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- Australia ruling party chooses Treasurer Morrison as next prime minister
- Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest winner and extras
- Cole Hamels has elevated the Cubs’ rotation when it needed it most
- 3 reasons fall is a great time for roofing
- St. Viator, Concordia grad Nick Skala ready to lead Stevenson baseball team
- Cole Hamels tosses Cubs’ 1st complete game of 2018 in 7-1 romp over Reds
- Winnetka man sinks hole-in-one, wins $10,000 from Swing King
- Cancer isn’t a war or a battle, but maybe cancer research is
- University of Illinois engineering professor to lead downtown Chicago innovation center
- Fire snap their 8-game losing streak with a 1-1 tie with the Crew
- Suspect shoots at police after chase on South Side
- Denuncian que ICE espera que indocumentados cumplan 18 años para detenerlos
- Informe forense revela que joven asesinada de Iowa murió a causa de ‘múltiples heridas’
- Crest Hill man dies after I-65 pileup near Merrillville
- 2 dead, 3 wounded in city shootings
- Morning Spin: Paul Vallas says Mayor Rahm Emanuel should’ve used Uber, Lyft money for mental health centers
- Wilmette girl’s solo dog walk indeed shameful — we should be ashamed of this nanny state.
- Disney to sell early morning starts to Toy Story Land
- Custom home in Hinsdale: $2.3M
- Aging woman puts herself on a desert island
- Chicago’s 1968 convention: From chaos to rallying cry to fading nostalgia
- ‘You may not have time to wait for an ambulance’ in an allergy crisis. But many schools report no EpiPens on hand.
- Australia’s new ‘accidental prime minister’ promises stability
- 5 tourists rescued from flooding as Hurricane Lane pelts Hawaii with rain
- Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen sets up GoFundMe page for rising legal costs
- Carson’s will close for good by Aug. 31
- Hadiya’s family relieved after 2nd defendant convicted of her murder in as many days: ‘Justice, finally’
- Golden State Killer suspect faces 26 murder and rape-related consolidated charges
- Valpo halfway house plan readied for zoning approval
- 3 weeks after 75 people were shot in Chicago’s most violent weekend in 2018, only one alleged shooter has been charged
- 10 national storylines to watch in college football to start this season
- Man gunned down near U. of C. spent much of his life fighting violence: ‘He was a good man. He really was.’
- At 87, Naperville triathlete will be oldest ever to compete at Chicago Triathlon: ‘I feel like I can do it’
- Cottage homes approved for troubled subdivision
- Shout Out: Eitan Gordon, school psychologist who enjoys punk music
- Bears are calling Raiders about trading for holdout pass-rusher Khalil Mack, right?
- Driver of Jeep linked to fatal shooting crashes into four cars on Ike during police chase
- J Niice, former WBBM-FM morning host, sells Near South Side condo for $370,500
- Donald Glover and Rihanna, life-saving beer and more conversation starters for your weekend
- Port Authority finalizes its bylaws
- President Trump escalates feud with Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- Safest level of alcohol consumption is none, worldwide study shows
- Prickly City- reboot
- HPV-related cancer rates are rising. So are vaccine rates — just not fast enough.
- How Californian Ed King came to co-write the Southern anthem ‘Sweet Home Alabama’
- Young-onset Parkinson’s patients defy stereotypes
- Arturo Vidal: “Con el VAR, el Bayern habría ganado las dos últimas Champions”
- Unfortunately, Urban Meyer will be forgiven — as long as he keeps winning
- Boston woman says celebrity chef Mario Batali groped her
- Tylenol murders revisited on HLN series
- Black bear wanders hotel that inspired ‘The Shining’
- AP-NORC Poll: Americans harbor doubts about Trump’s tariffs
- T-Mobile says hackers may have made off with 2 million users’ personal data
- French Open bans Serena Williams from wearing black catsuit
- Chicago Triathlon too easy, says very physically fit newspaper columnist
- Sabatino’s closing after 49 years of serving Chicago families
- Document: Appeals court overturns Geneva man’s murder conviction
- Vincent Gaughan: The Van Dyke judge known for his smarts, sharp tongue and secretive style
- Will new law really muffle that siren noise Streeterville residents have been complaining about?
