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- Preakness 2018 picks and betting tips ?/%$/&
- With a $187 million payroll, Dodgers arrive a hot mess — and they know it
- Home is hardly an advantage as Lightning even series vs. Capitals
- Cubs face late 23-game journey stemming from Thursday’s rainout
- White Sox rally for 4 runs in 8th inning to top Rangers 4-2
- Antoine Walker co-hosts ‘SouthSide Heat’
- Police: Delivery driver zip-tied, packages stolen in Englewood armed robbery
- Officer injured after being dragged during traffic stop
- Old Town home with wine cellar: $1.8M
- Morning Spin: Gov. Rauner is happy GOP is ‘working together’ after leadership squabble
- Hospitals are soft targets: Nurses and staff need more training to deal with violence
- What’s the economic impact of Blues Fest or Jazz Fest? Chicago will now get data from Mastercard spending
- Gay couple wonders how to respond to neighbors’ petty harassment
- Designer and purebred puppies from other states sold as rescue dogs in Chicago, outsmarting city ordinance
- Preakness 2018 attendees face stricter regulations on outside food, drink
- French trainer Rodolphe Brisset is a quick study in getting Quip to Preakness
- How Ballast Point, once one of the fastest-growing craft breweries, lost its mojo — and how it might get it back
- Painting by Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall, bought for $25,000 in 1997, sells for $21.1 million
- How to survive a very wet and muddy Preakness 2018
- Preakness 2018: Frequently Asked Questions
- Egypt’s president announces Rafah crossing with Gaza open entire month of Ramadan
- Couple turns barbecue fun into catering business, plan restaurant in Hinsdale or Clarendon Hills
- Lawmaker to SIU president: ‘Go to hell, sir’
- Woman calls police after 7 pounds of pot mistakenly mailed to her Lakeview home
- 2 injured in shooting at South Holland gas station
- Witness: Chicago police officer punched 2 in bar, said he wouldn’t get arrested because he was a cop
- Hospitals push back against timeline to train more nurses in sexual assault care
- ‘He’s not a bad kid,’ says mom of alleged Dixon school shooter, as police say gun used belonged to her
- Owners of Mugshots.com accused of extortion: They attempted ‘to profit off of someone else’s humiliation’
- Campbell Soup CEO out, strategic review under way
- Poll: Half of Americans approve of legal sports betting
- Body Mind Spirit Expo in Tinley Park all about healing, empowering
- Mortgage rates at highest level in 7 years
- Grayson Allen addresses concerns head-on: ‘I think the NBA, they like competitive guys’
- One of three charged in Elmhurst incident that led to a police car crash sentenced to prison
- Series preview: Cubs at Reds
- Tougher payday loan rules issued by consumer protection bureau to remain in place … for now
- Coroner: Hypothermia cause of Pine Township man’s death
- Homewood kicks off summer festival season June 8 and 9 with Artisan Street Fair
- 11 shot over 10 hours in Chicago, three of them fatally
- Wisconsin garage band going strong after more than 50 years
- Police searching for 3-month-old girl last seen on West Side four days ago
- Prince Charles to walk Meghan Markle down the aisle at royal wedding
- Dre vs. Drai, Jordan Peele’s new movie and more conversation starters for your weekend
- Chicago web series ‘Seeds’ is a ‘love letter to black girls’
- Trump may plead the Fifth. This is why we should be glad he has that option.
- Salió a correr y descubrió a un bebé enterrado vivo; veinte años después, se reencontraron
- Star Wars Day in Joliet offers much fun for fandom
- Prickly City- unhappy
- NIH halts controversial study of moderate drinking
- As ‘one of the remaining grand mansions of Elgin’ sits empty, a local group hopes for restoration
- A cancer screening flop: Few smokers seek free lung scans
- P. Diddy revealed as the buyer of the $21 million Kerry James Marshall painting
- Santos remonta ante Toluca en ida de la final mexicana
- Launch angles? Bullpenning? Ice cream instead of beer? This is not the baseball I once covered
- The first questions the Bulls should ask potential draftees
- Ivan Albright and the shock of the ‘Flesh’ at the Art Institute
- Wells Fargo reportedly altered business clients’ documents without their knowledge
- Derby runner-up Good Magic — ‘he’s legit’ — gets another shot at Justify in the Preakness
- Celebrating a century of John Deere tractors, magic in Michigan and more
- Platini: ‘trickery’ involved in 1998 World Cup draw
- Bill Gates mocks Trump. Patriots, start smashing your PCs!
