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- Yanks rout A’s 7-2 in wild-card game, set up ALDS vs. Red Sox
- Opioids: How physician anesthesiologists are treating pain responsibly
- Life-saving dialysis at 19 leads to career in nursing
- Federal judge, citing Trump ‘animus’ against nonwhites, blocks removal of immigrants
- Selle: Pied Pipers want our children to follow them to jobs in Wisconsin
- Column: Words can hurt, but then so can thugs and gunsels
- Selle: Taxes, fees to bridge Waukegan’s infrastructure crisis
- Daughter feels pressured to keep family secret
- Flu killed more Americans last season than car crashes and drug overdoses. But Chicagoans can protect themselves
- Here’s what it’s like to be a juror in a trial the whole city is watching
- Morning Spin: Nancy Pelosi-aligned PAC spending nearly $3M on two suburban congressional races
- The Golden Moutza of September: The evil creator of candy corn vs. social media bullies
- As West Chicago teen loses his sight, friends and strangers help him see the world
- Renovated Lincoln Park home: $3.4M
- ‘Vindication’? Not so fast, Mr. President
- Davich: ‘Everything… affects everything’ challenges us to do better
- ‘John Giolas the photographer’ leaves legacy beyond thousands of photos
- Amoco gas stations return to Chicago area after nearly 20 years as BP brings back the brand
- Walgreens adding shops from online cosmetics service Birchbox inside 11 drugstores
- Political circus embarrassing, not entertaining
- Kavanaugh nomination moves a step closer as McConnell sets Friday test vote
- Sweets and shrieks: Our theme-park Halloween event guide
- Who gets to see the FBI’s Kavanaugh report?
- Flu-related hospitalizations and deaths in Chicago, by season
- Britain directly blames Russian military intelligence for broad range of cyberattacks
- ‘I knew that he knew he wasn’t telling the truth,’ Kavanaugh’s former roommate says
- National Taco Day: Free tacos, cheap margaritas and beer on Thursday
- Georgia police officer sentenced to 15 years for falsely claiming she was shot
- SeaWorld is building a new thrill water slide and selling $9.99 monthly annual pass
- Are Trump voters running out of patience?
- Opinion: Playground taunts will not defuse the North Korea crisis
- Melania Trump arrives in Malawi, 2nd stop on her Africa tour
- Trump’s empathy for white racial grievance is nothing new
- Probes of Trump taxes carry potential for millions in fines
- Drunk birds are causing havoc in a Minnesota town. Police say they’ll sober up soon.
- Thought for rainy day: Can anyone hit center-field scoreboard at Wrigley?
- White Sox continue to stockpile talent with signing of Cuban Luis Robert
- Joe Maddon avoids information overload for Cubs’ struggling young hitters
- Ian Happ homers twice as Cubs complete sweep of Cardinals
- Poll: Young Americans say online bullying is a serious problem
- Kate Hudson has third child and first daughter, named Rani
- Mikey Dudek’s return saves Illinois in scary opening win against Ball State
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Oct. 4-10
- 15 spots offering specials for the 2018 Chicago Marathon
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Prickly City- post millennial
- River Forest teen talks return to TV for ‘Dancing with the Stars: Juniors’
- Raptors run over Bulls 117-100 in season opener
- Environmental researchers examine soil in hopes of Collier Lodge restoration
- Erwin Helfer, CSO and Lyric lead a lively weekend
- Dominant defensive effort sparks Bears’ blowout win over Panthers
- Dear Christine Blasey Ford: I, too, was sexually assaulted – and it’s seared into my memory forever
- Eleanor Friedberger finds the best version of herself
- Bears Q&A: Is the 6-touchdown game the ceiling for Mitch Trubisky? What would make for a successful season after a 3-1 start?
