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- Starbucks Happy Hour: BOGO hot and cold espresso drinks on Thursday
- Cubs avoid no-hitter but fall to Indians 1-0
- White Sox 11, Orioles 1
- Welington Castillo’s PED suspension a setback for White Sox rebuild
- Yellowstone grizzly bears are off the endangered list; Wyoming says it’s time to hunt them again
- Welington Castillo’s reported PED suspension overshadows White Sox’s 11-1 victory over Orioles
- Ohio man, 21, threatens to shoot up school after 14-year-old girlfriend was bullied: court documents
- Alex Ovechkin and Braden Holtby shine in Game 7 to help Capitals beat Lightning 4-0
- Celtics beat Cavaliers 96-83 in Game 5 to take lead in East finals 3-2
- 21 recommended shows to see this week
- Two women shot in Englewood, man shot in Brighton Park Wednesday
- How much does it cost to save a life? Sometimes treating cancer means going broke
- Renovated Addison apartments offer special draw: one-bedrooms topping 1,000 square feet
- Hinsdale home near pond: $2.6M
- Hail the Obama temple, and silence at City Hall
- 15 of the weirdest Bob Dylan cover songs to celebrate his birthday
- As Starbucks gears up for training, here’s why ‘implicit bias’ can be good, bad or very bad
- Woman must reset her dorkometer for dating success
- Amazon official to Emanuel on Chicago HQ2 pitch: ‘Everyone here was impressed’
- Morning Spin: Emanuel doesn’t take a side in sports betting debate
- ‘First Reformed’ review: Ethan Hawke’s bracing dark night of the soul
- More women are landing seats on Illinois’ corporate boards, but pace of change is ‘glacial’
- ‘On Chesil Beach’ review: Saoirse Ronan stars in scenes from a brief marriage
- Aldermen propose renaming Balbo Drive after civil rights champion Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Two women robbed in Old Town minutes apart Wednesday
- Luis Miguel en Chicago: ¡México por siempre!
- State’s highest court orders judge in Officer Van Dyke’s murder trial to stop sealing every filing
- Fatal police shooting, 8-hour barricade and bank robbery being probed in Lake County — all involved long rifles
- If public perception changes on Kevin White, it will be because of his play, not his words
- Man who groped customer during massage at Evanston spa found guilty of sex abuse
- Mauled in the Montana woods, grizzly bear researcher walks miles with a fractured skull for help
- Donald Trump on national anthem: Players who protest ‘maybe shouldn’t be in the country’
- Amazon, Starbucks pledge money to repeal Seattle head tax
- New York City to consider ban on plastic straws
- Hoping for a peaceful weekend
- Bald guy in a visor? Bears coach Matt Nagy uses his head
- Uber shutting down self-driving operations in Arizona
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: May 24-30
- 11 Memorial Day food and drink deals around Chicago
- Mundial 2018/Grupo C: Los galos son claros favoritos
- Istanbul selected to host the 2020 Champions League final
- A robot submarine found the ‘Holy Grail of shipwrecks’ off the coast of Colombia
- 5 things to eat, drink, do this weekend
- Iniesta joins Japanese club Vissel Kobe
- Seventh-grader threatened to ‘shoot up’ Porter County school, police say
- Cox Media Group to close Diehards Network, including Big Ten-centric website
- NBA defends quest for ‘integrity fee’ payment in sports bets
- World Cup Countdown: Eriksen leads Denmark team looking to replicate 1992 heroics
- Amid effort to focus on more than just academics, schools change approach to discipline
- ‘Tattoos and Tiffanys’: Randolph Street Market turns 15
- OPINIÓN/Adiós don Andrés
- Prickly City- hurt
- If it’s the Indians, then it’s Joe Maddon overmanaging
- Best of the biggest: 2018 Ford Expedition outdoes Nissan Armada and other full-size SUVs