- The House Theatre announces its 2018-19 season, including three world premieres
- Study finds Uber drivers make less than minimum wage
- Anonymous donation brightens up Waukegan Public Library branch in fitness center
- Reportan tiroteo y varios heridos en secundaria de Texas
- Muxe busca romper barreras
- Cyr: Indonesia and Malaysia demonstrate Southeast Asia’s importance — and progress
- Hobart sends state a message about redistricting reform
- ‘Anti-Trump’ gunman wounded in shootout with police at Trump resort in Florida
- Valets driven to get Paramount experience started off right
- Las pequeñas madres de Ecuador
- The Dance Center of Columbia College announces 2018-19 season
- Poisoned former Russian spy discharged from British hospital
- Brian Bowen, recruit at center of Rick Pitino firing, awaits NCAA ruling and NBA draft deadline
- Photos: WWII bomber Memphis Belle
- Obispos de Chile renuncian tras escándalos sexuales
- Letters: Residents speak out on student walkouts
- Restored WWII bomber Memphis Belle makes public debut
- Platini: ‘triquiñuela’ facilitó final Francia-Brasil en 1998
- Speak out: Trump deserves praise, not scorn
- Former players’ association head elected new Spanish FA president
- Chicago selling 3,000-plus properties through $1 vacant lot program
- Pogba to France teammates: World Cup is ‘not just technique’
- Woman sues after sexually assaulted in Loop office building
- Bulls at No. 7, from Quintin Dailey to Lauri Markkanen
- Saudi Arabia said to detain women’s rights advocates who challenged driving ban
- Starbucks apologizes to customer who had a racial slur written on his cup
- Frankfurt’s Kovac hopes to deny future employer Bayern in German Cup final
- Belgium extend Martinez contract ahead of World Cup
- Braves’ ‘dynamic’ young talent leaves lasting impression on Joe Maddon and Cubs
- How is LeBron James always one move ahead? Let’s ask the scientists.
- Poison promises ‘Nothin’ But a Good Time’ in Tinley Park
- ‘A phenomenal job’: Save the District 80 Band group’s efforts providing hope that the program can stay alive in Norridge
- Wilmette Park District sets guidelines for more than 1,200 memorials in parks
- Confirman entre ocho y diez muertos en el tiroteo en secundaria de Texas
- Neuer included in Bayern squad for German Cup final
- Egg-freezing regrets: Half of women who undergo the procedure have some remorse
- Down to Business: Florist says she finds happiness being part of people’s life celebrations
- Fabregas: Chelsea must dispel ‘regret’ ahead of FA Cup final
- Police dog tracks down Lake Villa Township burglary suspect, sheriff says
- Pitchfork Music Festival announces nonprofit partnership with RAINN
- Wedding gifts fit for a royal couple
- Russia’s parliament to consider proposal to allow Putin to run for reelection again in 2024
- MTV pauses ‘Catfish’ show for sex misconduct investigation
- Preakness 2018: Best hats
- Preakness 2018: Fashion trends
- Preakness 2018: Scenes from the Infield
- Blue Island’s Dragon Boat Festival to send paddlers past urban waterfalls
- Trump to nominate acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie to become department’s permanent leader
- Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the CSO in an eloquent Mahler Ninth Symphony
- Months after gas leak caused explosion in Willowbrook condo building, residents are still displaced
- Speak Out
- ‘White people can be exhausting’: How black dignity perseveres in a world made for whiteness
- 5 ways you’re setting yourself up to fail on LinkedIn
- Soldier Field will host 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup games
- USA Gymnastics parts ways with senior VP Rhonda Faehn amid fallout from Larry Nassar scandal
- Vernon Hills teen accused of wearing white supremacist shirt pleads not guilty to weapons charges
- Buscan a niña de 3 meses vista por última vez hace cuatro días
- Buses collide inside Lincoln Tunnel; 32 hurt, 7 seriously
- Avión con 113 personas a bordo se estrella en La Habana
