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- What’s the best sparkling water?
- Willie Naulls, former UCLA star and member of Celtics’ history-making lineup, dies at 84
- Reported domestic crimes in Illinois counties from 2000 to 2015
- Craving: Desserts — our monthlong look at Chicago’s best cakes, pies, puddings and more
- Nuevo liderazgo en la organización UNO
- Ask Amy: New wife frets over hubby’s ex connection
- DePaul holds off Cleveland State 83-73 behind Eli Cain’s 26 points
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018
- Historical Museum of Southern Florida
- Conch Tour Train
- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
- Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
- American missionary should have left that isolated island tribe alone
- I adore babies! But not the Cadillac-sized strollers that take up five seats on a CTA bus
- From turkey testicles to Mother Jones, readers tell us what we missed on bicentennial bucket list
- Brick home in Lincoln Park: $1.7M
- Disney World: Holidays extend the flurry of Epcot fests
- Mayoral candidate Bill Daley says Chicago should consider a commuter tax
- Redskins’ Reuben Foster episode recalls Bears’ ugly decision to bring in an accused domestic abuser
- A transgender woman is challenging Chicago’s definition of the female breast
- Bulls give game effort but come up short in 116-113 loss to Bucks: ‘I’m pretty proud of my team and how we fought’
- How American Girl Place was a first in Chicago — and way ahead of its time
- ‘Tiny racist teeth’: Actor Schumer responds to Hyde-Smith’s victory with video of herself vomiting
- Rising sea levels take to the streets of Pinecrest in new art display
- Postal Service clarifies mission is ‘mail, not drugs’ after 16 Atlanta-area workers sent to prison for delivering cocaine
- Shout Out: Klaudia Ruszala, mobile expert in River Grove
- Chicago Archdiocese shares plans to merge several South Side parishes, schools
- Shout Out: Jennifer Bulinski, donates hair for cancer patients
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Nov. 29-Dec. 5
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Hundreds of sexual misconduct complaints pour into new CPS Title IX office
- Cruz Azul pone un pie en semis, Monterrey saca ventaja
- Music therapy shows promise in kids with autism
- Domestic violence and guns in Mercy Hospital shooting: ‘It wasn’t about the ring. It was about her leaving him.’
- Keith Richards on the new Stones tour: ‘What else would I be doing?’
- Opponents of legal marijuana in Illinois say it would amount to companies ‘pimping’ black, Hispanic customers
- Video shows cabbie suffering fatal blow from ’roundhouse kick’ in West Loop attack
- Shout Out: Kenneth Johnson, specialty bags, stained glass and the HIP
- Screening or diagnostic mammogram? The difference could cost you
- Prickly City- nomophobia
- One man spent a decade studying hangovers. He may have found a cure.
- Through 27 career games, Eddie Jackson _____ . Our writers fill in the blanks
- La Liga sue Spanish federation over league game in US
- Bears safety Eddie Jackson named NFC Defensive Player of the Month: ‘I’ve never seen anything like him’
- Suicide and drug overdoses push U.S. life expectancy down
- Boeing ‘confident in the safety of the 737 MAX,’ though stock down since Lion Air crash
- PBR fans rejoice: Pabst reaches last-minute settlement with Chicago’s MillerCoors
- Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra performs Handel masterpiece ‘Messiah’ in Palos Heights
- Column: Green or red, lights on fire departments’ wreaths put holiday safety in the spotlight
- Big Mouth Billy Bass, the singing fish trophy, now responds to Alexa voice commands
- Crucial for country, Isco’s club career hits a crossroads
- Help Them to Hope donations for Nov. 30
- Northwestern hangs on to beat Georgia Tech 67-61 after leading by 28: ‘All of a sudden you’re like: What’s going on here?’
- Vorskla confirm Arsenal game will take place in Kiev
- Singer Tammy McCann swings in the holidays
- Elle King brings those sounds of hers up from ‘deep inside,’ like an irresistible ball of energy
- Michael Cohen confiesa que mintió al Congreso de EEUU
- Is Matt Nagy’s popularity soaring because he’s so likable — or only because he’s winning?
