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- Ask Amy: Non-drinker brings out the ‘sober curious’
- Ray Lewis will bless your wedding anniversary. Or RG3 could smack-talk your buddy — if the price is right.
- NFL wide receiver Kenny Stills lists waterfront home in Florida for $2.8M
- The (major) splurge: 10 totally over-the-top gifts
- 13 gifts for sports fans that aren’t jerseys or tickets
- Newborn gift ideas, from stylish to studious
- Fresh, fun gifts for your LGBTQ friends and family
- Column: A year in prison isn’t the second chance Diamond Davis was looking for, but she still has a chance to turn her life around.
- For the readers in your life: 10 gifts that go beyond books
- It doesn’t matter how naughty your loved ones have been — here are 10 gifts to make their world sound nice, from vinyl to a cellphone
- 10 super chic — and cheap — gifts
- The warm and cozy gifts they need
- Gifts for the fabulously finicky foodie
- Toys for kids serious about playing: The 10 and younger crowd
- Column: Jeffrey Epstein and Brett Kavanaugh, for ABC News, a tale of double standards
- 10 gifts for young bookworms
- Pop the cork on 10 gifts of beer, wine and spirits lovers
- Inside Pete Buttigieg’s Iowa surge: Loud crowds, strong ground game as he emerges as moderate alternative to Joe Biden in 2020
- A gift so good … you’ll be tempted to keep it for yourself
- Stocking stuffers for the whole family, each for $10 or less
- From fairy lights to Air Force 1s: 10 totally on-trend gift ideas for teens
- 10 T-shirts to inspire hope for the new year
- 10 gift ideas for new romantic relationships and those nearing the 1-year mark
- 10 TV-themed gifts made for the binge-watching season
- 10 stylish gifts for guys
- Gifts for the ones who spoil others: Grandparents
- Holiday gift guide 2019: Ideas for everyone on your list
- Gifts for the too-busy-hustlin’-and-still-broke millennial in your life
- Column: Uptown Theatre restoration has stalled, it needs a kickstart from our new mayor
- Daywatch: Inside Pete Buttigieg’s Iowa surge, 3 Chicago hospitals earn Ds for patient safety and Buffalo Wild Wings CEO comes to Naperville
- ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit: ‘Penn State’s brand is back’
- Should the Bears bench Mitch Trubisky? Making the argument for — and against — sitting the starting QB.
- Cash Back Day: Grab free money shopping online at Amazon, Best Buy, Macy’s and 200 retailers today
- Shout Out: Felix Saji, master teacher at Leigh School in Norridge
- Former Lithuanian judge returns to native country, now in detention after U.S. extradition from Chicago
- Rene Denfeld, once homeless herself, pens a crime thriller about redemption in ‘The Butterfly Girl’
- Steppenwolf’s ‘The Minutes’ heads to Broadway, adding Tracy Letts and Jessie Mueller to cast
- Day care worker shot and killed as she pulled up to home on Far South Side
- Aurora Housing Authority looking again to develop controversial Jericho Circle site
- Boozy, complex and palate-busting: How to navigate Chicago’s Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer this weekend
- Micheal Azira escaped poverty to become a pro soccer player. That’s why the Chicago Fire midfielder is helping 1,500 kids in his native Uganda.
- Photographer and filmmaker Ari Seth Cohen shows us what style and love over age 60 look like
- For some cancer patients, monitoring symptoms can extend their lives
- Tourists avoid Delhi as air pollution reaches record levels
- 4 takeaways from the Bulls’ rout of the Hawks, including the Zach LaVine dunk watch is officially on
- Oprah Winfrey picks ‘Olive, Again’ by Elizabeth Strout for her next book club read
- She jogged through a swarm of flies. A month later she was pulling parasitic worms from her eye.
