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- Ask Amy: Assault survivor is traumatized by invitation
- ‘My family is my heart’: How Tavarion Foster made his way from homelessness to college
- Minuscule microbes wield enormous power over the Great Lakes. But many species remain a mystery.
- Letters: Revisiting the Electoral College
- Man taken off life support by wrong family after he was misidentified by Chicago police, lawsuit says
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 63, Julius Peppers
- Don’t swallow the pool water — it’s crypto season. July and August see spike in outbreaks of illness caused by parasite that can live in swimming pools
- Daywatch: ‘Pure chaos’ after Navy Pier stabbing, 7 charged with vandalizing The Bean and other things to know to start your day
- Judge to suspects accused of scrawling graffiti on The Bean: ‘I take offense at these offenses’
- Commentary: Democrats’ leftward turn was a reaction to Hillary Clinton
- 4 takeaways from the Cubs-Pirates series, including managerial tension and who is the better football player — Joe Maddon or Joe West?
- ¿Nuevo insulto? Mundial femenino compite con otras dos finales
- Small-town defense lawyer, shaken by client’s overdose, advocates tough new approach: Treat heroin dealers like terrorists
- Empieza cuenta atrás para final inédita de Copa América
- My illegal abortion: One Chicago woman recounts ending her pregnancy pre-Roe v. Wade as more states pass near-bans on the procedure
- Steve Stone has seen it all in his time with the Cubs and White Sox: ‘Both of these fandoms are on a collision course’
- ‘Antiques Roadshow’ conquering space with special event
- 7 things to know about the latest White Sox-Cubs City Series, including who has the better record at 61-59 and whatever happened to the BP Cup
- Bomba Estéreo: Fiesta, ritmo y sabor en español
- What you need to know about sunscreen — from $8 to, yikes, $300
- What to do when a friend goes on a date with a guy she set you up with
- Authorities fear Jim Beam bourbon fire’s booze-laden runoff will end up killing fish
- The 2019 Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks
- MAD magazine, a pioneer of modern satire, will soon cease publishing new content
- Álex Anwandter: ‘Intento no ser discursivo’
- Former gang member wrongly convicted of Chicago double murder featured on ‘Death Row Stories’ TV show
- ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer charged in Malaysian scandal
- Man killed, driver sought after SUV rear-ends motorcycle in Northwest Side hit-and-run
- Sonidos: ESCHICANO
- Chicago Street Theatre presents deep, dark ‘Macbeth’
- Idris Elba responds to claims two female writers were pushed off his play ‘Tree’
- At least 5 killed, 30 wounded by gun violence so far in Chicago over Fourth of July weekend
- Who’s available and who’s expendable: 4 things for the Cubs to consider before the July 31 trade deadline
- For those suffering from chronic urinary tract pain, new tests bring hope
- For 73 years, a woman kept her wedding dress made from her husband’s WWII parachute. Now it will be displayed in a museum.
- Alex Morgan says her tea celebration was an homage to Sophie Turner, points out that men can ‘grab their sack or whatever it is’
- Rain stays away for successful Clarendon Hills pool party
- How a world-class chef blossomed in Napa Valley: The French Laundry turns 25
- Cruise up to Wisconsin for a massive air show, tune in to the Cincinnati Music Festival and more Midwest events
- Who created the McDonald’s Happy Meal? 40 years later, the answer is complicated.
