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- All-you-can-eat pancakes at IHOP
- Bowl roundup: No. 11 LSU knocks off No. 7 UCF 40-32 in Fiesta Bowl
- Ask Amy: DNA reveals half sibling; dad doesn’t want to know
- Have a ticket to watch the Bears in the playoffs? Here’s what is and isn’t allowed at Soldier Field
- An ode to The New Yorker — from the Second City
- ‘The man absolutely changed the face of our defense.’ It has been 4 magical months for Khalil Mack and the Bears — and now comes the payoff.
- Sooner, longer, goner: Theme-park festivals are in flux
- These 10 people could change Chicago’s business world in 2019
- Pritzker’s predicament: Illinois higher ed wants a 16.6 percent splurge of spending
- Bail set at $1 million for man charged in Urbana shooting death
- Ohio State sends Urban Meyer off with a Rose Bowl win over Washington
- How solitary confinement drove a young inmate to the brink of insanity
- Tyler Trent, the Purdue fan who inspired many with his fight against cancer, dies at 20
- Chicago police release photos of teen suspects in Near North Red Line attacks
- Cubs and White Sox seasons storylines for 2019, from the Cactus League openers to the World Series
- Top-10 theater in Chicago in 2019: Some big openings this winter — ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ anyone?
- Bevo caused a stir at the Sugar Bowl when the Texas mascot knocked down its barricade and charged at Uga, Georgia’s bulldog
- Bears Q&A: Will the Bears block Fletcher Cox like Aaron Donald? Is this the team’s best defense since ’86? Could Robbie Gould return?
- Pulisic joins Chelsea in record-breaking transfer
- Jerry Falwell Jr. interview: Evangelical leader praises Trump’s business acumen, says poor don’t give to charity
- Catch snowmobile action in Wisconsin, sip wine and snowshoe in Michigan and more Midwest events
- Can the Bears beat the Eagles on Sunday? Check the numbers
- Wanna change your life in 2019? Don’t just get a gym membership. Here’s how to practice wellness.
- México buscará el título de la Copa Oro 2019 en el inicio del camino a Catar
- 25 things to do with the kids this winter
- ‘Broadway Renaissance’ and low-key vibe keep Edgewater residents put and visitors coming back
- Elderly man killed, wife injured in Northwest Side apartment fire
- On the first day of 2019, Kanye West’s Trump tweets were already a headline
- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West expecting their fourth child
- Chicago-area comedian joins ‘Worst Cooks’ because his cooking ‘looks like throw up’
- More evidence that abuse of Xanax, Valium is on the rise
- Cook County, parking operators in dispute over possibly millions in back taxes that could leave consumers pinched
- Arsenal bounce back with victory over Fulham
- Coming to grocery shelves in 2019: Mushroom/meat mixes, pea protein and banana milk
- Vardy starts 2019 with Leicester’s winning goal in Everton
- After Hasan Minhaj criticized the Saudi crown prince on ‘Patriot Act,’ Netflix pulled the episode in Saudi Arabia
- The 33 Bears stories you need to read as the playoffs begin
- Tesla cuts prices $2,000 as deliveries set record but miss analyst predictions
- Shout Out: Erin Converse of Oak Brook, violinist, math instructor at Elmhurst College
- Stop watching ‘The Bachelor,’ and other ways to make 2019 the Year of the Woman
- Chicago tenors kick off the New Year with a great blast of sound
- GOP, Dems take oath of office in Porter County ceremonies
- Prickly City- resolutions
- 2018 Nissan Kicks SR at a glance
- Disney introduces logo for Hollywood Studios’ 30th anniversary
- Xi offers promises and threats as he calls China’s unification with Taiwan inevitable?