- River Forest grad returns to paint wall mural in honor of late teacher: ‘She was like a saint to me’
- Read: Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress
- This Chicago music stalwart is everywhere, even if you probably don’t know him
- Parquet Courts underlines the importance of speaking out
- Orchestra travels to Orland Park for ‘Holiday Cheer With Old Friends’ concerts
- Pictures: Holland America Nieuw Statendam
- In states like Illinois, kids with August birthdays more likely to get diagnosed with ADHD in early grades, study says
- The best last-minute gift idea: Subscription boxes
- 16 recommended Chicago shows to see right now
- Dancenter North ‘Nutcracker’ puts on 30th annual performance
- Ice carving in Indiana, spelunking in Ohio and more Midwest events
- Florida to welcome fifth new cruise ship this year with Holland America Nieuw Statendam
- Mario Rojas: De la nueva generación de la ópera
- Scientists call for a halt to genetically editing embryos, rebuke Chinese researcher
- ‘Burning’ review: Steven Yeun of ‘The Walking Dead’ co-stars in slippery Korean noir
- Mild hybrid, excellent car: 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 review
- Son remembers Hobart father’s life as he confronts brother’s murder charge
- ‘The War at Home’ review: When UW-Madison lit the fires of revolution
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 4Matic Coupe at a glance
- Top 10 April Fools’ Day pranks from over the years
- Old Military Cigarette ads
- ‘Lovable losers’ no more: For Northwestern Wildcats fans gearing up for Big Ten title game, winning hasn’t gotten old
- U.S. pending home sales fell 2.6 percent in October
- Kane County forest district plans guided walk as part of Senior Stroll series
- U.S., Britain strike deal to preserve air service after Brexit
- Disney: Mouse-ear headbands salute Epcot sights — plus a social-media sensation
- 5 tips for holiday road travel
- 5 tips for avoiding the cold & flu this year
- Gene therapy offers hope to people with achromatopsia, an inherited retinal eye disease
- Tailgating 101 (Infographic)
- Petrak: St. Cletus clap-out shows support for boy waiting for Misericordia placement
- Aaron Rodgers defends his fundamentals: ‘I’m not playing any different this year’
- ‘Canelo’ Álvarez: ‘Lo más importante para mi es hacer historia’
- The Dead walk again — Dead & Company return to Wrigley in June
- McDaniel-Hale: Proposal to train officers on ways to deal with mentally ill people a great idea for better public safety
- Snow-covered traffic signals contributed to 2 Naperville crashes, police say
- Cost of keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes nearly triples to $778 million
- Colleges turn a blind eye to sex assault. Department of Education wants to make that even easier.
- Schweinsteiger’s return, PSG-Liverpool and the best of the week in soccer
- Buscan romper ‘maldiciones’ de la Liguilla mexicana
- Decent: The most wonderful time of the year? Sure, if you like holiday headaches
- Winter is a good time to start removing invasive buckthorn
- ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ in Chicago Heights offers timeless look at love
- Concrete jewelry and air planters — millennials will love gifts from these 2 Chicago markets
- Liga española en litigio con Federación por jugar en Miami
- Winnetka eyes potential new uses for former Green Bay Road garage property
- Federales investigan al poderoso concejal Ed Burke
- Disney: Last call for Magic Kingdom train rides — for a while
- Amazon under fire in Europe as Germany adds antitrust probe
- Lincoln-Way Area Chorale ready for ‘Sing We Now of Christmas’
- Oakton Community College hires Elgin dean as associate VP of business, career programs
- Family keeps Del Rio going for 95 years
- Aurora Junior Women’s Club raising money to help kids who need dental care
- Amazon seeks liquor license for Illinois Center store
- Arlington Heights Memorial Library hires new executive director a year after two tumultuous departures
- Bare necessities of ‘Mowgli’ come up short
- Quickly
- Two nuns, one microphone and a question for Chicago: ‘Are you happy?’