- Disturbed and confused by ‘Midsommar’? Let the filmmakers explain
- Village officials, restaurant owners talk about first Taste of Oak Brook cancellation
- FitzGerald’s American Music Fest still going strong
- Former Waukegan High School students are developing a texting service to help families navigate the path to college
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox-Tigers series, including Dylan Cease’s debut and clutch hits by Jose Abreu and Yoan Moncada
- Hot coals discarded in dumpster caused fire outside Naperville apartment building, officials say
- Darien Lions Club July 4 parade also celebrates town’s 50th birthday
- De la ficción a la realidad
- Cyr: Why the G20 matters to our pocketbooks, and much more
- Things to do this weekend in Chicago: Cubs vs. White Sox, Michelada Fest, Chosen Few Picnic, Built to Spill
- Speak Out: New marijuana law will lead to ‘accidents all over the place’
- How climate change is expected to affect weather, plants in Northwest Indiana
- State: Allegations of farm animal abuse are ‘far, far less common than neglect’
- For Hammond students, degree program is a bridge to college
- Hinsdale’s Fourth of July features parade, marching bands, classic cars and family fun
- Editorial: The sneaky scrap yard deal Emanuel dumped on Lightfoot
- To combat mental illness in Lake County, officials seek alternatives to jail: ‘We don’t have a system in place to help them’
- Why Jack Reynor revealed all for ‘Midsommar’
- Crosby: After ruling out re-election bid, what does future hold for Kane State’s Attorney Joe McMahon?
- Fourth of July parade, ‘Family Days’ festival help make holiday a community affair in Deerfield
- LGBTQ rights: More than 200 corporations — from Accenture to Zillow and more — urge Supreme Court to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers
- Refresh your summer cooking with versatile mint for grilled meats, salads and tea
- ‘El suelo, el microclima y la gente’
- Niecy Nash credits ‘Getting On’ with her breakthrough to drama
- 2 jovencitos y un hombre apuñalados afuera de Navy Pier después de los fuegos artificiales del 4 de julio; y 14 heridos en ‘estampida’
- Hammond police investigating shooting death of East Chicago teen
- Chicago celebrates the Fourth of July
- Texas man gets 50 years for ‘cold, calculated execution’ of ‘friend’ from Des Plaines during dispute over massage business
- Drowning happens so easily. Here’s what parents get wrong about water safety.
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of June 2019
- Naperville News Digest
- Lake Zurich residents celebrate Fourth of July in style with beach activities
- Column: Letter from Venice: A precarious paradise, engaged in a longtime dialogue with Chicago
- Davich: Goodness is within us — if you look for it all around you
- Commentary: How would you treat those children at the border if they were your own?
- Church briefs
- Chief Wahoo isn’t on the field anymore for the Indians, but he’s as visible as ever in Cleveland
- Ed Sheeran drops two new songs, including Bruno Mars collaboration
- Kevin Spacey accuser drops lawsuit against actor
- School districts eye shuttered Lincoln-Way North High School
- Overloaded golf cart rolls in crash outside Antioch, causing serious injuries to two passengers, sheriff says
- North Chicago man killed, Highland Park driver injured in Waukegan car crash
- ‘How can I help?’: Training helps Lake County police officers deal with mental health episodes
- Decent: Calling Dr. Whitt — my broken doll needs surgery at your Naperville ‘hospital’ STAT
- Billionaire Chris Cline, who revived Illinois coal mining, was 1 of 7 Americans killed in Bahamas helicopter crash
- Mental health crisis resources for Lake County residents
- New citizens sworn in during ‘awesome occasion’
- Editorial: The quest for a pension amendment: Can Pritzker and Lightfoot save Illinois from itself?
- Appeals save Hobart buildings from pending demolition orders
- Gary Shakespeare Company puts a ’90s spin on ‘Othello’
- Elgin News Digest
- Infantino quiere ampliar el Mundial femenino a 32 equipos para 2023
- Fast-fashion brand Primark to open Chicago store on State Street
- Cubs ‘gave some games away’ during 50-game stretch but consider themselves fortunate ‘no one has run away’ in NL Central
- Falcao, suspenso con el Mónaco y sueño de Copa América 2020
- Holocaust survivor Eva Kor remembered for message of forgiveness
- Pediatric cardiac ICU opens at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn
- Mundialista colombiano Camilo Vargas reforzará al Atlas
- Air Classics Museum in Sugar Grove open for season
- Letters to the editor
- Tollway spending up to $400 million on maintenance garages, says buildings will save energy, cut emissions
- Police say body of slain Utah college student recovered in canyon
- Atlético de Madrid acusa al Barca y a Griezmann de ‘falta de respeto’
- Quickly
- Celebran misas en las calles por la paz en La Villita
- As village celebrates 150 years, Fourth of July in Winnetka focuses on tradition
- Letter: Aurora City Council members shouldn’t phone in to meetings
- Column: Are Democrats blowing their 2020 chance?
