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- Starbucks Happy Hour: Save big on lattes, macchiatos and cappuccinos on Thursday
- ‘I came here because I’m a city kid. I do it for the fans.’ Bulls trade Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis to the Wizards
- ‘What Men Want’ review: Taraji P. Henson gets an earful
- Ask Amy: Boyfriend disappears into dark web
- National best-sellers
- Our choices for Chicago City Council: Wards 30-39
- Meet the Golden Apple finalists who teach in the Southland
- Opening date, new details divulged about Hotel Essex in the South Loop
- Politicians in blackface? For Democrats, beats defending late-term abortion.
- Inside Bill Daley’s insurance exam scandal: Beers, an altered test and a passing grade
- Universal, SeaWorld, Epcot festivals collide; feasts of concerts and food arrive
- Woman gives birth on CTA bus on her way to hospital
- ‘It’s monumental’: Lincolnwood approves redevelopment agreement for old Purple Hotel site
- Charges dropped against girl, 16, who was shocked by Taser during struggle with Chicago police at high school
- Fact checking President Trump’s fantastical human-trafficking claims
- ‘I feel cheated’: For some South Side Chicago residents, losing 2 Target stores isn’t just an economic blow
- Cubs’ last hurrah on WGN-TV could be a tearjerker
- Corey Crawford’s infatuation with cars has been building since he was a teen. His top speed? ‘I don’t think I’m allowed to say.’
- A small pink auto recall: Power Wheels Barbie Dream Campers
- New U.S.-Mexico border barrier charts tricky course near people’s homes
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to gut most of its payday lending rules
- Bulls Q&A: Is Otto Porter Jr. trade a big risk because of his money? Why does the front office have so much job security?
- Who is Duke superstar Zion Williamson? ‘That dude is a franchise-changer’
- ‘He said that?’ Zion Williamson floored by Scottie Pippen calling him the best NBA prospect since Michael Jordan
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Feb. 7-13
- Chicago-area native Denise Richards talks joining ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ cast
- Kendrick Lamar’s secret weapon? His right-hand man, ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack producer Sounwave
- Lassen’s Tap in Homewood has hometown feel with gastropub grub
- Chicago rapper G Herbo, now older and wiser, is looking to do much more than make hit rap tunes
- Bassel makes music from that gray zone between funk and soul to make Chicago scenesters move
- Cindy McCain backtracks after police refute her story of saving child from human trafficking at airport
- 10 amazing places to work remotely in Chicago
- Paul Freeman enlightened us with ‘Black Composers Series’
- Bill to move one Gary casino license inland, another to Terre Haute clears senate committee
- Delta nudged passengers to slip their number to their ‘plane crush’ on napkins. Now the airline is sorry.
- Planning and Zoning Commission divided on revised 500-home Polo Club subdivision in south Naperville
- Ozzy Osbourne hospitalized because of flu complications
- ‘American Griot’ at MVCC explores shared history of Islam, the blues
- Rain, thunderstorms expected before Chicago temps plunge from mid-40s to single digits
- Prickly City-divide
- Milwaukee police collect evidence after 35-year-old officer fatally shot
- Man dies after being ejected from flipped car while fleeing Hammond police
- Cubs have struck out with homegrown pitchers in recent years, but they’re working to change that
- Woman who helped find shelter for more than 100 during subzero cold gets $50,000 gift on ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’
- Joliet Drama Guild’s ‘Born Yesterday’ filled with comedic characters
- Authorities recover body from wreckage of plane carrying Sala
- ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 first-look photos released just in time for fans who need to catch up
- Gucci apologizes, pulls ‘blackface sweater’ from stores after complaints
- Paul Dacko presents ‘Winter Nature Photography’ tips at Plum Creek Nature Center
- Father of Wisconsin man accused of holding Jayme Closs, killing her parents asks for prayers for the victim
- Best-selling author to discuss book on Al Capone in St. Charles
- Clarendon Hills mommy-son date night ditches formal attire for sports theme
- The NBA has changed its draft lottery. Here’s how it works now.
- 10 marvelous ways to mix up margaritas
- Connecticut police identity woman whose bound body was found in suitcase
- Rob Gronkowski says he was hit in the face by a beer can during Super Bowl parade
- Waukegan man arrested by sheriff’s gang unit for allegedly selling pills from residence
- ‘The Prodigy’ review: If your kid is possessed, does that mean you’re a bad parent? Taylor Schilling finds out in this creepy horror flick
- After 1968’s ‘Year of the Pitcher,’ MLB lowered the mound. Now, the league could do it again.
