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- Trump vetoes bill to end U.S. involvement in Saudi-led Yemen war — the second veto of his presidency
- The Doings coverage of Hinsdale’s District 86’s referendum
- Five Naperville-area students earn National Merit Scholarships
- Ask Amy: Older mother drives but never arrives
- 30 things you may not know about Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which turns 30 in May
- ‘Hamlet,’ now at Chicago Shakes, has ‘to been’ in Chicago before: 7 memorable ‘Hamlets’ through the years
- French President Emmanuel Macron offers inspired leadership as Notre Dame burns
- Second Amendment ‘sanctuary county’ movement expands as organizers take aim at new gun laws
- City launches mural registry to protect street art from being erased; some artists worry about bureaucracy
- With Notre Dame relics lost or saved, why do Christians care about relics?
- Chicago theater openings for April 19-25
- Need to borrow something? New tool library hopes to lend drills, saws … even slow cookers
- Yoan Moncada and the White Sox are feeling some momentum after their 3rd straight win
- Shout Out: Jack Bielak, Park Board member headed to Village Hall
- Shout Out: Elle Jashnani, fifth grader starts newspaper club at The Lane School
- Bears Q&A: What position should Ryan Pace target in Round 3? Who will the Bears play in prime time?
- Northwestern basketball player Charlie Hall had a cameo on mom’s show ‘Veep’
- Man killed after driving off-road, crashing on I-294, state police say
- Prickly City- desert
- ACLU lawyer ‘horrified’ by video of police encounter with high school student, calls it ‘wake-up call’
- Golden Nugget waitress had brush with Mall of America suspect: ‘I’ve never, ever been that frightened’
- Freed death row inmate Rolando Cruz meets with Ripper Crew killer Thomas Kokoraleis in Aurora
- Sally Wainwright and the not so secret life of a television revolutionary
- Loyola lucked out in keeping Porter Moser. Now it needs a long-term plan to keep him happy
- $1 billion raised to rebuild Notre Dame after fire — Apple, owners of L’Oreal, Chanel, Dior and Catholics pour in funds
- Thousands of texts, emails about Jussie Smollett probe made public by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office
- Notre Dame Cathedral fire: The 66 minutes that saved Notre Dame and its relics
- Draymond Green’s mother rips the Warriors and jabs at Kevin Durant after historic 31-point collapse
- Doubts rise over President Macron’s 5-year plan to rebuild Notre Dame — some say 15 years
- Royal Caribbean’s proposed new Miami headquarters is ship shape
- Shout Out: Sherri Tader, Arlington Heights library employee and avid reader
- United Airlines’ profit doubles despite shutdown, 737 Max woes
- Head of Foxconn, inspired by a sea goddess, announces Taiwan presidential bid
- Cubs will try to earn their 1st series sweep of the season
- Free things to do in Chicago this week
- Royal Caribbean is turning 50 years old this year. Here’s how they plan to celebrate.
- Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ review: It’s history’s most catching and delirious case of post-partum euphoria
- After 6 years of selling from an old RV and ice cream truck, Lost Girls Vintage opens West Town store
- Good smells might lessen tobacco cravings
- Cubs in the minors: Ian Happ is improving, Carl Edwards Jr. is stabilizing and Nico Hoerner is batting .300
- Buffington Harbor access road work begins
- George R.R. Martin, Eve L. Ewing win Chicago Public Library literary awards
- Belgian street food pop-up is headed to Revival Food Hall
- Lost Girls Vintage in West Town
- Megadevelopment proposed near Soldier Field wins Chamber of Commerce’s support; alderman wants major changes
- College bus company accused of mocking Asian students settles lawsuit from attorney general — but likens deal to state extortion
- Sunn O))) looks inside the ‘volcano’ in Chicago with Steve Albini
- Brian Huston, DMK Restaurants opening new concept in the Loop
- Arlington Heights school hosts ‘Green’ organ donation awareness day: ‘It was just very heartwarming’
- EU threatens to tax $20 billion of American goods over aid to Boeing
- Wisconsin man’s wager on Tiger Woods to win the Masters earns him more than $1.2M
- Disney: What to do on Hollywood Studios’ 30th birthday today
- Column: The benefits of typing love
- University of Illinois student dies after falling off roof in Champaign
- Paunovic, DT Chicago Fire: ‘Estoy contento con el equipo’
- Person of interest in custody after man killed in Merrillville
- Waukegan’s Beacon Place resource center named a finalist for $100K grant
- Chicago Fire head coach Paunovic: ‘I am pleased with the team’
- Notre Dame Cathedral, conspiracy theories and Amelia Earhart’s role in the Hindenburg crash
