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- Trunk or Treat debuts in Franklin Park
- Blackhawks 5, Kings 1
- At ‘Haunted Hallways,’ Maine East students dazzle the very young – even when experiments explode
- The Bears found another way to lose, this time to the Chargers. Which leaves plenty to break down in the Bear Download podcast.
- Shout Out: Megan Skovranko bakes ‘couple hundred’ cookies for high school classmates
- Bravely honest: former River Forest school chief shares personal struggles in book, visit
- Ask Amy: Assault survivor struggles to disclose a secret
- Aaron Rodgers is terrific again as the Packers improve to 7-1 with a 31-24 win over the Chiefs
- Man’s body pulled from Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, police say
- Man, 25, killed in East Garfield Park shooting
- Some suburban workers face long, tricky commutes. Communities are grappling with how to fill in transit holes
- Editorial: A miniseries, Episode 10: The CTU’s misleading apology to Chicago students over the strike
- Letters: Foreign Service officers are essential
- Marijuana licenses: Residents of 681 Illinois census tracts can get a leg up on applications. Here’s which areas qualify, and why.
- Column: Inviting Donald Trump to address top cops gathering in Chicago is a slap in the face to our city — an opportunity Trump has been waiting for
- Daywatch: Trump visits Chicago today, Lightfoot makes a deal — but not with CTU, and an exclusive look at Obama center version 3.0
- Editorial: Congress, fearing China, threatens a Chicago factory
- Commentary: High youth unemployment hurts Chicago. Here are 3 things that can help turn that around.
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 17-16 loss to the Chargers
- Ambria restaurant to return via historic partnership with Lettuce Entertain You and The Alinea Group
- Popeyes fried-chicken sandwich returns Sunday
- European Union agrees to delay Brexit until next year
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 5-1 win over the Kings, including Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat ending their breakup
- 2 Booker Prizes were awarded, so what does it really mean to be the ‘best’ book of the year?
- Walgreens beats Wall Street forecasts, raises cost-cutting targets
- Chicago without horses: Activist wants to ban horse carriage operations, but owners deny animal cruelty
- Forget what you know about schnapps and get a taste of the real thing in Germany’s Black Forest
- Never exercised? It’s not too late to take steps toward an active life.
- President Trump visits Chicago
- Islamic State still poses a threat, even after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- Southwest pilots streamed video from hidden camera in lavatory, flight attendant claims in lawsuit
- 6 ways ‘BoJack Horseman’ on Netflix portrays an alternate Chicago in Season 6
- Trump administration bans U.S. flights to all Cuban cities except Havana
- Astros, a un triunfo de ganar la Serie Mundial
- Novato cubano responde por los Astros en la Serie Mundial
- Trump, abucheado en la Serie Mundial (VIDEO)
- Chivas logra agónico triunfo sobre Juárez
- ‘The Morning Show’ review: Apple TV+ tosses an uncertain, half-baked #MeToo drama into its streaming service
- Michigan auto shop replaces Halloween display that depicted Trump holding Obama’s head by a rope
- Road teams win 1st 5 World Series games for 3rd time
- Fifteen residents displaced, two dogs die in Aurora apartment building fire
- Houston Astros’ Joe Smith honors late Tyler Skaggs in World Series
- Burger King’s Impossible Whopper, Popeye’s chicken sandwich power strong sales at Restaurant Brands
- Different results from conservative NFL calls
- LeBron James among California wildfire evacuees
- Road teams win 1st 5 Series games for 3rd time
- LeBron James among wildfire evacuees
- Halloween Walk carries on longtime La Grange tradition for early trick-or-treating
- NFL fantasy football: 10 key pickups on the waiver wire in Week 9
- Clarendon Hills family wins top prize in third try with Halloween House Decorating Contest
- Companies cut out carbon
- Man’s Halloween hobby includes submerged pumpkin carving
- Column: The top 10 Halloween tweets of all time (updated)
- Do paid family leave policies help fix the gender pay gap? This study found the opposite.
