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- Former Russian spy falls critically ill after exposure to ‘unknown substance’ in Britain
- Trump’s name removed from Panama hotel as standoff over control of property comes to an end
- The final days of WLUP-FM The Loop radio
- Endorsements for the collar county primaries
- Police warn of attempted kidnapping in Little Village
- Five things to do in Northwest Indiana on March 9-14
- McDonald’s to roll out fresh beef burgers nationwide this spring
- Police officer dragged when driver tried to flee South Side traffic stop
- 1 dead, 5 injured in shootings in Chicago Monday
- Morning Spin: On ‘Fox & Friends,’ Rauner says Madigan’s legislative districts ‘look like spaghetti noodles’
- ‘Vocal fry’ irks grandparent
- HUD Secretary Ben Carson should have told Trump: ‘No’
- Food delivery driver hit with hammer during Northwest Side robbery
- Chicago’s top cop says ‘Death Wish’ release ‘exploits’ Paul Bauer’s killing
- In reversal, Sam Nunberg now says he’ll probably cooperate with Mueller subpoena
- Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago, aiming to revoke $100M gift
- ‘The Music Man’ marches into North Shore Country Day School
- Local ‘Dreamers’ remain in limbo after Trump’s March 5 deadline
- Yu Darvish’s long-awaited Cubs spring training debut should pack the dugout
- McDonald’s is rolling out its fresh beef patty, but is it good?
- Sheriff Tom Dart employee collected nearly $90K in health benefits while on 5-year personal leave, watchdog finds
- Matt Forte to sign a one-day contract to officially retire with the Bears
- Extra errors could lead to extra work for White Sox
- Tuesday’s matchup: Avalanche at Blackhawks
- NFL agents reportedly say Texans won’t sign players who knelt during national anthem
- Chance the Rapper tries to keep it light, but can’t escape CPS talk at MCA
- Police release photos of suspect who tied up woman during Lakeview home invasion
- Losing is one thing, but it’s another for the Bulls to look like mental marshmallows
- Man, 70, punched in face by robber posing as cop at downtown Blue Line station
- Lynxie the bobcat lived in Orland Park office with cat toys and giant litter box, police say
- Chicken-fennel soup doubles down on flavor and on fighting sniffles
- Des Plaines day care workers gave melatonin gummies to 2-year-olds before naptime, cops say
- More than 150 tickets issued as fights break out at Michigan State before Richard Spencer speech
- 20-year-old sues Dick’s, Walmart over new gun policies
- Architecture biennial names Yesomi Umolu as next curator
- 4 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Rhye, Ty Dolla Sign, Bahamas
- Nordstrom rejects buyout deal from Nordstrom family
- New Field Museum branding puts its science face forward
- For kids with developmental differences, a one-stop resource fair
- 5 tips to help you stop impulse buying
- Chicago man gets 40 years for 2016 Park Forest home invasion, sex abuse
- Suspect flees after failed attempt to rob Elgin bank, police say
- Disney World: Epcot’s Odyssey in remodeling mode
- Golpean con un martillo a un repartidor para robarle
- Why can’t JustFly.com just fix my ticket to Australia?
- Giuliana Rancic emotionally recalls late father-in-law on ‘Hollywood Medium’
- Tourism slump continues in Las Vegas months after mass shooting
- Dark tourism: 3-city trip through Europe’s WWII history brings painful past to life
- Dark tourism in Europe
- Preppy retailer Vineyard Vines says competitor’s shirt bears striking — and illegal — resemblance to logo
- Even small stresses of daily life can hurt your health
- Lake County jail guard pleads not guilty to battery charges for alleged inappropriate touching
- Aurora offers inside look at downtown Arts Center project
- DACA deadline overruled: ‘a beacon of hope, but a double-edged sword’
- Plan calls for more murals in Highland’s downtown district
- Canelo Alvarez fails drug test, but rematch with Gennady Golovkin may still go on
- La Comisión Atlética de Nevada abrirá investigación al dopaje de ‘Canelo’
- Jimmy John’s riders give pro tips for biking in winter weather
- Miguel Montero could wind up as the Nationals’ backup catcher
- Trump jokes about low ratings for Oscars broadcast
- Students face expulsion after arrests at Portage High School
- ¿Por qué Peña Nieto no felicitó a Guillermo del Toro?
