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- Ask Amy: Nude portrait won’t go on tour
- Farm Aid to play Alpine Valley with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Bonnie Raitt
- Calendar: Birds and brews Friday in Lake Forest
- Daywatch: Water meter program halted, Todd Ricketts faces a tax investigation, your guide to Taste of Chicago and other things to know to start your day
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 59, Jim Osborne
- Parents already love ‘The Rabbit Listened.’ How’s the author’s follow-up?
- Glenview closes FY18 with $6 million surplus
- Public defender ordered for man charged in Gary shooting
- George Lewis receives $275K grant from Doris Duke Foundation
- Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ property tax appeal under investigation after Tribune finds assessment problem
- Lightfoot pauses water meter installations after city finds spikes of brain-damaging lead in homes
- Garth Brooks to kick-off 7-city ‘Dive Bar’ tour at Joe’s in Chicago next week
- 1 Justice Department, 2 views on sex charges against Jeffrey Epstein
- Billionaire Tom Steyer launches 2020 campaign after saying he wouldn’t
- ‘The Music Man’ review: Marian the librarian and Harold Hill lack any romantic chemistry at the Goodman Theatre
- The honeymoon’s not over: A return to Sicily uncovers new reasons to fall in love with this alluring island
- Imagine Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at a Home Run Derby at Wrigley Field — could that happen in 2022?
- Indiana midwife ordered to cease operations in wake of child’s death
- Q&A: Loyola athletic director Genevieve Atwood on the state of Ramblers sports
- Guerrero brilla, pero Alonso gana Derby de Jonrones (VIDEO)
- Why ‘Stranger Things 3’ is an anxious ode to ’80s consumerism
- 5 takeaways from ESPN’s Home Run Derby coverage, including Jason Benetti’s Statcast feed, ‘Major League’ and artistic spray charts
- Florida high school principal removed after refusing to call the Holocaust a ‘factual, historical event’
- ‘Showcase who we are’: The complexity of fandom in the Mexico-United States soccer rivalry
- If you, too, don’t wanna work, read the best tweets of June all day
- Review: A sharp ‘King Lear’ at Redtwist Theatre raises issues of aging, greed and power
- Rush leaders publish their own hospital rankings
- In his new book, former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig calls the idea that White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf pulled his strings ‘a bunch of garbage’
- Planned Western Springs brunch spot, market seeks liquor license
- Sing-along ‘Wizard of Oz’ planned in Aurora
- Mujer hospitalizada tras caer del Soldier Field durante final Copa Oro
- Una mujer fue asaltada sexualmente cerca de Millennium Park
- Bring comedy show ‘Freshman’ your tired, your cringe-worthy, your terrible teenage art
- Microsoft initiative to bring broadband to 815,000 people in rural Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
- My worst moment: ‘Daily Show’ alum Rob Riggle and the time his brain went blank in front of 30 TV executives
- Formerly incarcerated DePaul professor uses past to shape education of students, inmates
- El Chicago Fire rompe sus cadenas con Bridgeview
- Hammond City Council restores funding to annual budget
- Here’s what happens to credit card debt after death
- Latinx street artists in Chicago aim to put a spotlight on social issues
- Mexicoamericano de Chicago resultó herido en el encierro de San Fermín en Pamplona
- Column: Sunrises are better than sunsets. (Shhh. Don’t tell Michigan.)