- Following in footsteps — or wagon ruts — of American history on Oregon Trail
- Milwaukee police release footage of officers using Taser on Bucks’ Sterling Brown after parking violation
- Jason Bateman ‘incredibly embarrassed’ after ‘mansplaining’ to ‘Arrested Development’ co-star Jessica Walter
- World Cup Group C preview: the French are the clear favorites
- Cops: Missing teens found safe
- Trump cancela cumbre con el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un
- Registration still open for Canoe and Kayak Race on Fox River
- ‘Survivor’ final vote deadlocks, tiebreaker vote needed
- 8 boozy slushies you should try
- What lurks underneath ‘Star Wars” new Chewbacca? A 7-foot former basketball player from Finland
- Hollywood’s sweeping generalizations about ‘mainstream America’ are getting it wrong
- Merrillville brewery plans to expand operation with tasting room
- After months apart, father surprises young son at school: ‘It meant the world to Hunter’
- Nigeria midfielder Nididi recovering from injury ‘faster than expected’
- Reading recommendations for Michelle Obama, Chance the Rapper and other Chicago celebs
- Tours of theme-park companies to boost Give Kids the World
- Batavia decides to stick with longtime garbage hauler
- Hallan el cuerpo de una joven mexicana desaparecida en 2015 en Utah
- Read: Trump cancels North Korean summit with letter to Kim Jong Un
- La Grange gears up for Hometown Magic Pet Parade, carnival
- EPA: Lead study and cleanup in Whiting, Hammond ‘still a work in progress’
- Which beaches made Dr. Beach’s Top 10 this year?
- New Bears OC Mark Helfrich chasing ‘perfection’ with Mitch Trubisky
- Dr. Beach’s Top 10 beaches in the U.S.
- Pochettino signs 5-year contract to remain at Tottenham
- Woman jumps from taxi on I-80 in Will County
- Memorial Day weekend filled with activities in Fox Valley
- ‘The only thing I did was to tell the truth,’ young sex assault victim says at sentencing of Woodstock man
- Leasing deal with Sprint could bring more than $32 million to Triton College over 30 years
- Grandmother who brutally killed infant in Oak Lawn found not guilty by reason of insanity
- Where violence overshadows the beginning of summer: ‘I just hope it’s a peaceful holiday’
- Chicago’s population down third year in a row — but we’re still ahead of Houston: census
- Manker: The traditions of life give us reasons to celebrate — and reflect
- What’s next for NFL and players’ protests after league enacts new anthem policy?
- Illinois House approves plan allowing six-month suspension of gun rights for people showing ‘red flags’
- Shout Out: Ryan Prendergast, Maine South ‘technology leader and innovator’
- Rooney arrives in Washington for talks with DC United
- My EU 261 claim from WOW Air is ‘in process.’ What does that even mean?
- Police search for man accused of trying to kidnap an 11-year-old
- Dog owner searches for missing St. Bernard mix: ‘Please bring her home’
- Buscan a un sujeto que manoseó a una jovencita en el tren
- Ready to read: Libraries in Oak Park, River Forest prepare for summer programs aimed at students
- High prices and canceled flights mar Champions League final in Kiev
- Drive Shack: New Swing Pass for weekday play
- Eating right and staying healthy in retirement
- 5 tips for creating lasting memories on summer vacation
- 5 tips for women to conquer summer discomforts
- #RumboARuidoFest : Celso Piña
- Former Winnetkan uses summer camps to open world of fashion, sewing to young students
- Time is running out to make the midterm elections secure
- Mortgage rates have been rising at a pace not seen in almost 50 years
- Opinion: Farewell, ‘Don Andres’
- Could the Cubs go an entire season without a complete game?