- Fantasia has been to a dark, dark place and come out the other side. Now she wants to sing for you, and folks who have been there
- Lincoln-Way Area Chorale’s Christmas concert a celebration of its 25th anniversary
- Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson
- Speak Out
- The humble beginnings of the world’s biggest businesses
- Acusan de crimen de odio al sujeto que arrojó ácido a hispano
- Jury finds Chesterton bar bouncer guilty of murder in stabbing death of 23-year-old bartender
- Here are 4 major moves Airbnb is making after report of Chicago scam
- The ultimate what-if: How 1 play in last year’s Ohio State-Maryland game impacted 4 Big Ten schools and their coaches
- Eto’o: ‘No se valora a los jugadores africanos’
- Elizabeth Warren wins endorsement of influential group of black women
- A piano player, free gift wrap and coat check. In Chicago’s suburbs, Von Maur is out to prove traditional department stores aren’t dead.
- Cubs hire former Phillies pitching coach Chris Young as new bullpen coach, report says
- Rodrygo pide paso en el Real Madrid
- Deja el cargo el superintendente de la policía de Chicago, Eddie Johnson
- FAES, el escuadrón que siembra el terror en barrios pobres de Venezuela
- Kankakee, Yellow river commission begins work on projects
- REO Speedwagon hauls rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack for fans’ emotional road trips
- ‘Spoon River: A Folk Musical’ in Homewood a look at small-town life through stories and songs
- Windy City Soul Club, Taste of Ravenswood, and live R&B — here are 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- When will Boeing 737 Max fly again? Regulators are checking tech paperwork.
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: ‘Rick and Morty’ trivia, live taping of ‘The Axe Files’
- Happy hour deals in Chicago: Nov. 7-13
- Learning to live (and work) with hearing loss
- Editorial: Chicago’s next top cop: Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the chief who succeeds Eddie Johnson
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
- Column: As hope fades for the Bears’ 100th season, it might be time for the McCaskey family to sell the team
- Former Lake Forest city manager pleads not guilty after being indicted with official misconduct over lobbying payments
- Jess Shoman, who performs as Tenci, began making music at 14 — and finally found the confidence to perform live last December
- Los Chicago Bears se resisten a morir
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
- El último adiós a Walter Mercado
- Mary Cain, a former child prodigy, explains how Nike and Alberto Salazar broke and abused her
- After chilly weather, lakeshore flooding Thursday, record cold expected next week
- What to do when your family and friends don’t like your partner
- Jenny Slate has learned a lot of things, but the art of survival, of self care, has reshaped what she does
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
- Florida’s legalize marijuana petitions are short on signatures and time
- Orangutan granted human status in Argentina settles into new Florida home
- Cook County clerk, refusing to cross picket line, is absent at Triton College dinner in her honor
- Balotelli: ‘El problema es que soy italiano’
- ¿Es Marvel cine? El debate que comenzó Martin Scorsese
- Iconic Bulls public-address announcer Tommy Edwards is retiring after Saturday’s game
- John Bolton a no-show, aide to Mike Pence testifies as Democrats wrap up closed-door phase of impeachment inquiry
- We tried it: Pringles Friendsgiving Feast turducken kit. Yes, turkey-, duck- and chicken-flavored chips
- Girls volleyball notes: Avery Jedry makes ‘right play’ as Marist rolls past Mother McAuley for sectional title
- Futuro de Cam será una decisión difícil para Panthers
- ‘It hurts more’: Carmel’s season of high expectations ends against St. Francis in the sectional final
- Cris Carter dumped by Fox Sports after suspension and investigation: reports
- Simple can be gorgeous when setting a holiday table
- Truck driver accused of negligent driving, improper turn in fatal bike crash that killed high school counselor
- Simple can be gorgeous when setting a holiday table
- Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra explores poetry through Mahler
- Crisis política en Bolivia sigue pasando factura al fútbol
- Founders Brewing reopening Detroit taproom and donating profits from location through at least 2022
