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- May the Fourth Be With You: Freebies and up to 80 percent off Star Wars stuff
- Free ice cream cones at Haagen-Dazs on May 8
- Trayce Thompson’s walk-off homer in 9th gives White Sox 6-5 victory over Twins
- ATF agent shot in Chicago
- Universal Studios Sweepstakes
- Letterman’s new Netflix show dishes deep on Buddy Guy, Tina Fey and Chicago pizza
- Disney World welcomes 2 newborn zebras
- Morning Spin: Rauner’s office doesn’t commit on bill to ban payroll practice known as ‘offshoring’
- This Mother’s Day, let’s stop pretending clean countertops bring us joy
- Chicago penthouse in The Fordham: $2.8M
- Why do we ever do family movie night? It’s hell
- Former newspaper building in Indiana, a modernist icon shaped in Chicago, will house architecture program
- Woman lets men down gently but would like a response
- Down to Business: Pampering others fulfills dream
- Is Trump now playing the bad cop or the good cop?
- How to bet on the Kentucky Derby
- 1 dead, 7 wounded in city shootings, including ATF agent critically injured while undercover
- Ald. Beale wants Divvy, not dockless, bike share for Far South Side; calls for hearings
- LaRaviere accuses CPS of altering a document and improperly denying special education services
- Mother gets 35 years for beating 1-year-old boy to death and dumping his body in river
- Elgin News Digest
- Tigres vence a Santos y acecha una nueva semifinal en México
- White Sox coach Daryl Boston and brother D.J. both plying their trade in Chicago
- Why Lin-Manuel Miranda is just like Apple
- El colombiano Uribe rescata para Toluca un empate 2-2 en casa del Morelia
- This Week in Naperville
- Got it made with Lemmons: Kelsi Lemmons enjoying a win-win-win situation for Morgan Township
- SEC pushes for Jay-Z to comply with subpoena
- Sammy Sosa still treats the truth like it’s a cutoff man
- Just in time for Cinco De Mayo, price of limes, avocados fall
- Decent: Reenactor knows good, bad and ugly of war
- Now-closed Hanbun will host a pop-up at Kimski
- Chicago festivals this week: Cantina Crawl 2018, Chicago Beer Classic
- Chicago writing students get tour of Waukegan — ‘the garden where Ray Bradbury grew’
- Italy-inspired Motogiro d’Palos Park auto parade kicks off annual fine arts fair
- Natalia Lafourcade con sus ‘Musas’ en Concord Music Hall
- Pianist Benny Green turns up the energy
- Hotel Lincoln’s Wall of Bad Art: ‘You are looking at awesomeness’
- Down to Business: Naperville couple collaborates creatively on design business
- Shopping Chicago: 12 Mother’s Day gift ideas
- On Trump’s Stormy Daniels lies, why must the media be so honest?
- 4 charged in slaying linked to killing of former Green Bay Packers player
- Se le pasa la mano y la Policía lo salva
- Search planned in Montana for Batavia man considered missing under suspicious circumstances
- Lowell woman is ‘Miss Amazing’ in title and personality, too
- Is vasopressin what’s lacking in the brains of those with autism?
- Zora Neale Hurston: 87 years after writing of ‘The Last Black Cargo,’ the book is being published
- How to watch the Kentucky Derby: race time, odds and livestream
- Pill expiration dates can have wiggle room if stored right
- Facebook’s dating service is a chance to meet the catfisher, advertiser or scammer of your dreams
- Donald Trump through the years
- Amazon may be the next big test to see if consumers will open pocket books even wider
- French Provincial-style mansion in Glencoe
- Nikola, a Tesla competitor, scores big electric truck order from Anheuser-Busch
- Ex-Hebron mayor, 71, scheduled to go on trial Monday on gun, drug charges
- Cyr: Korea summit is encouraging, but caution is essential
- Native American teen blames discrimination after brothers are pulled from college tour
- How Giuliani went from America’s mayor to Trump’s chump
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of April 2018
- Hinsdale school makes bench from tree ribbons displayed for 10-year-old cancer victim
- Guest column: Time for healing at Aurora Public Library
- Chicago Fire announce time change for June 30 game against New York City FC
- Love Osteria Langhe’s plin? Soon you can order it on Peapod
- Man literally trips up armed suspect outside Ohio library
- Juggling motherhood and jury duty. Why is this so hard?
