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- With Kris Bryant out hurt, Cubs offense can’t get going in 5-1 loss to Diamondbacks
- Yankees get Zach Britton from Orioles for trio of minor league arms
- A Chicago gun trafficker gets his due
- Carlos Rodon takes no-hitter into sixth, White Sox hang on to beat Angels 4-2
- Georgia lawmaker resigns after dropping pants, shouting racial slurs on Sacha Baron Cohen show
- Morning Spin: City Council set to rename Congress Parkway for Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Big Kennedy Space Center store gets revamp, gantry
- North Barrington home with batting cage: $1.9M
- Elderly mom drives kids crazy, driving around the block
- Alexandria the Great the face of a hard-left movement, and establishment Democrats can only bob their heads
- Man and woman injured by fireworks on North Side
- 10 wounded in city shootings
- Sergio Marchionne, who saved Fiat and Chrysler, has died at 66
- Crashes cause woes for motorists on westbound Indiana Toll Road near LaPorte, state police say
- Cubs seek quick rebound for Javier Baez and starting pitchers
- BAMtheatre to present ‘The Lion King’ with a cast of 100
- Boy who nearly drowned in Fox River was not struck by boat after all, police now say
- Happy birthday, Louise Brown. 40 years after the first IVF baby, 8 million more and counting
- Transcript of Cohen tape suggests Trump knew about model’s deal to sell story of alleged affair
- Lawmakers question possible conflicts of interest in Tollway contracts
- Stockbroker by day, alleged violent Hells Angel by night: After 15 years, fugitive biker back for murder case
- Suburban Chicago man shows off his Cubs cave on Netflix’s ‘Amazing Interiors’
- Did we learn anything from the Cubs fan, the kid and the ‘stolen’ ball?
- Illinois farmers welcome $12 billion in aid, but prefer trade: ‘There’s no magic crop out there’
- NASA’s next great space telescope is stuck on Earth after screwy errors
- Serena Williams hits out again at drug testing ‘discrimination’
- NFL owners ‘of course’ want players to agree to stand for the national anthem
- Necco wafer plant, saved by new owner in May, abruptly shuts down, sold again
- ‘Rudy’ 25th anniversary screening, featuring the real Rudy, Aug. 6
- Woman dies after botched pacemaker surgery at Stroger, $6.45 million settlement proposed: Memo
- Men charged with hate crime in alleged attack on female relative and her boyfriend
- Rep. Maxine Waters’ office evacuated after alleged anthrax threat
- Pop star Demi Lovato awake and recovering with family
- Patti Blagojevich revises history in op-ed as husband Rod seeks Trump commutation
- Local coffee shops, restaurants consider eco-friendly alternatives to plastic straws
- Should you cave in and give your 8-year-old a smartphone?
- Roseanne Barr will appear on TV for first time since firing
- Mega Millions winning ticket worth $522 million sold in California
- Chicago festivals this week: Fiesta del Sol, Wicker Park Fest, Taste of Lincoln Avenue
- Sam Trump gives soul to the trumpet
- When future White Sox stud Michael Kopech pitches, you can’t look away
- Mayan ruins and natural wonders in Central America, a bargain cruise and more
- Moving day postponed for New Lenox’s 118-year-old train depot
- A double cancellation from Aer Lingus, but no refund from Expedia
- Isn’t it as simple as the White Sox trading Joakim Soria to the Cubs?
- Prickly City- scary automation
- GM sideswiped by trade war, cuts outlook as steel prices rise
- Lake Forest aldermen approve repairing collapsed bluff, though costs and details still to come
- Owners of newer GM vehicles can make money through ride-share service
- 4-H competitor has no beef in Porter County Fair cattle grooming contest
- Boeing 2Q profit and revenue top estimates
- The world’s oldest man just turned 113. His secret? Eating candy.
