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- Celebrity Edge arrives at Port Everglades
- Girls swimming state notes: Evanston, Maine South, New Trier crown champions
- Girls swimming state notes: Natalie Ungaretti swims last laps at OPRF
- Hidden places and extraordinary stories
- California wildfire rescue crews increase efforts ahead of rain; at least 77 dead
- 3 keys revisited after the Bears hold off the Vikings 25-20
- WWE announces Survivor Series to come to Chicago in 2019
- Ask Amy: Grandfather’s suicide leaves questions
- Bears kicker Cody Parkey’s perfect night vs. Vikings ‘rewarding’ after rough week
- Week 11: Bears extend their NFC North lead with 25-20 win over the Vikings
- Why isn’t this Hotwire resort fee disclosed?
- How 6 people were rescued from an elevator at the Hancock: ‘We don’t come down like Batman’
- Michelle Obama’s story is amazing. But it’s hers, not ours.
- Hopes rise for new passenger trains to Quad Cities, Dubuque
- Stan Lee was a Marvel whose comics reflected an ambiguous America
- Pot and unicorns won’t fix Illinois’ budget mess, but these bipartisan solutions will
- Congress must end U.S. involvement in Yemen’s civil war
- Northwestern study adds fuel to discussion over sesame allergies, food labels
- When 40 years at the same job is not enough
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 25-20 prime-time win over the Vikings
- New Trier’s Tri-Ship, Girls Club members collect more than 20,000 pounds of food in annual drive
- And the winner of the best movie poster of 2018 is … not ‘Widows’
- ‘Sacred Smokes’: Debut story collection paints vital portrait of growing up Native American in Uptown
- ‘Mack Hicks 2020′: Your 3-word reviews from the Bears’ Week 11 win over the Vikings
- Ex-Cub Sammy Sosa named in lawsuit over holiday rental in Aspen
- More party bus mayhem: 2 shot from passing car on Bishop Ford Freeway
- England’s comeback, Netherlands stun France and the best of the soccer weekend
- As a self-made NBA millionaire, Jabari Parker could buy any car. His latest? A 64-year-old Cadillac.
- Chicago’s race for mayor is headed for ballot bedlam. How many candidates will survive?
- Chicago Holiday Top 40: Our guide for the music, theater and ‘Nutcrackers’ of the season
- Prickly City- blue puddle
- Tijuana residents chant ‘Out!’ in protest to migrants from caravan camped in city
- Soldier Field hasn’t seen this much fun in years as Bears ace prime-time test
- A Bears TD drive that took up almost half a quarter? More of that, please.
- Stephen Colbert had a life-changing experience in Chicago that restored his faith in God
- Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers blow off some steam at Cobra Lounge
- Was that former Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville tailgating before Bears-Vikings game?
- 40-man roster deadline: There’s 1 spot free for the Cubs, while White Sox have 5
- Ask Anna: How do you get through holiday loneliness? Embrace it.
- A look at Trump’s ‘A-plus’ weekend: Finnish leaf-raking, ‘Pleasure’ Calif., and Adam ‘Schitt’
- Yet another condo sells in No. 9 Walton for over $5 million
- You’re uncomfortable attending an event at an old slave plantation. Do you tell the host?
- Charting our own course on a sailing adventure in the British Virgin Islands
- In Winnetka, the jungle gym was born. A look at its evolution, from sky-high rusted pipes to soft, risk-averse playgrounds
- ‘He’s evolving’: Once a sunny conservative, Marco Rubio goes all-in on Trumpism
- Inflated housing market causes deflated reaction from this clueless homeowner
- Man stabbed several times, then run over with vehicle in Milwaukee
- An underused strategy for surge in STDs: Treat patients’ partners without a doctor visit
- Fantasy football Week 12 waiver wire: Josh Adams, D.J. Moore and Lamar Jackson serve notice
- Family travel five: Join the art scene at these venues
- A Thanksgiving turkey’s angry letter: ‘I didn’t sign up for this. I had plans.’
