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- ‘Defending him is really hard’: Ty Konrad scores twice as Naperville North tops Waubonsie Valley
- Reynaldo Lopez admits it’s ‘frustrating’. There are games when everything clicks. And then there are games like last night.
- Ask Amy: Enabling mom creates extreme family imbalance
- A hidden cost of Chicago police misconduct: $213 million to private lawyers since 2004
- Column: McDonald’s moves toward voice-recognition drive-thrus. What could possibly go wrong?
- Column: Something to cry about: The rise of the surveillance state after 9/11
- Column: Sean Spicer and other former Trump enablers don’t deserve our forgiveness.
- Daywatch: A hidden cost of Chicago police misconduct, Lightfoot reverses one of Emanuel’s last deals and other things to know to start your day
- Read Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s letter requesting an independent investigation of background checks on Chicago Police Board speakers
- After a car crash, Taurus Flavors didn’t close its doors. But now the iconic South Side restaurant may be demolished.
- Commentary: Mayor Lori Lightfoot should end her attack on bail reform
- 7 questions heading into tonight’s 10-candidate Democratic presidential debate
- Reversing one of Emanuel’s last decisions, Lightfoot ensures clout-heavy scrap shredder leaves North Side by 2020
- Racist email sent to Chicago beer writer leads to positive international Twitter response: #IAmCraftBeer
- In ‘Everything Below the Waist,’ Jennifer Block advocates for health care’s second-class citizens: women
- Matt Nagy and Vic Fangio, colleagues a year ago, will meet again Sunday in Denver — each looking for his 1st win of the season
- Documents show secret background checks by Chicago police go back to at least 2006 as Lightfoot calls for probe
- Cubs now tied with the Brewers for the 2nd NL wild-card spot: ‘I don’t care if it’s pretty or ugly. We just have to win.’
- Chicago Sky advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs behind Diamond DeShields’ 25 points
- Body of man found in burning van on South Side
- Panel says utilities can pay less for customers’ solar power
- Happy hour deals in Chicago: Sept. 12-18
- WGN’s 72-year run with the Cubs is ending. But the station won’t wallow in nostalgia during its final telecasts.
- Imagine what you’ll do with all that homegrown garlic
- Bulls Q&A: Will they make the playoffs this season? How will the point guard rotation play out?
- Daniel Johnston, underground Texas music legend celebrated by Kurt Cobain, Wilco, dies at 58
- Night Out in the Parks kicks off this week with Collaboraction’s collection of 21 premiere works of theater, dance, music in ‘Peacebook’
- Flashback: The stunt that made Marina City immortal, even if Steve McQueen’s final movie isn’t
- Man charged after package of narcotics put in mailbox triggers bomb squad response in Logan Square
- ‘Falling is easier when it’s with friends’: FroSkate offers skateboard sisterhood for those underrepresented in the sport
- Things to do in Chicago this weekend: The Rickmobile pop-up, French bulldog ‘pawty,’ Nick Offerman, Wine Fest on the Beach
- ‘Give Me Liberty’ review: A medical transport van welcomes all
- ‘Edie’ review: An 83-year-old woman tackles a mountain in this breath of fresh air from Scotland
- Disney resorts offer free dining plan deal with stay. But book it soon.
- Make history at Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel, get artsy in Wisconsin and more Midwest events
- After heart attack, stenting more than the blocked artery may be best
- When postpartum depression stole my husband
- Slowik: It’s time to talk about how government consolidation could benefit the south suburbs
- Messi habla sobre su futuro, sus metas y Neymar (VIDEO)
- Nuevo récord de jonrones en las Grandes Ligas
- Exjefe de espionaje venezolano se niega a extradición a EEUU
- ‘Hustlers’ review: J-Lo, Constance Wu and Cardi B strip Wall Street boys of their assets
- Sustainable shopping experience BIDE Market comes to Wicker Park this Sunday
- Elizabeth Warren’s new plan calls for tax hike on wealthy to pay for Social Security overhaul
- Pokagons announce plans for 23-story hotel tower at South Bend casino complex
- Tyler Chatwood makes strong pitch to rejoin Cubs starting rotation in 2020
- Trump administration will propose banning flavors used in e-cigarettes
- China exempts some U.S. goods from tariff hikes — but not soybeans
- Thousands of workers at 26 Chicago hotels went on strike in September 2018. A year later, at one hotel they’re still walking picket lines.