- Shipwrecks and sex antiques? Chicago’s weird and wonderful places highlighted in new book
- SkinnyPop popcorn co-founder sells Glencoe mansion for $3.124 million
- Natalia Lafourcade en otra noche llena de ‘Musas’ y mexicanidad
- Connecticut Woman’s Rare 132-Pound Tumor Removed In Lifesaving Surgery
- 132-pound ovarian tumor removed from Connecticut woman’s abdomen
- North Carolina fraternity suspended after college student falls out of party bus and dies
- Prickly City- a lot ageist
- What’s your favorite novel? New PBS show aims to choose ‘The Great American Read’ by popular vote
- When Amazon calls Chicago, how will the conversation go?
- Trustees want more information on proposed Oswego survey
- Lake County school garden program forms ‘a sense of community’ at low-income schools
- La fórmula Derbez
- Naperville News Digest
- Apple stock hits all-time high after Buffett says he bought 75 million shares
- Garlicky lemon tahini sauce transforms steamed artichokes
- Quiz: Chicago’s weird, wonderful, and obscure places
- China says ‘big differences’ remain after trade talks with U.S. team
- Gigi Hadid, Vogue Italia apologize for darkened skin tone
- Jeffrey Tambor to appear in ‘Arrested Development’ Season 5
- Second City, DePaul offer comedy filmmaking degree
- Sip of Hope coffeeshop photos
- Donald Glover isn’t the first to host ‘SNL’ with his musical alter ego – remember Chris Gaines?
- What happened to actress Natalie West between being Crystal in ‘Roseanne,’ Parts 1 and 2
- ‘The Voice’ revived Christina Aguilera’s career, but now she calls it a ‘churning hamster wheel’
- Mandatory GMO labels are coming to your food
- War games in Indiana, a cheesy celebration in Wisconsin and more Midwest events
- Valparaiso council school seat interviews begin Monday
- Peter Huizenga, former president of Waste Management Inc., investor and philanthropist, dies
- Is R. Kelly’s time up? Movement takes aim at Chicago-born R&B singer
- 2 office-holders vie for Lake County commissioner
- Beer of the Month: Orange Sunshine an ideal summer sipper rife with complexity
- Glenview directs $400,000 to fight against Amtrak Hiawatha project
- Pictures: Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
- No wonder Illinois is struggling — lawmakers are calling in their votes
- Despite hiring push, Chicago police still falling short in attracting black officers
- Tips to keep your pet healthy in the heat
- Glenview gives final approval to ban on coal tar sealants
- Why worrying about nuclear weapons is a waste of time
- Community news
- Pictures: Monkey Island
- Pictures: Butterfly World in Coconut Creek
- If Teddy Roosevelt can win a Nobel Prize, why not Donald Trump?
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra delivers psychedelic acid-funk at the Vic
- Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year after abuse allegations
- There’s no rush to give Donald Trump a Nobel Peace Prize
- Former Liverpool captain Gerrard unveiled as new Rangers manager
- School bus driver removed in Naperville after reports of unsafe braking; kids ‘were in shock’
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders has lost all credibility
- New classrooms, new library among Maine East proposals as district officials consider referendum plan
- Waukegan symphony celebrates German composers, French horn soloist, in season finale
- ‘These kids are the best’: Glenbrook South students design, build walls at Habitat for Humanity home in Waukegan
- Semyon Bychkov electrifies Orchestra Hall with blazing CSO account of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Manfred’
- Brook Park students create, show mixed media artwork
- Shout Out: Roger Knight, cyclist
- Teaching is a profession, not a whim
- Willis Tower getting new elevators: Here are the ups and downs
- IU honors its own trail blazer, retired Gary physician
- Tina Fey regrets urging you to give up and eat sheet cake
- HBO series from J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele to film in Chicago
- Lincolnshire student’s artwork in the running to appear on Google as part of national contest
- Quickly
- Police warn of armed robbers in Austin neighborhood on West Side
- Speak Out
- Bug-bite diseases are on the rise nationwide: What to watch out for in Illinois
- América busca terminar la tarea y avanzar a semifinales
- Shout Out: Libertyville Running Club
- Church news
- Houston property for sale, possible ex-Clark Gable home
- Chicago man gets 6 years for role in Christmas morning crash-and-grab at Bloomingdale Best Buy
- Catalina Island
- If it’s pizza you want, Stone Creek Grill in Winthrop Harbor has the good stuff
- City Lit announces 2018-19 season, including a world premiere
- Justify looks to prove talent trumps curses in Kentucky Derby
- How the Kent State massacre changed music
- Pictures: Summer Crush Vineyard & Winery
- State OKs $110,000 salary for new Gary academic officer
- R. Kelly’s team hints he got the ax from lineup at UIC Pavilion show
- Guilt and ambition have to fight it out in every ‘Macbeth,’ even this thriller by Teller
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- More arrests expected in case against ‘Smallville’ actress accused of recruiting for cult-like group
- Pictures: McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach
- Ex-Gary employee accused of buying 1,000 iPads with city money getting new date for competency evaluation
- Yorkville bicyclist seriously injured in Aurora hit-and-run crash
- A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump?