- Avión con 104 pasajeros se estrella en La Habana
- Naperville News Digest: Food Truck Friday, new Metra schedule, dance academy auditions
- Benefits of biking to work promoted at Valparaiso event
- State briefs
- Un policía de Chicago golpea a dos, y alardea que no sería arrestado
- Play with dogs, cats, puppies and kittens this weekend at PAWS Chicago’s Angels with Tails event in Gold Coast
- Swapping fryers for fitting rooms: Chicago looks to regulate mobile boutiques
- Church news
- Aurora Animal Control focusing on domestic animals rather than wildlife
- Hallan artefactos explosivos en la escuela del tiroteo de Texas
- Review: Sky’s the limit with ambitious Santo Cielo
- Quickly
- Moran: Reflections on two NIU graduations separated by 30 long years
- Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms
- Summer music festival fashion
- Health officials: Stay out of the pool if you have diarrhea
- The Chicago Board of Education has failed our special ed students
- Northbrook crossing guard who died last week remembered for his smile: ‘He loved his kids’
- Chicago cop’s use of condoms made outside of Illinois allowed prosecutors to pursue federal sex crime charges
- Lyon file complaint over stadium damages caused in Europa League final
- Carpentersville woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in stabbing death of sister gets 25 years
- Coinbase is building a cryptocurrency empire
- Low responds to Wagner criticism after World Cup snub
- Why should taxpayers subsidize the Obama center?
- Armstrong: Iowa recruit Seth Groom a ‘pretty special’ competitor in four events for Marmion
- I was chief of disguise at CIA. ‘The Americans’ gets a lot right.
- Former Playboy centerfold apparently jumps to death with 7-year-old son
- Ric Wilson authors melodic hip-hop on ‘Banba’
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- Higuaín: “Estuve a punto de dejar de jugar”
- Sex isn’t everything in Trump’s big reveal
- Chicago is full of vacant lots. Why build the Obama center on public parkland?
- Royal wedding kitsch
- Wisconsin high court: Lifetime GPS monitoring not punishment
- World Cup Countdown: Talent-rich France squad due for a trophy in Russia
- Ndamukong Suh on Sister Jean’s campus? It happened Friday at Loyola
- Hammond aims to ban booting vehicles
- Milwaukee driver flees on foot from police pursuit while holding an infant
- From chicken to condoms, marketers cash in on royal wedding
- Yes, you should leave a tip when having a ‘free’ lobby breakfast
- Thai New Year Water Festival debuts in Uptown this weekend
- Quickly
- When Harry marries Meghan, a most uncommon commoner
- Memories of Okinawa still fresh for Huntertown WWII veteran
- The price we pay for precious street parking
- Elgin News Digest: Mayor’s walking challenge, Lord portraits, Fox Trot
- Mexico defender Marquez trains without logos amid off-pitch issues
- Illinois Supreme Court to weigh tax exemption for not-for-profit hospitals
- StarChefs names 19 Chicago ‘Rising Stars, and you can celebrate with winners at tasting
- Community news
- Suburban police take to Dunkin’ Donut rooftops to support Special Olympics Illinois
- Knox County looks to save poor farm site dating to 1880s
- Dog that lived entire life at Indiana shelter became family
- The Constitution guarantees equality — even for gun owners
- Trump fomenta el racismo, según activistas
- Las cortes podrían quedarse sin traductores en el Condado de Cook
- Actually, Mueller’s ‘witch hunt’ is bagging flesh-and-blood villains
- Skokie hospital nurses get ‘thank you’ visit from Highland Elementary School students
- Capt.’s Hard Time Dining reopens with community help after wire theft
- 20 years later, the killing of an Aurora teenager is still ‘a heart-breaker’ for family, police
- Cae ‘El 80’ considerado el principal generador de violencia en Chihuahua
- From the Met Gala to Saturday’s royal wedding, high-profile headgear is moving back to center stage
