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- Brasil doblega a Paraguay por penales y está en semifinales
- Ask Amy: Teacher considers housing former student
- From sacred to secular: What happens when a Catholic church shuts down?
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 70, George Wilson
- Daywatch: Scooters popular, but safety rules aren’t, a gerrymandering win for Illinois Democrats and other things to know to start your day
- Editorial: Slavery’s long shadow: A Chicago perspective on the reparations debate
- Peters setting the table for Oilmen
- Willy Garcia — he of the White Sox’s all-Garcia outfield in 2017 — is trying to get back to the majors with the Winnipeg Goldeyes
- Column: What the (BLEEP) just happened? Rex Huppke’s ‘Week in Review’
- United Airlines is dropping the ‘Continental’ from its parent company name
- Chile defiende el bicampeonato de Copa América ante la poderosa Colombia
- Messi afronta un nuevo escollo: la desprejuiciada Venezuela
- Oscar Cortez y su propuesta regional de ‘tradición con innovación’
- Catching up with Kaden, a transgender man: ‘It’s still a little complicated ‘
- After years of review, Lake County begins new review of long-closed State Line Bridge
- La gran fiesta de Jennifer López llega a Chicago
- Record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe
- Democratic rifts emerge on healthcare, age, race during debates
- New Whitney Houston remix by DJ-producer Kygo released
- Boeing expects it won’t finish 737 Max software fix until September
- Lake Zurich to replace Cherokee Road, Kim Trail water mains as part of infrastructure upgrades
- Coffee might be your go-to brew for weight loss
- Big Bird films on Lake Michigan for ‘Sesame Street’ 50th anniversary
- Airline group calls for international cooperation on Boeing 737 Max
- Meet the ‘Windies.’ These Chicagoans are really, really enthusiastic about ‘Windy City Live.’
- Late-night TV confronts a tough question: Are Democratic candidates funny?
- Cyr: Election loss weakens Turkey’s Erdogan
- $700,000 to $7 million: Tribune Tower Residences unveils pricing of ‘elegantly stunning’ new condos
- 4 takeaways from the Cubs-Braves series, including the catching tandem’s success and Brandon Kintzler’s comeback
- Trump bromea con Putin: ‘No interfieras en la elección’
- Sale of Lake Station water plant upheld
- Trump jokes to Putin: ‘Don’t meddle in the election’
- Shout Out: Sam Gascoigne, a Goldwater Scholarship winner from Lake Forest College
- Ataques a Biden y tensiones en el segundo debate demócrata
- Supreme Court agrees to hear ‘Bridgegate’ case
- How Himesh Patel mastered the Beatles in ‘Yesterday’
- Jackie O’s island getaway on Martha’s Vineyard hits the market for $65M
- Ratings for second Democratic debate top first
- Climate-change anxiety is now a part of growing up: Pop culture has caught on
- Reviews: Stephanie Izard’s Cabra and Chris Pandel’s Cira make Hoxton a dining destination
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker set to sign bills for massive gambling expansion and $45 billion construction program; cigarette and gas tax hikes would kick in Monday
- Speak out: No raises for members of Congress
- Navy Pier Flyover gets a face-lift
- Review: Prince’s album of giveaways affirms his ’80s dominance
- Flashback: Chicago’s pride parades through the years
- Letter: ‘Wealth tax’ doesn’t add up
- Looking for ways to reduce health care costs? Try these 5 tips
- Gary officials give final approval to U.S. Steel deal
- Why a rush-hour commute could cost more. Transportation groups ask Lightfoot to consider ‘congestion pricing’
- Cities around the country are helping LGBT businesses get big-money government contracts — and Chicago could be next
- Column: Wright or wrong? A planned visitor center next to Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio raises thorny issues
- Risas, tequila y orgullo LGBTQ: Cómo un podcast fortaleció el vínculo entre una madre mexicana y su hijo homosexual
- McDaniel-Hale: Elgin has new tool to deal with unwanted debris
- Column: This Fourth of July, take a moment to reflect on our nation’s founding
- México detiene a decenas de migrantes a bordo de ‘La Bestia’
- West Aurora students raise funds for Lurie Children’s Hospital
- Overbilled by $480 for my Expedia car rental
- Column: Kamala Harris won the moment, but Joe Biden’s still fightin’