- ‘Tito and the Birds’ review: Brazilian kids band together to fight panic and an epidemic
- Mortgage rates tumble to 4.41 percent, a 10-month low
- Hinsdale budget includes $350,000 for sewer cleaning truck and $456,000 in technology upgrades
- The mysterious death of a Chicago alderman
- From flowering shrubs to tree trunks, cold snap impacts plant life at Chicago Botanic Garden
- How to break down cassoulet into easily manageable and make-ahead parts
- Oswego police tout collaboration with Kendall Health Department
- Messi, Ronaldo, Raul and the top scorers in El Clasico’s history
- Looking forward to concept cars at the Auto Show? Here are 10 killer concepts from the past
- Porter officials still trying to recoup building’s tax exemption
- Three-row SUVs with USBs and a cupholder for everyone take the stage at the Chicago Auto Show
- Getting to the 2019 Chicago Auto show, by bus, car, truck or …
- Pickups, perennial best-sellers, will be showing off tech and other tricks at the Chicago Auto Show
- Same platform, different cars are what automakers call platform siblings — here are some to see
- If a hybrid or electric car rolls through the forest, does it make a sound? Well, it should
- Even if you probably didn’t think about what your car horn sounds like, someone did
- Letter: Keeping the tradition of mailing hand-made Christmas cards
- ‘The Prodigy’ filmmakers play tricks with the tropes of evil-kid movies
- How did a Chicago police badge, missing since 1978, wind up in a plane that crashed into a house in California?
- Tres hoteles de Chicago entre los diez mejores del país
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Dying smoker offers deathbed warning to teens: ‘If you’re thinking of lighting up, think of me’
- Cameron Diaz said Nicole Richie took her on a ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ tour of Chicago
- Packers hire Illinois offensive line coach Luke Butkus, nephew of Bears Hall of Famer
- Poet Nate Marshall flips Brer Rabbit stories for Chicago topics in Make Believe podcast episode
- No plans for National Pizza Day? Try a pizza party
- Police release video of car suspected in Morton Grove fatal hit-and-run
- Skokie Theatre gala to feature songs from the movies: ‘I want to keep live music alive’
- Old and new share stage at Fox Country Players’ ‘Night of Broadway’
- Norridge to sell property on Irving Park Road to Exron for $1 million
- On ‘Ellen,’ good Samaritan Candice Payne shows a side of Chicago that too often goes unseen
- What’s not to like about MLB’s proposed rules changes? Nothing, except for one.
- ‘PEN15’ review: Two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip
- Community news
- Juliette Binoche: Let justice do its work in Harvey Weinstein case
- ‘The Image Book’ review: Jean-Luc Godard’s mesmerizing ride at the Siskel Film Center
- By the numbers: Winnetka students in Avoca District 37
- 12 recommended Chicago shows to see right now
- Authorities find online threat against O’Hare ‘not credible,’ according to school district
- Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment was an editor for VMI yearbook filled with racist photos and slurs
- Remember when Britton was Zach — and could only watch as the Orioles lost the wild-card game? Now he’s Zack.
- 5-year-old girl rescued from collapsed building in Turkey; death toll rises to 10
- Chiefs say no more basketball for Patrick Mahomes
- Ancient morality play ‘Antigone’ is more relevant than ever
- Little Village building where 10 children died to be demolished by July after legal agreement
- Column: During this cold, bleak stretch of winter, Valentine’s Day shines a light on love
- Samantha Centeno-Lara no esperó, nació en un autobús de la CTA en camino al hospital
- Chicagoland best-sellers: ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama continues to hold No. 1 spot
- Marcelo a target of criticism after years of indisputable status
- Bucks land Nikola Mirotic from the Pelicans as part of a 3-team trade
- Senate panel approves Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr
- Naperville Municipal Band celebrates 160th year
- For a winter plant with flowers, try a cyclamen
- Illinois Senate votes to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025, a top Pritzker priority
- Election 2019: Lack of incumbent in Waukegan’s 7th Ward draws newcomers
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- Woods Not Warehouses group works to stop 750-acre Sugar Grove development
- Shout Out: Jennifer Lucas, founder of Go Green Barrington
- Jpegmafia has developed his own hip-hop vocabulary, and is riding it to success
- Woody Allen sues Amazon for backing out of distribution deals
- These Bulls have become a team only an accountant could love
- Column: No host for Oscars 2019 doesn’t mean your questions can’t be answered
- Demandan a maestra de CPS por cinturonazos propinados a un estudiante
- Trump stresses anti-abortion policies in appeal to evangelicals at National Prayer Breakfast
- A Florida politician allegedly made a habit of licking men’s faces. She has now resigned.
