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- Watch HBO and Cinemax for free on July 6-9
- Dylan Covey unravels with 6-run inning in White Sox’s 7-4 loss to Reds
- Progressive income tax proposal would sink Illinois
- Chicago-area lightning strikes on the Fourth of July
- Speak Out
- 5K fundraising event in Country Club Hills to battle brain cancer
- Physician’s symptoms could be sign of illness
- Gold Coast condo with water views: $1.4M
- How a yoga garden nourishes the soul of a West Side block
- Office napping climbs out from under the desk and into high-tech pods
- I had a bit of an app addiction. Until these apps saved me.
- Chance the Rapper gets engaged to girlfriend Kirsten Corley
- Illinois settles with Scotland bank over mortgage securities
- Chicago police officer shoots dog while chasing suspect on West Side
- Trapped in Thai cave, youngsters must grapple with stress
- Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world.
- 7 wounded in Fourth of July shootings in Chicago, including 2 teens
- Mueller taps more prosecutors to help with growing Trump probe
- How proud are you to be an American? Here’s what people in Chicago said on July 4
- Series preview: White Sox at Astros
- Shout Out: Marija Swistek, longtime Kramer Foods and Walgreens employee
- Series preview: Reds at Cubs
- How Trump’s Supreme Court pick could influence digital privacy
- Senate, House GOP at odds over rare rebuke of Trump on national security
- Boeing to take control of Embraer’s commercial-aircraft business in $4.7B deal
- The USOC needs a leader who cares about athletes more than expense accounts
- Human desire and exploitation: Don’t miss a powerhouse show at the MCA by Otobong Nkanga
- Free agency has altered the Western Conference, but not enough to seriously threaten the Warriors
- ‘Sorry to Bother You’ review: Satirizing black identity and corporate ethics, ruthlessly
- Prickly City- politics from parents
- Explore Michigan’s diverse wine scene, one of the country’s most exciting developing regions
- Woman found dead along Chicago River in Goose Island
- Violence and shootings in Chicago, July 4-July 5, 2018.
- Naval Station Great Lakes July 4th festival complete with carnival rides, live music, fireworks
- Trump tariffs could test unity for Republican candidates in key Senate races
- She used to listen to Chicago radio’s Dick Biondi under her pillow; now she’s making a movie
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: July 5-11
- Try these Chicago classics at the 2018 Taste of Chicago
- Claude Lanzmann, director of ‘Shoah,’ dies at age 92
- ‘Three Identical Strangers’ review: A riveting account of identical triplets separated at birth
- Kicking around the idea of the Blackhawks trading for Erik Karlsson
- ‘Johnson Publishing’ exhibit shows off company’s design flair — without a plexiglass museum case
- Feel the pull of the prairie on a uniquely American safari in Montana
- Summer an ideal time to check for skin cancer: 7 things to look for
- Neighbors rush to help man shot in front of his home in Humboldt Park
- Badlands and history in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of June 2018
- More money, more fitness: Why people in the wealthiest states get more exercise
- A closer look at Javier Baez’s 4 steals of home
- Nissan Titan XD is a diesel beast of a truck
- The Bacon Brothers is a family thing in more ways than one
- A Wheaton woman couldn’t believe she was the only one watching ’90 Day Fiance’ – so she started a podcast
- Chicago band the Jellies want to capture the sound of life
- U. of C.’s Yerkes Observatory has been a cherished icon for decades. Now it’s for sale, and people are nervous
- ‘Pianos in the Parks’ returns to Chicago until Aug. 1
- ‘The Internet doesn’t call you back’: AAA’s case for more human travel agents
- Want a job in data science? You might have to take a standardized test when applying
- France, Uruguay face off in a World Cup clash of styles
- Vernon Hills welcomes the whole family to celebrate summer at fest
- Brazil and Belgium, two high-scoring attacks set for battle in the World Cup
- Ageless Bernhard Langer brings his game to Exmoor in Highland Park for Senior Players Championship
- Beer of the Month: Central State’s Table lives up to the easy-drinking style
- 2018 Nissan Titan XD diesel crew cab at a glance
- Outdoor dining guide for the south suburbs
- Outdoor dining guide for Northwest Indiana
- Outdoor dining guide for the western suburbs
- Rep. Jim Jordan denies claims he knew of Ohio State sex abuse by team doctor
- Outdoor dining guide for northern suburbs
- Reports: Chelsea to fire Conte, replace him with Sarri imminently
- OPINIÓN/Al diablo con la mejor generación de tricolores
- Darien celebrates Fourth with 80 entries in annual parade
- Reports: Bayern secure French defender Pavard for 2019
- Fourth of July parade in Darien
- Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs and NWI: Don Quijote Restaurante in Valparaiso
- Croatia’s World Cup quarterfinals run revives national pride
- Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: Meson Sabika in Naperville
- Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: The Tropics in Winthrop Harbor
- Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: The Harp and Fiddle in Park Ridge
- Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora
- Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: Girl in the Park in Orland Park
- Can net neutrality be saved in Illinois?