- Get ready for buses at O’Hare this year as ‘people mover’ gets rehab
- Kelly Zutrau is back in control of Wet, and that’s good
- Nuevos detalles revelan cómo líderes del narco en Chicago influyeron en los ataques contra los 43 normalistas desaparecidos
- The Mountain Goats keep right on climbing that popularity hill
- Danny Farquhar to throw out the first pitch at White Sox’s June 1 game
- Nathaniel Rateliff is a missionary of a different kind now
- Speak Out
- Williams sisters to team up for doubles at the French Open
- Ric Wilson finds a call to arms in the idea of bad art
- New principal hired for Autumn Creek School in Yorkville
- Nelson Rodríguez: ‘Al Chicago Fire le pongo una C’
- ESG turned ‘accident’ into music history
- Why is Instagram adding a mute button? Because rejection is scary
- District 64 endorses ‘role model’ mission statement for school resource officer program
- Quickly
- Proposed U.S. Steel consent decree brings questions from environmentalists
- 2015 emails show USA Gymnastics came up with false excuses for Larry Nassar’s absence at events
- Back to basics: Local youths ditch smartphones, use ‘real’ cameras for Grayslake photo exhibit
- Gwyneth Paltrow says Brad Pitt threatened Harvey Weinstein after an alleged sexual misconduct
- After chilly spring, beer industry hopes Memorial Day weekend will kick-start sales
- Hinsdale South presents 386 diplomas to class of 2018
- 8 boozy slushies you’ll want to drink this summer
- Why Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Life of the Party’ could spark a quiet revolution
- Declaran culpable a un masajista por manosear a una clienta
- BuzzFeed News developing documentary for Hulu about allegations against R. Kelly
- Riot Fest early-bird tickets on sale tonight before lineup revealed May 30
- Russian military unit brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine: investigators
- Shout Out: Derek Faust, pancreatic cancer survivor
- Jack Johnson — pardoned by Trump — fought hard against racism
- Price hikes, canceled flights mar lead-up to Champions League final
- Donald Trump grants posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson
- Pravda: Elon Musk’s solution for punishing journalists
- Trump aplaude prohibición a jugadores NFL de arrodillarse
- Police will be ‘actively enforcing’ roadways, waterways over Memorial Day weekend
- Real Madrid return Champions League final tickets after price increases
- National writer calls Northwestern’s Ryan Fieldhouse the ‘nicest facility in all of college football’
- Speak out: Aurora homeowners need to take care of dandelions
- Liverpool fans stranded on route to Champions League final after flights cancelled
- Salah, un superhéroe en su aldea natal, en delta del Nilo
- Kite fest returns to Naperville
- Fact check: Trump puts words about spying in Clapper’s mouth
- Chicago’s biggest art gallery could be the trove of treasures hanging in bars
- Homer Glen OKs agreements for sewer line hoped to help spur development
- Naper Nights concerts chronicle history of rock
- Tacos-and-tequila joint Federales going national as Chicago’s Four Corners expands
- From the archive, June 11, 1946: Jack Johnson loses life in auto crash
- Hinsdale South graduation
- Beach cleanup for Memorial Day
- Speak Out: Telsa sending Trojan horse to Elgin, late night talk shows not funny
- Lake Station BZA rejects food waste recycling project
- Woman gets prison for leaving South Bend accident that killed girl, 6
- Guest column: Students need to keep grades up as they transition to high school
- Competition, online shopping among challenges facing Buffalo Grove’s new effort to invigorate Lake Cook Road
- Recommended Chicago classical concerts for May 25-31
- Emergency rule prohibits most anchoring in Michigan waterway after tugboat causes toxic leak
- Koch Brothers running ads in Wisconsin for Rep. Grothman
- MLB panel says baseballs are getting an extra lift, but the cause is unknown
- Why Icon Orlando wheel will be lit all red
- ‘I was not going to let him get away,’ says Dixon cop who confronted suspect in high school shooting
- Speak Out: Trump the diplomat, drug-free solution for depression
- Review: Glam-rich Blvd is ready for its close-up
- Selle: Police shooting rouses quiet Gurnee neighborhood
- 80-year-old man crashes car into seafood store in Niles, then walks a few doors down to get a haircut
- Nellie Fox’s card inspiration for Big League Chew: ‘My dad used to say it was lightning in a pouch’
- Girl groped while riding Blue Line train in Wicker Park
- Trump vs. Kim: Can this grudge match be saved?
