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- Lucas Giolito isn’t sharp — but gets his 1st win since June 30 as the White Sox pound out 14 hits in a 7-4 win
- Ask Amy: Survivor of family dysfunction seeks closure
- Javier Baez hits 2 home runs in the Cubs’ 6-5 win over the A’s, but a shaky bullpen may have suffered another blow
- Column: Leaders must embrace civility to bring country together, solve thorny issues
- Calendar: Camera class for children Saturday in Lake Forest
- As drowning rates among Black kids remain high, a South Side yacht club teaches boat and water safety — with a side of life skills
- Dance for Life Chicago announces new executive director
- Daywatch: A rare look at Chicago’s entrenched gun culture, post-Lollapalooza depression and other things to know to start your day
- Cook County Jail detainees take on inmates around the world in online chess tournament
- In his beloved Englewood, an internationally known jazz musician hosts drum circles during the violent summer months
- South Bend at center of abortion debate as unlicensed clinic supported by Mayor Pete Buttigieg is allowed to open via court injunction
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 31, Link Lyman
- Suburban volleyball coach pleads guilty to child pornography charge
- China warns Hong Kong protesters that ‘punishment’ is ‘only a matter of time’
- Blue Cross to bring 550 jobs to South Side, with opening of new center in former Target location
- Duneland names former Crown Point official as new assistant superintendent
- No more guard dogs on CTA trains and platforms: ‘We don’t believe canines are the most effective deterrent.’
- Hobart candy company gets OK to build water processing facility
- If Brandon Kintzler goes on the injured list, what are the Cubs’ next bullpen options?
- Via ride-share expands to entire city, offers $2.50 rides to and from some transit stops
- His son was killed in the worst shooting of Chicago’s most violent weekend. He ‘just happened to be one of them’
- South Shore sets sights on purchase of 26 new rail cars
- Quickly
- The Ohio gunman was a known danger, his classmates say. Nothing stopped him from getting extremely deadly weapons.
- Bears expect Roquan Smith and his fellow 2018 rookies to take a big step forward: ‘No one is getting complacent’
- From the soil to suds and spirits: Where to find creative cocktails and beer on Wisconsin farms
- Barneys files for bankruptcy, closing both Chicago-area stores
- Fenwick grad Matt Farmer soaks up international experience with U.S. men’s water polo
- Former pro hockey player Colin Greening sells Lakeview home for $1.05 million
- Driver sought in death of 9-year-old Gary boy riding bike
- Meek Mill retrial decision rescheduled to later this month
- Un caimán —pistolas y narcóticos— fueron encontrados tras un cateo en una casa de Albany Park
- Carl Lewis backs equal pay for women — ‘a lot of prejudice is fear’ — and calls Donald Trump racist
- ‘Vigilia por el recuerdo y el cambio’ frente a la sede de la NRA
- Fundador de 8chan espera que la matanza de El Paso conduzca al cierre del portal
- ‘Dateline’ revisits 2014 death of SIU student Pravin Varughese of Morton Grove
- ‘Bachelorette’ contestants caught lying about past relationships
- Letter to the Editor
- Why the Bears should keep an eye on Ravens kicker Kaare Vedvik: ‘He’ll kick well enough for us to trade him’
- Days after El Paso shooting, Walmart is faced with how to make their workers and customers feel safe
- Scattered showers possible Tuesday, with main threats south of I-80 and west toward Rockford
- Bishop Ford crash sends wine pouring from damaged tractor-trailer on Chicago’s Far South Side
- Murió Toni Morrison, Nobel de literatura de EEUU
- 76ers guard Ben Simmons says he was ‘singled out’ trying to enter casino in Australia
- Westerns Springs water main break closes Walnut Street near downtown
- Westlake Hospital files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
- Piden que el novio de Clarissa Figueroa también sea acusado por la muerte del bebé de Marlen Ochoa
- North Aurora seeks public input on sale of recreational marijuana
- Review: ‘BH90210’ briefly verges on a profound statement about middle age: It’s the pits
- Fishing pier, canoe launch and other amenities could be coming to Paulus Park in Lake Zurich
- Toni Morrison, Nobel laureate and author of ‘Beloved,’ dead at 88
- Mustard’s Last Stand in Evanston celebrates 50 years: ‘You always get a friendly hello’
- Lennar adds brick facade, receives $1.3 million in benefits for Elmhurst apartment building
- Glenbrook high school district will pay Allstate insurance $6M to settle lawsuit over property tax objections
- Girls volleyball notes: Junior Leah Bylut digging her way into Shepard record book
- Football notes: Quarterback Daniel McLaurin ready to lead Eisenhower to successful season
- Ya no habrá perros custodiando trenes y plataformas de CTA
- Hinsdale wins Little League Baseball state championship for 11-year-olds
- Cougars reliever Pimentel thrives in ‘piggyback’ role
- Column: Kings of the beach house: The little lakefront buildings of two Chicago architects show the way to design that enhances its environs.
