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- 3-month BJ’s Wholesale membership for $5
- Man fatally shoots himself on CTA bus in Englewood
- Mirai Nagasu landed a triple axel, becoming the first American woman — and third overall — to do it in the Olympics
- 1 arrested, 2 at large after armed carjacking in Skokie
- No, Mirai Nagasu does not have a giant ‘USA’ tattoo on her inner thigh
- Snowy February: How much has fallen in your area
- Timeline: The kidnapping of U. of I. scholar Yingying Zhang
- Joffrey Ballet announces 2018-19 season
- Trump aide confident Democratic memo on Russia investigation will be released
- Morning Spin: County commissioner pushing pot legalization has medical marijuana card
- Former Schaumburg officer accused in drug ring faces trial this week
- Adult education class leads to childish behavior
- Scientists artificially inseminate Mexican wolf at Brookfield Zoo to help endangered population rebound
- Man shot to death in West Englewood home after dispute
- Extra-alarm fire destroys West Side building
- Slice is back: once-popular soft drink will be rebooted as low-calorie drink sweetened with fruit juice
- London City Airport shuts down due to unexploded WWII bomb
- Free Hershey’s Gold candy bars when Team USA wins gold medals in Olympics
- McCarthy offers campaign preview during fundraiser: Emanuel’s Chicago ‘a mess’
- Handwritten documents, Manila folders, carbon paper — welcome to Cook County criminal court
- Chicago sees 9 straight days of snowfall, matching record
- Black neighborhoods still see most bike tickets, police data show
- 2018 White Sox roster: Locks, good bets and long shots
- 2018 Cubs roster: Locks, good bets and long shots
- 9 questions for the Cubs heading into spring training
- Monday’s matchup: Magic at Bulls
- Monday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Coyotes
- 9 questions for the White Sox heading into spring training
- NBC dumps analyst after comment at opening ceremony about Japan angered Koreans
- Scrapping NAFTA would be reckless
- Weekend toll in Chicago: 4 killed, 4 wounded by gunfire
- Puerto Rico officials say power back to most customers after fire causes blackout
- An ode to Jake Arrieta’s greatness, as the Cubs move on with Yu Darvish
- Detienen a Esteban Loaiza con 20 kilos de coca
- Where to get your paczki for Fat Tuesday at Chicago-area bakeries, restaurants
- Chicago Bulls send gear to newborn Chicago West
- Ask Anna: My partner has erectile dysfunction. How can I please him?
- A gold medal for Jamie Anderson, but a black eye for snowboarding
- Southland trainers demystify canine behavior as we enter Year of the Dog
- Wells Fargo, seeking to make amends for auto insurance flub, sends out 38,000 erroneous letters
- Sinclair Broadcast Group solicits its news directors for its political fundraising efforts
- Elwood trustees reject boundary plan with Manhattan in midst of NorthPoint controversy
- Now closed, Star Plaza Theater’s seats find new homes
- Divine Consign leaving Oak Park, moving to larger showroom in North Riverside
- Winter Olympics lack winter realism — how about snow shoveling?
- ‘Get Out’, ‘Call Me by Your Name’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ win WGA awards
- Midwest museums that celebrate black history
- Art, slavery and civil rights: Black history comes alive at these Midwest museums
- Fermilab open house educates children on ‘the wonder of science’
- Sex while pregnant? Get in touch with your body
- Prickly City- kind
- The awkward side effects of #MeToo
- Garry McCarthy: Officer Jason VanDyke was in a ‘tactically inferior position’ when he shot and killed Laquan McDonald
- Epcot: How long might ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ coaster be?
- George and Amal Clooney sponsor an Iraqi refugee attending U. of C.
- Speedskater Brian Hansen returns to Olympics refreshed after a nearly 2-year break
- Virtual reality entertainment center eyes downtown Naperville location
- June opening likely for Culver’s in Elmwood Park
- The ever-growing popularity of #vanlife traveling
- Instead of wrecking ball, 116-year-old New Lenox depot will move to Konow’s farm
- An open letter to Holocaust denier Arthur Jones
- The most useful hotel item, plus other travel secrets from ‘Places to Love’ star Samantha Brown
- After $100,000 and 10 IVF treatments, Elgin obstetrician and mom of 2 has special connection with patients
- Oakbrook Terrace Tower hosts 27th American Lung Association fundraiser
- El tridente del PSG dobla al del Madrid
- Which city has the degree and talent edge for Amazon’s second headquarters?
