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- Ask Amy: Professor wants to be rid of racist books
- Oilmen rally late, force decisive Game 3 Thursday
- Daywatch: Trump considers commuting Blagojevich, how a Southwest Side bungalow became a refuge from street life and other things to know to start your day
- Column: In her book on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, ‘Justice on Trial,’ Mollie Hemingway warns of things to come
- American Airlines to fly from Chicago to Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic
- As feds turn up heat publicly, Chicago Teamsters and Hoffa privately embroiled in power grab allegations
- Mom cries at news of arrest in slaying of Northwestern grad student: ‘It’s like doing it all over again. It doesn’t change after one year’
- Rachel Maddow to headline Chicago Humanities Festival fall kickoff event
- Born in Chicago, Scabby the giant inflatable protest rat may be banned from picket lines by national labor board
- Wisconsin man — who arrived in U.S. in ’81 as Cambodian refugee — is deported for marijuana offenses, leaving behind his wife and new baby
- Commentary: Jackson Park is the right location for the Obama Presidential Center
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 29, Lance Briggs
- 4 things to watch in tonight’s Bears-Panthers preseason opener — starting with the kickers
- ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ review: Where were you in ’68, when everyone was SCREAMING?
- Column: The joke’s on NFL fans — preseason games are, at best, glorified practices. To watch is to wear a ‘kick me’ sign.
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox-Tigers series, including Tim Anderson’s hot hitting and Lucas Giolito making adjustments
- Erosion has created a gap beneath a Great Lakes oil pipeline, oil transport company Enbridge says
- Charlottesville, Kaepernick, Black Lives Matter and Trump: Look back at how race relations have unfolded 5 years after Ferguson
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Aug. 8-14
- Lady Macbeth wouldn’t be happy, but maple leaf tar spot is basically harmless
- Argentina y Honduras disputarán final de torneo panamericano de fútbol
- Dueño de los Dolphins defiende su apoyo a Donald Trump
- Mijaín López, el gladiador sale a escena para marcar a fuego los Panamericanos
- Ian Happ is the latest Cub to get a look at 2nd base — and his hot hitting could make it an extended stay
- Actor Danny Trejo helps save baby trapped in car in LA
- Los nuevos reyes de la velocidad en los Panamericanos
- The summer of 1969: When Elvis made his true comeback
- Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore
- Pete Buttigieg plays the didgeridoo and other unexpected musical talents of the 2020 candidates
- Q&A: New film academy president talks hostless show, museum
- 5 takeaways from Northwestern football media day, including Hunter Johnson not winning the QB job — yet — and the Wildcats’ loaded secondary
- Hate on the Hudson (Yards): How bad can it be?
- ‘Ask me why I don’t have nipples’: How young adults disclose their cancer status to dates and employers
- Paunovic, DT Chicago Fire: ‘Esta vez no podemos fallar’
- Hit-and-run investigation continues in Gary; mom, grandmother remember 9-year-old victim
- EggCetera Cafe has two locations, both in Mokena
- Ben Lamar Gay has a mind that won’t sit still, and a creative output that seems to outrun his mind
- Country star Morgan Wallen is growing up fast, from ‘Voice’ to traveling in fast company
- Waukegan District 60’s new retention policy could mean significant changes to summer school
- John Mayer has the life that he has always dreamed about, from Dead to solo work
- Column: In honor of a 17-year-old girl who’s no longer here, I wonder if we can do good
- Trump estudia conmutar la pena al exgobernador Blagojevich
- From your agent north of the border “Intelligence Agencies and the Value of Silence”
- Democratic Winfield councilwoman announces resignation
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- Tras cada tiroteo en EEUU resurge la campaña de ‘fuerza’
- Juvenile charged with involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of Aurora woman
- Danny Trejo ayudó a rescatar a bebé atrapado en un coche
- Montgomery man accused of shooting air rifle at neighbors while yelling racial slurs is charged with hate crime
- Palos Park native Matt Piet returns home for McCord Gallery performance
- Bud Billiken Parade and a downtown Restaurant Week — here are 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Vanessa Carlton, singer-songwriter of ‘A Thousand Miles’, channels Carole King on Broadway
- Empresario de Back of the Yards intenta hacer funcionar un huerto interior
- Man City busca su tercer título consecutivo
- Column: Dating is a tortuous but necessary evil. These 4 stories explain why.
