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- Man accused of Christchurch mosque attacks to face 50 murder charges, 39 attempted murder charges: police
- Gattuso gets it: Mike Gattuso moves down, breaks out as St. Charles North stops Burlington Central
- Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s hometown
- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle
- Ask Amy: Family’s social calendar rocked by troubled child
- Making the most of 300 square feet: Micro-unit apartments and condos becoming more common in Chicago
- As many as a billion birds are killed crashing into buildings each year — and Chicago’s skyline is the most dangerous area in the country
- With landslide mandate, Lori Lightfoot’s first priority must be to fix Chicago’s financial mess
- Lori Lightfoot should skip the honeymoon and go to work on stopping the Lincoln Yards deal
- Lori Lightfoot: From small-town girl to big-city mayor
- New showrunner for ‘The Chi’ on what’s in store for Season 2
- Lego-themed bar is heading to Miami
- 2 incumbents, 2 newcomers top vote-getters for Arlington Heights village trustee: unofficial results
- Judge rules agreement between Keystone Montessori, River Forest ‘not valid’ as school seeks tax-exempt status
- As Anthony Miller rehabbed in Memphis, 550 miles away from Halas Hall, the Bears were on his mind: ‘Chicago hasn’t seen how I can play yet’
- ‘Native Son’ review: Modern-day Chicago’s gonna need a Bigger Thomas
- Anthony Miller returns to Memphis
- Petrak: La Grange housing developments show buildings’ histories create legacies
- Clarkson: Walk for Wellness House helps all affected by cancer
- Thomas Kokoraleis, Ripper Crew killer released from prison: ‘I want to go on with my life and be left alone’
- Vaping and seizures: FDA investigating whether there’s a link
- 3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 115-114 win over the Wizards, including Walt Lemon Jr.’s heroics erasing Cristiano Felicio’s late-game gaffe
- Eloy and the Goose are just part of the White Sox’s opening-day narrative
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: April 4-10
- Target raising its minimum wage to $13 from $12
- Some possible Cubs bullpen options start their minor-league season today
- Tinley Park Lou Malnati’s offers full-service dine-in option
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 4-3 SO win over the Blues, including Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews’ remarkable seasons
- Exuberant Met exhibit explores the art of rock ‘n’ roll
- Under-the-tongue allergy pills replacing shots for many
- ‘Play It Loud’ exhibit at New York Met museum
- Atletico Madrid visit Barcelona hoping to keep title hopes alive
- Prickly City- why
- Elmhurst Park Board members look at sports complex, senior center and dog park
- El Chicago Fire busca ratificar su mejoría en Toronto
- Jon Lester says the Cubs might be trying too hard: ‘We’re kind of kicking ourselves in the butt right now’
- ‘Jersey Boys’ alums present ‘Lean on Me’ in Park Forest
- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay sets opening date for Tigris roller coaster
- Yet another Orlando International Airport worker goes viral for dance moves
- Just how bad has Cubs pitching been to start the season? Check the numbers.
- New $15K bonuses set for MLB players who get the most All-Star votes in early fan voting
- Photos: Udonis Haslem through the years
- Eat tacos with Enrique Olvera, the acclaimed Mexico City chef, at Big Star next week
- Chicago native Wilton Gregory named archbishop of Washington, D.C. — first African-American to lead capital’s Catholics
- Sears going back to the future to win shoppers back after bankruptcy
- Spiritualized is back after six years, with a new album they’re not so sure about
- Chef Jose Andres loses Miami gem: Bazaar Mar restaurant suddenly shuts
- How Delvon Lamarr went international after decades as a local star in Seattle
- Goth disco only sounds weird because you haven’t heard Chicago’s Pixel Grip yet
- At 83, Chicago trumpeter Bobby Lewis still has a lot to say
- Why not play the Final Four in a basketball arena such as the United Center? For the NCAA, it simply wouldn’t pay off
- ‘The Public’ review: Emilio Estevez plays the librarian who steps in when homeless patrons refuse to check out
- ‘The Wind’ review: The Wild West becomes a frontierswoman’s worst nightmare in this horror mash-up
- ‘The Brink’ review: Troubling, revealing portrait of Steve Bannon
- Subastan fotos inéditas de Frida Kahlo tomadas por amante
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- CVS spreads same-day prescription deliveries to 36 states
- Photos: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 premiere
- Navy Pier announces free summer programs for the whole family
- Getting deeper into coffee — how cupping classes teach regular folks to taste like the experts
