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- Pictures: Urban Meyer through the years
- White Sox get a look at baseball’s heavyweight division, fall to Yankees 7-0
- Matt Davidson throws another shutout inning — and he struck out Giancarlo Stanton
- Giuliani preparing letter to Mueller expressing ‘real reluctance’ over obstruction questions
- Experts say Kris Kobach used flawed research to defend Trump’s voter fraud panel
- Clarendon Hills plans new curbs, instead of planned resurfacing, for portion of Prospect Avenue
- One Fine Day: South Suburbs
- Cole Hamels welcomes more responsibility: ‘I do need to pitch deeper into games’
- Widower wants ex-wife to be his caregiver
- Too many new moms are dying. Illinois health officials are trying to understand why.
- Morning Spin: Former GOP ally Christie says Rauner ‘faces a really uphill battle’
- ER or urgent care clinic? During ‘trauma season,’ here’s where experts recommend you take an injured child
- ‘Dice ’em up’: Bears QB Mitch Trubisky surging into his first exhibition action of 2018
- Shakira lists $12 million home on ‘the most prestigious residential street in Miami Beach’
- Mike Montgomery getting a grip on his curve
- Man saved from quake-flattened mosque on Indonesia island
- Southern Illinois gets $15M rural electrification grant
- Icahn warns Cigna investors of dangers in Express Scripts deal
- Primary elections held in five states
- Pretty Cool Ice Cream opens Friday with custard bars, frozen pops — ‘anything on a stick’
- Here’s the best news about Mitch Trubisky this week
- Playskool crayons found to contain asbestos, advocacy group says
- Council passes resolution seeking to remove Trump’s star from Walk of Fame
- 5 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Paul Cherry, Tacocat
- Are Trump supporters blinded by love?
- Northwest Indiana preschools to receive $60,000 for training, upgrades
- 5 things to know about Chicago ‘Grocer Joe’ before ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ premiere
- Beyoncé, Serena Williams open up about potentially fatal childbirths, a problem especially for black mothers
- Subpoena for app called ‘Discord’ could unmask identities of Charlottesville white supremacists
- Talk of the County: Table of free stuff did not include the darn table
- As NFL preseason gets going, everyone is trying to figure out the new helmet rule
- Half the elk at Busse Woods died last year, and officials aren’t sure why
- ‘Memo’ Ochoa está cerca del Nápoles
- Trump on reinstated sanctions against Iran: ‘I am asking for WORLD PEACE, nothing less!’
- Planning and Zoning Commissioner Hanson to run for Naperville City Council in 2019
- Attack on Venezuela’s president highlights U.S. vulnerability to drone assassins
- U46 moves forward with PE waiver expansion for high school students despite teachers’ objections
- 76-year-old Rolling Meadows man, last seen in Chicago’s West Englewood area, is reported missing
- Javier Aguirre: ‘El Cairo se parece a México’
- Congress weighs airline bill that affects leg room, seat size and more
- Talk of the County: ‘What a joke Waukegan has become’
- A Soviet-era experiment to tame foxes may help reveal genes behind social behavior
- Talk of the County: ‘I’m tired of the whiny Democrats’
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- Talk of the County: NPR ‘nothing but a far-left radio station’
- Policía: No es un secreto que tuvimos un fin de semana inaceptablemente violento
- Prickly City- derangement
- Woman helps man short on cash, finds out he’s Keith Urban
- El regreso a la escuela está a la vuelta de la esquina
- Jimmy Garoppolo a key reason why 49ers expected to make big leap
- ‘2 Queens in a Kitchen’ highlights stories of queer POCs through food, recipes and lots of tea
- Exploring the dunes and denizens of Namibia, searching for scallops and more
- Nine budget hacks for your next vacation
- Summer trend: Shoulder dusters
- When all else fails, ice cream-filled pastry puffs to the rescue
- District 112 to consider selling surplus school properties
- Nationals sign pitcher Greg Holland, option Jimmy Cordero
- Fresh outrage for Wells Fargo after mortgage error led to hundreds of foreclosures
- Cindy Marker to replace star Kendra Thulin in Steep’s ‘Linda’
- World champion brings Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to Wilmette
- Little Bear Ribfest features blues with the chow
- Hinsdale District 86 voters will face $166 million property tax referendum in November
- Beyonce’s Vogue cover is historic but not iconic
- Northern California fires now largest in state history and growing
- As Evanston adapts to minimum wage hike, nearby towns say they have no plan to join in
- Estudiante desaparecido después de Lollapalooza, murió
- Bears practice at training camp
- Buscan a un automovilista que se dio a la fuga tras atropellar a una ciclista
- Glenbrook North gym project will be mostly finished when school starts
- Oak Park’s Adam Alonso brings fresh ideas to reach Chicago’s youth through sports
- Petite Lake drowning victim from Arlington Heights remembered as someone who ‘loved his friends’
- Fourteen years after annexation battles, Clarendon Hills and Westmont work together to help resident
