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- 3-run eighth inning lifts the Nationals to a 4-3 comeback win over the Brewers in the NL wild-card game
- Ask Amy: Incoming college student has roomie worries
- Calendar: Moms and tots to gather Sunday in Lake Zurich
- Daywatch: 3 Chicago labor groups could strike soon, Lightfoot tells new alderman to focus on his ward and other things to know about to start your day
- Judge: Victims of Chicago violence can proceed with lawsuit seeking tighter control of gun sales
- Column: Grown-ups who kill Halloween get no candy, they get the Golden Moutza
- Column: ‘(There) ain’t no age. Period’: The chilling words of an alleged child killer
- Best fall bike rides in the Midwest: 3 epic trips for adventurous leaf peepers
- Behind the odd charm of the ‘Batwoman’ set in Chicago, even after they kicked me off
- Bears Q&A: What are the options for replacing Roquan Smith? Is there a quarterback controversy? Have most of the offensive players regressed?
- Break the fast for Yom Kippur with mini noodle kugels and everything bagel salad
- ‘River of Fire,’ Sister Helen Prejean’s new memoir, is as irreverent as it is wise
- Documents show feds were after evidence of bribery and theft from federally funded program in raid of state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s office
- Lawyers for Marni Yang, convicted of killing ex-Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle’s pregnant lover, say they can prove her innocence
- Shout Out: Moira Madell of La Grange, mother of three, business owner, booster club president
- Mayor Lightfoot tells alderman who opposed her hiring his predecessor to a $123,996-a-year job to worry about ‘what matters to his ward’
- 3 Chicago unions, including CPS teachers, could soon go on strike together in ‘an extraordinarily disruptive moment’
- One’s been paralyzed by gunfire, others have lost friends. Now they’ll tell their stories to Democratic presidential candidates
- 2 Chicago men sentenced for transporting hundreds of stolen firearms
- After teen protester shot in chest, Hong Kong police slammed as ‘trigger-happy and nuts’
- Column: Theo Epstein is right — the Cubs fell into a ‘winner’s trap.’ But he inadvertently helped set it.
- Your free composting starter kit is falling from the trees right now
- This wasn’t the Bears’ 1st game played in London. Take a look back at previous trips in 2011 and 1986.
- Innovative restaurant alums create distilled spirits with flavors like no other
- Column: Chanel Miller’s short film, “I Am With You,” is 5 minutes long, but the message might stay with you forever
- Naperville council sets meeting to discuss if marijuana referendum should be on March or November 2020 election ballot
- Ukrainian Village home with 5 bedrooms: $1.35M
- Secretario de Estado Pompeo confirma que participó de llamada con Ucrania
- Ex-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he discussed investments with Rudy Giuliani in 2017
- Can Jon Lester improve? What will they do with Jose Quintana? 5 questions about the Cubs rotation heading into 2020
- Los Angeles Rams hope 1st week in 2nd place under Sean McVay is a short one
- Deere to lay off about 160 workers at plants in Quad Cities
- Seattle Seahawks CB Shaquill Griffin rebounds after sophomore slump
- Partido de López Obrador busca legalizar la marihuana en México
- Trump propuso disparar a migrantes en las piernas, electrificar el muro, o añadir una fosa de agua con caimanes y serpientes
- Nike, bajo escrutinio por un escándalo de dopaje
- What college students need to learn about health insurance
- Now Walmart has pulled Zantac from its shelves. What should patients do? And more heartburn drug answers.
- Ryan Callahan’s move to TV may be model for other injured players
- El tropiezo europeo del Real Madrid salpica a Courtois
- Denver Broncos’ Bradley Chubb so upbeat he insists he actually welcomes torn ACL
- Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who killed her neighbor Botham Jean in his home, had sent racially offensive text messages
- Mount Sinai Hospital workers vote to authorize strike
- Sheriff’s office: Homeless man attempts ‘self harm’ by stepping in front of a pickup truck in Gages Lake
- North Korea may have tested underwater-launched missile ahead of new nuclear talks with U.S.
- How does Joe Maddon stack up against Hall of Fame managers? Check the numbers.
- ‘It’s emotionally taxing.’ As Chicago teachers strike looms, here’s what to expect — from those who have been there before
- College football: 10 things we learned during week 5
- River Plate deja mal herido a Boca Jrs. en Libertadores
- ‘Lucy in the Sky’ review: The story of the astronaut who drove 900 miles for love takes wrong turns
- Joe Girardi says he’s interested in the Cubs manager job: Will the 3rd time be the charm?