- Clubs to get 1/4 of income from Champions League prize money
- The Village People wars have ended, and Victor Willis is back, doing the policeman thing at Riot Fest
- Senadores plantean a Trump plan de control de venta de armas
- Change on tap whether NCAA goes along or not
- Medline employees live the life of firefighters while raising funds for Mundelein first responders on 9/11
- ‘The Goldfinch’ review: Floundering adaptation should be a slam dunk, but its central mystery is something to be endured, rather than solved
- Police: Suspect in custody in Burbank sexual assault of 14-year-old girl walking to school
- El Chicago Fire está un paso más cerca de jugar en Soldier Field
- Step right into fall at Highwood’s Beer and Wine Walk
- Reality star Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino released from federal prison
- Daymaker is a band that is also a collective, a circle of sonic life that puts each member first
- Trump administration to revoke Obama-era water protection rule
- Sheila Jordan, Paul Marinaro and Bach’s Mass in B Minor ignite this weekend
- Riverwalk Fine Art Fair provides temporary ‘little village of art’
- Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman gets NFC Championship rematch with Saints after no-call
- De Marvel a ‘Mosul’, los hermanos Russo se embarcan en una misión global
- Your favorite TV shows’ best musical moments, explained
- Raiders rookie and ‘Hard Knocks’ star Jonathan Abram to miss season with shoulder injury
- El salvadoreño Julio Torres se abre paso en EEUU
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
- The 7 very groovy highlights from ‘A Very Brady Renovation’
- Jazz concert planned in Aurora
- Mexico disagrees with ‘astonishing’ U.S. Supreme Court order that would block migrants from applying for asylum
- Kristin Cavallari allegedly fires employee after inappropriate 9/11 Instagram caption
- What’s it like to be a woman in rock today? The question is part of the problem
- Baranek: Marian Catholic graduate Temi Thomas-Ailara living a ‘dream come true’ at Northwestern
- If a flight is canceled, do I get a refund? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- Harvest Pow Wow marks 25th anniversary
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
- Qué hacer este fin de semana
- New city clerk appointed in Aurora
- NBC Sports Chicago will lose the Cubs on Oct. 1, but pick up some Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox — but will you see it?
- Founder of 3D printed gun company gets probation for sex with underage girl
- ‘He’s tough to tackle’: Two-way threat Tyler Rivelli maximizes his chances on offense for Bartlett
- ‘Never forget’ those who died in 9/11 attacks and aftermath, speakers say during Naperville ceremony
- Group to cover cost of replacing vandalized military statue in Crown Point’s Maplewood Cemetery
- ‘Art Reflects Science’ showcases work of 3 artists inspired by science
- AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans see weather disasters worsening
- Football notes: Waubonsie Valley, DuPage Valley Conference brethren turn into Week 3 road warriors
- Tourist-dependent Bahamas says it’s still open for business
- Police contacted after student finds pocketknife in Park Ridge school restroom
- California’s wildfire season is roaring to life
- 36 hours of pummeling just one spot made Dorian unique
- Hornets owner Michael Jordan pledges another $1 million for hurricane relief
- The truth about CBD for your pets
- How to invest in marijuana stocks
- $20 million gift jump-starts DePaul’s new diplomacy school
- Is CBD a rising star or just a popular fad?
- Audit finds nearly 3,000 illegal marijuana businesses in Calif., dwarfing legal trade
- Art Barn Blitz offers interactive demonstrations, explorations
- Gas station approved near Raging Waves in Yorkville
- Elgin man found guilty of murder in 2015 ambush slaying a man sitting in parked car
- Elmhurst District 205 learns of security plans for redesigned buildings
- Latitude 41 Theater tackles the meaning of true love in Jeff Daniels’ ‘Apartment 3A’
- A man recognized by Trump for his bravery during the El Paso mass shooting isn’t the hero he claimed to be, police say
- Our Week 3 college football picks against the spread: Can Notre Dame cover a massive number? What about Ohio State?
- Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for Sept. 12
- Evanston man again charged with sexually assaulting woman he met through dating app
- México pide a EEUU ‘congelar’ tráfico de armas en compensación por baja en migración
- Man accused of stabbing 5 at a Florida business feared he was about to be fired, police say
- A Highland Park resident from a Jewish family was kept hidden in France during the Holocaust. She since learned the importance of sharing her story.
- Carmel reaches ‘new level of confidence’ after upset of nationally ranked and 2-time defending state champ Marist
- Climate change is coming for your travel plans. Here’s how to cope.
- Curtain Call Theatre in Mokena cultivates comedy in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
- Oak Brook committee says village may be overstaffed because of overestimated daytime population
- Olympic figure skater Evan Lysacek sells Gold Coast condo for $827,000
- Column: The White Sox are searching for answers from fans as their focus turns to 2020. We’re glad they asked. So we answered.
- Post-Tribune football rankings and player of the week for Friday, Sep. 13, 2019
- Football notes: Power Five recruit Reggie Fleurima breaks out as a wide receiver for Naperville Central
- Gary student, 14, dies in apparent drowning in high school pool, officials say
- The 2020 Jeep Compass’ styling includes an open-air dual-pane sunroof
- Frank Alschuler, architect active in efforts to help mentally ill in Uptown, dies at 94
- DePaul and Dave Leitao are working on a multiyear contract extension, the university announces
- Elgin City Council directs staff to draft zoning, tax ordinances for legalized pot sales
- Community news
- Park Forest Art Fair attracts 23 new artists to long-running, juried event
- Speak Out: Cubs, Blagojevich
- Nine times people in Chicago saw the Virgin Mary: ‘A sort of tangible, visible encounter with the divine’
- Míchel y sus Pumas no tienen miedo al América
- Review: Mercado Cocina brings serious Mexican food to an unlikely location
- ‘What more important issue is there for Chicago than gun violence?’ asks local CEO, one of 150 urging Congress to act
- Acusan a un sujeto de narcotráfico después que un paquete sospechoso movilizara a un escuadrón antibombas en Logan Square
- Tinley Park Spanish teacher uses storytelling to help kids learn. ‘It can get very dramatic. Almost like a little telenovela.’
- ‘SNL’ adds 3 to its cast, including an Asian American comic
- Lexus offers limited edition 2020 LC 500 Inspiration Series
- América espera levantar cabeza en el Clásico Capitalino
- Antonio Banderas dice que sufrir un ataque cardiaco lo preparó para ‘Dolor y gloria’
- Football notes: Ignore Merrillville wide receiver Jeremiah Howard at your peril
- Arrancan los ‘playoffs’ para el Chicago Fire
- Cross country notes: Maggie Gamboa takes ‘initiative’ as Naperville North girls win Bettendorf race
- Empresarios de EEUU piden fuertes medidas ‘preventivas’ a la venta de armas
- Enrique Mazzola to succeed retiring Andrew Davis as Lyric Opera’s music director
- ‘Linda Rondstat: Sound of My Voice’ review: Moving documentary a tribute to iconic singer
- Letters: Anger over NEIU event shows intolerance
- Slowik: Southland responds to critics who blame charter school for District 227 issues
- Chicago craft beer pioneer Golden Prairie returns 20 years later. Has its time passed or finally arrived?
- Con la olímpica, México se alista para la Liga de Naciones
- Google, in settlement, agrees to remind its workers of right to free speech on workplace issues
- ‘¡Basta ya’!, dice Mourinho sobre seguir sin entrenar
- La obra de Posada icono de identidad mexicana más allá del Día de los Muertos.
