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- Home sales slow in Oak Park, River Forest, Elmwood Park, but brisk in Franklin Park
- Realtors: Home sales this summer tend to favor sellers in Park Ridge, Niles, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood
- Jail staff failed to follow protocols before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in cell, report says
- Ask Amy: A bully’s behavior must be dealt with
- Englewood school hosts barbecue to thank emergency responders, cement bond with kids
- Letters: The web of violence
- ‘Cops N’ Rodders’: Gurnee police plan cruising event to help fund Shop with a Cop program
- Daywatch: 75 shootings mostly unsolved, family of man who died Playpen boat hopping wants answers and other things to know to start your day
- 59-year-old woman dies after Ford crashes into South Side bus terminal
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 25, George Halas
- Harwood Heights Summer Fest to include two days of family fun and live entertainment
- Teen facing gun charges is arrested again — this time after loaded weapon allegedly found in luggage at O’Hare
- Does the Chicago area need another airport? Plans for a Peotone airport are back, this time with an e-commerce spin.
- For decades, boating enthusiasts have thronged the Playpen for a big party in July. This year, Arthur Labinjo died boat hopping, and his family wants to know why.
- Philip Caputo hits his target in skillful new novel, ‘Hunter’s Moon’
- Column: The Cubs’ chemistry experiment isn’t over. In fact, it’s really just beginning.
- Elizabeth Warren’s warm welcome at Iowa State Fair a warning to other Democrats running for president: ‘Her campaign is hot’
- Odd bumps on leaves likely mean your tree has some gall
- Ask Anna: I’m 48 and want to explore a same-sex relationship. Am I too old to start now?
- Plant-based diet leads to fewer heart problems
- Forest to table: An invitation to a DIY dining adventure in Sweden
- Tiffany Haddish’s new Netflix comedy series features Chicago native Flame Monroe
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox-Athletics series, including a lack of scoring — and going 0-for-13 with RISP didn’t help
- A historic triple-double serves as the exclamation point on Simone Biles’ 6th national championship
- Teen Choice Awards: 7 things you missed, from the emotional Jonas Brothers speech to Ken Jeong calling out YouTube stars
- The BMW Championship at Medinah Country Club: What’s the schedule, how to get tickets — and will Tiger Woods play?
- Caregivers at Glenview nursing home accused of taunting 91-year-old resident in Snapchat video: lawsuit
- ‘We thought this was just the beginning.’ A new book relives Niles West’s 1979 girls basketball state title. Author Melissa Isaacson says progress 40 years later has ‘been disappointing during various times.’
- Los Panamericanos cierran con México en histórico tercer lugar y mucha polvareda
- ATM skimmer found at retail store in the Loop, police say
- Neymar, una semana decisiva
- Milbank: The real tragedy is that Wayne LaPierre fears for his own safety
- NFL takes its 1st major gambling step with a Sportradar data deal
- ‘I had made my peace with God in the ER’: How the Aurora mass shooting has changed this police officer’s life
- Argentina: peso se devalúa tras victoria de Fernández en las primarias
- Search for missing boater near Gary beach continues in Lake Michigan
- Tribunal da ventaja a Giammattei en presidenciales Guatemala
- Little Bucharest in Irving Park closing after 50 years, but owner has big plans
- Vela sigue haciendo historia en MLS
- Roquan Smith’s attitude and drive ‘to be an elite player’ have Bears coaches excited for Year 2
- Apple releases teaser for ‘The Morning Show,’ starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston
- Giles rummage sale raises funds for District 80 STEAM program
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- Subastan la mansión del narco empresario chino-mexicano ‘coopelas o cuello’
- Selle: High times ahead in rush for county pot joints
- Matthew Macfadyen is as mortified by ‘Succession’ as you are
- ‘Angry Birds Movie 2’ review: Feathered friends, pigs must band together
- K-pop superstar group BTS will take ‘extended’ break
- 5 takeaways from the Cubs-Reds series, including Joe Maddon’s ‘joy for the day’ and rookie reliever Rowan Wick’s emergence
- Crowds up at annual Montgomery Festival
- Water balloons, bike races and potluck are part of block party fun
- Former Blackhawk Chris Chelios lists Westmont home for $515,000
- Column: In ‘Respect,’ everything your son ever wanted to know about sex (but probably won’t ask you)
- Former Edward president who helped blow whistle on Blagojevich calls idea of Trump commuting former gov’s sentence ‘disgusting’
- Q&A with the Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee: On Tiger Woods, slow play, his feud with Brooks Koepka, Twitter and Butler National
- EEUU dice que negará la ciudadanía a inmigrantes que reciban ayudas sociales
- Parks survey in Highland Park shows opportunity to serve empty-nesters
- U.S. Marines add patriotic flair to Service Club fashion show
- Talk of the County: Facts get in the way of anti-Clinton, Obama Vietnam draft diatribe
- Mientras la clemencia del Presidente sigue siendo una posibilidad, al ex gobernador de Illinois Rod Blagojevich se le ve ejercitándose
- Cross country roundtable: Prep athletes discuss their love of running
- Fin de semana violento 47 baleados, entre ellos una niña, cuatro murieron
- ‘Good Morning America’ to broadcast live from North Avenue Beach on Thursday
- Bug Fest to put insects in the spotlight
- The top fantasy football wide receivers to draft in 2019
- All of the colors, scents and music of India come together at annual India Day festival and parade
- Flashback: Take note, Lolla fence jumpers: James ‘One-Eyed’ Connelly was possibly the greatest gate-crasher of his time
- After star-studded summer, Max Christie ready for junior year at Rolling Meadows
- After 25 years, farmers market in Deerfield still going strong
- How to pick the right pork for summer grilling
- Column: Matt Nagy has earned the right to play Mitch Trubisky and other Bears regulars as little as possible in preseason games
- What brings people to Grant Park on a summer night? The music? The scene?