- Police: West Elsdon neighborhood man accused of sexually abusing girl, 16
- Joy Huerta: ‘Nunca pensé que el amor de mi vida sería una mujer’
- Man charged in Evanston shooting death of romantic rival pleads not guilty
- Skilled nursing facility presents new plan in Merrillville
- Downtown Aurora festival to feature about 30 food trucks
- Selle: Gov. J.B. eclipses low poll results with all the right moves
- ‘Shtisel,’ an Israeli TV show about ultra-Orthodox Jews, is a hit on Netflix
- Council to study proposal for restaurant in downtown Gary
- Read Kim Foxx’s texts regarding the Jussie Smollett case released by her office
- Former ‘SNL’ cast member Julia Sweeney lists 141-year-old Wilmette home for $1.3 million
- Alerta de clima severo en Illinois
- Teens seek connection in ‘I & You’
- Michigan’s governor blocked an oil tunnel in the Great Lakes — but says she’s still open to it
- Sujeto de West Elsdon acusado de abusar sexualmente de una joven
- Meet the croiffle: Godiva moves beyond chocolate as it plans to open 2,000 cafes
- Yalitza Aparicio entre los 100 más influyentes de la revista Time
- Chicago native talks co-hosting ‘New Negroes’ TV show and redefining what it means to be a black entertainer
- Muere estudiante al caer de un techo en Universidad de Illinois en Champaign
- Day after rebuke from judge, owners of Westlake Hospital offer to give it to Melrose Park
- Sinfonietta preps premieres for its 2019-20 season
- Top 5 financial tips for women
- Write-in candidate Louis Mezzano apparently wins seat on Norridge District 80 Board
- After an offense-first season, it’s a defense-first NFL draft
- After deputy clerk’s firing, New Chicago seeking town manager
- West Aurora students go to Singapore for international science event
- French luxury brands lead $678-million effort to restore Notre Dame after massive fire
- Dodgeball tourney raises more than $13,000 for kids with cancer
- Josef Martínez’s new role key to Atlanta United’s attacking success
- Lollapalooza daily lineup and single-day tickets are here
- Trail plan to be developed for Lake County’s northern lakefront communities
- Are we ‘better than this’, America? Outrage over Rep. Ilhan Omar is just our latest test.
- Man, 32, fatally shot in Gary
- Naperville City Council lifts sunset on permit that allows dining, drinking on downtown sidewalks
- Jim Nantz on Tiger Woods’ Masters win: ‘It’s the best event I’ve ever covered’
- Shirley Rose Higgins, travel writer who explored film locations, dies
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 18, 2019
- Global chic
- Barnyard Dash to be held at Blackberry Farm in Aurora
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 18, 2019
- Hammond Career Center principal is next superintendent
- Video: See Fort Lauderdale’s posh new Dalmar hotel through the eyes of its owner.
- Scientists say they reactivated dead pig brains, opening up big new questions about ethics and what death really means
- Gary man accused of trying to kill a woman on eve of attempted murder trial
- ‘Right guy, right spot’: Mikey Kocen drives in three to lead Warren past Lake Forest for 13th straight win
- Lawsuit seeks to block use of up to $1.3 billion in public money on Lincoln Yards project
- La NFL regresa al estadio Azteca
- Alan García: ‘Llamaré a mi abogado’… poco después se disparó
- Hinsdale District 86 referendum supporters spent $401,533 in April 2 campaign
- Major construction on St. Pete Pier to be completed this year
- Aurora man who threatened to ‘pull a Pratt’ receives 12 months court supervision
- Shared electric scooters surge in popularity, overtaking docked bikes
- Softball notes: Composed, confident Lauren Howard shoulders pitching load for Yorkville
- Shout Out: Tony Ikis, River Grove police officer recently recorded 1,600th DUI arrest
- 2019 Honda Insight gives fuel efficiency a Civics lesson
- Mike Myers to star in new Netflix comedy series
- Church bells ring in Chicago as ‘sign of solidarity’ days after Notre Dame fire
- Speak Out: State college professors’ pay, barking dogs
- Puppet theater in Chicagoland
- Police ranks rise by two in Crown Point
- AT&T U-Verse TV and DirecTV Now subscribers no longer have NFL Network: ‘We’re sorry for any inconvenience’
- Both sides want Harvey Weinstein April hearing closed to media, public
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- Writer/actor tells his parents’ WWII love story in ‘Sentimental Journey’
- 2019 Ford Edge ST: Fast and fun
- Tres países sudamericanos aspiran a organizar Mundial femenino
- Michigan trooper with history of questionable Taser use convicted in death of ATV-riding teen he stunned
- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says independent review of Jussie Smollett case will bring clarity: ‘There are more questions than there are answers.’
