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- Free baby Big Mac at McDonald’s
- White Sox fans will get first glimpse of new kids on block in WGN-9 game against Cubs
- California approves testing for driverless cars without a person behind the wheel
- Pets of the week
- Aurora Christian wins Class 1A state wrestling title
- Illinois House endorsements, round 2
- Policías de Jalisco ‘vendieron’ a italianos desaparecidos por $53 dólares
- Boy, 15, shot in foot on Southwest Side
- Jenna Badali and Mother McAuley still feel super despite loss to Edwardsville
- Jordan Hairston heats up as Dundee-Crown rolls past Hampshire in regional
- Jalen Miller racks up awards as Governors State beats Roosevelt to win CCAC tourney
- French evolution: Senior guard’s big game helps Zion-Benton oust Grayslake North
- Woman carjacked at gunpoint on Southwest Side
- Sheriff: Man who witnessed stabbing used ‘threat’ of AR-15-style rifle to stop Oswego attack
- Number of abortions performed in Illinois drops but more out-of-state women sought procedure
- Morning Spin: Democratic panel formed amid sexual harassment scandal says it will be independent of Madigan
- Boycott forces businesses to choose between consumers and the NRA
- Chart: Out-of-state abortions performed in Illinois
- Sisters’ solution should start with separation
- Endorsements for Illinois House, round 2
- Man stabbed to death on Far South Side following dispute
- Rome blanketed by snow as Arctic storm dubbed ‘Beast from the East’ sets records
- Bears Q&A: Why move on from Josh Sitton? What’s the future for Kyle Fuller?
- Jon Lester to receive special ‘Game Model’ glove from Wilson
- AR-15s, bump-stocks banned at DuPage Sportsman’s Show; gun foes plan protest
- Likely the last chance to see founder lead the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
- Honduran teen makes last bid in Chicago immigration court to stay in U.S.
- Pappas: Women who work for me ‘love’ wearing Cook County smocks that the men don’t have to wear
- Green card veteran facing deportation placed on suicide watch, advocates say
- 3 charged in Loop CTA pedestrian tunnel robbery
- Elgin U46 school official: Social media guidelines encourage censorship
- Attempted carjacker fatally shot by concealed carry holder in Milwaukee
- How about Josh Beckett as a comparison for White Sox phenom Michael Kopech?
- Employers can’t discriminate based on sexual orientation, court says
- Tuesday’s matchup: Bulls at Hornets
- At ‘growing’ libraries, patrons collect seeds to grow fruits, vegetables, flowers
- Tap Tracker: Takeovers from Cigar City, Maplewood brewing and ‘Elite 8’ rare keg party lead March events
- 4 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Tyler, the Creator, Vince Staples, MGMT
- Colbert to Trump: ‘What are you going to do, run in there and stab them with your bone spurs?’
- Florida-bound Carnival Horizon getting final touches
- 5 female golfers to take part in men’s European Tour event
- Neymar reportedly needs foot surgery and won’t be back until May
- U. of C. scientist leads ‘double life’ as runway model: ‘It’s this crazy Cinderella story’
- U. of C. scientist leads ‘double life’ as runway model: ‘It’s this crazy Cinderella story’
- Emery no descarta a Neymar contra el Madrid
- Frosty fields at Camelback Ranch a concern for White Sox’s ‘Sodfather’
- Governors State, UICC undertake effort to study cancer disparities
- Prickly City- Renaissance
- Neymar could still face Real, no operation planned: Emery
- Trump vs. Mueller is a battle for America’s soul
- The Amazon headquarters search mystery has been solved! Or has it?
- Barbara Alston, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ singer with 1960s group the Crystals, dies at 74
- Want a destination wedding? 9 popular spots to tie the knot
- Lake Station offers advice, supplies to flood victims
- Ivanka Trump, businesswoman, mother and first daughter
- Destination wedding hot spots
- FedEx bucks corporate trend, sticks with NRA
- My worst moment: Doug Jones of ‘The Shape of Water’ on performing a fight scene dressed as bug
- Standing desks could be harmful to your productivity — and your health — study finds
- Llegan los Guantes de Oro a Chicago
- Little rain likely dooms California desert Super Bloom this year
- Two boosts for Notre Dame OL Mike McGlinchey’s draft stock? Work ethic and Harry Hiestand
- Snag free doughnuts from Stan’s today
- Veterano bajo deportación se encuentra en ‘vigilancia de suicidio’
- More cruise ships failed sanitation inspections in 2017 than any other year
- Which Olympians are best bets for ‘Dancing with the Stars’?