- Liz Weston: How to choose the right health plan
- Selle: Waukegan aldermen hope more weed talk makes pot sales mellow
- AP Top 25 Reality Check: 3 ways of deciding who is No. 1
- New England Patriots stay perfect after Week 8 and more
- College Football — Week 9
- Fall’s pumpkin spice finds its way to popcorn
- Growing sense of uncertainty looms over Democrats’ 2020 primary: ‘There’s a lot of anxiety’
- Wisconsin lawmakers seeking to expunge marijuana convictions
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- CBD company to advertise at doorstep of Patriots’ stadium
- California wildfires erupt in LA, burn in wine country
- Health official: No ‘short list’ of vaping illness suspects
- California wildfires erupt in LA, burn in wine country
- Trump evalúa divulgar partes del video de la operación contra el líder del Estado Islámico
- The best performance during the Red Stars’ loss in the NWSL final? Chicago Local 134, their passionate fans who traveled to North Carolina.
- The ‘it’ Halloween costume in 2019? Retailers say kids and adults alike want to dress as clowns
- Families go for group costumes, including ‘Toy Story’ characters, at annual Trick-or-Treat Walk in downtown Grayslake
- In Ohio, rural medical marijuana users often have long treks to dispensaries
- Incendio en California amenaza la casa de LeBron James
- United will add flights from Chicago to California, Washington and Colorado next summer
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- Dueño de Astros se disculpa con reportera
- Saldar la ‘grieta’ en Argentina
- El representante estatal Luis Arroyo fue arrestado por cargos de corrupción pública
- Here’s why Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians
- Cooling Stress Tips: Why having good morals will lower stress
- How the Kinks turned a British history lesson into a rock masterpiece that still resonates
- Weight loss in middle to late adulthood linked to early death, study says
- Prairie-style mansion in Northbrook sells for $1.6M
- Chicago Cubs manager David Ross
- The takedown of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The tip, the raid, the reveal
- Rain puts a detour into second night of Halloween Night Walks at Fullersburg Woods
- Winning student murals grace downtown Deerfield building
- Hearing begins on the fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- Jets trade Leonard Williams to Giants for two draft picks
- Authors Rebecca Makkai, Sarah Smarsh accept 2019 Heartland Prizes
- Pope Francis declares Vatican’s Secret Archive is not so secret anymore
- Trump supporter whose Nazi salute photo went viral in 2016 returns to Chicago to ‘protest the protesters’
- Iowa woman killed in a pipe bomb explosion intended as a gender reveal
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- Walgreens lays off employees at Deerfield HQ, scraps annual bonuses and boosts cost-cutting goal to $1.8 billion
- City Water is Chicago’s first canned local craft hard seltzer — and immediately one of the best anywhere
- Air Force’s mystery space plane lands at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, ending a two-year mission
- Peronismo para principiantes
- Dave Chappelle receives Mark Twain award: ‘To be on a list with Richard Pryor is just unfathomable to me’
- Sprout Social, a Chicago software company, has filed to go public and raise $100 million
- Shout Out: KT McCammond, performing artist
- Robert Evans, ‘Chinatown’ producer and Paramount chief, dies at 89
