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- 3 keys revisited after the Bears shut down the Rams 15-6
- Play of the game: Eddie Goldman’s safety gets Bears going in the second half of 15-6 win against Rams
- 4 interceptions, 1 safety and an offensive lineman TD: Bears top high-scoring Rams 15-6
- Ask Amy: Family holiday drama brings on big changes
- With Nick Ayers out of the running, Trump is looking at several candidates for his next chief of staff
- Bears defense flexes on high-flying Rams during a dominant 15-6 victory
- Operation Santa lets Chicagoans get in the holiday spirit
- SEIU to give Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle $1 million toward her mayoral bid
- What’s really going on in North Carolina is Jim Crow, part deux
- Astronaut helps Royal Caribbean nail original show ‘Flight’ on world’s largest cruise ship
- Bear Download podcast: Bears defense locks it down in Week 14 win over Rams
- Woman who escaped from Cook County courthouse back in custody, officials say
- Settle in, drivers — Jane Byrne Interchange will take another 4 years
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 15-6 win over the Rams
- Preserving choices for low-income students in a hostile Springfield
- Valparaiso woman hung up on keeping the poor warm
- ‘We’re being mistreated’: Instacart shoppers complain of pay cuts as company shifts to new model
- ‘Fangio Owned McVay’: Your 3-word reviews from the Bears’ win over the Rams
- Charter school teachers to return to work Monday after tentative agreement reached
- Before becoming Chicago Police Department’s first Muslim chaplain, veteran officer had to rediscover his faith
- Best architecture for 2018: It was a vital year, just not in the usual places
- Fallen Chicago officer called ‘extraordinary’ as SW Side street named in his honor
- 21 best breakfast dishes in Chicago in 2018 — Breakfast Queen Ina Pinkney reports
- For first time in half century, old gym will host ‘Hoosiers’-style high school basketball game
- Kevin Hart and the Oscars: Readers respond
- How football helped shape direction of West Aurora High School’s 150-year history
- Trump blames lawyer Michael Cohen for hush money ‘liability’
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 3-2 loss, including Patrick Kane rediscovering his one-timer
- Ask Anna: I’m married and I’ve never been in love
- ‘Perseverance and patience’: Eastern Washington kicker overcomes adversity to win the Fred Mitchell Award
- Forum on BNSF delays: Rep. Lipinski, Metra CEO to hear from riders at Monday night meeting
- Actor Matthew McConaughey says his mom wouldn’t want him to be a Chicago accountant
- Evanston mansion once owned by billionaire Henry Crown sells for $1.8 million
- Protesters disrupt U.S. fossil fuel event at UN climate talks
- How to stay fit and keep running even at 50-something
- ‘Better than before’: Puerto Rico’s recovery is nearly complete
- Nearly 85 percent of UN nations back migration deal; not U.S.
- Oakton college, Evanston high school partnering to increase enrollment from the north suburb
- La defensa de los Chicago Bears se comen a los Rams
- Help Them To Hope donations for Dec. 11
- Reds veteran Joey Votto receives some MVP-to-MVP wisdom from Kris Bryant
- Teachers worry foreign language classes could be cut in Oswego District 308
- Prosecutors indict Nissan’s Ghosn for underreporting pay
- Crosby: Shamelessly plugging Shamus and friends
- Doctors blame tap water in neti pot for brain-eating amoeba
- Cookies are not the enemy: Smarter ways to think about food during the holidays
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- There’s still time to plan a great New Year’s Eve. Use our guide to get ideas
- Analysis: U.S.-China trade standoff means no reprieve for rattled investors
- My worst moment: Todd Stashwick and getting the most negative feedback of his career
- What was Bill Belichick thinking on the final play of the ‘Miami Miracle’? Even his ex-players don’t know.
- NBC’s Cris Collinsworth on the Bears: ‘I’m really impressed’
- Trolley tours Hinsdale houses aglow with holiday lights
- 15 hings to do with the kids Dec. 10-16
- Jerry Reinsdorf hopes Harold Baines’ Hall of Fame election helps designated hitters
- ‘Roma’ de Alfonso Cuarón, gana título de mejor película del año
- Take the family on an RV adventure (Video)
- Go from red to red carpet ready in 30 minutes
- Ariana Grande ‘Sweetener’ tour adds another Chicago date
- Harold Baines’ Hall of Fame selection sparks controversy and criticism
- In possible plea deal, accused Russian agent case ‘resolved’
- Deck the bars
- Macron to speak to French on protests; But is it too late?
- Griffith’s North Township bid up for discussion Tuesday
- Five things to do in Northwest Indiana Dec. 14-16
- Do you tell a date she has food in her teeth?