- A fond farewell — with cookies
- Review: We got no kicks in the Nissan Kicks crossover
- Selle: Marathon underway for the long run to 2020
- Romney pone en entredicho el ‘carácter’ de Trump
- Christian Pulisic will move to Chelsea after $73.1 million transfer — a record for an American player
- ‘MythBusters Jr.’ brings seriously entertaining — and legit —science back, this time with kids
- Uniqlo to take over H&M’s multilevel store on State Street
- One grocer’s push to move sugar to the bottom shelf (Video)
- American workers seek learning and development programs to close skills gap
- Promotional products: A smart marketer’s secret weapon
- Sears Chairman Edward Lampert could find out by Friday if his $4.4 billion bid to keep retailer in business is viable
- Conoce a Blue Beetle, el superhéroe mexicano
- Avocados from Hawaii: Island state expects growth as exports begin
- CNN televised its news anchors getting drunk on New Year’s Eve
- Shout Out: Jill Holden, hospital chief of staff
- Adam McKay turns his lens on Dick Cheney and the ugly twists of power in ‘Vice’
- Happy New Year, everyone: Now stop trying to be happy all the time
- Trial reset for June in 1980 killing of off-duty Hammond police officer
- Tesla baja el precio de sus autos y caen sus acciones
- Survey: Millennial renters in no hurry to buy homes
- Gary council maintains similar leadership for new year
- Carniceros y mecánicos en la punta
- ‘They’ve been heroes’: The Uptown Theatre’s guardians fended off fires, rainwater, rodents, vandals, thieves and squatters
- Where to recycle Christmas trees, holiday lights in Southland
- Anne Stava-Murray, a Michael Madigan critic who will be sworn in next week, eyeing 2020 run for U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat
- Gary council postpones part of OK for Alliance Steel tax abatement
- 5 questions the Blackhawks need to answer in the second half
- Column: ‘Bow Wow Bootcamp’ and other classes aim to get both you and your dog in shape
- Quickly
- Don Omar retoma su carrera musical
- Incendio deja un hombre muerto y a su esposa herida
- ‘Capernaum’ review: Lebanese drama powerfully advocates for the innocent
- Chasing Man City look to derail Liverpool’s title bid
- Naperville hospital’s first baby of 2019 welcomed by couple from Plainfield
- Nueva ley sobre transporte de niños en autos
- Boots and midi skirts look great — there’s just one problem
- Son ‘sorry’ for leaving Spurs for Asian Cup with Korea
- Casting announced for Prop’s world premiere of ‘2 Unfortunate 2 Travel’
- Pete Davidson accuses Louis C.K. of trying to get him fired from ‘Saturday Night Live’
- ‘Mean Gene’ Okerlund, gentlemanly announcer of pro wrestling, dies at 76
- Here’s why your favorite team won’t win the Super Bowl
- El boxeo latinoamericano inicia bien y promete mejorar aún en 2019
- Un lujo egoísta
- Somme Woods community bonfire welcomes 2019: ‘The light is coming back’
- Ricky Martin anuncia que es papá de una niña
- For mature tree, best to hire a professional to inspect and prune it
- Troy Tulowitzki reportedly agrees to 1-year, league-minimum deal with the Yankees
- NBC Sports Chicago announces multiyear deal with the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks
- Ex-USC coach Tony Bland pleads guilty in basketball corruption case
- U.S. Rep.-elect Chuy Garcia endorses an opponent of Ald. Ed Burke in upcoming city election
- Start the new year right with pancake breakfast for family and friends
- New Year’s Eve shootings leave 1 dead, 1 injured in Gary
- Speak Out: The death penalty and Notre Dame football
- What’s on for Chicago’s museums in early 2019: Legos, fashion and wildlife photos
- Plano teen charged in connection with Aurora shooting
- Jesús ‘Chuy’ García, representante federal electo, respalda a oponente de Ed Burke
- Los Angeles Galaxy announce Barros Schelotto as new head coach
- Galaxy de Los Ángeles contrata a Schelotto como técnico
- Esposa de Concejal Muñoz pide orden de protección luego de su arresto
- 17-year-old driver critically wounded in shooting on Eisenhower Expressway in western suburbs
- Community news
- Messi, a igualar a Giggs como el jugador con más titulos en un club en 2019
- Deodorizing marijuana
- Highland fireworks mark the start of 2019
- Millions in roof, other repairs proposed for West Aurora school buildings
- Elizabeth Warren and the wild 2020 race just revving up
- Las leyes que entraron con el año
- Dan Burke resigns early from Illinois House, ending 28 years in job
- Art Basel in Palm Beach? These West Palm Beach art fairs return in January
- Should you move closer to kids’ school? Consider the options first.