- Former ABC-7 reporter Andy Shaw buys loop condo with sweeping views
- 5 things to do in Lake County Aug. 16-18
- 5 things to do in the western suburbs Aug. 16-18
- Buffalo Grove man charged with robbing area Dunkin Donuts at gunpoint: Police
- ‘Manure kind of odor’ coming from wastewater treatment plant prompts study from Deerfield officials
- Lombard man, charged with possessing illegal explosive material, wrote of plans to form ‘black ops’ militia for sniper activity and ambushes: prosecutors
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- New sheriff in Wild West Town adds rockabilly, new eatery to family entertainment
- OWN’s ‘David Makes Man’ makes for some great conversation about the ‘interiority’ of the black experience
- Cubs 2020 schedule: Starting times changed for 10 weeknight home games
- Charger champions: Demetri McCamey, Evan Turner win The Basketball Tournament with Carmen’s Crew
- New playground to honor former West Aurora teacher
- Redadas migratorias tendrán secuelas a largo plazo
- How will climate change affect Chicago and the Midwest? Here’s what the experts are telling us.
- Two experimental Ebola drugs seem to be saving lives, early study results show
- Historic Provident Hospital in Bronzeville may get a new $240 million building
- Helping students connect drives Highland Park High senior
- Lincolnshire makes cost-saving switch from Vernon Hills to Deerfield for police dispatch services: officials
- Weekend gun violence down in Chicago, but West Side continues to bear brunt of shootings
- Que pasó en Rancho 57 y cómo reaccionaron los asistentes cuando se canceló el evento
- Mark Larson’s ‘Ensemble’ offers a comprehensive, at times poignant, view of Chicago theater history
- Attorney General William Barr urges swift death penalty for mass shooters, cop killers, slams ‘social justice’ prosecutors
- Finally, Missy Elliott will receive MTV Video Vanguard Award
- 10 summer hair care tips for naturally curly hair
- Park Ridge man starts Peace Corps journey in Cambodia, will teach English
- Speak Out: Affordable Care Act, gun legislation
- Column: Hundreds of corgis storm Oregon beach, offering moment of short-legged clarity
- White Sox 2020 schedule: March 26 is their earlier home opener in franchise history
- Man seriously injured after being hit by school bus in Orland Park
- Evanston city manager tapped for job in Seattle suburb; vote expected Monday night
- Maná rompe otro récord y vuelve a hacer historia
- Cunde el miedo entre hispanos en EEUU
- Camp helps kids who have experienced loss to grieve, heal
- Police: Man, 35, shot dead; woman wounded in separate Gary shootings
- Bolingbrook mother, daughter face charges after Porter Beach fracas that police say was ‘racially motivated’
- Taste of Elmwood Park offers seafood, pizza, pasta, more
- ‘A tornado or two possible,’ forecasters warn ahead of severe weather expected throughout Chicago area Monday
- Eugene Levy and his son Dan find ‘Schitt’s Creek’ is not such a bad place to be
- Barrington area towns, village leaders prepare to discuss recreational use marijuana dispensaries. Some already looking at bans: ‘It’s just not for us’
- Fashion show gives students a boost on their way to college
- Revolution Brewing planning 10 barrel-aged beers for 2019-20 Deep Woods lineup
- Scientists get up-close look at wildfire-triggered storm
- Conservation officer on the job: ‘It’s not a normal 9 to 5’
- Lil Nas X’s viral song sets more records on Billboard charts
- States boost flood prevention as damage costs soar
- A $3 million nickel and a $100,000 bill: These and other rare monies will be in Rosemont this week
- 5 things to do in northwest Indiana Aug. 16-22
- Gobierno mexicano anuncia apoyo económico para Tokio 2020
- AI and bionic eyes are helping to contain raging wildfires
- Toilet explodes during Florida thunderstorm
- Smaller township road districts face elimination after consolidation bill signed into law for Lake, McHenry counties
- NCAA amends the agent rule — dubbed the ‘Rich Paul Rule’ — to no longer require a college degree
- Suspected shoplifter pulls gun on Walmart employees in Niles, police say
- Western Greenland hit by unseasonably warm weather
- Barrington High School sophomore stars in ‘Where’d You Go Bernadette’ with Cate Blanchett, calls acting her ‘escape’
- Countdown to football: Adam Warren-led Andrean ranked No. 10 by the Post-Tribune in the preseason
- Bolingbrook auto auction wholesaler closing, laying off 223 workers
- Ancianos cumplen sus sueños y combaten la depresión con realidad virtual
- Asparagus makes way for weed in Canada’s fields
- Ex-baseball All-Star announces Hawaii cannabis partnership
- Un campeón de la Liga MX en Chicago
- Marijuana gives hope, even if science is still catching up
- Farmers ditch soybeans for weed’s cousin, hemp
- Changing of the guard at Yorkville Police Department
- Venta de ‘narcomansión’ en México beneficiará a atletas