- Opposition to Waukegan casino hits the organizing phase: ‘They’re counting on resident apathy’
- Temperatures drop more than 30 degrees as cold front moves through Chicago area
- 1919 Black Sox: 5 misconceptions about the scandal, including the myth about Lefty Williams and a hitman
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: River North Eats Fest, game night meets Halloween
- Selle: One EtO polluter down; two more should follow in its wake
- Willis Tower owner is buying a majority stake in Great Wolf Resorts, which plans to expand its chain of water park lodges
- Investing goes from fee to free: TD Ameritrade drops stock trading commissions, matching Schwab
- Murió el historiador mexicano y experto en cultura prehispánica Miguel León-Portilla
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- Gary council leader defends actions in chasing car theft suspects: ‘It was my solemn intention only to retrieve my stolen property’
- Mark Giangreco scores a multi-year contract renewal as ABC-7’s sportscaster
- Andrés Guardado se aleja del Chicago Fire
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- Mental illness was my family’s secret — and America’s great shame
- How a plant-based diet can ease rheumatoid arthritis
- When deciding what foods to eat for lunch, consider climate change
- Why stories of people with developmental disabilities matter
- Will measles stage a larger comeback in the U.S.?
- Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- Garth Brooks to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
- Sarita Sosa es tendencia en redes con las etiquetas #SaritaBuitre y #SaritaArpía
- World War II-era aircraft crashes in a fireball at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut
- Railroad blockage committee runs out of track; cites gains in raising awareness, safety issues
- FIFA suspende de por vida a Eugenio Figueredo por corrupción
- NTSB seeks new seat belt requirements for limousines after crash in upstate New York that killed 20 people
- Where should you buy an E-ZPass? We did the research.
- Evanston police conducting death investigation on Chicago Avenue
- Man fatally wounded while sitting in parked vehicle on the West Side
- Review: Broadway’s ‘Great Society’ about LBJ has lots of history but no real bite
- ‘Joker’ review: Joaquin Phoenix creates an interior world of pain. His movie is a pain, period.
- Parents guide: Advice about films kids may want to see in theaters or opening soon
- Blackhawks practice at O2 Arena in Prague
- Spooky Three Brothers production tells the story of ‘Wendigo’
- Hammond RDC OK’s change orders for two major city projects
- House Democrats say they’ll subpoena White House for documents in Trump impeachment inquiry
- Football notes: Thornton quarterback Derrick Williams ‘can make every throw’ but still waits for college interest
- Trial set for Aurora man accused of killing Oswego softball coach in 2018 fatal hit-and-run crash
- Andrew Yang’s 2020 campaign reports raising $10M in third quarter — a stunning amount for a political newcomer
- Column: Abandoned twice: 11 children with severe disabilities are in education limbo because no one wants to pay
- Beacon-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- Indian Head Park panel splits on whether village should allow marijuana sales and operations
- HRC authorizes development of 1st phase of downtown Hammond plan
- Hundreds of Chicagoans meditate with Máximo the titanosaur
- Fantasy football: Start/sit advice for Week 5
- Saving tiny Hearts Society Gala funds research for congenital heart disease
- Los federales fueron tras evidencia de soborno y robo al allanar oficinas de Sandoval
- Speak Out: California college athletes, Chicago aldermen
- Girls volleyball notes: Trinity Evans makes the most of her opportunity with Waubonsie Valley
- Brendan Dassey, one of the subjects of ‘Making a Murderer,’ seeks pardon or commutation of life sentence
- Luxury apartments get the tax breaks meant to boost low-income areas
- Highwood fest gives pumpkin carving, fall fans a place to shine
- Man shot and killed after pointing BB gun at Bridgeview cop who arrested his girlfriend for shoplifting at a Walmart, officials say
- Los famosos mexicanos a los que les perdonaron el pago de impuestos
- Yorkville police say officer helped save woman suffering from apparent overdose
- Illinois employers warn the state of more than 500 layoffs
- Valparaiso gets to know rehabbed City Hall
- Entrenan a perros para detectar dinero
- NFL fantasy: 10 players to look for on the Week 5 waiver wire
- A estos famosos les perdonaron el pago de impuestos en México durante los sexenios de Felipe Calderón y Peña Nieto
- Editorial: Small airplane seats will finally get crucial FAA safety checks. Will this at last slow the shrinking?