- Indiana’s top court again weighing confiscation of $40K Land Rover over sale of $400 worth of heroin
- Oswego OKs three new part-time positions at Village Hall
- Disabato: A look back at the most memorable moments of the high school baseball season
- Markham campaign worker hired after she wrote mayor asking for work, records show
- Buscan el voto hispano, pero no hablan español
- Martha Keserich-Vance, sang with big bands in Chicago and northwest Indiana, dies
- What to say to people splashing you at the pool
- Moran: Property tax relief? Residents fleeing for the border? Debate begins about possibility of Lake County gas tax
- Woman hit and killed by Red Line train after dropping phone on tracks identified
- Comments over Civil War Days cancellation in ‘extreme poor taste,’ didn’t break law, Lake County sheriff concludes
- Blue Island man charged with murder in fatal shooting, police say
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- New McDonald’s in Aurora to rise from ashes of old one that burned down
- Chicago man achieves Explorers Grand Slam, globe-trotting feat of adventure and endurance
- Family plans memorial for Beth Chapman
- McGrath: Everyone has an opinion and the right to disagree is an American privilege so why are we so thin-skinned about it?
- New Illinois laws aimed at ICE are ‘a firewall against Trump attacks’ on immigrants, Pritzker says
- Public art installation shows off different styles in Valparaiso
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- It was only a matter of time. Twitter rips (and defends) Chicago’s electric scooters. Here’s a sampling.
- Aurora mom charged with killing infant son appears in court
- Editorial: Kraft Heinz needs a healthy dose of reinvention
- Letter to the Editor
- Rescatan a migrantes abandonados dentro de un camión
- Juiced ball or not, baseball is on pace to shatter home run records with 3,311 hit at the midway point
- Buffalo Grove man reports being robbed in driveway of home by masked gunman: Police
- Arrestan a organizador de ataque al ex pelotero David Ortiz
- Letters: Fair Workweek law would help working students
- Florence Pugh goes down a dark rabbit hole in ‘Midsommar’
- Indiana news briefs
- Airlines have collected $1.3 billion in baggage fees so far this year
- Multiple developers eyeing downtown Evanston parking lot near library, city officials say
- Lakefront estate in Plainfield: $1.9M
- Defensa Domínguez: Es momento que Cruz Azul le responda a Caixinha
- Column: 9 things to love this summer
- Speak Out: Lincoln-Way Dist. 210, Democratic debates
- Brasil gana pero no encuentra la llave para abrir defensas cerradas
- Adbert Alzolay and Miguel Amaya will represent the Cubs at the Futures Game
- Down to Business: A bike is more than just a mode of transportation: ‘I change people’s lives,’ store owner says
- Melissa McCarthy in talks to play Ursula in live-action ‘Little Mermaid’
- Women increasingly caught up in Chicago’s violence
- MetroSouth hearing to be held in Blue Island
- Activists and farmers tackle food deserts on Chicago’s South Side — ‘Food is a tool of resistance’
- Guest engineer ‘throttle time’ train ride chugs down nostalgic tracks
- Blackhawks sign Dylan Sikura and John Quenneville to 2-year contract extensions
- Family atmosphere a big ingredient at Geneva butcher shop
- Creedence Revived brings all the CCR hits to Waukegan
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- Column: Julián Castro knows criminalizing immigration is a failure
- Desesperación, colapso y muerte
- This Week in Naperville
- Frankfort names new village clerk
- Naomi Watts proves that actresses don’t ‘age out after 40’
- Illinois owes $4 million to feds following Medicaid missteps, audit shows
- New Butler Junior High principal, assistant principal hired from inside District 53
- Dan cadena perpetua a supremacista blanco
- Column: Harris made Biden appear like a man of yesterday, not tomorrow
- West Dundee to spend $677K on street resurfacing this year, with work to start in late July
- Aurora man found guilty of home invasion
- Fox Lake adds more tickets, food, drink to second Bloody Mary Fest
- She took on a weight loss challenge; now she’s on the hunt for a new style
- Elgin News Digest
- iPhone designer Jony Ive is leaving Apple
- Oldest gas pipeline in Chicago, from before Great Fire, gets a retirement party
- Norridge Village Board approves $23.5 million budget