- 2 boys, 1 man stabbed outside Navy Pier after Fourth of July fireworks; 17 others injured in ‘stampede’ following false reports of gunfire
- Column: Alas, poor Mad magazine, pulled under by its own humor wave
- 9 great recipes for summer grilling
- Boys basketball notes: West Side’s Jalen Washington receives scholarship offers from Purdue, Indiana
- Highland Park residents celebrate city’s past during Fourth of July
- Champaign girl dies after pellet rifle discharges in home
- Nick Madrigal is ‘excited and humbled’ to represent the White Sox with Luis Robert at the All-Star Futures Game
- Meet the former Chicago businessman — the ‘Warren Buffett of real estate’ — who became Beto O’Rourke’s father-in-law and patron
- Guest column: Elgin police pulling out all the stops for this year’s Night Out crime prevention parties
- Sheriff: Man swallows baggie with ‘unknown substance’ while being booked at Lake County jail
- Chicago festivals this week: International Festival of Life and West Fest
- Apartments, town homes eyed for old Mill Race Inn site in Geneva
- Fourth of July in Glencoe features tradition with a few new flourishes
- 15-year-old Coco Gauff saves 2 match points in her 3-set win at Wimbledon
- Letters: The Founders would not approve
- Disabato: Too small? Not big enough? Mount Carmel grad Ako Thomas proves doubters wrong at Michigan
- Davich: Lake Station cop aims his ‘guns’ at powerlifting world competition
- 76-year-old man shot in July 4 carjacking in Skokie
- St. Cletus marks Fourth of July with special Mass
- El ‘Club de 120 años’
- Summit of mental health experts recommends reforms after cluster of suicides by Chicago cops
- Down to Business: Motto says it all — ‘240,000 shades of green, and we paint every one of them’
- Police: Former boyfriend charged with arson, stalking
- New Aurora group looks to bring seniors together
- Hinsdale Humane Society to be renamed for Tuthill family after generous donation
- Quickly
- Scaloni confirma continuidad como técnico de Argentina
- Report shows U.S. added 224,000 jobs in June, making a Fed rate cut less certain
- Una buena razón para no tomar agua de la alberca
- Shout Out: Emily Gallagher, an avid biker who enjoys trails and mountain ranges
- Joven estadounidense Cori Gauff sigue su aventura en Wimbledon
- Chicago facing ‘extraordinary financial challenges,’ Lightfoot says after latest audit
- ESPN analyst Tedy Bruschi, 46, is recovering after a second stroke
- Community news
- Shout Out: Jack Timperley, Oakton College graduate, won leadership award
- Oak Park drivers must buy vehicle ‘stickers,’ though no longer physical, by July 15
- Down to Business: Obstacle course lets you run the gauntlet like they do on ‘Ninja Warrior’
- Organizadores de la Copa América se defienden de críticas
- Column: High anxiety: 9 things that are keeping me up at night
- Slowik: Will County horse trainers hope gaming expansion will revive harness racing industry
- From world’s tallest Uncle Sam to vintage cars, July Fourth parade entertains thousands in Lake Bluff
- ‘Because all of our neighbors matter’: Respond Now marks 50 years, help for 14,000 families
- For ‘Bitter Wheat,’ David Mamet chose to write about Harvey Weinstein. It is different from what you’ve heard
- 4 people to watch as the Cubs and White Sox resume the City Series on the South Side
- This Week in Naperville
- Column: Illinois is getting more casinos, but the deck is still stacked against us
- Editorial: Step up, Europe, and help the U.S. defang Iran
- Quickly
- Illinois drag race
- Commentary: I was bused to school. It wasn’t enough.