- Townhouse development headed to former home of District 97 administration on Madison Street in Oak Park
- Cupich to honor dozens of priests, nuns at church service in Evergreen Park
- Chicago-area gas prices spike to highest levels since 2014 ahead of travel-heavy Memorial Day weekend
- Federales in Fulton Market
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, May 25
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, May 25
- Community news
- Underwood rally draws more than 300 supporters, including Pritzker and head of DNC
- Why do the same bands play so many Chicago festivals?
- Shout Out: Javid Iqbal, class clown turned Second City imrov fellow
- How ‘Solo’ cinematographer found light in his Chicago childhood
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, May 25
- Luis Miguel se declara ‘el incondicional’ de su público
- Trump signs law rolling back post-financial crisis banking rules
- Lake Zurich District 95 sets timetable for referendum projects, starting with May Whitney Elementary
- Getting dressed for work requires skirting a double standard
- Friday Night Flights back for another summer of neighborhood beer fests
- Pictures: Grayton Beach State Park
- Two Florida beaches make Dr. Beach Top 10 list for best beach in the U.S.
- Netflix is now more valuable than Disney
- Switch to relief pitching paves way for Cubs’ Justin Hancock to reach major leagues
- Backlash from Oswego cheerleaders’ ‘Ugly’ controversy all about stereotypes, first impressions
- CTA manager resigns after nude photos found on his computer
- ‘He changed the culture’: Former Merrillville football coach Ken Haupt dies after long battle with cancer
- West Leyden celebrates graduation
- Pictures: Colin Kaepernick can’t find an NFL job. Meet the 121 quarterbacks who have one
- Trump, Kim meeting called off
- EPA deal marks dramatic shift away from dirty coal power in Chicago area
- Trump’s ‘animal’ comments were loathsomely loaded and coded
- Letter: Thanks to Techny Basin volunteers
- Beware of Schreier: Ethan Schreier’s grand slam in the first inning powers Neuqua Valley to regional rout
- Memorial Day prayer
- Downtown markets offer farm produce and specialties in Western Springs and La Grange
- Shout Out: Liz Dunton, boutique co-owner
- Let’s hear it for Memorial Day weekend at the beach. Oh, but the litter …
- Shout Out: Jordan Dahiya, musician
- Todo listo para la novena edición de Mole de Mayo
- Orioles 9, White Sox 3
- Shout Out: Daniel Nieto, Mundelein student
- Are Illinois lawmakers paid too well?
- Benton won’t break: Matthew Benton pitches eight-strikeout gem as Hobart edges Crown Point in sectional
- Minnesota man charged with murder of relative’s ex in Gary
- ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ explores how well we can know each other
- The Champions League final, Wenger’s successor at Arsenal and the best of the week in soccer
- Cruising Craigslist for new furniture, with an ‘Empire’ set decorator as your guide
- Don’t fall prey to forces trying to make us fear the “other”
- Bluegrass Festival returns to Yorkville farm
- Still at impasse with union, Mondelez imposes parts of last offer
- Sharing ‘Alex’s story’: Oak Park family continues lemonade stand tradition
- The Obama center should pay its own way
- Mundelein elementary and high school districts to share superintendent who will get $70,000 raise
- If President Trump had written his breakup letter to Kim Jong Un in rhyme: A new TrumPoem
- Class sizes, aging schools, other issues seen as D204 priorities, but task force team urges more study
- It’s not the action of kneeling that matters — it’s the message
- West Leyden graduation
- Untangling the school shooting narrative
- Shout Out: Beth Napoli, caregiver and Lake Forest resident
- Collision course: Aurora Christian and Harvest Christian win in semis to set up sectional title game
- Weinstein se entregará mañana a las autoridades de NY
- Hammond mayor discovers almost 30 genitalia spray-painted on bike trail ‘like directional signs’
- Northbrook exploring possibility of moving Metra station to Grainger property
