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- Gael García Bernal será Cassandro
- Timely doubles vault Cubs to 10-inning win over Nationals; NL Central lead now 4 1/2 games
- A look at Etta, Danny’ Grant’s new restaurant
- This week confirms we’re already in a constitutional crisis
- 12 NFL storylines for 2018, from the national anthem to actual football on the field
- Obama hará un alegato contra el ‘virus’ del autoritarismo, en Chicago
- 2 wounded in shootings Thursday after nearly 24-hour lull
- Morning Spin: Playing mayoral race analyst, Rahm Emanuel points to Preckwinkle, Daley, Mendoza, Gutierrez
- Cory Booker becomes ‘Spartacus’ at Kavanaugh hearing, and forgets his old friend T-Bone
- Penthouse condo in Bucktown: $870,000
- Family faces huge and unexpected challenge
- Police searching for driver suspected of hitting, killing bicyclist
- Theme parks: Catch up on what you missed in heat of summer
- Upgrade coming to Crown Point City Court
- Mom of 10-year-old twins slain in Rogers Park: ‘I will not close their book, they will live on through me’
- $10 million awarded to female doctor, nurses who sued hospital over physical attack, hidden camera
- Appraisals help Gary council member on house deal
- E. Faye Butler will play Mama Rose, the role she’s been dreaming of
- With ‘Oliver!’ and ‘Something Rotten!’, the Marriott’s 2019 season is loaded with song, exclamation points
- 2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo puts the ‘fun’ in functional sports coupes
- Millions covered under ACA to see modest premium hikes as ‘Obamacare’ stabilizes
- Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani: President will not answer obstruction questions in Russia probe
- ‘What was Nike thinking?’: President Trump reacts to Nike ad featuring Colin Kaepernick
- U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis makes surprise visit to war-weary Kabul
- Iran summit holds key to looming battle in last rebel-held area in war-ravaged Syria
- Teen involved in anti-violence work shot and killed on South Side: ‘It was important for him to be part of a movement’
- One year into Amazon’s hunt, here’s what we know about HQ2 and Chicago
- Somehow, the NFL has managed to out-stupid itself
- Misplaced outrage over Nike ad campaign hijacks football fan’s enthusiasm
- Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones, Infowars for abusive behavior
- Our Top 10 picks for Chicago theater this fall: Opening nights we’re most looking forward to
- U.S. adds a strong 201K jobs; unemployment stays at 3.9%
- Beef up your culinary skills at 60-plus Chicago-area cooking schools and classes
- DJ Khaled furniture, a bedtime story hotline and more conversation starters for your weekend
- Word detectives: Close look at word choice could ID anonymous NYT opinion writer
- ‘Yo no fui’, declaran colaboradores cercanos de Trump tras artículo en NYT
- Justin Wilson and Jesse Chavez emerge as new keys to Cubs’ bullpen
- Inspection of former Gary church to look for risks to visitors
- Police: 2 hurt in stabbing at homeless camp in southwestern Michigan
- Want to trick yourself into more exercise? Yeah, good luck with that
- About 1,300 dogs, roosters seized in western Wisconsin
- How Burt Reynolds changed the way we thought about sex: By getting naked on a bearskin rug.
- Bears at Packers: Everything you need to know for the Week 1 game
- Maradona, nuevo técnico de club mexicano Dorados
- At Montana rally, Trump tells supporters it’ll be ‘your fault’ if he gets impeached
- Japón cancela juego amistoso ante Chile tras sismo
- Do you really need to stretch? Science weighs in.
