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- Actress Leslie Mann says daughter dropped out of Northwestern because ‘it was really hard being in the cold’
- Ask Amy: Husband wants to rekindle sex-starved marriage
- Police: ‘Person of interest’ in South Shore fatal stabbing released without charges
- ‘Shoplifters’ review: Japanese family subsists every way it can
- Chuck, Nancy, Donald and ‘The Wall’
- ‘I had to see my son be put in a body bag.’ Frankfort mom shows 8th-graders the heartbreaking aftermath of heroin overdose.
- Jose Canseco makes his pitch — ‘u need a bash brother’ — to be Donald Trump’s chief of staff
- Gatorland still grinning after comedian’s routine on NPR
- New micropantry at Bremen High School library offers food, toiletries and discretion for students in need
- Petrak: La Grange physics teacher creates seven-song Christmas light display
- What’s wrong with Loyola? 5 ways the 5-5 Ramblers can get back on track
- Dolton school security guard accused of threatening students with gun was not licensed by state, officials say
- Rosemont police sergeant accused in gas station robberies resigns
- Chicago Park District failing black and Latino neighborhoods, while North Side gets more robust resources: advocacy group
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel floats port district land as Chicago casino location
- The Bears and Packers have reversed roles. Can the Bears keep the upper hand for years to come?
- Comedy is big on New Year’s Eve: 9 comics in the city and suburbs
- Teen quits Walmart job over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention all shoppers … nobody should work here — ever’
- Apple to build $1 billion Austin, Texas, campus, expand operations in more cities east and west
- Phoenix Suns owner reportedly threatens to move team to Seattle or Las Vegas
- Starbucks Happy Hour Weekend: BOGO espresso beverages and hot chocolates starting Friday
- United CEO: Our pilots don’t need more training on new Boeing 737 MAX
- Channel 7’s Hosea Sanders hopes to return to the airwaves Thursday after illness
- Top 20 plays in Miami Dolphins history
- ‘The Mule’ review: Clint Eastwood stuck in neutral as Mexican cartel’s best friend
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ win over the Penguins, including Patrick Kane’s near empty-net goal
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Dec. 13-19
- Carnival’s Mardi Gras to get first roller coaster on a cruise ship
- Scott Boras says Addison Russell is benefiting from ‘educational’ therapy program
- Trump acuerda con López Obrador afrontar la inseguridad en Centroamérica
- For people with heart failure, flu shot may be life-saver
- Gene therapies could transform sickle cell disease into a curable illness
- Here’s where things stand with Britain’s Brexit battle
- Trump afirma que ‘nunca’ ordenó ‘quebrantar la ley’ a su exabogado personal
- Prickly City-be nice
- Trump’s on-camera wall ultimatum boxes in Republicans
- Paranaense vence a Junior por penales; gana la Sudamericana
- Chicago man among 5 convicted in Thai sex trafficking trial
- Game film at a fancy dinner? All part of Kyle Fuller’s preparation that’s led to an NFL-leading 7 INTs in 9 games
- Landbirds serves up Asian lollipop wings in Logan Square
- Meet Lily, the first homeless Muppet on ‘Sesame Street’
- Business as usual? Champions League gap widens but more contenders arise
- Illinois investment board says Airbnb West Bank ban is illegal
- ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ shifts from the stage to screen, power and glory of rock ‘n’ roll intact
- Help Them to Hope donations for Dec. 14
- Huddersfield’s Mooy suffers knee injury, will miss Asian Cup title defense
- Chicagoland best-sellers: ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama tops list
- Grab your hiking boots: American Airlines adding flights from Chicago to New Hampshire, Montana, Colorado in June
- The White Sox need Bryce Harper because of the Bulls and Blackhawks, as well as the Cubs. They need Harper for TV.
- Tinder and OkCupid have given up on finding you a soul mate. Their ads even admit it.
- Virgin Galactic trying to reach edge of space with test flight today
- Michael Jordan smacked the Hornets’ Malik Monk upside the head for celebrating early
- Former Juventus director Marotta named Inter CEO for sport
- Column: At its core, Christmas is about a mother and child
- Moriyasu relies on youth in Japan’s Asian Cup squad
- Officers and supporters protest conduct of St. John police chief
- Bundesliga takes notice of Sargent’s Werder Bremen debut
- Oak Brook Park District may have deal to purchase 34 acres of McDonald’s property
- Cat Power talks latest album ‘Wanderer’ and knowing she won’t let herself down ahead of Chicago return
- ESPN ranks stadium food safety — Soldier Field doesn’t fare well among Chicago venues
- Column: Oak Park rewards kindness, historic preservation and more at annual Stewardship Awards
- Sweet 16: A look at the contenders for the UEFA Champions League crown
- Ferrara Candy confirms its headquarters will move to Chicago’s Old Post Office
- 5 health evaluations you shouldn’t put off
- 3 steps for your end-of-year financial checkup
- Cold brew coffee: How to enjoy this top 2019 food trend at home
- Protein-Packed Breakfast Foods to Energize Your Busy Family During the Holiday Season
- Relief-pitching market starts to thaw for White Sox
- Holiday concerts get a makeover as genres converge in Fulcrum Point’s ‘Price of Peace’
- Mortgage rates plunge to their lowest level in three months
- Vocal stalwart Kurt Elling, a Chicago music mainstay, talks politics and that Obama plant
- The Tribune investigated shootings by security guards. Here’s what we found.