- ‘Go-to guy’ Ma’qiis Haywood scores 9th goal of the season as Round Lake keeps rolling with win at Mundelein
- Crisis política en Perú da un giro a favor de Vizcarra
- In Italy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirms he was on President Trump’s Ukraine phone call
- Deerfield institution Il-Forno brings pizza – and more – to the table
- Man struck by car in St. Charles Township airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries
- After calling Trump’s civil war tweet ‘beyond repugnant,’ Adam Kinzinger is only GOP rep left off president’s Illinois reelection team
- Sorry, but your CBD hemp products probably contain some THC
- Can CBD cause you to fail a drug test?
- US vaping illness count jumps to 805, deaths rise to 13
- New owner wants to know if seller is required to disclose smoke transmission into unit
- El mensaje de los hijos de José José; dicen estar unidos y dialogando
- Michigan City golfer Taylor Skibinski’s ready to enjoy the experience of the state finals
- These health officials alerted the world to the alarming vaping illness
- Add secondhand clothes to this year’s holiday shopping list, shoppers say
- Roosevelt University seeks to acquire Robert Morris University
- Wilmette mail carrier under investigation after he is captured on video kissing elderly resident on route, police say
- Quickly
- José José será homenajeado en Bellas Artes y tendrá su misa en la Basílica de Guadalupe, como era su voluntad
- Chase Daniel is expected to start Sunday, but the Bears hope Mitch Trubisky recovers in time for the Saints
- Woman seriously injured after being hit by a pickup, Naperville police say
- Community news
- Decent: Naperville Healing Field of Honor salutes veterans of WWI
- Plácido Domingo renuncia a la dirección general de la Opéra de Los Angeles
- Gio dos Santos sale del hospital
- Trump, bajo presión por ‘impeachment’, denosta a los demócratas
- Longtime Arizona Cardinals owner William V. Bidwill dies at 88
- Bernie Sanders has heart procedure for blocked artery, cancels campaign events ‘until further notice’
- Placido Domingo resigns as general director of LA Opera
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls for state Sen. Martin Sandoval to step down as transportation chairman amid federal criminal investigation
- Slowik: Better data, more state funding needed to address property tax crisis, assessor says
- McDaniel-Hale: Elgin sports complex redevelopment should be studied carefully
- New leader in spotlight at Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce
- The last time the Blackhawks opened the season in Europe, they won the Stanley Cup. Coincidence? Yeah, probably.
- Clarkson: Be sure to visit ‘Belief Becomes’ art exhibit at Community House
- Solicitan nuevo juicio por muerte de novia de exjugador de los Chicago Bears
- Si Sandoval no ‘se hace a un lado, debería ser removido’ de comité: gobernador J.B. Pritzker
- The rebirth of Celine Dion: ‘Life is short. Can we just have a good time?’
- Dr. Herbert Lerner, Hyde Park pediatrician active in civil rights and health care issues, dies at 95
- Down to Business: Father’s business tips help KAM owner develop tile, flooring shop
- Letters: Why such little furor over Joe Biden’s son’s cushy job?
- FAA orders urgent inspections on some Boeing 737s for wing-related cracks
- Prosecutors in Florida appeal a judge’s ruling that bans Robert Kraft prostitution video
- Roquan Smith returns to Bears practice after a personal issue and expects to play Sunday: ‘I’m past the situation now’
- T-Pain relishes in new success following ‘Masked Singer’ win
- Takeda wants to sell one of the Chicago area’s fanciest corporate campuses. Will a big employer buck the downtown migration?
- Speak Out
- NFL fantasy: Start/sit advice for Week 5
- ONU pide a México destinar más recursos para migrantes
- Joe Girardi: 9 things to know about the Cubs managerial candidate, including the time he turned down Sammy Sosa’s boombox
- “What is the Midwest?” exhibit at Newberry Library
- 3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller
- The 9 most amazing, surprisingly affordable beach destinations
- ‘What Is the Midwest?’ at Newberry Library shows a region that’s more than just milquetoast
- What to know about THC
- Is it fall yet? Record heat scorches the region as summer stages a going-away party
- El Nápoles del ‘Chucky’ no puede con el Genk en Champions (VIDEO)
- Commentary: China’s Communist Party is as repressive as when it took power 70 years ago
- Calvin de Haan is on the Blackhawks’ season-opening roster, but the defenseman is no lock to play against the Flyers
- The Spin: Adam Kinzinger mum on Trump slight | Mayor Lori Lightfoot not sweating strike threats | Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Sen. Martin Sandoval should be out as chairman
- Trump’s impeachment is already hurting the economy
- Gary parents rip school conditions at State Board of Education meeting
- Vernon Area library hosts pride-themed story hour featuring a drag queen: ‘The takeaway is just love and inclusion of all people’
- Tom Clancy’s fancy penthouse in Baltimore now half its original price
- Northwestern is picked to finish last in the Big Ten in basketball. Is there any reason for optimism?