- How Skype is helping kids with autism
- 12 things to know about new Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish
- The importance of talking openly with kids about marijuana
- El debut de una chilena, una mexicana y una argentina deberá esperar
- Waukegan approves new video gambling regulations
- Tourists accused of ‘singing and dancing pornographically’ banished from Cambodia
- Only Republicans can save the Republican Party
- Calendar
- Oakbrook Terrace Tower 2018 Flight for Air Climb
- Oak Park native Iman Shumpert, a former Cleveland Cavalier, pays $880,000 for River Forest home
- Soaring prices, high demand expected to force tequila shortage in the world
- Selle: Making America great again, one parade step at a time
- Celebrating black heritage cuisine that helps honor the past
- The hottest Valentine’s Day gifts for him and her
- Ice cream-loving teen or the Next Big Thing at the Olympics? Chloe Kim is both.
- Russian foreign minister: We’re banned from Olympics because U.S. ‘can’t beat us fairly’
- Suburban Cooks: Local woman finds a sweet spot for her candy-making business
- Luis Miguel ahora sí sale de gira
- Oxfam’s deputy chief executive resigns amid sexual misconduct scandal in Haiti
- 4 ways you can salvage Valentine’s Day in the suburbs if you haven’t made plans yet
- Making memories, one dance at a time
- 21st Century Fox offers to protect Sky News from Murdoch influence to seal takeover
- What’s in a car name? Would you buy ‘Arteon’ or ‘Intelligent Whale’?
- Singer Vic Damone dies at 89
- My worst moment: Dylan McDermott is not the other guy you think he is
- Mood meters, phone apps help Hinsdale District 86 students manage emotions
- Daddy/Daughter Dance
- Up-and-coming talent gets showcased at Gary film fest
- Wrestling notes: Barrington, Libertyville lead sectional standouts
- Olympics winners and losers: NBC, Tara and Johnny, Shani Davis and more
- D75 considers sale of admin building in downtown Mundelein
- To your health! 5 delicious ways to eat Omega-3s
- Take a pre-cruise vacation and ‘live like a local’ on Florida’s Space Coast
- ‘Just shoot me,’ an armed man told a cop. The officer didn’t — and was fired, his lawsuit claimed
- Disneyland resort raises prices as much as 18%
- Skier Gus Kenworthy gives gay athletes something he didn’t have: A role model
- Sony Pictures apologizes for ‘Peter Rabbit’ scene, saying it ‘made light’ of food allergies
- CPS puts brakes on school closing plan, will phase out 3 Englewood high schools over 3 years
- Woman charged with sexually assaulting 6-year-old girl in Marquette Park
- Talk of the County
- Younger users flee their parents’ favorite social network, Facebook, at surprising pace
- Who The Hollywood Reporter thinks are producers worthy of notice — and why you should question that
- Porter debacle confirms Trump’s incompetence
- 1 killed, 22 injured as trains collide in Austria
- Bakeries plan for big paczki sales on Fat Tuesday
- Ruido Fest is on again, here are its 2018 dates
- Public invited to weigh in on CTA’s planned Red Line extension on South Side
- Read Trump’s 2019 budget plan
- La Arrolladora prefiere trabajar con una disquera
- Police investigating ‘good leads’ in East Chicago homicide
- Remoción de nieve cobra 4 vidas
- Paczki prep in Crown Point
- Sol Flores’ painful past, hope for future inform her bid for Luis Gutierrez’s congressional seat
- Sol Flores’ painful past, hope for future inform her bid for Luis Gutierrez’s congressional seat
- Dads and daughters take to the dance floor in Vernon Hills
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Hey men, while you’re at it, try doing anything for eight hours in four-inch heels
- Wrestling notebook: Riley Palm paces Carmel’s 2A state qualifiers
- Photos: ‘All the Things I Lost in the Flood’ by Laurie Anderson
- Summoning the ‘Snow Queen’: After winter storm, Eisenhower library hosts formal ball
- Attempting a trick for first time, U.S. moguls skier says, ‘Screw it. I’m going to go for it.’
