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- Teachers get special 15 percent discount at Target Teachers Prep Event through Saturday
- Rain threatens Tuesday’s All-Star Game and baseball’s streak of good weather luck
- Solo ‘Black Widow’ project catches up to wave of female-led superhero films
- Person hit, killed by Green Line train
- Weekend toll in Chicago: 6 dead, 22 wounded
- The rise of the pro-choice cheerleaders
- Think about the summer of 1968 as you watch the progress of 50 years evaporate
- Top state business group leader to retire, keep doing political work
- Both parties are undermining their chances in November
- New rail and road projects will untie some tricky South Side knots
- Physician is told to heel himself
- Not-so-hot spots in Orlando’s theme parks
- Man shot and killed in South Austin: ‘Our babies are killing each other’
- Family members of Dr. Henry Heimlich say Red Cross guidance on choking victims could end in death
- Man, 64, killed in hit-and-run
- CEO says new job-matching platform aims to help workers who are stretched financially
- Members of Pussy Riot charged in protest at World Cup final
- Chicago police release body camera footage of fatal officer-involved shooting that prompted protests
- CVS apologizes after white manager in Chicago calls cops on black customer
- Morning Spin: Former Rauner donor gives Pritzker $100K
- Baby dies from ‘lethal combination of drugs’ hours after his mother breastfed him, Pennsylvania police say
- Oakton trustees renew cafeteria vendor’s contract despite quality, cost complaints
- Rest arrives for Cubs reliever Steve Cishek: ‘We’ll go to a theme park’
- 3 takeaways from the MLB Futures Game at Nationals Park
- ‘Why are you still here?’: Inside the last Blockbuster left in America
- Lost & found: NBA free agency turning into bargain hunting
- Man with screwdriver fends off attacker who was stabbing woman: ‘He was watching her back’
- The Center’s new commercial-grade kitchen to honor Homer Glen man who battled heroin addiction
- 2018 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS Hot Wheels at a glance
- Ask Anna: I’m scared to leave my husband
- LeBron James and Serena Williams cement their legacies despite championship losses
- Prickly City- rude
- Hot Wheels Chevy Camaro SS proves adulthood is better than childhood
- Map: Fatal officer-involved shooting
- 2 killed, 3 injured by gunfire in Chicago
- Modern love: Twitter brings @MichaelKopech5 and @VanessaMorgan together
- Mike Trout’s incredible start elevates him into the class of MLB’s all-time elites
- Talk of the County: If Trump wants to find immigrants, he need only check his family tree
- A child killer taunted little girls with terrifying notes, Indiana police say. After 30 years, DNA led to an arrest.
- How a family survived a lightning strike at Grant Park: ‘You don’t see it coming. You don’t hear it coming’
- After-school programs a boon for kids with ADHD
- Shout Out: Evanstonian Autumn Bryant, speech-language pathologist
- Divulgan video del tiroteo a muerte de un afroamericano, que provocó disturbios en Chicago
- Grant sought to finish Marquette Greenway, a proposed bike trail linking Chicago and Michigan
- Bears training camp key questions: Bears writers fill in the blanks
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- Artist behind Ray Bradbury mural in Waukegan hopes his work will inspire kids who don’t have access to art
- Clarendon Hills girl thrives despite challenges, to be recognized at Soldier Field Special Olympics event
- Cubs have long history of competing in the Home Run Derby
- Man accused of selling 3 kilos of heroin to undercover cops; nearly $1M in drugs confiscated, authorities say
- The 10 Bears offseason headlines that mattered most, from Matt Nagy to Roquan Smith
- ‘Tots in the Park’ concert series at Buffalo Grove Park District aims to educate and entertain
- Selle: Lake County assessment values get mixed with anti-tax gripes
- Cave diver says he might sue Elon Musk after Musk suggests he’s a pedophile
- Greek heritage, pride on menu for 49th Grecian Festival in Merrillville
- First Comic-Con of the #MeToo era grapples with harassment
- First black lawmaker to run Illinois Democratic Party: ‘People of color are becoming more engaged’
- France’s Mbappe made around $500,000 at World Cup. It’s all reportedly going to charity.