- Man pleads not guilty to DUI, other charges in fatal Wauconda crash
- Man found stabbed to death in Naperville apartment, police say
- Popular St. Charles’ fest showcases homemade scarecrows
- New abortion clinic being built in southern Illinois, near border with St. Louis
- Neil Funk will retire as the Bulls TV announcer after this season — his 29th with the team
- Column: Forgive your parents or don’t, but either way, let it go
- Wendell Carter Jr. returns to action after an ankle scare. He’s ready to take on NBA big men after adding 15 pounds and having sports hernia surgery.
- Reza’s illusions use relatable objects to connect to audiences
- Diez años a la oficial de policía blanca que mató a su vecino negro
- Fiscal: Presidente de Honduras recibió dinero de ‘El Chapo’, otros narcos
- WWII plane in Connecticut crash was a regular in Wings of Freedom tours visiting Porter County
- Officials say Batavia High School safe after test comes back positive for Legionella bacteria
- Column: The Republican betrayal of Ukraine
- Bears injury report: Akiem Hicks and Taylor Gabriel are among starters to miss practice at Halas Hall
- Commentary: Democrats, please don’t make it too hard for Republicans to get on the impeachment train
- Aurora seeking its first poet laureate
- President Trump lets states, cities refuse refugees for the 1st time in the U.S.
- Épica y sufrida remontada del Barca ante el Inter (VIDEO)
- Shout Out: Cole Dubrow, a high school senior who loves to sing and mentor peers
- New Mokena gravesite marker tells the story of pioneer who helped expose treachery of Benedict Arnold
- Boys golf notes: Pierce Grieve glad to be back, leads Lake Forest to North Suburban title
- Letters to the Editor
- Aurora City Council to vote on contract for camera security system
- Letters to the Editor
- Pritzker says state a ‘steady partner’ for south, southwest suburbs
- Amato’s Pizza brings classic Chicago dishes to the table
- Elmwood Park bank hit by robber
- Women describe trauma, panic attacks in Madigan aides’ #MeToo scandal as watchdog cracks down
- Corrections and clarifications
- White Sox hitting coach Todd Steverson and assistant Greg Sparks won’t return in 2020
- Petrak: ‘Pack bunnies’ hold on to important family memories
- José José será velado este viernes en Miami; luego lo trasladarán a México
- Fire official: Police car, SUV crash in Oak Park, sending 2 Chicago cops to hospital
- Potempa: Past WANISS president Crisman passes; WLTH radio reaching new listeners
- Recent federal raids connected to probe of red light camera company, source says
- Naperville council says no to taking next step on Ryan plan for 5th Avenue redevelopment
- Luna, the last of four coyotes confiscated from Tinley Park residence, is now living at an Indiana rescue center
- ‘All sort of surreal’: Loyola Academy grad Connor Barrett overcomes injuries and commits to Valparaiso
- Column: Big Ten coaches would be wise to get on board with allowing players to profit off their names, images and likenesses
- El Once Ideal de los sudamericanos en J-2 de la Champions 2019-20
- Anna Wintour turns teacher, job coach in online Master Class
- Illinois basketball embraces higher expectations and eyes a return to the NCAA Tournament — ‘what should be an every-year experience for us’
- Editorial: Mayor Lori Lightfoot, you’ve offered a deal that’s more than fair. Don’t cave.
- As strike date set, Chicago Park District cites pension crisis, urges workers to accept ‘a very fair offer’
- Rahm Emanuel on Trump impeachment inquiry: ‘Process needs to be seen as fair, not just fast’
- 2020 Democrats put focus on gun control at policy forum amid impeachment fever
- Dallas cop Amber Guyger gets hug from Botham Jean’s brother, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds final budget town hall on city’s $838 million shortfall: ‘We heard a lot of great ideas’
- Impeachment standoff: Trump lashes out in anger as Democrats warn interference could be evidence of obstruction
- 7 dead, 7 injured in crash of World War II bomber at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport
- President Donald Trump involved Vice President Mike Pence in efforts to pressure Ukraine’s leader, officials say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- ‘It was a blast’: Jordan Carlson returns from concussion to score on senior night as Chesterton routs LaPorte
- Broadway’s ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ has different stars every night — maybe Miranda — and is a manic mix of improv and hip-hop
- ‘That’s the goal’: St. Charles North’s Alex Lilly shoots a 78 in conference meet, keeps sight on state