- Dem candidates face off at Lake Station forum
- Why Michelle Obama’s joke about Donald Trump was unfair to divorced dads
- OPRF officials: Choosing district’s architect of record for campus renovations will lead to savings
- Jews to begin Passover celebration at sundown Friday
- Lake County to spend about $500K on 19 new vehicles for sheriff’s department
- Chicago Master Singers take on Dvorak work for Divine Word Chapel concerts
- Sinker or swim: Anthony Sterchele grinds away as Neuqua Valley eases past Waubonsie Valley
- Can Bernie Sanders be stopped? In 2020 presidential race, experience could pay off.
- Épica competición de taekwondo en Corea del Norte
- Green Minds environmental group develops recycling app for Lake Forest, Lake Bluff residents
- Potempa: Purdue Northwest campus welcomes spring with big blue bunny and Frank Lloyd Wright
- Baranek: A real ‘big deal’ as Raceway Park legend Wayne Adams Sr. celebrates 100th birthday
- Some packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy recalled over ‘solidified ingredient’
- Shout Out: Dan Murphy III, working to help end Alzheimer’s disease
- Some of Samsung’s folding phones are already breaking
- Un parteaguas en libertad de expresión
- Disabato: With help from Cubs Charities, Morgan Park’s baseball field to receive a much-needed facelift
- Some Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies recalled after reports of consumers gagging
- Man found fatally wounded in driver seat on West Side
- Senators slam Army Corps after Missouri River flooding: ‘They are too slow, too bureaucratic’
- The AAF is officially out of business and files for bankruptcy
- Shout Out: Elizabeth Bobak, marketing director for Lincolnwood Town Center
- Clarkson: How to know if it’s time to sell or improve your home
- Naperville Ribfest headed to Romeoville in 2020; organizers in final contract talks
- A new Cold War where? In the Arctic, of course.
- Your Voice: Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to push substantive immigration proposals in 2020
- Column: Recent colonoscopy inspires a horror story
- Long Grove kicks off festival season with craft beer event
- West Dundee to host stop on the Intelligentsia Cup cycling series for fourth year
- Great Lakes inspired music, animal stories and tea at Lake Katherine’s Nature & Arts Festival
- Shout Out: Violet Kamienski, Maine South senior recognized for design innovation
- Yacht rock is docking in Chicago. What’s yacht rock, and why do I want a pina colada all of a sudden?
- Florida prosecutors want to release pixilated versions of Robert Kraft massage videos
- Search for woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine triggered old fears
- Notre Dame namesake on West Side tells history of Chicago’s French Catholics
- Condo in Park West: $1.6M
- Toyota muestra el Highlander de 2020
- Liverpool rout Porto to advance in Champions League
- Oak Park’s health department seeks $70K state grant to document, fight opioids
- A group of North Shore restaurant owners are planning to open a brewpub next year in Evanston
- New historical marker in Tinley Park honors ‘racing royalty’ Bettenhausen family
- Severe thunderstorms may hit far northwest suburbs, thunderstorms predicted for area overnight
- Column: Tying up Loose Ends this spring
- Northfield woman fatally struck by car in village shopping district
- New City Council takes shape as election board wraps up vote tallying in close elections in 5th, 33rd and 46th wards
- Hammond releases results from 2nd round of school lead testing
- Notre Dame is magical
- Tottenham upset Man City after 7-goal thriller in Champions League
- Naperville listed among 10 best U.S. cities for families in new national ranking
- Former Notre Dame and NBA coach John MacLeod dies at 81
- Free Comic Book Day coincides with Libertyville museum’s Alex Ross exhibit
- Opponents of legal marijuana in Illinois: ‘This is not a done deal’
- 4 baseball questions addressing Christian Yelich’s value, Tim Anderson’s hot hitting and Chris Sale’s struggles
- Ex guardaespaldas del hijo de El Chapo se declara por narcotráfico
- Kim Foxx’s office and the truth. The whole truth. Under oath.
