romantic winter escape
- 2 killed in South Side shooting — first gun deaths in Chicago in 7 days
- Midwest winter escapes
- Doctors divided over report that popular morning sickness drug doesn’t work
- Grind your teeth at night? Botox may help
- 4 reasons Norwegians won’t go near Trump’s welcome mat
- Trump reitera que el muro será pagado “directa o indirectamente” por México
- Got unused vacation days? National ‘Plan for Vacation Day’ is Jan. 30
- Neighbor of Glenview business complains of mulch smell, noisy trucks
- ‘Den of Thieves’ review: ‘Heat’-seeking tale of LA law vs. LA robbers
- Students’ Muslim Center visit offers interfaith experience
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Jan. 18-24
- 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Brad Fiorenza returns to reality TV after teaching in the Chicago area
- In her Captain America suit, Lindsey Vonn is finally ready to attack
- Wenger: Sanchez move to Man United ‘likely to happen’
- Barcelona agree Pique contract extension
- Country music radio pioneer ‘Uncle Len’ dead at 89
- Bordeaux sack manager Gourvennec after Caen loss
- For teens on autism spectrum, improv classes can aid communication
- Police arrest suspect in Atletico fan stabbing case
- A ‘Dreamer’ from Little Village fights back at City Hall
- Her Olympic dream almost died, but now she’s heading to Pyeongchang after all
- What you need to know about how oak barrels affect wine
- 5 things to eat, drink, and do this weekend
- Farmer’s Fridge introduces two new grain-based bowls
- La realidad alternativa de Trump marca su primer año
- Got nuclear jitters after the false alarm in Hawaii? Books for the bomb shelter
- Dortmund deny Aubameyang talks with Arsenal
- Arts become a bigger deal at Epcot
- Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale out for Real Madrid Copa tie
- Deerfield residents honor Dr. King with service projects
- ‘My Friend Dahmer’ review: Movie portrays serial killer as bullied, neglected teen
- Legoland Florida hotel package include free tickets for kids
- Mets finalize 1-year, $545K deal with Adrian Gonzalez
- Pope Francis performs historic wedding aboard papal plane
- ‘Small Town Crime’ review: Elmore Leonard-level noir
- NFL playoff picks and Super Bowl odds: Patriots and Vikings move on
- Over-the-top ways to break cabin fever
- Over-the-top ways to break cabin fever
- In statement, McKayla Maroney says Larry Nassar ‘left scars on my psyche that may never go away’
- How Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks fell in love over Chicago blues records
- Kendall College sells programs and name to National Louis University for $1
- Bedouine, coming at you with heaviness hiding behind sunshine
- How Chicago’s top women chefs fight sexual harassment: ‘It’s disconcerting, the things that go on still in kitchens’
- Morning Spin: Even after tax hike, Illinois education board wants double the money
- Alderman wants to remove domestic violence, sex crimes from city problem building tally
- The government shutdown has begun. Here’s what you need to know.
- Chicago singer Anna Agosta took the leap, for which we should all be grateful
- Players criticize ‘risky’ conditions at broiling Australian Open
- Orlando Eye: ‘Love Is in the Air’ packages set
- Pickups, SUVs are king of the hill for 2019
- Jason Marsalis riffs on his new life in France
- 2017 was among the planet’s hottest years on record, government scientists report
- Nominations sought for African-American Leader of the Year
- U46 opens class talks on MLK’s nonviolence philosophy to public
- ‘Forever My Girl’ review: Showcase for the British hunk in a bland story
- Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts for Jan. 19-25
- It’s time Hollywood’s male stars use their power to level playing field
- Philly-style sandwich chain Taylor Gourmet opening Monday, giving out free hoagies
- 4 young guys with cool nicknames are shaking up the NBA
- New winter brunches in Chicago
- Richard Lewis at 70: Still quick on his feet
- Dylan Farrow describes alleged Woody Allen assault in first TV interview
- Tonya Harding is having her moment of redemption. Now Nancy Kerrigan deserves hers.
- ‘What am I going to do with … scores from two years ago?’ State finally releases 2016 science test results
- ‘Legally Blonde The Musical’ in Oak Lawn bucks female stereotypes
- ‘México no pagará el muro y no negociará el TLCAN en redes sociales’
- Proposed Chicago Amazon HQ2 sites
- Stoke bring in Greek defender Stafylidis
- Epcot’s Garden Rocks Concert Series lineup 2018
- District 181 facing $531,000 budget shortfall for Hinsdale Middle School technology
- American Airlines adding shuttle flights between New York, Chicago
- Oak Park carjacking attempt thwarted after would-be thief turns off keyless ignition system: police
- 20 cities named finalists for Amazon’s HQ2
- After nearly a decade, ‘CPS Obsessed’ creator retires popular blog
- Tom Arnold: Ari Emanuel told me he lost too much money on Cosby to release embarrassing Miss Universe footage of Trump
- School District 308 looks at driver’s ed, sports fee hikes
- Allardyce: Everton to swtich to ‘more defensive’ style
- A haunting new documentary explains ‘The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm’
- California lawmaker seeks home school oversight after 13 children found captive
- Niklas Hjalmarsson tries to move on after regrettable trade from Blackhawks
- Upcoming theme park concerts bring big names to Florida parks
- Russia’s Dzhikiya tears ACL, risks World Cup absence
- Elgin Symphony goes to the movies with John Williams tribute
- Mundelein H.S. makes second attempt at golf course sale
- Can schools really ban ‘best friends’?