- After a decade in Deerfield, Guys & Co. moves down the road to Highland Park
- Hulk Hogan reinstated to WWE Hall of Fame after suspension over racist tirade
- The queen, the pope and now Trump: Putin kicks off summit with typical tardiness
- El Mundial más feo de la historia
- Rock art, clothes, photographs and dog treats draw crowds for La Grange Craft Fair
- Prince Louis christening photos
- United Airlines joins other carriers in peddling credit cards to passengers
- CVS se disculpa con clienta negra
- Apparent protester removed ahead of Trump-Putin conference
- Police: Man robbed Valparaiso Walmart
- Facebook wants to cut down on misinformation. So why isn’t it doing anything about Infowars?
- Celia Cruz sigue viva
- Royals release new photos to mark Prince Louis’s christening
- Walk this way: Following footsteps of the faithful on mystical pilgrimage in Japan
- Be a bird feeder in Ohio, celebrate Italy in Rockford and more Midwest events
- It’s not your imagination: airline restrooms are getting smaller
- Deadly fire near Yosemite National Park doubles in size
- With 29 new aircraft from Boeing, Embraer, United gives passengers more room: an inch
- EcoGlass Straws
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Wisconsin decries his parents’ donation to Democratic opponent
- Chill out — Cirque Dreams Holidaze will return to the Chicago Theatre this December
- 3 Gary weekend shooting victims identified; 4th victim found Monday
- Cubs rookie reliever James Norwood maximizing his midseason audition
- District 64 board moves forward with efforts to amp up security at four schools
- Watch the first trailer for ‘On the Basis of Sex,’ the true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- ‘Credible fear’ for U.S. asylum harder to prove under Trump
- Familia sobrevive al impacto de un rayo
- A different approach to preventing child abuse
- 5 ways to make your pooch’s mealtime more enjoyable
- 6 ideas to get cash for college, even if it’s the last minute
- Deerfield H.S. student publishes research on childhood obesity prevention
- Traditional Turkish food, pizza and barbecue, plus other restaurant openings
- Alux Nahual regresa para denunciar la xenofobia en EEUU
- 7-year-old survives dad’s drunk crash near Detroit, but then is killed by another car
- Wilmette youth baseball coach involved in alleged assault resigns position
- Family, friends honored for sprucing up Highland median
- Reactions to Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who is America?’: ‘One of the bravest uses of comedy’ that ‘sparks a very deep moral conversation’
- Concordia University projects approved by village; River Forest trustee raises ADA concerns about one
- Guns can be removed from those deemed dangerous under law signed by Rauner; he also extends ‘cooling off’ period to assault-style weapons
- Chicago R&B darling Rayvn Lenae Washington is ready to groove at Pitchfork
- Boater gets video of huge whale shark in Palm Beach ‘feeding on the surface like a giant vacuum cleaner’
- Woodman’s Food Market to open early September in Buffalo Grove
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- Vote in the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- Chicago theater openings for July 20-26
- Porter fair to welcome visitors, newborn animals
- El Vaticano desmiente a Morena, el Papa no participará en foros por la paz de AMLO
- Death of fox marks 9th casualty after jaguar’s escape at New Orleans zoo
- Panorama sombrío para el campo en EEUU, ante políticas de Trump
- Roquan Smith unsigned as Bears rookies report to training camp
- Oak Brook polo got some play in Sunday before third rain cancellation this season
- Island in the City festival in Norridge
- Un acusado de venderle kilos de heroína a policías
- Dunk a cop, hop on a fire truck, watch a movie at Waukegan event on the beach
- Wauconda caddie gets major assignment: Helping Hale Irwin at Exmoor
- Rauner doesn’t want Illinois pulled from multistate voter registration system that Democrats call prone to hacking
- Police: Man killed by Kansas City police was ‘person of interest’ in fatal robbery
- Geneva center works to help LGBT youth
- Nicaraguan students reunite with families after police attacked church where they sought refuge
- Boomer Esiason leaving Monday night NFL radio broadcasts
- Former Illinois Congressman clarifies: ‘Does Joe Walsh believe kindergarteners should be armed? No.’