- Se echa Donovan otra ‘firma’
- Prickly City- same team
- Exigen que el alcalde alerte a la comunidad sobre operativos de ICE
- Make or break for PSG and Real Madrid in Champions League clash
- Crown Point moves ahead to clear land for new municipal complex
- Steven Dietz, Pearl Cleage in American Blues Theater’s 2018-19 season
- Suburban teen to appear in court today on charges he killed parents at Central Michigan University
- Do you buckle up in the back seat of a cab or Lyft? You should
- The worst moments from an awkward ‘Bachelor’ finale that just kept going
- Teen arrested for making threat against Larkin High School, police say
- Target’s remake is humming along, at a cost
- ‘This is just cruel’: Viewers tear into ABC for airing brutal ‘Bachelor’ footage
- Pattern mixing starts here: 7 ways to try spring’s hottest trend
- Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Unmasked’: New memoir offers interesting tidbits, but it’s hardly revealing
- There’s a water leak between two condos. Should owners resolve, or should the association?
- ‘Unmasked: A Memoir’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Was Paul DeJong’s interesting extension with Cardinals a unique case, or a sign of things to come?
- Brian Scalabrine calls the Bulls’ tank job ‘brave and smart’
- Donald Trump se burla de los Oscar
- Former Michelle Obama chief to head Grammys inclusion group
- ‘Welcome to spring’: KidsFest draws hundreds to Oak Park Conservatory
- Western Springs boy dies after being struck by train
- Jazz Wave resounds with big band music at Three Brothers Theatre
- Bumble, a women-first dating app, pins logo to the NBA’s Clippers for $20 million
- ‘Ferris Bueller’ run over by ‘Blues Brothers’ in top Illinois movie poll; ‘You got your wish,’ says Lincoln Library
- Oak Park Conservatory¿s annual KidsFest celebration
- From Donte Ingram to Sister Jean: Get to know the Loyola Ramblers
- Republicano propone votación para prorrogar DACA
- ‘Cinderella’ headed to Elmwood Park High School
- Citadel’s Ken Griffin is still Illinois’ richest person — and he’s getting richer
- Pitchfork adds The War on Drugs, Chaka Khan to summer music fest lineup
- Childhood vaccine rates increase but more parents also are refusing
- 6 project ideas to recreate your kitchen
- Advanced hearing technology stands up to wintry conditions
- Forbes ranks Illinois’ billionaires
- Son of former champion spells his way to Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Should you tell loved ones you’re starting therapy?
- Waukegan Concert Chorus celebrates female composers
- Lane closures start Friday on Tri-State Tollway through Lake County
- Guillermo del Toro revela que está divorciado
- Man City can’t compare to Barca, Madrid yet – Guardiola
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: District 64 student artwork on display; ERA speaker at Action Ridge
- Assault weapons ban moves forward in Deerfield, April vote likely
- Naperville People in the News
- A towering problem: Illinois’ ‘pole tax’
- Trump says North Korea’s willingness to talk could be ‘progress’ or ‘false hope’
- Kevin Love discloses bouts with panic attacks and mental health: ‘This is an everyone thing’
- Jason Moran and Kenwood band release triumphant album
- Dolphins owner says he won’t make players stand for the national anthem
- What’s the easiest way to grow orchids?
- UnitedHealthcare to pass drug rebates on to some customers
- Video: Joseph Anthony Byrd sings from Paramount’s 4-star ‘Cabaret’
- Tiffany Haddish didn’t need an Oscar nomination to win awards season
- Read the full proposal to ban assault weapons in Deerfield
- Former ESPN on-air personality files sexual harassment lawsuit
- Corey Crawford not likely to be back on ice soon for Blackhawks
- Engineering technology camp among Hinsdale District 86 summer school courses
- Speak Out
- Speak Out
- Stacking up the Epic and Ikon ski passes: Which makes most sense for Midwesterners?