- Big Ten basketball power rankings: Michigan State sends a message
- Una mujer fue acusada de agredir sexualmente a una niña
- ‘All the Things I Lost in the Flood’: Swept up in Laurie Anderson’s retrospective
- The mysterious Chicago Party Aunt speaks, revealing a bit more in radio show
- ‘The Immortalists’ by Chloe Benjamin: What would you do if you knew when you were going to die?
- Eisenhower library formal ball
- Johnny Manziel says he’s taking medication for bipolar disorder as he eyes NFL comeback
- Fine arts addition included in $3.75M construction project at Buffalo Grove High School
- Former West Loop restaurant owner swindled partners out of $300K, may have fled the country, feds say
- Wayback Burgers, Kick’s Chicken close; Olive Mediterranean, other restaurants open
- Jóvenes latinos dan vida a barrios de los que fueron desplazados sus padres
- Signing day notes: Ryan Wittenbrink inks with Indiana before breakfast
- Will sex scandals bring down Donald Trump?
- To North Korea, Trump’s military parade will look like fear
- Quickly
- El frío mató a una mujer en Back of the Yards
- Ruido Fest vibes on its day one
- GPS tracker in stack of bills helps lead to arrest of Elmwood Park bank robbery suspect, FBI says
- General Dynamics to buy CSRA for almost $7 billion
- Speak Out
- Aurora’s snow-blowing T-Rex: ‘I just wanted to lighten the mood’
- Amazon is laying off hundreds of workers as it adds aggressively elsewhere
- Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky’s Gurnee home
- Trump pide $1,600 millones para 104 kilómetros de muro
- U.S. Olympic figure skating team revels in Hollywood love after bronze-medal win
- All the presidents: Portraits from Washington to Obama
- Local athletes participating in national signing day
- 7 real-life skills your teen needs before going away to college
- Donald Trump has a tweet for everything, but none yet for Olympics
- Going out with Grace: Elmwood Park congregation holds final church service
- Deerfield digs out from one-two-three punch that leaves 16 inches of snow
- Health screenings, talks focus on heart health
- Milwaukee prosecutors charge jail staff in inmate’s dehydration death
- Obamas’ portraits unveiled, include official flower of Chicago
- Your Voice: Millennials can make America whole
- Trump and Kelly deserve one another
- Boeing’s biggest trade fight could spark a U.S. confrontation with Europe
- Ohio man charged with providing gun used to kill 2 police officers
- Chicago nightlife at Prysm Nightclub last week
- Toddler seriously injured in crash near Zion: officials
- New trash pickup contract could save Hinsdale residents 39 percent
- Four ex-inmates sue over allegedly coerced confessions, wrongful murder convictions
- Man charged with breaking into Naperville woman’s bedroom, police say
- It’s time to start respecting Victoria Beckham as a fashion designer
- Where does Yu Darvish rank among Chicago’s 25 most notable free agents this century?
