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- ‘We’re getting blown out every game’: Bulls’ 10-35 record is the 2nd-worst in franchise history through 45 games
- Trump denies Pelosi aircraft for trip abroad after she calls for postponing his State of the Union address
- Rudy Giuliani: ‘I never said there was no collusion’ between Trump campaign and Russia (which he did)
- On day Jayme Closs escaped, her alleged abductor applied for a job with bogus resume
- Women’s March activists reflect on the movement, two years later
- Ask Amy: New mom struggles with the family petri dish
- Tortuga Music Festival adds rising stars of Nashville
- Man-made reefs in Lake Michigan
- Nancy, Donald, stop with the ‘I know you are, but what am I?’
- Fish eggs are suffocating in Lake Michigan reefs. What will it take to save these nurseries?
- Orland Senior Softball League searching for 65-year-old rookies
- Cook County offers $8.5 million in transportation grants
- This Week in Naperville
- ‘20,000 big bills,’ the robber demanded. He got 80 fives, 90 tens, 150 twenties, 30 fifties and 35 hundreds
- Broadway singers with Disney pedigrees step up for Epcot arts fest
- Woman charged with sexually assaulting her 16-month-old son
- Hobart backs developer of proposed apartments for veterans
- 5 takeaways from judge’s searing takedown of prosecution evidence in Laquan McDonald cover-up trial
- Shop like a chef: Even Aldi has hidden deals to discover
- Davich: ‘God’ text befuddles this agnostic
- Improved health was hugely important to the Bears’ 2018 success. Is it repeatable?
- Northern Illinois is expected to name Thomas Hammock as its new football coach
- How did every Bears player perform in 2018? Who can become a free agent? Breaking down the roster
- Walmart, CVS Caremark reach deal to continue prescription drug coverage
- Police commander accused of having officers baby-sit his son offers no apology: ‘My men and women are happy that work for me’
- Down to Business: Painting while partying strikes creative chord with untrained art novices
- 5 Cubs hitters — including Kris Bryant — who can improve in 2019
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 4-3 loss, including the fact that they now have the NHL’s worst record
- Mourners, law enforcement gather for funeral of state trooper, Army veteran Chris Lambert: ‘He was our brother and we miss him dearly’
- Joe Maddon likes his calm Cubs as NL Central competitors load up on talent
- Naperville woman skates into dream job with Disney on Ice show, coming to Chicago this month
- ‘Coming to America 2,’ Beyoncé shops at Target and more conversation starters for your weekend
- Trump pidió a su abogado mentir al Congreso sobre negocio ruso, reportan
- Getting the good kind of chills on a winter visit deep in Alaska
- Group fitness and the power of building bonds while building muscle
- Disney Cruise Line inks 10-year deal with Port of Galveston
- Researchers see possible link between opioids, birth defect
- NCAA must end its indentured servitude of college athletes
- Round Lake District 116 to add 16 teaching positions to focus on math, reading
- Jazz Showcase review: John Wojciechowski extends Chicago tenor traditions
- Books around town: ‘Columbine’ author Dave Cullen to visit Chicago to discuss ‘Parkland’
- Perdue recalls chicken nuggets after complaints of wood contamination
- Review: As French cuisine enjoys resurgence, Nahabedian’s Brindille leads the way
- Four Aurora officers receive police department’s highest honor
- How the music industry overlooked R. Kelly’s alleged abuse of young women
- Pentagon IDs 3 Americans killed in Syria suicide bomb attack
- Chicago, brace for the storm with advice from this Floridian
- State police towing abandoned vehicles on I-65, 80/94
- Researchers come face-to-face with what could be one of the largest great white sharks ever recorded
- Britain’s Prince Philip, 97, recovering after rollover car crash
- Zimbabwe in ‘total internet shutdown’ amid violent crackdown on people protesting fuel price increase
- Illinois native hits the road for new TV series ‘Food Truck Nation’
- Merrillville looking at options for the Farm development
- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin: Let’s end this shutdown and work on a smart border security plan, not a wall
- Cyr: Look beyond media scare stories
- Concrete ways to furnish a home
- Woman airlifted to hospital after Thursday night accident on I-294
- South Chicago Heights teen killed uncle in self-defense after attack on mother, police say
- Could the Democratic 2020 nominee be someone you’ve never heard of?
