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- On the Marquise: Kennedy erupts for 34 points in Brother Rice’s comeback win over Richards
- Ask Amy: Grandma doesn’t want adopted child in family photo
- Behind Lori Lightfoot’s image as police reformer, her past reveals complicated picture
- Legoland Florida Resort’s VIP tours are built for families
- Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside
- Should an $850 bonus = $20,000 pension boost? After long legal battle, courts say no
- Baltimore mayor blasts Pimlico owners, who say they want to move Preakness to Laurel
- Elmhurst chef fest raises $79,000 for hospital foundation
- 50 years later, more work is coming from J.D. Salinger — but should we be excited about it?
- Bears Q&A: Will Robbie Gould return? Will Eddie Goldman be traded? How can Ryan Pace create more salary-cap space?
- The Peninsula makes history as first hotel brand to sweep Forbes’ Five-Star ratings
- Possible peace declaration looms large over Trump-Kim summit
- Want tickets to Duke-North Carolina? Prepare to pay Super Bowl prices.
- Trump puts new attorney general in an awkward position from the start
- Southwest says it will investigate ‘unprecedented’ aircraft groundings amid contract talks with mechanics
- What’s next for the White Sox without Manny Machado? More waiting.
- ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ at Writers Theatre: Grabbing power while you can
- The art of beer: Chicago artists bring flair to local breweries’ designs
- While you vote for an alderman, remember two political giants
- Free-for-all: Your guide to free activities in Chicago
- Fred Hoiberg is too competitive not to work in basketball again. He’s just waiting for the right opportunity
- New affordable organic products debut at Trader Joe’s
- Payless ShoeSource gift cards, store credit good until March 11
- Cubs GM Jed Hoyer amused by his old team’s megadeal for Manny Machado: ‘I hope they’re successful’
- Ryan Adams fallout continues as ex-wife Mandy Moore details their ‘cacophony of madness’
- ‘The Banana Splits’ are getting a horror movie
- Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders’ hairdos for free ahead of summit
- 5 things to be angry about — including ‘Crazy Bernie’ Sanders, sex robots and the Cubs
- FDA warns against using ‘young blood’ plasma as anti-aging or illness treatment
- Basketball is only part of the story for Marquette’s Markus Howard, one of the nation’s most prolific scorers
- AAA: Florida a fine dining mecca of Four and Five Diamond restaurants
- Slick morning commute as snow turns to freezing rain across northern Illinois
- Robertson: Bayern have ‘a bit more pressure on them than us’
- Arlington Heights trustees approve ordinance allowing beer, wine sales at beauty shops and hotels
- Nationals wants Trea Turner to attempt more steals in 2019. A lot more.
- Be wary of newer, unregulated digestive enzyme supplements
- Putin warns new weapons will target U.S. if missiles are deployed in Europe
- Discharged, dismissed: ERs often miss chance to set overdose survivors on ‘better path’
- ‘I believe in white supremacy’: John Wayne’s notorious 1971 Playboy interview goes viral on Twitter
- Central Gyros opens again
- Shout Out: Gina Erickson, Hinsdale South’s Student Success Center coordinator
- ‘Fighting with My Family’ review: Mum, Dad, the WWE and me
- Allegri: Dybala to start, Khedira to miss Atletico Madrid clash
- Griffith says votes by two townships turning it down are not official
- Simeone: Costa ‘not ready to play the 90 minutes’ against Juventus
- Selle: Stricter gun laws failed to keep Aurora victims safe
- After mass shooting, mayor says Aurora will become ‘a stronger city’
- Old phone, new service? Upgrade your wireless with a SIM card swap
- Trend Watch: 2019 outdoor living and design trends for every homeowner
- Community responds: Fundraising efforts for the victims of Aurora’s mass shooting
- Column: How to have the ‘What are we?’ conversation
- Naperville District 203 hires new chief financial officer
- Financial study planned as town weighs bid for Griffith-Merrillville Airport partnership
- First Look: Central Gyros meat cones spin anew in artful refreshed space
- Kenosha cheerleading coaches handed out ‘Big Boobie’ and ‘Big Booty’ awards to high school girls
- Residents in two Clarendon Hills road improvement areas to see property tax increase up to $500 annually
- Rams running back Todd Gurley was ‘more hurt’ than initially thought, C.J. Anderson says
- Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay lead ACM nominations
- Acclaimed jazz artist will perform with CLC bands
- South Elgin to host March forums on sales tax increase referendum
- La Grange police investigate battery in girls washroom at Lyons Township North Campus
- Nest Secure device has a secret microphone. Google says failing to disclose that was ‘an error on our part.’