- Se espera al mejor Trubisky
- La Santa Cecilia: Entre el duelo y la modernidad
- ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ writer’s dilemma illustrates how Hollywood pay gap is alive and well
- Thomas Rhett knocks United Center off his bucket list with Very Hot Summer tour: ‘I wanted to play where the Bulls and the Blackhawks play’
- Quickly
- ‘Matilda the Musical’ marks regional premiere in Hobart
- Chicago orders demolition of West Side building after facade collapses, injuring 1 person
- McHenry County reports six cases of mumps among detainees in county jail this summer
- Foody’s Carryout in Gary focuses on fresh, healthy meals
- Former champion drag racer Doug Herbert lost both sons in a car accident. His defensive driving class for teens is coming to Palatine.
- Elgin protesters continue to voice grief and disappointment following decision to return Jensen to police department
- Column: Excelling at a top school — whether public or private — will aid in Ivy League application
- Commentary: Debunked! Most Americans do support the U.S. engaging in world affairs, not retreating
- Trey Burton hopes to play Sunday: ‘Mentally I can’t sit on the bench any longer, but my body hasn’t caught up to that’
- Man on death row for killing family says lawyers made mistakes, asks Indiana Supreme Court for resentencing
- ‘Chicharito’ ya entrena con el Sevilla
- Ex-Posen mayor found dead after failing to appear at criminal sentencing
- In ‘Midsummer’ at the Greenhouse, unlikely lovers meet cute and weird on a date night caper
- 10 questions with… Paul’s Family Restaurant head waitress Rosalinda Delgado
- Parking and partying near Bronzeville bridge to Lake Michigan beach prompts summer street zone restrictions
- Jerry Colangelo won’t forget the players who backed out on USA Basketball this summer
- Man charged in connection with burglary of Aurora gun store
- Brookfield police say picture of gun sent from one Lyons Township High School student to another was not meant as a threat
- Amazon is opening a ‘4-star’ store — which only sells popular items — in the Chicago area
- Convicted serial killer Michael Gargiulo, nicknamed the ‘Hollywood Ripper,’ to be featured on an episode of ’48 Hours’
- ‘Extraordinary and appalling’ handling of sexual violence cases in Chicago Public Schools leads to federal oversight
- Accused gunman in 9-year-old boy’s slaying reverses course, declines to represent himself
- Diego Lainez busca abrirse hueco en el Betis
- Blue Island to hold rally ahead of state board vote on hospital closure request
- With Lake Michigan’s high water levels, city installing barriers along lakefront
- La comunidad mexicana conmemora la Independencia con desfiles, festivales y El Grito en Chicago
- Column: Anne Burke, just picked as state Supreme Court chief justice, still hasn’t explained that matter of the fundraiser for Toni Preckwinkle
- Devoted fans turn out in droves for chance to see author James Patterson in Naperville
- Man with string of arrests given 2 years in prison for assault outside federal courthouse in Loop
- Here’s what’s at stake in Purdue Pharma opioid talks
- Groupon could be looking to acquire Yelp amid shareholder discontent
- ‘Destinos’ presenta historias poderosas
- Is Kirby Dach ready? What will the lines look like? 5 questions the Blackhawks must answer during training camp.
- Davich: ‘Guns and God’ campaign riddled with misunderstandings, loaded with politics
- Clarendon Hills library offers Halloween costume exchange
- Commentary: The vaping hysteria is getting out of hand
- Lake County recorder likely to receive $1 salary in 2020; office staff to be subpoenaed
- Longtime Governors State University president to retire next June
- La original y curiosa apuesta de Vergara e Irarragorri por el Clásico Tapatío
- Sunday storylines: Anthony Miller’s restlessness, Eddy Pineiro’s range and the takeaway task for the Bears defense
- Condos, townhouses planned on former Holy Cross High School land in River Grove
- After Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz dismisses Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s invitation to visit Chicago, she repeats familiar refrain, ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’
- Column: College shouldn’t be the only path to success
- What time is the Democratic presidential debate on tonight?
- Aurora, landlord still unsure on future of former YMCA building
- Abunda talento NBA en semifinalistas del mundial de China
- Nico Hoerner’s arm strength has improved, but the Cubs want to see more consistency in the rookie shortstop’s throws
- A new initiative is trying to make searching for tampons easier for Highland Park women. It’s part of a national movement.
