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- Cleaning tricks: 5 overlooked items in your kitchen that deserve a refresh
- Baranek: Should Shepard’s Bridget McDermott be the conference player of the year? She says no. Coaches know better.
- Pirates 5, Cubs 1
- Ask Amy: Tired mom wants to skip teen years
- Bean cleaned: Workers quickly remove graffiti from Chicago’s beloved sculpture
- Cubs feel disjointed after their 3rd straight loss — and their 14th loss in their past 18 road games
- Daywatch: Gas tax fallout, Bean graffiti and other things to know to start your day
- ‘The stuff is out of this world’: It’s finally time for Dylan Cease’s White Sox debut
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 65, Ed O’Bradovich
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: ‘The Tempest’ at Lincoln Park and Taste of Chicago
- Editorial: From a mom who lost 2 sons: The talk you need to have this weekend.
- Shout out: Lisa Kolavennu, new executive director of the Wellness House in Hinsdale
- Illinois’ gas tax hike: It’s going to hit more than motorists
- ‘There was just no love on the platform’: Sister of woman killed by CTA train questions actions of bystanders, security guard
- Illinois’ first capital is an island that’s home to just 18 people. Recent flooding has made it even more isolated.
- Shout Out: John Caponigro of Norridge, retired plumbing inspector
- Emanuel administration quietly extended scrap shredder’s North Side permit for 3 years
- Kindergarten teacher at suburban Baptist school charged with sexual assault, child porn solicitation involving 2 students, police say
- Police investigating death of man who fell from parking garage in South Loop
- ‘He was a kid, plain and simple:’ Angels and MLB grieve for 27-year-old pitcher Tyler Skaggs
- Kyle Hendricks on Cubs’ woes: ‘Just not going our way right now’
- Iberia compensation not received — now what? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- México alcanza con sufrimiento la final de Copa Oro
- Crews still repairing damage from Tuesday night storms as Wednesday and Fourth of July promise more of same for Chicago area
- Why Doris Day reigns as one of the great jazz singers
- Messi: ‘El árbitro pitó manos boludas, faltas boludas y penales pelotudos’ (VIDEO)
- 826Fork is a music fest that gets its sonic inspiration from the words of youngsters
- Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia
- Davich: Fourth of July is the ideal day to revisit our nation’s true history
- Marisa Tomei wants to star in a TV sitcom of her own after channeling Edith Bunker
- ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 review: The gang returns for a weird summer
- Most Lake County kindergartners are not prepared to start school, state data shows
- Holiday weekend offers up a wealth of jazz and classical performances
- ‘The Chi’ costume designer finds inspiration in artful places
- First Look: Mozzarella Store, an ambitious two-story restaurant on Michigan Avenue, opens Friday
- Carly Rae Jepsen talks about swords, and life after the massive ‘Call Me Maybe’
- ‘They’re afraid to drive’: Lake County immigration advocates see heightened anxiety in migrant community over deportation threats
- How Scooter Braun, the mogul embroiled in the Taylor Swift drama, became so powerful
- Column: Welcome to Donald Trump’s Big Dumb Fourth of July Festival of Narcissism! A real show of farce.