- Unsung hero: A pioneer in transgender health care
- For Republicans, Russian sabotage of our elections is no biggie
- Waterless car wash approved for Waukegan Road, but not for general public use
- Brewery owners allowed to break city lease but must pay rent, tax revenue loss and unpaid utilities: Evanston aldermen
- Indiana man electrocuted while power-washing Michigan church
- 15 Deerfield District 109 administrators will start school year with new roles
- Rides, food and music draw crowds to the Island in the City festival in Norridge
- You ‘Ask Rick’: The first Ann Landers and how Lakeview and Sauganash got their names
- Wisconsin police officer on paid leave for more than 2 years
- 5 years after declaring bankruptcy, Detroit reborn at a cost
- Shoppers seek bargains, unique finds at Winnetka-Northfield Sidewalk Sale
- Jeff Maggert’s all-around game leads to low scores PGA Tour’s senior circuit
- The beautiful uncertainty of Lauryn Hill
- Detroit reborn photos
- Slow Mass a band on a mission
- Remembering the murder of Emmett Till
- Republicans are attempting to rewrite Supreme Court history
- 15 notable Bulls with Chicago or Illinois roots
- Women’s health in the spotlight
- Yorkville program teaches kids about the world of the Vikings
- Nothing else Melania Trump wears will ever matter again
- As Skokie battles Evanston in court over water rates, the village increases cost to residents by 7.5 percent
- Ray Emery
- Dominican rapper Cardi B leads MTV VMA nods with 10; Beyonce, Jay-Z nab 8
- Cardi B leads MTV VMA nods with 10; Beyonce, Jay-Z nab 8
- Chance the Rapper interview: Special Olympics headliner has new music on the way
- Dad cleaning gun fatally shoots 6-year-old girl in the head in Indiana
- 4-ingredient poached apricots: Result is so much greater than sum of its parts
- FCC chair’s ‘serious concerns’ over WGN sale puts Sinclair-Tribune Media merger in jeopardy
- Speak Out: No customer service, low-quality goods at stores now, political ads an insult to voters who want to know info, more
- Are corn crops to blame? Three things to know about Chicago’s hot, humid weather
- ‘Blindspotting’ review: Longtime friends reconnect, with risks, in gentrifying Oakland
- ‘Eighth Grade’ review: Hello 12, hello 13, hello ‘likes’ in the age of techno-anxiety
- Calendar: Bollywood dance workshop coming to Lake Forest
- Armstrong: Versatile Division I prospect Justin Clark plans on playing a big role for Oswego East in football
- Highwood’s Bloody Mary Fest returns, with more family activities
- Griffith top cop answers questions in ‘Ask the Chief’ Facebook video
- Race and gender principles divide those in artistic world
- Authorities: 2-year-old child dies after Illinois house fire
- Large crowds turnout for annual Irish Fest in Arlington Heights
- Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair died of heatstroke, according to family’s foundation
- Theatre at the Center, Northwest Indiana’s only professional theater company, announces 2019 season
- Street Dance: Award-winning festival brings crowds to Franklin Park
- Highland Park LB Thomas Motzko ready to lead after picking South Dakota State
- Like, share, retweet: Deerfield public agencies turn to social media to share information
- Sinkhole worries close Main Street in Hobart
- Eat this! These Oaxacan-style tamales are the best $3.50 you’ll ever spend
- ‘Pamplona’ at the Goodman is Hemingway’s words, Stacy Keach’s courage, battling it out in a hotel room
- Drink this! Sweet-spicy-sour mangonada at Maxwell St. Market
- Foxconn plans to open Eau Claire facilities
- When protesters jump to conclusions about police shootings
- Mundelein cops and kids go fishing at annual derby
- Street Dance in Franklin Park
- Measure allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples prompts outcry from Illinois lawmakers
- Lake County Clerk: No local results from 2016 election were hacked, but ‘we’re being vigilant’
- Lanzan plataforma contra el desplazamiento de inmigrantes
- Cops ‘N Bobbers fishing derby
- Cubs’ Albert Almora Jr. says wife Krystal ‘is doing much better’
- Center Stage performers relish their roles in ‘Shrek the Musical’
- Trump dances to Putin’s choreography
- Henry Morgenthau III, producer who helped shape public television, dies
- Cristiano Ronaldo: ‘Soy diferente a los demás’
- Rain delays start of Clarendon Hills fishing derby, but doesn’t ruin the fun for 60 participants
- En NY aplazan el juicio contra ‘El Chapo’
- Woman drank water from moss while stranded after driving off California cliff
- ‘Jeopardy’ inviting Wheaton contestant back after ‘Final Jeopardy’ snafu
- Notre Dame grad Aidan Fallon ‘born ready’ for Special Olympics moment
- Ex-Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery’s drowning ‘a case of misadventure,’ police say
- Clarendon Hills fishing derby
- Chicago watchdog reports harassment in city departments
- 5-year-old Glenview baseball fan wrote every team asking for a pocket schedule. The results have been delightful.