- Council OKs variance, giving new life to long-vacant Hammond automotive business
- From Nazis to hippies: It’s the end of the road for the Volkswagen Beetle
- 4 tips for serving and enjoying red wine this summer
- Inclusive playgrounds: How play helps all children learn
- 10 tips for making the move to college a smooth one
- Hannah’s ‘Bachelorette’ hometown dates end with a frustrating twist
- Community news
- Pizzeria Portofino opens on Chicago River serving up pizza, pasta and grilled seafood
- Evanston man indicted in three gas station holdups, federal prosecutors say
- Kirby Dach and Adam Boqvist are among the top prospects invited to Blackhawks development camp
- Trump forgets he already invited the USWNT ‘win or lose’
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city won’t install more water meters till solution is found for lead problem
- How the Haitian spirit clairin is more like mezcal than rum
- Column: Why my mom diving headfirst (literally) into a pie-eating contest means so much to me
- Council permits three new Gary child day cares centers, despite opposition
- Multan al creador de Hello Kitty en caso de antimonopolio
- Severe storms possible overnight around Chicago, launching mix of sun and rain for next 6 days
- Employee arrested after saying he would ‘shoot up’ Morton Grove company: police
- It’s harder to enjoy a TV show while tweeting about it, study says
- Brix on Fox in Carpentersville to open second venue in next year to keep up with wedding space demands
- Davich: Complaints about nursing home abuse should be reported, not rumored
- Review: Wise ‘Darling Grenadine’ at Lincolnshire undercut by its production, casting
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- Aurora to launch high-tech development district
- Park Ridge youth get into character for annual Kiddie Parade
- Nicki Minaj pulls out of Saudi Arabia concert
- Surveillance video captures suspect of Park Ridge gas station robbery: Police
- NBC’s Lester Holt to get Walter Cronkite journalism award
- Man tries to trick 8-year-old girl into his car in La Grange Park
- Column: The USWNT deserves champion-level pay
- Letters: Roadside help from Chicago’s finest
- Northlight Theatre announces casting for its 45th season
- City Hall, a giant bar, restaurant and event space, opens in the West Loop, plus more restaurant openings
- ‘Friends’ to leave Netflix for WarnerMedia’s ‘HBO Max’
- USWNT celebration along Canyon of Heroes is more than just another championship parade
- Elmhurst committee recommends replacing yield signs with stop signs on Oneida Avenue
- Trump defends Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, but says he’ll be looking ‘very closely’ at his role in Jeffrey Epstein plea deal
- Aziz Ansari addresses sexual misconduct allegation in Netflix special: ‘I just felt terrible’
- Posen man taken into custody following 3-hour standoff
- Walkerton Park development wins nod from Crown Point planners
- Lab-grown protein: ‘People want meat. They don’t want slaughter’
- France will add new ‘ecotax’ of up to $20 on international air departures beginning next year
- Burr Ridge Board moves to kill proposed Tri-State Fire District antenna
- Levi wears it well: Kelly develops new pitch for Kane County Cougars called a ‘splutter’
- East Dundee may allow downtown food trucks to benefit brewpub, bring people to village
- Up next for the World Cup champs: A ticker-tape parade in New York on Wednesday and then a 5-game victory tour
- Man accused of threatening Evanston Burger King worker with gun after being told not to go in women’s bathroom, police say
- Rob Manfred defends MLB in the juiced-ball controversy: ‘There is no evidence the baseball is harder’
- Saudi princess tried in absentia in Paris, where she’s accused of ordering her bodyguard to strike plumber she said filmed her
- La Grange to review local codes in light of state legalizing recreational marijuana
- Together again: Harvard recruits Ainsley Ahmadian, Hannah Bebar star in debut with Red Stars Reserves
- The weather in Cleveland is perfect for the All-Star Game — and for midges?
- Former Portage diving coach gets 4 years on sexual misconduct with minor charges
- Plans for a veterans memorial in Crown Point have stalled. The organizers and city have different reasons for the delay.