- The challenge for ‘Castle Rock’ was expanding Stephen King’s world without overindulging in it
- ‘Whoa! Who’s that?’ Lovie Smith’s beard stuns at Big Ten media days
- Mbappe reveals dealing with back injury during World Cup finals
- Synthetic marijuana, brighter lights could help with dementia, new research shows
- Milwaukee jail supervisor expected to plead guilty in inmate’s dehydration death
- Sporting CP winger Gelson Martins joins Atletico Madrid
- Kevin Love’s extension is a win for the Cavaliers in more ways than one
- Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized with pickax
- Cech ready to battle for starting job at Arsenal
- American pastor charged in Turkey put under house arrest
- Before her arrest as an alleged Russian agent, Maria Butina’s proud defense of her homeland drew notice at American University
- Rummenigge: Boateng could join PSG if ‘compensation is acceptable’
- After video tops 1.7 million views, Naperville speaker looks to spread his story of growing up in foster care
- Penthouse condo in under-construction Vista Tower under contract for $18.5 million
- Richarlison leaves Watford, joins former boss Silva at Everton
- Merrillville man charged after he was found with guns and mask outside Gary bar
- What’s streaming and leaving Netflix: August 2018
- Prosecutors seek 11-year sentence for former Barcelona boss Rosell
- Laos dam disaster leaves 24 dead, scores missing
- El ‘Tuca’ estaría dispuesto a hablar con el Tri
- Suicide blast kills 31 as Pakistan holds general elections
- Chievo keep Serie A status after case is thrown out
- Watford transfer Amrabat to Saudi side Al-Nassr
- Selle: Newsprint tariffs are Trump’s revenge on hostile press
- Demi Lovato está despierta y en recuperación
- In win for Mondelez, EU rules KitKat cannot trademark four-finger shape
- This South Florida cottage is one of the most desirable Airbnb rentals in the country
- Cardozo, DT Chivas: ‘Dinero no da título’
- Pavard’s goal against Argentina voted as World Cup’s best
- Hammond battery company to add new warehouse
- President attacks reality on same day sleazy Trump-Cohen recording drops
- Wives who make more than their husbands don’t want census to know. Here’s why
- Libertyville fest attracts new, returning artists, features music all day
- Carnival Graveyard house set for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights
- Infiniti of Clarendon Hills looks to buy former Fuller’s Tire site for vehicle storage
- La luna roja será el eclipse solar más largo
- Chicago’s Leopold and Loeb case — ‘One of America’s Most Infamous Crimes’ — detailed in new book
- ‘Law and order’ Trump soft on corporate offenders, report finds
- Klopp: Sturridge can be ‘decisive player’ for Liverpool this season
- Kennedy Center honors for Cher, Reba McEntire, ‘Hamilton’
- Hillary Clinton to appear on ‘Madam Secretary’
- Simeone: ‘Gelson nos da velocidad’
- Nueve heridos en tiroteos de ayer
- New cartoon series aims to simplify understanding of addiction
- Barcelona sign Bordeaux’s Malcom after Roma move breaks down
- Enjoy the good times, CPS. But beware the next crisis.
- Water is buried beneath Mars landscape, study says
- Barcelona to host Real Madrid in La Liga’s first clasico in October
- Gravity is your friend during an intense workout that’ll bring you to your knees
- De que se eche a perder…
- If ‘an almond doesn’t lactate,’ who defines ‘milk’?
- Islamic State claims suicide blasts, attacks that kill dozens in Syria
- Trump accuses China of using ‘vicious’ trade tactics
- Valee raps quietly, but makes a loud impact
- Barrel House Social in La Grange wants to be more than a restaurant
- Josh Turner brings his style of traditional country music to Genesee
- ICE arresta a 65 inmigrantes en su más reciente operativo
- Shout Out: Kathy Lichtenstein, runs a growing dog day care
- Benjamin Pavard’s goal against Argentina voted best of World Cup
- Column: Sexual abuse survivors at ESPY awards offer hope
- A mural paints a thousand words: Southside artist expresses identity in working-class communities
- Man arrested at Third Lake pharmacy tracked down after squeezing out of squad car, sheriff says
- Trump criticizes FCC for moving to block Sinclair-Tribune Media merger
- Sarah Squirm and Dina Nina Martinez among lineup for 7th Annual Women’s Funny Festival
- Coroner identifies man police said was robbed, killed in Lake Villa alley
- Immigrant detained after delivering pizza to Army base is home with family
- Your summer adventure guide to bug-free exploration
- University of Maine football player dies after collapsing at practice
- Trump administration moves to make it harder for defrauded students to erase debt
- Quintana, rey león en la cima del Portet
- FC Dallas trade Acosta to Rapids for Badji, international spot
- Operarán de ambos pies a Yoenis Céspedes
- Spanish FA head Rubiales calls allegations of graft as ‘falsehoods’
- Letters to the Editor: Elgin resident loves the changes made to St. Francis Park
- Guardiola: repeating record-breaking season ‘impossible’ for Man City
- Major League Baseball wants to expand. Montreal wants its Expos back.