- After wildfire destroys town of Paradise, businessman donates $1,000 to every student at high school
- Hey, CPS. What are you doing to keep my kids safe from sexual violence? I haven’t heard much from you.
- Cavaliers completan traspaso de Kyle Korver a Utah Jazz
- Southwest apologizes after gate agent allegedly mocks 5-year-old named Abcde
- 24 fictional movie locales we want to visit
- Watch to watch this weekend: England derbies, Real Madrid-Valencia and more
- Speak Out: General Motors
- Hugh Jackman to sing on tour next year, stops in Chicago in June
- Christmas made a little brighter for Naperville boy being treated for brain tumor
- Can director be paid for condo board service?
- Shout Out: Steven Hamburg, a first-time novelist from Buffalo Grove
- Aurora teen charged with stealing Apple Watches, iPhones
- Community news
- U.S. consumer watchdog to investigate video game ‘loot boxes’
- Broadway musical ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ getting movie treatment
- Tech executive killed brother and his family members at mansion, then set house on fire: prosecutor
- Purdue Northwest grad is part of energy industry transformation
- Kennel OK’d for Merrillville couple to breed American Bully dogs
- New York Film Critics name ‘Roma’ the best film of 2018
- Bicentennial Bucket List: 200 things to do in Illinois
- Consultant backs out of Lincoln-Way North High School consolidation study
- 10 things to do in the western suburbs Dec. 7-11
- In China, your car could be talking to the government
- Gloria Katz, ‘American Graffiti’ screenwriter, ‘Star Wars’ script doctor, dies at 76
- Crosby: It’s personal for Oswego legislators on different ends of Legionella dust-up
- Take a break from gut-busting holiday decadence with easy veggie dishes
- Aurora police searching for three people who scammed seniors
- Deutsche Bank offices raided in money laundering investigation connected to ‘Panama Papers’
- El nuevo Kia Niro EV desembarca en EEUU
- ITT Tech students score victory in bankruptcy settlement
- TAP Air Portugal coming to O’Hare in June, with first direct flight to Lisbon
- Nissan mostró las versiones actualizadas de Murano y Maxima
- Estudiantes de secundaria diseñan recetas para las cafeterías de CPS
- Chicago breweries rally for Camp Fire victims with Resilience IPA — even one that vowed never to make an IPA
- Enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- Steph Curry tells Under Armour to market his shoes to girls after 9-year-old writes letter
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
- Isco: Clave en España, devaluado con Real Madrid
- At Plum Creek Center, learn make-it, take-it holiday crafts inspired by nature
- Search begins to replace retiring Field Park School principal Brad Promisel
- Geneva family finds man on porch repeating, ‘The ghosts sent me’
- Ald. Edward Burke through the years
- Boys basketball notes: Sophomore guard Jaehshon Thomas shines as a rising son for Aurora Christian
- Airbnb to start testing its own building and home designs next year
- Ground Zero – The Video
- Illinois’ U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos will lead House Democrats in 2020 campaign
- Elvis Crespo está agradecido por poder vivir el éxito ‘ahora sanamente’
- Migrantes harán huelga de hambre como presión para que EEUU otorgue asilos
- Gary mayor: State audit shows no misuse of city funds
- Matty Healy is more daring — and more anxious — than ever on the 1975’s new album
- Five things to do in Lake County Dec. 7-9.