- Intentan secuestrar a un niño frente a un parque
- Kate McLaughlin leads New Trier to state final at United Center
- Pop-up ads in your car? It could be the next big thing
- Looks from H&M’s Studio Collection
- Chicago fashion blogger talks about her H&M partnership and being a ‘micro-influencer’
- Trump administration once again lifts elephant trophy ban
- Chicagoland high school boys basketball rankings, March 5
- Old things find new purpose in Elmhurst Art Museum exhibit
- Blackhawks sign Erik Gustafsson to two-year extension
- Diamondbacks bringing back the bullpen cart
- Britain vows response if Russia is behind ex-spy’s illness and collapse
- Lena Waithe wants to see your script — but only if it’s good
- Emanuel administration sues top drug distributors over opioid crisis
- Oscar para Chile muestra rezago en ley de identidad
- Skokie Subway restaurant badly damaged following kitchen fire
- The sheet pan is the most versatile item in your kitchen
- Single mom of 6-year-old killed in early morning head-on crash in Berwyn, cops say
- Against all odds, a choir focused on new music prospers
- St. Viator’s special senior class moves on after perfect run in ESCC
- Should she be telling us this? Patti LuPone sings and tells all in her night at Steppenwolf
- My worst moment: Sebastian Maniscalco on doing stand-up comedy in a boxing ring
- Looking back at 39 years at Quenchers
- Quenchers owner looks back on 39 years, hopes pioneering Chicago bar will endure
- ‘We’ve got their back’: DACA supporters rally in Aurora
- Vandals burned down shed, destroyed equipment at Fremont Township’s Behm Park
- Jill Valentine named executive director of Stage 773
- Blackhawks for a day
- Kevin Love habla de sus problemas mentales
- City offers venues grants to present free-admission jazz programs
- Survey: Oak Parkers enjoy high quality of life, but trust in government declining
- DNR investigating dumping of 91 snow geese in Porter County
- When smoke gets in your soup: Warming flavors for cold weather
- 2 arrested after several fights erupt following Oak Forest’s Fleadh, police say
- Ex-cop pleads guilty to lesser charge after conviction overturned
- ‘It’s a good opportunity for us to interact’: Police referee annual youth dodgeball tournament in Park Ridge
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- A still-fuming Fred Hoiberg is looking for Bulls leaders to emerge
- Trump is systematically backing off consumer protections, to delight of corporations
- On Tuesday night, Daniel Biss takes the stage with Pussy Riot in Chicago
- Meet ‘Flippy,’ a burger-flipping robot alternative to wage-earning workers
- ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli deserves at least 15 years in prison, prosecutors say
- NFL referees Ed Hochuli and Jeff Triplette retire
- Highland Park landlord asks city to allow real estate office downtown
- Country legend remembered in music-filled ‘Always…Patsy Cline’
- New St. Patrick’s Day fest planned in Yorkville
- California parents who housed kids in desert shack released
- Former library director in Colorado to lead Barrington Area Library
- Former Northbrook trustee suggests board should pursue village assault weapon ban
- Watchdog: Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway violated Hatch Act
- Schoos test run
- Russian plane crash in Syria kills 39 servicemen
- El Tri puso a Osorio como objeto de deseo
- Selection Sunday show will reveal all NCAA tournament teams in the 1st 10 minutes
- Expo offers advice on survival, green living at fairgrounds
- Park Place Glenview homes hit the market
- Inside the Magic website sold to new owner
- Cae avión ruso en Siria y deja 39 muertos
- Suspect in bank robbery attempt arrested after three-hour standoff in Old Irving Park
- Military investigation finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval
- Extra police at Munster High after social media threat, officials say
- Hobart police ask for help identifying White Castle armed robbery suspect
- Evanston city clerk appears in court on driver’s license suspension charge, case continued to April
- Tinley Park postal office workers convicted in drug delivery scheme
- Comings & Goings: Deli, gaming cafe opens in Justice
- ‘Soñadores’ creen que las urnas castigarán a legisladores que no apoyaron DACA
- Collar county endorsements
- Retired Elgin police sergeant charged with stealing $34K from police union
- After canceling Divvy contract, Oak Park to study new bike-share options
- Former Chicago Bears head coach Dave Wannstedt sells Near North condo for $1.025 million
- Glenview residents set to vote on $17 million park district referendum
- Strong personality keeping you from love? Dating tips for the black alpha woman
- Aurora looks at more than $6 million in road projects
- Las mejores imágenes del PSG vs. Real Madrid en Champions
- Man shot in arm in Blue Island, police say
- West Virginia leaders reach deal to end teachers strike
- One chef’s social experiment: Charge minorities $12, white people $30.
- House to take up school safety bill after Florida shooting
- Hinsdale, District 181 officials work out finances for parking deck next to middle school
- Where did Michael Shannon watch the Oscars? On a bar TV at the Old Town Ale House
- One chef’s social experiment: Charge minorities $12, white people $30
- Roosevelt School enjoys four sold-out performances of its annual V-show
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, March 7
- Macy’s sells Northbrook Court space to shopping center, will continue to operate
- DuPage County’s largest sports/entertainment/expo facility to be built in Naperville
- Women deserve to run for office in Cook County without intimidation
- Roosevelt Variety Show
- Jennifer Garner delights the internet by embracing her new meme
- Cabdriver charged with sex abuse, kidnapping of passenger he picked up in River North
- Mueller witness George Papadopoulos weds Italian sweetheart at Chicago’s City Hall
- Sports calendar
- Lakeview ‘flyover’ project
- Catch 35 draws seafood from all over the U.S.