- 3 takeaways from Blackhawks’ 3-1 win over the Wild: Brandon Saad clicks and defense strengthens
- 2019 Honda Pilot AWD Elite at a glance
- South Loop’s new Eleven40 apartments offer amenities for work and play — including a music jam room
- A peek inside the South Loop’s Eleven40 apartments
- Casa Blanca amenaza con volver a retirar la credencial a periodista de CNN
- Los Bears vencen a Vikings y se consolidan líderes de división
- Big Ten football power rankings: Northwestern leapfrogs Ohio State for No. 2
- Aurora approves office space for mental health agency
- Marilyn Weisner leaving food pantry director post to join her husband, Aurora’s former mayor, in retirement
- 2019 Honda Pilot review: Refresh keeps the three-row SUV on pace with Subaru Ascent, Volkswagen Atlas
- My worst moment: ‘Black Lightning’ star Cress Williams and being a bit too bold with stunts
- Ben Stiller uncovers his serious side with ‘Escape at Dannemora,’ Showtime’s latest auteur TV series
- Talk of the County: Madigan not to blame for state’s money woes
- With ‘Creed II,’ love is as important as boxing
- Letter: Wilmette Library landscaping plan is not eco-friendly
- Building community through sheer ‘sugar hustle,’ from wildly colorful cakes to new creative space
- That huge Kirk Cousins contract is not looking like money well spent by the Vikings
- Photos: Cirque du Soleil’s “Volta”
- Macy’s, NBC want to modernize Thanksgiving parade with Al Roker on a motorcycle
- Clarendon Hills Caucus backs all incumbents seeking re-election
- Cirque du Soleil is switching to Soldier Field, with trampolines and flying bikes
- 5 bonus ideas for your best Black Friday yet
- Winter getaway ideas in Duluth, Minnesota
- 5 ways to green up your holiday routine
- Black Friday sales at SeaWorld, Legoland, Fun Spot, Gatorland
- Glenview District 34 budgets $8.3 million for summer 2019 construction
- Family fun hits high note on new Symphony of the Seas
- The White House correspondents’ dinner will not feature a comedian for the first time in decades
- Selle: My vote for Comptroller Mendoza went astray
- All’s Del that ends Del: Chicago Improv Fest folds after 20 years
- South Shore schedule adjusted for Thanksgiving holiday
- Talk of the County: ‘Our president is very anti-veteran and anti-military’
- Security professionals say police shooting of guard Jemel Roberson an anomaly in a dangerous job
- ‘We wanted to give thanks’: Franklin Park school embraces Thanksgiving with festival, dinner
- Driver who crashed into new Arlington Heights police station faces numerous charges
- A natural ‘wonder of the Earth,’ the size of Minnesota, was built by termites in Brazil
- #TeamNora posts on social media
- This family fled the Camp Fire. Then they learned their garage became a makeshift hospital.
- Talk of the County: School district officials’ Las Vegas trip ‘a disgrace’
- Taylor Swift signs new deal with Universal Music Group
- Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dismissed, held on misconduct charges
- ‘The Bob Dylan: Electric’ exhibit at the American Writers Museum
- La Grange fathers and daughters enjoy special night at dance
- La Grange beckons holidays with downtown celebration
- What it’s like commuting in a $240,000 McLaren supercar
- Talk of the County: Giuliani ‘a slithering, slimy, stinky creature, just like the president’
- Talk of the County: Melania has much to contribute to country, ‘unlike the illegal immigrants’
- Site preparation for tollway widening expected in August, despite continued opposition in Hinsdale and Western Springs
- ‘Extremely drunk’ Canadian curling team gets banned from tour event
- ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ review: Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac enter a vivid van Gogh landscape
- These South Florida cities rank highest for LGBTQ travelers during the holidays
- Derek Van Barham steps in as Kokandy’s artistic director
- Typhanie Monique will perform Aretha, holiday music at Studio5 show
- Glenbrook District 225 requests 4.4 percent tax levy increase
- Former recruit Brian Bowen sues Adidas and associates over college basketball corruption scandal
- Local theater director brings ‘new energy’ as head of Waukegan Main Street
- Quickly
- College football Week 12 wrap-up: Is it time to take UCF seriously as a playoff contender? Plus, Ian Book’s Heisman case
- ‘Everybody needs a coat’: Norridge Gardens hosts fall coat drive
- Letter: Special needs bowling league thanks Pinstripes of Northbrook
- Rocky LaPorte just wants to make you laugh
- Las dos caras de la caravana
- Western Springs caucus announces nominees for village, park and library positions
- Colorado man Christopher Watts gets life for killing pregnant wife, 2 kids
- Prom gala is a night to remember for special needs community
- ‘Creed II’ review: Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis orders a White Russian to go — on the MAT!