- En su 9na final de US Open, Serena enfrentará a Osaka
- Body found in Rocky Mountain National Park is hiker from Urbana, officials say
- ‘Trainspotting’ author Irvine Welsh sells vintage Lakeview home for $1.3 million
- Prickly City- too much
- Denmark’s top players return to national team after contract dispute
- Extra-alarm fire on city’s South Side
- Ozil’s absence casts shadow over German national team
- ‘Matthew Shepard,’ ‘Babi Yar’ among the classical events not to miss this fall
- Week 1 NFL picks against the spread: Lock, upset, game of the week and more
- Proposed Hobart budget would give raises to officials, employees
- Augusta Read Thomas’ bold new venture at the University of Chicago
- Woman, 26, arrested in stabbing death of Gary man
- Elgin News Digest
- Royko: 2nd thought on that invite — oh, forget it
- Decatur woman runs marathons in all 50 states — in less than 3 years
- Miguel Zenon, Ahmad Jamal launch a brisk jazz season this fall
- Mike Reed will unveil ‘The City Was Yellow’
- Speak out: ‘Jerry Springer Show’ put spotlight on America
- Can the Bears beat the Packers Sunday night? All our writers say no
- Redline VR to bring virtual reality gaming and drinks to Ravenswood
- Cyr: John McCain’s best legacy
- Scouting mission begins for proposed Rio Grande Trail
- Students in Gary’s financially struggling schools get a lift from robust education foundation
- Quirky and unpredictable, actor Jeff Goldblum’s fame transcends his work
- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to launch exploratory committee for Chicago mayor
- Top 10 concerts to see this fall
- Cher to return to United Center behind upcoming album of ABBA classics
- Video: Disney’s JAMMitors drum up attention at Epcot food fest
- Sunday storylines: Khalil Mack’s instant impact, Anthony Miller’s learning curve and Roquan Smith’s next step
- Naperville News Digest
- She made the discovery but a man got the Nobel. A half-century later, she’s won a $3 million prize.
- Broadway in Chicago announces ‘Tootsie’ ticket lottery
- Digitizing condo association data is a worthwhile investment
- Man convicted of killing girlfriend’s young son awaits ruling from DuPage judge in bid for new trial
- Trump’s Gettysburg Address: Here it is, and it’s better than Lincoln’s
- As Google turns 20, questions over whether it’s too powerful
- ‘Citizen Illegal’ by Jose Olivarez is poetry for this moment
- Hope and curiosity outweigh contempt as Bears open 2018 vs. Packers
- Coroner identifies Zion man shot to death on 19th Street
- Japan earthquake death toll rises to 18 as rescuers dig through landslides
- Shout Out: Allan Dennis, music conservatory founder
- Homeless Samaritan will get GoFundMe money he’s owed; couple under investigation
- Review: Life is a Pig Picnic at down-to-earth Etta restaurant
- Ethers a union of accomplished musical friends
- Pride Films and Plays announces cast of ‘It’s Only a Play’
- Fantasy football 2018: NFL Week 1 cheat sheet
- Church news
- Column: The unifying force of Buffalo Grove Days’ BBQ Challenge
- Professional Football City “Home Team Heartburn Ranking” (Infographic)
- What to do when a guest wants to bring a plus-one you didn’t invite
- Equifax breach a year later: Record profits, share revival
- Speak Out: Pedophile priest infestation, put Elgin land back on tax rolls, more
- Letters: Democrats fight Kavanaugh because they ‘loathe Trump’
- Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn leaving ‘Project Runway’ for Amazon
- 3 new sci-fi reads for lovers of literary fiction, noir
- Letters to the editor
- Have parents made their kids too fragile for the rough-and-tumble of life?
- RIP Toys R Us. Walmart, Target, even Party City go after toy shoppers with more selection, pop-up stores
- Former Cowboys RB Joseph Randle arrested again, this time on suspicion of rape
- ParkWhiz raises $20 million to help ready parking facilities for driverless cars
- Seen one psycho Lifetime stalker, seen ’em all – but then came ‘You’
- McDaniel-Hale: Fairness to low- and middle-income residents needs to be considered when an ordinance on lead pipe removal in Elgin
- Amid a dispute over resource officers in schools, Portage police chief wants new discussion
- Little Joe’s celebrates 60 years of Italian specialties
- Paul McCartney mixes intimacy, surprise, filler on ‘Egypt Station’
- PHOTOS: Art on theMart first look
- Wireless antennas may be placed at Hill Elementary, West Aurora High School
- School spirit: How much do you know about Southland high schools?