- Femme new media cause for ‘Palpitations’; artist and scientist Hunter Cole redefines “lightning bug”
- Justin Timberlake says he’s made peace with Janet Jackson
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- Lake Forest hires special counsel to investigate lobbying payments for Amtrak stop
- Whitecaps sign Mexican international Juarez
- Sun Wah BBQ to receive coveted 2018 James Beard America’s Classics award
- Gunman robs Elmwood Park gas station, tells employee to open drawer and safe, ‘or I will kill you’: police
- Kane County says officer was ‘in control’ when unshackling inmate before Delnor hostage standoff
- Speak Out
- Anchor Ben Bradley mistaken for foreign politician with strong views on vasectomies
- North Central takes on feminist story with ‘Iphigenia’
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- Chicago Restaurant Week guide: Phil Vettel’s list of best bets
- List of Amazon HQ2 contenders
- Community news
- 90-year-old St. James Catholic School building to be demolished, clearing way for renovation
- Winner: “And now, to my left, the winner of the 1st Annual Harvey Weinstein Award!” – Roger Simpson, Monticello, Ill.
- Thin Mints, Tagalongs and S’mores, oh, my! 5,155 boxes of cookies sold by this Girl Scout
- HuffPost shutting down contributor section
- Shout Out: Vito Grimaldi, ice cream shop owner
- Fixed mortgage rates continue their upward climb
- Warm up with these 16 winter brunches in Chicago
- Shout Out: Jose Santuario, restaurant manager
- Sale of Chicago outsider art collection spotlights city’s pioneering role in the genre
- What a leather convention can teach the rest of us about sex – and consent
- 14 automakers list more models in Takata recall
- Retired teacher thought ‘I was about to die’ after missile alert in Hawaii
- Samantha Bee on #MeToo backlash: ‘It doesn’t have to be rape to ruin your life’
- Shout Out: Barb Swichtenberg, member of Ela Township Charity Knit and Crochet
- Revolution, one weird day at a time
- ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’: The tyranny of beauty, the mother of invention
- Document: Draft resolution calling for immigrant safe zone at East Aurora schools
- East Aurora schools urged to be immigration ‘safe zone’
- Man on drugs drives onto Metra platform, escapes path of freight train that destroys his car: police
- ‘The Final Year’ review: Documentary about Obama administration misses the point
- Elmwood Park agreement for medical services includes use of a new ambulance
- Naperville park designer proposes public plaza for Frontier complex land
- Gerard Butler como el ‘macho alfa’ de la manada en ‘Den of Thieves’
- El ‘Kaiser’ está de vuelta con el Chicago Fire
- Of course Chicago made Amazon’s short list for HQ2. Now we’ll see if it’s a winner, or just a contender.
- Speak out: Medical insurance out of control
- The return of Schweinsteiger, Aubameyang-Dortmund breakup and the best of the week in soccer
- ¿Se está pasando de la raya el movimiento #MeToo?
- Downsizing baby boomers face a key decision: Is it better to rent or to buy?