- Condo board president deletes parts of secretary’s meeting minutes
- Sexist, racial attacks on Lori Lightfoot’s history-making predecessors were common
- Soccer commentator apologizes after describing a player’s statistics as ‘not bad for a black’
- ‘The Best of Enemies’ review: Taraji P. Henson takes on the Klan, aka Sam Rockwell
- 3 new financial tools offer a boost to credit ratings
- ‘Pet Sematary’ review: Let sleeping dogs (and cats) lie
- Cancelan el concierto de Caetano Veloso en Chicago
- Speak Out: Release the Mueller report, let firefighters shop on own time, special justice for Smollett
- Getting kids thinking about life after graduation
- Three Things to Know About Endometriosis: One of The Most Common Women’s Health Issues We Should Talk More About
- How you can make a difference on your next vacation
- Mormon church repeals ban on baptisms for children of gay parents
- CTA finishes installing 1,000 new high-definition surveillance cameras
- El Puma quiere ser presidente de Venezuela
- Keto, low-carb fans hope for stamp of approval from U.S. health officials
- Three incumbents return to West Dundee Village Board after Tuesday’s election
- Revisiting ‘Between the Lines,’ when Jeff Goldblum was a pup and alternative weeklies ruled
- Worried about the Cubs’ start? You should — wins and losses now don’t count any less than those in July, August and September
- ‘Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical’ in Chicago: Do you yearn to return to the ’90s, and to Jewel and NSYNC? Your ride’s here
- She made her living as a therapist — then she found herself on the couch. The result is a delightful book, optioned for TV by Eva Longoria
- Naperville City Council endorses idea of making 20% of Fifth Avenue project’s housing ‘affordable’
- Trial in Capital Gazette mass shooting pushed back to November
- La esperanza de la comunidad LGBTQ de ser más visible en Chicago
- Jason Witten admits that the ‘Monday Night Football’ criticism stung
- Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle hold hands in prayer at unity rally: ‘A new day for all of Chicago’
- Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan is latest Democrat to join race for White House
- Applications for U.S. unemployment aid fall to 49-year low
- ‘Downright revolting’: Sheriff’s task force charges Waukegan man with selling heroin near school
- Proposed Illinois law would require sex education programs to focus more on consent
- How do the wealthy tutor their kids? Members-only tutoring lounge
- Deep Dish Baseball podcast: It’s a struggle for both the Cubs and White Sox bullpens early
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- Trump to nominate Herman Cain to Fed, aiming to add loyalist to independent central bank
- She built a life-sized homage to ‘The Flintstones’ on her property. But town officials say it’s an eyesore.
- Woman killed, another wounded in overnight violence on Far South, Northwest sides
- Disney: Bo Peep set for theme-park appearances in ‘Toy Story 4’ mode
- Jeff Bezos, in divorce settlement, retains 75 percent of couple’s Amazon stock
- ‘Shazam!’, el superhéroe con alma de niño
- Shout Out: Steven Dolins, founder of The Siren Records in Highland Park
- Flintstones house in California
- Indiana University Northwest nursing professor’s calling is to empower women
- District U46 voters oust ‘lightning rod’ school board member Jeanette Ward: ‘You either loved me or hated me’
- Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods may be transformed by billions invested in 135 ‘opportunity zones’
- Community news
- 6 lawsuits claim abuse, safety lapses at Timberline Knolls treatment facility
- The problems with one-size-fits-all laws on opioid prescriptions
- Metra A2 switching station
- ‘Cowboy Bebop’: John Cho, Mustafa Shakir among four cast in Netflix live-action series
- Closed Publican Anker to transform into French coastal-inspired Cafe Cancale this May
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 5, 2019
- Chicago Fire look to confirm their improvement in Toronto
- Bianna Golodryga out as co-host at ‘CBS This Morning’
- Fox Valley Wildlife Center to host dinner auction in Aurora
- Illinois projects $100K profit from beer sales at sporting events in 1st year
- South Elgin sales tax increase fails by slim margin but recount not likely, mayor says
- TimeLine Theatre announces next season, from ‘Oslo’ to a world premiere
- College of DuPage named fourth-best online community college in the state in new rankings
- ‘Storm Boy’ review: Remake of 1976 film about a boy and a baby pelican adds contemporary story line
- Without enough candidates in Tuesday’s election, member sought for Kaneland school board
- Erik Gustafsson has emerged as one of the NHL’s top-scoring defensemen with 17 goals and 42 assists. But can he keep it up?