- ‘Sweetbitter,’ with its huge serving of naive femininity, is unpalatable
- Israeli diplomat kicked out of Uber after speaking Hebrew: ‘Can’t believe this is happening in America’
- This summer, stop by the 23 U.S. locales that have risen to become UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Le disparan en la cara a un agente federal en Back of The Yards
- Four Milwaukee police officers under investigation after violent arrest caught on video
- May the 4th be with her: The 9 coolest women of ‘Star Wars’
- Face facts: Immigrants commit fewer crimes than U.S.-born peers
- Glencoe creates four themes for 150th birthday activities
- With her new movie ‘Tully,’ Diablo Cody delves into the dark side of parenting
- Skokie leaders looking at balanced FY19 budget, but see challenges for future spending plans
- Fox Valley schools increasingly on front line for kids’ mental health
- Elon Musk got bored – and shareholders took the hit
- Robos de convertidores catalíticos en el norte de Chicago
- Trump says time and place set for North Korea summit, but doesn’t give specifics
- Trump says he would ‘love to’ talk to Mueller in Russia probe, but wants fairness
- Chicago ties are strong in Louis Vuitton’s new Route 66 book
- Glencoe ‘Legacy Project’ brings together kids, senior citizens to tell life stories
- Panthers assistant coach resigns after investigation of inappropriate conduct
- In Harwood Heights, Culver’s opens to enthusiastic crowds
- Tiger Woods shoots 73 to stay inside cut line at Quail Hollow
- In quest for tech leadership positions, Chicago women band together to challenge ‘bro fest’
- More than $10,000 in items stolen from Glencoe home, police say
- Employers add 164,000 jobs in April, as unemployment rate falls to lowest since 2000
- Rick Springfield continues to evolve as musician, actor
- Neymar de vuelta en Francia para continuar recuperación
- Chicago breweries Nevin’s, Horse Thief Hollow score gold at World Beer Cup
- Families ‘experience the whole world’ during Field School Cultural Fair in Park Ridge
- UEFA ban Simeone from Europa League final
- Lawsuit challenging Indiana law that forces voting precinct consolidation in Lake County could soon be dismissed
- Trump le quita el TPS a hondureños
- Underscore Theatre and the Den announce casting for ‘Haymarket’
- ‘He was a beautiful human’: Carthage College mourns Lindenhurst student struck and killed by truck
- Slowik: Cook County clerk on how, when and where people voted — or didn’t vote — in March primary
- Birrieria Zaragoza tacos al pastor pop up at Sleeping Village on Sunday
- The Glen receives EPA award recognizing site reuse
- Total Chicago-area tech jobs
- Deschamps postpones France squad reveal to after Europa League final
- Berg: Progressive tax battle pits taxpayers against Madigan
- Drink This! Cold brew coffee infused with cannabis compound
- Shout Out: Joe Cholewa, postal food drive organizer
- Gaza protest
- Eat This! The Moonlighter’s Beyond Sausages, with secret Chicago-style
- Roma president Pallotta faces UEFA sanctions for improper conduct
- Improvements planned for Y-shaped Beach Park intersection with history of fatal crashes
- Federal grants help Round Lake fire officials funnel truck exhaust out of stations
- Time’s up for cheerleaders/dancers at NFL, NBA games
- Abolitionist reenactors highlight this year’s Naper Settlement Civil War Days
- At least 70 Palestinians wounded by Israeli troops during sixth weekly protest at Gaza border
- Iowa governor signs strictest abortion regulation in America
- No maid of honor, an ode to Diana and a top-secret dress: All the details so far on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s upcoming wedding
- The incel mind: As if hating women will get you a girlfriend
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- ‘She went into a man’s world and had a good time’: Annie Anton, former Lake County auditor and clerk, dies at 90
- Wilmette art student’s work influenced by bond with brother who has autism
- Senators saw Sen. Duckworth as a mom. What about the rest of us?