- Boeing delivered just 24 of its 737 jets in second quarter
- Shout Out: Courtney Anixter, a newly published author from Highland Park
- Evanston to host first official LGBTQ pride fest on July 25
- Sister Mary Jo Sobieck of Marian Catholic is ready for the ESPYs
- Family 5K, pancakes and parade of bikes included in Northbrook Independence Day celebration
- ‘We’re excited’: Canada trip arrives at opportune time for revamped Valparaiso men’s basketball team
- Proposed D204 budget adds 17 new teachers, 4.5 mental health professionals for 2019-20 school year
- Así vivió Chicago el domingo más copero
- Comings & Goings: New sweet shop opens in Mokena
- Chicago Fire practice at SeatGeek Stadium
- Kawhi Leonard, o cómo jugar la carta de agente libre de la NBA a la perfección
- Kris Bryant’s and Anthony Rizzo’s ‘last out’ gloves from 2016 World Series are up for auction
- ICE used facial recognition to scan driver’s license photos in some states. Illinois says it has turned down ICE requests.
- H. Ross Perot, Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, dies at 89
- Gary airport hiring private firefighting team
- Ferris wheel, carnival keep Morton Grove Days rolling
- ‘Todos los recursos están en el centro’
- Evanston man pleads guilty to attempted robbery in series of crimes, officials say
- Church news: My Final Wish program planned in Tinley Park, more
- Residents ask City Council to watch out for them as The Brooks development proceeds
- Sandy Alomar todavía sueña con el tablazo del 97
- Actors enjoy the challenge and angst of characters in Music Makers production of ‘Rent’
- Rock out with Bad Company, 3 Doors Down, Nelly at Festival of the Lakes
- TimeLine Theatre and Broadway in Chicago announces cast for ‘Oslo’
- Longtime Wilmette resident’s battle with ALS prompts family, friends to rally at fundraiser
- Chicago Fire reach deal with Bridgeview to leave SeatGeek Stadium for $65.5 million
- Edgewater Castle Football Club builds community through soccer
- Wilmette Optimist Club hosts July 24 golf outing fundraiser to benefit Our Place
- Police investigating firework damage to car
- Listas las apasionantes semifinales femeninas de Wimbledon
- Oak Park celebrates 4th of July with Independence Day parade, fireworks
- Moran: State’s capital bill includes big dollars to bring Route 41/176 interchange ‘into the 21st century’
- Uber launches ‘comfort’ rides with more legroom, less talk, higher prices
- Southtowners: Oak Lawn CHS lauds student athletes, more
- Diego Verdaguer celebra 50 años de música
- If the shoe fits: Lincoln-Way East’s TJ DeVries looks to step in for Austin Peay-bound Ryan Ritter
- Potential buyers show interest in Takeda’s soon-to-be-closed headquarters in Deerfield
- Owners of Carson’s Ribs plan return to Harwood Heights
- ‘I just got insanely mad’: Barrington murder defendant’s confession to police played in court
- Commentary: Could the ’95 heat deaths happen again? Climate change, income disparities keep Chicago at risk
- Wayside Cross resident fighting eviction with help from advocacy group and his church
- Federal appellate rulings mean Amazon may be liable for hoverboard it sold, dog leash sold by third-party vendor
- Cheap eats get more expensive as a higher minimum wage forces restaurants to raise prices
- George R.R. Martin reveals new details about HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel
- Slowik: Census must find ‘hard to count’ residents to get federal dollars, officials say
- Northbrook businesses prepare for increase in minimum wage: It could ‘put a strain’ on owners
- I pity the fool who doesn’t find at least one of these tweets worth voting for
- Quality coffee is the focus of Sparrow in Naperville
- Five intersections in Naperville are more prone to bike crashes, police data shows
- Mass Wed. for St. Gerald Church pastor
- After Evanston’s dog beach disappeared under water, city officials are talking about what to do next
- Man fatally shot by Chicago police had arrest record that included fight with a cop and gun charges
- Family of Drew Peterson’s ex-wife seeks to resurrect wrongful death lawsuit against convicted ex-Bolingbrook cop
- Neymar-PSG, un divorcio consumado con muchas preguntas por responder
- Column: Hypocritical ex-lawmakers show that you can’t shame the shameless
- Secret Service studies Mercy Hospital shooting and other U.S. mass attacks to ‘identify warning signs’