- South Florida is home to the best resort in the contiguous United States, new ranking says
- Before they put a ring on it, engaged couples can do a ‘Ring Around Elgin’ to explore their wedding site options
- Speak Out: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, taxes
- Former state Rep. Sauer pleads not guilty to posting nude pictures of women without consent
- Arlington Heights accepts $80,000 state grant for addiction treatment efforts
- Pea-sized pill delivers insulin shot from inside the stomach
- Giants join the Bryce Harper sweepstakes, which grow stranger by the day
- Crosby: Virginia governor’s blackface controversy requires less finger pointing and more reflection
- North Shore residents want to change boundary lines, sending their kids — and $1 million in taxes — to Winnetka schools
- Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for Feb. 7
- Rose: Protecting the public, preserving sobriety
- El Clasico, EPL’s new leaders and the best of the week in soccer
- Queiroz: ‘La misión que tengo es mejorar en todos los campos’
- Aurora apartment uninhabitable after Thursday morning fire
- Grubhub making sure your Cheesy Gordita Crunch gets to you faster as Taco Bell delivery goes nationwide
- What does Dan Mallory’s incredible story say about publishing?
- Taking elderly Chinese parents to Tao for Chicago Restaurant Week — good idea or bad?
- Dear Tom Brokaw: What if assimilation was a two-way street?
- Woman found dead in suitcase in Greenwich identified as 24-year-old missing from New Rochelle
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 8, 2019
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s minimum wage plan will drive more jobs from Illinois
- Judge will wait for ballistics tests before ruling on bail of man charged in Walmart shooting
- No new HIV cases by 2030? Advocates in Chicago applaud Trump goal but question how it will be carried out.
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 8, 2019
- Demolerán edificio donde murieron 10 niños en La Villita
- Galaxy acquire Uruguayan defender Polenta on TAM deal
- Vuelve ‘Canelo’ a Las Vegas
- Spiegel & Grau closes, Wattpad launches imprint: Why this is bad news for readers
- Shout Out: Akane Shimomura, business student
- ‘The View’ host Joy Behar under fire for use of blackface
- 2 dead, 11 wounded in 14 hours in city shootings
- Appeals court: Former LaSalle County state’s attorney, facing official misconduct charges, won’t be prosecuted by nemesis
- Pooch lover Jeremy Colliton wants Blackhawks to ‘work like dogs’
- Man stabbed in eye on CTA bus after pushing man who fell asleep on him
- Now sober, pro golfer Rocco Mediate admits to drinking while playing PGA Tour events
- Peña Nieto y ‘la Gaviota’ se separaron en diciembre, se reporta
- Accountant who allegedly embezzled $55M bought Trump Tower condos with shell company called COMBOVER LLC
- Cepeda: The labor of illegal immigrants is the motor of America
- NBC’s Mike Tirico will finally call an NHL game when the Blackhawks visit the Red Wings. What took so long?
- East Dundee gets grant to cover half the cost of replacing police stun guns
- Get out and enjoy winter at Michigan City Shelf Ice Brewfest
- Boys basketball notes: Larkin learns to play without Pierre Black before receiving boost from his return
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 8, 2019
- Chicago Auto Show 2019 guide: What to know if you go
- Democrats unveil Green New Deal with support from at least 5 presidential hopefuls
- State superintendent to teachers: ‘Pay attention’ to proposals affecting your schools
- Sears will live on under Chairman Edward Lampert, who ‘has nine lives, it seems’
- Police arrest Park Forest man charged in murder of Portage High School student
- State rep says she regrets word choice in comment about ‘white supremacist policies’ in Naperville
- Judge rules Orland Park trustee candidates belong on ballot, overruling local electoral board
- From Model T to SUVs: Ford’s Chicago factories to get $1 billion upgrade, add 500 jobs to build latest models
- Nuevo giro a la reconstrucción de los Bulls
- Reviews: Lyric Opera’s searing ‘Elektra’; Anat Cohen’s Chicago premiere
- Science fiction: Charlie Jane Anders returns with a rousing and sophisticated adventure in ‘The City in the Middle of the Night’
- Ex-Calumet Township trustee seeks ‘elderly early release’ from prison
- Beer of the Month: Firestone Walker enters haze craze with Mind Haze IPA
- Body found inside burned vehicle is missing Milwaukee woman: Lake County coroner
- Next in line: Larkin picks Ron Planz to be fourth head football coach in less than a year
- FDA says Walgreens has worst record of all pharmacies on selling tobacco to kids
- El frío ártico regresa a Chicago
- Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times, says she was ‘up all night’ going through plagiarism claims
- Rivero, sobreviviente y motor venezolano en Serie del Caribe
- ‘Absolutely:’ John Paxson doubles down on committing to Jim Boylen next season
- Republican Kristie Dressel files for Crown Point mayor nomination
- Boys basketball notes: Joey Levitan delivers ‘all heart and soul’ as Vernon Hills wins first conference game
- Mount Prospect to stop selling Blue Lives Matter vehicle stickers amid concern over symbol’s ties to white nationalism
