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- Best October freebies: Your guide to the top bargains and meal deals this month
- China trade surplus with U.S. widens to record $34.1 billion despite Trump’s tariffs
- Blackhawks blow late lead against Wild, lose second straight game in OT
- Ask Amy: Kids take a back seat when grandfather needs care
- Tiffany Haddish & Flavor Flav, Kit-Kats’ popularity and more conversation starters for your weekend
- At Park Manor shooting, ‘All I want to know is it ain’t my son’
- Park Ridge home with three fireplaces: $769,000
- So many people have had their DNA sequenced that they’ve put other people’s privacy in jeopardy
- Across Chicago area, a surge in new voters on rolls as ‘intense’ midterm approaches
- Fleeing the anger of the leftist mob, finding comfort in bacon buns
- Morning Spin: National money keeps flowing into 6th District race between Rep. Peter Roskam and Sean Casten
- Devin Nunes is attacking his district’s newspaper before the midterm election. It’s a page from Trump’s playbook
- Metra UP-W line delayed after westbound train hits person
- ‘No queda nada’ tras el paso de Michael en el enclave de Florida
- In Quincy debate, shadows of controversies haunt Gov. Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker
- Illinois slaughterhouse biggest nitrogen polluter of waterways in U.S., study finds
- Choices for Cook County subcircuit courts
- Google ex-CEO, AOL co-founder are putting money into Chicago companies. Here’s why.
- Playing at CIFF: ‘Olympia,’ a Chicago-shot indie about love and thwarted artistic dreams
- To combat corruption, choose Erika Harold for attorney general
- Sweet freebies and deals for National Dessert Day on Oct. 14
- Jesse White for secretary of state
- Down to Business: Bikini waxes not just for women anymore
- Will Kyle Schwarber be traded? 5 offseason questions for the Cubs about their outfielders
- 12 possible fill-ins for Bulls announcer Neil Funk, who will sit out 20 broadcasts this season
- Northwestern hoping unusual surgery gives Vic Law a 2nd wind in his 5th season
- Chicago Police Board clears cop in controversial fatal shooting of 15-year-old boy
- Colombia defeat USMNT in Bradley’s return to national team
- Pope Francis accepts Washington cardinal’s resignation amid sexual abuse scandal
- Princess Eugenie weds tequila exec in star-studded royal wedding at Windsor Castle
- This Week in Naperville
- Mercedes E400 review: Massaging seats, air scarves and more push this cabriolet over the (drop) top
- Re-elect Susana Mendoza for comptroller and Mike Frerichs for treasurer
- New ‘Widows’ trailer: Viola Davis, Gillian Flynn talk about filming in Chicago
- Review: Free Rein is a hidden-in-plain-sight jewel on Michigan Avenue
- 3 keys for the 1st-place Bears in their Week 6 matchup at the Dolphins
- 10 epic hikes around the world
- Prickly City- Alan Stern
- U. of I. journalism class to study ‘Trumpaganda’ — the president’s approach to the news media
- Chili Davis’ firing looks like the Cubs telling Joe Maddon that this is his last shot
- Breast cancer in young patients
- They were thought to be ‘too young’ for breast cancer. They were wrong.