- Lake County sheriff declares holiday moratorium on evictions
- Chicago Tribune’s photos of the week
- Zoé, Ángela Aguilar y Aida Cuevas, nominados a los Grammy
- There are too many holiday bars in Chicago, so we ranked them for you
- Rascal Flatts Bar and Grill to open in 2019 at Arboretum shopping center in South Barrington
- Ice climbing in Canada
- Chicago theater openings Dec. 14-20
- Donald Trump’s Wednesday visit to Baltimore called off: officials
- Hypocrisy over Heather Nauert appointment
- Can you pull out of a home equity loan process?
- Un repuesto para carro, el mejor regalo navideño para ‘Las Doñas’
- Canvasser for 15th Ward alderman candidate shot on Facebook Live while handing out pamphlets
- ‘Les Mis’ to hit Chicago in 2019 for one tour more
- Vote in the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- 5 things to know about Guantanamo Bay on its 115th birthday
- Quickly
- Tim McGraw didn’t imagine himself writing a song for the mountain climbing film ‘Free Solo’ — until he saw it
- Olivia de Havilland won’t give up her fight with FX over ‘Feud.’ Will the Supreme Court hear her case?
- Five things to do in the western suburbs Dec. 14-16
- Family of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger plans wrongful death suit
- Top 5 winter coat trends
- If GM shuts plant, Detroit would have just one auto assembly factory left — but city’s looking to tech, medicine
- Cubs backup catcher Victor Caratini is getting a head start on 2019 in winter ball
- ‘The Favourite’ leads film nominees for Critics’ Choice
- If a tree falls at a dinner party and everyone’s around to hear it, does it make you a terrible host?
- Improv Playhouse in Libertyville stages live radio version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
- Five things to do in Lake County Dec. 14-18
- ‘The portraits are so meaningful’: Holiday photos for young moms working to get back on their feet
- ‘He’s a problem-solver’: Tommy Hottovy’s analytics background, communication skills lead to his promotion to Cubs pitching coach
- ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ review: No tangled webs here
- Spice Girl Mel B cancels event after hand-saving surgery
- Chamber by O’Hare welcomes new president and Hester Junior High performers at annual holiday luncheon
- D128 to hold community forums on upcoming Vernon Hills and Libertyville projects
- Nancy Hughes, widow of filmmaker John Hughes, to give Lake Forest $300,000 toward bluff repair
- White flies are a common nuisance on houseplants
- Here’s how much the average person can afford to pay for a new home
- It’s the dancing that saves ‘Tidings of Tap’ at the North Shore Center for the Arts
- Big Ten basketball power rankings after the 1st week of conference play
- Talk of the County: NFL wrong to fine player for charitable donation
- James Beard ‘belongs in the premier American food and dining city’: Ceremony to remain in Chicago through 2027
- Price-fixing probe of generic-drug ‘cartel’ grows to 300 medications
- Complaints on Elmhurst water rates lead to detection of small leaks
- ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ will start an hour earlier in 2019
- Like humans, trees are members of a community that depend on each other
- Tinley Park OKs tax break for new owners of Holiday Inn hotel
- Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South students posted Snapchat video with ‘unacceptable racial content’: officials
- John Kelly and the myth of the ‘adult in the room’
- Judge sets court date for this week for ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort
- How to throw a chic New Year’s Eve Party on a budget
- Supreme Court won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood
- Fantasy football Week 15 waiver wire: Damien Williams and Derrick Henry are good gambles
- Property taxes to increase slightly in Lake Forest, may be reduced a bit in Lake Bluff: Officials
- Selle: Voter ire turns Waukegan officials into anti-tax warriors
- President Trump plan to reclassify nuke waste alarms environmentalists
- Jury deciding sentence for man who rammed Charlottesville rally protesters
- The CDC keeps warning people not to eat raw cookie dough — even though it’s delicious
- Google reveals new security bug affecting more than 52 million users
- 1 dead, 2 injured after stabbing at Gary grocery store
- Notre Dame’s Julian Love and Northern Illinois’ Sutton Smith named 1st-team AP All-Americans
- Trump administration presses court to allow military to restrict transgender troops
- Chicago mother reunites with ‘angel’ nurse who saved her baby’s life
- The interminable Jane Byrne interchange work
- ESPN’s Jason Witten denies report that the Cowboys want him back on the field: ‘There’s nothing there’
- ‘American Girl’ musical debuts in Skokie theater
- Children of First Presbyterian church in Lake Forest retell Nativity story in annual pageant
- They diced, sliced and baked using Popeil and Ronco products — and wait, there’s more — one of them took home a Golden Veg-O-Matic
- ‘Very calm and composed’: Rookie James Daniels was instrumental in helping contain Aaron Donald
- Long wait finally ends for Hall of Fame closer Lee Smith, who hopes to have a Cubs cap on his plaque
- Speak Out: Gavin’s ‘gutter’ behavior at meeting condemned, elderly need help removing snow, Satan behind Starved Rock murders
- New Reds manager David Bell on coaching staffs with analytical expertise: ‘I think it’s an exciting time in the game because of that’
- U.S. job openings in October rise to 2nd-highest on record
- Creating a masterpiece from nature
- Well worth seeing ‘Santaland Diaries’ before department store elves are gone forever
- BMO confirms it will anchor 50-story office tower at Union Station
