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- The 2018 Chicago Air and Water Show
- Tribune reports: The Hadiya Pendleton slaying
- My mom’s in a wheelchair. Why can’t I sit with her, American?
- Aaron Hernandez’s suicide notes revealed in new book, report says
- Mom wonders why son’s girlfriend stays away
- What if the two men accused of killing Hadiya Pendleton had made other choices?
- Family struggles to retrieve body of Vernon Hills father from backlogged Puerto Rican morgue
- Morning Spin: Republican says attacks on Madigan won’t stop anytime soon
- 7 years later, new study shows East Chicago kids exposed to more lead because of flawed government report
- More than 120 march to protest death of 15-year-old authorities say committed suicide after chase
- Cortlon Cofield helps millennials afford both mortgages and avocado toast
- My worst moment: ‘Animal Kingdom’ star on forgoing his glasses in a key moment
- Talk of the County: Food-theft suspect and husband ‘good, loyal Zion citizens’
- Crosby: Tragic tale of Aurora man whose remains found in Fox River a reminder of struggles, stigma of mental illness
- Father reflects on son’s battle with mental illness after his remains found along Fox River: ‘Trey deserved better’
- Early childhood advocates in Aurora call state kindergarten readiness data a ‘wake-up call’
- Can Cubs fans sympathize with Yu Darvish after latest setback?
- Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes expanded benefits for paramedics, EMTs
- Want to see more of the sea? See about a cabin with a balcony, which isn’t as pricey as you might think
- 5 observations after rewatching the Bears-Broncos preseason game
- Afghan forces free 149 taken by Taliban in ambush; 21 hostages remain
- Report: MeToo activist Asia Argento settled sexual assault lawsuit
- Series preview: Cubs at Tigers
- 3 things we learned from the Cubs-Pirates series
- Series preview: Twins at White Sox
- PepsiCo buys Israel’s SodaStream for $3.2 billion
- Sure Illinois has its troubles, but ain’t we got fun, too?
- Two teens found dead in Golden Gate neighborhood
- Bushman, Lincoln Park Zoo gorilla escapes, Oct. 1, 1950
- Appealing to the center is no longer a winnable strategy to lure votes
- 5 dark-horse contenders for the College Football Playoff
- Kristin Cavallari cares what Nashville residents think about her
- Nonprofit group uncovering the hidden LGBTQ history of America’s Deep South
- The education of Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky continues (and needs to hurry)
- Born out of the financial crisis, bull market nears record
- Sky season ends with a thud — again
- 21 games in 15 weeks: A college football fanatic’s dream road trip
- See sports champs in Indy, a boat show in Michigan and more Midwest events
- Bushman, Lincoln Park Zoo gorilla (1928-1951)
- Kickback: Readers give a shift about manual transmissions
- When he was 7, he wrote to a girl in Croatia. More than 20 years later, she found him on Facebook.
- CSO at Ravinia review: A dramatic finale led by Marin Alsop
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- Prickly City- conspiracy
- Behind the scenes of docuseries ‘America to Me,’ about racial inequity at Oak Park and River Forest High School
- Chicago’s Eve Ewing will pen Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’
- New Princess Cruises ship to be named Enchanted Princess
- After 3 drowning deaths over weekend, weather service warns of ‘life threatening’ waves on Lake Michigan
- 5 shot hours after Sunday afternoon softball game on South Side: ‘It’s been plenty decent, until now’
- Trump rages on Twitter following report that White House counsel is cooperating with Mueller
- A rare genetic aversion to sweets could be key to fighting obesity
- Worthless referendum taxes Lake County property owners’ suffering
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool (Rookery) at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Dr. Ben Carson through the years
- El papa Francisco califica de crímenes los abusos sexuales de sacerdotes
- Living in Uptown: Legendary music venues, jazz and a focus on ’embracing all residents’
- City Living: Uptown
- Primera Corrida del Mariachi en North Berwyn
- Diversity pays, again, with ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and director Jon M. Chu is ready for what’s next
- Meet the ‘real’ New Zebedee: Marshall, Mich.
