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- DePaul men’s basketball stays perfect at 9-0 with overtime thriller against last season’s national runner-up Texas Tech: ‘We’re starting to see the bloom’
- Ask Amy: Midlife dater ignores red flag waving
- This $4.2 million home is state of the art | Photos
- From Nuremberg to Chicago, the best Christmas markets thrive on authenticity
- Column: Is this still a free country? The new movie ‘No Safe Spaces’ raises frightening doubts
- Murder mystery ‘Knives Out’ has as much in common with ‘Succession’ as Agatha Christie
- Daywatch: FBI asking about Madigan, Illinois slashed EPA workforce more than any other state and downtown office boom continues
- ‘All This Could Be Yours’: A family’s father is unforgiven in Jami Attenberg’s new novel
- Garden Q&A: What is this cricket in the basement? And how to help the birds.
- Eddie Johnson now officially retired, days after Mayor Lori Lightfoot removed him as Chicago police superintendent
- Efforts to move the needle on flu shot rates get stuck
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker defends social equity measures in recreational pot bill, tamps down expectations for Jan. 1 launch
- Illinois has cut its EPA workforce by 38% in the past decade — more than any other state, report shows
- 2nd Chicago cop relieved of police powers following body-slam of man who spit in officer’s eye, officials say
- Heart transplant patient dies days after marrying high school sweetheart in Chicago hospital chapel
- Police: Chicago cop shoots man who pulled gun in East Garfield Park
- FBI agents asking questions about House Speaker Madigan and his political operation, say four people they’ve interviewed
- Best deals for people who didn’t complete their holiday shopping on Cyber Monday
- 18 affordable ways to make adulting much easier
- Orland Park Theatre Troupe brings bunny suit, leg lamp and Ralphie’s quest for a Red Ryder BB gun to the stage
- Orland Park landlord allegedly engaged in racially discriminatory rental practices: lawsuit
- Holly Jolly Christmas in Park Forest heralds Grande Prairie Choral Arts’ season
- Everything you need to know about buying and taking care of a cut Christmas tree
- ‘Die Hard’ holiday pop-up and curling on the roof — here are 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Concert review: Whitney makes small moments count at Thalia Hall
- Kid Rock’s Detroit eatery closing after his anti-Oprah rant
- The hardest part of a new Northwest Indiana project to help homeless veterans: ‘finding them’
- Chris Brown must give up monkeys under judge’s restrictions
- 2019 Navy Uniforms – Army/Navy Game
- Things to do in Chicago today | Dec. 5
- ‘Playmobil: The Movie’ review: Toy-based toon doesn’t deliver
- In a theme park parking lot at night, a worker sleeps in her car. This is life in America’s most visited city
- Chicago band Flora found magic in making more with less, improving songs by taking stuff out of them until a beautiful core was left
- Pelosi: cámara baja redactará cargos contra Trump
- Help Them to Hope
- Lowell man killed in Crown Point construction accident, police say
- Red Zone caters to millennials’ short attention span and changed how we watch football
- Six rookie QBs have already earned wins this NFL season
- Boeing chief engineer who defended 737 Max jet is retiring
- Un holandés da ventaja a Monterrey en semifinales MX
- New dawn for boxing as Andy Ruiz, Anthony Joshua set for Saudi rematch
- NASCAR goes back to its roots with a huge Nashville blowout
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
- Peloton is taking heat for a holiday ad widely criticized as sexist. Now it faces a new competitor.
- Beautiful gardens around the world
- Justin Timberlake apologizes to wife for ‘strong lapse in judgment’ after seen holding hands with co-star
- California holds 73% of the nation’s priciest ZIP codes for home buyers
- XFL uniforms ranked
- Un muerto en una iglesia cuyo pastor confundió gasolina con agua bendita
- Brockhampton takes the idea of togetherness to a whole new level, but found creative fire in living apart from each other
- Best cookbooks of 2019: ‘Indian-ish’ to ‘Joy of Cooking’ to ‘Ruffage,’ these titles inspire us most
- Qué hacer este fin de semana en Chicago
- ‘Parasite’ has already disrupted the film industry – will it disrupt the Oscars too?