- An apology to Putin: Sorry I ruined U.S./Russia relations with my ‘foolishness’
- Trump’s kowtowing only strengthens ‘Vladimir the Great’
- The perception of loyalty in the NBA should be retired
- Pianos in the Parks lets everybody tickle the ivories
- Cuba entra a ‘otra realidad’
- ‘He loved Franklin Park’: Fulmer remembered for helping create village’s railroad-themed festival
- ‘Different’ Ronaldo aiming for Champions League success with Juve
- Still preppy? Just work that country-club style
- Lincolnshire officials want quick turnaround as Fresh Market closes store near busy intersection
- Suspenden deportaciones de familias migrantes reunificadas
- At Lifeline Theatre, a new artistic director
- Macy’s parade: Junior guard Macy Kocen ready to fill scoring, leadership void for Warren girls basketball
- Wilmette Summerfest 2018 to feature musical and children’s entertainment; return of beer tent
- Another black man is killed by police, and the distrust grows deeper
- Depression in pregnant millennial women higher than their mothers’ generation, study shows
- Evgeny Karlovskiy breaks through with win at Winnetka Challenger
- Harwood Heights video gaming proposal could be ready by the end of the month
- Trial date nears in Libertyville, Archdiocese of Chicago housing development lawsuit
- New theatre takes on ‘Spring Awakening’ for first performance
- Skokie School District 73.5 board challenging a member’s residency, may be looking to expel him
- In Anne Tyler’s latest novel, a woman learns to dance, not sleepwalk, through life
- Trump, en el centro de la tormenta luego de reunión con Putin
- Police investigate graffiti vandalism in Valparaiso
- Pro tips: How to have a fabulous garden and save money
- Hundreds of backyard baseballers descend upon Midlothian for World Wiffle Ball Championship
- Centroamérica, a merced de sus explosivos volcanes
- U.S. challenges China, EU at WTO: ‘Retaliatory tariffs designed to punish American workers, farmers and companies’
- Long-dormant Solo Cup site in Highland Park eyed for possible housing
- A chance to make ‘Friends’: River Grove library looks to recruit at weekend festival
- CVS fires 2 Edgewater store employees after white manager calls cops on black customer
- Men from Orland Park, Markham indicted on illegal firearm possession charges
- Amid the opioid crisis, some seriously ill people risk losing drugs they depend on
- SIU rift remains as trustees replace president
- Warped Tour bids farewell with a healthy dose of more of the same
- St. John Brebeuf Church celebrates summer, raises money for building repairs: Organizers
- Man pleads guilty to aggravated DUI in crash that killed fellow motorcyclist
- Packers’ profit falls nearly 50% after team misses playoffs for 1st time in decade
- McCormick’s place: West Virginia recruit Matt McCormick’s bases-loaded triple sparks St. Laurence in summer state baseball
- Pharez Whitted reaches people onstage and off
- ‘He just really had a great heart for people’: Pioneer Press columnist Paul Sassone remembered for humor, dedication
- ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’ plans April 6 opening, plus how long ‘Hamilton’ (the show) will stay in Chicago
- Chris Sale y Max Scherzer abrirán el Juego de Estrellas
- National shopping center operator picks up Highland Park Toys R Us property
- Suspect in 1988 killing of Indiana girl, 8, appears in court
- 2 workers taken to hospital after Northwest Side construction accident
- Netflix drops dud on Wall Street as subscriber growth flops
- Calling ‘Fast Sam’: Shathishkumar Rangaswamy makes name for himself on Northwest Indiana running scene
- Fallen Indiana police officers remembered in annual ride
- Beach Boys still get around, will perform in New Buffalo
- Ask Tom: How are dew point and humidity different?
