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- Barr to speak before release of redacted Mueller report; Democrats call process ‘poisoned’
- Ask Amy: Aunt cries over niece’s life choices
- Jussie Smollett and Kass not the only ones blessed by Kim Foxx: Meet John ‘Quarters’ Boyle
- Private, beachfront home in Winnetka: $9M
- ‘Veep’ actor Kevin Dunn on the final season of the comedy, and how he got his sister that ‘SNL’ audition
- The Bears’ 2019 schedule is out. Tribune writers make their game-by-game predictions.
- Aurora releases video from Pratt mass shooting that shows gunman prepare to attack police, officers enter building
- Former ‘jinx ship’ breezes through Chicago without a hitch
- Rental company Car2Go reports theft of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, more than a dozen questioned by police
- Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti mulled defending brothers involved in allegedly staged attack on Jussie Smollett
- Why charges dropped against Jussie Smollett still a mystery despite document dump by Kim Foxx’s office
- The Bears have become TV stars. So say goodbye to all those noon starts.
- How to calculate the amount of gardening materials you’ll need to buy
- The former Forge Club in Vernon Hills could become a synagogue and addiction recovery home
- One man killed, another rescued from burning home in West Chicago
- United Airlines, squeezed by 737 Max groundings, trims growth plan for 2019
- Aunt shoots pit bull as it attacks 9-year-old nephew on South Side
- 3 takeaways from Cubs’ sweep of Marlins, including satisfaction with any win and Daniel Descalso following in Ben Zobrist’s footsteps
- Wear your environmental heart on your sleeve: Now there’s Polo shirt made of recycled plastic bottles
- Chicago area drops population for fourth straight year, census data show; Cook, DuPage and Lake counties also decline
- With Cubs’ commercial excess mostly in check, Wrigley Field’s nearly complete multiyear renovation is a hit
- Prickly City- Newspaper
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: April 18-24
- 7 things to know about the top-seeded Wolves as they open the AHL playoffs
- WGA sues four main talent agencies over packaging fee dispute
- Redaction nation: U.S. history brims with partial deletions
- Denied boarding on EasyJet — where’s my wife’s refund and apology?
- ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek is feeling good, ‘despite what you may have heard’
- What to eat, drink and do in Pittsburgh
- New Comiskey Park opened 28 years ago with Dan Quayle and the Oak Ridge Boys — and the White Sox have been tweaking it ever since
- Temperature to drop Thursday, with chance of showers, strong wind gusts expected Friday
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- Look back at ‘The Great One’ Wayne Gretzky’s final NHL game at MSG, 20 years later.
- Heavyweights in world cinema nominated for Cannes’ top prize
- Disney: Kylo Ren cupcake heads Hollywood Studios’ 30th anniversary treat party
- More Americans are choosing not to tap into their home equity
- Gary woman, 4-year-old child injured in rollover crash
- U.S. retail sales soar 1.6% in March, a sign of consumer confidence
- Impulsive Hearts is a Chicago band that wants to give something back to the community
- Sasami turns transition to rock from classical into child’s play
- At the end of a hard road, Priests kinda have it figured out
- Chinchano’s Juan Pastor makes has way back to Chicago
- Fermilab gives students a look at careers in math and science
- Joffrey Ballet’s UNGala features drag queens, stilt-walkers, world-class dancing
- Republic rep makes pitch for better recycling in Griffith
- Charts of metro areas that gained and lost the most people and how the Chicago area compares
- Chicago vuelve a perder población
- ‘Teen Spirit’ review: Elle Fanning plays a dull pop wannabe, but she can sing
- ‘Her Smell’ review: Elisabeth Moss is riveting as a punk rocker, even if the material is not
- ‘Wild Nights with Emily’ review: Molly Shannon imbues poetry with passion
- Attorney General William Barr’s pathetic performance
- New charges are brought against Ohio man accused of claiming to be missing Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen
- Skeletons brings museum attitude to International Drive
- Chet Coppock
- Ride-share safety: New Uber feature urges rides to ‘check your ride’ to make sure it’s legit
- Food Truck Festival rolls into Aurora
- Blessing of Easter baskets a tradition at some Aurora area churches
- Proposed law would require Illinois children to start school by age 5, threatening kindergarten redshirting
- El archivo oculto de Franz Kafka podría salir a la luz
- Pimlico flooded with calls from Preakness ticket holders looking to change seats located in closed section
- Shout Out: Gina Arquilla DeBoni, Glenview lawyer and Glenbrook North alumnae
- Column: Above all else, Notre Dame Cathedral is a symbol of faith
- Varios favoritos avanzan a cuartos de Montecarlo