- Mass strikes in France shut down Eiffel Tower, trains, schools as tens of thousands march in Paris
- 3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 106-99 win over the Grizzlies, including Zach LaVine’s ‘go down swinging’ mentality and the team’s improving 3-point defense
- Review: Find Chicago’s best sushi experience at Mako, B.K. Park’s omakase restaurant
- Ilustradora chilena honra a Gabriel García Márquez en la nueva edición de ‘El amor en los tiempos del cólera’
- Camila Morrone wasn’t interested in acting. Now she’s being called the next Jennifer Lawrence
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- 33 genius travel hacks to upgrade your holiday trips
- Elgin Symphony puts some extra gifts in with holiday concert
- What happened when my son’s interests collided with my values
- This startup is designing cashier-less stores — and just raised $30M
- 10 secret Santa gifts anyone will enjoy
- Futuro de Vidal y Rakitic en el Barcelona en suspenso
- North Korea threatens to resume calling President Trump a ‘dotard’
- Agentes fronterizos disparan a autos sin justificación
- Mulan goes to war in Disney’s live-action, action-packed remake trailer
- Las cicatrices de la migración cubana, en el festival de cine de La Habana
- Baranek: Heidi Jedry died on Aug. 12, the first day of girls volleyball tryouts at Marist. Her daughter Avery carried on, remembering her mom’s devotion and courage.
- Nueva Orleans será escenario de un nuevo comic de Marvel
- Deerfield nets $2.3 million from Illinois for roadwork projects
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
- Police Board to host series of listening sessions for next Chicago police superintendent
- Holiday classics from religious music to film songs will be featured at DuPage Symphony Orchestra’s concert
- Whitney makes small moments count at Thalia Hall
- Our championship week college football picks: Will Ohio State cover the jumbo spread in Indy? Can Georgia keep it close against LSU?
- Boys basketball notes: Patrick Graham, with a double-double, is among four players in double figures as Libertyville continues strong start
- ‘We like to feed off each other’: Fraternal twin brothers Jack and Tyler Coyle fuel the fire for Oak Forest
- Leonel García y cómo cantarle al amor y a la nostalgia disfrutando el momento
- Booked it! Chicago theater casting announcements for Dec. 5
- The Kitchn: This hearty Christmas cookie should be on your dessert table
- Peloteros de las mayores podrían jugar en Venezuela
- Seriously Simple: Rustic tart celebrates the sweetness of Hanukkah
- Margaret O’Brien on the magic of Judy Garland and ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ 75 years ago
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
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- Former White Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks writes about the pain and addiction he endured after his career-ending injury: ‘I stopped wanting to do anything in life’
- Sunday at Facets: An open-house tribute to the late Milos Stehlik, featuring Marlene Dietrich, the Czech New Wave, Errol Morris — and Chicago on screen
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- Things to do in Chicago this weekend: ‘Holidays of Light,’ rooftop curling, winter festivals, ‘Die Hard’ holiday pop-up
- Crosby: Aurora’s Hometown Award a testament to neighborhood, police partnership
- Deerfield neighborhood upset about potential removal of stop signs receives favorable outcome
- Dave Melton’s top 5 teams and top 20 wrestlers in Northwest Indiana for the 2019 season
- Rito’s Mexican Restaurant offers authentic tastes of Mexico, famous margaritas
- Judge sets July trial date for state Sen. Thomas Cullerton on federal embezzlement charges
- Armstrong: Former Yorkville receiver Jason Lewan adjusts to ‘speed and violence’ on defensive line for Illinois State
- Hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk, especially for black women: Study
- Surgen nuevos actores políticos en Bolivia tras salida de Evo
- Why black voters say Pete Buttigieg isn’t connecting with them in the key 2020 state of South Carolina
- ‘So much I want to improve on’: Merrillville junior Malik Hall aims higher after sixth-place finish at last season’s state meet
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago’s inspector general will determine if there was a cover-up in the Eddie Johnson case
- El mexicano Diego Lainez podría salir del Real Betis
- Electronic producer Amon Tobin’s very productive and wildly surprising year
- Victory Gardens Theater artistic director Chay Yew will step down
- Dating app Plenty of Fish spotlights 8 new relationship trends for 2020. And don’t get Kanye’d
- Holiday comedy ‘Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!’ in Homewood features first-grade antics
- Plans for two-story classroom addition at Washington School advance to Park Ridge City Council
- Aurora woman looks to open ‘pay-what-you-can’ restaurant
- A year in review: 2019 in pictures
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- Trump puede enfrentar tres cargos en un juicio político
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- The troubled Hide-A-Way Lakes campground underwent an inspection. A county board member still wants it shut down.
- Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice takes an acoustic approach to season’s songs
- ‘El violador eres tú’, la performance de feministas chilenas que contagia al mundo
- 100 of the best sports photos of the decade
- Chicago designer Letesha Renee’s Eugene Taylor Brand celebrates unisex, genderless clothes
- Georgia college pays $145,000 to settle anthem protest case
- Park City man pleads not guilty to drug-induced homicide charges in overdose death of Lake Villa area woman
- Millennial Money: Give back without busting your budget
- ‘Synonyms’ at Gene Siskel Film Center: When in France, do as the Israeli commandos-turned-nude Parisian models do
- Holiday money-saving strategies that can backfire
- Column: How the word ‘whore’ came to shape a judicial race in McHenry County
- Lake County official proposes merger of clerk and recorder of deeds offices
- Todo listo para celebrar la devoción guadalupana
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- Santa stopping by downtown Aurora
- Los ‘Tiburones Rojos’ de Veracruz son desafiliados de la Liga MX
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- Commentary: We need primary mental health providers — and a lifelong, universal approach to psychological care
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- Former Outcome Health employees plead not guilty to felony charges in alleged $1 billion scheme to defraud pharma clients
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- Commentary: NATO at 70: Cracks in alliance are significant
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- Golf carts on Lake Bluff roads? Not so fast, village trustees say
- Can they find a reliable setup man? 5 questions for the Cubs at the winter meetings
- Free things to do this week include a holiday stroll, an Auditorium Theatre birthday bash and a tree lighting ceremony
- Arranca la cuenta atrás de la ‘Batalla de las Dunas’
- Happy hour deals in Chicago: Dec. 5-Dec. 11
- Ford is using discarded McDonald’s coffee beans to build car parts
- Los grandes que partieron en 2019
- Airbnb is cracking down on ‘open invite’ parties after California shooting
- Bradshaw: Choosing a challenging major may increase law school acceptance
- Column: The rise of suburban microbreweries has me remembering the days of Hamm’s and Schlitz
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of November 2019
- Two modern Chicago icons, Big Star and Half Acre, coming together for new kitchen at the Balmoral Avenue taproom
- Thanksgiving traffic enforcement campaign results in DUI arrests and scores of seat belt violations across Lake County
- Attorney for Gary boy facing waiver to adult court asks for more time to prepare
- Aurora considers rewriting liquor code due to ‘interesting business models we are seeing’
- Will County’s micropantries earn state honors: ‘In an hour there could be five people who use it and three who help fill it’
- The best tamales in Chicago, from Mexican to Peruvian to Delta options
- 68% de los chilenos cree que estallido social es necesario ‘para generar cambios’
- Column: Meal programs struggle as funding dwindles
- Naperville willing to pay up to $562K as incentive to keep Kroehler mansion from being demolished
- Teen facing gun charges in connection with fatal shooting at Howard Street ‘L’ station
- Boy invites entire kindergarten class to his adoption hearing — and it’s adorable
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte: ‘El presente no se entiende sin el pasado’
- ‘That’s a game you dream of’: Andrew Kamienski’s monster effort lifts North Central College into Division III quarterfinals
- Which free-agent starting pitchers are available? 5 questions for the White Sox at the winter meetings
- Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home in Palos Park: $975K
- Former Arlington Heights police deputy chief dies, mourners remember Andrew Whowell for being ‘invested in the community’
- Police: car window smashed, laptop worth $1,500 stolen
- Treasure Island’s former Wells Street store sells for almost $15 million
- Column: This holiday season, give a knowing nod to the salespeople in your life
- Justin Timberlake le pide disculpas públicas a Jessica Biel por ‘su falta de juicio’
- Lake Council member calls for ‘true budget process’ headed into 2020
- The Obamas’ new Martha’s Vineyard mansion
- How bad off is Nissan? It’s forcing almost all its U.S. workers to take unpaid days off.