- Streetscape improvements, new salt dome top Oak Brook capital projects for 2019
- Shaun Jones headlines shows at Riddles Comedy Club in Alsip
- Allstate CEO: Stop arguing about climate change and start preparing for severe weather
- In annual ranking of most commonly used passwords, ‘donald’ makes its debut
- Microbrewery ministry in Valparaiso blends each batch with holiday goodwill
- Raven Theatre casts ‘How I Learned to Drive’
- Commission plans to raise Kennedy Avenue bridge over Little Cal
- Brunch with Santa, handmade bazaars and Christmas caroling, plus other weekend plans
- Sure, ‘Outlander’ is TV’s sexiest show, but it’s also a great lesson in how to listen
- The White Sox are making progress just by being in the Bryce Harper sweepstakes
- Letter: How can we move the Hinsdale High School District 86 community forward?
- Moraine Valley student chosen for Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Letter to the editor: Elgin police officer should be fired for killing Clements, Fox Valley group says
- Customers’ WOW Air compensation is delayed. What’s the holdup?
- Buffalo art and food
- Doo doo doo doo doo doo: ‘Baby Shark’ bites into the culture
- Cold Buffalo is an art and food hotspot
- Column: The delicate dance of holiday gift giving
- 101st Avenue bridge to be replaced in Merrillville
- Real Madrid set for Leganes rematch in Copa del Rey last 16
- Trump claims ‘money we save’ from trade deal means ‘Mexico is paying’ for border wall
- Taylor Swift is taking her Reputation tour to Netflix on New Year’s Eve
- Infantino hopes ‘dreams come true’ of Qatar sharing World Cup games
- Pictures: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity
- Quickly
- 5 of Ligue 1’s weekend matches postponed at authorities’ request
- Shot that hit pregnant woman in head during Round Lake confrontation ‘went through the front door,’ prosecutor says
- Bulls coach Jim Boylen says Kris Dunn eventually will reclaim starting role
- Clinching the NFC North title by beating the Packers, of all teams, would be _____ . Our writers fill in the blanks.
- City Lit sets cast for ‘Fuente Ovejuna’
- ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ review: Ronan, Robbie rule over messy script
- YouTube Premium’s ‘Champaign ILL’ mines buddies’ downward mobility for laughs
- Warring sides in Yemen agree to halt fighting in key port city, UN says
- Crown Point continues work on Summit Street development
- County clerk in southern Illinois dies less than two weeks after taking office; was champion Monopoly player
- Ryen: Música y energía
- West Loop’s Spanish destination Salero to close New Year’s Eve
- ‘Museo’, protagonizada por García Bernal, estará en Youtube el 19 diciembre
- 14 recommended Chicago shows to see now
- Man faces more child molesting charges at Hobart church day care
- Man charged with murder from 2010 shooting in Gary
- Oswego teen who lost feeling on his left side in freak basketball accident slowly showing signs of improvement
- Merrillville man charged with child molesting, rape
- From ‘The Apartment’ and ‘9 to 5’ to our current moment of sexual harassment in the workplace
- Hacking group Charming Kitten targeting nuclear workers, U.S. officials on behalf of Iran, AP reports
- Las comunidades latinas reciben la inversión más baja del distrito de parques
- ‘He’s got a motor’: Blackhawks like what they see from John Hayden in new role on power play
- Hammond mother pleads not guilty in 4-month-old daughter’s death
- Apple becomes second tech giant to skip Chicago, picks Austin for $1 billion campus
- Eggnog is the enemy: The horrors (and hacks) of bad breath season
- Anthony Davis is approaching ‘Decision’ time. He could learn from LeBron James’ story.