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 5, 2019
- Gurnee woman identified as victim in North Chicago fatal crash Friday
- 100,000-square-foot indoor water park coming to Gulf Coast theme park
- ‘Icing on top of the cake’: Derek Calamari completes a no-hitter to lead strong start for Libertyville
- Liquor licenses near churches could get approved locally under plan headed to full council
- Students star in short works for 10-Minute Play Fest
- Salvation Army’s Gary rehab center gives men fighting addiction the chance to find sobriety, find a job and find themselves
- Faulty sensor data cited in Ethiopia Airlines crash report
- Bulls Q&A: Keep Ryan Arcidiacono or Shaquille Harrison? Whom to trade for Ja Morant if lottery luck lands Zion Williamson?
- How passengers would get to gates in O’Hare design
- Oak Brook Park District announces lineup for free summer concert series
- 4 charged with vandalizing Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John
- Days off for snow and cold push back last day of school in East Aurora
- Trump amenaza con subir aranceles a México por migrantes
- National best-sellers
- Chicagoland best-sellers: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens takes over at No. 1 spot
- Amy Hempel’s new collection, ‘Sing to It,’ resounds with a ‘nowness’ of the world we live in
- Softball notes: Kaneland coach Mike Kuefler dishes the dirt on getting in games on spring break
- Lori Lightfoot has a unique opportunity to bring the city together
- Biblioracle columnist John Warner wants more transparency in book blurbs
- Are Joe Biden’s hair sniffing days behind him?
- It’s ‘Game of Thrones’ final Season 8: What do we know? Not much, deities be thanked
- Speak Out: Voter turnout, Lightfoot
- Polémica por la casa Picapiedra
- However long it takes, get the Lincoln Yards TIF right
- Show how clever you are by entering this weeks Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest!
- ‘No business on the road’: Secretary of state says wrong-way driver in trooper’s death was unlicensed, had DUIs
- As Hold My Crown beer is released, organizers discuss growing role of women in industry
- Indiana lawmakers change bill on school shooter drills after teachers shot with plastic pellets
- An escalating problem: Jeanne Gang’s O’Hare design looks anything but stress-free, especially for wheelchair users
- Elgin mayor says vote reelecting him and council incumbents shows residents like city’s direction
- Panel hires attorney to probe Bosma’s use of campaign funds
- Detroit settles with family of 7-year-old girl accidentally killed in police raid while she slept on a couch
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends contempt-of-court hearing as carmaker’s stock falls
- Ahora Dallas es su hogar
- Indiana Ballet Theatre brings classic ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to St. John
- Marco Antonio Solís: En Chicago, su historia continúa
- Patrick Kane buys $6.5M unit in No. 9 Walton building
- After winning gold in Italy for Team USA, Southland skaters come home to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Boy in Cincinnati is not Timmothy Pitzen, FBI says
- Weiss’ way: South Elgin grad Ryan Weiss ready to start season in Kane County with Cougars
- Alleged DUI driver charged in hit-and-run that plowed over newly planted tree, Naperville police say
- That parking meter deal is still haunting Chicago. Here’s one fix Lightfoot can make.
- Waukegan vote to eliminate video gambling distance requirement is postponed again
- Ralph Nader: Boeing 737 Max ‘should never fly again’
- Man who was upset with landlord pleads guilty to setting apartment fire that killed two boys in Kankakee
- Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis join fellow Democrats in letter to Trump administration over census policy they say targets immigrants
- Marioni se pelea con aficionado tras revés de Pumas
- New Hinsdale Village Board members focus on infrastructure, parking deck and prime site for redeveloment
- Want to boost voter turnout? Pay people to cast their ballot.
- Column: Mitch McConnell undid 213 years of Senate history in 33 minutes
- Elmwood Park adds residential alcohol delivery to its village code
- Group wants input on virtual civil rights museum
- Highland Park commission responds favorably to proposed preschool near West Ridge Center
- Atlético se juega su última carta en visita al Barcelona
- Two casts perform in Premier Theatre’s ‘Into the Woods Jr.’