- With fireworks, a marching band and ‘Voice’ singer Katie Kadan, ExPIERience gala celebrates all things Navy Pier
- Shout Out: Roberta Rubin, former Book Stall operator
- ‘Joker’ vuelve a encabezar las taquillas de EEUU
- Skokie residents can address village’s future at upcoming forum
- OPRF teacher honored by Rush University Medical Center ‘for turning disability into possibility’
- Bears’ loss to the Chargers is the lowest-rated game of the Matt Nagy era
- Roots run deep at family farm in Maple Park
- Lincolnshire’s Boo Bash featured face-painting, pumpkin decorating, a ‘spooky’ haunted trail and more: ‘It gets us in the Halloween spirit’
- Boys soccer notes: Glenbrook North regains its ‘defensive identity’ after shutting out Glenbrook South
- ‘We have to come out strong’: Patrick Graham scores key goal as Libertyville tested again in winning regional title
- Aurora City Hall welcomes trick-or-treaters
- Young sailors take to Lake Michigan for Halloween Regatta in Lake Forest
- Judge issues gag order in shaken baby case after defendant speaks with media
- Ask Anna: Busting myths about the hymen
- Football notebook: Elmwood Park ready for playoff test against Montini
- ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ spinoff to center on Indian family with Preity Zinta, Vir Das
- LVMH, parent of Christian Dior, Givenchy and Tag Heuer, wants to buy a rather large light blue box: Tiffany itself
- Hyde Park Academy teachers on picket line mourn death of recent graduate
- Drinking triggers brain changes that teach you to want more alcohol, Penn researchers find
- My husband died of ALS, but my grief is very much alive
- When daycare says a 17-month-old is too physical
- No más muertos, por favor
- Hinsdale Central pool fundraising committee says it is well on its way to $1.6 million goal
- The 2019 ozone hole is the smallest on record since its discovery, but there’s a catch
- Trump critica al superintendente de policía de Chicago; la alcaldesa le responde a ‘su bufonada insultante e ignorante’
- California forecasters saw the ‘devil wind’ storm coming: It’s the worst-case scenario for wildfires
- Fall Fest captures Halloween fun in Vernon Hills
- THC, cyanide and razor blades: How sketchy urban myths taught parents to fear Halloween candy
- All about apples: Nearly everything you never really knew
- NCAA poised to move toward allowing athletes to make money
- Rooting out bad behavior at the front desk
- Former Boston College student in ‘total control’ of boyfriend charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging him to take his own life
- ‘Supernatural’ star Jared Padalecki accused of assault at Austin bar
- Bulls assign Chandler Hutchison to the G League’s Windy City Bulls as he returns from a hamstring injury
- What Boeing learns from plane crashes — safety and circumspection
- Watch live as CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson responds to Trump’s remarks at cop convention
- Cats are vanishing in North Carolina neighborhoods. Some blame stealthy coyotes.
- Trinity honors seniors before heading into girls volleyball playoffs
- Girls tennis notes: Lakes’ Megan Heuser and Lake Forest’s Kiley Rabjohns win state titles in singles
- Halloween Hoopla a prelude to trick or treating in Deerfield
- 2 women indefinitely banned by MLB after flashing Gerrit Cole during Game 5 of the World Series
- Column: The White Sox focus on Chance the Rapper’s Sox hat in a tweet, cropping out his CTU shirt. Stupidly, controversy ensues.