- George Trois reopens, along with new Aboyer and Silencieux; reservations now available
- Police: Charter school student’s ‘threat not genuine’
- Piano Man performs tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel
- Sears sues former CEO Edward Lampert, claiming he stripped $2 billion in assets as it headed to bankruptcy
- Developer pleads not guilty to federal bribery charges linked to Ald. Edward Burke
- From a ‘Game of Thrones’ tribute to vintage video games: NFL teams flash creativity — and rib opponents — in their schedule-release videos
- Assistant athletic director appointed for West Aurora High School
- Young American’s CBD infused cocktails
- Silenced: A poem for the victims of the 1999 Columbine school shooting
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Robert Chen to perform violin at all-Mozart program in Palos Heights
- 6 reasons to add hydrotherapy to your self-care routine
- Bolingbrook police chase after fatal motorcycle crash ends in Naperville with shots fired
- Peek into a family’s secrets in ‘Miracle on South Division Street’
- Chet Coppock, born to talk, always swung for the fences
- Legendary Gary coach to be inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
- Kyle Hendricks is off to the worst start of his career. But it hasn’t caused a back-to-basics approach for the Cubs starter.
- William Rattner, attorney who after corporate career ran pro bono organization for artists, dies
- Aurora man going to prison in drug trafficking case
- 2 killed, 2 seriously wounded in overnight violence Wednesday
- ‘Hostile Planet’ te muestra lo que es vivir con el cambio climático
- Morticia, Gomez and Uncle Fester are there as Hinsdale Central’s presents ‘The Addams Family’ musical
- Column: The Rock ‘n Play sleeper was recalled last week. It saved us from many sleepless nights.
- What are the challenges? Comparing ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’ to ‘Jurassic’ at the Field, MCA’s ‘Bowie’ and others
- Loop store clerk beaten with skateboards, 2 in custody
- Design mind behind ‘Ham: Exhibition’ says his creation belongs in Chicago, and will be its own kind of theater
- Where to eat for ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’? Phil Vettel’s Top-5
- Alexander’s biggest talent was pushing the other Founding Fathers’ buttons, says the Yale expert advising ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’
- Talking to Lin-Manuel Miranda: His voice will guide you through ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’ but he wasn’t a fan of the idea at first
- Your guide to ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’ in Chicago: Will this big risk by the creators of the musical succeed?
- 10 takeaways from the 2019 NFL schedule, including a Bizarro World that features the Browns and Jets in prime time — 7 times
- Speak Out: Solve immigration problem by trading countries, pot farming creates new career options, war hero McCain was a bad Republican
- Benny’s Place: Have breakfast every day, but dinner is only on Friday and Saturday nights
- Deerfield Village Board adds restrictions on proposed digital scoreboard at high school ahead of final vote
- River Forest makes community pitch for school tax hike vote
- The French announce a design contest for Notre Dame’s destroyed spire: Inspired idea or publicity stunt?
- ‘Tigre’ Granados: ”No me voy sin la victoria’
- Pimlico, Laurel Park and other horse racing tracks to soon ban Lasix, a widely used medication
- 2 men shot while driving on Northwest Side, no one in custody
- ‘I regret I didn’t kill that cop,’ Man told judge, who then gave him life in prison for Flint airport stabbing
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 19, 2019
- Chet Coppock, Chicago sportscasting legend, dies at 70 after a car accident
- From dawn to dusk, this Aurora chicken farmer is ‘where he wants to be’
- Jason Momoa shaved his beard for the environment, but people are not happy
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 19, 2019
- Genealogy sites are helping birth parents find children they placed for adoption — but not everyone wants to be found
- Community news
- ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ review: You expect the ghost of a 17th century scorned, murdering mama to be more terrifying
- Elgin Theatre Company presents radio play of ‘War of the Worlds’
- ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ at Victory Gardens: You’re watching a breakout moment for a playwright — plus songs by Dengue Fever
- Man in prison for 28 years could soon be released after judge sets bond of $20,000
- This Week in Naperville
- BMW adds nearly 185,000 vehicles to recall over fire risk
- Developer addresses pipeline concerns with new plan in St. John
- 20-year-old man fatally shot in Merrillville
- Quickly
- Police release surveillance photos after 19-year-old man fatally shot at Gary gas station
- Those black bars on the Mueller report and Foxx text messages? They’re redactions. Here’s why they exist.