- NRA members protecting schools? Sign me up.
- Tracker app keeps District 204 parents, students in the loop about late buses
- Loyola backup goalie Gabriella Ciesla plays outstanding in loss
- Kirk Cousins will be a free agent as Redskins officially decline to use franchise tag
- Political newcomer Clark to challenge incumbent Davis in Democratic primary for 7th District
- Kane County clerk encourages early voting
- Tillerson heads to Africa with explaining to do for Trump
- Ava Gawley helps Fenwick girls hockey become a contender again
- Brian Kelly happy with Day 1 of Notre Dame spring QB competition
- Bill to erode power of Gary School Board passes Senate
- Boys basketball notes: Season ends abruptly for Fenwick, OPRF
- All aboard for South Shore expansion plans? Winning public support still a goal, RDA official says
- 62 years later, Pancake Fest in Northbrook is still a family tradition
- River Forest doctor, Chicago construction manager seek Republican nomination for 7th Congressional District seat
- El Real Madrid apaga el infierno de París
- Smucker, Conagra call off $285M Wesson oil deal after FTC complaint
- Trump says he’ll push aluminum, steel tariffs despite pressure from GOP
- Speak Out: Obama a leader who could talk to people
- Aspirante al puesto de García pide investigar las donaciones de campaña ‘ilegales’ de su oponente
- Bears buy time by placing transition tag on cornerback Kyle Fuller
- Gabe Bergeron gives best as Dundee-Crown wins first regional title since 2009
- Scholarship dinner raises more than $400,000 for North Shore Country Day School
- Indiana officials: Seven Peaks Duneland water park still hasn’t addressed multiple violations
- Despite urging by Trump and McConnell, Mississippi governor will not appoint himself to Senate seat
- Ronaldo does it again as Real Madrid dump PSG out of Europe
- Pictures: 25th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
- Feedback wanted: Oak Park District 97 to seek public input as it creates its equity policy
- Blackhawks grant 12-year-old’s wish to practice with team — and ‘fight’ Jonathan Toews
- Church news
- Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn’t good for business — or America
- Rahm Emanuel’s ID card
- Aurora crash causes diesel fuel leak into Fox River
- Is Hollywood ready for real diversity?
- NFL veteran Corey Liuget donates $10K to Stoneman Douglas football team for scholarship fund
- North Chicago shooting victim dies
- Bonzie Colson leads Notre Dame to 67-64 win over Pitt in ACC tournament
- Lake Zurich officials stress compromise after reviewing revisions to controversial Life Time Fitness proposal
- Trump vows to counteract any Russian interference in 2018 elections
- Chicago rock station WLUP to switch formats to Christian music Saturday under new owners
- Prospect Park adding parking along Oxford Avenue
- Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry seeks groups to ‘adopt’ a month to help with growing need for deliveries
- Hungry Young man: Ben Young improves outside shot to give West Aurora a boost
- Electric bicycles may soon be rolling on Naperville trails
- Illinois emergency rooms see 66 percent spike in opioid overdose visits: report
- Day of Action: Oak Park Progressive Women leaders say it’s time for members to move beyond the online forum
- Man on ‘jihad’ admits to killing 4 in cross-country binge
- Spring training: Cubs 9, Dodgers 5
- Son pleads not guilty to charges he fatally shot dad at Hoffman Estates home
- Half-built backyard treehouse must come down, Palatine officials say in wake of complaints
- Tuesday’s recap: White Sox 6, Brewers 4
- North Shore Country Day School 2018 Scholarship Dinner
- Google celebrates Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez
- Barbie releases line of (frightfully thin) heroine dolls
- Glenview woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for Medicare kickback scheme
- Arctic hit with record warmth this winter
- Hot start makes Ian Happ obvious choice for Cubs’ leadoff spot
- The tale of an abandoned mutt who became an unlikely hero
- Tinley Park man driving BMW pointed BB gun at vehicle in traffic, police say
- U46 board OKs member guidelines, including one on social media use
- Kennedy wants Illinois to pull pension investments from gun companies
- Evanston choral group performs ‘music for social change’
- Disaster centers open in Lake Station, Jasper County
- Uses of the presidential seal can be horrifyingly tacky, but it’s not criminal
- New Lenox weighs another site for sewer plant
- Donte Ingram hopes to inspire a Chicago recruiting wave at Loyola
- Creator of Pepe the Frog is suing Infowars
- Abundancia de candidatos latinos en primarias puede propiciar más poder
- Crown Point man killed at work Monday
- Serious injury in crash near Fountain Square in Waukegan, police say
- Ask Tom: Does Chicago get lake-effect snow?
