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- Florida mall shooting
- Ex-boyfriend has become colleague
- After years of watching top students leave for other states, U. of I. and lawmakers begin to respond
- Man charged with shooting 62-year-old during Chicago’s most violent weekend of 2018
- Trump is obsessed with loyalty. But he surrounds himself with traitors.
- Rate of home ownership among black and Latino millennials is strikingly low, study finds
- Morning Spin: Why Illinois is becoming more of a ‘microcosm of national politics’
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel to hand out $8M in grants on South and West sides as neighborhood fund grows
- Welcome to Codeverse, where young kids learn to build games and hack light fixtures
- As old Dial soap factory in Montgomery gets set to close, employees prepare to say goodbye
- Meganne Wecker, third-generation leader of Skyline Furniture, introduces digitally printed fabric
- Rauner vetoes bill that would set minimum teacher salary at $40,000 within five years
- ‘Vietgone’ at Writers Theatre: Looking back at a lost war through his refugee parents’ eyes
- Summer winds down, but not Hinsdale Farmers Market
- The grilling of Brett Kavanaugh
- 5 observations from rewatching Bears-Chiefs, including Javon Wims and Chase Daniel
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- Leaders say Evanston/Skokie School District 65 fiscally sound this year, but deficit predicted by 2025
- Harley Clarke Mansion referendum headed for November ballot in Evanston
- Filling McCain’s seat a political balancing act for Arizona governor
- Mohamed Salah tweet shows his dispute with Egypt soccer is not over
- What Bears coach Matt Nagy should’ve said about sitting his starters
- Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising heroism of McCain
- Ask Anna: Can I dump my grieving boyfriend?
- 3 dead, including gunman, in shooting at video game tournament in Florida
- White House flags return to full staff 2 days after McCain’s death
- Last look: ‘Sindbad’ show at Universal’s Islands of Adventure
- Tom Brady hangs up on WEEI interview after too many questions about his trainer Alex Guerrero
- Two seriously wounded in shooting on Dan Ryan early Monday
- Children were at sleepover when fire raced through home, killing 6 kids and 2 adults
- From ‘Wedding Crashers’ to SNL, John McCain was no stranger to pop culture
- Vietnam honors John McCain
- 3 things we learned from the Cubs’ sweep of the Reds
- Anti-bait truck shoe giveaway in Englewood
- John McCain’s former Vietnamese jailer says he respected late senator
- ‘Sharp Objects’ boss on the finale’s surprise reveal in the credits
- Shooting at Florida video game tournament raises calls for more security
- Kouts salutes all things pork at annual festival
- Tesla shares slip after company decides to stay public
- Shout Out: Tsagalis family, Chicago Bears fans
- Trump anuncia acuerdo con México para renegociar el TLC y espera que Canadá se una
- Garth Brooks sets Oct. 20 date for Notre Dame Stadium show
- HBO delivers first look at ‘True Detective’ Season 3 with Mahershala Ali
- Universal: Brazil’s Ivete Sangalo set for Florida Cup Fan Fest concert
- From his home in Detroit, a gamer saw his friends shot in Jacksonville
- New pot study raises concerns about smoking marijuana while breastfeeding
- The NBA is trying to speed up the game again. That’s good for the league and for fans.
- Chicago’s kids often commute alone. Here’s what parents need to know.
- Eyes could be window to predicting Alzheimer’s
- McCain to be buried near best friend from U.S. Naval Academy
- La Grange family hosts princess parties to raise funds for friend with leukemia
- Iran goes to United Nations’ highest court over re-imposed U.S. sanctions
- Prickly City-back to English
- Ohio State abuse case echoes the Larry Nassar scandal at Michigan State
- Fifty years later, media remains under siege
- Tiger Woods on Donald Trump: ‘We all must respect the office’
- Five things to do in Northwest Indiana Aug. 31-Sept. 6
- Princess party fundraiser
- WMAQ-Ch. 5 reporter Mary Ann Ahern lists Skokie home for $689,000
- JetBlue raising baggage fees starting Monday
- Naperville apartment fire sends 3 to hospital and leaves 4 units uninhabitable
- As ‘L’ trains get more jammed, backpacks a bulging problem
- Hospitals battle for control over fast-growing heart valve procedure
- Tours to start at Old Joliet Prison, a ruin of busted glass and the stuff of nightmares
- IUN students zip through first week
- Five things to do in Lake County Aug. 31-Sept. 6
- Kick off football season with these entertaining new books
- Music in the Dells, a fall train trip to Minnesota and more Midwest events
- Talk of the County: What happened to the GOP of the past?