- Talk of the County
- County fairs are a throwback for bustling suburbs
- ‘Star Wars’ actor who played Jar Jar Binks said the hate toward his character almost ruined his life
- La Juve va a Madrid para fichar a Ronaldo
- Southgate: England match against Sweden ‘bloody difficult’
- Parade, craft fair and turtle races mark Fourth of July fun in Hinsdale
- Former fire captain gets 36-year prison term for drugging, raping probationary employee near Champaign
- La Santa Cecilia apoya la unión de familias migrantes
- Maradona se disculpa con FIFA tras duras declaraciones
- Hinsdale’s Fourth of July parade
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco, el ‘chico malo’ del futbol mexicano con traje de Gobernador
- A safe bet: Legal gambling could change the way we watch, talk and experience sports
- Vinyl lovers are making their way to newly opened Audiophil’s Records in Joliet
- Mbappé-Suárez y Neymar-Hazard, claves de unos cuartos de lujo en Rusia 2018
- David Bote’s perseverance pays off as an unlikely Cubs contributor
- Taste of Oak Brook beats the heat with plenty of food, activities, entertainment and fireworks
- ‘Sharp Objects’ review: a riveting Amy Adams solves a gone-girls murder mystery
- Scott Boras says shifts are partly why Bryce Harper isn’t enjoying a typical Harper season
- Weekend to-do list: Brunch with your dog, check out a Mexican design pop-up and eat fried chicken along the river
- England end their jinx, Sweden survive and the best of the World Cup week
- Yob is out here with an album of hopeful doom metal, people
- Guido Pella stuns No. 3 seed Marin Cilic at Wimbledon; Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal advance
- ‘The Incredible Dr. Pol’ couple on becoming late-in-life celebrities and adjusting to TV scrutiny
- Clarendon Hills takes 9U baseball tournament with championship game win over host Hinsdale
- Haley Heynderickx is making this success thing seem like a happy accident — which it is
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- In Northbrook, Fourth of July is packed full of local events
- Column: The rules of caring for a newborn have changed for the better
- Singer Denise Thimes puts down roots in Chicago
- Fourth of July 2018 in Northbrook
- The Trump Supreme Court pick who’d pose the biggest danger to abortion rights
- Naperville Ale Fest highlights 90 craft brewers
- Winnetka celebrates with 140th Fourth of July parade
- Why the tax overhaul could lead to lower settlements for sexual harassment victims
- ‘SexuWellness’ nights create a safe space for women to discuss sex, reproductive health and more
- Tite: Brazil looking to avoid ‘the horror of penalties’
- Retired Benton, Ill., principal has painted hundreds of maps on playgrounds
- What we know about the shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis
- Fourth of July parade in Winnetka
- Get a grip? White Sox pitchers struggle in hot, humid conditions
- Review: Le Bouchon and La Sardine
- Batavia Windmill City Fest continues to add free family fun
- World Cup’s fourth substitutes in extra time are more than just penalty takers
- Walk historic Florida: Streets with stories to tell
- 11 recommended shows to see now
- England’s John Stones calls Colombia the ‘dirtiest team’ he’s ever faced
- Una persona en condición crítica tras ser alcanzada por un rayo
- Gala Dalí: ¿musa del genio surrealista o pieza clave de su obra?