- ‘Beast’ review: A Jersey girl’s serial-killer dilemma — but not that Jersey, the other one
- New Sky Princess headed to Fort Lauderdale in 2019
- The Rev. Peter Holmer, former pastor at Joliet’s largest Lutheran church, dies
- Gay and bisexual male teens use adult dating apps to find sense of community, study shows
- Why millennials are drawn to socialism
- The message of material: How the Obama Center gets built looms large
- The glorious misery of camping
- 8-year-old girl on a mission to hug officers across the country visits Hammond police
- Two St. John of the Cross students headed to Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Triton College faculty talk contract frustrations at standing-room only board meeting
- Anglers brave the chill for a chance at a big catch
- Norridge police reports
- Atlanta hockey fans cheering Anybody But The Jets
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, May 19
- Valparaiso embraces dark fiber network as it eyes business growth
- Decent: Not a lot of princes around these days but a ‘royal’ wedding can be had in Naperville
- Logansport man finds passion designing for music industry
- A little extra global warming will mean a lot more habitat loss for plants and animals, study says
- David’s Bridal hires Evercore for debt advice as weddings wane
- Aurora GreenFest moving to September
- 120 pounds of weeds removed during Dandelion Pull at Knoch Park
- Berg: Illinois families catching crossfire in scholarship fight
- Red Ruby wins Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico
- Oak Park man found dead in February had been stabbed multiple times in his neck, officials say
- Artichokes are the heart of specialty soup recipe
- Protesters disrupt meeting over controversial Northwest Side affordable housing project
- White Sox’s Nicky Delmonico does his own disco demolition while dancing with cancer survivors
- Park Ridge police investigate call of gunshots heard, but no evidence found
- Disabato: Here are the Southland baseball teams with the best chance to win state in Class 3A and 4A
- Veterans get ‘second chance’ in Lake County court program
- District 218 hires firm to provide athletic trainers at Richards, Shepard, Eisenhower high schools
- Event helps connect people with the Gary community
- Chicago-area hospitals aim to boost transplants with ‘lung in a box’
- 2 men shot in Evanston drive themselves to ER, aren’t cooperating with cops, police say
- Boys track notes: Zach Sheasby makes a big leap to become state-qualifying jumper
- Orlando ‘El Fenomeno’ Cruz will be grand marshal of Chicago’s 49th Pride Parade
- ‘DO SOMETHING’: Parkland school shooting survivors outraged after Texas shooting
- Will Venezuelans vote to end the hell?
- Cubs’ Maddon brings his ‘Respect 90’ message to Norridge in Skype session at Ridgewood High School
- Aurora dedicates street in honor of long-time doctor, faith leader
- Park Ridge Farmers Market launches 27th season with more vendors
- District 214 wants community feedback on later start time, calendar changes
- Chloe Cappas sets tone as Deerfield edges Grayslake North for regional soccer title
- Boys track notes: Deerfield throwers use friendly rivalry to reach state meet
- Chicago can’t be a ‘world-class city’ with pot holes
- Wisconsin man gets 10 years in prison after 10th DUI conviction, McHenry County authorities say
- Masters class: Sandburg’s Seth Masters shuts down St. Laurence in Do It Stevie’s Way title game
- Conservative revolt over immigration sinks House farm bill
- $2.3 million renovation to turn historic Aurora building into co-working space is ’98 percent done’
- Pope Francis’ mistrust of free markets: A Chicago retort
- Roller-coaster ride: Waukegan’s Marcos Garcia qualifies for state in 3,200 but gets disqualified in 1,600
- How keyless ignition could kill you
- Losing horse in Pimlico race was ‘personal’ for trainer Ferris Allen
- Permits no longer needed for minor repairs in Will County, board rules
- Ask Tom: Did it snow 3 inches or more in one day this past winter?
