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- Man shot dead on New Year’s Day on South Side becomes 3rd homicide of 2018
- Inicia la venta de marihuana recreativa en California con celebraciones y multitudes
- Dominate defense lifts Alabama over Clemson in Sugar Bowl, into national title game
- Woman found dead in apartment near Lincoln Park, foul play suspected
- Iran’s state TV reports 9 more killed amid nationwide protests; total death toll rises to at least 20
- Man found dead in Avalon Park
- Technology glitch delays O’Hare travelers at Customs
- Man fathered a child; now dreads the DNA knock on the door
- 2018 begins with an unconditional surrender before the robot uprising
- Morning Spin: Stories to watch in Chicago and Illinois politics in 2018
- Inspired by longtime McCormick Place greeter, app aims to give visitors memorable experience
- Berrios and ‘The Silence of the Dems’
- The Russia story so far
- Teen athlete vies for spot on U.S. wheelchair basketball team
- Avoiding GMOs isn’t just anti-science — it’s immoral
- John DeFilippo, Pat Shurmur, Josh McDaniels, Steve Wilks emerge in Bears’ search
- Playing with the Queen of Hearts
- Fantasy football 2018 sleepers: Derrick Henry, Adam Shaheen and names you’ve never heard of
- Harvey firefighter injured while extinguishing blaze
- NFC North churn continues with Packers’ move to reshape front office
- John Fox’s ’emotional’ message to Bears players ‘definitely hard to watch’
- Same lame Bears: Ryan Pace gets a contract extension, but nobody demands a playoff spot
- The nuns have new neighbors: Suburban strip joint next to convent closes, becomes dance club
- Georgia wins wild Rose Bowl over Oklahoma to reach national title game
- Hubo advertencias antes de ataque a policías en Colorado
- From coworking to retail, a Water Tower Place space wants to give innovators a home base
- 2017 marked a year of tearing down consumer protections ‘brick by brick’
- Royal vacation: 12 castles you can actually rent
- How did Chicago-area contestants fare on ‘The Bachelor’ premiere?
- Retired NBA champion Shawn Marion’s new goal? Winning ‘The Amazing Race’
- Trump is as unfit and ignorant as ever
- What Americans will argue about in 2018
- Instagram-worthy soft serve is the country’s cool new treat
- California legal marijuana photos
- Carrie Underwood warns fans she ‘might look a bit different’ after ‘gruesome’ injury
- Soft serve gets fancy
- 8 small changes for a slimmer you
- California rolls its own recreational pot sales out for 2018
- ‘Star Wars’ supera a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ en 2017
- Enormes desafíos aguardan a Trump en 2018
- The world’s biggest brewing company is thirsty for your data
- Amber-tinted glasses might get you more sleep
- Just Opened: Half Sour all-day cafe with newish Jewish deli influence
- Trump accuses Department of Justice of being part of ‘deep state’
- Buscan al nuevo Pulisic en Chicago
- Ask Anna: How do I get out of a sexual dry spell?
- Los homicidios bajaron ‘pero aún nos queda mucho trabajo’, dice la Policía de Chicago
- Actrices de Hollywood crean un fondo legal contra abusos sexuales a mujeres
- Grace Kinsey’s two-way play helps Lake Zurich weather tough schedule
- American YouTuber Logan Paul apologizes for showing body in Japan’s ‘suicide forest’
- Trump’s misguided ideas about Chicago crime
- 5 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Ric Wilson, Xiu Xiu, Ohmme
- Trump acusa a Departamento de Justicia de estar en su contra
- Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, archivist for Frank Lloyd Wright, dies at 87
- Chicago skyline moving up, and out, in 2018
- First, this town lost its Macy’s. Then Sears. Now, all eyes are on J.C. Penney.
- La alfarería, oficio que pasa de madres a hijas en el sureste de México
- Extra-alarm fire hits resort near Starved Rock; no injuries reported
- Connecticut bride battling breast cancer says ‘I do’ 18 hours before her death
- La ola de frío deja al menos tres muertos
- Photos: Grand Bear Resort fire
- Hollywood heavyweights team up to declare Time’s Up on sexual harassment
- Calendar
- 7 questions to ask yourself before a DIY home project
- Wenger promises star duo will be replaced by class acts
- Trump dice que los defensores de indocumentados acabarán ‘enamorándose’ de él
- Iranians protest weak economy
- The guys with Buddy Guy: A guide to the legend’s January residency
- Do good for Chicago kids with Urban Initiatives sports-based programs
- Help Them to Hope
- Ringing in the New Year, tot style
- Buscaría América a Luuk de Jong
- Have you fallen off your diet yet?