- Mimi Plauche: The Chicago International Film Festival director comes into focus
- After some false starts, Jasmine Barber has a handle on how to sound like Jasmine Barber
- More than 1,200 law professors sign letter opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation
- Barnes & Noble reviewing offers to buy company
- White Sox roster outlook for 2019: Who’s likely to return and who’s likely to depart
- Cubs roster outlook for 2019: Who’s likely to return and who’s likely to depart
- Man City visit Anfield with score to settle against Liverpool
- Ronaldo left out of Portugal list for Poland, Scotland games
- Stan Bowman expects Blackhawks core to come back with playoff mentality: ‘We’re looking for those players to recapture that feeling’
- Depleted Spain missing key players for October games
- Khalil Mack named NFC Defensive Player of the Month
- Gary doing wellness check on man who brought bedbugs to City Hall
- Studies in healthy older people aim to prevent Alzheimer’s
- 3 ways Illinois can beat Rutgers on Saturday
- Pence: China trying to undermine Trump because it ‘wants a different American president’
- France make changes to World Cup-winning squad for October games
- Policía y negocios se preparan para el veredicto en el caso Laquan McDonald
- EgyptAir stands by purported interview with Drew Barrymore
- 3 ways Notre Dame can beat Virginia Tech
- Suspeden al ‘cachorro’ Russell por violencia doméstica
- He did the impossible and made John Lennon sound like the Dalai Lama
- Southgate signs extension with England through Qatar 2022
- Julie Chen and other spouses caught up in the #MeToo era face a difficult decision
- Dexter Williams’ big game in return for Notre Dame was all about ‘making up for lost time’
- Joe Maddon volverá como manager de los Cachorros
- Safe Passage worker seriously wounded in West Side shooting
- Sancho, Maddison get their first England call-up in latest squad
- Bears at the break: When will the offense be as legit as the defense?
- Residents complain of speeding drivers on Hobart school bus route
- Chicago Marathoners’ remarkable stories of why they run: ‘My brain was like, we’re running the marathon’
- Andrean leaders expect to send report on the high school’s future in November
- Oktoberfest this weekend in Batavia
- NFL players shift focus from protesting on field to working in communities
- What Stephen Colbert said about an embattled CBS exec on his own CBS show
- Why won’t Expedia refund our missing flight leg?
- Valparaiso University’s international film fest kicks off in October
- Big Ten picks for Week 6: Will Ohio State let down after beating Penn State?
- Gary retains attorney to represent city in South Shore rail project plan
- Mortgage rates retreat a bit but are expected to resume rising
- El orgullo y justicia de ser Héctor Elizondo
- Italian ‘Robin Hood’ convicted of stealing more than $1 million and giving it to the poor won’t go to jail
- David Díaz, un campeón arriba y abajo del ring
- True crime TV show about love gone wrong to feature 2 Chicago-area cases
- Park Ridge explores update to 1996 vision of land use and development
- Alan Alda to receive SAG Life Achievement Award in 2019
- La tendencia de la ‘manteconcha’ también se disfruta en Chicago
- Navy veteran confessed to sending ricin envelopes to Trump, administration officials: authorities
- ‘Science Fair’ review: These high school kids can restore your faith in the future of humanity
- ‘Kusama — Infinity’ review: An artist heals herself, unconventionally
- ‘Private Life’ review: Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti star in tale of what to expect when you’re not expecting
- Woman fatally stabbed in abandoned building on West Side
- Chicago film fest primer: 10 films to see
- ‘Bisbee ’17’ review: An Ariz. town confronts the past and the ugly truth
- Here are 2018’s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including an Illinois legal scholar
- Connie Chung’s essay about sexual assault is a reminder that truth and courage don’t bow to mocking
- New comic book convention, Geekz Con, to launch in downtown Elgin
- New American Legion post may be formed in Aurora
- Juez prohíbe a gobierno de EEUU cancelar TPS
- Small investors bought into Trump hotels, including his Chicago tower. ‘Then the Embarrassment came.’
- Madison Street apartment plan approved in Oak Park; developer aims to ‘create a luxury environment’
- Check out some Halloween fun in the west suburbs
- Man found fatally shot in alley behind Gresham apartment building
- Column: What to do when recall work doesn’t repair your car
- ‘Tinderbox’ author: What a tragic fire teaches about gay rights and American history
- Anti-desiccant spray is unnecessary in most garden situations
- U46 student board representative urges district to create system to report sexual misconduct
- Column: Major League Baseball is due for a new playoff system
- This Week in Naperville
- 14 recommended Chicago shows to see right now
- Fall-ify your routine: Transitional skincare tips and tricks
- Generic prescriptions save lives … and money, too
- Touring through the best Italian wines
- Full steam ahead: Sake and salmon delicately flavor salmon fillets
- Cell phone store burglarized overnight on Northwest Side
- Cops: Irate bus passenger throws liquid in driver’s face
- 5 losses that contributed to the Cubs blowing the NL Central title
- ‘Hillary and Clinton,’ initially developed and produced at Victory Gardens, to hit Broadway with Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow
- Universal: Annual-pass deal tacks on 6 extra months
- 5 Chicago spa specials, plus DIY products for post-marathon pampering
- Chicago’s SpotHero, Cameo join Apple, Amazon and other tech giants on Time list of companies ‘inventing the future’
- Rains make collapsed culvert work in Waukegan more complicated
- El arquero Gudiño es la gran novedad en la lista del Tri
- UEFA charge PSG, Red Star for fan violence during Champions League game
- Even with LeBron James, the Lakers will miss the NBA playoffs this season. Here’s why.