- Pioneer Press 2018-19 girls basketball preview: Central Suburban North
- Jesse Binga opened doors for African-American Chicagoans
- Chesterton adds new boxcar to downtown park
- Five off-the-beaten-path sites to explore Native American history in Florida
- River Grove Lions Club plans Christmas party
- Juan Pierre, Ted Lilly, Freddy Garcia and Jon Garland among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot
- New plot: Almost 400 homes planned alongside ‘Chicago Fire’ and ‘Empire’ filming studio
- Retail, residential development in plans for Orland Park’s Main Street Triangle
- Student charged after threat to ‘shoot up’ Oak Lawn high school
- Clarendon Hills’ new public works director coming from same job in La Grange Park
- Volatile stock market spooking some older workers, retirees
- ‘So Nora has cancer’: Legendary comedians rally for daughter of Second City leaders
- Arrestan a motociclista que manoseó a mujer en bicicleta
- Scores trot through a Lincolnwood park amid chilly temperatures for annual pre-Thanksgiving race
- Chicago man charged with La Grange carjacking
- The Spin: Chicago mayor race begins / Pritzker picks Cubs over Sox / Democrats will probe late Chicago businessman
- Indiana lawmakers move forward with hate crime bill
- World-class illusionist focuses on performing magic for people with disabilities
- ESPN to air 3 of Cubs’ 1st 5 games in 2019
- Jewish deli The Bagel closing after 31 years in Skokie
- Mayoral candidates file paperwork
- Mario Torres tiene sólo una pierna, y agradece ser considerado un ‘chofer destacado’
- Woman who died on board Princess Cruises ship from Fort Lauderdale identified
- Sports calendar: Kids Countdown set at Oak Lawn Ice Arena
- Predicting winners for each of the NFL’s closest playoff races
- ‘Rightlynd’ at Victory Gardens: A young alderman is stuck at a Chicago crossroads
- Choral group to sing ‘Nutcracker’ with voices imitating instruments at holiday concert
- Salvation Army plans Bethlehem event; Norridge set for tree-lighting celebration
- Netflix and Amazon spark animation revival, spending heavily in quest for binge-worthy shows
- Facing Facebook and Google: Without a fairer market, quality news can’t thrive
- Comings & Goings: The Dugout restaurant shuts its doors in Burbank
- Glencoe interfaith service offers thoughts to ‘those whose Thanksgiving will be different from last year’
- A movie, a novel and a brush with death for Chicago writer Dennis Foley
- Emotionally stable people spend more during the holidays: study
- Bear Download podcast: Bears make statement with impressive win vs. Vikings
- District 64 set to add social worker for middle school students
- Fundraising cheered as Winfield welcomes 1st K-9
- Man charged with beating his parents in their unincorporated Naperville home, police say
- Glenview Park District officials drafting agreement for new Naval Air Station museum
- 2018 IHSA girls swimming and diving state finals
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
- Aurora police trying to curb recent rise in smash-and-grab robberies
- Salmonella contamination in turkey is widespread and unidentified
- ESPN’s ‘MNF’ crew could learn a lot from how Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth called Bears-Vikings
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Holiday food and toy drives, Winterfest, Bethlehem tour and more
- Boys basketball: Junior combo guard Adam Miller looks to lead 3A power Morgan Park to a three-peat
- Naperville gas station robbed by armed men at 4 a.m. Monday, police say
- Karamo Brown of ‘Queer Eye’ to speak at Evanston Township High School in December: Yaaass!