- Disneyland Paris set for expansion with Frozen, Marvel, Star Wars attractions
- CPS, give every student a fair shake in admissions
- Duncan Keith: Charity concert and recent tragedies put Blackhawks ‘challenges’ into perspective
- Investing in hypocrisy? The unease of discovering a retirement plan with gun-maker stocks
- Swallowing problems can be a serious health risk. And treatment options are rough.
- Oscar contender ‘The Shape of Water’ facing copyright infringement lawsuit
- Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 new superintendent said to have vision, solid experience
- Arlington Heights considering liquor license changes to let new microbrewery open
- With ‘Mudbound’ and ‘Black Panther,’ Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison has already made history
- Cristiano Ronaldo: ‘El fútbol de Europa es mejor que el de Brasil, China y México’
- Judge refuses to step aside in Florida school shooting case
- Wilmette fire, police work together with lifesaving ‘pit crew CPR’
- How one Florida Republican came to support a ban on assault weapons after the Parkland shooting
- U of C scientist studies butterflies, walks runway in London Fashion Week
- Runway model scientist
- Eugenio Derbez y Rita Moreno también estarán en los Oscar
- U of C butterfly scientist also walks runway at Fashion Week
- These Oscar nominees have ties to the Chicago area
- 2017 Cadillac CT6 PHEV at a glance
- Theater openings March 2-8
- Plug-in Cadillacs evolve with CT6 sedan
- Family restaurant to replace Mexican Cine in downtown Hinsdale
- Airbnb or annual renter: What’s the best way to legally rake in rental income?
- Three vie for open Gary School Board seat
- 5 things to watch for in O’Hare expansion
- Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. says ‘I love you’ — again, and again, and again on fantasy suite dates
- Should fans care that Cubs co-owner Pete Ricketts backs the NRA?
- South Korean prosecutors request 30 years jail for disgraced former president Park
- Get in the holiday spirit with the Shamrock Ragsters
- Protect your back from injury by using proper technique in garden
- Wilmette Pit Crew CPR
- Tiffany Haddish’s memoir is juicy, hilarious, and jaw-dropping; would you expect anything less?
- Golden State Warriors to visit African American Museum with kids in lieu of White House appearance
- Where to watch the season finale of ‘The Bachelor’ in Chicago
- ‘Clueless’ actress Stacey Dash files paperwork to run for Congress
- ‘Pride and Prometheus,’ a Frankenstein mash-up, leads this week’s sci-fi roundup
- Ebony to pay freelancers $80,000 to settle lawsuit after #EbonyOwes campaign
- Judge sets hearing on whether Aurora cop fired over hidden cameras can return to work
- ‘It’s really important to have teachers of color’: Residents, students call for OPRF to add more minority teachers
- Queen tribute band, jazz quintet to play during First Fridays
- St. Viator’s Balcerak vows to ‘try the fly,’ then wins state title
- Amid budget deficit, Glenview District 34 prepares to cut 25 staff members
- Ivanka, you’re not fooling anyone
- Resource officers unlikely to be at District 64 middle schools before academic year ends, board says
- Supreme Court throws out ruling that said detained immigrants deserve bond hearings
- Plano School District 88 superintendent set to leave for Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills district
- Glenview Park District, village working to relieve flooding at Wagner Farm
- Bears, beluga and Aurora Borealis: 5 wild ways to explore Churchill, Manitoba
- Understand What You Need to Do to Stay Healthy Over 65
- New Fed chair Jerome Powell sees little risk of a US. recession
- In challenge to Murdoch, Comcast also bids for Britain’s Sky network
- Cavaliers ban fan who aimed racial taunts at Spurs’ Patty Mills
- Report: Anti-Semitic incidents soar by 57 percent in 2017
- Indocumentada regresa al ‘santuario’ al ser reclamada nuevamente por ICE
- Speak Out
- ‘So much more visibility’: The Children’s School to open in St. Edmund’s Catholic School building in Oak Park
- Barrington’s wrestling season ends with no regrets in 3A quarterfinals
- Gap sinks after CEO of ailing flagship brand is sent packing
- Resolution brings back memories of 2004 attack at Valparaiso High School
- Pennsylvania church plans ceremony with AR-15 rifles, prompting nearby school to relocate students
- The Oscars: In a perfect world these would be nominated — and win
- ‘Soñadores’ obtienen ‘una gran victoria’
- Get your green on: Lots happening nearby for St. Paddy’s Day
- Justice Dept can ban bump stocks with regulation, AG Sessions says
- Satan’s minion returns to Lyric Opera in a bold new staging of ‘Faust’
- Valparaiso food pantry director ‘overwhelmed’ by flood response
- New Lenox to host public meeting on proposed sewage plant
- Photos: John and James Belushi’s childhood home
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs to play Aragon Ballroom in May
- Ivanka Trump wants power with no accountability
- St. Viator completes remarkable turnaround, wins 1st Kennedy Cup title
- La Grange agreement with firefighters raises salaries retroactive to last May
- How Chinese restaurants nearly became extinct across U.S.