- Chicago’s ‘Cows on Parade’ is back for July, celebrating 20-year anniversary with one last roundup
- Naperville News Digest
- Hutton: Ben Geffert’s departure is troubling news for the Griffith football program
- Una vida en fuga entre cafetales
- Column: Don’t reward Yingying Zhang’s killer for hiding her body
- Rockopelli fans dodge the rain to enjoy bands, vendors
- The Megan Rapinoe Show: U.S. beats France 2-1 to set up semifinal date with England
- Mom mourns Hammond teen killed trying to safeguard kids on slaying’s anniversary
- Waubonsee event to honor moon landing
- Slowik: Urban farm in Blue Island to close amid dispute over profits from public land
- Toni Preckwinkle runs again!
- Rapinoe permite a EEUU dar un paso importante hacia su cuarto título
- Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy seeks proposals to move Glencoe cottage threatened with demolition
- Argentina desinfla a Venezuela y chocará con Brasil en la Copa América
- Treasurer Stidham fights back in Portage: ‘I’ve been defamed’
- 10 Summer festival fashion essentials
- Rainy start to summer is making for a difficult beach season. It’s also creating headaches for seasonal businesses around Lake Forest.
- Column: Democratic candidates can debate issues, but only one question matters: Can you beat Donald Trump?
- Down to Business: Candy shop owner sweet on spurring smiles
- Girls basketball notes: Lake Central’s Jaksich planning October return from knee surgery
- How creating a podcast strengthened the bond between a Mexican mother and her gay son
- The USWNT’s win over France (in France) is all anyone’s talking about
- North Shore Taco Fest bring new spice to Highwood Days
- Commentary: Why the gas tax is good for Illinois businesses
- Wilmette’s Langdon Beach closed this summer due to shoreline erosion, rising Lake Michigan water levels
- Ex-Oak Forest fire chief pleads guilty to theft of city funds
- Activist for homeless to launch latest journey with Naperville diaper, sock collection
- Rolling Meadows man critically injured in collision with SUV: Arlington Heights police
- El uso de scooters eléctricos en Chicago comenzó con alta demanda, y con usuarios rompiendo las reglas
- Obama Foundation raised $165M last year toward Chicago presidential center, a drop from kickoff year
- Joe Biden defends civil rights record to Chicago crowd, 1 day after criticism from Sen. Kamala Harris and other rivals at Democratic debate
- The Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- Commentary: The lesson from last year’s newsroom shooting resonates around the world
- Democrat Robert Martwick sworn in as state senator; GOP taps Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens for House seat
- The Spin: Joe Biden’s debate with Kamala Harris continues at Rainbow PUSH speech in Chicago
- Un fin de semana de ‘Herencia de México’
- Park District of Highland Park closes dog beach because of safety concerns
- Former Glenview Park District Commissioner Judy Beck dead at 77, remembered as ‘a pillar for the community’
- Column: No-bake cookie recipe perfect classroom lesson for summer
- 4 Tire Tips for a Perfect Summer
- Increasing access to computer science education for students
- Mindfulness and its proven impact on loneliness: What you should know
- Make Your Own Beautiful, Durable Concrete Countertops
- How to keep your home cool and improve indoor air quality
- Quick storm caused isolated flooding, tree damage in Naperville
- Fox River is star of the show at Yorkville fest
- Traffic snarls expected with resurfacing of 159th Street
- New Porter County election, registration board to begin Monday
- ‘Come on, man, you don’t want to get shot,’ alleged Subway robbers say in federal complaint
- Pop-Up Market helps pantry bring food to Aurora area residents who have trouble getting around
- Editorial: An end to remap abuses? It’s up to voters now
- Corrections and clarifications
- Police looking for ex-boyfriend in Gary shooting
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoints administrator to lower city’s expenses from police lawsuits, other expenses
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bills that ignite $45 billion construction program, massive gambling expansion and doubling of gas tax
- Exhibit at Mastodon Park in Aurora officially opens
- Editorial: Keep your eyes on the road: July 1 brings a crackdown on distracted driving.
