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- ‘I always play as hard as possible’: Ijah Hardersen steps into defensive void, thrives for West Aurora
- Patrick Z. McGavin’s top 5 teams, top 20 players in the Aurora area for the 2019 boys soccer season
- Anthony Rizzo slugs a pair of home runs in the Cubs’ 5-3 win over the Giants
- White Sox fall apart in a squirrelly inning as the Twins cruise to a 14-4 victory
- Ask Amy: Abuse survivor went through it and is now over it
- Chicago theater openings for August 23-29
- Judge’s ruling brings end to civil suit filed against Drew Peterson in death of 3rd wife, Kathleen Savio — a development supported by couple’s sons, lawyer says
- Why remember radio’s golden age? Why indeed.
- Column: We love our Chicago thunderstorms, except when they take our trees
- Daywatch: Suburban cops warned about unlocked cars before tragedy struck, Buttigieg draws mostly white crowd to South Side rally and other things to know to start your day
- Column: Robert Mueller crushed their dreams, so Democrats pivot to race
- Column: Society treats black males as less than human. The shooting death of a 14-year-old in Lake County is the latest example.
- How to get free food at 100+ restaurants
- ‘I want to know but I don’t want to know’: An anxious vigil at scene of fatal shooting in Chicago Lawn
- Sister Jean turns 100. Her secret to a long life? ‘I eat well and sleep well. And hopefully I pray well.’
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 16, George Connor
- Shout Out: Johnny Billingsley, animal lover is new McClure Junior High assistant principal
- Police investigating fatal shooting outside gas station in Burnside
- Representing a traditionally Republican district, freshman Democrat Rep. Lauren Underwood comes out for impeachment inquiry of Trump
- Bears Q&A: Is there a problem with the backup quarterbacks? How many touches will Cordarrelle Patterson get? Plus more kicker questions.
- How to make labneh, the luscious Middle Eastern yogurty spread
- Trump says any Jews who vote for Democrats show ‘great disloyalty’
- Suburban police have been warning residents about leaving cars unlocked with key fobs inside. Then one was part of a tragedy.
- Target’s online efforts and improved store merchandise bring in shoppers, boost sales
- Ben Zobrist will resume his comeback bid on Thursday for Double-A Tennessee, then Friday with Triple-A Iowa
- Trump backs off support for universal background checks after NRA lobbying, saying the U.S. already has ‘very, very strong background checks’
- Hasbro toys — Mr. Potato Head, GI Joe, My Little Pony — may be plastic, but soon the packaging won’t
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: Bechdel Fest 7 at Steppenwolf Theatre
- Chicago festivals this week: Women’s Funny Festival and Villapalooza
- Walmart accuses Tesla of ‘widespread, systemic negligence,’ sues over solar panel fires
- Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have shot down a U.S. drone
- Cole Hamels takes ‘baby steps’ in win over the Giants
- Cachorros vence a Gigantes con Rizzo como gran estrella
- Mellizos le da una paliza a los Medias Blancas
- Cristiano: 2018 fue probablemente ‘el peor año de mi vida’
- Trump likens buying Greenland to ‘a large real estate deal’
- Column: School officials allegedly laughed as they colored in a black teen’s scalp with Sharpie in the latest case of dress code madness. Grow up, grown-ups
- Uber signs massive office lease in Chicago
- Apartments languish in Manhattan’s Financial District
- Property widens its lead over ‘big government’ as U.S. GDP’s top driver
- ‘Angel Has Fallen’ review: With Gerard Butler at center, a somber gloom descends over the franchise
- Elgin kicking off big campaign to get people counted in the upcoming 2020 census
- Palmeiras se acerca a semifinales de Libertadores
- Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s overwhelmingly white crowd at event on Chicago’s South Side reinforces his struggles to draw support from black voters
- Miami Dolphins new training facility | PHOTOS
- West Aurora School District superintendent gets contract extension
- Parents guide: Advice about films kids may want to see in theaters or opening soon
- ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ features its first same-sex couple
- Naperville, after previously leaning toward ban, will consider allowing retail sale of recreational marijuana
- More than half of younger patients skip or quit blood pressure meds
- 8 Chicago-area classes for adults to take when the kids go back to school, from cooking to filmmaking
- EEUU discutió con funcionarios de Venezuela ‘a espaldas de Maduro’ su salida, dice Bolton
- Selle: New administrator snubs Lake County for the open range of North Dakota
- DuPage committee wants full county board to decide if retail pot sales will be allowed or banned
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- Yorkville alderman expands suicide prevention campaign
- Metra awarded $17.8 million in federal funds to rebuild 120-year-old Irving Park rail bridge
- Talk of the County: Waukegan school superintendent lacked ‘forward planning’ in seeking cut of casino revenue
- Pompeo condena ‘injusticias’ contra periodista cubano Roberto Quiñones
- ‘All That He Was’ is set at a ’90s AIDS funeral — and is a reminder for our divisive moment
- EEUU busca detener a niños migrantes por tiempo indefinido
- Column: Gun violence is a US problem that is here to stay unless we finally take action
- Lead up to the 41st Chicago Jazz Festival begins this weekend with Neighborhood Concerts
- Community news
- Artistas callejeros latinos en Chicago alzan su voz por su comunidad
- ‘American Idol’s’ Scotty McCreery headlines Sandwich Fair
- Researchers question whether dirty air could spur a rise in mental illness
- Sujeto bajo arresto por supuestas amenazas a una clínica de abortos de Chicago
- Facebook contrata a periodistas para su sección de ‘Actualidad’
- Milwaukee is expecting an enormous gathering for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. But delegates may be staying in the Chicago suburbs — up to 80 miles away.