- Chicagoland group The Moods enjoys an attentive audience
- Pat Disabato’s five things you need know for the second round of the high school football playoffs
- Pot companies shed real estate amid dearth of financing options
- Stars attend Love Leo Rescue’s 2nd Annual Cocktails for a Cause
- Maine towns mixed on votes to open up legal marijuana sales
- Baranek: Raceway Park’s ‘one of a kind’ charm remembered during Blue Island tribute
- Northeast snow event to punctuate twin frigid blasts targeting eastern half of nation
- 7-foot bobbleheads of Chicago Bears legends, from Sid Luckman to Brian Urlacher to Mike Ditka
- Mayor, City Council members weigh in on proposed development pact for old Copley site
- LSU, Alabama loaded with playmaking wide receivers
- Science says ‘specific’ weather forecasts can’t be made more than 10 days in advance
- LSU, Alabama loaded with playmaking wide receivers
- Suben los crímenes de odio en Chicago en el 2019
- Football playoffs are no time for the weary as coaches study film of unfamiliar foes
- Temen por su seguridad tras desalojo
- ‘The problem is I’m Italian’: Mario Balotelli spurs racism debate
- Angel Olsen rolls into Chicago with a sonic fever dream called ‘All Mirrors,’ part of her ever-changing sound
- Meat-free burgers turn climate concerns into a sales pitch
- Shout Out: Christine Thornton used to teach art to elementary school kids, now she owns her own studio
- ‘I know it will come in the future’: Liam Armstrong looks forward after Jacobs’ supersectional loss
- Hinsdale police officers’ new 3-year contract includes annual raises of 2.25% to 2.5%
- Study finds LGBTQ characters hit record high on network TV
- Listen to Christmas past at ‘Elgin Old Tyme Radio Show’
- LSU tries to end its recent frustrating history with Alabama
- Lincoln Center to honor Spike Lee in April
- Una comunidad expuesta al narco
- No. 5 Penn St., No. 13 Minnesota set for clash of unbeatens
- LSU tries to end its recent frustrating history with Alabama
- With later Thanksgiving, Target will hold Black Friday preview sale this Friday and Saturday
- In ‘Nothing to See Here,’ Kevin Wilson sets the family novel ablaze
- Co-owner of Embeya enters guilty plea, but still disputes how much money was defrauded from West Loop restaurant
- Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for Nov. 7
- When this mother’s cancer returned, her Big Rock and Hinckley neighbors brought her a winter’s worth of ice cream in support
- ‘It’s just incredible’: Seton Hall recruit Taylor Jakubowski lifts Huntley past St. Charles East for sectional title
- Final film of the Skywalker saga is set to launch Naomi Ackie into orbit
- The ‘Women’ behind Jo and Amy: Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh play the sisters in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Alcott’s novel
- After two groping incidents along Old Plank Road Trail, Frankfort police warn users to stay alert
- Must-watch offerings on Disney+
- Chile: Piñera anuncia medidas para reforzar el orden público
- ‘Queen & Slim’ a tale of outlaws, but also a love story and a meditation on racism and police brutality
- Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer’s aide offered campaign contributions for endorsements, sources say
- Try to keep up with Vero Voce’s ‘Complete History of America (Abridged)’
- ‘Neighborhood’ welcome: How Marielle Heller persuaded Tom Hanks to portray Fred Rogers
- Candles and purple balloons mark vigil where young woman was shot and killed: ‘She held us together’
- Column: How about adding color options to the rubber that hits the road
- Freebies are the key hook in new ‘streaming wars’
- A resurgence in Barbie sales helps lift Mattel’s 3Q results
- New drinks help Starbucks pull in more US, Chinese customers
- Apple shakes off iPhone slump to deliver strong fiscal 4Q
- Cleveland Browns hope for spark from Kareem Hunt after 8-game NFL suspension
- Aldea mexicana, lista para despedir a víctimas de emboscada
- Truck driver ticketed in Niles crash that sent two to hospital
- Grandes estrellas honrarán a Juanes como Persona del Año en los Latin Grammy
- Trump denies asking Attorney General William Barr to hold press conference to declare no laws were broken in the president’s Ukraine call
- Four Elgin festivals, including Art and Soul and the Fox Trot 10K, may be on chopping block to make way for new events