- Empresa amenaza con retirarse de Facebook y Google
- Duterte tells Philippine soldiers to shoot female rebels in their vaginas
- Rauner must talk to Trump about construction program, lawmaker says
- Take one of these Southland pets home
- Gary Christian school appeals suspension from state voucher program
- Baking for a cause: Elmwood Park Girl Scouts raise funds to help Compass to Care group
- Arrestan a ex pelotero mexicano Esteban Loaiza por narcotráfico
- Pets of the Week
- American woman says she fell asleep with a headache — and woke up with a British accent
- University of Minnesota removes Garrison Keillor plaque
- Stunning ‘Cabaret’ moves its opening night audience to silence
- Teddy Greenstein goes ski jumping
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 13
- Where to find hidden discounts: Check out apps, browser extensions or just ask
- Country singer Daryle Singletary dies at 46
- El nuevo presidente de la US Soccer tiene acento cafetero
- Champions League: Ronaldo-Neymar showdown with jobs at stake
- Jada Harvey turns senior year into ‘heckuva comeback story’ for Neuqua Valley
- Trump says it is ‘going to be up to’ Congress to act on plan to rebuild roads
- Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ becomes most Tweeted movie of 2018
- La ‘drag queen’ que será la reina del carnaval de Río
- Eighth-grader’s campaign promise leads to coat drive in River Grove
- Unshoveled sidewalks make for dangerous walk to school for Waukegan students
- Man in ski mask entered Park Ridge home, demanded money from resident: police
- Wilbert Hasbrouck, preservation architect and co-owner of Prairie Avenue Bookshop, dies at 86
- Marijuana’s 4/20 holiday tied to rise in fatal car crashes
- Memphis teen creates subscription box to inform, inspire African-American girls
- How to handle a bride’s expensive beauty demands for bridesmaids
- Trump’s obstruction of justice is far more extensive than Nixon’s
- Unshoveled sidewalks in Waukegan
- Chicago Shakes announces ‘Macbeth’ cast
- New Skokie fire chief sworn in before firefighters, fiancé
- Carmel Catholic High School goes tropical for this year’s Street Scenes
- Street Scenes Goes Tropical
- Will Smith canta ‘La Bamba’
- Boston police’s Black History Month tweet about Red Auerbach called ‘tone-deaf’
- John Oliver relishes being able to do ‘Last Week Tonight’ without restrictions
- Highland Queen for sale, future uncertain
- Land of Nod closes nearly all its stores, including 3 in Illinois
- Police seeking SUV’s driver in fatal Portage hit-and-run crash
- Just the Two of Us dance
- Video: ‘Old Friends’ from Porchlight’s ‘Merrily’
- Education Department will no longer investigate transgender bathroom complaints
- Por qué Harvey Weinstein no puede vender su empresa
- Girls basketball notes: Tadriana Heard makes point in passing for Argo
- Judge sets April 2019 trial in missing Chinese scholar case
- Teacher cuts on the block in Norridge School District 80
- ‘A milestone moment’: Catholic high school in Waukegan ready to open in renovated Kmart
- The slap — and a lesson I’ll never forget
- Malaysian newspaper published how-to-spot-gays checklist, sparking fears of witch hunt
- Anthony Rizzo and Justin Grimm see Yu Darvish as a natural fit with Cubs
- Illinois voters are fed up with the Democratic Party
- Pitching pain free, Casey Crosby gives baseball another shot with Minnesota Twins
- Wilmette and Kenilworth dig out from nearly a foot of snow
- Trump budget seeks 23 percent cut at EPA, would eliminate dozens of programs
- ‘Black Panther’ cast, Oscar nominees share the influential black films that inspired them
- Medio millón de dólares en drogas tenía Loaiza en su casa
- The government can’t solve all our problems
- Knowles: Southland couples mark a half century of Valentine’s Day celebrations
- Lake County primary filing period ends with blizzard of interest
- Gurnee District 56 tries out remote learning to keep snow day counted as an attendance day
- I’m a 64-year-old Chicagoan. If I can shovel snow, so can you.
- Guess who knows how to tie that bow blouse like a pro?
- Judge denies East Chicago residents role in cleanup negotiations
- Libertyville dance draws 700 dads and daughters
- Father Daughter Dance
- Revised Western Springs bike path system may reroute crossing at Woodland Avenue
- Trump’s infrastructure plan: 5 things it could mean for Chicago, state roads and airports
- Illinois needs $40 billion in infrastructure improvements. Can Trump help?
- Skokie Park District celebrates Weber Center, Fitness First reopening
- Corrections and clarifications
- Commission advises against pedal pubs, or bars on wheels, in downtown Naperville
- Portage’s Anthony Maceo headlines incoming recruiting class for VU football
- Aurora mayor invokes Martin Luther King in urging aldermen to approve Pride Parade permit
- Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.’s wife, taken to hospital after white powder scare
- Champions: Duelo Ronaldo-Neymar pone en riesgo a técnicos
- Skokie officials approve second ‘enhancement’ grant, this time for future Oakton Street restaurant
- South Barrington bans short-term renting in wake of 2016 area shooting
- Naperville outlet among Land of Nod store closures
- River Forest woman celebrates 100th birthday, one ice cream cone at a time
- Religious leaders hold Lenten fast in support of ‘Dreamers’
- Ask Tom: What’s the process for measuring new snowfall?