- DeMotte man, part of white supremacist group, found with meth, 48 guns, authorities say
- NHL shoots and scores as 36 of league’s best players descend on Chicago to promote upcoming season
- NHL National Player Tour in Chicago
- ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ scores 5 more episodes at NBC
- Aurora area events to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks
- Quickly: Whistleblower’s intentions, Kavanaugh hearing, and Hawk criticizes LeBron
- Quickly
- Cost to restore Grant Park after Lollapalooza nearly $400K
- Packers vs. Bears: Un clásico de millonarios
- An early start for fall color across Will, Cook forest preserves
- England look to improve upon unlikely World Cup success
- Nikki Haley: When I challenge the president, I do it directly
- Will the NFL helmet rule ruin football or help save it?
- Lockdown lifted at Elmwood Park High School; ‘intruder’ identified as employee of contractor
- How to talk your employer into a dog-friendly office
- The heartbreak — and hope — of becoming an empty nester
- Tesla stock falls after Elon Musk appears to smoke marijuana on Joe Rogan podcast
- Vince Vaughn charged with DUI, failing to comply with police
- Why is J.B. Pritzker ducking this debate?
- Inaugural Rialto Beer Bash to highlight local brews, welcome John Condron
- Graduate of Andrean’s first senior class returns 59 years after school — home of the 59ers — opened in 1959
- Lake County brothers plead guilty in insider trading scheme
- Our focus should be on abuse victims, not perpetrators
- Art on theMart first test lights up Chicago River with a million-lumen rainbow
- Trump threatens to expand trade war to all Chinese imports entering the U.S.
- Down to Business: Gotskind’s makes the shoe fit for Naperville area kids
- Aurora man sentenced to 68 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child
- Chicago Park District headquarters moving from its downtown digs as part of $50 million project
- Moran: Rest in peace, O’Hare Oasis — and may progress fail to swamp the remaining pavilions
- Aurora police dog helps find suspect after chase, crash
- Trail improvements coming to Will County
- Ike Barinholtz to perform at iO Theater in October ahead of his new film ‘The Oath’
- Brasil enfrentará a Argentina y Arabia Saudita en amistosos
- Morton Grove library puts books on wheels with new bike program
- ‘Quiet resistance’ in the White House? Maybe too quiet
- El Grito, Fall Fest, homecoming parade on Carpentersville docket for September
- “Eat rice” and Northern Thai food in Pilsen, plus other restaurant news
- How the Catholic Church can bring sexual abusers to justice
- Quickly: Gun regulations, the Gettysburg Address, and speaking out
- Rough foliage on tomato plants could be caused by crowding, but stunted growth points to a virus
- Sandwich Fair gets people ‘back to the country side of things’
- Barack Obama rebukes President Donald Trump in U. of I. speech; president responds: ‘I fell asleep’
- 8 vehicles on Elgin’s west side damaged with rocks, BB guns, police say
- With Cassandro headlining, ‘MEX Talks’ wrestles with Mexican identities and the transformative power of art
- Candidates for Illinois governor: Specifics, please!
- Obama: Trump es ‘el síntoma, no la causa’ de la división
- Scouting report on Packers tight end Jimmy Graham: ‘He’s not the quick-twitch athlete he used to be’
- District 204 wants community help in determining the skills students need before graduation
- Retired Lake County professor teams up with astronaut to photograph International Space Station
- Valparaiso police investigate allegations of threat to high school
- House passes bill that could make deportations of immigrant criminals easier
- After Rahm: Think and build big for Chicago — all of it
- Chicago’s mayors: As Rahm Emanuel completes his mark, a look back at his 44 predecessors
- Interrogation of bouncer charged in bartender’s killing mostly suppressed, appeals court rules, after requests for attorney ignored
- Can the Bears beat the Packers Sunday night? Our writers make their Week 1 picks.