- Antennas for T-Mobile may be placed at two West Aurora schools
- OMG! TFW you finally learn the meaning of text, chat abbreviations IRL
- Oscar nominations 2019 announcement: How to watch
- Stray bullet strikes 5-year-old girl inside Harvey home, officials say
- Lawyer at well-known Chicago firms accused of overbilling clients
- Column: Reflecting on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., 90 years after his birth
- Why won’t my friend put her phone away when we’re out together?
- Shout Out: Heather Norborg, Evanston librarian
- Will I always face the threat of a peanut-laden kiss of death?
- Shout Out: Frank Martusciello, Norridge chiropractor
- ‘You’ was ignored on Lifetime, then it blew up on Netflix — what does it mean for TV’s future?
- Priceline hotel cancellation has customer going in circles
- R. Kelly accuser shares her story on new ‘Dateline NBC’ special
- Porter foundation suffers ‘blip,’ losing money in 2018
- No te endeudes por culpa de Instagram
- Tourism, conservation groups push for study on Lake Michigan beach erosion
- Elgin News Digest
- ‘We report regardless’: Coast Guard protection among Lake County services pressing on during shutdown
- ‘Dada Woof Papa Hot’ at About Face: Having kids sure messes with your life, be you gay or straight
- Franklin Park village trustee candidate off the ballot; race likely to be uncontested
- Consultant wins more work for Gary
- ‘It’s our time now’: UFC begins 5-year deal with ESPN worth $1.5 billion
- Author’s discussion of Muhammad Ali adds punch to Batavia book program
- El Chapo escapó desnudo, contó su amante la ‘Chapodiputada’
- Barcelona se salva de sanción y sigue en la Copa del Rey
- Stories of Chicago-area people hit by government shutdown
- Objetivo de Argentina no es ganar la Copa América, dice presidente de la AFA
- What’s happening in and around Aspen, Colo.
- Barcelona avoid penalty in Copa del Rey over ineligible player
- After ‘dead pool’ pick, radio host Dan McNeil shares mental health struggle: ‘I must confess, this guy got to me’
- Real Madrid draw Girona, Barcelona to face Sevilla in Copa del Rey
- At long last, an indoor trampoline park in the city! (With a parking lot!) (And bow truss ceilings!)
- ‘She fought for her rights’: Griffith’s first female cop retires after nearly 30 years
- Guardiola, Gerrard and other coaches react to ‘Spygate’ scandal
- Denzel won’t get an Oscar nomination, but here are more films and actors that deserve recognition
- Sentencian a 6 años y 9 meses de prisión a Jason Van Dyke por el asesinato de Laquan McDonald
- Evanston’s former recycling center could be sold for climbing gym
- ‘Respect’ was not enough for MLK or today’s Women’s March organizers
- Speak Out: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left-lane drivers
- Naperville News Digest
- Timeline: What to expect from the weekend winter storm
- Illinois State Trooper Christopher Lambert remembered as fun-loving friend, humble hero at funeral
- Hammond to define role of council president
- Vacaciones eléctricas
- Así se desarrolla la audiencia de sentencia de Van Dyke, por el asesinato de Laquan McDonald
- OPRF to name new architect of record; previous firm served in role for 8 years
- Column: Like every generation, we baby boomers have our own problems and success stories
- Dear mayoral candidates, we voters aren’t dumb
- Burglary suspect who plunged through icy West Side lagoon during chase is charged, police say
- Dueling Pianos shows are coming to Flossmoor, Minooka and Lockport
- Church news
- ‘Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots’ looks to bring city to terms with a chilling summer 100 years ago
- Flossmoor’s Day of Service offers unifying experience, opportunity to give back on MLK Day