- Ben Stemmet and Yorkville’s defense face second-round challenge in Willowbrook’s Sam Tumilty
- Taylor Swift to perform concert at Final Four in Atlanta
- Community news
- Qué hacer este fin de semana en Chicago
- Letters: U.S. needs some form of ‘Medicare for All’
- Lincolnshire police collecting cold weather items to be distributed to veterans
- ‘It’s a work in progress’: Megan Williams steps up in second game to lead Newark to third straight sectional title
- At height of opioid crisis, Walgreens handled nearly 1 in 5 of the most addictive opioids
- How Destin Daniel Cretton’s drama ‘Just Mercy’ is a real-life superhero film
- Former Uber driver from Elgin found guilty of sexually abusing female passenger
- Varios grandes de México se juegan la vida por entrar en la liguilla
- Meryl Streep, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emma Stone to host 2020 Met Gala
- Unos Chicago Bulls de tres cuartos
- Get a well-known great burger at Cedar Lake’s Nick’s Tavern
- What happened to side dishes? Invisible at trendy restaurants, they’re still going strong at Chicago’s steakhouses
- Pumas de Michel juegan sus últimas cartas para la liguilla de México
- Ola de violencia cambia panorama entre Arizona y México
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- Naperville police looked into possible hate crime while investigating threatening calls to Buffalo Wild Wings, chief says
- First cold-related death of the season confirmed in Cook County
- Lucha a tres por el liderato y derbi sevillano en la Liga española
- ‘It’s always about those matchups’: Kyla Kenney erupts as Benet tops Waubonsie Valley for sectional title
- Woman fired over access to leaked tape of ABC’s Amy Robach
- IDOT showcases I-80 plans in Will County: ‘There’s a future for this project where there really wasn’t one before’
- Heat’s Jimmy Butler loves to bake — everything from Snickerdoodles to peach cobbler
- 10 questions with… teacher Noris Castro
- Riquelme amaga con postularse a presidente de Boca
- Bradshaw: Choose a teacher who appreciates your abilities to write your recommendation
- Commentary: The Berlin Wall fell in a dramatic wave of hope, openness and U.S. support 30 years ago. Now everything is different.
- Lake Forest home east of Sheridan Road: $3.8M
- Beer made right here: Guide to more than 60 Chicago-born breweries and taprooms
- Legislador critica a Trump por redadas de migrantes
- Barrington school board hears opposition from residents and students on proposal to arm teachers
- Hobart city attorney announces retirement
- Column: The same people who demoted Willis Tower could strip Chicago of another skyscraper title
- Recycling, garbage pickup to cost more in Hobart
- SEE IT: Stephen Colbert challenged Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen to read Trump’s quid pro quo transcript in a way that sounded innocent. They couldn’t
- Commentary: Mind-body treatments deserve more attention as a way to beat pain and overcome the opioid crisis
- Honran en ‘Midway’ a los héroes inusuales
- Hammond school board approves teacher contract that includes pay raises for some
- ¿Es Canelo el mejor libra por libra del boxeo? Los expertos opinan…
- Oak Brook Park District looks to lease parking lot from village for use with former McDonald’s property
- Football notes: Matthew Appel ‘sets the tone’ on the offensive line for surging Neuqua Valley
- Pay raise approved for Park Ridge city manager
- With father retiring, son ‘to carry on the legacy’ at Aurora clothing store
- ‘Playing with Fire’ review: Family comedy starring John Cena flames out
- Peleador mexicoamericano de UFC podría decir adiós
- President Donald Trump ordered to pay $2 million to settle suit alleging misuse of charitable foundation for personal gain
- Shout Out: Kristine Cichowski, first female president of Park Ridge Morning Kiwanis Club
- Hammond grass complaints now must be resolved in 10 days
- Senior U.S. envoy in Syria highly critical of Trump administration’s abrupt troop withdrawal
- No matter what your politics, there’s a war movie for everyone on Veterans Day
- Impeachment transcripts: Trump wanted to hear 3 words from Ukraine’s president: ‘investigations, Biden and Clinton,’ said State Department official
- Lake County Superior Court judges ask council for additional staff following separate state actions
- The most notable and serious NFL injuries of 2019