- Emmy-winner Rachel Brosnahan to headline fundraiser for Chicago-area acting school
- Kanye West is a new Republican hero — so here are some lyrics the GOP can sing
- Blackhawks’ Cam Ward and Dominik Kahun have a night to remember — and to forget
- Walk to new synagogue
- CSO review: A mostly dull account of Mahler’s Third
- Temple Judea Mizpah members walk Torahs from the synagogue in Skokie to their new location in Evanston
- Royal weddings through the years
- 7 things we heard from Bears coordinators: Tarik Cohen’s strategic edge, Vic Fangio vs. Adam Gase and more
- Our definition of ‘elderly’ changes as we age
- Taylor Gabriel’s confidence comes from a deep and painful place: His mother’s sudden death when he was 15
- Trump looms large as Rep. Peter Roskam fights for his political life against Sean Casten
- Global stocks climb after two days of sharp losses
- Chicago native who opened Anger Room as safe outlet for aggression allegedly murdered by ex-boyfriend
- ‘This is MY son’: Navy vet horrified as mom’s tweet miscasts him as #HimToo poster boy
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘I stepped over the line’ with women
- Red Bull Music Festival | Del 3 al 30 de noviembre
- Lindsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac for kicking him out
- Late-night TV hosts try to process the Trump-Kanye West meeting: ‘This was something special’
- Your son is more likely to be sexually assaulted than to face false allegations. Explaining the fear of #HimToo
- ‘The sentence’, una sentencia familiar
- Oyster Fest wraps up, plus Lost Lake hosts a post-season baseball pop-up and more
- With Brewers’ ‘beer series’ win, there’s free Miller Lite today in Milwaukee
- Kenilworth opioid forum panel urges parents to educate children, address anxiety
- $1,000 sneakers? An X-ray shines light on the season’s priciest kicks
- Cyr: Important meeting strengthens German Chancellor Merkel
- Don’t rake away leaves from trees and plants; they make a great winter mulch
- Self-service check-in, ‘green’ housekeeping worry Marriott strikers in Boston, California, Honolulu
- Creator of ‘Media Men’ list of anonymous sexual accusations is sued by writer who says it nearly ruined him
- What is life like after ‘The Bachelorette’? JoJo and Jordan tell us.
- School shooting threats, even when no guns are fired, can heighten anxiety among students
- L’arc en Ciel returns to group favorite ‘The Nerd’
- If Bears stay hot in Miami, they can bring credibility back home to Chicago
- México remonta para vencer a Costa Rica en amistoso
- Will the Bears win on the road to make it 4 straight wins? Our writers make their picks.
- Elmhurst food truck discussion suggests restricting use until after 10 p.m.
- Golazo de James guía a Colombia a triunfo sobre EEUU
- Until the final episode, ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ is the perfect horror show
- Sears, reportedly preparing bankruptcy filing, inks deal to keep its name on Sears Centre through 2022
- Ferretti pronostica un buen futuro a los jóvenes que jugaron ante Costa Rica
- Pennoyer School’s pre-kindergarten program expected to reach capacity
- Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in 1 year
- ‘What’s Happening!!’ co-star Danielle Spencer recuperating after brain surgery
- The Portage Riverwalk is crumbling due to erosion. Whether it gets fixed is ‘all about money.’
- AEK fined, docked points due to fan violence
- Sandra Cisneros traerá ‘Puro amor’ a Chicago
- How to keep pests out of your chimney
- 3 Steps to Help Manage Depression
- New Study Uses Smartphone Technology to Connect the Dots for People with MS, Doctors and Researchers
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the Number One Genetic Cause of Infant Mortality – Have You Heard of It?
- Northbrook to require bicycle helmets for children under 16
- Usain Bolt scores twice in his professional soccer debut
- ‘Kanye West is not Picasso,’ wrote Leonard Cohen in a ‘diss poem from beyond the grave’
- Women’s March Chicago: What to know if you’re planning to go
- Tinley Park mulls incentives of $7.5M for apartment project
- Platini files lawsuit for possible conspiracy in FIFA case
- Aurora honors local artist after completion of downtown mural
- You don’t have to be Taylor Swift to boost voter registration, and other thoughts on Saturday’s Women’s March
- Uruguay pierde por primera vez ante Surcorea
- Endorsements for the Illinois Senate
- Asherie Dance’s ‘Odeon’ has upbeat street dance, Latin dance — but the scene of violence didn’t work for me
- Speak out: Media needs to lay off President Trump
- Purdue cancels ‘Northwest’ diploma change following student backlash
- New two-way contracts change the lives of NBA’s fringe players
- Arrest made in Valparaiso High School threat
- NFL’s ‘diva receivers’ — Odell Beckham Jr. is one — damage a team’s chemistry
- At candlelight vigil, Thresholds remembers those who died and raises awareness about mental health
- Elmhurst District 205 teacher contract includes 2.25 percent raises
- 50-year-old time capsule discovered in North Suburban YMCA wall
- Community news
- Elgin News Digest
- Week 6 NFL picks against the spread: Can Patriots stop Patrick Mahomes? Will Kirk Cousins get Vikings on track?
