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- Sadistic exploits, innocent victims of the Ripper Crew
- Ask Amy: Terminal disease is greeted with shrugging response
- Banned by Airbnb — but why? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- Local lanes on outbound Dan Ryan reopened after shots fired near 35th Street exit
- Teen, 19, killed in West Town shooting
- Technology abets the worst in us
- Daywatch: Start your day with the top headlines from the Tribune
- Most seniors know about iconic AARP ID cards, but not about local chapters
- As Lori Lightfoot takes the helm of Chicago’s city government, some vestiges of her predecessor remain
- Rahm Emanuel’s legacy is an array of good intentions and unfulfilled dreams
- Loop’s luster may be lagging: Chicago’s city center faces huge office vacancies, ownership changes and new competitors
- Gov. Pritzker and DCFS, when parents refuse services, that’s a red flag
- Wisconsin bar owner uncovers huge, 134-year-old circus poster: ‘It should never have survived’
- President Trump warns Iran not to threaten the U.S. or it will face its ‘official end’
- 5 takeaways from the Cubs’ series win over the Nationals, including rest for Javier Baez and ice cream for Steve Cishek
- Uptown mansion owners sue to stop nearby public school from adding gym: ‘There is definitely a race and class issue here’
- Ukraine’s new leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy gets sworn in, dissolves parliament
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox series vs. the Blue Jays, including rain-delay naps and a big step forward for Lucas Giolito
- It’s Yu Darvish vs. Jake Arrieta at Wrigley tonight — who will have the better start? Check the numbers.
- Crosby: Baby boomer heirloom, millennial junk and the fate of my mom’s wall hanging
- Fox Valley Park Board approves new art for Blackhawk Park
- U.S. Senate’s top Democrat calls for probe of CTA’s Chinese rail car supplier
- ‘Tale of two villages’: Lincolnshire residents sound off about flooding near their homes
- 7-year-old girl hit in foot, shin after shots fired through window of Southwest Side home
- Teachers, parents rally to keep education issues front and center
- ‘Game of Thrones’ finale: How the cast said goodbye
- Rahm Emanuel, calling himself a ‘competitive punk’, talks Chicago sports — including those Cubs-Rosemont rumors in 2013 and his feud with Rocky Wirtz
- Our water has lead and our recycling program is a joke. Why Mayor Lightfoot should launch a Chicago-style Green New Deal
- Illinois to discuss new ways to expand Amtrak Hiawatha service after IDOT letter reinforces suburban concerns
- Mayor Lightfoot must get Chicagoans to truly care about gun violence
- Best bakeries in Paris: Seeing the city, baguette by baguette
- Talk of the County: In factory explosion, ‘families lost loved ones and your ignorance will not bring them back’
- First meatless burgers, now pizza: Impossible Foods cooks up plant-based sausage for Little Caesars
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- Review: ‘Notorious RBG in Song’ illuminates an icon
- Celebrity entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis sells vintage Lake Forest mansion for $1.74 million
- ‘Jeopardy!’ champion James Holzhauer resumes his run on the show Monday
- El hospital no alertó sobre la situación del bebé de Marlen Ochoa a las autoridades
- Glenbrook District 225 chief with ‘extraordinary depth of knowledge’ set to retire at the end of school year
- 100 children of active military receive bicycles from Hinsdale Rotary and USO
- Norridge officer honored after saving woman from freezing Des Plaines River
- Lori Lightfoot juramenta como alcaldesa de Chicago
- 5 things to do in Lake County May 24-30
- Students relish citizen scientist role
- Arlington Heights police sat on Dunkin Donunts rooftop, raised about $4K for Special Olympics
- Chicago police boosting presence at Jewish schools, synagogues after Molotov cocktails found
- Trump’s EPA shifts more environmental enforcement to states: ‘They’re going to do absolutely nothing’
- Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever ‘don’t need a makeover to be accepted’ in ‘Booksmart’
- Shout Out: Fahim Zuberi, owner of Lapels Dry Cleaning in Wilmette
- U.S. whiskey distillers ‘excited’ by end of tariffs in Canada, Mexico — but still face hurdles in Europe
- Amid #MeToo, states debate teaching consent to kids
- Boys track notes: Mundelein’s distance relay heads back to 3A state meet
- Zingerman’s Deli pop-up in Chicago weathers long lines with sandwiches and big servings of nostalgia
- Burr Ridge honors author, veteran on Armed Forces Day
- Ford is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs, 10% of salaried workforce
- Oakbrook Center artisan market debut challenged by wind, rain
- ‘There’s a huge shortage of lab space in Chicago’: Sterling Bay to back life sciences startups, with eye on Lincoln Yards