- North Shore School District 112 moves away from lockdown drills to teach students ’empowerment’ in the face of active shooters
- Artists, patrons applaud Lincolnshire’s natural setting for art festival
- Un hombre armado con un rifle fue arrestado en hospital de Chicago
- Calendario 2020 de MLB incluye series en Puerto Rico y Londres
- Firefighter responding to another call was father of 3 of the 5 children killed in Pennsylvania day care fire
- Only weeks after fire, Gates School in Aurora ready to open for classes
- Bulls 2019-2020 schedule: 5 games to watch and when you can catch them on national TV (hint: only once)
- El ‘Pep’ uruguayo hace imparable al Santos en México
- La pelea que puede cambiar el boxeo para siempre
- New Landscape Architecture Prize joins crowded field of design awards
- Residents question whether video gaming belongs in La Grange
- Joe Maddon says managing the Cubs provides him an opportunity to help his Hazleton, Pa., hometown: ‘This is an altruistic moment’
- Column: While Chicago jumps on the ethics reform bandwagon, General Assembly rules remain lax. Where’s the outrage?
- Los Chicago Bulls anuncian su calendario para temporada 2019-20
- The Spin: Jeffrey Epstein court records mention Tom Pritzker, cousin to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Penny Pritzker
- ‘Million’ run at Arlington racecourse draw thousands, including many in their best dress
- Take in some art at A Walk in the Park
- Loyola Academy celebrates grand opening of new $19.5 million aquatic center, piazza
- Chicago cop under investigation for driving Hulk Hogan on O’Hare tarmac: ‘My Uber’s got a siren’
- Alanis Morissette announces birth of son
- Sheriff’s K-9 Dax brings home regional competition title trophies Friday, locates unconscious man Monday morning
- New law broadens access to medical marijuana, makes state program permanent
- Letters: Film features hunt of ‘deplorables’
- Commentary: Not all conspiracy theories turn out to be wrong
- Is Tiger Woods coming to Chicago for the BMW Championship? He has lots of golf and non-golf reasons to make the trip.
- Judge gives go-ahead to class-action suits alleging indecent conduct by Cook County Jail inmates against female employees, public defenders
- History lessons on LGBTQ contributions to be required in public schools starting next year
- Flags containing artwork for auction in Flossmoor
- Monday’s White Sox-Astros opener was postponed because of rain; a doubleheader is scheduled for Tuesday
- More two-way streets planned in downtown Aurora
- Plea deal possible in case of nurse accused of seeking hit on romantic rival. DuPage authorities say woman paid bitcoin to bogus online company.
- Corrections and clarifications
- Editorial: Justice for Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers
- A Luis Robert card sets a record at $51,660, but the ‘last out’ Cubs gloves from the 2016 World Series don’t sell
- Matteson School Dist. 159 settles lawsuit with superintendent, extends her contract
- Editorial: Shedding light on alleged gun offenders, and how the courts handle them
- Commentary: Does President Trump like music?
- Paternity test reveals who is the father of newborn girl born to mom of slain 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund; results could affect custody case
- ‘He’s the epitome of our program’: Cameron Van Vleet recovers from injury, ready to go for West Aurora
- ‘We lost our fighter’: DePaul student manager Aameer Sahi, 21, dies after battling rare form of nerve cancer
- Will Illinois law allow a proposed Chicago casino to make enough money? Mayor Lori Lightfoot isn’t sure
- Portraits from Iowa campaign: 21 Democratic candidates, a fundraiser and a giant flag
- ‘I’m staying focused on my dreams and goals’: Myron Lewis a leader on, off the field for St. Laurence
- Duckworth: Ethylene oxide-emitting facilities in Waukegan, Gurnee ‘definitely’ didn’t get same response as Sterigenics in Willowbrook
- The Astros rose from the lowest depths to win the World Series. Can the White Sox follow in their footsteps?
- Veteran manager Greg Tagert calls Danny De La Calle ‘best acquisition’ RailCats have made this season
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019
- The Room Place opens, fills vacant Carson’s space at Lincolnwood Town Center
- Lawsuit filed by Evanston city clerk against city officials over FOIA practices dismissed
- Volunteers to help immigrants, students brought to U.S. as infants, at Aug. 24 workshop
- Trump overhauls enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, putting an economic cost on saving a species
- Trump targets legal immigration with new rules that could deny green cards to immigrants on food stamps, other aid
- Hong Kong leader defends police, dodges protesters’ demands after one of world’s busiest airports is shut down
- There were ‘serious irregularities’ at jail where Jeffrey Epstein died, says Attorney General William Barr, who promises ‘there will be accountability’