- Bucktown home with atrium, wine cellar: $3.5M
- Kate del Castillo enfrenta su mayor reto como actriz
- Selle: Trauma from Civil War Days circus wounds Lake County Forest Preserves
- Incautan carne de rata en el aeropuerto O’Hare de Chicago
- North Aurora looks to add to Veterans Memorial
- Retenes de fin de semana feriado
- Dan Tannhauser named acting Norridge village president
- 12 summer sandals that won’t break the bank
- Resident wants to prohibit pot smoke in building after recreational marijuana becomes legal
- Trump sending a B-team delegation to watch USWNT in World Cup final
- Chicago theater openings for July 5-11
- Investigan en Colombia presuntas amenazas en redes contra defensa Tesillo
- What’s so great about soap? It saves lives, says leader of aid organization that’s trying to deliver 500,000 bars to migrant detention centers
- Farmers market marks 37 years in Homewood
- Lupe Fiasco goes to China: Artist reconnects with martial arts, lessons learned as a youth in new docu-series
- Parents movie guide: Advice about films kids may want to see in theaters or opening soon
- 4 things a healthy breakfast should include
- Expert lawn-care tips for a weed-free yard
- How to pay for senior living
- Feeling overwhelmed? 5 tips to make time for self-care
- Como Flash Thompson, Tony Revolori admira a Spider-Man, pero intimida a Peter Parker
- Salvation Army looks at new community center in Aurora
- Markets will be closed July Fourth and there will be no Working Lunch newsletter
- ‘Hay cosas que deben ser sagradas’
- NCC offers light Disney fun for the summer with ‘The Little Mermaid’
- Review: ‘My Friend Pedro’ is 2019’s best action game with a talking banana
- Bright light through Florida’s overnight sky wasn’t a UFO or fireball after all
- Heavy rains flood basements in Clarendon Hills, strand cars in Hinsdale and lead to cancellation of Taste of Oak Brook
- ‘Glamping’ gear: From comfy hammocks to insulated coffee presses, retailers roll out luxury camping items
- Megan Rapinoe on critics of the USWNT’s celebrations: ‘[Baby noises]’
- ‘The Office’ is Netflix’s most popular show, even though it was made for and originally aired on an old-school broadcast network. Oh, the irony
- ‘Ophelia’ review: Daisy Ridley breathes life into Shakespeare role not relegated to Hamlet’s girlfriend
- Zion District 6 fills three vacancies on school board with pastor, former board member, lifelong resident
- AMLO y sus ‘datos’ sobre la economía
- El boxeo te disciplina dentro y fuera del ring
- ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am’ review: How one woman broadened the literary landscape
- ‘Leto’ review: From Russia, a love letter to ’80s rock ‘n’ roll
- New online map unites info from area agencies for comprehensive outdoor recreation resource
- Bears will wear 4 different uniforms at home for their 100th season
- Gary man charged in shooting; sought by police
- Aurora’s Hopvine Brewing Co.: Come by and have a beer with your friends
- Township High School District 113 to provide top administrators with added health insurance benefit
- Grant Park street closures start in advance of 39th Taste of Chicago
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- Police: Valparaiso man charged in shooting incident
- Siguen las sorpresas en Wimbledon
- Julio en Chicago: Los eventos que no te debes perder
- Speak Out
- Meet the Chicagoans raising monarch butterflies in their homes as experts debate what’s best for the species
- El At. Madrid confirma fichaje del mexicano Héctor Herrera
- 2.1 million air travelers to pass through Chicago airports, as drivers face biggest July 4th weekend travel delays Friday
- Conoce más de Gigi Saúl Guerrero, ‘la muñeca del terror’ y de su filme ‘Culture Shock’ que protagoniza Martha Higareda
- Is the Betsy Ross flag racist? Nike listened to Colin Kaepernick, but hate group monitors say no, conservatives push back.
- Activists denounce appearance of Confederate soldier reenactors at Mokena Fourth of July celebration
- No, no es tu teléfono es Facebook e Instagram, no funcionan para algunos usuarios
- Meet Joy Harjo, the new U.S. Poet Laureate
- ‘His routes are perfect’: West Aurora’s Logan Mont gears up to take on bigger role at wide receiver
- Councilwoman: SEC lawsuit over Illinois library deal reason enough for Gary to undo its sale/leaseback deal
- No bail for driver in fatal bus shelter crash
- Fourth of July parades, fests and fireworks in Chicagoland
- Geneva bakery aims for ‘Old World’ flavor
- Bulls add 2 veterans — Chris Fleming and Roy Rogers — to Jim Boylen’s coaching staff
- Boeing says it will pay $100 million to families of 737 Max crash victims, communities in Indonesia and Ethiopia
- Community news
- Peruanos quieren que gane su selección, pero apuestan por Chile
- Man killed, woman wounded in Monee shooting
- Community news
- Elmhurst Family Fun Fair offers amusement park theme
- ‘It was absolutely incredible’: St. Charles North’s Megan Furtney prepares for Duke, plays in U.S. Women’s Open
- Former nursing home eyed for Highland drug rehab facility
- Commentary: The biggest Women’s World Cup lesson: Teach girls to be competitive
- Letters: The real threat to America
- Dani Alves, el coleccionista de trofeos, quiere agrandar su leyenda
- In ‘Rocketman’ and other rock bios, beware who owns the story
- Portage official promises to turn over documents by Friday deadline
- Alto flujo de viajeros por tierra y aire este feriado
- Aurora ice cream shop offers kids free cones for saying Pledge of Allegiance
- Column: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris have reignited the busing debate. Here’s what happened at my Austin, Texas, high school.