- No quick action on guns likely, with House, Senate and Trump all mired in politics
- Highland Park’s new top cop aims to increase police-citizen interaction
- Diana Rauner calls governor’s mansion mess a ‘metaphor’ for state government, announces July reopening
- District 64 school fees not expected to rise, but fee for sports program could go up
- Jazz master Sheila Jordan tunes up for Marinaro concert
- U. of C. Presents announces 2018-19 classical series
- Northwest suburban officials review security protocols in wake of another mass shooting
- U.S. general: Russia is both the ‘arsonist and fireman’ in Syria conflict
- U.S. home prices jump in 2017 at fastest pace in 3 1/2 years
- Jerry Jones will contest NFL’s $2 million penalty, requests hearing with Roger Goodell
- Russia-ordered five-hour ‘humanitarian pause’ in Syria fails to ease suffering
- Daniela Vega dice que no haría nada que se le hiciera fácil
- Lake Street improvement plan price tag ‘too rich’ at $18M, so Oak Park officials aim to reduce cost
- Onion Comedy & Arts Festival announces lineup including David Cross, Bob Odenkirk
- Naperville’s KidsMatter names Kamala Martinez as new CEO, executive director
- Kevin Spacey Foundation in UK ‘no longer viable,’ shuts down
- Arrest made in North Carolina shooting captured live on Facebook
- Ex-student sues Lake Forest Montessori school over ‘illegal sexual relationship’ with teacher who’s now in prison
- PM&L’s ‘Company’ tells stories of marriages
- Harambee celebration ‘bigger and bigger each year’ at Longfellow School in Oak Park
- White House and Boeing reach deal on Air Force One
- Comings & Goings: Culver’s benefit to aid Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer’s family
- Chicago-area health officials hope ‘worst is behind us’ for hard-hitting flu season
- Ryan Kirkorsky engineers another successful season at Rolling Meadows
- Aurora man charged in DuPage County with buying gun for gang member
- Two stowaways leaving Ecuador hid in a plane’s landing gear – and fell to their death
- Ryan Seacrest’s former stylist details alleged sexual misconduct, which he denies
- Wheaton home where Belushi brothers grew up hits market for $395,000
- Dispelling myths about Arctic Circle’s famed ‘doomsday’ seed vault on its 10th anniversary
- Moran: Double tolls? How to solve your 2018 I-PASS anxiety
- Lake Central, Valparaiso, Crown Point schools earn ‘Four Star’ status
- Woman sexually assaulted, robbed waiting for bus on Far South Side
- Superintendent Lechner to leave Wilmette District 39 after next school year
- En el estudio con Tania Castroverde Moskalenko
- MLBPA files grievance accusing A’s, Marlins, Pirates, Rays of pocketing revenue-sharing funds
- Senior facility in Highland Park wins approval, will replace 10 homes
- ‘Black Panther’ offers a regressive, neocolonial vision of Africa
- Harambee at Longfellow Elementary
- Sports calendar
- Calumet College planning first residential building
- Why more companies should hop on the anti-NRA bandwagon
- Emanuel says Uber, Lyft fee hikes will pay for better CTA cameras
- Dist. 112 hires architects for long-range facilities plan
- Quickly
- Burr Ridge may face tax hikes in 2019-2020
- ‘Black Panther’s’ utopian Wakanda is a welcome escape
- Third taxi company gets tentative support to operate in Park Ridge
- Ben Zobrist targeting next week for his spring debut
- Local college basketball notes: Chris Winters heats up for Prairie State
- Oak Brook sued after denying request to subdivide residential lot
- Dio una dirección falsa en la escuela y ahora enfrenta cargos
- Hammond mayor defends not passing a resolution opposing DACA
- Death of man who lived at North Side YMCA is ruled homicide
- How McDonald’s keeps kids hooked on Happy Meals
- If Trump would confront an active shooter, what’s so scary about Mueller?