- En la puerta de un hospital varios perros esperan a su dueño; la imagen se viraliza
- In Elon Musk’s slam of SEC, echoes of Trump’s style
- How Nancy Pelosi won U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s backing for House speaker
- Russian Maria Butina pleads guilty in effort to forge Kremlin bond with U.S. conservatives
- Shout Out: Evanston resident and printmaker Socorro Mucino
- Liverpool survive, Real Madrid upset again and the best of the week in soccer
- Congress sends bill to make lawmakers liable for harassment settlements to Trump
- No foul play suspected in inmate’s death at Lake County Jail, sheriff says
- Speak Out: Social Security
- IUN’s new School of the Arts ushering exciting changes to ‘cultural ecosystem’
- Shout Out: Cassandra Thiel, a Hersey High School student in an automotive technician program
- Amenazas de bomba en Chicago, reporta la Policía
- ‘Mortal Engines’ review: In the dystopian future, steampunk rules
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 14, 2018
- Drinking in all Chicago has to offer, one brew at a time
- Man shot at Bridgeview funeral home; suspect at large
- Alfonso Cuarón: “En ‘Roma’ no me interesaba hacer una romantización del pasado”
- Remember when Oprah ate some underseasoned chicken? New clip reveals she kept it real while remaining kind
- What to watch this weekend: Liverpool-Man United, the Turin derby and more
- 4 more years to finish the Jane Byrne? C’mon, IDOT.
- Why no one wants to be Trump’s chief of staff
- Financial secrecy: 10 of 16 top Chicago mayoral candidates refuse to release full tax returns
- 10 worst movies of 2018
- Maryland horsemen on board with calls to rebuild Pimlico Race Course
- Marriott Theatre announces cast for ‘Million Dollar Quartet’
- White Sox’s Bryce Harper bid could come down to the details: ‘All we can do is put our best foot forward, our most aggressive foot forward’
- Mika Brzezinski described Pompeo with a homophobic word. Her non-apology didn’t help.
- Cybill Shepherd says her 1990s sitcom was canceled after she rejected an advance from Les Moonves
- Community news
- Family questions why woman not charged in fatal South Shore stabbing: ‘He is not here to defend himself’
- Boys basketball notes: Junior point guard Luke Scheffers steps into leadership void to boost St. Charles North
- Trump hush money statements evolve from outright denial to ‘never directed Michael Cohen to break the law’
- Bomb threats made nationwide, including in Lake Bluff, believed to be hoaxes, police say
- Trading his sleigh for a yacht, Santa makes a Toys for Tots delivery out of Waukegan Harbor
- John Wayne Gacy inside the house
- Milbank: Emergency! It’s time for Trump to fabricate another crisis!
- Hold impeachment talk, wait for Mueller’s report
- United Airlines could power jets with fuel made from trash at new Gary plant
- Barros Schelotto no renovará su contrato con Boca, según diario argentino
- India se trae sorpresas
- Down in Chicago’s Pedway, Space p11 offers notes from the underground and conceptual art by plants
- U.S. Steel Portage plant violates permit when foamy substance released into Burns Waterway, state agency says
- #HoyEnElEstudio ‘Merry-Achi Christmas Concert’
- A group of challengers look to unseat incumbents on Lake Zurich Village Board
- Life in prison for Bourbonnais man convicted of double murder in Joliet auto shop
- Democrats, the wall is your friend. Use it.
- #HoyEnelEstudio ‘Pastorela Chicago’
- Improve transit? Beef up bus service.
- Maryland’s ski resort Wisp opens for the season Friday
- Bomb threats reported at 3 Valparaiso businesses are part of nationwide email hoax, police say
- Boys basketball notes: Freshman guard Julian Acosta already proving his worth for rebuilding East Aurora
- White Sox and Cubs avoid losses in Rule 5 draft
- Blaise ablaze: Neuqua Valley graduate Blaise Meredith scores 20 points to power NCC past AU
- Tribune Publishing ends talks about selling company to McClatchy
- Takata lo vuelve a hacer y Toyota debe revisar 65,000 vehículos
- Singing UPS man delivers Christmas cheer alongside packages during his Naperville stops
- Gary schools manager tells state board that district’s focus is on class sizes and curriculum
- 70 live finches found hidden in hair rollers at JFK airport
- Holiday market with crafts, artwork in Batavia
- Student charged with felony after threatening to ‘hurt kids’ at Wheaton middle school in email to staff, officials say
- Slowik: Agency serving recovering addicts says it wants to resolve compliance disputes with Blue Island
- The Spin: Mayoral candidates’ taxes | Pritzker meets Trump | Foster-Pelosi peace deal
- Congresswoman-elect Underwood speaks at Aurora City Hall, given key to the city: ‘You can always get in’
- ‘Tis the Season for Mental Health Wellness (Infographic)
- New insulin help center offers options to reduce patient costs
- 5 surprising things you’ll find on your Midwest vacation
- Patient thanks her caregiver after successful transplant
- How a healthy lifestyle and open communication may help with psoriatic arthritis
- Elmhurst business is target of email bomb threat believed to be related to series of similar incidents
- Who’ll investigate this 13th Ward fiasco?