- Chicago begins year less violently than recent New Year’s weekends
- Rolling Meadows freshman Max Christie playing well beyond his years
- Liverpool’s Flanagan admits assaulting girlfriend
- New Year’s resolutions for Chicago jazz
- Talk of the County
- Diego Costa returns to Atletico bearing high expectations
- NBC names Hoda Kotb as Lauer replacement on ‘Today’
- In new year, first Cook County marriage performed — with groom in tuxedo onesie
- Winnetka memorial, Evanston mansion awarded preservation grants
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Victim behind Dennis Hastert downfall seeks protective order in lawsuit
- Ronaldo empieza el año en Madeira rodeado de sus principales trofeos
- Q&A: St. Viator girls basketball coach Jason Raymond
- Nature Yoga’s move, ultrasound studio’s opening provide fresh look for Oak Park Arts District; eatery to open soon
- Ravinia offers classical concerts in winter, too
- Cuatro madridistas, además de Messi y Neymar, en el once tipo de ‘L’Équipe’
- Quickly
- Non-residency results in two student removals from Oak Park District 97 schools
- Police find man dead in Gary home after report of suspicious vehicle
- Hinsdale hospital’s first 2018 baby makes early entrance
- Los Angeles toy maker to produce Arlington Heights girl’s design for stuffed animal
- Le explota pirotecnia en la cara a Jürgen Damm
- 23 hurt, including firefighter, in Bronx blaze
- Evanston mayor signs pact to address climate change
- How tips led to arrest in Loop subway pushing — after police kept quiet for a month
- Do indoor plants need special care during winter?
- Anuncia América Ferrera su embarazo
- ‘Sad’ Jesse Jackson Jr. says divorce trial seems ‘inevitable,’ fires D.C. legal team
- Stormwater, TIF district discussions on Winnetka’s 2018 horizon
- Lyft, Aptiv to partner on driverless ride-hailing in Las Vegas for CES
- Director de Ballet de NYC se retira ante pesquisa por abusos
- U.S. service member killed, 4 wounded in Afghanistan combat
- ‘The Post’ review: To stop, or not to stop, the presses?
- Keshet program offers local employment resources for learning-disabled adults
- ESPN’s Jon Gruden will call the Titans-Chiefs playoff game, creating a potential conflict
- Las remesas enviadas a México aumentan
- Suicide and social media in the suburbs: A cascade of hearts, a sense of loss
- Packed swimming pool views movie at Oak Brook Park District
- Dive-In movie at Oak Brook Park District Family Aquatic Center
- Traditional big men, nearly extinct in the NBA, nevertheless pack the 2018 draft class
- State charges Chicago OB-GYN in Medicaid scam
- Bills fans flooding Andy Dalton’s foundation with donations
- Illinois suspends Outcome Health’s agreement for EDGE tax breaks
- Alabama’s Sen.-elect Doug Jones picks African-American chief of staff
- Justin Timberlake announces new album ‘Man of the Woods’
- The ‘mother of all stats’ doesn’t see the Patriots as Super Bowl contenders
- Maine Township youth group fills backpacks for homeless
- What to see in 2018? How about ‘Ragtime,’ Gorbachev and ‘Love Never Dies’
- Trump vuelve al trabajo con una agenda cargada para 2018
- Glencoe Fitness opens at Takiff Center
- Bears quarterback Mike Glennon
- 18 winter classical music highlights for 2018
- The kind of candidate Democrats need in 2020
- ‘Who could be the Judas?’: For 2 years, mom tries to find son’s killer
- American Girl’s Girl of the Year doll wants to make her mark on Mars
- Park Ridge families ring in 2018
- Forecast is partly political for global warming critics
- Theatre of Western Springs starts year off with French comedy
- New tax law expected to slow rise of home values, creating winners and losers
- New Year’s Eve in Park Ridge
- Ask Brianna: How do I make a money resolution that succeeds?