- El nuevo Lincoln Aviator aterriza a todo lujo
- Shout Out: Andrew Larson, acting fire chief in Arlington Heights
- 4 takeaways from Michael Cohen’s latest plea deal
- Former police chief, neuroscientist to be named East Aurora High School distinguished alumni
- Looking at winter through the eyes of Chicagoans who bike in blizzards and surf Lake Michigan
- Western Springs police blotter: Tools stolen from construction site
- Matt Nagy says Akiem Hicks held out of Bears practice for ‘precautionary’ reasons with Achilles injury
- Carlos Ghosn permanecerá detenido mientras sea necesario
- LaCroix may be No. 1 selling sparkling water, but does it taste best? We pit it against 10 brands
- El auto como instrumento de vigilancia en China
- Volunteers replace VFW roof in Joliet
- Southland comes together to give guidance to hundreds of female high schoolers
- Festival Flea Market Mall
- Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens
- Mitch Trubisky still not cleared to throw — and timetable for Bears return is unclear
- Carlos Ghosn: La caída en desgracia de un visionario
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
- Steelworkers ratify contract with ArcelorMittal
- ‘He’s a Swiss army knife’: Damontae Taylor scores 18 points as Zion-Benton rolls past North Chicago
- She’s not a rat, she’s a hero
- Deal to pass farm bill scraps House GOP push for new food stamp work requirements
- WSCR and WMVP slide in key audience segment, but ESPN 1000’s steeper fall helps The Score
- Chicago Archdiocese adds 10 names to list of clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse
- Shout Out: Anna Schwartz, just out of the Peace Corps and now headed to law school
- Elgin council debates best use of money coming from downtown TIF district
- Foul trouble is putting rookie Wendell Carter Jr. in a foul mood: ‘I’m definitely frustrated’
- Harold Gaede, longtime Wheaton clothier who fitted generations of teens for formal dances, dies
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
- On board: Derrik Smits posts career high in rebounds as Valparaiso stuns UNLV in conference challenge
- Sen.-elect Romney, America should have listened to you
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- #JustAsk: Stop treating unconscious female patients like cadavers
- Film Review: ‘Weightless’
- Boys basketball notes: Victor Perez and Pierre Black emerge as Larkin looks to build upon Class 4A trophy season
- Column: Holidays bring back the memories — good and bad
- iPhone Screen Time test: What’s your number? (And what you should be doing about it)
- Man killed when pickup truck collides with semi on Route 64 in Kane County
- Ice falls from the former Hancock Center
- 15 datos de por qué ‘Thriller’ hizo historia
- FBI: Man confessed to serial killings in effort to move prisons; 37 slayings now confirmed
- Viola Davis to star as Shirley Chisholm in Amazon project
- Speak Out: The racism and bias voiced today ‘amazing,’ stricter laws would mean more peace
- Suspect arrested in Alabama mall shooting in which police killed another person
- Hazards from above: Streets and sidewalks in downtown Chicago closed as melting ice, snow fall from buildings
- Cook County’s 5th cold-weather death reported in Dolton
- The biggest food recalls of 2018 — romaine to eggs to Honey Smacks
- I sent my dad’s manufacturing job overseas. My own ended not long after.
- Down to Business: South Elgin chiropractor so dedicated to posture she developed and sells exercise ‘bar’
- Man found dead in snow in St. Charles
- Lincoln-Way ‘State of the District’ report is Jan. 10
- Who is Ed Burke? Alderman. Former cop. Ex-Trump attorney.
