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- Democratic debate: Rivals repeatedly criticize Elizabeth Warren, reinforcing her new status as a front-runner
- Nationals sweep the Cardinals to reach their 1st World Series: ‘Often, bumpy roads lead to beautiful places and this is a beautiful place’
- Ask Amy: Bored dad trades woman in for a younger model
- Column: Taxpayers and the Chicago teachers contract, a tale of two cities
- Don’t miss these 10 fall shows in Chicago, some closing in days
- Daywatch: CPS strike becomes more likely, Pritzker halts Tinley Park ‘racino’ and what’s next for scooters in Chicago
- Will your town benefit from Illinois’ $45 billion infrastructure plan? Search our database.
- Bears Q&A: Will a healthy offense show some life? Is Leonard Floyd trending toward being a bust? What position is best for Alex Bars?
- Shout Out: Michael Becker of Western Springs, a car buff and Disney World fan
- ‘Harassed and on edge’: Chicago’s largest feminist bookstore, Women & Children First, has been targeted with anti-transgender stickers, co-owner says
- 5 takeaways from the Democratic debate in Ohio
- Scooters are off Chicago’s streets. Will the city let them come back?
- Shout Out: Karin Palminteri of Harwood Heights, sketch artist and photographer
- Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore abruptly retires amid federal probe into Illinois lobbying
- Niles spa patron says she was singled out for her size: ‘It was like in the book “The Scarlet Letter.” I felt like I had a great big F on my chest for fat.’
- CPS strike likely for Thursday as teachers union says it ‘can’t recommend postponing’ walkout with no contract deal
- Metra testing scanners designed to detect guns and explosives in crowds
- Fact check: Democrats were often sloppy on details on Ohio debate stage
- Column: Is it playoffs or else for Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman? The pressure’s on after revamping the roster.
- Free things to do this week: Open House Chicago, Halloween pumpkin carving
- Woman whose son was killed in Aurora warehouse shooting told by North Carolina homeowners’ association to remove Aurora Strong flag
- Crosby: Enforcing petty HOA restrictions is an all-too-common tradition
- Progressive congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar endorse Bernie Sanders for president
- The Nationals didn’t just sweep the Cardinals — they destroyed their identity
- The stat gap is unreal — but what about the crowd ratio? 10 things to know about Northwestern vs. Ohio State under the lights on Friday night
- Leaves are falling, but sorry, it’s too early to stop weeding the garden
- Celebrating Day of the Dead — and an eternal fascination with skeletons — in Mexico City
- Chicago harmonica master Billy Branch pays homage to the great Little Walter
- United Airlines posts $1 billion profit, reports healthy travel demand — though weakness in China
- Wisconsin jury awards $450,000 to father of boy killed in Sandy Hook massacre in defamation case against conspiracy theorist book authors
- 5 things we heard from Bears defensive coaches, including Khalil Mack’s ‘little issue’ and Danny Trevathan’s continued impact
- Baby found alive in bag along southern Indiana road
- Cancelan las clases en CPS ante la anunciada huelga de maestros
- Judge admits math error — it should’ve been $107,000, not $107 million — in Johnson & Johnson opioid judgment
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- In today’s NBA, a powerful pair beats 3 of a kind
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- Clumsy words tarnish the LeBron James brand
- Bulgaria arrests 6 soccer fans following racist acts
- Triton College staff vote to OK strike, could walk off job any day
- Gina Rodriguez releases another apology after rapping racial slur on Instagram
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra review: Profound Bartok, brilliant Rachmaninoff in Greatest Hits night at Orchestra Hall
- Gina Rodríguez se disculpa por cantar insulto racial
- Column: Tampons and pads are just as essential as toilet paper. Let’s work to end period poverty. Now!
- Referendum question on selling recreational pot in Naperville to be on March 2020 ballot
- Protesters in Hong Kong burn LeBron jerseys and challenge NBA
- Selle: Trump snub allows Turks to replay Armenian strategy
- ‘American Idol’ winner Ruben Studdard channels Luther Vandross for Paramount show
- Column: From the hot seat to the World Series, Dave Martinez never lost faith
- Scotty Bowers, Hollywood ‘fixer’ who wrote a tell-all book about the sex lives of celebrities, dies at 96
- España conmocionada por violentas protestas en Barcelona
- ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ review: Angelina Jolie crowded out by too many campy characters
- Parents guide: Advice about films kids may want to see in theaters or opening soon
- Column: Democratic debate distilled: Eat the billionaires, take Trump’s Twitter, free stuff for all!