- Herbie Hancock gears up for his newest music and joins Kamasi Washington at Northerly Island
- The next spirit you’ll be drinking with your Sichuan food is baijiu
- Editorial: El duelo de la familia de Marlen Ochoa-López, agravado por la frustración
- Lake Station senior center to open soon
- My worst moment: Jane Lynch and the time she blanked mid-scene after the cast gave her a birthday cake
- Steak and Lobster fest provides succulent meals, charitable proceeds
- Cam Newton and Luke Kuechly won’t play for the Panthers vs. the Bears in the preseason opener
- Fledgling falcon hatched at Evanston library taken to wildlife center for help with flying
- Proyecto para Obama emociona y también preocupa a vecinos
- Antioxidants In Soybeans May Protect Against Marijuana-Related Heart Damage
- There is no link between video games and violence, according to experts
- New study suggests cannabis doesn’t change brain structure of teens
- Study finds more edible pot among Colorado teen users
- Therapy dogs bring smiles to somber courthouse proceedings
- Column: El Paso shooting exposes our denial about domestic terrorism
- Fire displaces two Gurnee condo residents
- Woman finds ‘purpose’ caring for abused, discarded animals
- Ex-Michigan inmate credits release to dog training program
- Ducks, stuck, loose: Police rescue 3 ducklings from grate
- Chicago Gourmet’s Hamburger Hop names 2019 competitors; tickets on sale now
- Changes abound for Marist after elite receiver Jadon Thompson transfers
- Travelon moves headquarters and 100 employees to Franklin Park
- Shout Out: Albert “Beep” Trefts, theater stage manager
- Jackalope Theatre will present tenth annual ‘Living Newspaper’ festival
- Township, United Way step in to help residents of bug-infested Valparaiso apartment building
- Recreational marijuana store wants to open in Harwood Heights
- Fekir: ‘Es un gran día para mí’ (VIDEO)
- Shout Out: Kelly Yang, sushi restaurant owner
- Elite receiver lands at Naperville Central after transfer from Marist
- East Dundee open to creating downtown food truck zone
- Speak Out: Trade war worries, cable TV
- Trump Tower now one of NYC’s least desirable luxury buildings
- Real estate agents use digital strategy to get buyers
- Airbnb to offer 200 new luxury suites at Rockefeller Plaza
- Sunset Strip scrubs its seedy rock past with $450 million hotel
- Armstrong: Dr. Kevin Most of Aurora pays it forward at BMW Championship
- Reliable Source: Cal Ripken Jr.’s Maryland estate sells for the second time in less than a year
- Suge Jacob Knight steps out of his father’s shadow — one million-dollar home at a time
- Malibu scraps ‘anti-mansionization’ plan in bitter fight over post-Woolsey future
- New Kaneland teachers’ contract includes pay hike
- Future is murky for former bin Laden property in Florida
- More mass shootings, more crime scenes turned into ideological battlegrounds
- New Michelle Obama mural on West Side shows her in traditional Korean clothing
- Security breach exposes personal information of more than 50,000 past and present Naperville-area students
- No better moment to read Toni Morrison’s novels than now
- Comings and goings: Seafood restaurant to try its luck in Palos Hills
- Mexicano describe cómo se escondió en Walmart durante el tiroteo en El Paso
- St. Charles North’s Linke drawing interest from Division I colleges
- Wayne Rooney deja la MLS y vuelve a Inglaterra
- Bears practice at training camp
- 5 things we heard from Bears defensive assistants, including Eddie Jackson’s Florida style and Leonard Floyd’s ‘quantum leap’ potential
- West Dundee public works employees honored for rescuing toddler spotted walking into street
- A golpes de puño, derribos y manotazos en Lima 2019