- Merrillville discusses Savannah Ridge subdivision plan
- It’s a funny thing, divorce: Michele Traina and a cast of comics riff on relationships in ‘Divorce Diaries’ at Zanies
- Think you know your Oscars? Test your mettle on the Tribune’s quiz
- ‘No Drama Obama’ is in a legal box of his own making, but his planned Jackson Park presidential center remains alive
- Evanston’s deputy city attorney appointed to state post by Gov. J.B. Pritzker
- Township High School District 113 selects new superintendent from Hinsdale school district
- Hinsdale hires firm to test air samples for ethylene oxide emissions from Sterigenics
- Gallardo, Valverde and the top 20 managers per Football World Rankings
- Man in custody after domestic dispute leads to South Side standoff, grammar school lockdown
- ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ review: Go Vikings! Go dragons!
- Oscars 2019: Michael Phillips’ 7-step survival guide to Sunday’s telecast
- Retiming of traffic lights for 55th Street project may affect traffic heading west from Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills
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- Take that, winter. The first signs of spring are popping up around Chicago: Here’s what to look for.
- Merrillville vacates subdivision to create path for community center plan
- A $15 por hora llegará el salario mínimo
- Cops warn of man who entered Pilsen home and sexually abused 2 girls
- Wintrust Financial to acquire Gold Coast’s Oak Bank for $46 million
- Are you a disillusioned Cubs fan who wants to become a White Sox fan? Here’s how to do that
- Los cambios en la civilización
- Michael Cohen’s prison date postponed to May following surgery
- Man arrested on charge he burglarized an Elgin business, police say
- Column: Labels exist for almost every household item. Why shouldn’t you label multiple shelves of jeans?
- El futuro alcalde y los adultos mayores
- Justice Department joins lawsuit alleging fraud in companies bought by Abbott
- Steelers let Le’Veon Bell go to free agency and are exploring Antonio Brown trade
- Read Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s prepared remarks for his first state budget address
- Slurp the best ramen in Chicago at Baconfest — for one night only
- Undercover Lake County detective foils inmate’s plot to hire hit man, sheriff says
- Dogs rescued in Tennessee find area homes
- Rough road at Tesla continues with general counsel’s departure, Elon Musk’s Twitter error
- Sevilla upend Lazio to reach Europa League last 16
- Speak Out: Electric buses, Austin Berg
- Cubs’ Ian Happ
- Waukegan Concert Chorus performs anthems in March concert
- Lady Gaga and Christian Carino call off engagement
- ‘Purchased Lives’ at Holocaust Museum tells America’s tale of human trafficking — after overseas slave trade ended
- After Jordan McNair’s death, Maryland lawmakers seek revamp of university system’s Board of Regents
- Teens attack sleeping Blue Line rider in Oak Park, steal phone and $700 in cash: police
- Both sides in Mundelein eminent domain lawsuit optimistic about settlement after meeting with judge
- ‘Roma’ no se hizo en un día
- Trump and Venezuela: We’ve seen this movie before
- Don’t blame #MeToo for ruining the most iconic kiss photo in history
- Community news
- Orland Park planners endorse project that includes nearly 300 homes
- La Policía busca a sujeto que abusó sexualmente de 2 niñas en Pilsen
- Del Potro confirma que defenderá su título en México
- Court Theatre announces 2019-20 season, complete with an ‘Oedipus’ complex
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
- Meet Mickey Mouse, Sofia the First at Disney dance party
- Corrections and clarifications
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
- Trump seeks to discredit news report that he sought ally to oversee hush money investigation
- New grocer moving to South Haven: ‘It’s a big deal,’ trustee says
- Here’s the problem with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (and every musical biopic ever made)
- It’s Big Ten theater at the Goodman: In Rebecca Gilman’s ‘Twilight Bowl,’ college divides young Wisconsin women
- Read the Tribune’s movie reviews Oscar-nominated films
- What does a movie producer do? No, seriously, who really knows?