- Fans de Los Beatles celebran 50? aniversario de la foto de Abbey Road
- Squonk premieres ‘Hand to Hand’ in six national cities including Palos Hills
- Janus presents ‘Merchant of Venice’ with a twist – an unrehearsed version
- ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’ review: Now a high schooler, she and her friends are off on a real adventure
- El Inter de Milán ficha a Romelu Lukaku
- Traditional Guangdong dishes fill a void in Lincoln Park, plus more Chicago restaurant openings and closings
- Victoria’s Secret titan says Jeffrey Epstein misappropriated ‘vast sums’ of his fortune
- Back to school fairs coming up in Aurora
- Things to do in Chicago this weekend: Bud Billiken Parade, ‘Made in Chicago’ shopping market, a cider-sipping river cruise, Kamasi Washington
- Bahamian Kristian Robinson looks the part, joins Cougars outfield
- Man accused in Calumet Township deaths again asks to represent himself
- Dos leyendas de los Chicago Bears tendrán sus estatuas
- 6-year-old is found asleep on case of beer in back seat of car during dad’s DUI arrest, Riverside police say
- A Tribune reporter wrote the hit play ‘Chicago’ after covering Cook County murder trials. Decades later, we owe her an obituary.
- NBA commissioner on basketball players using marijuana: ‘It’s a complicated issue’
- Want to survive a heart attack? Use cannabis, say researchers
- Is pot safe when pregnant? Study seeks answer, draws critics
- Alaska credit union to end marijuana business pilot program
- Travel Troubleshooter takes on one last WOW Air refund case for the road
- Senate ‘Shelter Act’ is a welcome step toward fortifying US homes to withstand extreme weather
- English cottage in Downers Grove: $949,500
- Virginia grower beats the heat of the hops harvest
- ‘Sticker shock’ for California wildfire areas: Insurance rates doubled, policies dropped
- Groovy Woodstock celebration planned right here in Aurora
- Kraft Heinz takes another $1 billion hit, shares plunge
- Hutton: Boxing is like therapy for Crown Point graduate Caleb Hernandez
- Young Artists orchestra plans eclectic lineup for Cantigny show
- Naperville District 203 is the top unit school district in Illinois, according to Niche.com rankings
- California seeking quake disaster assistance from feds
- UN chief: Data shows July equaled or surpassed hottest month
- Rookie Hougesen finds role in RailCats’ rotation
- The top fantasy football running backs to draft in 2019
- Baranek: Chicagoland short track standout Ray Young remembered for talent, fan appeal
- Dedican corrido a las víctimas del tiroteo en Walmart de Texas
- Puerto Rico prepara protestas contra su nueva gobernadora
- Montana man accused of assaulting teen in anthem dispute thought he was acting on Trump’s orders, says attorney, who wants mental health evaluation for him
- Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for August 8
- American Indian Center’s latest exhibit, ‘Reclaim: Indigenizing Colonized Spaces,’ is a series on Native empowerment
- Qué hacer este fin de semana
- Column: It’s time to take a deeper look at college-related scams
- Astros will extend the protective netting at Minute Maid Park before the next homestand
- 107 mexicanos entre los 680 inmigrantes detenidos en redadas en EEUU
- Kidz Bop World Tour 2019 hits Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park
- Column: Lightfoot’s Motor City pick for planning chief: His Detroit work shows Chicago’s in for a ‘very interesting ride’
- Mississippi ICE raids hit Koch Foods, a large suburban Chicago-based poultry processor that mostly flies under the radar
- Reel Abilities Film Festival: Diversity includes disability too
- Slowik: Dist. 228 ready to unveil new field houses, other work at 4 high schools
- Man being sought in connection with armed robbery in Elgin, police say
- As Sears prepares to leave Southlake Mall, Hobart mayor envisions ‘exciting things as the end result’
- Liberan a inmigrantes detenidos en redadas en Mississippi
- James McCann broke out of his slump against the Tigers. And so did the White Sox with a 5-2 trip.