- Kids get up close to vehicles at Touch-A-Truck in Clarendon Hills
- Obama’s reading list is the respite we need
- Tiroteo en centro de distribución de Texas deja un muerto
- 15 movies from the 2010s worthy of a time capsule
- NIU’s Sutton Smith hopes an offseason of ‘beefcake’ helps him earn Heisman recognition
- Veteran councilman announces primary run for Hobart mayor
- ‘Fracaso’, la despenalización del aborto, dice investigador mexicano
- Patisserie in Paris
- ‘GoFundMe felt demeaning,’ but Illinoisans are turning to it as a health care lifeline
- In Paris, a pastry renaissance is underway
- Tinley Park to vote on housing lawsuit settlements totaling more than $400K
- ‘Be a Rebel’: Ridgewood High School hosts Back to School Community Bash
- Winners and losers from the Western Conference’s offseason
- Netflix testing commercials — for other shows you can watch on Netflix
- Lincolnshire, Buffalo Grove Girl Scouts promote literacy with Little Free Libraries project
- Two new orangutans arrive at Lincoln Park Zoo, April 23, 1940
- 21 games in 15 weeks: A college football fanatic’s dream road trip
- With statue still in place on public property, Winnetka village president may seek ordinance
- Ronald McDonald House to expand after it gets $100 million, its largest single donation ever, from AbbVie
- Three seriously injured in Kaneville Township crash
- Five Things to Do in Northwest Indiana Aug. 24-26
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Mundelein Mustangs
- Disney: PhotoPass Day focuses on rare opportunties
- Reliever Steve Cishek provides control in Cubs’ inconsistent pitching staff
- Little Bear Ribfest brings the blues to Vernon Hills
- Arlington Heights approves revised plans for 62-room boutique hotel
- Giuliani says ‘Truth isn’t truth,’ proving that I must have six-pack abs
- Leyden’s new look: School board members check out renovations at West; much work remaining at East
- Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani tries to explain what he meant by ‘truth isn’t truth’
- Classes begin for East Maine School District 63 students: ‘They make the building a school’
- Trevor Hoyte to operate Machine restaurant in Wicker Park
- Sellers’ price-cutting trend could be good news for Chicago homebuyers
- Back to School Bash at Ridgewood High School
- Too much fertilizer can dry out plant tissue
- Hearing better on and off the stage
- 6 tips for throwing the best party of the year
- The making of the mobile man cave for football tailgate season
- Home sweet home? 6 safety tips when moving with kids
- Aurora man thrown from car in four-vehicle crash charged with DUI, police say
- Student charged after Mundelein High School bomb threat
- Melania Trump denuncia ciberacoso mientras su esposo arremete contra críticos
- Bears TV analyst Jim Miller must stop comparing Mitch Trubisky to Steve Young
- Report: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker used state plane for 869 flights since 2015
- Businesses beg for tariff relief as trade war with China rolls on
- Taste of Towns draws large crowd for 12th annual food fest
- Park Ridge city manager granted 2.2 percent pay raise, mayor says
- Indiana woman had a loud, nonstop clicking — sometimes crunching — noise in her head that doctors couldn’t quiet
- Dwarf crocodiles at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Duneland looks to past with plans to celebrate 50th anniversary, form alumni association
- Here’s a guide to apple picking in Northwest Indiana
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Barrington Broncos
- Backlot Bash weekend street festival slated for downtown Skokie
- Long Grove Vintage Days marks ‘last hurrah’ of village’s summer lineup