- Speak Out: Legal age to smoke, progressive taxes
- Two is better than one: Sean Lynch Jr. and Lukas Galdoni shine in multiple sports at Carmel
- The 10 instances of possible obstruction by Trump in the Mueller report
- Lifelong friends are at the center of Marian Theatre Guild’s ‘Cemetery Club’
- Rapper Kodak Black arrested at border in upstate New York
- NIRPC 2050 plan available for review next week
- Read redacted Mueller report on Russian interference, Trump obstruction case
- Dixie Highway Brewery Trail offers passport to local suds and a cool prize at the end
- McDonald’s scraps artisan burgers to focus on Quarter Pounders
- North Shore Gas moving forward with upgrades to aging distribution plant in Libertyville
- Full text of Trump’s answers to Mueller’s questions
- Evanston aldermen again seek proposals for Harley Clarke Mansion
- Report: Indiana House speaker has deal arranged by casino investor
- Girls track notes: Oswego East jumps specialist Jayna Dias hopes to gain boost from French connection
- Aspiring zoo veterinarian finds growth and leadership at Purdue University Northwest
- EEUU y Venezuela se citan en Cincinnati
- Rahm Emanuel: ‘No longer a question’ Russians tried to influence election after Mueller report
- Notre Dame Cathedral fire
- Illinois should tax its residents fairly
- The Mueller report is 448 pages. Here are the key takeaways from the redacted investigation.
- Hobart chipping away at vacant, abandoned buildings
- How City Hall bureaucracy is, yes, protecting Chicago’s street artists
- Con 43 retratos enormes creados con piezas de Lego, Ai Weiwei recuerda a los estudiantes de Ayotzinapa
- Electrical short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame Cathedral fire, police official says
- Shout Out: Mary Franklin, advocate for migraine sufferers
- Beverly Theatre Guild collaborates with 115 Bourbon Street for ‘Footloose’
- First look: Busch Gardens adds energetic Tigris to roller coaster lineup
- Clerk introduces poll worker plan in Porter County
- From the Mueller report to the college cheating scandal, why we’re all obsessed with fairness
- USMNT object to June friendly against Venezuela in Cincinnati
- Pumas se juega la vida ante Cruz Azul
- Deciding factor: Katie Armstrong’s two-run single sends Jacobs to first win over Huntley since 2015
- World headed down perilous path if we don’t start ‘connecting’ with climate change effects, youth activist tells Elgin crowd
- What to watch this weekend: City-Spurs rematch, Juventus-Fiorentina and more
- Falling concrete from CTA ‘L’ embankment in Rogers Park smashes two parked cars
- The Mueller report, annotated
- Chicago writers celebrated in new book surveying the remarkable prose found on the sports page
- Pedro Strop sees better days ahead for himself and his fellow Cubs relievers
- National best-sellers
- Who is Edward Lampert? The hedge fund billionaire survived kidnapping and Kmart. Then came Sears.
- Evanston man fatally hit Waukegan woman with van, looked at her and drove away, prosecutors say
- Tigers 9, White Sox 7
- Carlos Zambrano discusses his comeback attempt at 37 with the Chicago Dogs: ‘I want to come back to the big leagues’
- Lake Forest College students to gain firsthand humanities experience with help from $1.1 million grant
- Attorney Joel Brodsky suspended from federal court in Chicago for a year for bizarre antics
- ‘A grow-your-own program’: OPRF, Concordia plan dual credit partnership for students pursuing teaching careers
- Shnay: Passover celebrates freedom
- Symphony Center concerts canceled through April 30
- Waukegan joins other Great Lakes cities to share ideas and solutions for lakefront
- Many African-Americans don’t trust hospitals and won’t give blood. One Chicago doctor is out to change that.