- Rahm Emanuel is still Chicago’s mayor — at least on ‘Chicago Fire’
- UN health agency struggles with travel abuses, report finds
- ‘Game of Thrones’ finale reaction: Here’s what the fans had to say
- ‘Game of Thrones’ finale recap: 5 thoughts on that satisfying (sort of) ending
- 5 things to do in Northwest Indiana May 24-27
- ‘Adventures of Augie March’ at Court Theatre: This Chicago story deserved a play this good
- ‘Game of Thrones’ finale: Viewers spot a stray plastic water bottle (it’s the new coffee cup)
- Eiffel Tower closed down after intruder tries to climb up
- Lori Lightfoot becomes Chicago’s mayor
- Residents in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff have many opportunities to celebrate Memorial Day
- There’s a new era of sideline scrutiny for college basketball coaches. So where’s the line between motivation and mistreatment?
- Motorcyclist dies after losing control on Stevenson Expressway on-ramp
- Un mural en Pilsen honra la memoria de Marlen Ochoa-López
- Who is Robert F. Smith? Before he was wiping out Morehouse College student debt, he was patenting coffee brewing at Kraft.
- Here’s the full text of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s prepared inauguration speech
- York High School graduates 100th class
- Water polo notes: Fenwick, Lyons boys earn trophies at state meet
- Devonshire Playhouse brings ‘Follies’ to the stage
- Selle: Foresters fret over funds, yet grant state land access
- Tim Tebow finally homered, but his Triple-A statistics still are dismal
- 10 Fun Facts About Quinoa (Infographic)
- 6 Ways to Brighten Your Load
- 3 ideas to freshen up your favorite summer treats
- 6 ways to save money when shopping on Amazon
- Winning the mental health battle with genetics
- Simplify home improvement projects by installing tile with an adhesive
- ‘Tortilla movement’ seeks to restore Mexico’s iconic food
- Electrical room fire cancels classes at Franklin School in Park Ridge
- Camila Sodi, la nueva ‘Rubí’
- Nazareth celebrates academic success of 215 graduates
- Memorial Day in Deerfield features parade, ceremony and a pancake breakfast
- The ‘American Idol’ finale ended in an upset. Katy Perry may have accidentally hinted at why.
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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- 5th migrant child dies after detention by Border Patrol since December
- Texas transgender woman seen in videotaped attack found dead
- Winners and losers from ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’: The Cubs, A-Rod the art critic and Buster Olney’s head
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Monday, May 21, 2019
- Beach Park man sentenced to life in prison in 2015 baseball bat beating deaths of wife, stepson
- Lightfoot menciona a los indocumentados en su discurso al juramentar como alcaldesa de Chicago
- Man convicted of stealing Hammond railroad bridge seeks new trial
- ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ opens May 31 at PM&L
- Column: Our states are laboratories — run right now by mad scientists
- Elmwood Park graduates send messages with decorated mortar boards
- She was 1 of 9 black students at an all-white school. At 76, Gloria Ray Karlmark is still writing her own history
- Coffee brewing patent
- Celebrating the 75th anniversary of D-Day, near and far
- Boys track notes: Evanston’s Kalil Johnson hurdles his way to 3A state meet
- Ovarian cancer is deadly, but new tests, treatments start to emerge
- ‘Game of Thrones’: Daenerys actress Emilia Clarke was unsure about the finale. She called her mom
- Muere árbitro tras desplomarse en partido de fútbol
- Lawn mower may have been involved in La Grange Park garage fire
- Speak Out: Lightfoot, vehicle repairs
- Only 11 Americans are known to have received a 3rd double-lung transplant; Elburn’s Cassie Stanley, 34, is preparing for the rare surgery
- Talk of the County: ‘Trump is talking English and (critics) are talking dingbat’
- 5 things to do in the western suburbs May 24-27
- Have utilities located and marked before digging in garden
- Girls soccer notes: Junior forward Grace Salyers strikes again as Batavia beats Geneva for regional title
- Administrator is leaving ‘family’ at East Leyden to become a principal
- Eloy Jimenez returns as the White Sox open a series against the Astros
- Read the executive order Mayor Lori Lightfoot signed regarding aldermanic privilege
- Norridge Little League parade still shines indoors
- Chicago Tribune photos of the week
- Tornado damages barns, knocks down trees in western Michigan
- Baby rhino alert: Rare eastern black rhinoceros is born at Lincoln Park Zoo
- NBA draft profile: Guard Jarrett Culver of Texas Tech
- Baskin-Robbins ice cream in Darien reports Sunday night robbery
- Do marijuana dispensaries drive up home values? At least one study says yes.