- Aurora police investigating shots fired on July 4
- Will County Forest Preserves on a roll with Food Truck Friday
- White Sox sign first-round pick Nick Madrigal
- Buscan a hombre que entró al Fox River pero no salió
- Glenview celebrates Fourth of July: ‘The community comes together’
- Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court
- Relive the best moments from the World Cup Round of 16
- Column: Horses continue to make history in Barrington area
- Clarkson: Feeling lost, but found, in pool or air conditioning this stifling summer
- Al menos 19 muertos y 40 heridos en explosión de polvorín en centro de México
- Thousands enjoy Wilmette Independence Day events at Gillson Park
- Glenview celebrates Fourth of July
- Man, 32, injured during robbery near Loyola’s Gold Coast campus
- Aficionados mexicanos dejan sombreros de mariachi en Moscú
- Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before more rain arrives
- Willson Contreras leads, Javier Baez narrowing gap in the final hours of All-Star voting
- Cubs need insurance for the rotation and bullpen, no matter how small the upgrade
- Kempes se postula para dirigir a la selección de Argentina
- Trump gets tongue-in-cheek ‘welcome’ from Montana senator he’s opposing
- Where have the boats gone from Monroe Harbor, rest of Chicago lakefront?
- Man jumps in the Illinois-Michigan Canal to escape cops after crashing near I-55
- Real Madrid sign defender Odriozola from Real Sociedad
- Jewel-Osco President Doug Cygan dead at 55
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway drops out of fight because of concussion-like symptoms
- Tabarez remains coy on Cavani’s injury ahead of France match
- Blimp depicting Trump in diaper could fly the skies during his London visit
- Yorkville fest festures ribs and river fun
- Ready for Raffin: Chris Raffin takes over at quarterback for Huntley in place of graduated Eric Mooney
- Bicampeón olímpico cubano de boxeo deserta en México
- How Instagram and YouTube help underground hip-hop artists and tastemakers find huge audiences
- Shout Out: Carly Meyer, Glenbrook North musical theater performer
- Pushed out of power, liberals are trying to lose even more influence
- Why don’t I carry a gun? The cost is too high, yet has nothing to do with money
- New and improved: Bigger and stronger Dylan Engler hopes to get Oswego back on winning track in boys basketball
- Glenview trustees decline to move forward with Patriot Boulevard roundabouts, request more information
- Petrak: Craving the dying art of home cooking and baking? You can find it at west suburban farmers markets.
- Johns Hopkins Hospital buildings evacuated for possible tuberculosis contamination
- She won baking’s biggest show, but you’d never know it — now she’s turning lemons into lemon curd
- I don’t want to spank my sassy 4-year-old. What should I do instead?
- 6 dating tips for divorced parents
- York grad David Cohn pursues his dream with 76ers in NBA Summer League
- From Subiefest to the Ford Model T, cool car events spin through Chicagoland this weekend
- Lake County advances vehicle weight limit regulation
- U.K. demands answers from Russia for new nerve agent poisoning
- El Real Madrid ficha a Odriozola
- Lake Forest’s longtime city manager announces his retirement
- Newsrooms fall silent to remember attack on Capital Gazette
- Movie on homelessness at library brings together filmmaker Emilio Estevez and Hesed House leader
- ‘American Psychic’ helps connect people with departed loved ones
- Corrupt Illinois politicians? Here’s how to make sure fleeced taxpayers never forget them
- Pit bull euthanized after attacking vet assistant, police say — same animal injured 8-year-old weeks earlier
- Shout Out: Mike Losacco, longtime Lake Forest resident and retired sales/marketing executive
- Martinez: Belgium are ‘very excited’ to face Brazil in World Cup quarterfinals
- Golfers’ fantasies help fuel Make-A-Wish dreams
- ¿Frenará otra vez Europa a Brasil en cuartos?