- President Trump thrusts abortion fight into crucial midterm elections
- Ask Tom: What’s the most rainfall Chicago received from a single thunderstorm?
- Three for Trey: Sebben wins both hurdle events and 400 relay as Portage captures sectional title
- Dream Weaver: RailCats pitcher Chuck Weaver returns after layoff for Tommy John surgery
- Justin time: Justin Garcia slugs walk-off homer for Slammers in win over ThunderBolts
- New farmer’s market in Naperville to cater to city’s south side
- Honing in at home: H-F piles up state qualifiers in winning second straight Class 3A sectional title
- Chicago billionaire to buy Wrigley Building for $255 million
- Hazel Crest school board president with decades-old felony conviction can continue to hold public office, court rules
- ‘Nothing like teaching kids to make, love music’: Retiring Parkview school band director
- North suburban cops on rooftops, inside local Dunkin Donuts for Special Olympics fundraiser
- No matter what type of gun is used in school shootings, innocent people end up dead
- With Supreme Court ruling, sports betting could become a friend and foe to horse racing
- Friends bring prom to burned classmate
- Former UEFA boss Michel Platini says 1998 World Cup draw was fixed
- Unos 42 millones de personas toman las carretera este ‘Memorial Day’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Matteson police officer injured in Friday crash, authorities say
- Chicago’s Soldier Field to host 2019 Gold Cup games
- Employee buyouts planned in Orland Park to cut costs
- Veterans Week gets star-spangled salute at Aurora Central Catholic
- ‘Longest-running reality show’: Northwestern professors offer insight on British monarchy before royal wedding
- School shooters are a symptom of a culture that is ill
- Dave Matthews Band distances itself from violinist Boyd Tinsley amid sexual harassment lawsuit
- 9 from Chicago arrested in separate Skokie retail theft incidents: Police
- Trump nominates his Illinois campaign finance chair as ambassador to Belgium
- Lightfoot reports $243K in campaign cash, tops among Emanuel challengers
- Rauner appoints key Democratic ally and Madigan foil to $70,000 job
- With three sets of sisters, Elmwood Park girls soccer benefits from sibling rivalry
- Speak Out
- Twin takes stand, recounts how brother came to his aid before being slain
- Redemption: Zion-Benton’s Jalah Morris recovers to reach Class 3A state finals in the shot put and the discus
- Stephen Curry, Warriors unconcerned about MVP’s shooting
- Judge refuses to lower bail for 19-year-old accused in Dixon High School shooting
- Vice President Pence takes impromptu stroll in Gasoline Alley at Indy
- Though rainout nixed Mike Montgomery from start, he vows to remain ready
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, May 19
- The Obama center can’t do everything — but it can do a lot
- Oliver’s twist: Senior sprinter Olivia Oliver runs anchor legs for pair of relays as H-F rolls in state prelims
- Weekend to start warm but end cool, showery
- Neuqua Valley’s MiKenna Robinson makes finals in two events at state; Naperville North in hunt for title
- Teen with shotgun, pistol kills 10 in at Texas high school, police say
- ‘This is America’ has different meaning for every American, every generation
- South Shore fares to increase 5 percent
- Outcomes in school shootings can differ wildly despite presence of resource officers
- Pro Bono: UCLA product Christoph Bono looks to live up to reputation as elite defensive outfielder for RailCats
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, May 19
- Fueled by Fasel: Sophomore pitcher Nolan Fasel delivers as Andrew edges Tinley Park for Zabrocki Cup
- Down for the count: Mother McAuley and Lincoln-Way East drop tough decisions in state quarterfinals
- Trump says spy infiltrated his campaign, but Giuliani casts doubt
- Joe Maddon impressed by Angels manager Mike Scioscia’s passion, longevity