- Controversial building lease dominates discussion at Porter budget hearing
- Stephen Auw thrilled to be playing soccer again at Vernon Hills
- After ‘The Hate U Give’ screening at CIFF, star and director talk about film’s impact
- How to pack light and love it
- With the Saudis, Trump shows timidity
- Front Porch Music in Valparaiso features SongSisters’ acoustic, folk show
- Facebook says hackers accessed email addresses, phone numbers of 29 million accounts in latest breach
- Naperville News Digest
- Police launch hit-and-run investigation after man found dead in downtown Waukegan intersection
- Wheels for Women event set at Elmwood Park business; senior volunteers needed for program at Triton
- Wheaton children’s gym reopens following the death of a 7-year-old Glen Ellyn boy after a fall
- Tests show above-normal radon levels at some East Aurora School District buildings
- Revolution Brewing kicks off barrel-aged beer season with eye-opening V.S.O.J. and curious Code Switch
- Chicago woman accused of buying assault rifle in Indiana for brother, a ranking gang member
- Church briefs
- Berg: Who votes for Mike Madigan?
- Judge denies request to reduce bail for man charged in Hobart Walmart shooting
- Jackson Park is the right spot for the Obama center
- Associations must prepare policy for resolving complaints
- 5 things to know about acute flaccid myelitis, the poliolike condition that has hospitalized Chicago-area children
- No progress in labor conflict at Lyric Opera
- Chicago alderman says he’s giving $20K from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to community groups
- Des Plaines man pleads guilty to attempted murder, aggravated battery for knife attack at McHenry County birthday party
- Wild Ones symposium discusses history of conservation
- Football helps New Jersey sports betting nearly double to $184 million
- ‘We ask for what we need’: Oak Park School District 97 to seek tax levy increase of about 3 percent
- Jeff Sessions makes a good case for police reform — on accident
- Kevin Toliver the latest example of Bears identifying and developing undrafted rookies
- Developer says huge Hoffman Estates project moving forward, with or without Sears in town
- The Supreme Court is important. But don’t forget about our lower courts.
- Wilmette seeks potential successors, including food retailers, for shuttered Treasure Island
- Northwest Indiana colleges reported 1 hate crime, 8 rapes in 2017: safety reports
- Finding answers for patients with rarest of rare diseases
- Illinois to face Arizona in basketball in 2019 and 2020
- Khashoggi’s fate? Why Trump should squeeze the Saudis
- Niedner: The earth is in trouble, but what will we do about it?
- Eddie Vedder on the cover of Time, Pearl Jam and Nirvana at No. 1 – in the fall of 1993, grunge was king
- Szczepanski challenges incumbent Soliday in Indiana House District 4
- Jimmy Butler misses Timberwolves’ Friday shootaround amid trade-demand drama
- Concerns over townhouse density stall plan for large development in Homer Glen
- Ex-Stagg cheerleading coach’s sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge claims ruled unsubstantiated
- Letters to the editor
- Why is Trump so afraid of refugees?