- Guardiola confirms Toure exit from Manchester City
- Hersey hires Lake Zurich grad Austin Scott as boys basketball coach
- District 64’s Carpenter School adds new assistant principal
- ‘Ricky the Red Line Raccoon’ rescued from electrified third rail at Cermak-Chinatown station
- Cameras on city trucks scanning license plates for stolen cars
- What’s Blooming street fair shows off artists’ wares in Oak Park
- Portage assistant diving coach in court for sexual misconduct charges
- Ligue 1 Recap: PSG miss out on 100-point season after Amiens draw
- Trial starts Monday for Elgin man charged with gunning down man on his doorstep, kidnapping woman and child
- Man accused of hitting ex-boss with stolen car is charged with attempted murder: Des Plaines police
- Chih Ming Jimmy Hsiao, taught computer-assisted design, math and science at Truman College, dies
- Fire leaves Aurora house uninhabitable
- Dockless bike companies protest Chicago’s lock rule: ‘No other city has required this’
- The Goodman announces casting for Suzan-Lori Parks’ ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3)’
- North Korea adjusts time zone to match South’s as ties warm
- IUN offers students an Inside Look
- Gas Prices Spring 2018
- Hundreds mark 50th anniversary of Poe Elementary School in Arlington Heights
- Estudiantes honran al personal de limpieza en la primaria Scott
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- 10,000 Maniacs marks 35 years since first album
- Daughter of U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez explores City Council run against Emanuel ally
- La Liga Recap: Sevilla keep Europa League hopes alive with Real Sociedad win
- U.S. upsets Canada to begin hockey worlds; ‘We can play better than that,’ Patrick Kane says
- Brighton upend Man United to secure Premier League survival
- ‘Just never give up’: Antioch’s Ty Jones plays goalie in hockey despite losing total vision in his right eye
- Aurora alderman says ‘lesson learned’ after city forgot online connection cable for new fire station
- Tomes aren’t the only offerings at local public libraries: Officials
- Central Lake County mayors talk flood relief, pension reform
- Trump says Giuliani needs to ‘get facts straight’ on Stormy Daniels
- Chef’s Choice: Caterer benefits from Italian training
- Mother and daughter musicians featured in Highland Park Strings season finale
- Darren Vann pleads guilty to murdering 7 women, avoids possible death sentence
- Man charged in assault outside downtown courthouse under investigation for CTA pushing incident
- ‘A book by someone like them’: Refugee and immigrant girls meet author with a story similar to their own
- Trump salutes 2nd Amendment, urges NRA members to vote GOP in November
- Animal Welfare Club returns at Stevenson, looks to make mark with homemade dog treat fundraiser
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, May 5
- Moran: It is safe to put away the shovels … and start thinking about tornado preparedness
- Coming soon: A Laquan McDonald documentary that makes the story even worse
- Matt Harvey refuses minor-league assignment, Mets to cut ties with former ace
- Facebook crackdown on fake accounts isn’t solving the problem for everyone
- Suburban Cooks: Greek fest revives traditional dishes
- The journey is about more than the road in ‘4000 Miles’
- Kane County court services employee strike ends with no new planned negotiations after first week
- Richards student brings her art to print, school website
- Chicago woman gives birth in Evanston Hospital parking lot
- Connecticut court vacates Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel murder conviction in 1975 slaying
- Audit shows Elgin residents are getting better at recycling
- Naperville People in the News
- Reboot ‘The West Wing’? Here are some suggestions
- Fitness-apparel retailers Lululemon, Outdoor Voices plan new North Side stores
- Mrvan’s experience tested in Senate District 1 Democratic primary race
- Judge boots reporters, spectators from courtroom for closed-door hearing in Officer Jason Van Dyke case
- Waubonsie teacher resigns amid police investigation
- Kentucky Derby notes: Viola, Repole team up to give Vino Rosso a chance; Monomoy Girl wins Oaks
- Former veteran federal prosecutor to return as top deputy to U.S. Attorney John Lausch
- Joey’s Red Hots to open in Morgan Park
- Families of Darren Vann victims say they can ‘move on’ after he pleaded guilty to killing 7 women
- Count Bassey: Jacqueline Bassey wins in four events as Homewood-Flossmoor takes conference title
- Proposal to expand IMSA would allow out-of-state students
- Philadelphia and Starbucks settlements were a smart move, but when is settling not enough?