- Aurora set to begin nearly $2 million water main project on Galena
- New sheriff’s office program wants to help — not jail — Kane County drug addicts
- Drivers beware: Using an electronic device while driving — even if you’re just holding it — becomes a moving violation on July 1
- Man arrested after fleeing scene of fatal accident on Dan Ryan Expressway, killing 25-year-old woman
- City to fund Aurora preservation grant program
- Commentary: The debates’ biggest losers? American taxpayers
- Commentary: DACA will get its day in the Supreme Court just in time for the 2020 election
- Using an electronic device while driving — even if you’re just holding it — becomes a moving violation in Illinois on July 1
- Column: Border pandering, not Kamala Harris-Joe Biden drama, will decide 2020
- Adult-themed circus heads to Orland Park
- Megan Rapinoe’s 2 goals help U.S. to 2-1 win against host France in the World Cup quarterfinals
- ‘It’s going to be an economic boon’: Waukegan finally gets a casino as Pritzker signs gambling expansion bill
- While Cubs ‘look outside’ for hitting help, Joe Maddon hopes answers will surface on the current roster
- Church news
- DuPage County Clerk partnering with Illinois Archives office to preserve historic documents
- Federal judge blocks Indiana ban on 2nd trimester abortion procedure
- Column: Now it’s Wayside Cross residents’ turn to be blindsided
- Decent: The Fourth of July’s such an American holiday, especially in Naperville, that it’s hard to imagine its equivalent in England
- Alabama woman indicted in the death of her fetus, but person who shot her goes free
- World Cup watch party gets artsy, while more events at the MCA — and a big one Tuesday in Lincoln Park — are on the schedule
- Supreme Court to decide on Trump’s effort to end protections for ‘Dreamers’
- Wayside Cross child sex offenders must move in 30 days as Aurora follows distance law
- Avowed white supremacist sentenced to life in prison for car attack that killed woman in Charlottesville, Virginia
- U.S. still reigns over women’s soccer, but challengers to the throne are gaining strength
- A 4-year-old, his father and a driver all ticketed after boy runs into road and gets hit by car in Niles
- Abortions can continue at Missouri’s only clinic, commissioner rules
- Medical supply business, ice cream shop proposed for long-shuttered Park Ridge travel office
- White Sox put shortstop Tim Anderson on the 10-day injured list and bring back Daniel Palka from the minors
- Chicago woman accused of killing her romantic rival by ramming Jeep into her multiple times found not guilty
- Celtics hire Kara Lawson as assistant coach: AP source
- Weather service: Thunderstorms threaten Chicago Friday evening, Northerly Island evacuated, Chicago’s North Side neighborhoods risk flooding
- The Chicago starter guide: What you need to know if you’ve just moved to Chicago
- Fire’s winless streak now at 6 games after 3-1 loss to Red Bulls
- El campeón sigue de pie: Chile tumba a Colombia por penales
- White Sox aren’t interested in short-term fix for beleaguered rotation, but Rick Hahn says Dylan Cease is ‘getting awful close’
- White Sox 6, Twins 4
- Cole Hamels heads to injured list after Cubs’ 6-3 loss to Reds, which could mean Adbert Alzolay will be around awhile