- Apple TV+ renews ‘See,’ ‘For All Mankind,’ ‘Dickinson’ and ‘The Morning Show’
- Speak Out: He has executive powers, but here’s somewhere Trump can’t park
- Kirby Dach isn’t finding the scoresheet often, but he’s remaining confident and staying in the Blackhawks lineup
- No tax hike in proposed 2020 Elgin budget but property owners will pay 6% more for water, 2% more for sewer services
- Hybrid squad cars in Porter County sheriff’s future
- ‘It’s a little surreal to lose’: Naperville North state soccer dynasty ends with supersectional loss to Morton
- Former Navy aviator to speak following Veterans Day Parade in Aurora
- Rachel Barton Pine joins DuPage Symphony in Russian-themed concert
- Guitarrista de The Who presenta una novela con sexo, droga y rock and roll
- Retirement: States differ on taxing Social Security
- Time your credit card application this bonus-friendly season
- Hammond council moves to accept grant funds for police
- Fewer protections come with digital payments like Apple Cash
- Shakira planea un homenaje latino en el Super Bowl
- Is it OK to look for another job while on leave?
- La Porte series features music and comedy duo on 1st U.S. tour
- Penis transplant performed on soldier at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore considered a success
- ‘Piojo’ Herrera: ‘No puedo garantizar mi continuidad’
- El legado de Don Fidencio: Tras su muerte, el anciano ‘deja fe en la humanidad’ y una imagen ejemplar del paletero
- Three Chicago hospitals earn D’s for safety, while U. of C. hospital gets 16th consecutive A
- Even before Twitter, Dale Peck was stirring the pot. He’s at it again with ‘What Burns.’
- Millions of dollars are at stake for a Montana ranching couple after the discovery of two fossilized ‘dueling dinosaur’ skeletons
- ‘Jeopardy!’: U. of Chicago’s Emma Boettcher advances to semifinals in Tournament of Champions
- Aldermen looking to rework Chicago’s rules on Airbnb, other vacation rentals, to increase power to clamp down on problem operators
- The Spin: Top cop Johnson officially leaving | Bill Daley lands new gig (again) | Uptown funk | GOP lawmakers push ethics reform
- Community news: Oak Lawn’s Team Spartan makes strides against breast cancer
- Experts suggest conversation ground rules at Thanksgiving
- Indoor winter farmers market coming to Deerfield
- 4 things we heard from the Bears on Thursday, including a potential Cody Whitehair-James Daniels swap and Eddy Pineiro’s newest challenge
- From a Hobart fire’s ashes, the American flag of a late Korean War veteran is returned to his family
- Postergan realización de Teletón en Chile por crisis social
- Man critically injured by car driven by 89-year-old woman that then crashed into Lincoln Square building
- ‘Breathe’ singer Anna Nalick stops in Portage for concert
- Seattle marca nuevos estándares en la MLS y recibe la final
- Gary council president charged with kidnapping for allegedly taking teen at gunpoint after vehicle pursuit in September
- La Grange District 105 superintendent announces resignation after 15 months
- Illinois House Republicans push ethics proposals in response to ongoing federal corruption probe
- Glenview village president talks about future capital projects and 2019 accomplishments in ‘state of village’ address
- Balacera entre barristas de Alianza y Universitario deja dos muertos en Lima
- 3 pets die in Round Lake Park house fire
- Commentary: Holocaust survivor’s chilling memories of Kristallnacht illustrate the need for every last person to fight injustice
- South suburbs to mark Veterans Day with parade, observances
- Michael Bloomberg to file for presidential primary in Alabama this week, opening door for 2020 run
- Day care worker and grandmother of 11 shot and killed as she pulled up to her home: ‘This is an injustice to our family’
- Chicago’s 55-foot Christmas tree donated by Elgin couple, who will be on hand for the lighting ceremony
- Following years of ‘troubled’ and ‘substandard’ labels, Aurora Housing Authority now deemed a ‘high performer’
- Chicago man sentenced in south suburban retail robberies
- Buffalo Grove increases water costs to residents, imposes motor fuel tax to pay for road repairs
- Raúl Jiménez da la victoria a los Wolves en Europa League (VIDEO)
- Hundreds of Grayslake teachers take to the picket line on first day of strike
- Editorial: Chicago’s former mayors get bodyguards. Maybe they should get CTA passes instead.