- Keeping families together on the plane without going broke
- Canceling lifeguards’ contract could end up being costly
- Winnetka bids farewell to summer with beach party
- In Juneau, locally minded chefs are redefining Alaskan cuisine
- Who is David Katz, the Jacksonville mass shooter?
- Five things to do in the western suburbs Aug. 31-Sept. 6
- ‘The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad’
- Wilmette seeks bicycler and pedestrian input as it plans possible bike routes
- From the ’68 DNC to today, progressive activists fight the same power, raising the question: Are they getting anywhere?
- Valparaiso University to add environmental engineering major
- Fall maintenance tips for a lush green lawn next spring
- Opioid crisis illuminates the need to see pain medicine specialists
- Obama Foundation Scholars to meet in Chicago this week
- 8-year-old boy shot to death in Kankakee in what police believe was an accident
- Top student loan official resigns, cites Trump’s hostility toward protecting borrowers
- Reward offered in attempted Zion bank robbery
- Porter County Fair brought record numbers in 2018
- Vegan ice cream, $1 dumplings and a seafood brunch buffet, plus other weekend plans
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gets month in jail
- MLB stars see a good barber as a therapist, a confidant — and a necessity. And teams are following suit.
- 3 tips to make meal prep into an enjoyable family activity
- ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ to close Sept. 9
- Succotash like your grandma never knew it
- Lake Forest Symphony begins next 60 years of performances
- Lincolnwood School District 74 ice cream social served up more than frozen treats: ‘When you help the students … everybody benefits’
- Laura Ricketts: ‘I was on board’ with Cubs’ trade for Daniel Murphy
- Back-to-school bash: Guerin festival provides fun, raises funds
- 2 Fremont Middle School students charged after shooting threat referencing Columbine, police say
- Engañados y desprotegidos
- La crónica negra persigue a Ciudad Juárez
- Simona Halep becomes 1st No. 1-seeded woman to lose in 1st round of U.S. Open
- U.S. and Mexico tentatively set to replace NAFTA with new deal
- Golf School District 67 begins academic year with a ‘dash’
- Dunes backers to continue push for national park designation
- My kids are on vacation without me. It’s lovely and terrible.
- Thalía en pleno renacer mediático
- What Matt Nagy’s candor reveals about the 2018 Bears
- Modern take on boiled ham speaks to Midwest’s long love affair with pork
- Foxconn giving $100 million to UW-Madison for partnership
- Football notebook: Aidan Cruickshank helps Hinsdale Central complete comeback
- Quickly: McCain’s passing, NAFTA changes, Trump’s tweeting
- Boy George and the B-52s are coming back from the ’80s with a vengeance
- Vote in the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- ‘This Is Us’ promotes Lyric Ross — who plays Deja — to series regular
- Naperville restaurants embracing Dollar Up Hunger Down as easy way to help Loaves & Fishes
- ‘This is here’: The conversation gets underway as OPRF hosts screening of Starz series’ debut
- Emissions from Willowbrook company could be harmful to residents, federal report says
- Makeup tips for going gray: It’s all about color
- Smart Farm of Barrington expands with new greenhouse, educational farmhouse
- ‘Minding the Gap’ review: A filmmaker finds truth on the streets of Rockford
- Guerin College Prep hosts festival
- Man, 28, shot in Gary, police say
- North Suburban football notes: Lake Zurich shuts down Fremd
- Niles School District 71 starts school year with new principal
- Inside Patricia Clarkson’s brutal ‘Sharp Objects’ performance: ‘It’s dark and nasty and twisted and beautiful’
- Action Network to launch sports gambling podcast network
- To a refrigerator dying young
- What we’ve lost in John McCain’s passing
- Calendar: Dolls to be celebrated Sunday in Deerfield
- Chicago’s mayoral candidates have no real plans to reduce fines and fees
- Blown transformer leaves 130 Naperville households without power for hours Sunday
- September’s garden song: Time to transplant
- Skokie’s Backlot Bash closes out summer break, draws throng to downtown area
- Speak Out: Trump has no obligation to talk to CNN, not enough parking for East Dundee building, more
- Director: ‘Calendar Girls’ more about friendship than nudity
- Trump will not attend John McCain’s funeral, senator’s spokesman says
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018
- In River Forest, community garden thrives
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington sends ‘Honoray Bat Kid’ to Wrigley Field
- How the 1968 Democratic convention defined America’s left — and right
- Quarterback Jeff George Jr. transferring from Michigan to Pitt
- Alleged Hammond bridge thief aims to have charges dismissed
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2018
- Hinsdale Middle School opens for final first day at 42-year-old building
- Deerfield High School invites community to carnival
- Elmwood Park car show features 150 vehicles in effort to raise money for D.A.R.E.