- Former assistant athletic director pleads guilty to stealing funds from Lake Forest High School
- George Washington’s forces seized the airports? Trump blames July 4 speech history flub on busted teleprompter.
- Gurnee police report six homes burglarized in overnight spree, echoing series of burglaries in May
- Lifesaving effort leads to Medal of Valor for local firefighter
- Evanston settles lawsuit filed by former employee for $75,000
- 4 Chairs Theatre explores teen issues with ‘Be More Chill’
- Park Ridge cancer survivor to host third birthday blood drive Sunday with free treats
- Venezuela’s Maduro flexes military power in parade to celebrate country’s independence
- ‘We want to give money directly to research’: Softball tournament propels search for cure for breast cancer
- Evanston settles lawsuit involving Fountain Square renovation for $135,000
- Speak Out: Indictment of presidents, military
- Aurora panel recommends ethics ordinance
- Moran: Waukegan’s request for casino bids includes different location concepts, possible ‘temporary’ facility
- IDOT warns of lane closures on Dundee Road bridge in Glencoe
- Aurora City Council to vote on preservation grant program
- Teens learn about leadership, careers and Elgin through a Boys and Girls Club summer program
- Park Forest issues water boil order
- Chicago Defender, influential African American newspaper, ceasing print publication
- Introducing the 2019 Post-Tribune Baseball All-Area Team
- Juvenile arrested following fight following July 4 fireworks show in downtown Elgin
- City Council to discuss whether recreational marijuana should be sold in Park Ridge, and under what conditions
- Powerful Patriots: Stevenson girls basketball ready to play with strength
- Healthcare business plans to relocate to downtown Tinley Park
- Maryland officer’s police powers suspended while arrest caught on video investigated
- Editorial: Boom time: When the stock market does reflect the real economy
- Watches taken from Orland Park man during 2010 arrest were auctioned off, court is told. But he can reclaim a 56-inch TV.
- Judge lets indictment stand against man charged in Beecher crash that killed pregnant mom and 3 young sons
- Patriotic parade kicks off second say of Frontier Days in Arlington Heights
- Crowds pay respects at replica Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in West Dundee
- Body recovered from Sherman Park Lagoon
- Biden, Harris join Warren in promising to choose a teacher to lead the Education Department
- Families return to Navy Pier to try to reclaim strollers, other items abandoned in post-fireworks chaos
- South Elgin resident starts campaign to allow residents to keep chickens in their back yards
- Document deadline missed as mayor brings Dem opponent into fray
- Signs of success: Deerfield among towns to honor state champions with roadside recognition
- Trump to pursue options to force citizenship question into 2020 census, including potential executive order
- Girlfriend of road rage victim pleads for end to violence
- ‘I love the process’: Andrean’s Michael Doolin is the 2019 Post-Tribune Baseball Player of the Year
- ‘A lot like Urban Meyer’: Andrean’s Dave Pishkur is the 2019 Post-Tribune Baseball Coach of the Year
- Pedestrian pronounced dead after being struck by freight train in Geneva
- A ‘change’ of pace: Munster graduate Mike Madura one of seven NWI Oilmen named to MCL All-Star team
- ‘Pretty cool’: Kane County Cougars’ Alek Thomas to play in Sunday’s SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game
- Draft picks Coby White (17 points) and Daniel Gafford (21) lead the Bulls past the Lakers in their summer league opener
- ‘It was like a dream come true’: Naperville’s Kayla Sharples makes pro debut with Chicago Red Stars
- Column: Greek kitchen and recipe traditions celebrated for NWI 50th Annual Greek Fest
- Glenview appoints new village attorney, selects firms for various professional services