- Winthrop Harbor estimates up to $100K in revenue after giving green light to marijuana sales
- Joe Maddon is the 1st managerial hire of the offseason after agreeing to a 3-year deal with the Angels
- So Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Bearman and Jimmy Kimmel’s sidekick walk into a Chicago bar …
- ‘It’s been a special career’: Highland Park’s Jared Grossmann to compete in the state finals for the fourth time
- Halloween activities, fests, pumpkin farms abound in Lake County area
- Commentary: As federal budget deficit soars to nearly $1 trillion, GOP fiscal hawks don’t make a peep. For now.
- No agreement reached in lease plan for proposed Merrillville community center
- Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- Chespirito tendrá su serie biográfica
- More than a quarter-million voters in Wisconsin could be made ineligible to vote before next year’s presidential primary election
- Want to avoid flying on the Boeing 737 Max when it returns? That may be tough to do.
- The marijuana industry is hiring. New data shows 1,242% spike in California job postings
- Small Northern Irish political party plays a big role in Brexit talks
- ‘We vape, we vote’: How vaping crackdowns are politicizing vapers
- Gender wealth gap hurts all
- Buffalo Grove dining institution offers everything from ice cream to steak dinners
- We need Lenny Bruce like never before, and he’s coming to Chicago in new show ‘Not a Comedian’
- Electric truck startup Rivian gives a sneak peek of its future: Sleek vehicles, a reborn downstate factory and thousands of jobs
- Impeachment inquiry uncovers high-level unease over Trump, Giuliani moves toward Ukraine; witness says ‘three amigos’ had taken over foreign policy
- Football notes: Running back Taveon Porter making up for lost time at Bremen
- AMLO pide ‘abandonar las armas’ tras enfrentamientos en México
- PHOTOS: Washington Nationals celebrate first trip to the World Series
- Beacon-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- Censo de EEUU pide datos de licencias por órdenes de Trump
- Canadá vence a EEUU por primera vez en 34 años
- ‘Zombieland 2: Double Tap’ review: Not bad for a wholly unnecessary 10-years-later sequel!
- Is a simple act of kindness enough?
- Erika Ettin: Don’t put the cart before the horse
- Some tips to make Halloween decor less scary for wildlife
- 5 keys for Joe Maddon to succeed as Angels manager, including hiring a personal driver
- Ma’qiis Haywood and Round Lake finish the regular season unbeaten in road games after 1-1 tie with Warren
- Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- Study: Men who frequently use marijuana double partner’s chances of miscarriage
- Mr., Ms., Mx.: How kids can show respect without using gender-specific language
- Editorial: Scooters aren’t a fix for Chicago’s gridlock, but congestion will choke the city if it doesn’t innovate
- Lawyers linked to Panama Papers seek to stop Netflix movie ‘The Laundromat’
- Messi: Sin Liga no hay Champions
- North Korea releases photos of Kim Jong Un riding a white horse to a sacred mountain, where he reportedly vowed to overcome U.S. sanctions
- Porchlight’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’ has a true star to play Norma Desmond in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
- What is molecular breast imaging and who needs it?
- Boys soccer notes: Andrean holds steady to earn sectional title after one-win regular season
- Empire State Building shows off new $165 million observatory
- Taking your house to the dark side: How to jump on the dark exteriors trend that’s showing up in Chicago neighborhoods
- Easy way to stay healthy on airplanes
- ¿Dejaron de volar lejos las pelotas en los playoffs?
- Georgia mall featured in ‘Stranger Things’ to go up for sale
- Final hurdle cleared for Lake Station water plant sale
- What is sarcoidosis?
- Friday night’s Ohio State-Northwestern game gets bumped from FS1 to Big Ten Network
- District 227 board votes to close Rich East High School in Park Forest as part of consolidation plan
- Queen Machine brings classic rock sound to the Genesee
- The Journey: How companies can improve employees’ retirement security
- Curry y Green, líderes de renovados Warriors
- Tom Owens, businessman who started Cara to help ease marginalized people into workplace, dies
- Deaths from falls are up; here’s how to prevent them
- Empire State Building shows off new $165 million observatory
- An older adult’s guide to exercising in cold weather
- Man found dead near Tall Trees Park in Glenview, police say
- For the first time, workers are paying a higher tax rate than investors and owners
- Aurora to vote next week on recreational marijuana sales
- ‘Watchmen’ gives Regina King her first superhero role — and takes a bold look at race relations in 2019
- Introducing the 2019 Post-Tribune Girls Golf All-Area Team
- Gary man charged in incident of catastrophic injury to infant
- Funcionaria apoya vandalismo de estatua de Colón
- How tough is the Illinois law on ethylene oxide? Not nearly tough enough, some lawmakers and residents say.
- ESPN reportedly is sticking with Alex Rodriguez as it weighs a ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ overhaul. Our advice: Less is more, and fewer is better.