- Former student accused of bringing replica gun into Oswego High School
- Western Springs updates tobacco law after 50 Lyons Township students caught with e-cigarettes last year
- Cubs’ Kris Bryant will wear cleats to promote 2020 Olympics
- Black and white and red ink all over: The Trump tariff that’s strangling newspapers
- Fear-based parenting doesn’t prepare children for the real world
- Lincoln in Kentucky
- Beer, Hellenic pride and a Spam feast, plus other weekend events
- ‘Black Panther’ is on the hunt for a best picture Oscar, no matter what happens with the ‘popular film’ prize
- Speak out: Late-night hosts need to stop making fun of Trump
- Dunne’s seat on Elgin council to remain open until spring election
- Reality bites on a trip to find Lincoln’s humble log cabin
- Sip your way through the teahouses of Portland, Oregon
- Body parts called their actual names, sex ed in kindergarten: How Dutch parents raise shame-free kids
- Cyr: Intelligence agencies and the value of silence
- Teenage driver taken to hospital after rollover crash at 55th Street and Wolf Road
- Papa John’s begins diversity training after founder departs
- Georgia officials scrap plans to close most polling places in majority black county
- Letter: Violence Against Women Act deserves support
- Corn mazes guide for Northwest Indiana
- Blanks: Made in America
- Urban Meyer’s suspension has roiled Buckeye Nation, and the worst is yet to come
- Aurora City Council to vote on contract with police officers
- Ryan Dempster’s first comedy concert Saturday at the Vic part of career juggling act
- Calumet Park library, which for years operated without oversight, to receive state audit
- Some important lessons from the success of Netflix’s ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’
- As Lake and Lathrop plans move forward, River Forest aims to help businesses relocate to Madison Street
- Arlington Heights liquor store burglar steals cash, then nabs cash register, police say
- Discovering Southern Cypress: The Natural Choice (Video)
- Fall family travel from leaf peeping to star gazing
- Bill Clinton, Smokey Robinson to speak at Franklin funeral
- Sunflower hulls from bird seed can inhibit growth under feeders
- Hugo Lloris, captain of French World Cup team, charged with drunken driving
- Testing Apple’s new Screen Time parental controls: First came tears, then frustration.
- Developer seeks to subdivide B’nai Torah property in Highland Park for single-family home
- Tottenham keeper Lloris charged with drunk driving in London
- New Trier students, aiming to bridge digital divide, repair broken computers for those in need
- Buffalo Grove Labor Day weekend Stampede race to close local streets
- Man charged in Gary shooting that left 1 dead, 2 injured
- 6 Chicago glam services quick enough for your lunch break
- North Avenue TIF district approved at River Forest’s northern border
- Church news
- A GoFundMe campaign raised thousands for a homeless man in Philly — but he can’t access the money
- Letters to the Editor: Slowik’s column insults voters, state’s attorney urges residents to support domestic battery act
- Letters to the Editor: Slowik’s column insults voters, state’s attorney urges residents to support domestic battery act
- Merrillville, Monticello men sentenced in separate child porn cases
- Prosigue suspenso sobre el futuro de Pekerman en Colombia
- New Trier computer repair club
- Clarendon Hills levies fines as road program contractor deals with delays
- Interpol looks to exit its moody cul-de-sac on ‘Marauder’
- Genoa fans announce ’43 minutes of silence’ in honor of bridge collapse victims
- Midnight Circus
- Joker’s Cajun Kitchen joining French Market, plus other restaurant openings
- Universal plans Back-to-Hogwarts events for Harry Potter fans
- The entire family behind Midnight Circus in the Parks is in on the act
- Time to shine: Cory Harper Jr. ready for larger role as a wide receiver and defensive back for North Chicago
- Hobart hiring firefighters/paramedics, thanks to federal grant
- School District 308 board puts sales tax referendum on Kendall County ballot
- Todd Gurley says he’s living ‘everyone’s dream’ by skipping Rams’ preseason games
- Quickly: John McCain forgoes treatment, Spam, and Allen Weisselberg
- Decent: Helping at Naperville’s Last Fling a real family affair for Jaycees ‘Godfather’ Al DeGeeter
- Ryan LaMarre clarifies too-good-to-be-true home run catch that turned out to be false
- Lake Station tees up golf cart measure
- There’s no end to the cost of abuse to the Catholic Church
- Naperville News Digest
- Disabato: Lincoln-Way East junior A.J. Henning says ‘it’s pretty crazy’ to have 25 scholarship offers
- Grant deadline looms for Gary port authority
- This Week in Naperville
- King, baby rhinoceros born at Lincoln Park Zoo, 2013
- Several items stolen during armed robbery of local store: Skokie police
- Fed Chairman Jerome Powell signals more hikes ahead if U.S. economy stays strong
- What are sea lice? The pests that are pestering Ocean City aren’t like the lice you find on your head
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018
- Trump could do anything — and Congress still wouldn’t impeach him
- Mayoral candidate forum: How to address the disparate racial and economic impact of Chicago’s parking ticket system on the African-American community?
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018
- Driven down: Valparaiso allows key fourth-quarter scoring drive by Mishawaka in second straight loss
- Quickly: Kankakee River drowning, Jeff Sessions and the Wall
- Uruguay: lucha de poder opaca buen momento de la Celeste
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel fires back at Paul Vallas over City Colleges’ job training flak
- Aurora man says gardening has allowed him to create his ‘own sanctuary’
- 12 players whose fantasy fortunes could change on their new teams
- Trump is trying to fix America. Why can’t anyone see that?