- Airport worker killed when jet bridge tire explodes in Southern California
- Samsung Galaxy S10 unveiled, along with new folding phone that’s almost $2,000
- Do more to meet the South Side’s needs
- U.S. mining sites dump millions of gallons of toxic waste into drinking water sources
- Supreme Court rules ‘excessive fines’ ban applies to states in Indiana case
- Incautan en cargamento de fresas más de $12 millones en metanfetamina
- More milestones: Bryant Brown scores 1,900th career point and leads Waukegan to win over Libertyville
- Crosby: Memorial site for Aurora mass shooting brings out vulnerability in all of us
- Start the day the right way at Fried Egg Cafe
- Online threat leads to lockdown at three Waukegan public school buildings
- Speak Out: Elgin mayor needs to limit speakers; Dems devoted to ‘needy, greedy’; fear Putin, not Russia
- Gwyneth Paltrow: Skier sued me to exploit my fame, wealth
- 5 takeaways from White Sox spring training, including Tim Anderson glad Manny Machado pursuit is over: ‘Either ride with us or get run over’
- North Shore towns land on Bloomberg list of richest places. Find out how they ranked.
- Cruz Azul suma otro fiasco en la Copa MX
- Shout Out: Keith Gerth, executive director of The Oil Lamp Theater
- Column: Debate over Hawthorn School District 73’s newly approved kindergarten center still needs transparency
- Chef’s Choice: There’s an art to making 200 great meals in 15 minutes, banquet chef says
- Recognizing special abilities: Olympics event in Frankfort has drawn athletes from throughout area since 1984
- Alleged Round Lake Heights gang member arrested after traffic stop reveals ecstasy
- Chicago officials will start tracking businesses that sell CBD products. Here’s why.
- How ‘global warming’ became ‘climate change’ and the danger of euphemisms
- Lake County reviewing armored vehicle bids
- Muslim civil rights group seeks congressional probe on terror watchlist
- Slowik: Controversy over assessor sheds light on serious effort to reform system
- State’s attorney’s office: Foxx recused herself from Jussie Smollett investigation after acting as go-between with CPD
- Double jeopardy: Halle Douglass, Grace Tirzmalis power Lake Forest past Libertyville in sectional semifinals
- ‘Masters of Illusion’ star Farrell Dillon appears at Waubonsee
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker likens state’s plight to that faced by a long-ago predecessor – So who was Henry Horner?
- Four great rivers to kayak or canoe from a base in Ocala
- Two 2nd-half goals give Atletico Madrid victory over Juventus
- ‘Recognize us’: East Chicago senator, Northwest Indiana residents react to hate crime bill changes
- Invoking the Great Depression, Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers first budget proposal amid $3.2 billion deficit
- 10-man Man City rally late for road win over Schalke
- The Green New Deal that won’t go away
- Plants and animals combine to create ‘tropical oasis’ at greenhouse in Frankfort
- ‘It’s a work in progress’: Alex DeBrincat not satisfied despite 60 points in 60 games
- Shopping Chicago: These 2 Chicago shops will give you instant design cred
- Shout Out: Adele Hendrix, veterinarian from Northfield
- ‘We cannot wait for the EPA’: Waukegan residents push independent air testing for ethylene oxide
- Wanted: Someone with big bucks and a big heart to restore the legendary House of Tomorrow
- OPRF, teachers union agree to new four-year contract — deal eliminates ‘steps’ and ‘lanes’
- Godin: ‘Luckily, we overcame adversity from VAR and the referee’
- The Spin: Pritzker’s pot push | Scoop: Foxx’s recusal | ‘No Drama Obama’ battle
- Yes, soup for you, and get your big salad too at this ‘Seinfeld’ dinner series
- General Motors renueva el GMC Acadia 2020
- Atletico’s revival, stalemate in Liverpool and the best of the week in soccer
- Comparing R. Kelly to Beethoven, lawyer says musician is vacating Near West Side studio
- Women charged with promoting prostitution at Highland spas appear in court
- Developer of Lincoln Yards, a $6 billion political football, may score TIF funds for North Side project
- Still the ‘G.O.A.T.’: Sandwich coach Chris Johnson praises his team after loss in sectional semifinals
- Baranek: Bringing all four classes together for girls state basketball a can’t-miss idea by the IHSA
- Chiellini: ‘We need to keep calm because we still can do it’
- Franklin Park officials continue to seek funding for $30M Franklin Avenue project
- Four takeaways from Gov. Pritzker’s first budget address
- West Dundee man charged with selling prescription drugs from his home, police say
- David Bote is standing tall after a fine rookie season. And that’s because of postural therapy.