- Logan Square gym closes after sheriff’s office enforces eviction order
- Prospect hires Johnsburg’s Dan DeBoeuf as its next football coach
- Talented seniors lead New Trier to title, but skilled swimmers remain
- Region wrestlers Josh Fuqua, Nick Fowler pursue national titles for Calumet College
- Church news
- Field School parents get down to work in annual V-show ‘Corporate Spectacle’
- Florida House committee approves gun bill that raises age limit to buy rifles, allows armed teachers
- Jugadores de Pumas no quisieron desplegar mensaje antinarco
- A gun registry won’t end mass shootings
- Aurora Christian exceeds expectation by winning Class 1A wrestling state title
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 28
- Who put the NRA in charge?
- A ‘one in a million’ yellow cardinal is dazzling the internet with its sunshiny feathers
- Oak Park car thefts linked by stolen handgun, police say
- Macy’s to sell top floors of State Street store for $30 million; Walnut Room to remain
- Predict the winner of the 2018 World Cup!
- Predict the winner of the 2018 World Cup in Russia
- The Blue Line has room for improvement
- Seth Paine Elementary School students build on experience during ‘Beauty and the Beast’ performance
- Adler Center hosts Koinonia Trio concert
- Shai Horton says Carmel ‘made history’ despite supersectional loss to Glenbard South
- Naperville panel addresses small business owners fear of sexual harassment complaints
- Bears finalize Matt Nagy’s coaching staff, retain defensive assistants
- Trump’s bullying isn’t going to work on Mueller
- Matt Nagy’s Bears coaching staff
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Early voting, library film series begin; Maine South to host candidate forum
- Valparaiso University basketball player, student arrested for marijuana
- Josh Raffel, senior communications aide, is leaving the White House
- Lake County’s opioid response continues with new donation of antidote injectors for first responders
- Loyola’s Clayton Custer named MVC player of the year
- Take one of these Southland pets home
- ‘Red Sparrow’ review: Jennifer Lawrence dances with espionage
- For Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist, playing at Aurora shelter means ‘the world’
- With new grant, Chicago Lighthouse North expands tech offerings for people with visual impairments
- Dreamers podrían quedarse sin licencias profesionales
- OPRF wrestling takes 2nd in 3A, looks to contend again next year
- Come to the gripping ‘Southern Gothic’ and make yourself at home. Can they pour you a drink?
- Gary charter school: Proposed waste facility near school poses ‘serious threat’
- Shout Out: Bill Oeffling Jr., new Elmhurst fire lieutenant
- Karen Rodríguez acompaña a Romeo Santos en la gira ‘Golden’
- Boys swimming state notes: Evanston divers, Loyola freestylers excel
- A Russian model says she will spill information on Trump and Russia to get out of a Thai jail
- China’s new emperor
- King school kindergarten teacher among finalists for ‘golden’ education honor
- Shout Out: Jim Kiser, Darien Citizen of the Year
- Pets of the week
- David Ferrante excited about future after Huntley earns first state wrestling trophy
- Special counsel moves to drop tax, bank fraud charges against Rick Gates
- Fifth House Ensemble presents ‘Living Language’ at Ravinia
- Months after Glenbrook District 225 enacted transgender policy, parents demand ‘two-way conversation’
- Chicago man charged in I-80/94 crash that killed two
- Kingsley school students recreate historic 1963 Birmingham children’s march as part of Black History Month celebration
- NFL considers a change to the catch rule, and a 15-yard limit for pass interference
- Real’s PSG preparations hit by surprise Espanyol defeat
- Macy’s eyes sale of Medinah Temple, moving out Bloomingdale’s home store
- School closures are part of CPS cycle of disinvestment
- ‘Annoyed’ sophomore charged with threat against Lake Park High School in Roselle
- Citizens for Conservation looks to grow Flint Creek Savanna with latest land deal
- The NRA boycotts are already working, and here’s why
- Muere ‘El Brujo’ Quini, una leyenda del fútbol español
- Protestan por los vuelos de avión que ayudan a deportar a indocumentados
- Evanston man facing drug charges hasn’t ‘earned the right’ to have restaurant permit approved: alderman
- Cubs at spring training
- Oak Park task force aims to make ‘a concerted effort’ to study taxing body redundancies
- Weather warmup
- Candidates lose, retain spots on May primary ballot
- Food find | It’s no secret the Bo’s Burger is delicious
- Glenbrook South debate coach seeks to develop informed citizens and civil discussions
- Highland businesses in compliance for continued tax abatement
- Summary of sexual harassment complaints in House Speaker Madigan’s office
- Tenor sax jazz icon performs with CLC musicians
- Girls in the Game’s Field of Dreams gala
- Kushner’s overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage
- Lilly Wehman is ‘exceptional’ in playoffs despite stress fracture
- What went wrong with this Northwestern basketball team? Everything
- The 2018 Small Business Report (Infographic)
- National Sleep Awareness Month calls for dreamy new ways to snooze
- Gala empowers Girls in the Game, honors champions
- National Sleep Awareness Month calls for dreamy new ways to snooze
- The best revenge is filling out the Tweet of the Week poll
- Police: Aurora woman fights off sex assault
- Tuesday’s White Sox recap: Cubs 6, White Sox 5
- Aurora looks to put sentry back on top of historic GAR Hall
- Life Time Fitness takes another shot at bringing fitness center to Lake Zurich
- Elgin student-organized science webinars draws thousands of viewers
- Tuesday’s Cubs recap: Cubs 6, White Sox 5
- Supreme Court case threatens Democratic bosses’ use of union muscle
- Aurora seeks to ‘get traffic moving’ on Indian Trail
- Slowik: School officials who assess online threats face tough calls
- Suspicious mail triggers illness at Virginia military base
- Activists hold prayer vigil
- Michigan bill spurred by Nassar scandal concerns Catholic Church
- Quirky museums
- The Hot Sardines bringing sizzling jazz to Palos Hills
- Indictment links more alleged members of Latin Dragon Nation gang to Northwest Indiana murders
- Jon Lester pleased to be named Cubs’ opening-day starter
- A TV reporter in a hijab, a black novelist, a Muslim fashion blogger: What ‘American’ really means.