- Greyhound’s new bus site location
- Illinois names graduate transfer A.J. Bush its starting quarterback
- Mollie Tibbetts’ funeral doused outrage with compassion, and fiery voices stayed mum
- He’s 29, Mexican, Arab and suddenly relevant
- Woman accused of filing false report about Lake County jail fondling seeks specialty court
- Questions for the Cubs: When will Kris Bryant return? Can Mike Montgomery maintain his durability?
- Odell Beckham Jr. agrees to contract with Giants to become NFL’s highest-paid wide receiver
- Twain now open, inspired by vintage Midwestern recipes and cookbooks
- 2 buildings on Skokie Boulevard to be razed for redevelopment opportunities
- Skokie School Dist. 73.5 drops challenge against board member over residency issue: ‘A loophole’ keeps in him in office
- Talk of the County: McCain deserves respect from everyone, including Trump
- Greyhound bus site on Chicago River moves closer to big residential development
- Weather blamed for Lake County Fair’s dip in attendance
- Florida shooting draws attention to burgeoning esports industry
- Talk of the County: Public Defender’s Office dog may not be comfort to all children
- Twain now open, inspired by vintage Midwestern recipes and cookbooks
- Former Kraft Foods CEO expands Lake Forest estate, paying $1.35 million for home next door
- Consumers can help fight opioid crisis by disposing of leftover prescription drugs
- Talk of the County: Another American killed thanks to those who employ ‘illegals’
- Attention, baseball fans: Prove your smarts by helping predict the MLB playoff results
- Boys soccer notes: Tucker Jahns takes on big leadership role as a junior midfielder and forward for Kaneland
- ‘The Who, What, and Why of School Consolidation’ to be explored at the Eisenhower library
- Panthers agree to terms with ex-Blackhawk Troy Brouwer on 1-year deal
- Letting go of the past for a less cluttered future: Moving into a smaller home
- Yorkville mansion on 36 acres sells for $5 million, a Kendall County record
- ‘This can happen to anybody’: Ahead of suicide prevention month, Naperville pizza shop joins cause in honor of local teen
- Xolos acuerda convenio con Chicago Blues
- For Deerfield robotics students, knowledge is meant to be passed down
- Morton Grove farmers market open through early fall
- Detroit se prepara para despedir a Aretha Franklin
- Mini Mott serves a great burger, but don’t forget the wings
- Hainesville sponsors free civil war encampment, battle
- Some smell a sale at Blommer Chocolate: Reports say family-owned firm mulling options
- ‘Growing up, we were the weird ones’: The wizarding, mermaiding, cosplaying haven of Epic Nerd Camp
- ‘Fresh and clean slate’: Norwood Park school rebrands as St. Paul Early Childhood Center
- Feds approve Illinois expansion of Obamacare coverage for opioid addiction
- Cohetes, cigarrillos u otro material inflamable pudieron haber provocado el mortal incendio en La Villita
- Manu Ginóbili anuncia su retiro del baloncesto
- Mino’s Italian in Winnetka
- Boys soccer notes: Adrian Moreno kicks off season with three goals and an assist to power Waukegan
- Melissa McCarthy is an acclaimed comedic actress. So why does she keep making bad movies?
- Jacksonville sheriff says suspected gunman targeted other gamers
- Girls volleyball notes: Clemson recruit Camryn Hannah helps Marist hit high notes in taking tourney title
- China disputes latest U.S. tariffs at World Trade Organization
- DeMotte man charged with murder in wife’s death
- Southland police, firefighters battle on the diamond for officers with cancer
- Broadway dimming lights to honor Neil Simon
- Bears starters accept Matt Nagy’s decision to scale back ‘pointless’ preseason game reps
- Deerfield Public Library prepares for fall with fresh slate of programs
- Ohio State interim head coach Ryan Day not interviewed in Urban Meyer probe
- Adam Engel’s secret for high-pressure at-bats? Just breathe.
- Aurora set to enact program to replace lead water pipes
- Boys soccer notes: Paul Bogarin ‘impossible to defend’ in the midfield and at forward for Morton
- Toyota to invest $500 million in Uber to help develop self-driving vehicles, AP source says
- When will Chicago learn to resolve disputes with words, not weapons?
- New law will require insurers to cover egg, embryo freezing for cancer patients
- Melissa McCarthy is an acclaimed comedic actress. So why does she keep making bad movies?