- Committee looks at forming League of Women Voters chapter in Aurora
- Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill (shoulder) listed as questionable to play against Bears
- Scouting report on Dolphins nickel back Minkah Fitzpatrick: ‘He’s a Swiss Army knife’
- Newly appointed trustee looks to bring business savvy to South Barrington Village Board
- Letters to the editor
- Another Illinois child diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, a poliolike condition; total now stands at 10
- River Grove raises water rates in effort to address village’s system
- Our Girl guitars blast through anxiety on ‘Stranger Today’
- Fantasy football 2018: NFL Week 6 cheat sheet
- Association helps Aurora retired teachers stay connected
- Larry Doherty, who held editorial leadership positions at Ad Age, dies
- Quickly: Missing Saudi journalist, Trump rallies, and the stock market
- McDaniel-Hale: Elgin tourism bureau tells council it hopes to build on success
- Town hall meeting in Des Plaines to focus on recreational marijuana legislation
- Naperville’s 25 outdoor warning sirens to be tested next week
- Loyola’s Sister Jean, 99, is inducted into state’s Senior Hall of Fame
- Prince estate to Trump: Stop using music at rallies
- Slowik: Girl Scouts host powerful discussion about child sex trafficking
- ‘House party’ at long-abandoned Union Station to include fresh murals from Gary students
- Set on the Kansas frontier, ‘Flyin’ West’ has its juicy melodrama and serious story, both
- Township objects to proposed new rules for Kendall County shooting ranges
- Blackhawks see stiff competition at practice (OK, it’s a mannequin)
- Win some cash (without Drew Carey) when The Price is Right Live comes to Chicago this winter
- Down to Business: Husband-and-wife team find creative outlet with tattoo business in Carpentersville
- Theo Ubique casts ‘The Full Monty,’ the first show in its new home
- Setting Jeff Sessions straight about Chicago
- Chicago man makes 500th blood donation: ‘You actually get an opportunity to save someone’
- After some 250 gigs, Oak Lawn man retiring from the free speech circuit
- Experts weigh in on confession, prosecutor involvement in case of Chesterton bouncer accused of killing bartender
- Yes, Illinois can eliminate legislative pensions
- Neighbors draw closer as Rogers Park remains on alert: ‘Trust is hard when violence is happening’
- 5 potential candidates to be the Cubs’ next hitting coach
- Read Chicago’s lawsuit vs. the Justice Department
- Skokie police: DUIs, drug posssession charges filed in separate incidents
- Decent: Mother Nature’s avalanche of body woes make it hard to look in the mirror every morning
- Brief snow flurries hit downtown Chicago, other northern Illinois communities
- All the songs from ‘A Star Is Born,’ ranked
- Jim Carrey, star of stage and screens big and small, adds gallery to the list with his political cartoons
- Emanuel vs. Trump: Chicago sues feds after police funding blocked over immigration
- Buffalo Grove police help encourage healthy choices on National Walk and Bike to School Day
- Chorizo chili nets top honors for fall chili competition
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018
- Red Theater announces rotating cast for ‘An Oak Tree’
- Párroco en La Villita y Pilsen acusado de abuso sexual de mujeres
- Lombard driver hit 2 vehicles, switched seats with passenger prior to 7th DUI arrest, prosecutors say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018
- Batavia police to look at phone records to see if driver was distracted before fatal crash
- Park Ridge police, volunteers train in lethal force scenarios in wake of Van Dyke murder trial
- Northern Indiana commuter district awards more than $35M in contracts for West Lake, double-track projects
- Otorgan $50 millones a familia por negligencia médica durante el parto
- Crown Point exploring 3-D mapping capabilities for its drone
- Stocks post slight gains at end of an ugly week on Wall Street
- The deadly peril of not enforcing gun laws
- Disabato: Brian McDonough enjoying swan song after 22 seasons as Oak Forest’s football head coach
- Speak Out: Political infighting and baseball
- Michigan man tries to leave Naperville Walmart with shopping cart of merchandise
- President Trump offers Medi-scare for all
- Letter: No Imagine OPRF referendum? A board seat is not a blank check
- Police investigating Hammond bank robbery
- Be afraid. Chicago theaters are screening all your favorite horror movies in October
- ‘You completely capitalized on that investment’: Strong market boosts Oak Park police, fire pension funds
- Democrat depicted as a puppet in GOP campaign ad says it’s homophobic against him