- 3 squirts of water. 53 exercise reps. To Drew Brees, every number has a purpose.
- U.S. charges 7 Russian intel officers with hacking anti-doping agencies, chemical weapons probe
- ‘Justicia, no venganza’, piden en caso Laquan McDonald
- Blackhawks call up Collin Delia after Anton Forsberg injured during morning skate
- Struggling Barcelona, Real Madrid leave La Liga race wide open
- Highland Park mulling changes to affordable housing rules for residential development
- Congressional Republicans tentatively agree to raise federal worker pay, rebuffing Trump
- Quickly: Locking up children, Trump tax fraud allegations and Kavanaugh’s partisan rant
- China inserted surveillance microchip in servers used by Amazon, Apple, report says
- ‘Mendoza’ o Macbeth a la mexicana
- Second-degree murder versus first-degree murder, explained
- Q Restaurant in Orland Park features Vietnamese fare, French influence
- Photos: Protestors gather in DC ahead of Kavanaugh vote
- Protesters opposing confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh rally in downtown Naperville
- Artisan-quality ice finally moves from cocktail bar to home — your G&T will never be the same
- Sex, lies and capes: ‘Titans’ isn’t as good as Netflix’s Marvel shows yet, but it’s hard to ignore
- Lake County still working on regulations for shooting, target practice
- Suspect in shooting of 7 officers in South Carolina is competitive rifleman who served in Vietnam
- Rotisserie chicken again? Not tonight. Upgrade your game in the time it takes to make a grocery run
- Column: I am a survivor of sexual assault. This week has been nothing but painful.
- Injured Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson left off NLDS roster
- ‘Every bit as bad as we thought’: Fred Hoiberg orders corrective practice; Zach LaVine sits with bruised quad
- Need a cup of coffee? Consider your local shoe store.
- A fine new Wonka in troubled ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’
- Students give free health screenings at IUN
- Tinley Park OKs liquor licenses for self-serve wine bar, expanded Lou Malnati’s
- ‘Monsters and Men’ review: Examining the aftermath of a police shooting
- Chicago-based Beam Suntory announces CEO transition
- Pictures: Infinity Falls opens at SeaWorld Orlando
- Beto Cuevas en Chicago
- Nike ‘deeply concerned’ by rape accusation against Ronaldo
- Derrick Rose’s 30th birthday could give pause, lesson in perseverance
- Community news
- Later start change at Barrington School District 220 draws favorable response from students, parents
- There’s a bar hidden in the urban corn maze at Jack’s Pumpkin Pop-up in Chicago
- Lowest bid for Longmeadow toll bridge $8 million below estimate, Kane officials say
- Akiem Hicks avoids suspension after pushing a game official in the Bears’ Week 4 win
- United Steelworkers union cites progress in contract talks
- Heat’s Adebayo, Richardson the reported Timberwolves targets for Butler
- Lagunitas lays off 12 percent of workforce as growing craft beer market faces pressure
- Column: ‘Old coots giving advice,’ now that’s a great idea
- El caótico adiós de los Cachorros
- Hell in a Handbag casts world premiere of ‘Snowgirls — the Musical’
- Aurora cross man gets helping hearts from Covenant students for Las Vegas shooting anniversary trip
- Radiation? Chemicals? No big deal, says the Trump administration.
- Student use of e-cigarettes raises concerns
- Chivas intentará saldar cuentas pendientes con Pumas
- As Kavanaugh hearing puts spotlight on teens and alcohol, experts warn: ‘Adolescent drinking is a problem’
- Mundelein considers rent subsidy program as a way to attract new businesses
- Shout Out: Joe Keefe, executive director of Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
- The Region offers scares galore with Halloween events
- Enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- Edgar’s Place Coffeehouse presents guitarist Claude Bourbon
- Skeletal remains found in Hobart identified as Crown Point woman
- ‘The future is bright for Caleb’: St. Celestine second-grader improving after battle with cancer
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Oct. 5, 2018
- Downers Grove man sentenced to 12 years for shooting at Darien Walmart
- As Treasure Island Foods winds down, future of its stores and workers remains uncertain
- ‘La Prietty Guoman’ abordará la intolerancia desde la comedia
- Extra police presence at Oswego High School after another message found on restroom wall
- Hotel Morrison opens in Dania Beach | Video
- U.S. military is studying an insect army to defend crops. Scientists fear a bioweapon.