- More than 30 arrested when fights break out as hundreds of young people converge on downtown Chicago
- The Manchester shootout, Ajax’s heroics and the best of the week in soccer
- 6th lawsuit filed against Carpentersville District 300, former educator charged with student sex assault
- Community news: Ice skating champs helping kids in fight against cancer, more
- How police respond to — and sometimes clash with — crowds of teens in downtown Chicago
- Sears lawsuit against Edward Lampert
- Family of Chicago-area woman who died hopes officials will lift secrecy on Candida auris fungus
- 3-vote defeat of sales tax hike won’t affect South Elgin road repairs until 2020-21 budget, officials say
- Man charged with fatally shooting brother at Merrillville home
- Rich Township school board president owes more than $200K in unpaid taxes on shuttered roller rink
- Moving to impeach Trump would only make him stronger
- Man gets 45 years in fatal 2017 Gary strip mall shooting: ‘You brought a gun to a fist fight’
- Young actors adapt to early 20th century story in LaPorte’s ‘Anne of Green Gables’
- North Shore School District 112 cuts tuition for full-day kindergarten
- Naperville native’s ‘Jeopardy!’ streak now 11 days — total winnings more than $770K
- Vindication for President Trump
- Hobart man charged by feds after threatening to kill Trump on Facebook, court records state
- The Spin: Chicago connection to Mueller report | Lightfoot on Chicago’s falling population | Cubs win — on Wrigley renovation
- Baseball notes: Hanover Central excels behind battery duo of brothers Evan and Sam Momcilovic
- Conney’s Pharmacy move postponed as One Winnetka project gets final extension
- Developer wants fewer low-income apartments at Hobart project
- As Richards band director prepares to hang up baton, he recalls how struggles with cancer, dyslexia made him a better teacher
- Kane County looks to crack down on distracted driving
- Three Trinity seniors receive early college admission, $500K in scholarships
- Gary church group hosts Jazz Extravaganza to honor trumpeter Art Hoyle
- Europa League Recap: Chelsea survive Slavia’s comeback bid, Arsenal win in Napoli
- A poetic retort to the Mueller report
- Baseball notes: Missouri recruit Jalen Greer gets into a groove at shortstop for resurgent St. Rita
- Trump declares it ‘a good day’ despite revelation that he tried to remove Mueller from investigation
- Some Indiana officials say Mueller report ‘damning,’ others feel it’s time to ‘move forward’
- Man with gasoline at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral was arrested at Jersey cathedral earlier in week
- Heaven Sutton shooting
- Opening set for downtown Aurora music venue
- The Future of the Smart Home (Infographic)
- Donald Stewart, focused on fundraising and diversity as Chicago Community Trust CEO, dies at 80
- Corrections and clarifications
- Lucas Giolito (strained left hamstring) goes on the injured list; White Sox call up Carson Fulmer and Ryan Cordell
- ‘Avengers: Endgame’, el fin de una década
- A reputed gang member convicted in killing of 7-year-old girl outside West Side home in 2012
- Eloy Jimenez hits 1 of 3 White Sox home runs, but they lose 9-7 to Tigers to open 4-game series
- Cops: Man punches Holly the Chihuahua after attacking girlfriend in Humboldt Park
- Fact check: Trump, Barr distorting the facts on Mueller report
- William Barr deepens his critics’ concerns in handling of Mueller report
- Suburban representatives say Mueller report ‘deeply disturbing,’ raises ‘serious concerns’
- The Mueller report’s damning portrait of Trump
- Mueller report’s release brings clash of words among Chicagoland Dems, GOP
- What you thought of Trump before Mueller is likely your opinion now
- Board members reject permit request for liquor sales at Frankfort Township gas station
- A conflicting series of rulings leaves Westlake patients and staff members more bewildered than ever
- MLS announces plans to expand to 30 teams
- Minnesota police shooting trial: Partner says cop fired at woman before he could analyze threat
- Man, 42, charged with stabbing East-West University classmate
- Robinson: Only Congress can hold Trump accountable
- Ayo Dosunmu’s return raises the bar for the Illini. Now they need an NCAA Tournament season.
- ‘Hillary and Clinton’ on Broadway revists politics’ most painful paradox, with the help of Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 19, 2019
- FBI joins search for 5-year-old boy reported missing in Crystal Lake, police say
- Mueller report reveals President Trump’s efforts to thwart Russia investigation
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, April 19, 2019