- ‘I want to talk about it’: College student from Riverside gets the same cutting-edge multiple sclerosis treatment as actress Selma Blair
- East Aurora OKs letters of intent for new administration center at old Copley site
- Se repite el eterno debate sobre las causas de los tiroteos
- After seven continents, 85-year-old Clarendon Hills woman visits North Pole: ‘I have been very fortunate’
- Volunteer group showcases Green Bay Trail rehab in Glencoe
- How to keep wine fresh, even on the hottest days
- Pilot breakfast program at four Naperville schools extended to determine if it’s affecting behavior, grades
- Shout Out: Greg Balmes, owner of Deerfield Cyclery and Libertyville resident
- Survey: Real estate is back as Americans’ favorite long-term investment
- Apoyo académico ‘en su segunda casa’
- Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton out as Labor Committee chair after feds allege he embezzled nearly $275,000 from Teamsters
- Foreign homebuyers are retreating from US
- A Manson murder house is for sale. That’s a challenge, especially this year
- Another alligator — along with guns, narcotics — found in Chicago when police search Albany Park house
- Cubs GM Jed Hoyer buys Chicago mansion for $3.09 million
- High-ranking figure in Sinaloa cartel given 28 years in prison in Chicago
- Grocery delivery. Valet trash pickup. Dog walking. These aren’t your grandparents’ rental apartments.
- San Diego home for sale includes ‘Harry Potter room’ under stairs
- Tebas: ‘PSG y City son un peligro como no se ha visto antes para el fútbol’
- Big home, big deal: The Manor in Holmby Hills sets an LA County price record at $119.75 million
- Who needs millennials? Gen Z is the next big housing market
- Proposed Evanston sales tax increase would put city on pace with Chicago, Skokie
- Remembering Toni Morrison: Essential quotes
- Commentary: 8chan is vile, but the need to protect free speech is clear
- Oak Park commission recommends special use designation for recreational marijuana shops
- Cubs pitching prospect Brailyn Marquez promoted to Class A Myrtle Beach
- Brothers in Huntley made up story that one of them was duct taped to pole by candy-stealing teens, police say
- Firefighter injured when parking garage collapses underneath fire engine
- DuPage committee starts discussion on allowing or banning recreational pot sales in unincorporated areas
- ‘The park is truly magical’: Oak Park Festival Theatre celebrates 45th season of outdoor performances
- Column: Republicans’ thoughts and prayers have become a cruel joke
- The Raiders on ‘Hard Knocks’ might be more soap opera than football show
- Column: Improved bogus burgers will encourage environmentally conscious diners to have it their way
- Racismo y misoginia, la policía busca los motivos de los autores de las matanzas en EEUU
- Shortage of homes for sale could worsen before it improves, expert says
- La fiesta se dispara en Zipaquirá con arribo de Egan Bernal
- Taxed to the hilt, more northern homebuyers are migrating to Florida
- Letters: Words can have deadly power
- Community news
- Get ready for fall with Buffalo Grove’s Oktoberfest in August
- Le dan 28 años a narco de alto rango del cartel de Sinaloa, en Chicago
- Northbrook Days venue changed to mall lot, but family fun and fundraising mission remained
- The Spin: Mayor Lightfoot vs. Ivanka Trump on Chicago violence
- South Elgin approves agreement indicating tentative interest in joining Kane County’s bike sharing program
- Former firefighter charged with sexually assaulting woman inside her Deerfield home: police
- Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr, two vocal Trump critics, hope Team USA is a ‘unifying’ force
- Oak Park Fire Department launches Facebook page
- Column: July was so hot that it should cause alarm for everyone