- President Trump says he welcomes a lawsuit from former CIA director Brennan contesting his loss of a security clearance
- Brian Urlacher goes from Hall of Fame to ‘Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy’
- Stanley, Sears to have competing Craftsman tool brands
- After parvovirus discovery, Porter County Animal Shelter cleans, readies for reopening
- New marker in Yorkville puts spotlight on old border of Illinois
- Vacant Lake Zurich Kmart scheduled for demolition: ‘Let’s get the building down’
- A peek inside Uptown’s Stewart School Lofts
- 10 best hikes in Illinois
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
- Marc Maron at Thalia Hall: Hecklers, tangents … he wants this comedy thing to be more of a conversation
- Little Bear Ribfest
- Doctor finds Waukegan father unfit in case of 10-year-old allegedly kept in basement
- ‘The smiling face behind the glass’: Retired Oak Park cop named new Fenwick resource officer
- Naperville man killed in Aurora crash
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Prospect Knights
- Family, friends cheer on New Trier’s freshman football scrimmagers
- Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths
- Beating King of Pop, The Eagles have No.1 album of all-time
- 2 detained after shots are fired at U.S. Embassy in Turkey
- Aurora home uninhabitable after Sunday fire
- TNT orders late-night series pilot from Niecy Nash
- Shout Out: Julie Foreman, photographer and writer who loves her piano
- Universal adds Horrors of Blumhouse maze to Halloween lineup
- Four rabid bats found in same Barrington neighborhood since 2017
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
- Countdown to Football: Harper Cole, refocused Waubonsie Valley ranked No. 4 in the preseason by Aurora Beacon-News
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Lake Forest Academy Caxys
- State briefs
- How to talk about God, and more, addressed in this week’s spiritual book roundup
- The greatest threat to CPS students is institutional amnesia
- Otro aliciente para dejar el cigarro
- Eloy Jimenez is ‘getting very close’ — but how close to a White Sox call-up remains to be seen
- Illinois Republicans: Prepare for a crash landing
- Jury ponders 18-count indictment as 3rd day of deliberations begins in Manafort trial
- Campus Kickoff: As classes begin at Triton College, program helps new students navigate
- Everyone deserves a fair workweek — except government employees
- President Trump ready to ease rules on coal-fired power plants — centerpiece of Obama’s efforts to slow global warming
- Countdown to Football: Maema Njongmeta-led Stevenson ranked No. 4 in the preseason by the News-Sun
- 3 niños ahogados el fin de semana, alerta por olas mortales en el lago Michigan
- Quickly: Giuliani on ‘truth,’ Trump and economy, more
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
- Volunteers dig in at Gary Area Career Center
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
- Eva Longoria joins ‘Dora the Explorer’ movie as Dora’s mother
- Trading memories of the ’68 Democratic convention with Ald. Ed Burke — did it all really mean anything?
- West Leyden renovations
- Mitch Trubisky-Anthony Miller connection showing glimpses of promise for the Bears
- Lakeshore PBS station struggling to return to air
- Block party promotes ‘community’ for families of Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69
- Marlin Perkins, Lincoln Park Zoo director (1944-1962)
- The Factory Theater unveils 2018-19 season
- No. 1 Alabama tops preseason AP’s Top 25 poll for the 3rd straight season
- Too much of a good thing? Aldermen consider capping the number of ride-share vehicles