- Sale pending on land where Purple Hotel once stood: Lincolnwood officials
- Abogan por DACA frente a Trump Tower, en Chicago
- Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria makes call on Port Canaveral
- In ‘Undying Faith’ a single mother struggles to save her sons
- When coins are a metaphor for change
- Projecting the White Sox’s 25-man roster
- Alsip man killed in ‘targeted’ shooting near Oswego, officials say
- GoDaddy to sponsor Danica Patrick in her upcoming ‘Danica Double’
- Lawyer: O.J. Simpson is golfing a lot, staying in Las Vegas
- Niles West students emphasize unity in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Sin fecha para el debut de Donovan en México
- The ‘Kaiser’ is back with the Chicago Fire
- América pone a prueba el paso perfecto de Pumas
- Cops warn of man in van who attempted to lure 11-year-old girl
- University of Illinois freezes in-state tuition for fourth year
- Can we laugh now? How to handle gender-based humor in the age of #MeToo
- Montella: Atletico Madrid win ‘the beginning’ of Sevilla turnaround
- Violist performs Bach, original work in Libertyville
- México jugará ante Islandia en Santa Clara
- Amazon narrows list of headquarters cities to 20 finalists
- The Wailers adapt their mission to current events
- Governors urge Trump, Congress to do more to solve opioid crisis
- Competition at Ivies leaves some applicants on waitlist
- New Seine River cruises offered by Adventures by Disney
- At Lew Manilow’s memorial, an unexpected discovery about a favorite song
- Lake Zurich officials praise look of new gas station, convenience store
- Apple will let you choose between your phone’s speed and its battery life
- District 230 names new principal for Sandburg
- Manker: Perfect storm — no school, fresh snow and a day made for sledding
- El fin del TPS salvadoreño, ‘una oportunidad para conseguir ley migratoria’
- Mulvaney requests zero funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Brook Forest Dissection Club breeds enthusiasm
- Highlights from the Bears’ introduction of their new coordinators
- El niño del ‘Movimiento Naranja’ quiere ser como Vicente Fernández
- Is Illinois ready for a political revolution?
- We can’t let robots steal all our jobs
- Mujer que denuncia a Cardona y Barrios por violencia de género niega abuso
- With minutes set to increase, Zach LaVine focused on game, not business
- Former referee Webb, new head of MLS referees
- To turn the #MeToo moment into a lasting movement, we can’t just demand. We need to plan.
- Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest winner and extras
- Is Trump’s doctor excellent?
- Letter: School boundary changes face legal gridlock
- Black Button’s ‘Nevermore’ has all the Poe darkness you’d expect
- Montreal acquire Canadian international Petrasso from QPR
- Will County picks site for new health department facility
- Amid boos and shouts, Elwood panel recommends controversial business park in Will County
- Carpentersville to save money with new YouTube plan for meetings
- Davich: Indiana’s ‘Death with Dignity’ bill deserves consideration
- Female relative in custody after allegedly stabbing woman in Wilmette
- Quickly
- Brigitte Bardot: ‘MeToo’ actresses are ‘hypocritical’
- John Farrell’s family thriving in Cubs organization
- Agentes fronterizos dañaron provisiones para inmigrantes
- Libertyville asks residents to conserve water during repair work
- Greek Super League to adpot VAR next season
- Interfaith children’s concert emphasizes harmony
- Los colombianos Pinto y Suárez, entre los candidatos para dirigir a Ecuador
- Ex-Markham mayor pleads guilty to $300,000 bribery scheme, may go to prison
- Elena Ferrante, whoever she is, will be a columnist for the Guardian
- T.F. South students spending afternoons building robots
- Presence Health won’t provide the care that Chicago’s neighborhoods need
- South cleans up after unusually intense storm that killed 15
- Red-light cameras: Too lucrative to give up?
- City Colleges to provide counselors to help CPS with new graduation requirement
- Guilty plea brings ‘day of reckoning’ in ’85 rape, murder of DuPage County teen Kristy Wesselman
- Lauren Herrmann lets play do the talking in fourth quarter of Hampshire’s win
- Ex-Milwaukee officer acquitted in shooting that sparked riots reaches plea deal in sex assaults
- 50 years later, TV hoops legacy of Eddie Einhorn and UCLA-Houston looms large
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 19
- Portage mayor owes $10K to co-defendant in federal bribery case, report shows
- Big Lagniappe bringing NOLA sound to Joliet
- Who will get the blame if the government shuts down?
- ‘Jane the Virgin’s’ Ivonne Coll to lead Teatro Vista premiere
- One year Trumpiversary
- ‘Our voices matter’: Northwest Indiana activists prepare for second Women’s March in Indianapolis
- In wake of sexual abuse scandal, USA Gymnastics ends agreement to train at Karolyi Ranch
- Rotary Hill proposed as site of Naperville ‘harmony park’
- 1960s music celebration finds new home at Horseshoe
- Bears will retain QB coach Dave Ragone
- Teenage girl went missing Wednesday on Southwest Side
- American Airlines launching weekday shuttle between Chicago and N.Y.
- The Amazon race: Now it gets interesting
- Don’t boycott the State of the Union speech, kill it once and for all
- Robert Redford addresses Weinstein, Me Too at Sundance
- Senior guard Dylan Patrick steps up to fill leadership role for Newark
- Shout Out: Janet Boyle, an attorney working in Arlington Heights and Chicago
- Government scientists scramble to save research ahead of shutdown that could ruin studies
- Concussion will sideline Kris Dunn indefinitely after nasty fall
- Shout Out: Bryant K. Smith, Oakton visiting lecturer
- ‘It’s difficult to accept’: Decision to close St. Cyprian School met with disappointment
- Holy Cross School to close due to low enrollment, operating deficit
- Glenbrook Evening H.S. student performs original poem on ‘Hamilton’ stage
- Ask Tom: Which U.S. has largest range between record high, low temperatures?