- First Elmhurst baby of 2019 interrupts family’s New Year’s Eve dinner
- Art class project in Evergreen Park turned into a schoolwide effort to give warmth to homeless
- Periodismo, una profesión de difíciles opciones
- Try these 10 movies on for size, chills and seasonal diversion
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019
- After meeting at Wrigley Field, Lincoln Park couple first Cook County marriage of 2019
- Column: District Court ruling against the ACA would end popular benefits
- Bears kicker Cody Parkey continuing to practice at Soldier Field in preparation for the Eagles
- Shout Out: Danny and Ryan Tuchman, Hi-Five Sports Zone owners
- Coming in Chicago architecture in 2019: New tours at Farnsworth House, new changes for our skyline this winter
- ‘Silent Sky’ tells story of behind-the-scenes science stars
- Report: $12.7B spent on tourism in Indiana
- Wrestling notes: Huntley’s Sam Spencer impresses at 126 pounds as Marmion takes team title
- Norman Gimbel, Oscar-winning lyricist of ‘Happy Days’ theme and ‘Girl From Ipanema,’ dies at 91
- Clarkson: Lots to do in January in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills
- Follow proper techniques for winter pruning
- Shout Out: Dan Tatar, an actor and Wilmette native
- Dismay, delight at imminent sale of beloved Puerto Rican community center to affordable housing developer
- Frosty Fest features ice sculpting, sleigh ride, visit from snowman
- Los atrapan ‘con las manos en el tequila’ valorado en medio millón dólares
- East Chicago man charged with neglect after toddler shoots sister
- Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro targets minorities with executive orders on first day in office
- Girls basketball notes: Senior forward Maddie Spaulding builds on being inside presence for Libertyville
- Sheriff’s office: Man ‘waited a day before calling authorities’ after strangling wife in Round Lake-area home
- El cielo y los superhumanos
- Shout Out: Catherine Chifflot Nealey, an artist and author who lives in Barrington
- Trump advierte que mantendrá el cierre del Gobierno lo que haga falta
- Petitions of 19-year-old Glenview village board candidate under review
- 1 trustee candidate off ballot in Orland Park, objections pending against 3 others
- Skokie Valley Astronomers welcomes stargazers
- El colombiano Felipe Pardo ficha con el Toluca
- Bob Einstein, best known as stuntman Super Dave Osborne and Marty Funkhouser on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ dies at 76
- Elton John | 15 y 16 de febrero
- Elgin couple first to welcome baby in Cook County in 2019
- U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood sworn into office
- Ballot challenges: Beach Park school board candidate tossed; four Waukegan candidates survive
- Petrak: By coincidence or serendipity, people come back into your life
- Cubs name Mark Loretta as team’s new bench coach
- 5 things we heard about Mitch Trubisky ahead of Bears-Eagles: Keeping his composure, ‘playoff’ experience and more
- Volo natural area hosts fest with bluegrass music, nature photos, bog tours
- Ivy Queen | 16 de febrero
- Wrestling notes: Purdue recruit Michael Leveille proud to put finishing touches on Marist family tradition
- Mitt Romney points out what the emperor lacks
- Giselle: Isaac Hernández y el Ballet Nacional de Londres | 28 de febrero, 1 y 2 de marzo
- Eddie Jackson sits out Bears practice Wednesday, but three injured receivers fully participate
- The Spin: Ald. Munoz arrested | Chuy Garcia backs challenger to Ald. Burke | Durbin challenger
- New Kane County commissioner questions whether board members should receive health benefits
- Appeals court rejects Chicago police union bid for role in reform
- Kane County treatment program would offer drug users amnesty, ‘a way out’ of addiction
- Tribune Media TV stations blacked out on Charter Spectrum service
- Local college basketball notes: Lewis’ Jessica beats Michigan Tech’s Elizabeth in battle of Kelliher sisters
- Column: New Buffalo Grove group finds success with helping retirees maximize time
- GranDiosas Tour | 2 de marzo
- Vegas salon owner run over by customer fleeing manicure bill, police say: ‘She ran off for $35 and killed my wife’
- Highland Park’s Chez Benoit is open for dinner
- Óscar D’ León y Guaco | 6 de marzo
- Slowik: Flossmoor residents witness ‘democracy in action’ at electoral board objection hearings
- Tyler Perry Madea’s Farewell PlayTour | Del 7 al 10 de marzo
- Ald. Ricardo Munoz arrested on misdemeanor charge he assaulted wife on New Year’s Eve
- Don’t get complacent, Chicago. One killing is too many.