- The affordable housing community has Chicago’s interests at heart
- ‘They flit by and provide a little bit of happiness’: Will County festival celebrates hummingbirds
- Mike Tirico is NBC’s new host of ‘Football Night In America’
- Speak Out: Facebook controversy, the economy, board games and more
- Countdown to Football: Kicker Gavin Mottl, St. Rita ranked No. 4 in the preseason by the Daily Southtown
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Loyola Ramblers
- Shea Patterson will start at QB in Michigan’s season opener vs. Notre Dame, Jim Harbaugh says
- Lindy’s Landing hosts cardboard regatta
- Ohio State trustees set Wednesday meeting to talk about Urban Meyer’s future
- Cachorros y Piratas jugarán Clásico de Ligas Pequeñas en 2019
- When you go looking for Gorgonzola at its birthplace, you might be surprised where you end up
- All hail the Queen
- Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd has surgery on fractured hand
- Kavanaugh memo pushed graphic sex questions for Bill Clinton
- Vote in the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- ‘Glow’ renewed by Netflix for Season 3
- Bears hopeful Roquan Smith will play in Saturday’s preseason game: ‘Last week was just a little too fast’
- ‘Papillon’ review: You can’t keep their hearts in jail
- La Catrina Cafe celebrates the life of Gabriel
- Prosecutors preparing bank fraud charges against Cohen: AP
- The silent classic ‘Salome’ to come alive with a live score from Circuit des Yeux’s Haley Fohr
- Grand Gelato & Ice Cream opens in River Grove
- Penn recruit Jake Gonzalez stabilizes Loyola’s defense
- Don’t miss these shows at 40th Jazz Fest
- Redskins reach deal with Adrian Peterson, former NFL MVP, to fill void at running back
- Deerfield Park District prepares for fall programs
- Residents’ lawsuit seeks to overturn Hinsdale District 86 buffer zone decision; alleges open meeting violations
- Aurora looks to expand city services for Restaurant Row area
- Idles find compassion, catharsis in fractured times
- Oak Forest graduate Jeff Sprayberry signs deal to play pro volleyball in Finland
- Travis Scott to bring his “Astroworld: Wish You Were Here” Tour to United Center
- Bears safety Deiondre’ Hall suspended 1 game for violating NFL substance-abuse policy
- Have a question for the candidates? Let us know. We might ask them live on Facebook.
- Spirit assembly welcomes students back to school at Maine South
- After another violent Chicago weekend, top cop says: ‘We can only do so much. We cannot be on every street corner’
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Glenbrook North Spartans
- Quest for dinosaur fun, facts comes at Lake County fairgrounds
- Lions lose Steve Longa for season, a setback for team’s shaky linebacker group
- 23 víctimas de balaceras: ‘Bienvenidos a Chicago’
- CPS students deserve free transportation every school day
- 2 people killed in motorcycle crash in Valparaiso on Sunday, officials say
- When parents abandon CPS schools
- Boys 16 and 17 found shot to death in Far South Side field: ‘They’re killing the children’
- Turner-ing a corner: Senior linebacker Nick Turner leads depth charge for experienced VU football team
- VMAs 2018: Best and worst red carpet looks at MTV’s Video Music Awards
- Area schools look to shrink the gender gap in STEM classes
- Coroner identifies Lake Michigan drowning victim as Waukegan resident, urges swimmers to ‘stay out of the channel’
- Former Cedar Lake councilman charged with murder of Hobart attorney appears in court
- 3 teens shot while riding in car on North Avenue; Melrose Park police seek answers
- Crown Point man gets 15 years for spreading information in hopes of planning terror attack in U.S.