- Global business leaders suspend ties with Saudi Arabia over reports Jamal Khashoggi may have been killed
- Investor group in talks to acquire, keep Crew SC in Columbus
- Man dies 3 months after South Side shooting
- Satisfy your sweet tooth — and then some — with Sprinkles’ Halloween candy-inspired cupcakes
- South suburban volleyball coach impresses judges on ‘The Voice’
- Park Ridge Farmers Market season to end Oct. 27
- Nations League Recap: England, Croatia draw at empty stadium, Belgium upend Switzerland
- Naperville teens offer free art lessons aimed to teach and inspire kids
- Healing effect: 12 eating tips for navigating cold and flu season
- Medicare Part D: 3 factors that could save you money
- Fall sports notes: Jack Erwin and a resurgent Lakes keeps working toward state trip in boys cross country
- Aurora looks at adjusting several liquor licenses
- Electronics recycling event planned in Aurora
- Corrections and clarifications
- ‘Did they get it right?’ Waukegan history buffs weigh evidence that led to Lake County’s first execution
- In Texas, Beto O’Rourke reports massive $38.1 million fundraising haul, but he’s still polling behind Ted Cruz
- Girls soccer notes: Griffith believes to achieve, makes history by winning program’s first sectional title
- Waukegan Port District sues North Shore Gas over lakefront pollution
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget plan calls for extra spending on garbage and recycling bins, rat control and tree trimming
- Sears, nearing possible bankruptcy, is sued by suburban school district over millions in diverted taxes
- Ask Tom: Does snow count as part of our annual rainfall total?
- Blackhawks demote Brandon Saad to 4th line just 4 games into season
- Ask Tom: What is a ‘dry typhoon,’ and why does it make plants turn brown?
- México nombra diez nuevos ‘pueblos mágicos’
- Paraplegic man gets 50 years in 2016 high-rise shooting
- Groups asks city of Aurora to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day
- Do you really want to vote for an even bigger Illinois tax burden?
- Georgia GOP governor candidate sued, accused of preventing minority voter registration
- Anthony Miller eager to help the Bears resume their offensive bonanza Sunday against Dolphins
- Will County District 1 candidates tackle road issues
- U.S. attorney general says Chicago police consent decree should be tossed, while activists seek tighter rules
- Alternative education pioneer speaks out against racism: ‘If we’re true educators, we have to teach to everyone’
- Sun allows us to bounce back from a frigid Friday
- Trump administration may make parents at border choose: detention or separation
- Rangers interview Joe Girardi for their open manager job
- American pastor released from house arrest, flown out of Turkey
- Upscale retailer Von Maur planning Orland Park store under tentative multimillion-dollar incentive deal
- Packers kicker Mason Crosby looks to bounce back after missing 5 kicks in a loss to the Lions
- Bobby Portis earning vocal assists on defense for Bulls
- Metra in Kendall County? Oswego officials hope to speed up commuter train talks
- Joe Biden says ‘American values are under assault’ at rally for Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly in Hammond
- Trump vows to unearth truth about Jamal Khashoggi disappearance
- Candid Cameron: Strang stays strong in the air, sparks Naperville Central from the back line
- Boys soccer notes: Hernan Garcia gives Bartlett a boost in demanding role as defensive midfielder
- Democrats shame Kanye West to protect themselves
- Orland Park chef accuses Gordon Ramsay of sabotage on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
- Justice Sotomayor focuses on kids, not Kavanaugh, at Chicago event to promote her latest books
- Tom Brady, Patriots eager to get a look at Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, the ‘future of the league’
- Conference champs: Jesse Harper scores 3 TDs as Valparasio rolls past Lake Central for Duneland Athletic title
- Jabari Parker scores 19 in reserve role as Bulls drop preseason finale to Nuggets
- Con nichos elaborados en casa, homenajean a los seres queridos fallecidos, en Chicago
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018
- Hutton: Controversy aside, Shanee Butler ready to get to work as West Side’s new girls basketball coach
- Tanna’s time: Senior running back Leon Tanna scores 3 TDs as H-F grinds out win over Andrew
- Trump calls on blacks to ‘honor’ him with votes, then praises Confederate general Robert E. Lee
- Nuggets 98, Bulls 93
- Automatic Premovic: Senior QB Rad Premovic accounts for 5 TDs as Mount Carmel stymies St. Laurence