- Fewer little blue boxes: Tiffany holiday sales slip as Chinese tourists spend less
- Speak Out: Time to stop beating up Bears, use foreign aid money for border wall, let’s abandon 2018 mindset
- Does ‘Glass’ have an after-credits scene? Audiences surely expect one
- Quickly
- Hell in a Handbag casts ‘Poseidon!’ revival
- Glencoe School District 35 to address school security by installing shatter-resistant glass
- First look: Revamped Pixar Place at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Wendy Williams takes extended leave from daytime talk show
- Cowboys fire offensive coordinator Scott Linehan
- Speaker Pelosi cancels commercial Afghanistan trip, cites Trump’s ‘leak’
- R. Kelly and the music industry’s complicity
- The State of the Union address should go away forever
- Caixinha alerta que Cruz Azul no debe caer en la obsesión por las derrotas
- Police: Man sought in Portage Walgreens armed robbery
- Blake Geoffrion’s Hinsdale home
- Elgin U46 school board candidate forum organizers seek pubic’s questions ahead of March event
- Ariana Grande flaunts her hard-earned bling in new ‘7 rings’ video
- Former NHL player Blake Geoffrion pays $962,500 for Hinsdale home
- Volunteers, philanthropists recognized with Park Ridge Community Star awards
- The mission for teachers at Hammond’s Challenger Learning Center: Fun science
- Letters to the Editor
- Tormenta de nieve y temperaturas bajo cero, sobre el área de Chicago
- Berg: Another Illinois lawmaker hits the pension lottery
- For Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 3 stories and a letter
- 3 years later, no one is in jail for Flint’s lead-poisoned water
- Chicago theater openings Jan. 25-31
- ‘We are going to be exploring all kinds of things’: Oriana Singers to perform in Oak Park
- Fire causes $2 million in damage to Aurora McDonald’s
- Cinco candidatos buscan representar al Distrito 25, luego de 22 años de Solís
- Federal regulators have discussed penalizing Facebook with record-setting fine
- Moran: From Waukegan Harbor out to Lake Villa, bald eagles make their increasing presence known in Lake County
- 5 takeaways from the report that Trump told Cohen to lie
- The Artistic Home’s ‘Requiem for a Heavyweight’ is cast
- At Theater Wit, ‘The Realistic Joneses’ come to terms with the horrors of life
- Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold second summit
- America and the next two years of Trump
- Aurora artist’s popular coffee mug takes a shot at Naperville
- Middle and high school musicians share the stage during three concerts at Stevenson
- Jesse Jackson says President Trump serving fast food to Clemson football team was ‘disgraceful’
- In and Out Fitness to relocate to Madison Street in River Forest, with village financial assistance
- MLK Day events around Northwest Indiana
- K-9 searchers, good Samaritans help ‘cold and wet’ senior after he gets lost near Round Lake Park
- McGrath: The racism that continues in this country 50 years after MLK’s death shows too many still ‘going along for the ride’
- Feds move to take over Sears pension plans, will cover ‘vast majority’ of benefits for retailer’s 90,000 retirees
- Where’s the spirit and energy? Bulls have played dead too often since making coaching change
- Tuscany Italian restaurant closing Oak Brook location after 25 years
- ‘I want to be the resource that I needed’: Talking auto shop with Chaya Milchtein, the ‘Mechanic Shop Femme’
- 14th Ward candidates make their cases to unseat embattled Ald. Edward Burke
- Woodland District 50 seeks to fill school board seat vacated by newly sworn-in state representative
- Reading books vs. watching TV — is one really better for us?