- Proposed ban on buying Chinese buses, rail cars could curtail job growth at Southeast Side factory
- Chicago man wanted for murder arrested in Boston
- 3 things we learned at Bears camp Tuesday, including why Khalil Mack says the defense’s transition has been effortless
- Man shot to death Tuesday morning on Fleetwood Drive in Elgin, police say
- School District 63 to launch year with full-day kindergarten, three-year middle school, other changes
- Slowik: Orland Park tops nation in homeownership, Tinley Park ranks No. 12
- Former FBI agent Peter Strzok sues the bureau for firing him over anti-Trump texts
- ‘Good hands-on training’: Gurnee Youth Citizens Police Academy gives high school students a look at police life
- ‘Memo’ Ochoa vuelve a casa
- Commentary: 1969: The dawning of our modern political universe
- Little Company of Mary expanding emergency department
- Editorial: Trump’s trade fight with China creates pain for all, including Midwest farmers
- If you’re not up for filling out the Tweet of the Week survey, maybe you’ll be up for it later
- Religious social club proposed for space in shopping center anchored by Patel Brothers grocery store
- Hinsdale officials say fire engines will not be able to enter parking garage
- Kite Fest gets big crowds, but little wind
- Gov. Pritzker’s office not aware band Confederate Railroad was booked for 2 months before cancellation, emails show
- Editorial: Amid Chicago gun violence, the drumbeat of peace
- Column: Illinois enters yet another season trying to identify a quarterback — but this time, the 4 options seem promising
- Developmental Disabilities Resource Forum set in Aurora
- Downtown Elgin business community mourns loss of Billy Bricks Pizza co-owner Frank Sibr
- Little remains of St. John Township home where 18-year-old died in fire
- Corrections and clarifications
- ‘It happened out of nowhere’: RailCats outfielder Daniel Gardner jump-starts career after college days at San Diego
- White Sox catcher Welington Castillo homers in his 1st game back from family medical emergency leave
- Five-vehicle crash in Grayslake sends two people to the hospital
- Mambo Kings y sus canciones de amor, jazz y ritmos afrocubanos
- Guillermo del Toro recibió su estrella en el Paseo de la Fama y dedica mensaje a inmigrantes
- People of all ages enjoy Lake County Fair food selection: ‘It tastes better than I cook it’
- Column: ‘I Apologize’: The speech Donald Trump should give in El Paso on Wednesday
- Federal prosecutors subpoenaed State Board of Elections for Ald. Carrie Austin’s campaign committee information, records show
- Marci Webber ‘still psychotic,’ says psychiatrist at hearing where woman who killed daughter seeks release from mental health facility
- Ben Zobrist to resume his minor-league assignment Thursday with Class A Myrtle Beach
- Cubs starters are carrying the load for the team’s tattered bullpen
- Cubs place reliever Brandon Kintzler on the injured list and activate Pedro Strop
- Troops lock down Kashmir as India votes to strip its statehood status
- FBI opens domestic terrorism investigation of Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting after discovery of ‘target list’
- After Dayton massacre, Ohio’s Republican governor proposes measures to address mass shootings, including gun sale background checks
- Errors cost Oilmen in Midwest Collegiate League semifinal opener
- In the wake of Ohio and Texas mass shootings, Gov. Evers and Wisconsin GOP leaders to meet about pair of gun control measures
- As Trump heads to sites of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, his divisive words collide with his call for unity
- Athletics 11, Cubs 4
- White Sox 5, Tigers 3 (Game 1); Tigers 10, White Sox 6 (Game 2)
- White Sox starter Dylan Cease avoids a big inning en route to his 2nd career win — both against the Tigers