- Jeremiah a bulldog: Staten delivers with a game-high 20 points as Hillcrest holds off Thornwood
- Winter dance concert focuses on tradition with a twist
- Elgin man charged with sexually assaulting two children for 7 years
- Church news: Cookie Bonanza and Christmas Shop is Dec. 1 in Oak Lawn
- Rolling Stones summer tour to hit Soldier Field
- The Bulls’ 100-point Big Mac is gone — but Portillo’s is stepping up with something new
- Rawle Alkins appreciates the grind of life as a 2-way player in the NBA: ‘I’m living life on the edge a little bit’
- R&B singers Kelela and Moses Sumney to put on free show at Lincoln Hall
- New cruise ship Celebrity Edge arrives to Florida
- Man falls 3 stories in construction accident in Lakeview East
- Caribbean real estate dream turns into $100 million nightmare for retirees
- La nueva casa de $20 millones de CLASA
- 5 things about the Blackhawks to watch when the Blackhawks aren’t worth watching
- Oak Park, Galewood residents weigh in on North Avenue redevelopment plans
- T.F. North transfer Fantasia Baines lifts Thornwood past Morgan Park for Rich South Galaxy title
- How medical pot made me a better mom
- Advice to presidential hopefuls: Tell the truth
- Electronic driving systems don’t always work, more tests show
- Aurora woman bit off man’s ear in domestic dispute, authorities say
- Speak Out: Cellphones and guns
- Evanston firefighters, union contribute Thanksgiving dinner fixings for 12 local families
- Save the Old Town School
- Norwegian cruise ship’s mechanical issues strand thousands of passengers in Puerto Rico
- Magical Cirque Christmas features ‘America’s Got Talent’ finalists
- These Southland pets need new homes
- Suburban Cooks: Practice makes perfect when it comes to get a rise out of bread
- Hundreds rally in Evanston ‘to protect Mueller investigation’ following Sessions firing as attorney general
- Bears Rewind: By creating a road map for Jordan Howard, Bears ground game able to provide the balance Vikings lacked
- Blommer Chocolate to be sold to Japanese company
- Waukegan District 60 investigation finds no evidence to support allegations of ‘a culture of corruption’ against superintendent, others
- University of Illinois Hospital nurses suspend strike, return to work
- Pioneer Press 2018-19 girls basketball preview: Central Suburban South
- ‘This is a year to prove we’re serious about that’: Oak Park trustees seek cuts before accepting 2019 budget
- Está muerto el agresor de tiroteo múltiple en hospital de Chicago
- On day one, four Chicago mayoral candidates turn in thousands of signatures to get on the ballot
- Hoffman’s Chocolates opens Winter Wonderland
- Desesperada búsqueda de familiares tras incendios en California
- I served under 8 commanders in chief. Trump doesn’t grasp the role.
- La NFL regresará a México en 2019
- Hersey High School students come together for 49th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
- Haitianos muestran camino a seguir a caravana migrante para vivir en Tijuana
- Dr. Anthony Montag, U. of C. professor, admissions dean who served as mentor for medical students, dies
- River Grove officials leaning toward lower of two tax increase scenarios
- STEPS presents new musical inspired by ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’
- Pioneer Press 2018-19 girls basketball preview: Metro Suburban Conference
- DuPage voters and election judges encountered voting problems
- District 64 board backs plan for new multipurpose room, secure vestibule at Field Elementary School
- Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald questions the targeting rule — and throws a little shade at Big Ten
- Park Ridge family’s popular Christmas light display not returning this season
- U.B. Dogs, one of the last great Loop hot dog stands, plans to close
- La Décima Musa inicia ‘un nuevo amanecer’ en Pilsen
- Misunderstood and Misdiagnosed: Highlighting the Impact of Narcolepsy
- Is your child being bullied? Things to know
- 7 ways to help a grieving friend during the holidays
- A Lesser-Known Neurologic Condition That Can Follow Alzheimer’s Disease (Infographic)
- Tips for using metals in home decor
- 5 ways to simplify your holiday decorating
- The grocery store scoop: Debunking common myths
- 5 reasons why people apply for disability benefits
- Recordings: Alleged payments to Portage mayor ‘juice’ for towing contract
- La piloto adolescente es operada tras grave accidente en F3
- Bozak: No recount in Porter County Council race
- Pat Disabato’s top 10 boys basketball teams, 20 players to watch in Southland for 2018-2019 season
- ‘There’s so much need’: Volunteers at annual Park Ridge event help make 582 blankets for area’s homeless
- Woman crossing Route 45 struck and killed in Lindenhurst
- Luka Doncic: ‘Lo estoy haciendo mejor de lo que esperaba’
- Police: Bicyclist, 26, fatally struck in St. John
- Hinsdale family donates achievement bell to Oak School in memory of 4-year-old son
- Yorkville seeking developer proposals for old Kendall County jail
- There’s skepticism around the NBA over whether the Wizards would trade John Wall or Bradley Beal
- Location of Mercy Hospital
- Jake Moran’s: Small menu, done right
- Oak Park School District 97 to host community summit
- ‘Actively psychotic’ suspect in random Waukegan stabbing found not guilty due to insanity
- Should reporters ignore Trump’s antics?