- Quickly
- Flood control a top issue for Wilmette in 2018
- Kohl Children’s Museum rang in New Year’s a little early
- Ryan Murphy’s ‘9-1-1’ doesn’t feel much like a Ryan Murphy show
- Trump administration calls on Iran to unblock Instagram, other social media sites amid protests
- New Year’s Eve Bash
- Fact check: Trump wrongly claims credit for lack of commercial airline crash deaths
- Glenview jeweler hosts Needy Family Fund benefit
- Michele Bachmann mulls run for Al Franken’s Senate seat
- Judge orders city to pay $5.6 million in legal fees to wrongly convicted ex-El Rukn gang member
- Boca Juniors comienza la pretemporada con Buffarini y ‘Wanchope’ Ábila
- Moran: Jan. 1 brings new bike laws that we can put into practice if and when it warms up
- Mourinho takes swipe at Scholes over Pogba criticism
- Take a trip back in time with Journey tribute concert
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Action Ridge meets to talk Equal Rights Amendment
- Famed Muscle Shoals music producer Rick Hall dies at 85
- Meet Karen Daulton Lange, Lake Barrington’s new village administrator
- ‘Chicharito’ le tira a lo grande en 2018
- Shout Out: Joan Zajeski, PTO mom, graphic artist
- Comings & Goings: Mokena indoor speedway sets grand opening, Fasano Pies returns
- South Korea offers to hold high-level talks with North Korea to discuss Olympics cooperation
- Arlington Heights Deputy Chief Hernandez retires after three decades of service
- Vice suspends 2 top executives after sexual misconduct report
- Two Southland babies born as new year starts
- Autism spectrum disorders appear to have stabilized among U.S. kids and teens
- Man charged with punching out window of Aurora pub
- Aurora event to focus on resurgence of vinyl records
- Illinois is headed for disaster — and I don’t want to be here for it.
- Shout Out: Krysten Warnes, music program director
- La lucha entre narcotraficantes se agudizó en México
- Firebrand announces ‘9 to 5’ cast
- Passport turned over to court in fast-food robbery cases
- Children ring in new year at Oak Park’s Wonder Works Museum
- Barcelona’s Dembele set for Copa del Rey comeback
- Wenger charged for actions inside officials’ changing room
- Tesla tops Consumer Reports’ satisfaction survey
- Sports calendar
- District 64 prepares for Casino Saturday Night Fever event
- Oil Lamp Theater showcases Neil Simon comedy
- Northwestern QB Clayton Thorson has torn ACL, throwing football future in the air
- Kmart agrees to pay $1M to settle prescription overbilling claims in Illinois
- Elgin’s first baby of 2018 has 11 siblings
- The hidden consequences of Illinois’ exodus
- Weekend house fire in Naperville limited to roof, home habitable
- Maine Township trustees set property tax levies amid pushback
- Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch retiring, opening door for Mitt Romney
- Giving up booze for Dry January? Here’s some advice from the experts
- Search continues for missing Valparaiso man
- Los Chicago Bears salen en busca de técnico
- One change to dental care that could save lives, money
- Does speaking Spanish make one Latino?
- Dowell Loggains discussing possible reunion with Adam Gase with Dolphins
- Shoe storage that doesn’t stink: What’s your solution?
- Playboy is considering ending its print magazine, report says
- As a seller, do I need to inform buyer of repaired water damage?