- Evanston alderman questions commitment of city manager who he says ‘unapologetically wants to leave’
- Neighbors oppose new plan to build preschool in southwest Highland Park
- Illinois Ballet Theatre’s unique show turns 20
- Valencia erase two-goal deficit to snatch draw against Betis in Copa
- 12-year-old brain cancer survivor sees support from Lake Forest High School, Anthony Rizzo
- Armstrong: Thinking warm thoughts in remembrance of West Aurora manager Adam ‘Frosty’ Cordes
- Investigating common ground
- Dirt on Bill Daley meaningless
- Home delivery of medications could save you money: What you should know
- Elgin informs residents about East Chicago Street road project, lead valve removal
- Gary announces summer ‘pre-air show’ events
- Postponed by federal shutdown, U.S. Coast Guard in Wilmette leads water safety class for kids
- Our unfolding political scandal is timed perfectly for real reform
- Paging Milton Friedman: How the big minimum wage hike could hurt Illinois workers
- Trump takes fresh aim at Democrats as scrutiny intensifies over Russia ties, tax returns, family separations
- Slowik: South suburban residents strongly support raising the minimum wage
- Analysis: The Green New Deal is more New Deal than green
- Alfred Samper, taught Spanish until his retirement at 90, dies
- The Spin: Bill Daley’s insurance exam scandal | Grant Park activist in hot water | $15 minimum wage hike advances
- Corrections and clarifications
- Los beneficios del ejercicio para la mente
- ‘It will take off like a wildfire’: The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak
- Hundreds of diners expected Saturday at free Have A Heart cook-off lunch, organizers say
- Aurora council to vote on whether to extend fiber optic network to Naperville
- Who is Gery Chico?
- Newark man found guilty of stealing more than $400,000 from Aurora business
- Electronic musician Acidic Base is generating buzz with his debut album. He’s also a Naperville 12-year-old.
- Community news: Evergreen Park students honored with Mustang Pride awards, more
- St. Charles Township man who said his ‘name is God’ found not guilty by reason of insanity in father’s fatal stabbing
- Aldermanic prerogative is the grease that oils the machine
- In less than a day, mourners raise funds to build well in memory of Richards student killed by suspected drunk driver
- Move over, Javier Baez: Tarik Cohen plans to ride into camp on his own Slingshot
- CTA Blue Line temporarily suspended between Grand and Racine
- Ford to invest $200M in Chicago Heights stamping plant, mayor says
- For now, Bulls hold firm on not buying out Robin Lopez: ‘My feeling right now — it can change — is Robin will be with us’
- Matteson man charged after guns found in car
- Bulls’ Robin Lopez
- Second man sentenced in Aurora drug deal murder; gets 30 years in prison
- Chicago teacher allowed her friend to beat a fourth-grader with belts in school bathroom, lawsuit claims; both women charged with battery
- Otto Porter Jr. trade gives Bulls a head start on their offseason plan: ‘We’re not in the position to go after the big names’
- Elgin ninth among Illinois cities for most affordable homes, new survey says
- Boys basketball notes: Oswego travels to Oswego East for crosstown showdown with conference on line
- Boys basketball notes: 21st Century’s Johnell Davis sets sights on Eugene German’s career scoring record
- Bus driver who died outside Libertyville school remembered as devoted family man
- Speak Out: Shutdown made flying a scary proposition, political parties paralyzed by hatred
- Portage chief rebuffs claims that mayor had one tow firm bumped from city list to make way for another that paid bribe
- Elgin Community College holds discussion about life on campus as a student of color
- Boys basketball notes: Waubonsie Valley coach Jason Mead proud of players for program’s turnaround
- LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo choose their teams for NBA All-Star Game
- Trump lays out his demands for border deal to top Republican as shutdown deadline nears
- Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer, dies at 83
- Subzero wind chills return, highs in the teens
- Acting AG Matthew Whitaker will appear before House panel as scheduled after uncertainty amid subpoena threat
- ‘Drop the gun. Talk to me.’ — Officer pleads with armed man in video from Naperville police-involved shooting
- Foregone conclusion: Neuqua Valley’s Jane Riehs reaches state meet in four events, looks to go out in style
- Boys basketball notes: Oak Forest’s Ethan Balinao cares more about winning than he does about scoring
- Here’s a twist: Revitalized Cam Ward could wind up leading the Blackhawks to the postseason
- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, still isolated, gets space to ponder his fate as Democrats absorb scandals
- Supreme Court says Louisiana cannot enforce restrictive abortion law in 5-4 vote
- Diamonique’s cut: Wallace scores 16 points to spark Oak Forest past Tinley Park for share of conference
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 8, 2019
- Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, dies at 92
- Blackhawks 4, Canucks 3 (OT)
- Ronan Farrow, like Jeff Bezos, says he also received ‘blackmail’ threat over reporting on National Enquirer and Trump
- Calendar: Tax return help available in Moraine Township