- Chicago theater openings for Aug. 24-30
- Opioid overdose deaths: A national catastrophe
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Fenwick Friars
- Experts knew Italian bridge had weakened ahead of collapse, report shows
- Bannockburn to let voters decide on real estate transfer tax
- Michigan official faces manslaughter trial over Flint water
- New school year kicks off with $8 million renovation at Greenbrier Elementary
- Merrick Garland to speak at kick-off of Lincolnwood School District 74 anniversary event
- The caucuses are a year and a half away, but Iowa’s already swarmed
- Get free lunch Wednesday at Wow Bao
- Vernon Hills approves liquor licenses for Kuma’s Corner and Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar as openings near
- Zion Jubilee Days celebrates 70th year
- What a record-long bull market means for Americans
- Lake County Republicans replace Aaron Lawlor on November ballot
- Pair behind Naf Naf Grill launching Mexican restaurant Invicto in Naperville
- Deerfield High School students lose off-site parking option
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Hinsdale South Hornets
- Omega-Man program brings H.E.R.O. message to John Mills Elementary in Elmwood Park
- Motown Funk Brother fret man Eddie Willis dies
- Yollocalli youth paints tribute mural
- Will County ‘Recyclepalooza’ is Sept. 8
- Winthrop Harbor police: Teamwork solves armed robberies
- Corrections and clarifications
- Bring your emotional baggage to OkCupid’s All My Exes Bingo
- Pioneer Press 2018 football preview: Hinsdale Central Red Devils
- Two men shot in Aurora Sunday
- Man gets 80 years in prison for beating, raping two women along trail near Joliet
- Trump escalates attacks on the Federal Reserve
- Robert Wickens’ IndyCar crash a reminder racing will never be safe
- Wauconda Street Dance boasts live music, circus performers, bags tournament and teen spot
- Barack Obama weighs in on Illinois governor race, cuts video for Democrat J.B. Pritzker
- District 113 to public: Emails to board members are not private
- Democratic nominee to state legislature to open microbrewery in Homewood
- Helmet stickers, scholarship among Maryland football’s plan to honor Jordan McNair
- A brave new semiautonomous driving world is here, with doubts
- Chicago comic book artists take to Twitter for #VisibleWomen campaign
- Ask Tom: Why does it seem like Chicago’s southwest suburbs have had drier weather?
- Trump urges Senate to pass bill cracking down on fentanyl shipments
- Gen Z is set to outnumber millennials within a year
- Lake, Porter counties see increase in local road funding
- ‘Quiero dejar de manifiesto que se va a cancelar la reforma educativa’ le dice AMLO a EPN
- SXU nursing program expands, adds courses in other disciplines
- Train breakdown snarls 3 Metra lines during evening rush
- Fifth Avenue redevelopment project could cost at least $333 million, according to initial concept designs
- Apple is planning a new low-cost MacBook, pro-focused Mac mini
- Sister Mary Jo — she of the viral ceremonial first pitch — now has her own bobblehead
- Calendar: Find out how to be your own boss in Lake Forest
- Shnay: Vacations can be fun but there’s no place like home
- Pope on sex abuse: ‘We showed no care for the little ones’
- Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus charged with felony sexual assault
- 2018 Ford Expedition Limited at a glance
- Prosecutors in Van Dyke’s trial to give immunity to obtain testimony from several cops
- Prosecutors: Aurora man bought beer, had friendly conversation with man before shooting him to death at social club
- Indígenas logran récord Guinness al mosaico de chaquira más grande del mundo
- Merle Phillips, author and rare Illinois supercentenarian, dies at 111
- McGahn does not believe he implicated Trump in special counsel interviews, his attorney tells president’s legal team
- Colorado man charged with murder in deaths of wife, 2 kids
- IndyCar’s Robert Wickens to have surgery on spinal injury
- ‘It’s grind time’: Cubs facing a stretch of 23 games without a day off
- Hard to see, hard to breathe: U.S. West struggles with smoke
- Hadiya Pendleton trial recap: Prosecutors rest case against one defendant after Hadiya’s mother testifies
- DePaul basketball commit Terrence Shannon reopens his recruitment
- Sea level rise is already costing property owners on the coast
- U.S. charges 2 men with serving as agents of Iran, monitoring Americans and a Chicago Jewish center
- Illinois to host Ohio State at United Center: report
- Showers move off to the east, much drier air arrives Wednesday
- Army reinstates at least 36 discharged immigrants
- High school football 2018: The Twitter preview
- Michael Kopech’s Twitter rollout shows how valuable he is to White Sox
- Pearl Jam concert at Wrigley Field delayed due to weather
- NFL officials to discuss new helmet rule but no major changes anticipated
- Flash flood kills 8 hikers in gorge in southern Italy
- Bears pass rusher Leonard Floyd has ‘an uphill battle coming for him’
- Six weeks ago, John Hoerster’s heart stopped. He’ll coach OPRF’s football game on Friday.
- White Sox 8, Twins 5