- Lake Forest mayor looks back on his time as city’s top elected official
- Talk of the County: Hey Gov. Pritzker, ‘leave us poor people alone’
- Talk of the County: Kudos to Alabama for ban on ‘despicable’ women getting abortions
- Consultant chosen by River Forest for community center study
- Cannes en primer plano: detalles deslumbrantes en el festival
- What to know about Amy Eshleman, Lori Lightfoot’s wife and Chicago’s first lady
- Talk of the County: ‘Dopey Donnie’ loves war, just not participating in one
- Muere otro niño bajo custodia de la ‘migra’
- ‘Game of Thrones’ series finale draws 19.3 million viewers, sets new series high
- Softball notes: Shepard sophomore Lily Mucha makes much of midseason jump to varsity
- Chicago ramen pioneer Slurping Turtle closing for more sushi-centric model, but just not here
- OPRF to conduct $24k branding project
- Skokie celebrates diversity at annual Festival of Cultures
- Brandt sworn in to new term, new Village Board seated
- Culture club: New girls basketball coach Keisha Newell ready to embrace the ‘culture’ at Mother McAuley
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot, facing a constellation of big problems, looks to the stars
- Native American craft sale seeks to educate, raise funds for powwow
- Emiliano Salinas es co-conspirador en caso de tráfico sexual, dice fiscalía en EEUU
- TV Review: ‘Good Omens’
- Model T to Tesla on display in Deerfield
- NBC Sports Chicago launching ‘Outside the Ivy,’ a post-postgame Cubs show hosted by bloggers
- Teams walk to help those crippled by arthritis
- Maine East High School graduates 450 students during May 19 ceremony
- Pedro Almodóvar: Dolor, el cine y recuerdos
- Chocolate Fest draws crowds to Long Grove
- Knowles: Kitchen incubator helps south suburban businesses cook up success
- Boys track notes: Hinsdale South’s Kamron Lipscomb leaps to 3A state meet
- Don’t call life ‘unwanted’
- Grant helps Vernon Hills Park District upgrade playground at Garvanian Park
- Maddie Schultz ready for more after Mother McAuley places third in the state in girls water polo
- ‘Jeopardy!’ champ, Naperville native James Holzhauer returns to TV in quest to win 23rd consecutive game
- Stevens’ Steakhouse keeps it consistent
- Leyden officials working to set up a second Chinese sister school relationship
- William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry
- Spelling bee in the bonnet of 2 Lake County contestants
- Hammond man, 22, fatally shot in East Chicago
- Lightfoot’s tough love: Will you stick with her, Chicago?