- Highlights from the Kim Foxx texts regarding the Jussie Smollett case
- The Spin: Smollett, Mueller and a distracted public | Mega-development near Soldier Field | ‘Sanctuary county’ aims to protect gun owners
- Bill forcing referendum on whether to have an elected Aurora Library Board passes Illinois House
- Deputy director of Fox River Valley Libraries tapped to take top job in June
- Three Brothers world premiere play explores college relationships
- Slowik: ‘All-Star Show’ to pack Southland musical talent onto Rialto Square Theatre stage
- Back-to-back: River Forest eighth-grader again takes top honors at One Earth Film Festival
- Seventh-grader dies after shooting himself at Lyons middle school
- Tradycja Polish Fusion Cuisine provides something different in Orland Park
- Organizer of Ukulele Festival calls Aurora ‘paranoid’ about event safety regulations
- Aurora Pride Parade to be held after needed funds raised in one day
- Smart ways to help students gain confidence in learning
- There’s no such thing as too much information before surgery
- How a secured card can help you establish or repair credit
- Addressing the needs of caregivers helping our military, veteran heroes
- Glitz, glam and fur: A dog show unlike any other
- Tips for building an emergency savings fund
- Can you eat your way to thicker, fuller hair?
- Triton College’s approach to administrative hiring fosters system of ‘white supremacy,’ professor says
- Naperville native breaks single-day ‘Jeopardy!’ winning record — again — with $131K in winnings
- Ex-bodyguard to El Chapo’s son pleads guilty to sweeping drug charges tied to Mexican cartel
- Curry Hut features Northern India, Nepalese specials
- Royals 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
- A woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine, who was feared to be planning a copycat attack, is dead
- Trump cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela with new sanctions, restrictions
- Road repaving kicks off as Chicago sets goal to fix more streets than in 2018
- Petrak: Road trip shows two Americas, and the history of one
- Wisconsin governor wants to renegotiate Foxconn contract, says 13,000 promised jobs is ‘unrealistic’
- NBC Sports Chicago to televise Red Stars women’s soccer matches
- Rev. John Smyth dies; priest ran Maryville Academy before he was accused of sex abuse and removed from ministry
- Day care center workers in Downers Grove charged after force-feeding babies in their care: police
- Missing Shepard High School student is found, police say
- Waukegan police lieutenant gets double demotion after overtime investigation: ‘I was wrong … but I did do the work’
- Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe not running for president, AP sources say
- Its name predated the Nazis’ use of symbol, but Colorado neighborhood ‘Swastika Acres’ is getting a new identity
- Bears’ 2019 schedule includes 5 prime-time games, a London trip and a Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit
- Amy Klobuchar is next Democrat to book a Fox News town hall after Bernie Sanders’ ratings success
- DuPage prosecutors won’t retry Randy Liebich, whose murder conviction in death of girlfriend’s young son was vacated
- Tim Anderson says he won’t change the way he celebrates after benches clear vs. Royals: ‘Our fans pay to see a show’
- Unauthorized immigrants help prop up America’s economy
- Carl Edwards Jr. goes on injured list after slipping on flight of stairs
- A four score: Valparaiso gains quartet of incoming players as late signing period begins
- Daniel Palka finally gets a hit — but then gets sent down: ‘The numbers speak for themselves’
- Cubs 6, Marlins 0
- Kris Bryant knows he faces more scrutiny for his 9-for-48 slump: ‘It’s where the world is going’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 18, 2019
- Bear Download podcast: A closer look at the Bears’ 2019 schedule, including an eye-opening December stretch
- Coming of age: Sophomore forward Cate Cullison collects three assists as Warren overwhelms Waukegan
- North Korea says it has test-fired a new tactical guided weapon
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 18, 2019
- Show what a smarty-pants you are and enter this weeks caption contest!
- Cole Hamels’ 7 shutout innings, Javier Baez’s home run help Cubs complete sweep of Marlins
- Downtown crowds result in arrests