- Why ‘Tootsie’ struggles to make itself into a musical in 2018
- Tronc changing name back to Tribune Publishing
- Talking to the elderly shouldn’t include baby talk — it’s not only condescending, it can cause cognitive harm
- Bucks rookie guard Donte DiVincenzo received predraft help from Kirk Hinrich
- Chicago schools plan for protests, lockdowns, early dismissals as jury weighs Van Dyke verdict
- Messi’s Wembley show, Real Madrid’s flop in Moscow and the best of the week in soccer
- City Colleges faculty, staff protest over contract talks
- Purdue Northwest grad finds direction and excels
- Butler District 53 teachers have new 5-year contract with 3.5 percent average annual raises
- Kaleidoscope of fall colors determined by environment and genetics of trees
- Nike ‘profundamente preocupada’ por denuncia de violación de Cristiano
- The judicial selection process is broken, can it be fixed?
- Anti-Kavanaugh protesters mass at Supreme Court, Senate office building
- Hyatt reaches contract agreement with striking hotel workers
- Football notes: Junior linebacker/safety Cale Reeder turns into a tackling machine for red-hot Yorkville
- Drama Group starts season in Chicago Heights with ‘Sister Act’
- Jabrill Peppers dealing with backlash from hostile Browns fans
- Metra to close Southwest Side ticket office
- Rockwell painting used in 1926 Elgin Watch Co. magazine ad is up for auction, expected to bring at least $350k
- Football notes: St. Edward does all right as senior running back Nick Wright takes over at quarterback
- Not guilty plea entered in Zion shooting death
- As jury deliberates in Officer Jason Van Dyke’s murder trial, Chicago businesses brace for potential protests
- Niles North High School class of 1968 hosts 50th year reunion
- Turtle monitoring program to show health of waterways
- Benj Pasek and Justin Paul return with ‘Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel’
- Lincolnshire takes on second project to stabilize, restore eroding stream banks
- Wrapping ‘Avengers 4,’ Chris Evans hangs up Cap’s shield
- Bad temperament alone shouldn’t sink Kavanaugh
- The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh’s elite circles of influence
- Arizona man accused of stealing identities with Northwest Indiana co-conspirators
- LGBTQ donation drive gives fans an out to root for Cubs, not Daniel Murphy
- Elon Musk taunts SEC days after fraud settlement
- Cristiano Ronaldo faces growing heat from sponsors over rape allegation
- Calendar: Expand your mind in Lake Forest Wednesday
- Football notes: Deerfield’s offense hits its stride with junior Ryan Nagelbach in charge at quarterback
- Algo extraño en España, una liga abierta
- A couple of GoFundMe accounts don’t prove Christine Blasey Ford is in this for the money
- Glenbrook North will remain open Friday after 2 shooting threats in 2 days
- Trump and the myth of the self-made man
- What would justice for Laquan McDonald look like?
- Fantasy football keep, drop or trade: Odell Beckham Jr., Kenyan Drake and Jordan Howard among underachievers
- In the Van Dyke trial, seeing should be believing
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Oct. 5, 2018
- Aurora City Council set to vote on contract for Northeast Side flood relief project
- Northwest Indiana housing prices, sales continue to climb in August
- Cops, detective tried to ‘conceal true facts’ of Laquan McDonald shooting, unsealed prosecution document says
- Who was and who wasn’t questioned by the FBI in the Kavanaugh probe?