- What to make of Kim’s offer to talk nukes
- Yu Darvish era with Cubs off to an interesting start
- Man hired to sweep Pruitt’s office for bugs is in business with top EPA security official
- West Virginia teachers’ victory gives hope to sagging labor movement
- Cult-favorite Mexican sandwich shop Cemitas Puebla closing Hyde Park location
- Nashville mayor resigns after affair with bodyguard, pleads guilty to theft
- Tuesday’s recap: Cubs 9, Dodgers 5
- Why Americans should give socialism a try
- The long, terrifying history of Russian dissidents being poisoned abroad
- Possible storm puts homecoming on ice for Olympic gold medalist Kendall Coyne
- Naperville Police Department awards $36,000 grant to 360 Youth Services
- DuPage Co., Naperville join forces on synchronizing traffic lights in city
- ‘Strong and brave’ moving girls and women forward on International Women’s Day
- Elgin ‘Irish You Were Here’ community dinner set for St. Patrick’s Day
- Suspect accused of killing parents in his Michigan dorm appears for court from hospital bed, bond lowered
- Elgin teen killed in crash was ‘class clown’ who wanted to help others, friends say
- Carson aides to supply decoration records in wake of allegations
- iFest back, Civil War sequel, Nightmare tweaked on Elgin’s special events schedule
- Speaker Madigan warns House Democrats to keep relationships with staff ‘strictly professional’
- Maine Township shares letters regarding assessor’s reinstatement into pension fund
- Loyola to host Selection Sunday watch party at Gentile Arena
- Storm Reid blows through Chicago, talks ‘Wrinkle in Time’ and Oprah
- Maine Township trustees seek appeal as pension is reinstated for assessor
- 2 shot in ‘targeted’ Harvey home invasion; offenders at large, city spokesman says
- U.N. issued trade sanctions against North Korea; then hackers infiltrated it
- Disabato: Providence recovers from Kennedy Cup loss, seeks ‘something special’
- Bail set at $300K for Aurora man accused of beating, kidnapping
- UIC fires women’s basketball coach Regina Miller
- Adam Engel and Ryan Cordell appear to have leg up on White Sox center field job
- Gary Cohn, Trump’s top economic adviser, resigning amid tariffs dispute
- The post-Obama generation is done with the Democratic Party’s old ways
- Police: Yorkville High student brings bullet to school
- Center fielder Charlie Tilson among first White Sox roster cuts
- Improving weather here as another nor’easter hits East Coast
- Spring training: White Sox 6, Brewers 4
- From suffrage movement to #MeToo, Richards’ Feminism Club enlightens student body
- Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism and the silence of the left
- Cubs’ Ben Zobrist wants to expand his portfolio to include first base more
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, March 7
- After talks with NBA, Robin Lopez and Justin Holiday back in Bulls rotation
- Charlie in charge: Healy takes on toughest defensive assignments for Valparaiso
- Mitch Trubisky finally speaks publicly about Matt Nagy and Bears’ new offense
- Justice Department sues California over ‘sanctuary’ laws that aid those in U.S. illegally
- Revered principal Robert Croston fought to save a dying Chicago school. With success in reach, an illness claimed his life.
- For Northwest Indiana DACA recipients, uncertainty remains
- Read Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump
- DePaul women win their 3rd Big East tournament title
- Deandre Freeman a giant off the bench at Morgan Park stymies St. Laurence
- Trump says North Korea is ‘sincere’ on reported offer to hold nuclear talks
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, March 7
- Chris Johnson comes back but Naperville North’s rally falls short in sectional
- Authorities search for northwest suburban teen and her toddler son
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, March 7
- ‘ER’s’ Noah Wyle, Chicago actor Michael Patrick Thornton and ‘Shameless’ alum Noel Fisher added to ‘Red Line’ pilot
- J.R. Cison comes through as Lake Zurich holds off Libertyville in sectional
- Mother of Congolese girl being held in Chicago is released, reunification likely
- ‘Christopher Robin’ Teaser Sees Pooh Reuniting With His Old Friend
- Landen Gladney good to go for St. Rita, but Jordan Booker lifts Bogan in sectional
- How the Washington establishment is losing out to little-known Trump advisers on trade
- Blackhawks 2, Avalanche 1 (OT)