- The Spin: Lightfoot’s inner-circle | Will Chicago get elected school board? | Congressional Dems blast Trump’s census plan
- Serie A Recap: Atalanta beat Bologna, close in on fourth place
- Scott Stantis Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- Longtime trustee, newcomer win 6-year terms on Elgin Community College board
- What to watch this weekend: Atletico-Barcelona, Der Klassiker and more
- Incumbent-led Voice of Niles Party dominates village board race
- Hutton: Northern Illinois’ Eugene German won’t take ‘no’ for an answer in quest to play in the NBA
- House joins Senate in calling for end of U.S. involvement in Yemen war — rebuking Trump
- In Children’s Theatre of Elgin’s version, the big, bad wolf may just be misunderstood
- Por qué The Marias es ‘la banda indie del momento para los jóvenes de L.A.’?
- Corrections and clarifications
- Deerfield Public Schools District 109 adds resource officer for first time
- Why an elected CPS board would be worse than the flawed status quo
- Illinois House approves bill creating elected Chicago school board — an idea Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot supports
- Community news: Moraine Valley Speech Team competing at national level, more
- Lightfoot’s election night speech was one to savor — but what’s really possible?
- Introducing the 2018-19 Post-Tribune Girls Gymnastics All-Area Team
- Slowik: Homewood library says it can’t afford union workers’ contract requests
- New Orleans is setting for Vero Voce murder mystery
- Convicted ex-Portage mayor continues push for new trial
- Wrong man named Cortez Rogers arrested in intimidation case connected to killing of Valparaiso teen, officials say
- After election, Harvey leaders vow to work together to return troubled city to prominence
- Man who mailed pipe bomb that exploded at East Chicago post office gets 29 years: ‘What you did was evil’
- Kentucky abortion law requiring women to get ultrasounds, see fetal images upheld by appeals court
- Naperville Band, Fox Valley Brass Band combine forces — and 13 tubas — for concert
- Housing, business, safety and recreational pot on radar for Naperville’s new and returning council members, mayor
- Chesterton’s Jordan Bush is the 2018-19 Post-Tribune Girls Gymnast of the Year
- Suburban police chiefs, FOP give Kim Foxx no-confidence vote in latest fallout over Jussie Smollett case
- Crosby: The feel-good story of Timmothy Pitzen that was not to be
- Crosses for victims of Aurora mass shooting to be on display through May 4
- Doyle not done yet: Former Benet star Kathleen Doyle focused on getting Iowa to the Final Four next season
- Attorney calls for special prosecutor to investigate if Kim Foxx interfered in Jussie Smollett investigation
- Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw advocates for change with her all-female coaching staff: ‘Why shouldn’t 100 percent of the jobs in women’s basketball go to women?’
- Hundreds mourn Illinois State Police Trooper Gerald Ellis at College of Lake County ceremony after fatal crash
- Court: Illinois union lobbyist can keep public pension windfall he got for one day of substitute teaching
- Incumbent, former member and newcomer elected to Oswego-based District 308 school board
- ‘It puts us on the radar’: Neuqua Valley’s Riley Ammenhauser aims for repeat as state champion in triple jump
- Chicago says it’s prepared to sue after ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett misses deadline to repay $130K
- Joe Maddon wants the struggling Cubs relievers to ‘let her fly and don’t overthink it’
- Glenda Jackson’s terrifying king roars in an otherwise uneven ‘King Lear’ on Broadway
- Person claiming to be Timmothy Pitzen is not the missing Aurora boy, but his family says they have not given up hope
- Mother seeks mercy for her son’s killer: ‘Our society gains nothing by letting him die of old age in jail’
- Baseball notes: Arizona State recruit Bryce Barnett makes big pitches count for Providence
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 5, 2019
- Protesters gather in Loop to demand release of full report on Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in 2016 election
- With sports reinstated, Hinsdale high school teams are relieved: ‘It’s been emotional for everybody’
- Son pleads not guilty to murder in Munster doctor’s 2011 disappearance
- Coroner’s jury finds two women and their six adopted children died by murder-suicide in cliff crash
- Braves 9, Cubs 4
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 5, 2019
- Person of interest detained in investigation of killings of four people at North Dakota business
- Cubs start the season 1-5 for 1st time since 2012 — the 1st season of Theo Epstein’s rebuild