- Two Chicago cops plead not guilty to charges they stole cash and drugs seized in raids
- We must protect migrant children from abuse by U.S. Border Patrol
- Democratic Party official calls for ethics probe over Rep. Gianforte’s attack on reporter
- District 225 approves 5-year contract with teacher association
- New ‘Pixar’ exhibit at MSI has Buzz Lightyear and real STEM — and isn’t just a booster for the movies
- Graduation day: East Leyden seniors honored
- Boys track notes: Donovan Turner leads 14 state qualifiers in 12 events for Neuqua Valley as Naperville seeks state sweep
- Yes returns to Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana for shows
- McDonald’s will keep using plastic straws, but is studying alternatives
- NFL’s anthem rule vs. the patriotism of protest
- NFL teams under no time pressure to form own anthem policies
- Electric vehicle startup Rivian gets $200 million in funding to recharge shuttered Normal plant
- Glencoe to expand Children’s Circle full-day preschool offerings
- Multitude of Memorial Day events happening in Fox Valley this weekend
- South Shore Orchestra performs ‘Roman Invasion’
- Argentine tennis player Nicolas Kicker, ranked No. 85 in the world, cited for fixing 2 matches in 2015
- Policías se declaran no culpables de robar drogas y dinero
- Immigrant rights rally in Aurora addresses what to do if approached by ICE
- Ameristar opens 15,000-square-foot gaming room in East Chicago, becoming 1st NWI casino to operate on land
- White Sox’s reaction to Welington Castillo’s suspension? It’s complicated
- Trump can win by walking away from North Korea talks
- Ocho mujeres acusan a Morgan Freeman de comportamiento indebido
- Lincoln-Way official offers compromise after daytime pool use cut due to student safety concerns
- Rockin’ Riley: Illinois recruit Riley Gowens helps pitch Libertyville past Lake Zurich in regional semifinals
- Park Ridge ‘Cocktails for Concerts’ fundraiser open to 250 participants, organizer says
- Irish developer walks away from plan to build 20,000 homes on South Works site
- Man wounded in early May dies weeks after shooting in Back of Yards neighborhood
- With eye on diversity, Elgin may relax requirements for firefighter applicants
- ‘It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life’: Gene Nolan leaves Marist for Naperville North
- Mindi Abair brings sax prowess to Memorial Opera House show
- Shout Out: Michael Stevens, visits to Harwood Heights Raising Cane’s stirring memories of home
- Man in coma after Glendale Heights hammer attack; West Chicago man charged, officials say
- LeBron, Cavs facing win-or-else Game 6 vs Celtics
- Dick Biondi no longer employed by WLS, says station
- ‘Hair’ set as NBC’s next live musical
- Amazon, the death of the Rosemont Theatre and a cautionary tale for Chicago
- Hasbro trademarks Play-Doh scent
- Mother pushed 3-month-old daughter’s stroller toward street and ran off as police tried to question her, prosecutors say
- Police search for man who offered 12-year-old a ride outside Elmhurst middle school
- Lucas Giolito bombarded in White Sox’s 9-3 loss to Orioles
- Man gets 55 years in prison for Aurora murder over small amount of pot
- At South Works, dreams dashed once again
- 5 safety tips for the grilling season
- 5 ways for families to tackle summer on-the-go
- Denuncian actividad de ‘la Migra’ en Chicago y suburbios
- Timbiriche: Siempre juntos
- School district in New York state to test facial-recognition technology used in casinos
- Park Ridge property owner seeks multi-family zoning of South Park business site
- Portage production takes a fantastical journey with ‘Alice in Wonderland’
- U46 teachers contract would alter pay schedule, tie salary bumps to out-of-classroom work
- ‘A Day in Our Village’: Annual celebration set in Oak Park
- There’s no bravery in Rep. Cassidy’s quitting her side job with Dart
- Skokie trustees OK construction of a ‘peace’ pathway on Illinois Holocaust Museum campus
- United taps FAA trailblazer as airline’s first female board chairman