- ‘The Bachelorette’: The most excruciating moments from a deeply uncomfortable finale
- This is (almost) 9: A celebration of childhood’s final single-digit year
- El Getafe busca deshacerse del mexicano Oswaldo Alanís
- Bulls will make history with a regular-season game in Mexico City
- Free screening of ‘Eighth Grade’ in Chicago Wednesday, and teens will be allowed
- Security breach at Germany’s busiest airport prompts evacuation
- Quickly: Manafort, presidential priorities, income inequality
- Priest completes 100th triathlon in Glenview: ‘I started with no athletic background at all’
- Paying for college: It pays to have a cosigner when applying for student loans
- Tiling like a pro comes down to the right grout
- Psoriatic Arthritis: Navigating the Journey (Infographic)
- Fetus found on American Airlines plane at LaGuardia Airport
- North Korea has not taken steps to denuclearize, John Bolton says
- Film documents life of Evanston’s longest-serving mayor Lorraine Morton, who turns 100 this year
- Both abstinence and heavy drinking could increase dementia risk, study says
- Michigan basketball coach John Beilein expected to be ‘fully active’ by the start of the season after double bypass surgery
- Glenview creates environmental sustainability awards
- Even healthy patients are contributing to the doctor burnout
- ‘Chicago Voices’ steps into the national spotlight
- ‘We know this is a big question’: District 207 referendum to be on November ballot
- Police look for suspect in Wisconsin radio station shooting that wounded DJ
- U46 decision to pay $3,400 for 2 parents to attend career pathway conference defended
- A dog, caviar, babies and cereal: What the Capitals have put in the Stanley Cup
- New planning tool from FICO offers customized path to better credit
- Thirsty Ears Festival bringing classical music out into the street
- De-icing problems at Midway led Southwest to cancel hundreds of flights. Now a passenger is suing.
- Norwegian’s new Bliss offers more, or less
- District 86 Board sets limits on when buffer zone students can attend the same school as a sibling
- Huntley man gets 7-year prison term after being convicted of 6th DUI since 1986
- Authorities: Indiana man fatally shot by friend playing with gun
- Chicago man gets 25 years in an Iowa prison for attempted murder of estranged wife
- Highland Park moves to raze homes acquired for library expansion
- Crown Point council mulls zoning variance for former Helix Hydraulics property
- Man who shot 2 Indian men in Kansas bar sentenced to life
- For first time, food trucks can serve bar patrons outside Long Grove’s Buffalo Creek Brewing
- Mister Rogers inspired Heidi Kettenring to update her show
- Naperville mayor suggests ‘major’ special taxing district to push lawmakers into TIF reform
- Your banking data was once off-limits to tech companies. Now they’re seeking it.
- U.S. Supreme Court may see Lake Michigan beach ownership case
- Trump también planea limitar la inmigración legal
- California man arrested after troopers find 30 pounds of weed in Porter County, officials say
- Oak Park District 97 appoints interim principal to lead ‘important year for the Lincoln community’
- If it switches conferences, West Aurora wants to keep rivalry games with East Aurora
- Get some culture and food at Evanston’s Art and Big Fork Festival
- Willow Creek leadership event struggles without founder Hybels, its star
- Naperville People in the News
- ‘Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me’ live show continues at Millennium Park — true or false?
- Chicago State hires new women’s and men’s basketball coaches
- Gleyber Torres is starring for the Yankees. Can Eloy Jimenez do the same for the White Sox?
- Grayslake Summer Days features pets on parade, go-kart races
- Rooftop bars and dining could be coming to Elmhurst
- Aces forfeit WNBA game that was canceled over travel delays
- Man killed in bus stop shooting, 9 others hurt in separate attacks
- Police urge owners to lock vehicles following thefts, burglaries over two days in Lake Forest and Glencoe
- Visitation set for Mundelein teen who died after being found unresponsive at Lollapalooza
- Speak Out: Entrances to village of East Dundee need to be cleaned up; Trump provides great ‘entertainment’; Trump bursts ‘fear bubble’
- Aurora police seek information after man says bullet grazed his leg
- Contempt case against Sun Sentinel filed without School Board’s knowledge
- ‘Christopher Robin’ won’t play in China amid government censorship of Winnie the Pooh
- ‘A block party atmosphere’: Jimmy Rancich’s birthday blood drive becoming a Park Ridge tradition
- Z-mail: Responding to readers about my ‘Rest in Power’ column
- Glencoe women’s group takes to green and raises more than $5K for breast cancer research
- 5 car burglaries reported Tuesday in northeast Highland Park
- ‘A huge need’: Gurnee approves feasibility study for youth sports complex
- Dog days of summer: Oak Parkers and their canine friends cool off at park district event
- FCC now says there were no cyber attacks during net neutrality comment period
- Interrobang casts its production of Edward Albee’s “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?”