- Text tax
- $600 million bioenergy plant to be built in Gary, create hundreds of jobs
- After a quiet week at the winter meetings, the Cubs still have some work to do this offseason
- El salario justo de jueces es garantía de los ciudadanos
- Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, national civil rights attorney take up cause of expelled American Heritage basketball player
- In bizarre coincidence, woman threatens to blow up Aurora library 1 hour before bomb threats emailed nationwide: police
- Community news: Marist event celebrates 200th anniversary of ‘Silent Night’
- Sears racked up nearly $1.9 billion in losses amid bankruptcy
- ‘Roma’, recuerdos y emociones
- Cubs receive left-hander Conor Lillis-White from the Angels to complete the Tommy La Stella trade
- Shout Out: Bill Coon, a Lake Zurich High School graduate who started the Keep Swimming Foundation
- U46 tightening travel policies after $57K bill for 33 employees — and 3 non-employees — to go to Nashville
- Wave of hoax bomb threats emailed to dozens of locations across U.S., authorities say
- Man rescued after two days stuck in grease vent of Chinese restaurant in California
- Regal Eagles: Underclassmen Lexi Lamanna and Mia Richert lead Aurora Christian to rout
- Lockport High School student ‘seriously injured’ in attack, principal says
- Parents, resist the madness of organized sports for children
- DCFS sued over ‘inhumane’ practice of leaving kids too long in psych hospitals
- Speed round: 10 reviews of restaurants we couldn’t get to in 2018
- Lake County officials look ‘to calm the community’ in light of bomb threats
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 14, 2018
- Highland auto dealership founder dead at 96
- 3 DuPage County Board members want to end prayer at start of meetings
- Boys basketball notes: Grayslake North’s Ryan Connolly shows versatility to reach scoring milestone
- Bear Download podcast: Bears host the Packers with a chance to clinch the NFC North
- Strasbourg market gunman killed in shootout with French police, officials say
- BMW mostró el M340i antes del LA Auto Show
- Former Special Forces soldier, once lauded as a hero, faces murder charge
- Accesorios Yakima, listos para el nuevo Ford Ranger
- Oak Lawn man killed in plane crash at Porter County airport
- Naperville cop involved in crash that killed 73-year-old woman may get $140K in workers’ comp
- Nissan confirma producción limitada del GT-R50 Italdesign
- Boys basketball notes: Munster’s Jevon Morris shines in final regular-season ‘home’ game at East Chicago
- Chicago police: Emailed bomb threats sent here and across the country are extortion attempts
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- Joakim Noah says his penchant for partying was the reason he was a colossal bust for Knicks
- Mayor Emanuel, commit your post-City Hall life to pension reform
- Virgin Galactic reaches space and is one step closer to space tourism
- Federal appeals court rejects permits for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Lake County jail inmate died of natural causes after lying on cold, wet cell floor: coroner’s inquest
- Bomb threats across Aurora and the Fox Valley are part of nationwide hoax, authorities say
- Ask Tom: Was this past November unusually dreary?
- Boys basketball notes: Supersectional loss fuels red-hot start for junior center Colin Crothers and Benet
- Above-normal temps to linger in Chicago area as floods threaten South
- 7 things we heard from Bears coordinators, including what made Vic Fangio want to do a cartwheel
- Right at Holmes: Junior guard Kendall Holmes delivers a team-high 17 points as Benet holds off York
- Enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 14, 2018
- Whiting man convicted of gradually dismantling Hammond bridge and selling it for scrap
- Boys basketball notes: Sami Osmani determined to keep Oak Lawn on championship course
- 100 holiday songs, ranked
- ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ on Broadway: Harper Lee’s story is dragged into the present by Aaron Sorkin
- Former Kane County sheriff left office with $309K deficit and stopped reporting finances in August, new sheriff says
- Mueller’s handling of cooperating witnesses suggests Russia probe may be winding down
- Holy Trinity: Junior guard Trinity Duckworth scores 19 points as Hillcrest pulls away from Shepard
- John Paxson says team turmoil won’t affect free-agent pursuits: ‘Good players want to play with other good players’
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018
- $45 million plan announced to put overpasses over Northwest Indiana railroad crossings
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 14, 2018
- With $250 million redevelopment price tag, Northbrook Court owner seeks $27 million in incentives from village
- Former Bears linebacker Mason Foster apologizes for ‘inappropriate,’ remarks on social media toward Redskins fans
- Calendar: Learn how to plan for a funeral in Waukegan
- Chelsea condemn fans’ anti-Semitic chants during Vidi match
- 7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion
- Janet Jackson, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks join Rock Hall of Fame