- Mundelein’s Boo Bash reigns despite downpour
- Apple unveils $250 version of AirPods Pro with noise cancelling feature
- Go Away With … Siobhan Fahey of Shakespears Sister
- New Trier’s James Hemmer ends high school football career but may have more days on the gridiron in college
- Autonomous trucks, dedicated lanes discussed as possible solutions to congestion near Interstates 94 and 65
- Pets parade to end Halloween festivities in Long Grove
- Spend the holidays at these 23 warm-weather destinations
- Judge denies injunction filed against Hammond council candidate
- How to make roti, the workhorse of flatbreads at the Indian table
- Portage man pleads guilty to fraudulent unemployment collection
- Condo in iconic Chicago building on the market
- Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- Murió Robert Evans, productor de ‘Chinatown’ y ‘El padrino’
- Girls volleyball notes: Clemson recruit Camryn Hannah keeps ‘faith’ as Marist goes for three-peat
- Bradshaw: Improving your SAT score, taking online college courses can bolster college application
- Mujeres y hombres detrás de un balón
- John Leguizamo on ‘Latin History for Morons’ coming to Chicago: ‘I want to change how America sees Latinx people’
- Founders fallout continues as brewery’s diversity director quits and Chicago chain drops brand from 18 restaurants
- Beacon-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- Homewood-Flossmoor graduate, 18, gunned down in Glenwood home described as ‘party house’
- North Shore School District 112 considers pushing back start of school year
- Penthouse condo sells for $5.72 million on the Near West Side
- Kids get in some early trick-or-treating at downtown Oswego event
- Artist tasked with creating sculpture for Robert Crown Community Center solicits Evanston residents’ feedback
- Girls volleyball notes: East Aurora’s Barakat Adekola making most of three-sport experience
- Llamada a romper esquemas
- Delivery vehicle fatally strikes 23-month-old boy in Lisle, police say
- S&P 500 closes at record high: 3,039.42
- Dog days: Forest Preserve District raising money for Humane Society with calendar featuring park patrons’ pets
- Latinos pro Trump manifiestan su apoyo al mandatario en Chicago
- Hundreds turn out for Dancing with the Chamber Starz
- Ex-Grayslake North, Zion-Benton teacher pleads guilty to sex abuse involving student
- VU football notes: Jamari Booker’s defensive effort fuels VU to first win under coach Landon Fox
- After ICE raid concerns at Evanston street fair, Cook County drops ‘homeland security’ from department’s name
- ‘We could not be more thrilled’: Chicago Bears donate $100,000 to Oak Park’s Hephzibah Home
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- Speak Out: Where was economic growth under Obama?
- Commentary: End the youth vaping crisis before one more teen gets hooked — starting with that flavor ban the FDA promised
- Culiacán intenta recomponerse tras duras balaceras
- Commentary: Illinois shouldn’t ban ethylene oxide, which ensures the state’s supply of sterile medical products
- South Elgin might allow alcohol sales in gas stations, drinking in outdoor dining areas
- Cold, rainy week with snow possible late Halloween night, forecasters say
- Astros confían en Verlander para sexto juego, pese a racha
- Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration
- Maradona celebra vuelta del kirchnerismo en Argentina
- Theo Epstein says Joe Maddon might want to hold the champagne on his Cubs-Angels 2020 World Series dream
- Column: The Cubs embrace David Ross as their new manager. Now he has to prove he’s nobody’s puppet.
- 5 things to do in Lake County Nov. 1-3
- Capital Gazette shooting: Maryland man pleads guilty to attack that killed five as chilling details emerge
- Environment, sex education among the issues students on state Sen. McConchie’s Youth Advisory Council would create legislation about
- Oak Park police: Masked gunman, second man carjack resident along Austin Boulevard
- Read the official transcript of President Trump’s remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Chicago
- David Ross isn’t dwelling on the past — like the 2016 World Series — as he takes over as Cubs manager
- Chicagoans Kel Mitchell, Jake Johnson from ‘New Girl’ make cameos in Chance the Rapper’s new ‘Hot Shower’ video
- Candidates for Schererville Town Council elections talk town issues, strengths, leading up to Nov. 5 election
- Ethan Burstin overcomes cancer, returns to lead Niles North soccer
- Prosecution focuses on missing knife that bouncer at Chesterton bar allegedly used to kill bartender
- Letters: Mayor, keep standing strong in strike
- Health Department: ‘Extended air monitoring’ for ethylene oxide underway outside Gurnee and Waukegan plants
- The Spin: Trump brings all his familiar refrains to Chicago, including jabs at ‘fake news’ media, sanctuary cities, Jussie Smollett and top cop Eddie Johnson
- Castillo y Meneses se solidarizan con Chile y pueden ser sancionados por fútbol mexicano
- Kids in costume as dinosaurs, Disney characters, dragons and more collected treats from trunks of cars during Arlington Heights Halloween event
- Aurora, Fox Valley Park District look to landscape Lake Street
- Trump made his first visit to Chicago as president. Here is what happened.