- SeaWorld offers July discounts on tickets, Christmas experiences
- Garcia avoids public tiff with Preckwinkle, delays plan for county revenue forecasting commission
- VIDEO/El mejor gol del Mundial 2018 para los votantes de FIFA
- Speak Out
- Grubhub to buy mobile ordering and payment company LevelUp for $390 million
- Get a hike in while taking in a peformance at Arboretum walking plays
- Star-studded Chicago Film Festival gala honors founder Michael Kutza
- Chicago Film Festival Summer Gala
- 16-year-old Aurora boy charged with use of weapon stolen from Elgin
- Some perspective on Trump’s taunts: Iran and the West have a long and tumultuous history
- Shout Out: Robert K. Elder, Oak Park author encourages readers to explore song-related memories
- Photos: Stratford Festival 2018
- Kraft Heinz recalls Taco Bell queso dip; botulism risk could lead to fatal illness
- Cubs closer Brandon Morrow won’t return from disabled list Saturday
- Mariners acknowledge harassment allegations against team president and CEO Kevin Mather
- Black Girls Take Over Douglas Park will honor beauty, sorrow: ‘Sometimes you have to go against a system to fix a system.’
- ‘Deadwood’ movie is definitely happening at HBO
- Chicago’s Federal Savings Bank, which lent $16M to ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, to stay mum during trial
- 3-day Hazel Crest fest brings music, carnival rides and contests
- Chicago works with website that targets vehicles blocking bike lanes, tickets more drivers in crackdown
- Burger chain apologizes for ‘callous’ ad depicting James Foley, journalist executed in Middle East
- Celebrate ‘The Office’ at Replay Lincoln Park’s new pop-up
- Celebrate ‘The Office’ at Replay Lincoln Park’s new pop-up
- Latin jazz groups to perform at festival, along with old favorites
- FBI joins hunt for missing University of Iowa student who disappeared after jog
- Chris Froome crashes at Tour de France after police mistake him for fan
- 65 years after armistice, Korean War vet who tracked Soviet planes remembers ‘forgotten war’
- Remember the Rainbo? The Hub? ‘Rink Rats’ in Elmhurst celebrates roller skating’s glory days
- Column: Remembering Val Camilletti and her magic boxes of records
- Map: Portion of Congress Parkway to be renamed Ida B. Wells Drive
- Speak Out: Drop in smoking possible cause for mass shootings, Obama told as many lies as Trump, more
- ‘The Hero’s Wife’ review: A couple wrestles with a veteran’s PTSD, and what to do about it
- Israeli, Palestinian teens come together on North Shore: ‘I felt something in my mind change’
- Possible key to black boys’ academic success: Hire black men as elementary school teachers
- Kris Bryant’s shoulder could result in another trip to the DL
- Support for NWI Symphony and arts in the Region ready for new chapter
- Countyline Tavern welcomes the neighborhood
- Flood insurance is underwater. Will Congress reform it?