- Wendell Carter Jr., needing a surgical procedure to repair a core muscle injury, will miss summer league
- Pete Iussig retires as Crown Point’s softball coach, ready to ‘hang it up and start playing golf’
- Maratón de L.A descalifica a un veterano corredor por supuestas trampas en la competencia
- Evanston mother accused of leaving toddler in car during 90-degree weather: police
- The FAA’s O’Hare jet noise study has taken more than 4 years. ‘I believe something has gone wrong,’ says Rep. Quigley.
- Gary Common Council eyes return to City Hall by early September
- Independence Day 2019
- Duo Piano Festival explores unusual compositions
- Joao Félix llega al Atleti para hacer olvidar a Griezmann (VIDEO)
- ‘You can’t really abuse almonds’: Fair Oaks videos may push more milk drinkers to try alternatives. But dairy farms are innovating.
- As wait continues for formal plan to redevelop Hawthorn Mall, officials in Vernon Hills gear up for negotiations over tax incentives
- Trump insiste en incluir pregunta de ciudadanía en el censo
- Fashion highlights from MCA’s Prime Time: ‘Question Everything’
- That’s the Spirit: Zoey Goralski becomes first Neuqua Valley grad to play for Chicago Red Stars
- Cofundador de Sundance recibe 6 años por abuso sexual
- 45,000 barrels of Jim Beam bourbon destroyed in Kentucky warehouse fire
- Shout Out: Sami Ismat, theater performer
- Woman who was judged insane when she killed 4-year-old daughter in 2010 continues quest for release from mental health facility
- Patrulla Fronteriza, a la defensiva por mensajes en Facebook
- Congressman visits Hammond nutrition program in hopes of funding reauthorization
- July 3rd stock market fireworks: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq set records
- East Dundee mayor incensed owner of shuttered Golden Plastics plant will pay just $5,000 fine for state law violations
- Estalla la polémica en el VAR tras el Brasil-Argentina
- Davich: Calling Dr. Welby! University study shows TV viewing may be slowly killing us
- Commentary: Emmett Till on the White Sox scoreboard? Forgive the mistake, honor the history
- Slowik: ‘We do not want our school closed.’ Residents air concerns about facility options
- Refugees from Congo ready to celebrate Fourth of July as Aurora homeowners
- Man on parole for double murder found hanged to death in jail cell after arrest on gun charges
- Megan Rapinoe says she’s ‘uniquely and very deeply American’
- 6 peculiar and patriotic Fourth of July celebrations across the country
- Goralmania celebrates Polish Highlander food and music in Orland Park
- Special prosecutor named to investigate fatal police shooting of a black man in South Bend, Indiana
- More than 700 Illinois layoffs announced in June
- Corrections and clarifications
- Despite caps on assistance, some big farms collect big checks from Trump aid package
- Provecho provides a Spanish and Latin American culinary experience
- Associate of notorious gang leader Larry Hoover arrested in raid as Chicago police brace for long Fourth of July weekend
- A pesar de ser ilegales, los cohetes son ‘una tradición’ para vecinos de una cuadra en el área de Chicago
- ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ in Palos Hills transports audiences to ancient Egypt, Rome
- At least two men shot in East Garfield Park
- Nonprofit leader proposes installing pull-up bars in a Naperville park to honor fallen servicemen and women
- Plan to honor veterans of Middle East wars gets start in Hebron
- Commentary: The real threat to liberalism is the U.S.’ unwillingness to defend it
- Gazebo Jazz series continues with Joni & the Jazzuits in Tinley Park
- Burning at 1,800 degrees, even the humble sparkler can be dangerous, fire officials warn
- Carpenter ants build nests in wet, rotting wood
- Game 1: White Sox 7, Tigers 5
- The Spin: Casten vs. Cruz over ‘Betsy Ross’ Nike shoes controversy
- School District 308 reinstates junior high sports
- Chicago man charged with attempted kidnapping