- Michigan City’s Lia Thomas is the 2019 Post-Tribune Girls Golfer of the Year
- A Helmut Jahn-designed tower — the largest condo building launched in Chicago since the recession — breaks ground on South Michigan Avenue next week
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- How to clean your hands from germ-infested places
- Hemingway-inspired Spanish tapas restaurant opens in Logan Square, plus more Chicago restaurant news
- Decent: Holocaust survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank to speak in Naperville Oct. 30
- UFC’s Jon Jones won’t face battery charge in strip club case
- Owner of floating B&B ready to move on
- Community news
- From discovery of a powerful chemical to shutting down Sterigenics: 160 years of ethylene oxide
- Gary completes casino pact with Spectacle; city to receive at least $6.15M annually
- Jacksonville Jaguars owner says team ‘doing just fine’ after trading Jalen Ramsey
- Speak Out: Greed, climate change don’t mix
- Hubble Telescope captures images of comet from outside our solar system that’s zooming by
- Chicago’s first recreational marijuana store just got OK’d — but you might not be able to buy weed there on Jan. 1
- Cleveland Browns GM hints he’s discussed Trent Williams with Washington
- Commentary: Imagine trying to be a U.S. diplomat under Donald Trump, who blots out American values and promises on a whim
- McDaniel-Hale: Increased police presence will not solve all of Elgin’s problems with homelessness
- Chicago Park District workers reach contract agreement, averting what would have been historic walkoff
- ‘Caso Cerrado’ se va de Telemundo… al cine
- Fire in Marble Works warehouse limited to central part of building, South Elgin assistant fire chief says
- Own your own small town: California hamlet up for sale
- Jean Baptiste Point du Sable would get 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive named in his honor under City Council proposal
- NBC Sports Chicago chooses Jason Goff as new Bulls pregame and postgame host
- Own your own small town: California hamlet up for sale
- Letters: CPS parents speak: Teachers go above and beyond
- Lawsuit accuses child welfare workers of conducting ‘sham investigations’ in months before 5-year-old AJ Freund was killed
- Security scanners tested at Metra stations
- Hammond panel approves change orders for Carson’s demolition, asbestos removal
- Girls volleyball notes: Big hitter Grace Franz leads young but talented Kaneland
- ‘The Cotton Club Encore’ review: Coppola’s re-cut 1984 epic finally puts African American actors in the limelight
- UAW says tentative deal to end GM strike offers ‘major gains’ for workers
- Down to Business: Sisters expand family business by launching their own auto-repair shop in South Elgin
- Corte Suprema de EEUU estudia si estados pueden enjuiciar inmigrantes
- Gary man pulls stun gun prong out of chest after domestic dispute: police
- ‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho on his Cannes winner, a thriller rooted in class conflict
- IHSA will include CPS football teams in state playoff bracket, but strike will have to be over by Oct. 30 or they can’t participate
- Lincoln-Way forensics students spend an afternoon with bugs and pig carcasses: ‘It was gross and, at the same time, definitely interesting’
- Shonda Rhimes to produce original podcasts with iHeartMedia
- Speak Out
- Lake County Commissioners approve $170.5 million 2020 budget
- St. Charles man tried to meet 15-year-old for sex, prosecutors say
- Agüero choca su camioneta camino a un entrenamiento
- Chicago food bank to provide food at libraries, parks and YMCA locations for CPS students during anticipated teachers strike
- Grieving parents of British teen killed in car crash involving American diplomat’s wife say they felt ambushed by Trump’s meeting proposition
- Caring Place official, wife of Porter County sheriff, dead at 67
- Syrian forces enter key border town of Kobani, blocking Turkish plans to establish a ‘safe zone’
- ‘The Lighthouse’ review: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in a bamboozler of a tale from the maker of ‘The Witch’
- Design Recipes: 10 tips for decorating a vacation rental
- NFL fantasy Week 7: Start Matt Ryan and sit Kerryon Johnson
- Down to Business: UPS Store franchise owner loves her job: ‘The harder you work, the more fruit you get’
- Blackhawks have their 1st victory, but they’re still waiting for Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane to emerge from slow starts
- Column: Attorney General William Barr to nonbelievers: Go to hell
- Earl Thomas, finding feet with Ravens, prepares for Seattle return: ‘Hopefully, they respect what I’ve done’
- Commentary: Controversial ‘Broken Windows’ crime-fighting theory was right — about actual windows, that is
- $12K raise request questioned for Gary airport director
- Pretrial mental fitness evaluation scheduled for mom charged with murder after allegedly taking dead son on train to Chicago
- Top 10 tips for relationship bliss
- ¿Qué gana México en la Liga de Naciones?