- Judge says Mueller team just prosecuting Manafort to get him to ‘sing’ about Trump
- Tabor House holds promise of new start for families in Gary
- 50 years later: Northwestern, Evanston commemorate 1968 black student sit-in
- Present and future: Naperville North takes DVC title as freshman Itzel Garcia raises Waubonsie’s hopes
- 95-year-old woman rescued from submerged car that went into Aurora pond: ‘They had to fight to get her out’
- Scat Daddy, sire who died in 2015, dominates Kentucky Derby field in 2018
- NFL tells lawyer for cheerleaders that it’s willing to meet
- Ex-President George H.W. Bush released from Houston hospital
- School: Four Western Illinois University students have mumps
- Amenazan a iglesia metodista que ofrece refugio a indocumentados
- White Sox prospect Michael Kopech: ‘Honestly, I feel like my changeup’s here’
- Author Junot Diaz faces sexual misconduct allegations weeks after writing essay on his own sexual abuse
- He was a Walter Payton senior with college dreams. Two years after being paralyzed by gunfire, Jonathan Annicks pushes forward.
- Ask Tom: How is Mount Everest covered in snow when photos show clouds below the peak?
- Weekend starts out sunny and mild, ends up cloudy and cool
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, May 5
- ATF agent is 4th officer shot in Back of the Yards in a year: ‘You will not get away with this’
- Ask Tom: Why does humid weather affect hair?
- After years trying to develop blighted property, Harvey has nothing to show — except an FBI probe and a lawsuit
- Cubs entering ‘constructive criticism’ phase with Yu Darvish
- Food Truck Fest serves up ‘great energy’ in downtown Aurora
- Ai Weiwei: A ‘misfit’ in Chicago, a serious artist/activist who likes Instagram and works in Legos
- ‘Pine Village massacre’ shooter will no longer live across street from La Grange elementary school
- Gotta be the shoes: Jordan Smevoll borrows teammate’s spikes before closing out Marian Catholic’s win over H-F
- 3 women sue CBS News and Charlie Rose, alleging harassment
- Speak Out: Bring back comedy we enjoy
- Which Chicago-area kid earned a spot in the ‘MasterChef Junior’ finale?
- Giuliani dials back statements on Trump and $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels
- World’s largest passenger aircraft to begin daily stops at O’Hare
- Willson Contreras’ wedding catches Joe Maddon by surprise
- A young woman wore a pretty Chinese dress for prom. She didn’t think she needed permission.
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, May 5
- Judge considers ban on separating families at border in ACLU lawsuit
- Relatives of Indiana man who died rescuing daughter from pond sue GM, apartment complex
- Ricky revs his jets: Smith scores four goals to lead Lincoln-Way co-op past District 230 in lacrosse
- Cardinals 3, Cubs 2
- Indiana police officer fatally shot, homicide suspect killed after shootout
- Twins 6, White Sox 4
- Achieving Yadier Molina status still on horizon for Willson Contreras
- Georgia executes inmate for 1996 murder of off-duty prison guard