- La sensación Cori Gauff, de 15 años, se clasifica a tercera ronda de Wimbledon
- Autopsy: Man found dead near rail tracks strangled
- Chicago cop assigned to Lightfoot’s security detail charged in domestic incident
- Gunshots or fireworks? How to tell the difference
- Griffith woman charged with robbery, auto theft
- Column: Never Trumpers have a choice to make
- Towle Theater’s ‘String’ brings yarn from Ancient Greece to stage
- Speakers and entertainment set for mental health awareness event in Chicago Heights
- Holanda se mete en la final del Mundial femenino (VIDEO)
- Elgin commission OKs fencing, more parking for site that will be new U46 welcome center and bus depot
- North Aurora shop offers a unique spin on antiques
- Trump vows July 4 ‘show of a lifetime’ on National Mall as protesters gather
- Iran will increase uranium enrichment to ‘any amount that we want,’ president says
- 5 steps to a seriously fun cookout
- The perfect pairing for a chart-topping burger
- Ways to save even more this Prime Day
- Exercise is important for everyone, especially people with disabilities
- Don’t let summer pests bug you
- Waukegan starts search process for casino developer: ‘Time is of the essence’
- L’arc en Ciel gets back to ‘Joseph’
- Dutch top Swedes 1-0 in extra time to set up Women’s World Cup final against U.S.
- McDonald’s on Lake Street in Aurora could be open this year
- Speak Out: Government pensions, marijuana
- 10 Questions with… Mary Amici-Kozi, Gail Borden library exhibits and display supervisor
- 15-year-old American Coco Gauff reaches third round of Wimbledon
- State’s Attorney Kim Foxx strikes back at Chicago police union after her fairness questioned
- Police: Hobart man charged in Schererville shooting of two men
- Column: Wienermobile and White Castle have Northwest Indiana notoriety
- Column: Fireworks will be going off in backyards all over the state this 4th of July. How’s that ban working out for you, Illinois?
- ‘We see meats of all kinds’: U.S. customs agents say seizure of African rodent meat at O’Hare not outlandish
- Fleury named new deputy chief, 7 other officers promoted during Elgin ceremony where 3 retiring officers honored
- Aurora clergy speak out in support of Wayside Cross child sex offenders staying put
- Dylan Cease wins his White Sox debut: 3 runs on 4 hits, 6 strikeouts and 4 walks in 5 innings
- Run/walk to benefit brain tumor research
- Commentary: To construe the Constitution, look to the Declaration of Independence
- Military parade for 4th of July
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago police outline plans to curb gun violence for Fourth of July weekend: ‘We’ll be all hands on deck’
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker urges U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to declare disaster for rain-soaked Illinois farmers
- Cubs manager Joe Maddon says he enjoys being more hands on: ‘I’ve had a good year’
- Judge rules state legislators violated Illinois Constitution by voting to freeze their pay
- Michael Kopech proposes to actress Vanessa Morgan by a waterfall — and the couple shared the news on Instagram
- Dylan Cease’s successful White Sox debut is ‘something I’ll never forget’
- Theo Epstein threatens ‘a ton of changes’ if Cubs don’t improve — then the team calls up infielder Robel Garcia
- Norridge police release drawing of man suspected of attacking 15-year-old girl
- Fire edge closer to buying out their lease at SeatGeek Stadium for a proposed $65.5 million
- Cubs’ Double-A affiliate takes a swipe at Colin Kaepernick by drawing a Betsy Ross flag in its infield — then apologizes in a follow-up tweet
- Clarkson: Unheralded part of farmers market: fitness class
- Navy SEAL acquitted of murder gets 4 months of confinement for posing with corpse
- Sen. Kamala Harris says busing should be considered, but not federally mandated
- Pirates 6, Cubs 5
- Fire score 3 goals in first 13 minutes en route to a 5-1 rout of Atlanta United
- Record-setting Kentucky quarterback Jared Lorenzen dies at 38