- Critican planes de Scarlett Johansson de interpretar un hombre trans
- Why restore the Uptown Theatre at all? It’s savvy, and plus there’s a better reason
- Manker: Lessons learned on ballfield sometimes bring winning and losing into perspective
- Robert Hines, of ‘Toby Jones’ fame, is very funny, and very serious about his new direction
- Las 20 giras más exitosas del 2018
- Tabárez pide ’24 horas de paciencia’ para saber si Cavani juega ante Francia
- Mayor Emanuel put politics before pets
- Woman who climbed Statue of Liberty in immigration protest pleads not guilty: ‘No children belong in a cage’
- White Sox’s newly signed top draft pick Nick Madrigal: ‘I play to win’
- Football notes: For starters, Richards has two veteran quarterbacks in Marquel Porter and Sebastian Castro
- Former Fox News executive Bill Shine joins Trump White House as deputy chief of staff for communications
- Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest winner and extras
- Towle Theater presents old favorite ‘Pickle-Chiffon Pie’
- 7 heridos en tiroteos, el saldo del 4 de Julio en Chicago
- La marca ‘Mbappé’, aún inmadura para conquistar el mundo
- Vendía cohetes hechos en casa, fue arrestado
- Regardless of religion, doctors have a duty to inform patients
- Photos: Hazmat situation reported at Johns Hopkins
- Blackhawks top pick Adam Boqvist leaving Sweden to play for OHL’s London Knights
- Chef’s Choice: Keeping Mexican culinary traditions alive in Naperville
- Open-plan offices are making us less social
- AMLO dice que invitará a Trump a su toma de protesta
- Celebrities wearing American flag attire
- Wisconsin pizza farms
- What we didn’t tell you about Disney’s Toy Story Land
- Piden a rusos bañarse en pares para ahorrar agua en el Mundial
- Ringleader given 8 years in prison for beating teen with disability in attack livestreamed on Facebook
- Moment of silence nationwide remembering Capital Gazette staff killed one week ago
- Lightning causes fire at Naperville house; no injuries reported
- Column: Savoring summer moments while thinking of days long gone
- Shout Out: Tara Troy, Wilmette doctor opening own practice
- Waukegan rejects apology but agrees to $9.5 million settlement for man cleared by DNA in 1995 rape
- Ask Tom: How much rain has Chicago gotten on July Fourth?
- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, citing ‘unrelenting attacks,’ resigns amid ethics investigations
- 47 new U.S. citizens take oath in Hammond during annual exercise
- Architecture tours lead the way in bringing visitors to increasingly congested Chicago River
- Match-play maker: Lincoln-Way Central’s Brianne Bolden stands out at Women’s Western Amateur
- Festival of the Lakes salutes ’90s music
- Radio and former MSNBC host Ed Schultz dies at 64
- Las tres batallas de Teresa Suárez de Le Butcherettes
- Shout Out: Kristen One, a Stevenson teacher who took students on a service project to Ecuador
- Father Mike’s shutdown of Dan Ryan aimed directly at Mayor Emanuel
- Luis Aguilera: La esencia de Juan Gabriel
- Trump administration vows to meet deadlines to reunite families, now says 3,000 kids have been separated
- Head of Illinois Lottery leaves to run Connecticut Lottery
- Are flag-wearing celebs being disrespectful or just following their own American tradition?