- 5 things to do in the western suburbs Nov. 1-7
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget staff talks possible property tax increase, hike to downtown parking meter rates
- Notre Dame football fans may have to scramble to find the Nov. 9 Duke game on the ACC Network
- Gospel artist Kirk Franklin says he’s boycotting Dove Awards, after his acceptance speech was edited again
- Shnay: Time takes its toll on all of us, and our institutions as well; ‘I wish Rich East could be saved’
- Three Lake County police departments investigating robberies in Walmart parking lots
- Matt Nagy doubles down on his controversial late-game decision: ‘I would do it again a thousand times’
- Wounded Chicago cop mentioned in President Donald Trump’s pro-police speech: ‘I loved it’
- Up in the air: First-round playoff football games for Antioch, Lakes depend on Chicago Teachers Union strike
- Trump declassifies photo of military K-9 wounded in operation to track down Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- Bronx steps in ‘Joker’ movie become a tourist attraction
- Editorial: Donald Trump insulted Chicago. Lori Lightfoot and Eddie Johnson fired back. What was lost in the melee?
- Corrections and clarifications
- Column: Trump’s Chicago visit proves too tantalizing for striking CTU to pass up. School was out anyway, right?
- 5 things to do in northwest Indiana Nov. 1-3
- Trump’s visit draws protests along river, but for the most part, life rolls on
- Lake County party chairs condemn racist comments posted on social media by former Libertarian Party leader
- Column: Trump is the orange man in the bubble, Chicago is the city of pins
- Cicero man who authorities say ran over girlfriend in parking lot of Lombard shopping mall pleads guilty to attempted murder
- Boyfriend charged with triple murder, arson in Gary fire
- Country Club Hills, Crestwood drop casino bids; field down to four in south suburbs as state deadline passes
- House Democrats plan 1st formal vote on impeachment inquiry against Trump
- On first Chicago visit as president, Donald Trump and city trade insults over values as protesters take to streets to demonstrate
- White Sox outright 4 players to Triple-A Charlotte, including pitcher Manny Banuelos
- Valparaiso grandfather who police say dropped his 2-year-old granddaughter from the 11th floor window of a cruise ship accused of negligent homicide
- Talk of the County: Trump-hating CNN and MSNBC viewers need to change the channel
- Blackhawks trade Brendan Perlini to the Red Wings for defenseman prospect Alec Regula
- Chicago sets lottery for recreational pot businesses to choose locations
- Talk of the County: Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren is ‘like the Joe Biden of women’
- Editorial: The feds expand their assault on Illinois government: Did Rep. Luis Arroyo try to bribe a state senator?
- Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox fans who are unhappy with Dish in its NBC Sports Chicago stalemate should start shopping around
- Talk of the County: Supporters of ‘corrupt’ President Trump need ‘remedial U.S. history and civics classes’
- Shout Out: Jackie Lasselle, Elmwood Park High School student in DECA
- From refugee camps to state playoffs, international players add skill, toughness to Evanston High School soccer
- European Union delays Brexit to Jan. 31 as Boris Johnson’s early election bid fails
- North Carolina judges block the state’s congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections
- Utility says power lines may have started two California fires that spread across the San Francisco Bay Area
- ‘DWTS’ recap: Finally, a good episode. Kel Mitchell nails it, then Sean Spicer ruins everything
- Cross country notes: Burlington Central’s Anthony Farmer battles loaded field in Kaneland Regional
- Bobby Portis beats the Bulls, leading the Knicks’ 105-98 come-from-behind victory
- ‘I was ecstatic’: Sam Wade scores in first overtime, but St. Charles East loses regional final in penalty kicks
- State’s $45 billion plan funds Elmwood Park, but not for dangerous rail crossing
- Chargers fire offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt 1 day after beating the Bears
- Cross country notes: Austin Adams and Kaneland using last year’s state finish as ‘motivation’