- América enfrenta duro desafío en Toluca
- Court date rescheduled for Gary woman charged for role in 2015 shooting death of rival’s sister
- People end up on Blue Line tracks twice during morning commute, 1 person hurt
- The Emmys won’t have a host this year. Thanks, Oscars
- In ‘White Flights,’ a writer reassesses the literary canon through the prism of race
- El Galaxy adquiere a goleador de Boca Juniors
- David Berman, acclaimed indie-rock singer-songwriter of Silver Jews, dies at 52
- El Real Betis cede al argentino Lo Celso al Tottenham
- Disney should stop with the remakes. Instead try making something new
- Consistency pays off for Northern Illinois defensive lineman Weston Kramer
- Las Selenas de Pilsen
- Milbank: Trump boasted about making Air Force One cheaper. He didn’t.
- 8 years after hauling boy with muscular dystrophy through triathlon, Valparaiso man organizes event ‘for the final journey home’
- Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams opening in Oakbrook Center
- Worker falls through Southwest Side roof, lands about 20 feet below, officials say
- Before El Paso, Texas had recent mass shootings at a church and a high school. State legislators responded by relaxing gun restrictions.
- Why Middle Eastern food is a growing force in Chicago dining
- Group gathers in Naperville to demand more gun regulations in wake of El Paso and Dayton mass shootings
- Miles de venezolanos están ‘atrapados’ en ‘conflicto brutal’ en Colombia, dice HRW
- ‘I’m going to kill someone, or someone will kill me’: How a Southwest Side bungalow became a refuge from violent street life
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: Thirsty Ears Festival and spoken word from Young Chicago Authors
- LAFC adquiere a joven joya del Peñarol
- Officer shot 12-year-old boy during pre-dawn raid gone wrong in Markham, lawsuit alleges
- Burbank elementary school gets new playground
- El guatemalteco Luis Carlos Martínez y un récord que no valió oro en Lima-2019
- Conoce a Lucía, la hija de Ricky Martin
- Former St. John man shares top prize on ‘Love Island’
- Whiting Park Festival Orchestra features pianist for Russian Night
- How’s the Impossible Whopper? Pretty good, but we’ve had better.
- Column: Busy with this, that and the power behind National Network of Abortion Funds
- Man dies when motorcycle crashes into minivan on Northwest Side
- 5 ways marijuana can get you excited about fitness
- Eugenio Derbez apuesta por el poder de los latinos con ”Dora and the Lost City of Gold’
- Arsenal y Tottenham animan la clausura del mercado inglés de traspasos
- Atacan tortillería tras denunciar extorsión en Guanajuato
- Warren grad takes unique path to tennis head coaching job at SMU
- 40.000 migrantes esperan en México para pedir asilo en EEUU
- Letters: Candidate Williamson has wacky ideas
- Willie Nelson cancels tour dates, cites ‘breathing problem’
- ‘Iremos por ustedes’, advierten autoridades a empleadores tras redada
- Chicago festivals this week: Bud Billiken Parade and Chicago Hot Dog Festival
- Dunes Summer Theatre stages updated Studs Terkel’s ‘Working,” including songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Speak Out: Presidential debates, taxes
- Speak Out
- Sospechoso de ataque a una mujer cerca de la universidad DePaul fue arrestado en Texas
- The Spin: On distractions, Kushner’s push to pardon Blagojevich and President Trump’s other advisers pushing for commutation
- District 203 board wants to make goals, commitments and progress made available to public online
- Developer pitches five-story apartment building for downtown Highwood
- Man shot during early morning home invasion in South Shore
- 2 workers injured in gas explosion at Buccaneers stadium
- East Dundee signs off on ordinance change allowing businesses to increase number of gaming machines to 6
- Richard Simonds, a longtime insurance broker and Wheaton golf club president, dies
- Boys back in town at Gary’s McCullough Academy