- Bears’ prime-time celebration is short-lived with Lions on tap Thursday
- Pie recipes and history: Here’s what people are Googling before Thanksgiving
- Heartbreak at Mercy Hospital
- Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine arrested on racketeering charges
- Massacre fatigue: Do we ignore shootings?
- Shout Out: Edyta Czajkowska, Park Ridge interior designer
- Elgin woman charged in Yorkville man’s heroin overdose death
- Stan Lee’s company slams Bill Maher’s ‘disgusting’ response to comic book legend’s death
- Ask Tom: Have we ever had a November without a single day in the 50s?
- Wizard at work: Marmion’s James Serrano is the 2018 Beacon-News Boys Soccer Player of the Year
- Rock N Grill offers burgers and hot dogs in an ’80s rock environment
- Nazareth parent accused of wearing his referee uniform, swaying IHSA football playoff game against Simeon
- El peor presidente
- Carl Caruso, former Chicago Tribune photojournalist who spearheaded color photography, dies at 92
- ‘Who do you block?’ Khalil Mack’s return and Akiem Hicks’ rise have been rough for Bears’ opponents
- Intenso consumo a partir del Día de Acción de Gracias
- ‘Chicago is this extraordinary laboratory’: Obama returns for summit, urges patience for change
- Thirteen candidates file on first day for Aurora city election
- Latin Kings member who killed Hammond man in 2014 sentenced to 28 years
- Denzel Valentine to undergo season-ending reconstructive surgery on left ankle
- Column: While Trump feasts on Thanksgiving, troops on the border eat rations and await Pancho Villa
- Ivanka Trump used personal email account to send emails about government business
- Describen baños de sangre en juicio de ‘El Chapo’
- Aurora wants to consolidate downtown dumpsters and hide them from view
- Lauri Markkanen participates in non-contact portions of Bulls practice
- Introducing the 2018 Beacon-News Boys Soccer All-Area Team
- 1 dead, 3 injured after shooting in downtown Denver, authorities say
- November cold spell has entered its third week
- An after-school Thanksgiving feast for Austin public school families
- Knowles: Homewood stroke survivor honored for giving back
- Social media reaction to the Chicago hospital shooting
- Bears list Mitch Trubisky on injury report after he hurt his right shoulder in win over Vikings
- 4 muertos en tiroteo en hospital de Chicago, un policía entre ellos
- An echo of polio: AFM paralyzes children and terrifies parents
- Stagg School Store is where students go for coffee, doughnuts and work experience
- Notre Dame adds 4-star linebacker J.D. Bertrand, a former Georgia commitment, to its 2019 recruiting class
- Jenna’s gem: Jenna Ryan sinks winning shot with 4 seconds left to lift Marist past Lincoln-Way East
- Loyola sheds slow start to pull away from Richmond in second half
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
- Cuatro muertos en tiroteo en hospital de Chicago, un oficial, entre ellos
- White House to fully restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass, but with a warning
- Woman found dead outside Evanston church in suspected homicide
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
- And now, a massacre at Mercy Hospital
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
- Enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- 16 dissident House Democrats vow to oppose Nancy Pelosi as next speaker
- Big John: Carrothers scores 10 points in third quarter as Andrean pulls away from Lake Central
- Toni Preckwinkle, Susana Mendoza trade attacks over taxes, death penalty in first Chicago mayor forum
- Chaos at Mercy Hospital: ‘This tears at the soul of our city. It is the face and the consequence of evil.’
- High school boys basketball 2018-19: The Twitter preview