- Column: When comforting someone, what can you really do to help?
- Back-to-back weekend fun planned for Carpenterville in September
- Pull up to ‘The Rickmobile’ or drink wine on the beach — here are 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- 8-bedroom Lincoln Park mansion on 3 city lots sells for $5.5 million
- Police issue ‘all clear’ to DePaul University offices, occupants allowed back inside following Loop bomb threat
- Community news: Southland College Prep gets a visit from The Marching Force, more
- The Spin: Tonight’s presidential debate could be a battle — in a good way | Edelman, Hobson sign gun control letter to Congress | How’s Gov. Pritzker feeling?
- Boca-River abre torneo profesional de fútbol femenino
- 4 things we heard from Bears coordinators, including Eddy Pineiro kicking in high altitude and Chuck Pagano’s Broncos interview
- Justify habría dado positivo a dopaje por comida contaminada
- Angels’ Shohei Ohtani to have surgery on kneecap, miss rest of year
- Homer Glen decision on allowing cannabis sales could come this month
- A Q-and-A with James Patterson
- Crosby: Finding homes for displaced Aurora tenants is no easy task
- Lake County’s stormy week continues with tornado scare followed by flooding rains
- Muere un hombre bajo custodia de ICE en la cárcel de McHenry
- ‘No son conscientes de dónde están’
- Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans retains leadership post and power over $272 million budget, thousands of employees and future of local court system
- Chicago weather: More severe storms possible after as much as 4.5 inches of rain floods north, northwest suburbs; earlier tornado warning in Kane, DeKalb, Kendall counties canceled
- Editorial: Congestion pricing could ease Chicago traffic, but let’s see the plan
- Corrections and clarifications
- South Elgin High School stadium to host first-ever Friday night football game this week
- Former Bears Lance Briggs and Olin Kreutz are among 122 modern-era nominees for the Hall of Fame
- State revenue from casinos continues to drop as Illinois prepares for massive gambling expansion
- Lucas Giolito sets a White Sox record with 8 straight strikeouts, but 2 homers hurt in a 6-3 loss to the Royals
- Aurora begins looking at regulations for recreational marijuana sales
- Committee goal: Motivate Naperville residents to complete 2020 census so city gets every tax dollar it can, officials say
- Editorial: Why CPS should welcome the feds: To protect students from sexual abuse
- Mitch Trubisky’s revelation that he was told not to talk about the Packers game ‘was taken the wrong way,’ Matt Nagy says
- Slowthai isn’t anything like his name, coming at the rap game like a half-clothed, accusatory sonic boom
- Indiana state news
- Joan Johnson, ‘elegant, whip-smart’ co-founder of hair care company, dies at 89
- Kendall state’s attorney says early education for children a key in reducing crime
- Lincolnwood welcomes new library director, Josephine Tucci
- Ben Zobrist drives in a run as a Cubs pinch hitter, but his return to the starting lineup likely won’t happen until Saturday
- Trump visit draws protesters, supporters to Baltimore
- Park Ridge man charged in sword murder of mother misses court for mental health reasons
- Cubs keep pace in the NL wild-card race with a 4-1 win over the Padres behind Yu Darvish’s 14 strikeouts
- Crew was asleep when fire ignited on California scuba dive boat, officials say
- The equalizer: Jose Rico scores goal in 44th minute as Reavis forces a tie with Lemont
- Hundreds of demonstrators gather during Sean Spicer speech at Northeastern Illinois University; man ‘detained by security’ after jumping onto stage
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
- ‘That’s a yes’: Sandburg’s Sidona Rao steps up with 8 kills in win over shorthanded Joliet Catholic
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
- Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky need to regroup — fast — and they must go through Vic Fangio’s Broncos to do it. The Bear Download podcast breaks down the Week 2 matchup.
- Analysis: Julián Castro goes there on Joe Biden’s age: ‘Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?’
- Andrew Yang’s plan to give 10 families $1,000 a month drew giggles and legal concerns
- Democratic debate fact check: Joe Biden on border cages, Bernie Sanders on Medicare for All and more
- Here are key takeaways from the third Democratic presidential debate