- Merrillville priest who was attacked was accused of child abuse in 2004, church denies allegation
- Trump versus the enemy within
- Shout Out: Kevin Olsen, principal at Riley Elementary School
- Workers at 25 Chicago hotels go on strike
- Film Review: Netflix’s ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’
- ‘It gives them a chance to be a kid again’: Frankfort playground heading overseas
- Potempa: My parents’ 65th wedding anniversary blossoms with memories
- USMNT to face Peru in October friendly in Connecticut
- Speak Out: Maple Tree Inn, Rahm Emanuel, Dems, GOP and more
- After fire that killed 10 children, officials give out smoke detectors in Little Village
- Chicago’s minimum wage hike not a job killer, new study says
- With new tax money for senior services due in October, Elgin Township committee to start making plans
- Motown music lights up the night at Hammond Marina
- Naperville counseling agency prepares to deal with mental health of baby boomers
- 2 Chicago cops took bribes to share crash report details with attorney referral service, charges allege
- Northwest Indiana steel workers eye strike authorization vote
- Skokie Temple Judea Mizpah joins Beth Emet Synagogue in Evanston amid declining membership
- Filipino fast-food company to take 47 percent stake in Rick Bayless’ Tortas Frontera
- Buffalo Grove Park District looking to fill board vacancy
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018
- Beer, doughnuts highlight 0.3K ‘fund run for the rest of us’ in Homewood
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018
- Aurora, ComEd have agreement to use poles for fiber optic network
- Elgin Community College program for high schoolers considering college needs adult mentors
- Community news
- Chicago’s next mayor
- No power, no pay … no takers for three Gary School Board seats
- Nations League recap: Italy draw Poland in 1st competitive match since World Cup debacle
- Boys tennis notes: Valparaiso’s Evan Cecchini knows college coaching parents will rarely see him play
- America is still free, and the people will be heard
- Court boosts rights of students accused of sexual misconduct
- Crown Point resident renews fight against planned roundabout
- Why Supreme Court nominees shouldn’t testify
- Batshuayi nets brace in Belgium’s victory over Scotland
- Opening salvo: Aaron Vaughn returns opening kickoff for TD to spark Providence past St. Laurence
- City looks at revitalizing Lake Street entrance into Aurora
- Barack Obama surprises cafe patrons during campaign stop with Democrat J.B. Pritzker
- Audit finds $14 million in ‘questionable’ TIF transfers, University Park manager says
- Mac Miller remembered by Chance the Rapper, Shawn Mendes, more
- Police say Cincinnati shooter’s gun jammed during office rampage
- Gypsy Hill Killings suspect yells ‘I am not guilty!’ to jury
- Bid for overtime pay for parks workers falls one vote short in Porter County
- Firsthand experience: Eric Rentschler the leader of a veteran offensive line heading into VU football opener
- Corrections and clarifications
- Staying home: Sports information director Kuchta replaces Chris Zorich as athletic director at Prairie State
- Parolee and 2nd man charged, 3 sought by cops in Red Line subway robbery in Loop
- Gary Wirt auction yields treasures, cash for district
- Sheriff’s officer who was injured in Niles crash that left 2 sisters dead is released from hospital
- Student films highlight Chicago Southland International Film Festival
- The Second City announces cast for its 107th mainstage revue
- Ivan Frick, who built endowment, sense of community during 23 years as Elmhurst College president, dies at 90
- Burt Reynolds had one of the best laughs, and it will be missed
- Rapper Mac Miller dead at 26
- Union Station has been saved from a blockheaded plan to alter it; not so O’Hare’s International Terminal
- Plainfield man found dead in St. Charles resort parking lot; police say he may have been hit by vehicle
- Bicyclist killed in Zion after being hit by vehicle, police say
- Under DeVos, full loan relief rare for for-profit students
- OPRF, Hinsdale Central game sets table for ‘America to Me’ episode in which student reports being called racial slur on field
- Highland Park and Deerfield students take a trip to World War II museum at Gary Sinise’s invite
- Person of interest released without charges following beating death of cabbie in West Loop
- Luego del mortal incendio, reparten 2,500 detectores de humo en La Villita
- Picking a jury for the Jason Van Dyke trial: Part psychology, legal strategy and guesswork
- Help Wanted: Mayor of Chicago, Ill.