- ‘Excuseman’ lawyer takes responsibility and pleads guilty to stealing clients’ settlement money
- Tuba, euphonium players unite for another free holiday concert in Antioch
- ‘Holiday magic’: Festival of trees lights up Triton College’s campus
- Outdoor Christmas light strands: An expert’s tangled guide
- Balean a voluntario de campaña mientras transmitía por Facebook Live
- Aquaman debuts at Madame Tussauds Orlando
- Bears coach Matt Nagy apologizes to official for outburst after botched substitution: ‘I told them that they did the right thing’
- Maduro consolida su poder
- Hundreds celebrate ‘Holiday Happenings’ in downtown Arlington Heights
- Mary Joyce Giles Johnson, longtime counselor, teacher in west suburbs, dies at 90
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
- New Park Ridge Bike Plan proposes fewer vehicular lanes for Busse Highway
- ‘Modern Family’s’ Sarah Hyland had second kidney transplant
- Video shows NYPD officers pulling toddler from mother’s arms
- Suburban account manager who stole from elderly clients sentenced to 4 years in prison
- Participant Media partners with filmmaker Steve James on documentary ‘Chicago Story’
- Column: The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’
- Mejoran el acceso de colegio comunitario a la universidad
- Pictures: Aquaman splashes down at Madame Tussauds
- Illinois Youth Dance Theatre performs ‘The Nutcracker’ with professionals
- Wrestling notes: Naperville Central’s Ben Cianchetti rounding back into form after injury
- Lin-Manuel Miranda da los buenos días y las buenas noches en un libro
- Blackhawks’ Artem Anisimov to miss Jets game after entering NHL’s concussion protocol
- Bickering Bulls. Practice more, bicker less.
- Rebus is back: New Ian Rankin, plus latest from Bryan Gruley and Michael Harvey, reviewed
- Elgin synagogue members help repair Torah scroll, a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many
- Oswego finalizes plan to convert Alexander Lumber property to luxury apartments and shops
- Meet shochu — the artisanal, small-batch spirit from Japan you’ll be drinking next
- Paul Konerko defends Harold Baines as Hall of Famer, says longevity underappreciated
- Lindsey Buckingham says Fleetwood Mac suit is settled, hopes bandmates see the light
- Deerfield’s Winter Celebration a tradition both old and new
- Yorkville to assess proposal for 6,400 solar power modules
- City Treasurer Kurt Summers blasts Mayor Rahm Emanuel on city schools, Laquan McDonald
- Home for the Holidays: Downtown Oak Park event features sleigh rides, carolers and more
- Distillery tours available for newbies, geeks
- Elgin-area input sought at Wednesday hearing on state improvements to career, technical education
- Speak Out: Gas prices and college football
- Vernon Hills Chabad celebrates Hanukkah, growth in Jewish participation
- Santa and Mrs. Claus had breakfast with families at Kiwanis fundraisers in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff
- FedEx has its own meteorology team and more little-known details about how your holiday packages get delivered
- Park Ridge Civic Orchestra adds touch of Ireland to Christmas celebration
- Vote delayed on plan to limit Chicago tax subsidies on downtown construction projects
- While season falls apart around them, Blackhawks are able to maintain their composure
- The impeachment rabbit hole
- Publican video de un oficial que detiene un intento de suicidio
- Artificial dyes fading, but food — including cheese, eggs, salmon — will still get color boosts
- Estrellas de Chicago descansan en México
- Dundee Township Park District to survey residents to help set goals for first strategic plan
- Albion to make cash payments in lieu of 12 affordable housing units in Highland Park development
- From ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Game of Thrones,’ teaser trailers now dominate the fan experience
- Veterans Elementary School at Mundell wins OK
- Buffalo Grove police spread holiday cheer for kids in need during ‘Shop with a Cop’
- U.S. Olympic Committee fires Alan Ashley, chief of sport performance, over his silence in Larry Nassar sexual abuse case
- Eggnog-filled doughnut? Stan’s Donuts has ’em this holiday season
- Hammond railroad bridge theft trial hinges on question of ownership
- Drug disposal pouches make Northwest Indiana debut
- Celebrate Pride in December at Revolution Brewing’s LGBTQ fundraiser
- Living with Knee Pain – Regaining a Positive Outlook
- The Spin: Campaign worker shot in Chicago | Kurt Summers blasts Mayor Rahm Emanuel | Preckwinkle gets $1 million union donation
- ‘Being Italian is more than just food’: Ridgewood continues Festa Italiana tradition
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
- Speedway settles state lawsuit over leaking gas tanks and contaminated sewers at Westmont station
- The scramble is on to find Trump’s White House a new chief of staff
- Announcing the 2018 Lake County News-Sun Girls Volleyball All-Area Team
- Wall Street’s Fearless Girl statue gets a new place of honor
- Snowed-in South
- Former Park Ridge alderman files to run against incumbent he recommended for appointment
- Snowed-in South makes the best of day off from work, school after treacherous storm
- Evergreen Park-based sorority chapter takes pride in community service
- Big Ten Network names Francois McGillicuddy president, effective early 2019
- A blood clot formed in the exact shape of a man’s lung passage — then he coughed it up
- Country Club Hills theater treats first responders to day at the movies in response to nearby shooting incidents
- 17 of Chicago’s shortest pro athletes
- Man accused of trying to kill victim from jail
- Ask Tom: When was the last time Chicago set a record low for a day’s maximum temperature?