- Naperville council endorses SECA plan to create ‘matrix’ for funding special and cultural events
- Man charged in Oak Forest burglaries
- Loyola started to ‘click’ when Clayton Custer returned from ankle injury
- 2 Orland Park officers hurt after squad car rear-ended by man charged with DUI: officials
- White Sox at spring training
- Ask Tom: Which month brings Chicago the greatest gain in daylight?
- White Sox prospect Jake Burger to miss 2018 season with ruptured Achilles
- West Aurora student expulsions spike in February
- One mother tried sounding the alarm on ‘deplorable’ conditions at Dixmoor mental health facility
- Cubs 6, White Sox 5
- Should we let Mother Nature fix the ecosystem? NIU study says restoration work has mixed results, rarely succeeds fully
- Willson Contreras working to improve pitch framing by refining his skills as a ‘receiver’
- Less than an hour after Florida school shooting, online communities devised a plan to spread conspiracies
- Naperville Park District OKs tax hike
- Temperatures to revert to normal by Wednesday afternoon
- Disabato: Nick Irvin still confident healthy Morgan Park ‘will win the state title’
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 28
- Praise nice for Bulls guard Jerian Grant — but he would rather play
- This season a lost cause for Blackhawks, but that doesn’t mean future’s bleak
- Bernie Sanders’ son Levi is running for Congress
- Lewis Gilbert, director of James Bond movies and Michael Caine hit ‘Alfie,’ dies at 97
- Kent State recruit DeAndre Gholston takes 21st Century past Washington Township
- White Sox’s Carson Fulmer sees a lot of positives in first outing of spring
- Police: Crown Point H.S. student facing charges for texting ‘I’m blowing up the school. This is a threat.’
- Franchise tag or not, Bears must make call on Kyle Fuller with good cornerbacks available
- Speak Out: Cable TV should cut the commercials
- Police handcuff a guard at Trump hotel as standoff escalates in Panama
- Tom Welch scores game-high 23 points as Naperville North tops Hinsdale Central
- Democrats set up for gun control votes Wednesday as CPD top cop Johnson pushes for changes
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 28
- Trump’s 2020 campaign chief lends name to penny stock tied to felon
- Issac Stanback’s double-double powers H-F past T.F. South in regional semifinals
- ‘I’m never going to be the same’: Parkland students prepare to return to shattered school
- Penn State 65, Northwestern 57
- Hornets 118, Bulls 103
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 28
- Manafort’s case saddled by side issues, disputes with judge
- Hornets hand Bulls 5th straight loss as Kemba Walker and Dwight Howard star
- 3 wounded in shootings on North, West sides
- Roosevelt and Bishop Noll open first round of Class 2A sectional with victories
- Papa John’s will no longer be an official sponsor of the NFL
- House members can now spend taxpayer dollars on bulletproof vests
- Double play: Vernon Hills infielder Tony Brown adjusts as point guard
- Security clearance downgraded for Kushner, limiting access to classified information
- NSA chief says Trump has given him no new authority to strike at Russian interference threat
- Ja’Quan Newton’s 30-foot buzzer-beater helps Miami stun No. 9 North Carolina 91-88
- DePaul gets run over in 82-57 loss to Creighton
- UN experts link North Korea to Syria’s chemical weapons programs
- Boeing’s Air Force One contract approved by the White House: How the new plane could compare with the current version