- Corrections and clarifications
- Naperville People in the News
- Anderson Cooper calls Trump’s summit performance ‘disgraceful’
- One step back, huge step forward for Mariners All-Star outfielder Mitch Haniger
- Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen push back against Sarah Palin
- Alderman asks for water-safety changes after 13-year-old’s drowning, proposes task force
- Mundelein to purchase land along Diamond Lake to create park, roadside view
- France star Antoine Griezmann after World Cup win: ‘I love Derrick Rose’
- Watchdog report: Emanuel administration needs to better balance city fees with costs
- Lincolnwood to participate in National Night Out for first time
- Pennoyer School lands grant to offer first preschool program
- Showtime comes naturally for All-Stars Javier Baez and Willson Contreras
- New ordinance in Harwood Heights aims for flexibility in hiring police officers
- Eagles QB Wentz weds girlfriend in lakeside ceremony
- Citing ‘firmer’ budget and sex abuse scandal, CPS to hire 250 social workers, case managers
- ‘He is our son’: Obama draws adulation in understated visit to his father’s native Kenya
- Jared Kushner’s family firm accused of pushing out tenants
- Groundbreaking set for $24M police headquarters in St. Charles
- Tinley Park celebrates 1980s at Oak Park Avenue block party
- Troubled detainee at center of unusual court fight between Loyola hospital, Cook County
- Future of contaminated East Chicago land still undecided
- Suburban Cooks: Winner in first Pillsbury Bake-Off in 1949 a Naperville native turning 100 this year
- Lockport-based Zombie Army still stalking Southland after 20 years
- Boy hit by boat on Fox River, airlifted with severe injuries during ‘crazy busy’ day at waterfront park
- Waukegan officials say fatal shooting was ‘random act of violence’ unrelated to car festival
- Preservation group looks to get Old Kendall Jail on National Register of Historic Places
- On Amazon Prime Day, worker strikes and a site crash dent online shopping bonanza
- St. Charles Township man charged with having cocaine, loaded handgun
- Cooler, less humid air here for a couple of days
- Bonnie Hunt shines as guest co-host of ‘Windy City Live’
- City officials balk at releasing more videos on deadly police shooting
- Ian Mitchell trying to stand out among Blackhawks’ many top defensive prospects
- Judge temporarily halts deportations of reunified families
- Gun-rights activist was Russian agent who sought to use NRA contacts to gather intelligence, prosecutors say
- CTA Blue Line service resumes after object thrown on tracks at Logan Square halts trains
- ESPY Awards are a starry, sports-ish distraction with big moments but mostly inconsequential
- The anti-Rahm rumbles on the South Side
- Releasing police videos: A step toward the truth
- Emanuel’s mayoral challengers question, defend weekend fatal police shooting
- ESPN to feature former Bulls star Jimmy Butler granting the wish of ailing Wisconsin teen
- Oprah Winfrey among 9 large-scale donors to give money to Obama Foundation
- ‘This is the type of offense I should be in’: Mitch Trubisky talks Matt Nagy, new Bears scheme and striving for success in preseason Q&A
- 4th Wheaton College football player enters guilty plea in hazing case
- Uber under federal investigation for alleged gender pay gap, report says
- Bashed for taking $2,750 from for-profit immigrant detention company, Chicago alderman says he’s donating $5K to pro-immigrant group
- Despite report of deal, Orioles have not yet traded Manny Machado, source says
- Classic opener: Hunter Rumachik pitches seven strong innings but Huntley loses in the eighth to Prairie Ridge
- Trump hands Putin a diplomatic triumph by casting doubt on U.S. intelligence agencies
- Lava crashes through roof of Hawaii tour boat, injuring 23
- Man and woman hit by stray bullets less than block from scene of police shooting
- Kyle Schwarber falls to Bryce Harper in Home Run Derby final; Javier Baez eliminated in first round
- Man shot and killed in his West Side apartment