- DuPage Medical Group CEO died by suicide, police say
- Libertyville weighs whether to create village guidelines for public art displays, programs
- $26 million cleanup planned for Grand Calumet River
- Man dies after being pinned fixing sign at Dyer restaurant
- Buffalo Grove officers wave from the rooftop of Dunkin’ Donuts as part of Special Olympics fundraiser
- Le dan cadena perpetua a un sujeto que mató a su esposa e hijastro con un bate
- Q&A with Michael Phelps, in town for his charity event: On Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and golf’s link to his wife getting pregnant
- Mets slugger Yoenis Céspedes breaks his right ankle in an accident at his ranch
- With Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s inauguration, 3 women of color now hold top citywide offices: ‘Chicago was ready for this’
- The Spin: What you need to know about Lori Lightfoot’s first day as Chicago mayor
- Master Chef Latino: Conoce a los participantes de la nueva temporada
- Trump tells ex-counsel Don McGahn to defy subpoena from House Democrats
- CityGate Grille welcomes any kind of celebration
- The twisted foes of legal abortion should not call themselves ‘pro-life’
- New Trier students’ research project prompts sustainable fashion show, fundraiser
- Underwater robotics send West Leyden students to national contest
- The Supreme Court never should have intervened on abortion
- Taylor Wessel strikes early for Naperville North, but Anna Mossakowski backstops Stevenson to state title
- Father Pfleger, if you stand for social justice, then you must disavow Louis Farrakhan
- CLASA está en la Elite
- Teen becomes 5th minor from Guatemala to die in U.S. custody since December
- Elgin man charged with drug-induced homicide of St. Charles man
- Pritzker’s gas tax: Well, it’s not a soda tax so, good to go?
- Illinois authorities not alerted to early clues in slaying of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez
- Chicago aldermen react to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s inaugural address
- Boys track notes: Fenwick’s Joseph Wermes confident heading into 2A state meet
- Por qué Mon Laferte insultó al público en pleno festival
- 3 tips to make sure your money and information are safe
- Developing a plan to ensure the safest pregnancy, childbirth and recovery
- Music Festival Mobile Must-Haves (Infographic)
- ‘Business as usual’ at Bonnie Dundee this summer; officials set end of year to decide Carpentersville golf course’s future
- Use our suburban and Northwest Indiana festival calendar to plan out your summer
- Suspect charged with murder in Round Lake Beach stabbing death, authorities say
- Everything we know about the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequels (so far)
- Water polo notes: New Trier girls finish 4th at state as boys gain key experience
- Illinois says defensive end Bobby Roundtree is sitting up and eating after suffering a severe spinal injury in a swimming accident
- Girls soccer notes: Glenbrook South tops Glenbrook North for 3A regional crown
- Crowd lines up early for inauguration, cheer Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s speech: ‘It came from her heart’
- Madonna’s Madame X tour adds additional Chicago dates
- Trump can’t block House subpoena of financial records, judge rules
- This SAT ‘adversity score’ merits a failing grade
- Ex-Harvey teacher, coach arrested; twice impregnated former student, police say
- Man’s body found along I-88 near Aurora
- Mother, friends of 15-year-old Skokie boy found strangled in 1992 testify in first day of murder trial
- Javier Baez misses his 1st start of the season but doesn’t expect to be out long
- Prosecutor: Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. raped homeless woman and 2 others
- Jason Mitchell dropped from ‘The Chi’ Season 3, Netflix film
- Lori Lightfoot sworn in as Chicago’s first black woman and first openly gay mayor: ‘Get ready because reform is here.’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, May 21, 2019
- Hundreds protest abortion bans, show support for Illinois reproductive rights bill at Federal Plaza rally
- Manteno contestant has a chicken nugget meltdown on ‘The Bachelorette’
- Jackson Roberts sparks Chesterton to title as controversy swirls around conference tourney
- Jake Arrieta’s homecoming start against Yu Darvish brings out some feelings at Wrigley Field
- Michael Cohen told Congress that Trump’s attorney shaped his false statement about Trump Tower Moscow project
- Driven by Carr: Sophomore Kaitlyn Carr stars in circle, at plate as Chesterton routs Valparaiso
- With an improved Yu Darvish, the Cubs will likely focus on upgrading their bullpen before the deadline
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, May 21, 2019
- Astros 3, White Sox 0
- White Sox bullpen day results in a 3-0 loss to the Astros
- Phillies 5, Cubs 4 (10 innings)