- Trump supporters will regret his trade war
- Safety questions linger in tragic Mackinac race death
- How mandatory union membership tramples individuals’ rights
- South Elgin HS athletic director hired by Metea Valley; D204 administrators moved to new jobs
- Harry Potter alert: Lego shows off more of its new Hogwarts Castle set
- Why Demi Lovato inspired such immediate goodwill from fellow celebrities
- With food insecurity an issue, some organizations try to help
- U.S. airlines cave to China’s demand on referring to Taiwan
- Gurnee eyes major youth sports complex south of Great America as next big tourist attraction
- New East Aurora NJROTC staff union contract includes salary raises
- Duneland, Gary, Crown Point educators tapped as Teacher of the Year finalists
- Step into a magical realm at World of Faeries
- Fundraiser supports family of 10-year-old Park Forest boy pronounced dead after being pulled from swimming pool
- Beermiscuous to open 2nd location in northern suburbs
- Wirt-Emerson online auction ends Tuesday
- Lake County Sheriff Curran under fire for comments to radio host Amy Jacobson: She has ‘awesome skin’
- Shout Out: Marc Summe, runs Wilmette software company
- Study time: Brazil native Gabriel Maciel works on baseball skills with Kane County Cougars
- Indian Prairie foundation postpones its first Back to School Bash until new director’s hired
- Missing Special Olympics athlete from Bangladesh found safe with relatives in Akron, Ohio, police say
- Paul Konerko on Jim Thome: ‘He was everything they said he was — and more’
- There’s a coffee shop. There’s a bowling alley. South Loop’s Alta Roosevelt apartments are amenity-rich but still approachable
- Reforming NATO is the only way to save it
- Yelp claims good intentions behind new health scores, but restaurants suspect otherwise
- The race to fill Alderman Muñoz’ vacancy
- Mom who said she followed husband to ISIS in Syria accused of lying to FBI in Indiana
- Triple Crown winner Justify retired from racing
- Trump buys off soybean farmers (we’ve got the transcript!)
- Column: Buffalo Grove rallies behind grassroots effort to bring LGBTQ pride parade to village
- City watchdog: Police should document every time they pull a gun
- Shout Out: Beth Laske-Miller, Park Ridge resident and award-winning costume designer
- Slowik: Bremen Youth Services appeals for community donations
- 9 garden tips from Morton Arboretum’s longtime plant whisperer
- Clarendon Hills seeks options to alleviate Chestnut alley flooding after Illinois EPA denies grant request
- Mattel to cut more than 2,200 jobs as demise of Toys R Us hits maker of Barbie
- Great Flood Of 1993
- A Chicago mayoral candidate hands out cash. So what’s wrong here?
- Un hombre y una niña fueron baleados en Back of the Yards
- 2 plead guilty in 2014 Aurora KFC shooting, robbery
- Anti-war activists hope to seize sentiment of 1968 Democratic National Convention with 50th anniversary protest, march
- South Bend bookstore promotes diversity through literature
- Experience different cultures at Morton Arboretum’s Destination Asia fest
- Theft case against former Gary employee continues, $4 million civil judgment remains
- 10 cool ways to beat the heat this summer
- Anderson back yard farm features ‘oddball heirloom varieties’
- 5 takeaways from Big Ten media days: Quarterback dilemmas, injury reports and more
- Open Outcry pairs craft beer and wood-fired pizza in Morgan Park
- Trolley driver, sidekick provide insider look at Porter County Fair
- Southern Indiana couple’s refuge is haven for farm animals
- AMC reinstates ‘Talking Dead’ host Chris Hardwick
- Lincoln Yards plans filed, but alderman isn’t ready to give a thumbs-up
- With ankle problem and ‘nothing to prove,’ undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify retired
- Alderman’s plan would force Police Department to curtail gang database and inform people who are listed in it
- Three Plainfield residents charged in beating death of woman found near Romeoville warehouse
- Cubs 2, Diamondbacks 1
- 3 Floyds is throwing a ’90s Nickelodeon beer brunch this Sunday
- Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies joins Bayern Munich for $13 million
- Empieza la disputa por el puesto de Muñoz
- Sky top short-handed Mercury 101-87 before All-Star break
- ‘Whistleblower’ series to explore Northrop Grumman fraud case
- Ask Tom: Is darkness in a photo really due to air pollution?