- El Chapo’s lawyers raise concerns over allegations of jury misconduct
- Winter storm closes schools, halts travel across Midwest and East Coast
- Waukegan officers, dispatch crew honored for stopping teen threatening suicide near rail tracks
- Oscar 2019: Se suman como presentadores
- Homeland Security grant prepared some Naperville, Aurora officers to work together at scene of mass shooting
- New ‘dark money’ ad against Bill Daley invokes comparison to ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner
- Wisconsin native Steve Stricker named U.S. captain for the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits
- Justice Department preparing for Robert Mueller’s report in coming days
- Man booked on fraud, theft charges for failing to install deck and patio at Naperville home, police say
- Lori Lightfoot would raise hotel tax to help keep artists in Chicago
- Cubs’ millennial players are digging Joe Maddon’s ‘very groovy’ message
- Police look for male who fled Gary bank robbery
- 5 takeaways from Cubs spring training, including candidates for the leadoff spot and an eventful workout for Javier Baez
- Aurora firefighters battle blaze at West Side company
- The one unspoken issue at the heart of Obama center opposition — race
- Invoking the Great Depression, Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers first budget proposal amid $3.2 billion deficit
- In Haarms’ way: Matt Haarms’ tip-in with 3.2 seconds left lifts Purdue past Indiana
- Federal judge denies Sterigenics’ motion to lift ban on use of cancer-causing gas at Willowbrook plant
- Nashville SC unveil logo, colors ahead of MLS move in 2020
- Duncan Keith is proud of hitting 30,000-minute mark, but what he wants is another crack at the Stanley Cup
- Bulls say they’re in attack mode — not tank mode
- Visitation to be held Saturday for Elgin victim in Aurora shooting: ‘His family was his greatest joy’
- If Jussie Smollett lied, look at the harm he caused Chicago — and America
- ‘I’m loving it’: Gavit graduate DJ Silvas named head football coach at his alma mater
- Trump says Alabama woman who joined Islamic State can’t return to U.S.
- Village of Sheridan mourns 21-year-old Trevor Wehner, intern killed in Aurora shooting
- Christian tax preparer in Indiana refuses to serve lesbian couple, citing religious beliefs
- In little more than three weeks, ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett goes from victim to accused liar
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
- Self-proclaimed white nationalist in Maryland planned mass terror attack ‘to kill almost every last person on earth,’ authorities say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
- Ahead of Vatican summit, clergy abuse survivors demand transparency and accountability
- Blackhawks 5, Red Wings 4 (OT)
- Red Bulls open CCL campaign with road victory over Atletico Pantoja
- Sweet Lavender: Graduate transfer guard Deion Lavender beats old team as Valparaiso tops SIU
- Northwestern drops its 7th straight game, shooting 32 percent in a 63-49 loss to Ohio State
- House Democrats will introduce measure this week to block Trump’s emergency declaration
- Loosely connected love stories power ‘Almost, Maine’ in University Park
- Zion Williamson knocked out of Duke’s loss to UNC after injuring his knee when his shoe broke on the 1st possession
- Did you know influenza complications can include heart attack and stroke? Most people didn’t.