- Stories of kids dying reveal collective grief
- Most Instagrammable bridges in the Midwest
- Tesla cuts 7 percent of staff, sees ‘very difficult’ road ahead
- Community news
- Numbers game: Marcus Skeete’s all-around play helps Waubonsie Valley win twice at Burlington Central
- Letter: Elmhurst Prairie Path safety requires users change behavior
- Visclosky talks government shutdown, immigration at Valparaiso meeting
- Reliever Rob Scahill, a Willowbrook High alumnus, joins the Cubs on a minor-league deal
- Quickly
- Northwest Indiana activists hope Women’s March momentum continues as efforts evolve
- Applicants sought for new associate judge opening in Lake County Circuit Court
- The Spin: Van Dyke sentencing | Government shutdown shelves, slows dreams, projects in Chicago | Power portraits of women in Congress
- Montgomery officials want more information on proposed oil production plant
- Firebrand sets cast for ‘Queen of the Mist’
- Greater Northwest Indiana Association of REALTORS inducts new leadership
- Wendell Carter Jr.’s rookie season likely is over as Bulls recommend surgery on his injured left thumb
- Five things to know about Women’s March 2019. For starters, there isn’t one in Chicago this year.
- ‘Canal Street’ review: A Chicago crime story sells itself short
- East Chicago man charged with killing fiancé
- R. Kelly dropped by Sony Music; singer’s former manager turns himself in on threat charge
- Gery Chico no sólo es latino, sino el ‘más calificado’ para liderar Chicago, dice su esposa
- Ask Tom: When did the wind chill factor and heat index become part of the weather report?
- Park Ridge Park Board hears multimillion-dollar options for development at Oakton Park
- New pastor brings clown background, focus on young people to Burr Ridge United Church of Christ
- Potempa: Crown Point chili cook-off event fit for The King
- Tips for travelers with disabilities
- Election judges who worked in November finally being paid, DuPage County clerk says
- Shrinking shoreline at Highwood water plant a cause for concern
- Pictures: The Incredibles & Co. debut Pixar party at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Pictures: Mickey & Minnie’s new Surprise Celebration at Disney’s Magic Kingdom
- Kickapoo Valley ice caves
- Film festival in Oswego to feature films by and about women
- InterFaith Aurora to hold program on Hinduism
- Niedner: Walls aren’t a solution to thorny problems
- Keeping City Hall — and corruption — out of a Chicago casino
- 5 ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. during the holiday weekend in Chicago
- After Solis, 25th ward voters seek changes at the root
- Gary man accused of spraying bleach in Lake County Jail officer’s eyes
- Leigh Omilinsky departing Nico Osteria, joining Bellemore team
- Fyre Festival documentaries: The 10 most outrageous moments
- Time for a reality check on the Chicago Teachers Union
- Corrections and clarifications
- Aurora businesses offer free coffee, haircuts to furloughed government workers
- Oak Park plan commission reviewing Fenwick’s proposal for 5-level parking garage
- Bears add two assistant coaches to defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano’s staff
- Duneland eliminates eLearning Day after parent, staff feedback
- Vehicle and 2 homes hit by gunfire in Aurora
- Juvenile criminal cases up 19 percent in Kane County for 2018
- Midlothian police identify officer who shot Jemel Roberson outside Robbins bar
- Gym classes to become cooler at Richards High as board approves air conditioning system
- Committee to brainstorm uses for forest preserve’s Greene Farm Barn in rural Naperville
- Gene & Georgetti offers half-price wine, free desserts if snow reaches one foot or more
- In Chicago’s police ‘code of silence’ case, Judge Stephenson bought bogus argument
- Sandhill cranes in Nebraska
- Bayern return from break with win over Hoffenheim
- Lille consolidate 2nd place after win against Amiens
- Naperville police equip every patrol car with bean-bag shotgun
- Getafe rout Alaves in battle of La Liga’s top 4 contenders
- Hutton: Miami Dolphins great Bob Kuechenberg learned how to be a tough guy growing up in Hobart
- Gas, solar power plants proposed for Glenwood farmland
- Weekend snow, cold and wind, then more snow Tuesday
- Federal employees in Chicago rally, meet with members of Congress to urge end to government shutdown