- Oak Forest OKs nearly $85,000 to replace computer workstations
- Shout Out: Allan Curtis, former entertainment agent who’s encountered big-name stars
- Ida B. Wells gets her street — City Council approves renaming Congress in her honor
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Emanuel says planning for anti-violence march from Lake Shore to Wrigley will determine whether he backs it
- Bears players ranked for 2018 fantasy drafts
- Hard-core Trump supporters have got to be kidding
- Search warrant in North Chicago turns up guns and marijuana
- CPS approves $6 billion operating budget amid concerns from civic, disability groups
- Shout out: Courtney Eacker, Mannheim Middle School teacher, co-director of enrichment program
- Wheeling man charged in crash that killed Hersey girl was going over 100 mph, fleeing another collision: police
- Ruth Ann Quinn, longtime volunteer with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dies at 87
- The Trump, Putin bromance takes a hit
- Berrios and Kaegi: What a new assessor can and can’t fix
- Griffith show keeps focus on art, not crafts
- Your summertime prescription: Sweet cherries
- Bartlett police recreate ‘Step Brothers’ scene as part of viral lip sync challenge among cops
- Fire GM Rodriguez talks state of the team, summer transfers, ‘Sector Latino’ and more
- ‘Say Her Name’ Sandra Bland documentary to air on HBO in December
- Aurora’s hotel purchase may be part of larger plan for conference center near I-88
- Start me up: Crown Point’s Yianni Kostouros one shot off lead after first round of Northern Amateur
- Aurora holds off on extending time limit for residents to take down Christmas lights
- Chef’s Choice: Japanese tradition of hibachi cooking offers healthy choices
- Clarkson: What not to say when offering condolences, sympathy
- Column: As summer’s end nears, nostalgia takes center stage
- Javier Baez comes off bench to help Cubs grind out 2-1 victory over Diamondbacks
- What does Roquan Smith’s training-camp absence really mean to the Bears?
- KKK flyers in Tinley Park are on the ‘radar’ of police, but no formal probe being opened: officials
- Column: A cautionary tale about parking boots in Chicago
- Homecoming king: Jalen Brunson returns to Stevenson on eve of first NBA camp with Dallas Mavericks
- Aldermen pass new reporting requirements for agency under scrutiny for housing detained immigrants
- Petrak: Day at the beach a lesson in geology, ecology and human behavior
- Hitting his stride: Ex-pitcher Axel Johnson finds success as outfielder for Windy City ThunderBolts
- Heads up: NFL rules change presents difficult adjustment period for defenses
- Trump delays proposed Putin meeting until 2019, citing ‘Russia witch hunt’
- Triton College’s faculty union votes in favor of contract agreement
- Hearing points to Vladimir Putin’s role in Russian doping scandal
- Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes to have surgery on both heels, out 8-10 months
- Trump, European Union leaders pull back from trade war
- Baranek: Kendall Coyne, Jennie Finch to share their dreams at ‘Empowering Girls’ convention
- With big ticket items off the board, Cubs’ trade options appear unappetizing
- Back for more: Hall of Famer Pete Weber sets sights on another PBA50 title at Olympia Lanes
- ‘Breath’ review: Simon Baker’s surfing film joins ranks of genre’s best
- Swim coach Bob Bowman apologizes for inappropriate texting
- 81 dead as house search yields more bodies in Greek fires
- PAWS capacity
- Trump acusa a China de atacar despiadadamente a agricultores de EEUU
- Bayern sign Whitecaps’ Davies in MLS record transfer
- Jerry Jones’ rules for the Cowboys: ‘Our policy is that you stand at the anthem, toe on the line’
- Cooler northwest flow behind the cold front
- 3-year-old girl and her father shot on South Side
- Brazil sign coach Tite to extension through 2022 World Cup
- Americans have a hard time separating facts from opinion
- Chicago-area contestants team up to nail ‘MasterChef’ challenge
- ‘He wanted me to be his slave’: former Lionsgate studio lawyer says boss harassed, assaulted her
- Back in the game: Ronnie Mitchell flourishing for RailCats after missing almost two years
- DHS chief asserts immigrant family reunions are on track, lawmakers say
- Harley Clarke Mansion advocates in Evanston get 3,300 petition signatures for November ballot referendum
- Carlos Rodon gem against Angels was White Sox starter’s third straight strong outing
- Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against hoax theorists