- Don’t mock the trolls; they enjoy it too much
- Wells Fargo to offer $15,000 grants to potential Cook County homebuyers
- Children learn to use their senses during ‘Big Trucks’ event in Barrington
- HGTV outbid Lance Bass for ‘Brady Bunch’ house, and the ‘N Sync star is very sad
- 5 summer chores: When to do it yourself, when to hire someone
- Los Chicago Bulls jugarán en Ciudad de México
- Dog Days of Summer in Oak Park
- Raised by his grandparents, rookie Bilal Nichols is the type of high-character player Bears need
- The strange case of an elderly woman who reported being robbed in Naperville, and the facts therein
- The summer of Meghan Markle and all the tired ways we talk about royal women
- Longtime New Lenox pizzeria temporarily closes
- Food Bowl Week 1: Cheese dinner, cocktail class and sourcing food for the common good
- Taste of the Towns offers nibbles for foodies and families alike
- Rafael Márquez asume como presidente deportivo del Atlas
- Nazareth Academy principal right at home in new job
- Skeletal remains found along Fox River identified as Aurora man who went missing in 2015
- Proposed D203 budget calls for expanding preschool for at-risk kids, hiring diversity director
- Highland Park Kids Fair showcases local programs in the arts
- Irritated by tweedy academic types? Read this wonderful campus comedy.
- America is swarming with Paul Manaforts
- Kepa, el portero más caro de la historia
- Evanston continues to stare down possible FY19 budget deficit as high as $9M: City officials
- Glencoe School District 35 seeing early uptick in kindergarten enrollment: Supt. Wang
- Back-to-school events planned in Aurora
- Trillium offers lively, eclectic folk music in Grayslake concert
- Spirits soar at Kite Fest in Park Ridge
- Moran: Lake County DOT puts money behind concepts with updated five-year plan
- Lemont baseball team plays at Field of Dreams site in Iowa
- My worst moment: ‘Claws’ star Niecy Nash on Hollywood’s less-than-kind audition process
- The New Colony announces 2018-19 season, including two world premieres
- Royals announcer Rex Hudler fond of 40-year bond with Cubs coach Brian Butterfield
- Work begins to relocate track in Jackson Park to make way for Obama center
- 11 things we heard from Bears defensive assistant coaches Tuesday
- Blackhawks great Stan Mikita dies at 78: ‘He was hard-working. He was unselfish. He was a superstar.’
- Kite Fest in Park Ridge
- Body found in Chicago River downtown
- These fantasy football sleepers are worth a flier late in your draft
- School board asks judge to hold Sun Sentinel in contempt over Parkland school-shooter report
- PAWS Beach Party funds programs for homeless dogs and cats
- Alex Jones is a loathsome windbag — let him speak
- PAWS 2018 Beach Party
- East Dundee approves mosquito chemical spraying program
- Kendall College’s culinary, hospitality programs to land on Michigan Ave. after sale to National Louis University
- Tesla CEO drops latest bombshell with $72B buyout proposal
- In stretch of Arizona border, migrant families keep coming
- Sentencing delayed for East Chicago contractor who pleaded guilty to defrauding Gary Housing Authority
- Arizona Border patrol
- Las Chivas seguirán con un estilo ofensivo
- ‘A huge need’: Gurnee approves feasibility study for youth sports complex
- Judge to allow animated videos of Laquan McDonald’s shooting to air at Officer Van Dyke’s trial
- Northbrook Days continues a summer tradition
- Disabato: Northwestern graduate Colleen Antas makes history as first female athletic director at Eisenhower
- Northwestern Medicine lays off 60 IT workers after launch of new electronic medical records system
- SeaWorld Orlando: Thrill rides set for late runs on Aug. 17
- Watch live: Emanuel announces plans to deploy more cops to neighborhoods affected by recent violence
- East Dundee residential-commercial project could be downtown ‘game changer’
- MillerCoors is shutting down Two Hats beer after less than a year on the market
- 3-year old killed, 2-year old injured after being struck by train in Portage: police
- #HoyEnelEstudio con Jennicet Gutiérrez
- Lake Forest Day parade and carnival ‘reinforces our sense of community’
- Zion Christian Church proposes expansion in Arlington Heights as it looks to add members
- Rahm can’t spin his way out of the Chicago street gang wars
- Is Trump smarter than those whose brainpower he criticizes? Let’s find out!