- Evanston high school settles lawsuit with former students who alleged they were sexually abused by drama teacher
- Disabato: When it came to compiling stats for high school teams, Mike Bruen was in a class by himself
- 17-year-old American Amanda Anisimova turning heads at the Australian Open
- Thomas Hammock, NIU’s new coach, was driven to coaching by a heart ailment that ended his playing career: ‘I realized I missed football. This was my passion’
- Felony cocaine charge dropped against former Hebron leader, but alleged gun offense remains
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019
- The Van Dyke divide: A day of agony in Chicago
- Speak Out: Recreational marijuana, government shutdown
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019
- Transgender woman accuses Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s campaign of discrimination in federal lawsuit
- Laquan McDonald timeline: The shooting, the video, the verdict and the sentencing
- Minute by minute: How Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald
- Digest (Jan. 18): Jockey Trevor McCarthy returns with wins after spill at Laurel Park
- Chicago pols react to Jason Van Dyke’s 6 3/4-year sentence in fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald
- Record 135 college football players enter the NFL draft early
- New year, same old dreams for a familiar cast of Cubs characters
- Border Patrol arrests 376 migrants who dug under barrier in Arizona
- Our weary, worn city and the cries of anger as Jason Van Dyke is sentenced to less than 7 years in prison
- Rev. John Smyth, former head of Maryville Academy, is accused of sexually abusing minors, removed from ministry
- Avery’s angle: Portage’s Avery Johnston wants to set breaststroke record, advance to state
- DuPage County task force outlines 5 goals to address opioid crisis as death numbers continue to climb
- Al menos 66 personas murieron, 75 resultaron heridas y 85 desaparecidas, tras explosión de toma clandestina en oleoducto (Video)
- BuzzFeed’s Michael Cohen story, if true, looks to be the most damning to date for Trump
- Van Dyke trial: Breaking down all 44 witnesses
- Former Ald. Will Burns agrees to $5,000 fine in Ethics Board settlement of lobbying allegation
- Oak Park resident carjacked at gunpoint near the Eisenhower Expressway: police
- Shnay: Park Forest candidates keep disappearing. Welcome to election season.
- ‘Anybody can wrestle’: H-F team, Richards’ Mia Palumbo excited about growing opportunities for girls
- How the day unfolded: Inside the courtroom for former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s sentencing
- Kris Bryant: ‘It’s not good’ that prized free agent Bryce Harper remains unsigned
- Will County plans to use millions in bonds to help fund new courthouse, public health building
- Flossmoor restaurant hopes discounted beer and free food help ease troubles of furloughed federal employees
- Decenas de heridos y muertos al explotar toma clandestina en ducto de Pemex
- Jason Van Dyke given relatively lenient sentence of under 7 years in prison for Laquan McDonald shooting
- Avisail Garcia gets 1-year deal from Rays for as much as $6 million
- ‘I feel strong’: Yu Darvish says he’s pain-free after an injury-plagued 2018 season
- Making up for lost time: Drake Montgomery scores 25 points to power South Elgin past Streamwood
- One person rescued after fall into Lake Michigan at Waukegan pier, another missing
- The shabbiest U.S. president ever is an inexpressibly sad specimen
- Search for missing person in Lake Michigan near Waukegan
- Northwestern holds off Rutgers for its second Big Ten win of the season
- Mueller’s office disputes Buzzfeed report that Trump ordered Cohen to lie to Congress
- Trump plans to make ‘major announcement’ on Saturday on government shutdown, southern border
- Senator asks FBI for perjury investigation of Kirstjen Nielsen over family separation statements
- Who walks away from the Laquan McDonald case? The politicians.
- Johnell on the spot: Davis comes through with a double-double as 21st Century rolls past East Chicago
- 16-year-old escapes custody, steals car and drives onto Tri-State: Riverwoods police
- St. Laurence tightens up Catholic League Blue race with 62-56 win at DePaul Prep
- All on board: Junior forward Brian Anderson makes all eight shots as Chicago Christian eases to win