- 25 años de Reyes en Humboldt Park
- Paquito D’Rivera Quintet, Pedrito Martínez y Alfredo Rodríguez | 8 de marzo
- Mariah Carey | 11 de marzo
- Watch the new Madigan ad with a heap of skepticism
- Who gets in? When should games be played? What about the bowls? A bigger college football playoff faces obstacles
- Anything but a Bears playoff victory Sunday will make for a winter of discontent in Chicago
- As Catholic bishops meet in Mundelein, victims of sexual abuse in Chicago slam church leadership
- Pandora y Yuri | 16 de marzo
- Corrections and clarifications for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019
- WXRT’s Professor Moptop, an Alsip native, publishes Beatles textbook backed by Kickstarter campaign
- Man United beat Newcastle to win 4th straight under Solskjaer
- Wheaton College Opera MainStage presents ‘L’Orfeo’
- Nothing is certain for 2020 except the uncertainty
- Chicago teacher charged with sexual abuse in case allegedly involving 4 teen victims
- 3 tranquilizer darts, 8 gunshots needed to stop lion after fatal attack on Indiana woman
- Ask Tom: Do the suburbs get more snow than the city of Chicago?
- From late-night ice cream to meeting in the playoffs, the paths of Matt Nagy and Doug Pederson are intertwined
- Debuting Gunn keeps Chelsea scoreless in draw with Southampton
- U.S. ambassador Jon Huntsman meets with Michigan man detained in Russia
- Los Lonely Boys | 16 y 17 de marzo
- Burnley climb out of bottom places after win over Huddersfield
- Bournemouth, Watford draw in six-goal thriller
- Liberal revolt threatens to derail House Democrats on their first day in charge
- Arnautovic’s two-minute double rescues West Ham against Brighton
- Two late goals propel Crystal Palace past Watford
- Girls basketball notes: Sarah Martin trains horses, turns into scoring machine for Kankakee Valley
- Gery Chico introduces himself to voters and attacks rivals in 2 TV ads in Chicago mayor’s race
- Customer attacks worker at Florida McDonald’s over missing straws. Video of her fighting back went viral.
- Trump rips Jim Mattis’ performance as defense secretary: ‘What’s he done for me?’
- Apple warns sales will fall short and cites ‘deterioration’ in China
- 2 more Chicago mayoral hopefuls bounced from February ballot
- Daryl Dragon, of ’70s pop duo ‘The Captain and Tennille,’ dead at 76
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019
- Chicago restaurateur, former owner of Embeya in the West Loop, arrested in Spain on FBI request
- Boys basketball notes: Jack Kahoun’s MVP performance leads Oswego to tournament title at DeKalb
- Above-average temperatures will persist into next week
- Kris Dunn plays point man for Jim Boylen’s offensive plan: ‘I’m never one to disobey rules’
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019
- Bank deposit: Markus Golder hits half-court shot as time expires as Valparaiso stuns Illinois State
- ‘We’re not doing our jobs’: Bulls fail to show up in blowout loss to Magic
- No. 8 Michigan State routs Northwestern 81-55
- Villanova rallies past DePaul 73-68, extending win streak in series to 17
- Longest active playoff droughts in the NFL
- ‘I didn’t realize I was the first one’: West Suburban in Oak Park welcomes 1st baby born in 2019
- A cruise line makes its float debut (Video)
- Magic 112, Bulls 84
- Loyola holds Indiana State to 12 first-half points in 79-44 win