- Wheaton College student evangelist and a radio host testify in First Amendment case, saying city of Chicago keeps them from spreading their messages in Millennium Park
- Investor applies to demolish troubled Garfield Apartments building in Aurora
- As city considers minimum wage proposal, a new study finds that black female tipped workers are struggling
- Dorian y los ecos de su ‘Justicia Universal’
- Proposal to convert Regency Inn into 112 studio apartments wins unanimous support from Naperville Planning and Zoning Commission
- Grayslake teachers enjoy early support Thursday from parents on first day of strike
- Slowik: Democrats set to fill Senate seat vacated by Hutchinson for pot czar post
- Aurora gets almost $1M from RTA for work at Transportation Center
- Aldermen call for Mayor Lightfoot to eliminate the lower minimum wage for Chicago’s tipped workers, such as waiters and bartenders
- Review: ‘GoT’ star Peter Dinklage is a gruff, edgy ‘Cyrano’ off-Broadway
- How can coach Matt Nagy spark the Bears offense? Breaking down the options — including whether to bench Mitch Trubisky — on the Bear Download podcast
- Woman sues ex-Chicago cop who sexually assaulted her when she was 14, accuses city of failing to act on warning signs
- Pastor resigns from Logan Square church after confessing he sexually abused relative: ‘I own my sin’
- Editorial: Watch out, Cook County land bank. The public could foreclose — on you.
- Eddie Johnson, who steadied CPD after the Laquan McDonald scandal, to retire as Chicago’s top cop
- Sharks forward Evander Kane sued by Vegas casino over $500,000 in gambling debt
- Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces he wants to reclaim his old Senate seat in Alabama
- Going to Easter Island? Here’s what to know.
- Column: Chicago teachers can bank a lot more sick days in their new contract. Why? Because they were absent much more under the old plan.
- Amid scandal, Illinois Gaming Board blocks video gambling owners from selling their companies without state approval
- Appellate court will allow CPS cross-country runners to compete at Saturday’s state championship
- Sources: Former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to be interim Chicago top cop
- Man’s skeletal remains found in Blue Island underground vault; foul play not suspected, says sheriff’s office
- Review: ‘Tina Turner Musical’ on Broadway has a simply fabulous Tina
- ‘I can get through anything’: Healthy again, with a rib to show for it, Butler commit Abby Stoddard returns with new outlook on basketball for No. 1 Crown Point
- ‘The heartbeat of our team’: Rose Fuentes’ drive is one of the driving forces for No. 2 Bishop Noll
- ‘I had to find other ways’: Prolific 3-point shooter Kristen Cravens looks to expand her game for No. 3 Portage
- Chicago police Interim Superintendent Charlie Beck
- House Democrats subpoena acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to testify Friday in impeachment probe
- Blackhawks 5, Canucks 2
- The Post-Tribune’s top 10 teams and top 20 players in Northwest Indiana for the 2019 girls basketball season