- Indiana Dunes deserves to be a national park
- Boys basketball notes: Zach Schutta and Burlington Central make statement at Plano
- Aurora, Elgin officials eye hotels downtown
- City shootings injure 3, including woman on Facebook Live
- Hampton family reunion gets 1st 2018 park permit
- Rooting for Iran’s next revolution
- Iran protests: Supreme leader blames ‘enemies’ for meddling
- New Year’s cold snap snaps water mains in Wilmette, Winnetka
- All or nothing: Big effort from Will Kamps key to Marmion’s state trophy hopes
- Church news
- La taquilla bajó, pero 2017 fue el tercer mejor año en el cine
- Dryer fire temporarily shuts down Winnetka Community House fitness center
- Boil order in place in South Chicago Heights after water main breaks
- Conservative groups file appeal in taxpayer-funded abortion challenge
- Parents of Naperville’s New Year’s baby look forward to life’s firsts
- NBA’s officiating report states Kris Dunn fouled late in Bulls’ loss to Trail Blazers
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 3
- Subzero temperatures challenge for those seeking shelters
- Upscale taco restaurant De Cero has closed after nearly 14 years
- Hispanas en la iniciativa ‘Time’s Up’
- Bone-chilling temperatures make for ‘challenging’ time for Aurora-area parents
- Notre Dame forward Bonzie Colson out 8 weeks with foot fracture
- Gas station eatery offers fresh-made food
- 2 teens killed in New Year’s Eve shooting in Joliet
- Sammy Davis Jr. and Shakespeare actor provide important life lessons
- Deerfield police ID suspect in downtown bank robbery
- Twitter users help douse the dumpster fire of ‘Countdown Chicago’
- 2 new faces and old partisan standoffs as Congress returns
- Bengals give coach Marvin Lewis 2-year extension
- Chicago’s on the cusp of tying record-setting cold snap. Here’s how to survive it.
- Niles Township High School District 219 hires new equity director
- Photos: Pregnancy reveals cancer, saves mother’s life
- From Russia with love
- Mount Carmel gets an ‘F’ for way it handled Frank Lenti’s exit
- New cancer treatments have perplexing side effects
- Do you recall the most famous Twitter poll of all?
- Local college basketball notes: St. Xavier’s Chris Soczek glad to be back on court
- What the business world knows about leadership (and the Bears don’t)
- Adversarios naturales para combatir la gripe
- Construction starts on shooting range in Elgin strip mall
- Con cartas a Rauner, abogan por perdón para un veterano bajo deportación
- Blackhawks uniforms voted best in NHL history
- Mike Glennon signing a big miscalculation, but GM downplays it: ‘We all felt confident in Mike’
- Broken record: Alex Sorenson scores 54 to better 62-year-old North Central mark
- Homewood rings in new year with kid friendly countdown
- U.S. sees surge in women interested in running for office
- Digger Phelps happy to ‘pass torch’ to Mike Brey at Notre Dame
- No injuries in fire that damaged home on South Humphrey Avenue in Oak Park
- Family time: Valparaiso’s Marten Linssen puts on show for parents’ visit
- Kris Dunn’s maturation includes accountability, win or lose
- Naperville Township officials want responsibility for highway department
- Does the latest Papadopoulos story on Trump and Russia sink or float?
- Lake County puts early property tax payments at $73 million and climbing
- Brandon Saad knows Blackhawks’ top line must start performing better
- Rookie goalie Jeff Glass earns nod for third straight start for Blackhawks
- NSA is losing talent over low pay, ?agging morale and reorganization
- Why Brian Urlacher should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer
- U.S. coal mining deaths surge in 2017 after hitting record low
- Mike Tyson breaks ground on California marijuana ranch
- Trump takes hard line on ‘dreamers,’ but remains interested in a deal
- Ask Tom: How did Chicago’s 2017 snow total compare to previous years?
- Boys basketball notes: Ben Wolf’s strong play fuels Naperville Central’s title run
- Slowik: Congress should take ‘clean’ vote on Durbin’s DREAM Act
- Cold to continue here while East Coast under siege
- Family of ‘swatting’ victim wants Kansas officer charged
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 3
- Oak Park’s Emery Lehman wins U.S. speedskating trials race, must wait to see if he makes Olympic team
- Trump tweets warning to Kim Jong Un: My nuclear button is bigger
- Marchan en México contra Ley de Seguridad por “fortalecer el autoritarismo”
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 3
- Trump threatens to cut off U.S. aid to Palestinian Authority
- NFL power rankings: Patriots finish season at the top
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 3
- Bears coaching search begins to take shape as candidates, schedule emerge
- ICE acting director wants politicians in sanctuary cities charged with crimes
- Trump declara el estado de desastre en California por incendios
- Rally ‘Cats: Amiri Young helps Hammond get past 21st Century in overtime
- Cardinals QB Carson Palmer retires after 15 NFL seasons
- Cold-shooting Northwestern can’t hang with Nebraska in 70-55 loss
- DePaul (7-8, 0-3) loses to Georgetown 90-81