- Northbrook Days 2018
- Mayoral candidate McCarthy backs away from Trump criticism, says Emanuel’s ‘not doing his job’
- Trump going ahead with taxes on $16B in Chinese imports
- Indiana National Guard razing Gary block
- Porter County students help make homes for those in need
- Bears receivers are catching on. And Roquan Smith’s holdout reaches Day 23.
- #HoyEnElEstudio con Héctor Suárez Gomís
- Shout Out: Nancy Long, longtime Western Springs resident, librarian
- Porter County officials question Child Support Office lease
- Chicago violence
- After sports reporter takes new job, his former newspaper is suing over Twitter account
- Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull formed special bond with Blackhawks
- Report clears Maine Township trustee accused of inappropriate touching; accuser says issue isn’t over
- Autopsy shows man shot and killed by Chicago police was hit in the back
- No, Greg Abbott, Winston Churchill never said that
- Chicago deploying 430 to 600 additional police officers to violence-plagued neighborhoods
- The best answer on auto fuel economy
- Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita was a lesson in greatness
- Barrington Hills looks within to hire new village administrator
- Yes, Robin Ventura remembers that one-sided fight with Nolan Ryan. And he can laugh about it.
- Tri-Cities Little League team eliminated from Great Lakes Regional tourney
- NFL’s Steve Smith Sr. tells how depression robbed him of enjoying his career
- Take a step into the past for Long Grove Vintage Days
- Shout Out: Mary Pelarenos, building on Harwood Heights Youth Commission’s success
- Ruby Rose cast as lesbian superhero Batwoman for The CW
- Lawsuit accuses 2 Chicago-area bakeries of systemic racial hiring discrimination
- Black leaders speak out on Chicago violence: ‘Can we please come together’
- 246 townhouses proposed for old quarry property at Route 25 and Middle Street in South Elgin
- Corrections and clarifications
- Porter County students make homes for those in need
- Countdown to Football: Aidan Stevens-led Rensselaer ranked No. 10 in the preseason by the Post-Tribune
- Why is there so much shooting and killing in Chicago?
- Marmion graduate and Naperville native Weston Kramer emerges as starter in second year for Northern Illinois
- ESPN enters into multi-year deal with Italy’s Serie A
- Lift Off Festival aims to show how Latin music transcends language barriers, unifies all
- Frankfort seeks sales tax increase
- Pritzker blames Rauner, social service cuts for city’s gun violence
- Deal paves way for restaurant to relocate in downtown Highland
- Slowik: Forest preserve pavilion provides gathering spot for retirees
- Man dies days after shooting at South Side gas station
- News media return to state’s high court to try to end secrecy over Officer Van Dyke’s murder case
- Video gambling ban overturned in Orland Park
- Migrants say U.S. Border Patrol detention centers are ‘iceboxes’
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018
- These tweets will take you away! Vote in our weekly poll
- Misinformed gullibility is the true ‘enemy of the people’
- Taylor Gabriel (foot) and Jordan Howard (knee) both sit at Bears practice
- That dusty white film disfiguring plant leaves has a name: powdery mildew
- Biggest blaze in California history challenges firefighters
- Ask Tom: What causes dew, and is it good or bad?
- Will County official urges NorthPoint to withdraw application for business park
- Frying is key when it comes to food at the Lake County Fair
- Warning ends after roads, viaducts, parking lots flooded in Chicago, north and west suburbs
- Kris Bryant plays catch and waits patiently for clearance to swing bat
- Lake County Board Chairman Lawlor withdraws from reelection campaign amid treatment for drug addiction
- Brett Kavanaugh once predicted ‘one race’ in the eyes of government. Would he end affirmative action?
- Don’t expect Matt Davidson to become a fixture in the White Sox bullpen
- Back in business: Former major leaguer Jorge De Leon returns to RailCats after passport snafu
- Aaron Rodgers frustrated with effort from some younger Packers
- Remains of boy found at New Mexico compound
- Hall of Famer Jim Brown says he’d never kneel during anthem
- Aurora comes together for National Night Out
- Striking fear: New knuckle-curve helps Zac Westcott dominate on the mound for ThunderBolts
- Indonesia struggles to recover earthquake’s dead, help the living
- AMLO visita hospital del que solo existe la fachada
- Lenti lands: Ousted Mount Carmel coach Frank Lenti hired as special adviser to St. Laurence football program
- Weather to remain warm heading into mid-August
- Attorney General Lisa Madigan opens inquiry into mayoral candidate Willie Wilson’s foundation following cash giveaway
- Pirates’ Triple-A teammates hit for cycle in same game
- Maya Moore scores 31, Lynx beat Sky 85-64 to snap 3-game skid
- ‘He comes ready:’ David Bote’s 3 RBIs help Cubs increase their Central lead
- Cubs 5, Royals 0