- Emanuel’s handling of Lincoln Yards project will shape his legacy
- Elton John’s concerts in Orlando, Tampa rescheduled
- Downtown Elgin to be a Winter Wonderland on Saturday, regardless of the weather
- Europa League Recap: Milan avoid upset against Dudelange, Arsenal, Chelsea win, Betis advance
- Luxury entertaining for the holidays
- Tips for Those Caring for a Loved One with Cancer
- Fresh ideas for 30-minute Mediterranean meals
- This one desk accessory could help you feel better at work
- 5 reasons mushrooms are trending up for 2019
- Donald Trump cancels meeting with Putin
- Naperville News Digest
- Advocate Aurora Health to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour
- Jets coach praises Joel Quenneville for running ‘the best bench in the league’
- Woman convicted in sex trafficking case claims incompetency, but feds say it’s ploy
- From transgressive to trope: ‘Unlikable’ women suddenly dominate films
- Man dies more than a year after bar fight with security guard
- State senator calls for ouster of Gary schools emergency manager
- Bear Download podcast: Bears surpassing expectations heading into game vs. Giants
- More from Blackmore: Lindsay Blackmore grows in role as Geneva eyes third straight state title
- Gov. Bruce Rauner: ‘I am very scared for the people of Illinois’ as J.B. Pritzker takes over in a month
- Snow shoveling scofflaws should be fined
- After plans ‘Scrooged’ up, Lake Zurich cancels upcoming ‘Miracle on Main Street’ festival
- CNN fires contributor Marc Lamont Hill over Israel remarks
- CNN fires contributor Lamont Hill in wake of remarks criticizing Israel and calling for a ‘free Palestine’
- Snow-covered LED traffic signals cause problems for Elgin-area drivers during this week’s snowstorm: officials
- Berg: Coalition kicks cronies in Springfield showdown
- Husband sentenced to 50 years in prison — again — for killing man who paid to have sex with his wife
- The Spin: FBI raids Chicago Ald. Ed Burke’s government offices | Pritzker and smoking? | Bush administration’s role in Sterigenics releasing cancer-causing gas
- Indonesian investigators say Boeing jet in Lion Air crash was ‘airworthy’
- This Week in Naperville
- Community news: Shepard High food drive nets enough to feed 50 families
- Controversy over PADS Lake County inspires art exhibit featuring photos by Gurnee pastor
- Aurora expects to save more than $1 million after TIF bond refinancing
- Stickers promoting white supremacist group found on St. Charles light poles
- Cop cover-up trial only looks like it’s gone off the rails
- After their owner of 10 years gave them up, dogs Cosmo and Sam are hoping for a forever home together this Christmas.
- Mighty Acorns program saved thanks to Giving Tuesday; other Elgin nonprofits also benefited
- Naperville People in the News
- There are ways Trump can win over Hispanics and blacks
- Cubs trade pinch hitter Tommy La Stella to the Angels
- Ask Tom: Did the 1967 Big Snow or the 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard have higher winds?
- After resident complaints, city of Naperville agrees to conduct last week of leaf pickup
- Thank you, Fox Sports, for assigning Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis to Bears-Giants
- 5 takeaways from Day 3 in trial of alleged Chicago police cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting
- Boys basketball notes: Senior point guard Colin Walls a spark plug for Valparaiso despite lack of size
- Residents ‘not opposed to Aldi,’ but raise concerns about traffic and flooding as Gurnee nears approval of new store
- Audi comes after Tesla Model S with E-Tron GT
- Election filing for candidates for Naperville school, park boards starts Dec. 10
- Boys basketball notes: Naperville North senior leader Tom Welch says ‘winning is why you play’
- Northwestern University student found dead on campus
- 7 things we heard from Bears coordinators Thursday: Mark Helfrich on college coaching jobs, Vic Fangio on stopping Odell Beckham and more
- Sen. Tim Scott to oppose Thomas Farr, blocking Trump’s controversial judicial pick
- Slight warming brings rain and potential flooding Saturday
- Giants linebacker Alec Ogletree gets tough challenge this week in Bears’ Tarik Cohen
- Daley’s commuter tax would drive jobs from Chicago
- Ald. Ed Burke and the feds
- Eyewitness to Laquan McDonald shooting testifies police quickly waved him away from scene
- MAC championship game preview: Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo
- Salesforce to add 1,000 jobs in new Chicago riverfront skyscraper
- Union Station’s Great Hall is bright for holidays, after skylight repair
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
- Halle’s storm: Idowu records double-double with 35 points and 10 rebounds as Richards slips past Hillcrest
- Slowik: South suburban voters sent Cook County a message on taxes. Will commissioners listen?
- Atlanta United reach 1st-ever MLS Cup Final despite loss to Red Bulls
- Women who came to Illinois to have abortions, by year
- Federal agents raid powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke’s City Hall and ward offices
- Park Ridge Library to purchase up to 120 new computers
- Boys basketball notes: Athletic forward Issac Stanback developing into a complete player as a senior for H-F
- Jets 6, Blackhawks 5
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018