- Column: What Italy can teach Democrats about running against Donald Trump
- Artists inspired by nature featured at Chicago Botanic Garden festival
- More than $4 million in Elgin street resurfacing to be done this summer
- These Southland pets need new homes
- El placentero paseo del ‘Big Three’ hasta cuartos de Wimbledon
- $100 million investment made in Fulton Market
- Comisionado de Grandes Ligas niega que las pelotas estén manipuladas
- ‘Real holiday atmosphere’: Annual parade draws community on July 4th
- Embattled clerk turns over Portage documents
- Evanston police looking for five men who assaulted, carjacked pizza delivery driver
- Trump no puede bloquear a críticos en Twitter
- Bagpipes, bikes and pride part of the Independence Day parade, celebration in Glenview
- Chicago activists react to #JusticeForElijah after teen reportedly was killed for listening to rap music
- Mexicano Carlos Vela elegido ‘Jugador de la semana’ en la MLS
- Editorial: How Chicagoans can get the lead out of their children’s drinking water
- WGN heading to downtown Naperville Friday for annual Block Party broadcast; street closures planned for ‘mini-parade’
- Will County board considering rolling back video gambling ban
- Freshman Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood gets another GOP challenger
- Watch free movies at home or on the go (Video)
- How small business sellers make the most of Prime Day
- Buying for a better world: Purchasing decisions that help the planet
- White Sox’s TV ratings — best in 5 years — similar to what the Cubs enjoyed before their World Series climb
- Dani Alves le contesta a Messi (VIDEO)
- Editorial: Tax payment is due on Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ house. The real one.
- A new Missouri law could free hundreds of people from mandatory prison terms
- Corrections and clarifications
- Waukegan’s WaukAMole fest pays tribute to the avocado
- Column: Ross Perot paved the way for Donald Trump
- Lake County Board majority votes to restrict future video gaming licenses, but technicality upends the vote
- The Spin: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasts U.S. Attorney General William Barr on census citizenship question, says he ‘long ago compromised himself and his integrity.’
- East Chicago man charged after fatal shootout with police
- Inmigración usa el reconocimiento facial
- Mon Laferte enamorada de un maniquí en el video de su ‘Chilango Blues’
- Speak Out: Wealthy taxpayers, tariffs
- ‘We’re pregnant!’: High-profile transgender couple Myles and Precious Brady Davis are expecting their first child
- Elgin police procedures solid, review firm says; department lauded for changes in wake of Decynthia Clements shooting
- Contrapoder
- Fire causes roof to collapse at Aurora scrap metal facility
- Boston Market closes its Aurora and Geneva restaurants; Elgin location remains in business
- Slain Chinese scholar’s parents testify as jurors mull death penalty for killer: ‘It’s completely unbearable’
- Arrest warrant issued for Naperville man charged with home invasion
- Blackhawks send Henri Jokiharju, a former 1st-round pick, to the Sabres for forward Alex Nylander
- Indian Prairie 204 adjusts 2019-20 calendar to eliminate half days
- Accenture to expand in West Loop, hire 600 tech employees and put its name on office tower
- West Aurora High School may do away with valedictorian system
- Ex-Bear D.J. Moore says criticizing Jay Cutler in public derailed his career: ‘Toughest thing I have ever been through’
- Convicted murderer gets 15 years for choking Naperville girlfriend into unconsciousness
- U.S. soccer co-captain Megan Rapinoe accepts an invitation for the team to visit the Capitol
- Transgender inmate who sued over treatment in Illinois prison is released
- Appeals court hears arguments in case that could affect health insurance for millions
- NBA giving coaches the right to challenge 1 call per game next season
- Thaddeus Young is ready to help reshape the Bulls’ culture: ‘Bring that grit and that attitude’
- White Sox and Cubs at 2019 All-Star Game
- Cubs and White Sox at the All-Star Game: Lucas Giolito settles down, Javier Baez just misses and James McCann is a hit
- Rip Torn, actor in ‘Men in Black,’ ‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ dies at 88