- Aurora man accused of making false emergency call, claiming someone jumped into the Fox River
- Work schedule reforms can help employees — and businesses
- Read: Prosecution documents in Laquan McDonald conspiracy case
- Football notes: Jack Belskis adds fullback to linebacker duties in leading Metea Valley to first win of season
- Why leftover opioids are dangerous and what you can do
- Highly Anticipated New Medicine for Hemophilia A
- Ex-rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight sentenced to 28 years in prison
- Baseball playoffs might not be fair, but that’s part of the thrill
- Speak Out: Illinois Policy Institute, political commercials and Cubs
- ‘A big idea that became a reality’: Elgin charter school leaders thank community
- Community news: Tinley Truck Convoy to benefit Special Olympics
- Elon recruit Alex VanWestrienen makes a difference as senior libero for ‘rebuilding’ Naperville Central
- ‘The big elephant in the room’: Price tag looms as residents weigh in on Imagine OPRF renovation plans
- ESPN’s ‘Basketball: A Love Story’: A 20-hour show with only a second-hand perspective of Michael Jordan
- The ‘Heathers’ TV show was postponed after the Parkland shooting; now it will finally air
- A South Elgin couple has more than 70 skeletons on display in their yard for Halloween
- Medical marijuana use up 83% in state; PTSD most common condition treated
- The circus and the American experience were always one and the same
- Police shoot at Jeep that hit patrol vehicle
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Oct. 5, 2018
- West suburban community college campuses report low crime rates, annual reports show
- Luck of the draw: Kyle Downar-Clark leads defense as T.F. United co-op forces key 0-0 tie with Bremen
- Speak Out: Take vapes off the market, U46 wrong to spend money on trips, more
- Chicago ‘Hamilton’ star will take the stage at Illinois’ 200th birthday bash
- Hello Kitty Cafe Truck coming Oct. 20 to Naperville
- Man seriously wounded in shooting on Far South Side
- Amy Schumer among hundreds arrested in ‘Cancel Kavanaugh’ protest at Senate
- Zion 8-year-old who has given police 1,000 thank-you cards gets birthday surprise from Lake County Sheriff’s Office
- Beto Cuevas, su regreso a toda ley
- Man found in Jefferson Park identified, police
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces proposed AFSCME deal with 10.5% raises for unionized city workers
- Which is more criminal, death or taxes? Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker fight it out.
- Fatal stabbing in West Garfield Park: ‘They took a good person’
- Jury deciding Van Dyke’s fate to be sequestered overnight during deliberations
- 6 takeaways from closing arguments in the Jason Van Dyke trial
- Back to the future: Catholic League and East Suburban Catholic announce football merger for 2019
- 6 rapes reported at North Central College in 2017 — up from previous year — but other campus crimes down: report
- Lily Cozzi helping Stevenson volleyball prepare for stretch run
- Football notes: Nico Uriarte slims down as a senior and develops into a two-way force for Oak Lawn
- Celebrating kegs and insulting girls: Inside Mark Judge’s 1980s Georgetown Prep underground paper
- Jury begins deliberations at Van Dyke’s trial after prosecution, defense argue over evidence
- Trio wanted for kidnapping girl at gunpoint on Far South Side
- Whatever happens to Brett Kavanaugh, this much is true
- Ask Tom: How is it possible to measure rainfall to hundredths of an inch?
- ‘Research all options’ before demolishing Harley Clarke Mansion, Evanston state reps say
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Oct 5, 2018
- DePaul assistant coach accused during federal corruption trial of paying recruit to attend Indiana high school
- Showers, thunderstorm downpours possible Friday into Saturday
- A Michigan high school cheerleader gave out pot brownies to win homecoming votes, police say
- Lyons rallies behind new coach Jill Keeve as playoffs approach
- Tentative agreement reached between East Aurora School District, union
- Planting a seed: Deidra Foley-led Stagg makes a statement with upset victory over Homewood-Flossmoor
- Juan Romero, busboy who comforted wounded Robert Kennedy, dies at 68
- 2 alternate jurors excused from Jason Van Dyke trial say they leaned toward murder conviction
- Fancy Janci: Courtaney scores three goals as Valparaiso rolls past Chesterton in sectional semifinals
- Ha*Ash alista su debut en Chicago
- After 18-month legal battle, convicted felon Roger Agpawa sworn in as Markham mayor
- South Shore Line unveils bird-inspired train
- Una cita con el cine internacional y ‘Roma’ en #ChiFilmFest
- Mike Moustakas’ 10th-inning single lifts Brewers over Rockies in NLDS Game 1
- Domingo Hindoyan: El primer venezolano que levanta la batuta en Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Blackhawks 4, Senators 3 (OT)
- State panel shelves Gov. Rauner’s EPA plan to ease pollution rules for Illinois coal plants
- Crew members recount terror of tsunami that dumped 208-foot ferry in Indonesian village
- Trump mocks Al Franken for resigning quickly amid sexual harassment allegations
- Tom Brady reaches 500 touchdown passes in Patriots’ win over Colts
- Embracing role as underdogs, Blackhawks nab OT win in season opener