- Yoga studio plans fundraiser to help Carpentersville skater Bradie Tennell’s brothers see her at Olympics
- Baseball players reject pitch clock, mound limits
- Kashmir recreates classic Led Zeppelin sounds
- From #MeToo to #Aha
- Three books selected for ‘Coming Together’ program on Muslim-American experiences
- Husband files wrongful death lawsuit after Beecher crash killed his pregnant wife, 3 children
- Skokie trustees approve ‘enhancement’ grant for future bakery near downtown
- Barakat Adekola becomes more than a rebounding machine for East Aurora
- Justice man gets 10 years for manufacturing synthetic drugs, official say
- Mundelein forum focuses on disparity in senior community property taxes
- LeBron James, Stephen Curry are captains, to draft NBA All-Star Game teams
- Approved Park Ridge Park District budget keeps cost of pool passes flat, increases other program costs
- Naperville women will be among the sea of blue hats at second Women’s March Chicago
- Trump visits Pennsylvania to sell tax law — and to try to save a House seat for Republicans
- Driver of stopped car on I-80 killed in crash
- College of Lake County cancels, relocates some classes due to power outage
- Mother of teen found dead in Waukegan pool demands justice: ‘He just didn’t end up there alone’
- Judge tentatively allows testimony at trial on Laquan McDonald’s ‘violent nature’
- Back for Season 4 with Bears, Vic Fangio stresses room for improvement
- Footlight Players stages courtroom drama ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’
- Community news
- Bid leader for 2026 World Cup implies Trump policies are impacting North American chances
- How to reverse Illinois’ exodus and improve minority unemployment
- Ex-Trump aide Sebastian Gorka was subject of Hungarian arrest warrant while at White House
- Women’s march in Naperville canceled Sunday
- Letter: Anthony Clark’s new and enthusiastic voice is what’s needed, not Davis’ tired tactics
- Fox Lake apartment fire leaves three families displaced
- Matteson says grocer Pete’s Fresh Market to move into former Dominick’s location
- Man convicted of double murder as juvenile is freed after 21 years in prison
- Judge orders refunds to 6 ex-Naperville Country Club members, 33 others waiting
- Supreme Court: North Carolina doesn’t have to redraw gerrymandered maps by next week
- Boys basketball notes: Andrew’s Troy Murphy lays down law as a 3-point threat
- Trump insists views on border wall have ‘never changed,’ contradicting chief of staff
- Carpentersville’s Bradie Tennell stays close to home to train for Winter Olympics
- Zimbabwe opposition leader, 4 others die in helicopter crash in New Mexico
- Abbey Murphy brings home Team USA gold medal in hockey to Mother McAuley
- All eyes on Tom Brady as he misses practice with hand injury
- ‘Boy’ based on true story of gender reassignment gone wrong
- Blood test to detect 8 cancers in earlier stages gives promising results
- At Larry Nassar sentencing hearing, a parade of horror and catharsis
- Slowik: Southland lawmakers fight to save funding for safety-net hospitals
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 19
- Ejecutan al ‘asesino del torniquete’ por matar a cuatro mujeres
- Mild temperatures lead to weekend rain
- Man convicted in Kane County murder 20 years ago now on trial for armed robbery
- Boys basketball notes: David Buh helps Benet turn corner with five straight wins
- Trump’s travel expenses test boundaries of policy and politics
- Chicago made Amazon’s short list. There’s still plenty of competition.
- Chicago’s competition: A look at the 20 bids for Amazon’s HQ2
- US troops punished, but not court-martialed, for contact with foreign women during White House trip
- Boys basketball notes: Lake Central’s Justin Graciano starts to get the message
- Amazon HQ2 contenders include Chicago; Rauner, Emanuel react by trading jabs
- Wisconsin’s Walker proposes work, photo ID requirements in welfare overhaul plan
- Bears offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich sees Mitch Trubisky as coachable, accurate
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 19
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 19
- Supposed TV crew attempts to pass fake bomb through New Jersey airport
- Mark Gonzales’ 2018 Hall of Fame ballot
- Paul Sullivan’s 2018 Hall of Fame ballot
- Government says it is dropping most remaining Inaugural Day rioting cases
- Rebound leader: Tsimba Malonga finds range again as Benet downs Hinsdale Central
- ‘I just don’t like Muslim people’: Trump appointee resigns after racist, anti-gay remarks
- Valparaiso tabs ex-Illinois wideout Steven Mueller to take over as football coach
- South Korea coach banned for allegedly beating Olympic champ
- Government shutdown looms despite House action, short-lived Senate discussion