- Long road work delays prompt Highland Park to reexamine approach
- Mitch Trubisky disappointed in his performance but appreciates the big win: ‘I just need to go out there and do my job.’
- Brexit deal in turmoil as Theresa May postpones Parliament vote
- Goodbye to Illinois’ $130 billion pension hole. Now it’s $133 billion. And getting deeper.
- Waukegan school superintendent accuses activist of harassment
- Macron vows tax cuts, pay rise, but will France’s anger subside?
- Shnay: Toxic is the word of the year
- Another year, another gold coin in the Salvation Army kettle outside Casey’s Foods in Naperville
- Record count reported for paralyzing polio-like illness across U.S.
- Sorenson’s the one: Stevenson’s Sophie Sorenson named the 2018 News-Sun Girls Volleyball Player of the Year
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
- ‘The magic of music’: Holiday tradition continues as Leyden hosts Yuletide dinner
- Gitta Jacobs dies at 85 — known for her support of Chicago theaters, few knew of her childhood flight from Nazi Austria
- Ex-president of Chicago police union facing possible discipline for comments to reporters
- York starts fast, finishes strong to defeat Glenbard West
- Talk of the County: Use of highway names confusing for Chicago-area visitors
- Talk of the County: ‘Our real problem is people … willing to sell their morals and accept the murderous dictators in this world’
- West suburban priest who had sexual contact with teen girl 35 years ago removed from ministry: diocese
- Your Voice: Language matters when talking about the migrant caravan
- Talk of the County: Defending president in Saudi situation takes ‘fact-free idiocy of Trump supporters to new heights’
- One more sunny day before cloudy skies return
- Talk of the County: Trump knew what he was talking about with ‘rake the forest’ comment
- Tentative deal reached in Geneva School District 304; classes to resume Tuesday
- Crete Township Democrat to lead Will County Forest Preserves
- Police: Two men, 1 claiming to have a gun, attack and attempt to rob resident walking in northeast Oak Park
- Point guard Gianni Ortiz ‘makes it all work’ for Fenwick girls basketball
- A Rockfordian watches ‘Minding the Gap’
- Marian Catholic’s Sister Sobieck on mission to help homeless: ‘We rise up when we meet people where they are’
- Jim Boylen says he has organization’s support to push the Bulls: ‘There’s no differing philosophy’
- Are Russian bots fueling the protests in France?
- Girls basketball notes: McKenna Kallianis returns from torn ACL, receives standing ovation for Marist
- At global climate conference, Trump adviser promotes fossil fuels
- Man pleads guilty to supplying heroin that led to gas station bathroom overdose death
- Wrestling notes: Portage’s Jacob Moran plans to take ‘gap year’ in Colorado Springs before moving on to IU
- Man who robbed ride-share driver with BB gun sentenced to 7 years in prison
- Man who admitted involvement in mother’s killing, then drove car at Palatine cops who came to investigate, is shot dead by officer
- Charges filed against school security guard who allegedly pulled gun on student: police
- Loyola, New Trier use their hockey rivalry to raise funds for Misericordia
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
- Two Oak Park fitness studios — Nature Yoga and Barre Code — to close this month
- Bears Rewind: Led by James Daniels, the offensive line prevented Aaron Donald from doing what Khalil Mack does to opponents
- Cubs say they’re looking to tweak their roster: ‘There’s no untouchables’
- Ken Williams: White Sox’s pursuit of top free agents such as Bryce Harper an ‘obvious’ choice
- Los Bulls se hunden en la segunda mitad ante los Kings
- Kings 108, Bulls 89
- Bulls collapse in the 2nd half against Kings: ‘We’re having a hard time doing the basics’
- Bears can clinch the NFC North this Sunday — thanks to the Vikings’ loss to Seahawks