- From Anthony Rizzo vs. Angel Hernandez to Javier Baez vs. Joe West: A look at the high-profile beefs the Cubs have had with umpires
- Oswego museum to highlight history of early 20th century flu pandemic
- Photos from the International Space Station
- 2 children, 3 adults, firefighter hurt in suspicious extra-alarm fire on South Side
- Park Ridge property owner seeks to cut down remaining 12 trees on ‘Shibley oaks’ site
- Barack Obama, what took you so long to come lead your troops?
- Ask Tom: How is precipitable water determined?
- High pressure keeps heavy rains to our south
- Multimillion-dollar McHenry VFW raffle will end by Sept. 18 ‘before it becomes a complete nightmare’
- Roots Aurora festival lets city celebrate diversity
- Obama makes campaign stop at Urbana cafe
- Ask Tom: How bad was flooding in the Chicago area 10 years ago?
- Southland seniors dive deep into Illinois history on eve of its bicentennial
- Boys soccer notes: Streamwood coach calls Alex Chavez ‘one of the best offensive players in the state’
- Search for teen presumed drowned after jumping into Lake Michigan in Kenosha called off
- Relief pitcher Justin Wilson content filling various roles ably for Cubs
- Lake County treasurer seeks glass barrier to protect employees
- Waukegan alderman questions ‘Chicago-style politics’ in putting mayor’s name on city festival ads
- 2 Southland colleges in line for more than $2M in grants
- Manslaughter warrant for Dallas officer who fatally shot neighbor after entering wrong apartment: police
- Juan Martin del Potro in 1st major final since ’09 after Rafael Nadal retires at U.S. Open
- Ex-Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in prison
- Leahy says Kavanaugh was ‘not truthful’ about ‘stolen’ Democratic documents
- With a few more wins, Nazareth looks to develop boys soccer culture
- Trump says Justice Dept. should investigate New York Times op-ed writer
- Houston pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
- Heidi Westra’s leadership has Timothy Christian volleyball aiming high
- Red Sox to activate Chris Sale from DL, ease him back into action
- Seahawks to decide Earl Thomas’ status for opener on Saturday
- Destiny Corral gives Leyden volleyball a chance to bounce back
- Despite elbow diagnosis, the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani still has plenty of power
- John Kass for Mayor
- Angels 5, White Sox 2
- U.S. succumb to Neymar, Brazil in New Jersey
- Teen ordered to get counseling, do community service after painting swastika at Norridge school
- Former U.S. midfielder Jones announces his retirement
- Senate concludes Kavanaugh hearing; confirmation likely
- Harper’s carry: Jesse Harper scores winning TD with 7 minutes left to lift Valparaiso past Michigan City
- White Sox fall to Angels 5-2, with Shohei Ohtani’s 3-run homer the big blow
- Army veteran tried helping a stranded driver — a hitman who’d been hired to kill him, cops say
- Talk of the town: Communication is key for Niles North’s Veronica Walinski
- All the flavors of Chicago: Riverwalk hopes to showcase diversity of city’s neighborhoods
- Mighty Mar’Keise: Sophomore running back Mar’Keise Irving scores 3 TDs to take Hillcrest past Shepard
- U.S. men’s soccer team falls to Brazil 2-0 behind goals from Neymar, Roberto Firmino