- Text of Scott Pruitt’s resignation letter to Trump
- Fireworks rescheduled in south suburbs after storms
- Rescheduled suburban fireworks shows that were called off on Fourth of July
- Police blotter: Northfield complaints find solicitors without permits
- Otro niño brasileño sale de un albergue de Chicago y se reúne con su madre
- Denied: Taste of Chicago performers won’t get their requested Pepperidge Farm cookies, ‘good beer’ or Centrum
- United ending flights between Chicago and Champaign this fall
- Loyola’s Marques Townes joins Dominican Republic national team
- Man, woman charged in string of suburban bank robberies using AK-47, including one in Gurnee
- EPA’s acting administrator has long lobbying record on issues before the agency
- ‘I just did my job and got here’: Naperville’s Sammy Marshall a rising pro softball star with Chicago Bandits
- Shout Out: Britnye Dickson, working at water park this summer, headed to ISU in fall
- Illinois seeks to expand Obamacare coverage of opioid addiction treatment, prevention
- Bartlett duo indicted on charges they robbed banks in Aurora, Gurnee, Ottawa
- Agent: Ronaldo will be ‘eternally grateful’ to Real Madrid if he leaves
- ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ sashays onto Opera House stage
- Speak Out: Pain medication not the same as heroin, electric car owners getting big break on taxes, more
- Five things you can do to improve diversity and inclusion at your company today, like right now, this moment
- Los Dells Festival 2018 headliners include top reggaeton, Latin trap star and Mexican regional artists
- Storm leaves power outages in west suburbs, including at Hinsdale Whole Foods
- 6 ways smart robotics can give you a better lawn
- 2 Hobart cops involved in fight suspended; third cop appeals
- Heat wave kills 33 people in Quebec, many in Montreal, where temperatures topped 110 degrees
- Turning a corner: John and Marie Borman continue to thrive on long-distance running circuit
- Federal judge orders Illinois to adopt ethics rules for environmental regulators
- Community news: Crisis Center sets charity golf outing
- Divers recover body of man believed drowned during Elgin fireworks show
- Park Ridge City Council upholds mayoral veto of Pusheen company expansion in Uptown
- 2nd Brazilian boy held at Chicago shelter reunited with mom after judge’s ruling
- Waukegan man accused of selling homemade fireworks equal to half-stick of dynamite, sheriff says
- Brazil says Danilo out of World Cup with ankle injury
- Aurora man dies after motorcycle hits tree
- New Tinley Park fountain on tap
- Despite drowning, Fourth of July fireworks-related 911 calls down significantly in Elgin
- Storms cause thousands of power outages in Northwest Indiana
- Beyond Trump, Kim and that nuclear handshake
- St. Charles woman dies after single-car crash near Elburn, sheriff’s office says
- Heat exits amid strong storms, heavy rain
- From 2018: Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic Chicago judge and Notre Dame professor who stirs abortion debate
- Once a niche event, summer league a mainstay on the NBA summer schedule
- Aurora reschedules fireworks to coincide with Downtown Alive event
- Annapolis shooting suspect sent letter to a Virginian-Pilot editor, police say
- Slowik: Protesting is noble, but shutting down the Dan Ryan is pointless
- ‘I felt the shock’: St. Charles fire captain, Plainfield paramedic credited with saving lives of 2 lightning strike victims
- ‘Any junk science will be excluded,’ judge in arson-murder trial says
- One displaced by Naperville house fire
- Windy City Tango Festival brings world-champion dancers to Lakeview this weekend
- With WSCR-AM pulling co-host Brian Hanley off mornings, now you know The Score
- Scott Pruitt resigns
- Five taken to hospital after Elgin collision
- 2nd round of thunderstorms rolls through Chicago area as swimmers warned from beaches Friday
- Two hit by lightning along lakefront as storms send holiday crowds running for cover
- Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb calls on attorney general to resign after groping allegations
- Bad weather cuts Ribfest opening night short, more closures Thursday
- Defending champion Garbine Muguruza, finalist Marin Cilic out at Wimbledon in 2nd round
- Webb Simpson takes 1st-round lead with 9-under 61 at Greenbrier
- Trump narrows list for Supreme Court pick with focus on Kavanaugh and Kethledge
- How did Scott Pruitt survive months of controversy? By preserving his relationship with Trump at all costs
- Gobernador de Illinois pide a electores no votar por un candidato nazi
- Digest (July 5): Stronach Group plans to display weights of horses for handicapping
- Astros 4, White Sox 3
- Mission possible: Bryant Brown focused on helping Waukegan bounce back in boys basketball
- Former Thai navy SEAL working to rescue soccer team trapped in cave dies from lack of oxygen, authorities say
- White Sox need to listen to offers for Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia
- Trump assails critics and mocks #MeToo movement at Montana rally