- 19-year state police veteran laid to rest in south suburbs
- In Syria, a dangerous subplot: Iran vs. Israel
- Score one for the Save Our Zombie Schools campaign
- 5 ‘love bugs’ you wouldn’t want to date
- East Aurora Band Boosters to hold fundraising breakfast
- No injuries in Vernon Hills laundry room fire
- Cold delays gold: Weather wait extends NBC’s Mikaela Shiffrin promo blitz
- Stolen cash, inflated overtime, rights abuses: Baltimore detectives convicted in corruption trial
- Why we need not-for-profit co-working spaces in Chicago neighborhoods
- Take it from the top: Westdale students start career series with a man who rappels down tall buildings
- Midlothian hopes residents will help in flood relief grant efforts
- Aurora looks at renovating North LaSalle Street downtown
- Northwestern’s $400M Lake Forest hospital features private rooms, new operating tech
- Workers comb snowy field for clues to Russian plane crash that killed 71
- Sacerdote ya perdió 22 libras por su apoyo a los ‘dreamers’
- Craft beer pioneer Stone Brewing sues MillerCoors over ‘deceptive’ new Keystone packaging
- Naperville man admits to being a pimp, denies he’s the violent monster alleged by prosecutors
- White House declines to provide detailed account of aide’s firing over abuse allegations
- Junior Volleyball Association is latest group to ban Aurora coach Rick Butler
- Trump’s budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net
- Bonded brothers: Grayslake Central’s Alex and Adrien Cramer clinch state bids
- Guayacán Orquesta le canta al ‘acoso sexual’
- Death of state welfare worker reminds us to thank those who risk their lives for children
- English National Ballet, Turin Opera top Harris Theater’s 2018-19 season
- Congress takes on immigration issue amid election pressures
- Former Aurora priest remains in ICE custody pending removal to Colombia
- Grand Canyon helicopter crashed on tribal land with fewer rules
- Close-knit young White Sox ready to face future together
- Sheriff probes Mother’s Day shootings at Dolton nightclub
- Former No. 1 pick Greg Oden to attempt to play in Big3
- Two days in the sick bay cost me $5,929. Why won’t my travel insurance pay?
- Corey Crawford on recovery: ‘Looking good … I want to get back playing’
- Anthony Rizzo feels for unsigned free agents
- Bulls’ Bobby Portis won’t back down, defends self on flagrant foul call
- Trump’s budget hits poor Americans the hardest; aims to replace food stamps with high-end meal kits
- Opioid makers gave $10M to groups promoting their medications amid epidemic
- Mild winds to bring midweek thaw to the area
- Chicagoland high school boys basketball rankings, Feb. 12
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday. Feb. 13
- Behind the Obama portraits: Michelle’s dress symbolizes equality, Barack jokingly asked for less gray
- Short-track speedskater Kei Saito suspended in 1st Winter Games doping case
- Lines, they keep on changing for Blackhawks
- Tuesday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Golden Knights
- Katie Smith, Tina Thompson headline Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame class
- Trump administration proposes 8 percent budget cut at National Weather Service, elimination of more than 300 jobs
- Plenty of intrigue remains as Cubs and White Sox open camp
- Sean Curran comes through in clutch as Lincoln-Way Central edges Thornton
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 13
- No. 14 North Carolina pulls away late, tops Notre Dame 83-66
- Omarosa on Mike Pence: ‘He thinks Jesus tells him to say things’
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 13
- Bulls 105, Magic 101
- Chloe Kim dominates to take gold in women’s halfpipe
- Bulls win 105-101 as Magic loss helps them in race to NBA bottom
- Oregon woman had 14 worms pulled from her eye after rare infection