- Man stole $20,000 from Chicago-area banks over 18-month period, officials say
- Hutton: Kaleb Foster finds ‘Field of Dreams’ late, but makes up for lost time with the Portage baseball team
- NFL owners have picked a political side with new anthem policy — and it’s the wrong side of history
- First-time AP students tell D204 school board they relished the challenge
- Acing the test: Zoe Herdman strikes out six in one-hitter as Neuqua Valley wins to reach regional final
- Salvatore Gendusa, noted Chicago softball player and teammate of Mike Royko, dies at 75
- Community news: Orland bingo player saves woman from choking
- The search for seven: North Central College’s Luke Winder battles injury in quest for another national title in the pole vault
- Naperville man adds electronic bikes to his kayak business
- Aurora train derailment
- Ex-bat boy on working for 1948 White Sox: ‘I learned an awful lot as a 14-year-old’
- Marian Catholic principal’s ‘passion’ for pro wrestling turns into fundraiser that drew over 800
- Portage Summer Music Series features festival spirit plus familiar favorites
- Confronting Madigan’s culture of intimidation
- ESPN’s Matt Vasgersian to call Cubs-Giants from bleachers, maybe ‘wearing a Hawk Harrelson T-shirt’
- Man seriously wounded among 6 shot since Thursday morning
- Mom accidentally shoots 6-year-old daughter at Lansing party, officials say
- Plane was upside-down before crash that killed suburban activist Rob Sherman, safety board says
- Anti-police academy group files suit to stop Friday vote on proposal
- Bucks’ Sterling Brown tells ABC: ‘I get mad every time I watch’ police video
- Iran will lose its war against free expression
- Oldest in majors, Rangers pitcher Bartolo Colon turns 45
- Freight train derailment in Aurora forces evacuation of animal shelter; no injuries reported
- ‘Entirely improper’: White House lawyer’s presence at briefings on FBI’s Russia source roils lawmakers
- National anthem issue gets to heart of how the NFL, NBA deal with their players
- North Korea says it’s still willing to sit down for talks with U.S. at ‘any time’
- Ty’s the guy: Ty Liaromatis strikes out nine in one-hitter as Yorkville ousts West Aurora in regional
- Amazon Echo recorded family’s conversation, then sent it to a person in their contacts, report says
- Ask Tom: When will cold breezes due to winds off the lake end?
- Rachel Dolezal, former NAACP leader who posed as black, accused of welfare fraud
- Memorial Day weekend could see first 90s of season
- New center, garden in Austin will serve as ‘peace hub’
- Officials warn parents after reports of man making ‘inappropriate comments’ to girls walking to Oak Park school
- Former Indiana football coach Bill Mallory in hospice after fall, son says
- Portage mayor back in federal court as a judge reviews whether prosecutors accessed privileged communication
- Gunman shoots at men on Aurora porch while children play in yard
- Blaze destroys home in Wadsworth while brush fire fought in nearby Zion
- North Korea demolishes nuclear test site as journalists watch
- El sindicato de la Patrulla Fronteriza califica el despliegue de la Guardia Nacional como un ‘colosal desperdicio’
- Batman Bryce: Arizona State-bound Bryce Barnett delivers at plate as Providence tops H-F in regional
- Uber self-driving SUV saw pedestrian but did not brake, federal report finds
- Alderman opposing new CPD academy is ostracized by Latino Caucus
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, May 25
- Cost estimates for Robert Crown Center in Evanston balloon to $53 million, up from original $30 million
- East Leyden graduation
- Conservatives need to argue about ideas, not about Trump
- Banking on Benko: Indiana State-bound Lexi Benko settles down as Chesterton rallies past Valparaiso for sectional title
- GOP immigration rebels push ahead to force vote despite Trump veto pledge
- Box Office: ‘Incredibles 2’ Tracking for Supercharged $140 Million Opening
- Girls soccer notes: Evanston’s Avery Ackman eager to join the attack
- Lava from Hawaii volcano enters ocean from 3 flows; more evacuations possible