- Family of Heriberto Godinez, who died in Chicago police custody in 2015, may get $1.2M settlement with the city
- Speak Out: Some Democrats still running with ‘Medicare for all’
- William Levy le declara su fidelidad al contenido en español al protagonizar y producir ‘En brazos de un asesino’
- Plans for commercial development at Willow and Pfingsten roads that has set off controversy and inspired a lawsuit gets first nod from Glenview trustees
- Blackhawks hope Dylan Strome’s return to the lineup will spark a stagnant offense
- Obamas buy Martha’s Vineyard mansion for $11.75 million
- ‘You just grew up right there’: Caroline Croft takes control as South Elgin rallies to stun St. Charles North
- Eyewitness to Laquan McDonald shooting settles lawsuit with city for proposed $125,000 payout
- Police: Masked men rob Niles gas station, customer
- Young woman shot in head while riding in car in Brighton Park neighborhood
- Editorial: DePaul men’s basketball, starting the season at 9-0, gives bereft Chicago sports fans hope
- 20 tips to make your hotel room feel more like home
- Merry movies: The most popular Christmas films through the years
- ‘Things started to fall for us’: Gabi Melby gets going as Naperville Central edges St. Charles East
- Fiscal estadounidense se reúne con el presidente López Obrador en México
- Column: Crowded south suburban fields emerge as candidates file for 2020 elections
- Importante diario italiano recibe críticas por portada de tono racista
- In Chicago, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang backs impeachment but warns it also will increase political polarization
- Towns surrounding Barrington looking to keep ‘family-friendly’ feel with some rejecting idea of allowing recreational cannabis dispensaries
- 10 questions with… Tattoo artist Jose Manuel Napoles
- Some people think putting a suitcase on the bed is disgusting. But is it actually dangerous?
- Community news: Students in Oak Lawn collect food for families, cash for veterans
- Boys basketball notes: Listen up, Myles Leavy turns into all-around threat at guard for Metea Valley
- Column: Trying to find the positives in the cold, dark days of winter
- Group of nonprofits bring radio version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to Michigan City stage
- ‘Two Popes’ review: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce enliven a papal buddy film
- ‘You’re a damn liar, man’: Joe Biden gets into heated exchange with Iowa voter, challenges him to pushup contest and IQ test
- The most popular Christmas candies in America
- Study done by IUN professors shows hiring veterans is good for business
- From clam to ham, 15 creative candy cane flavors to try this holiday
- Bunny slopes and black diamonds: 30 great ski resorts across America worth a shred
- The Spin: Mayor Lori Lightfoot to interview Pete Buttigieg in Iowa
- What is CBD yoga and does it work?
- State commission OKs NIPSCO electric rate hike
- Fox River Valley library district going fine-free starting Jan. 1
- Maine to issue applications for first marijuana stores
- NWI Symphony finds new home for holiday concerts
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs law requiring more disclosures from lobbyists, then is forced to change course after botching initial pick for ethics panel
- Prosecutors: Man charged with murder of relative in Park City told investigators he ‘snapped and stabbed the victim repeatedly’
- Nancy Pelosi rebukes reporter who asked if she hates Trump: ‘Don’t mess with me’
- Editorial: ‘We need to send a message’ about corruption? Illinois voters, too, should send a message.
- Demolition has started on old Aurora motels along Farnsworth Avenue
- Villa Park man gets 9 years for attempting to set fire to ex-girlfriend’s home in Lombard with Molotov cocktail
- New United CEO Scott Kirby is known as a ‘details guy’ who spent years prepping for the role, including at rival American Airlines
- Physical big men are giving the Bulls all kinds of trouble down low: ‘It’s a place we have to get better’
- Video series featuring Eisenhower, Thornwood teachers wins Emmy
- Corrections and clarifications
- Sailor used service weapon to shoot 3 civilians, killing 2, at Pearl Harbor before taking his own life, officials say
- Elgin’s financial house is in order, mayor says, but city still faces problems with homelessness
- La Porte Symphony Holiday at the Pops marks a milestone with 25th annual performance
- Vintage: Man’s best friend
- Naperville native, film producer crowd-funding for his latest project, ‘The Devil’s Advocate’
- Electrical issue causes delays in Metra Electric Line
- Column: A letter to the next owner of the Chicago Tribune: We need you.
- Illinois GOP uses Trump impeachment effort to fuel fundraising
- Orland Park parish remembers teacher killed in hit-and-run while leaving Christmas party for ‘helping any way she could’
- Broadway review: Simplistic ‘Jagged Little Pill’ makes a mess of Alanis Morissette’s songs
- Week 14: Bears 31, Cowboys 24
- ‘She knew there was all this evidence against her.’ JoAnn Cunningham pleads guilty to murder in beating death of 5-year-old son AJ Freund of Crystal Lake.
- Flashback: Newshounds! Dogs have long graced the Tribune’s pages
- ‘Devastated’: 3 crew members killed after Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Minnesota