- Judge blocks Texas company from putting plans to make 3D guns online
- Explaining esports: Madden tournament part of wider world of popular gaming competitions
- Speak Out: Trade deal with Mexico, Cubs, impeachment and more
- Lightning damages Sacred Heart bell tower, electrical system in Winnetka
- Talk of the County: Trump ‘is bankrupting the United States’
- Monday night’s temperature could break record for date
- Learning Oak/Mi Escuela offers multicultural education in Oak Park
- Assisted living center proposed for vacant lot in Mundelein
- Luke Bryan is riding his ‘bro country’ all the way to the top of the charts
- Heat advisory in Chicago
- Backpacks and school supplies a hit in Zion
- Video shows fight at Go Bananas in Norridge; petition seeks to shut down the amusement center
- ‘Love and Information’ delves into relationships in a world of facts
- ‘We are totally happy,’ say Amazon workers paid to tweet
- With hamstring tightness lingering, will Roquan Smith remain limited when Bears face Packers in Week 1?
- Corrections and clarifications
- ‘Please lock your cars’: Park Ridge police chief makes plea to residents as burglaries continue
- ‘Survival of the laziest’: Finally, a scientific reason to stay on the couch
- Lake Arlington grand-reopening unveils new attractions inviting residents ‘to get out into nature’
- Finance director steps in as interim village manager in Lincolnwood
- John McCain’s farewell letter: ‘Do not despair of our present difficulties’
- U.S. men’s tennis Grand Slam drought lingers on
- 5 ways to make the most of your first year of college
- Naperville man arrested on charges he exposed himself to 3 women; second such charge for former Metea teacher
- On Jemele Hill, Michelle Beadle and the football arguments ESPN avoids
- Big Ten predictions: Is Ohio State overrated? Can any team challenge Wisconsin in the West?
- RadioShack resurrected in Orland Park hobby shop
- Man charged with 2016 Sprint store armed robbery, Naperville police say
- The lesson of Lake Shore Drive: Stay away during the massive construction project
- The Illinois GOP can do better than this
- Hadiya Pendleton’s parents reflect on the trial, their losses, their lives
- Lions sign free agent defensive end Robert Ayers
- Jury selection fills first day of trial in 1980 Hammond cop killing
- Back home: Brandon Newman returns to Valparaiso to play basketball due to his mother’s health issues
- Knowles: Kelly, Congressional caucus hold symposium on how black women can build wealth
- Cold, dry climate shifts linked to Neanderthal disappearance
- White Sox 6, Yankees 2
- State school superintendent, Congressman among those taking tour of U46’s new welding lab, other trade programs
- Sen. John McCain’s ‘no ma’am’ moment showed his true character
- Under pressure from lawmakers and veterans, Trump tersely recognizes McCain’s service and re-lowers White House flag
- Cardinal Cupich defends his record, Pope Francis in response to former Vatican official
- After tense year, Disney agrees to pay park workers $15 an hour
- Aurora man found guilty of first-degree murder in Latin American Club shooting
- Kushner Cos. fined $210K by New York for false documents
- Tonishea Mack, Rich East’s all-time leading scorer, takes over as women’s basketball coach at Governors State
- Suburban Cooks: Pigging out the name of the game for these Naperville food truck entrepreneurs
- New president named for Advocate South Suburban Hospital
- Judge denies Larry Nassar’s request for new sentence
- In Howard County, parents of Jacksonville shooting suspect had been desperate to find psychiatric care for son
- U.S., Mexico reach 16-year trade agreement; deal does not include Canada — yet
- Texans star J.J. Watt’s Hurricane Harvey effort raises $41.6M
- Republicans’ anger at McCain speaks volumes about America’s tribal politics
- El padre Gary Graf fue removido, lo acusan de violaciones al código de conducta que involucra a un menor
- Woman who claimed she was harassed at retirement home for being gay wins round in court against operators
- Ask Tom: Does a 2-point spread between temperature, dew point mean precipitation is inevitable?
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018
- With call for pope to resign, divisions within the Catholic Church explode into view
- Metra trains snarled at Union Station after signal problems
- Document: Appeals court ruling in Niles retirement home discrimination case
- Cubs’ Carl Edwards Jr. tries to gain control of control issues
- Donations sought as Little Village responds to fatal fire: ‘The arms of Chicago are enfolding them’
- Late summer heat wave to come to a stormy end
- Judges say North Carolina congressional districts unconstitutionally gerrymandered
- Tropical Storm Lane damage assessment under way
- Mollie Tibbetts’ father defends Iowa Hispanic community
- Kris Bryant scores twice in his 1st rehab game for Triple-A Iowa
- ‘Hellooo … Hellooo?’: An awkward phone call with Mexico becomes part of the Trump spectacle
- Kendrys Morales’ HR streak ends at 7 as Orioles blank Blue Jays
- Anthony Rizzo’s 2 doubles and homer, Jon Lester’s 2-run single help Cubs to 6th straight victory
- Cubs 7, Mets 4
- Shout Out: Julie Greene, a fan of the outdoors and Eric Clapton
- Serena Williams wins in return to U.S. Open; Rafael Nadal advances