- El Clásico Guadalajara-Atlas abrirá la séptima jornada del Apertura
- Peyton Ramsey gets the nod as Indiana’s starting quarterback, but the Hoosiers also have other options
- Keaton: Islamic Center, Methodist church join to get people of all faiths access to medical care
- Divesting from private prisons won’t fix family separations
- Che Figata, Italian for ‘awesome,’ isn’t quite — yet
- Liberals want to know if Kavanaugh will overturn Roe. That’s the wrong question.
- How Cook County is protecting its elk
- To Chicago’s reckless drivers: This isn’t a game.
- Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 celebrates completion of $24.9 million in building renovations
- Study continues for secondary Lake County 911 center
- Sebastian’s last stand: Iowa recruit Sebastian Castro comes up with TD, interception to lift Richards in opener
- Nebraska RB Tre Bryant giving up football due to chronic knee pain
- America’s top apple is now the Gala
- Should police officers be policed on concealing their tattoos?
- A quiet force: Illinois recruit Kennedy Collins looks to lead program turnaround for Zion-Benton
- Quickly: Congressman indicted, Pompeo axes N.K. trip, and breaking the law
- California congressman charged with funds misuse suggests wife to blame
- Nasal spray flu vaccine gets green light from CDC this year
- McDaniel-Hale: Hats off to Corey Dixon, others who helped pull off Elgin Back to School BBQ Bash
- Beach Park man dies in Waukegan crash
- Justice came slowly for Hadiya Pendleton’s family
- Bob Narang’s top 5 teams and top 10 players from the Lake County area for the 2018 girls volleyball season
- Sabatino’s closing after 49 years of serving Chicago families
- They’re watching, whether the whole world is watching or not. Legal observers in green hats are part of Chicago protests.
- Amid relaxed coal restrictions, NIPSCO keeps plan to retire plants
- Speak Out: Texting crackdown, animal rescue, birthday gifts and more
- Down to Business: Remodeling your home can provide a sense of peace, West Dundee business owner says
- Community news
- Pilsen mural honors loved one, speaks out about heroin use in Latinx community
- D300’s tentative 2018-19 budget calls for $292 million in spending, with $2 million shortfall
- Moran: Roadblock at Route 120 railroad crossing a bane to traffic, especially trucks
- Markets, farms spring up to fill Gary’s food desert
- Still haven’t bought school supplies? Last-minute parenting strategies might have surprising benefits
- ‘Giving With Style’: Norridge Salvation Army event features luncheon, fashion show
- Evelyn Bunce, 94, was Griffith’s ‘unofficial historian’
- At Ohio State, wins matter more than women
- His father died of a heroin-fentanyl overdose. Now, an Aurora 11-year-old is fighting back against the killer drug.
- National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe during 2016 campaign
- Jim Harbaugh, Michigan counting on ex-Ole Miss QB Shea Patterson
- Special judge appointed for case of former Cedar Lake councilman charged with killing Hobart attorney
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel ally Ald. Margaret Laurino won’t seek re-election
- Feds confirm 507 people sick after eating McDonald’s salad
- Will voters in Illinois and other high-tax states rebel?
- Oswego environmental group says changes may help grow organization
- Homer Glen officials eye $100 million sports complex idea
- Interrobang announces casting for rotating solo show ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’
- Before ‘MTV Cribs’ and the Kardashians, there was Robin Leach’s ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’
- Drug-smuggling tunnel to Mexico found under abandoned KFC in Arizona
- Johnson’s Farm Produce in Hobart launching first Watermelon Festival
- Trial starts Monday for 1980 murder case of man charged with killing off-duty Hammond cop
- Prosecutors grant immunity to longtime Trump finance chief
- Burr Ridge police blotter: Woman reports bat in her bedroom
- On city sticker fees and fines, mayoral candidates blast Emanuel’s policies
- New public garden at Vernon Area Library provides ‘a meaningful experience’ for patrons
- Coolant leak at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital prompts hazardous material response; no injuries reported
- Are dockless electric scooters the next big traffic headache?
- Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes immigration rights bills in Illinois’ Trump country
- Orland Park police to lead bike convoy for Special Olympics Illinois
- Niles Township School District 219 budget calls for reducing debt, funding pensions, capital improvements
- After past strained relations, Yorkville mayor poised to recommend reappointment of 3 library trustees
- Chicago justice delayed
- Sen. Dick Durbin calls John McCain ‘an American hero’ who shows courage facing brain cancer
- Restoration transforming Cranberry Slough back to original glory in forest preserves’ Palos area
- Candidate Willie Wilson, who gave away thousands, cleared then calls Mayor Rahm Emanuel a vulgarity
- David Bote does it again: Walk-off home run gives the Cubs a 10th-inning win over the Reds
- River Forest review board backs 5-story Lake Street development; proposed rooftop decks irk residents
- Berg: Who gets Madigan money and what it means for November
- Early educators looking at laundries, grocery stores as places to bring learning to kids before kindergarten
- Local group stitches together fun, friendship in crafting quilts for babies
- Furniture and meatballs: Ikea comes to Chicago for the weekend
- The dilemma for Shakespeare theaters: Increasing audiences without selling their souls
- Top GOP fundraiser tied to the land where Iowa murder suspect lived
- Prince’s family sues doctor who prescribed him pain pills
- Lauren Underwood embraces progressive label in faceoff against U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren
- Replica 1865 Lincoln funeral car rolls into Antioch
- 30-year prison term for man in 2013 Homewood bank robbery
- Get your roll on to Drake songs at Chicago Athletic Association’s ‘Drake Skate’
- Bare-knuckle fighting could be poised for a US boom
- Dance-off to raise funds to fight rare brain disease
- After 3 years, Chromebooks and iPads the norm at Naperville District 203 schools
- Trump doesn’t care about justice — only protection
- 5 Fast Facts About ADHD
- Battling back-to-school pest problems
- Study finds small businesses have a big impact on the economy
- Fire heavily damages historic Maple Tree Inn restaurant in Blue Island, owners say they will rebuild
- Environmental grants aim to improve pollination, protect trees in Southland
- Urban Meyer issues apology to former assistant’s ex-wife
- Defense seeks probation for ex-Lake County deputy chief charged with lying to FBI
- Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes bill that would have raised the legal age to buy cigarettes to 21
- 16-year-old charged in Naperville armed carjacking involving man, 4-year-old
- Another summer. Again, a gift.
- George Sheldon, former head of Illinois DCFS, dies in Florida at 71
- New retail development planned for Chicago’s Beverly community
- Why Chicago violent crimes go unsolved
- Serena Williams’ catsuit ban another way to police a black woman’s body
- With one week to spare, Big Ten strikes a deal with Comcast
- Ask Tom: Do air conditioners affect air temperature in Chicago’s ‘heat island’?
- Ask Tom: Are severe weather events happening more often, or are we just catching more on camera?
- Man pleads guilty to felony charges after grenade launcher, machine gun, other weapons found in Elgin storage unit
- Aurora event focuses on immigrant students looking to go to college
- Wheaton teacher and taekwondo instructor James Langlas dies
- El gobernador de Illinois se opone a ‘todo el concepto de santuario’
- Anthony Rizzo’s season changed course after talk with manager Joe Maddon
- Urban Meyer gets three Saturdays off
- Man charged with DUI after Worth Township crash that killed motorcycle passenger
- Retired Arlington racehorse a source of pain relief for hospice patients in Niles
- Three Jets players fined by NFL for illegal hits
- Cubs 3, Reds 2 (10 inn.)
- White Sox pitching prospect Dylan Cease shut down for the season
- Police couldn’t wait out an 87-year-old grandmother picking Horta. So, they tased her.
- Fox’s Tucker Carlson stunned by reaction to stories on South Africa
- How Matt Nagy’s Bears used a fake handoff and fake block to score a touchdown
- Ex-CDC director Thomas Frieden denies groping allegation
- Warmer, more humid air arrives, will linger
- Trump complains to Ohio Republicans that Democrats are ‘negative, nasty’
- Matt Nagy will sit quarterback Mitch Trubisky and most Bears starters Saturday against Chiefs
- AG Lisa Madigan to examine Illinois ties of priests named in Pennsylvania sex abuse report
- Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes larger damages for veterans who died from Legionnaire’s at Quincy veterans home
- Robin Leach, ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ host, dies at 76
- Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea
- Defensive depth test: What to watch for in the Bears-Chiefs game Saturday
- Lawyer for alleged Russian agent: Texts show claim Butina offered sex for job is ‘sexist smear’
- A teaching lesson for White Sox phenom Michael Kopech
- Calendar: Anime Club meets in North Chicago
- The three illegal acts that may have helped Trump win the presidency
- Brooks Koepka powers into a share of the lead at Northern Trust
- White Sox 6, Tigers 3
- White Sox rally for 6 runs in the 8th inning to surprise Tigers
- When frozen embryos are destroyed, the losses — and legal repercussions — prove hard to measure
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018
- Atlanta’s Josef Martinez sets MLS single-season scoring record
- Bid summer goodbye with live music, carnival rides, reptiles, eating contests and more at Last Fling
- Definitely Devon: Williams takes center stage in backfield as Lincoln-Way East rolls past Crete-Monee