- Hutton: Post-Tribune Tennis Tournament guru Rich Mason dies at 74
- Prosecutors seek medical records of mom charged in beating death of 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake
- México y EEUU se reunirán para hablar del tiroteo en El Paso
- ‘Final ride’ for retiring Orland Park cop
- White Sox and Yankees will play at the ‘Field of Dreams’ — a ‘special cornfield in Iowa’ — in 2020
- Hollywood avanza en su camino a la diversidad
- El mural de ‘las Selenas’ en la Carnicería Maribel en Pilsen se ha convertido en ‘atracción regional’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Mike Ditka favorite Lisa Simpson falls just short in her bid to win a 27th club title at Park Ridge
- Teacher Feature: Overcoming dyslexia part of the journey for elementary school PE teacher
- Aurora seeks input on housing and community development
- A Selena mural in Pilsen has turned into a ‘midwest attraction’
- Zion considers ban on sale, cultivation of new recreational marijuana businesses
- Molotov: Siempre explícitos e irreverentes
- Column: More worries! America is still too full of soft targets, we’re racing toward an environmental cliff and …
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot slams President Donald Trump’s process for deciding pardons, commutations, says he ‘doesn’t respect the rule of law’
- ¿Inmigración en Pilsen? Eso reporta el concejal de ese barrio
- Commentary: Blagojevich may walk, but his cell could be filled by other Illinois politicians
- Illinois lawmakers on financial aid loophole: ‘A system that drives families to cheat is a broken system’
- Proposal for 285 luxury apartments north of I-88 gets initial OK from Naperville advisory commission
- Merrillville’s India Fest showcases food, dancing, henna on Sunday: ‘We want them to understand the community’
- FAA investigating whether ‘unqualified’ Chicago firefighters were allowed to operate special airport rigs at O’Hare, Midway
- As first day of school approaches, Elgin clinics, organizations provide free backpacks, medical screenings
- Irvin joins others mayors seeking gun safety laws
- Editorial: Why Cook County has 4,000 coyotes (Hint: Blame wolf hunters)
- Naperville resident’s ‘big year’ of bird-watching has him on a quest to spot 300 in Will County
- Trump considering ending Rod Blagojevich’s prison term, citing ‘Comey gang and all these sleazebags’
- Illinois gun dealers now have to be certified by the state. But the state isn’t ready to issue the certifications.
- Editorial: Free Blagojevich? Trump’s all wrong about who was the victim.
- One day after signing with the Cubs, Jonathan Lucroy steps into the fire: ‘He’s going to be very beneficial’
- Tonight’s Bears preseason game is the 1st for the team’s new mobile-only ticket policy at Soldier Field
- Illinois pays out nearly $4.7 million in back pay to state employees over 2 weeks
- Preseason: Panthers 23, Bears 13
- Grandes Ligas hará realidad ‘Field of Dreams’ en 2020
- Meat Loaf-inspired musical ‘Bat Out of Hell’ arrives off-Broadway, and far from paradise
- Oilmen hang on to win zany semifinal, advance to championship series
- Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Senate will consider legislation to expand federal gun background checks in the fall
- Puerto Rico has had three governors so far this week. It’s considering a fourth.
- Cubs are trying to bring their home game — and jerseys — on the road
- Man ‘full of anger’ kills 4 people, wounds 2 in random stabbing and robbery spree in California, police say
- Immigrant community rallies around families of detained Mississippi poultry workers
- Two women stabbed, one fatally, in front of police officer at Pittsburgh bus stop
- Uber lost $5.24 billion in the second quarter — its largest quarterly loss ever
- Cubs 12, Reds 5
- Trump picks nation’s top counterterrorism official Joseph Maguire as new acting national intelligence director
- Ben Zobrist hits a home run in his 1st game with Class A Myrtle Beach