- Josh Rosen out, Ryan Fitzpatrick back in: Dolphins make another change at quarterback after 0-5 start
- Anthony Miller cut off his shoulder harness after dropping a pass in London. Then he made a highlight-reel catch.
- Chicago City Council approves early Sunday morning alcohol sales for smaller grocers
- 8-year-old Wisconsin boy tells police man kept him tied to a chair in basement for 2 days before he escaped
- Teacher Feature: Latin not a dead language for this Naperville Central educator
- Matteson’s $300M casino plan could create 900 jobs, become ‘family destination,’ developer says
- ‘Fan’ asks Browns’ Myles Garrett for photo, then sucker punches him in face
- Potempa: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ stage tale of faded film icon revived
- City of Aurora to take over Masonic Temple property destroyed by fire
- As NorthPoint seeks OK for 103 acre development from Joliet, foes fear it could pave way for 2,200 acre warehouse plan
- Lake, Porter residents come out strong in first 5 days of early voting
- Des Plaines has collected $70 million in taxes from Rivers Casino, the state’s top-grossing riverboat. But what happens as gambling spreads to other Illinois towns?
- Triumph, heartbreak, unreliable husbands: When Patsy Cline met Loretta Lynn, the Lifetime movie version was inevitable
- The Spin: Gloves off between Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Teacher’s Union boss as strike closes in
- Las Angélicas contra la violencia de género en ‘Los monólogos de la vagina’
- DeKalb man charged with sexually assaulting teen in Aurora
- Marijuana companies are recruiting as Illinois nears recreational weed sales. ‘I don’t know how my parents will take it.’
- Barrida en serie de campeonato amarga campaña de Cardenales
- Tomas Satoransky will start at point guard for the Bulls, with Kris Dunn and Coby White coming off the bench
- Joe Girardi steps down as Team USA manager to focus on major-league jobs — including with the Cubs
- Grownups and kids alike will love these simple yet sophisticated treats for Halloween — or any party
- Lake County sheriff: ‘Rogue corrections officer’ faces felony charges for collecting $20K in unworked overtime
- Drew Brees and Alvin Kamara sit out Saints practice in advance of Sunday’s game vs. the Bears
- Nazareth football is 6-1. An opponent’s violation could make the Roadrunners undefeated again.
- Boxer Patrick Day dies from injuries sustained in Saturday night fight
- Oak Park students mourn late classmate with vigil, march down Lake Street
- Naperville salon owner warns small businesses of smash-and-grabs; video shows third burglary in city in a week
- 3 cars stolen in Naperville after owners leave them unlocked with keys inside, police say
- Editorial: Again, Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Don’t yield to CTU demands Chicagoans can’t afford
- Dave Bolland, who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Blackhawks in 2013, returns to Chicago for ‘One More Shift’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Mitch Trubisky is on track to start against the Saints. Can he help the Bears reset on a championship path?
- Park Ridge to owners of fire-damaged former gas station: Tear it down or we will
- Shout Out: The Rev. Derek Ho, associate Catholic pastor in Park Ridge
- Paula Poundstone marks 40 years as a standup comic
- 3 things we learned at Bears practice, including Eddy Pineiro’s healing leg, more Akiem Hicks details and preparations for officiating outliers
- Man arrested in campaign finance case involving associates of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is freed on bail
- Extradition imminent for suburban florist who faces charges in Lithuania that she says are retaliation for exposing alleged pedophilia ring
- Clarkson: Books and Brunch helps kids, families in our own backyard
- Methodist Hospitals in Gary, Merrillville hit with possible data breach
- Fox Valley Orchestra features chorus, soloists, for October concert
- New baby box at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago is a ‘beacon of light’
- Chicago teachers are on strike. The reasons why come down to politics, time and money.
- Los maestros de CPS deciden ir a huelga al no llegar a un acuerdo sobre el contrato laboral
- Joe Maddon hopes to win another championship with the Angels, with whom he spent his 1st 30 years in pro baseball
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s rules for recreational marijuana sales in Chicago pass City Council despite controversy
- Chicago Teachers Union goes on strike
- Gators’ two-QB system inspired by Tim Tebow, Chris Leak gives UF a spark
- ‘The Lightning Thief’ opens on Broadway, all flash and fun
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- Meeting with Trump devolves into ‘meltdown’ and insults, Dems say, after bipartisan House vote to rebuke troop withdrawal in Syria
- ‘I can hit anywhere now’: Sandburg’s Keegan Carey proves it in win against Lockport
- Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gives Senate GOP a lesson on impeachment trial rules
- ‘Tarzan’ actor Ron Ely’s wife stabbed to death by son, who was then fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies at California home, authorities say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019