- AMLO y Hitler, las semejanzas
- Vintage Chicago Bears photos, from George Halas’ birthday party to Mike Ditka at home with his dogs
- ‘I really like the vibe here’: Josh Belluomini resigns at Bishop Noll, but wants to coach boys basketball in Indiana
- Ruben Studdard to perform at Paramount in Aurora
- Countdown to football: Rob Jefferson-led Michigan City ranked No. 2 in the preseason by the Post-Tribune
- Defense attorney expresses ‘bona fide doubt’ in mental fitness of Beach Park man accused of stabbing father to death with garden shears
- 5 things to do at Naperville’s Last Fling
- Lawsuit accuses Evanston Township High School of failing to protect students who allege sexual abuse by security guards
- Countdown to football: Mac O’Connell relishes role as two-way starter for No. 8 Joliet Catholic
- U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s offers a stunning new collection, plus more poetry collections reviewed
- Woman tells boyfriend ‘she knows how to burn down a house’ while breaking up with him and bashes his truck with a baseball bat: police
- Art & Big Fork celebrates art and Evanston’s dining scene
- Meet the suburban teen born without arms who will be competing in this weekend’s Chicago Triathlon
- Local jobs, vendors sticking point in Spectacle development agreement with Gary
- Julia, la ‘profesional’ de las protestas de México
- Testing cellphones for radiofrequency radiation: How we did it
- For her new album, ‘Lover,’ Taylor Swift has embraced streaming. But is it too late?
- Planners give favorable nod to Merrillville assisted living development
- We tested popular cellphones for radiofrequency radiation. Now the FCC is investigating.
- Hearing postponed on gravel mining expansion onto farmland in Kane County
- Commentary: What one story about Type 1 diabetes meant for so many families
- Griffith woman reports assault in home
- Column: Rick Renteria didn’t ask for it, but here’s a suggested 2020 lineup for the White Sox
- Glencoe to take out $1.5 million in bonds for Tudor Court repairs
- Guaidó dice que sabía de diálogos entre el gobierno y EEUU
- The Gift Theatre announces 2020 season
- Jennifer Aniston and Mark Hamill couldn’t save ‘The Kids Are Alright.’ Can its impassioned star?
- Depression, Alzheimer’s might be part of same process in some aging brains: Study
- Trump scolds Denmark, calls prime minister ‘nasty’ over rejection of his unsolicited idea to buy their semi-autonomous territory
- ‘Newsies’ delivers for Paramount Broadway Series
- Lo que hay que saber del Mundial de la FIBA 2019
- Trump administration moves to end legal limits on child detention
- Los riesgos para la salud por los excesos de los eSports
- FAA warns plane crews about risk of damaging sensors linked to Boeing 737 Max crashes
- Naperville officer hospitalized for injury suffered while making an arrest; Wisconsin man charged with battery
- Ribéry inicia una nueva aventura en Italia
- Motown turns 60: A look at its influence, and Barry Gordy’s dream
- Las cuentas le salen al Chicago Fire
- Cannabis restaurants are coming to California, with ‘budtenders’ and ‘flower’ service
- Whole30 devotees, you can now get meals delivered from Grubhub and Lettuce
- 5 types of marijuana to reduce your stress
- Marijuana makes your brain more plasticky, and that’s a good thing
- In-house smoked brisket stars at new Flat & Point in Logan, plus more restaurant openings
- U.S. home sales rose 2.5% in July, boosted by low mortgage rates
- Get your crispy crust at Burnt Pizza
- Slain Gary man’s family laments law enforcement ‘wall of silence’ at city council meeting
- Amonestan a atletas de EEUU que protestaron en Panamericanos
- La nueva apuesta de la ‘manzana’
- New Illinois law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants because they are living in the U.S. illegally
- Dr. Dixon Spivy, prominent Chicago psychiatrist, dies at 93
- Speak Out: Food trucks, park district spending, and food at senior homes
- Argentino Guede, nuevo entrenador del Morelia
- Column: Bored to death with baseball? Tennis has all the real action.
- Chuck Pagano felt the love from Indianapolis as he fought and beat leukemia. He expects to get emotional as he returns this weekend with the Bears.
- Letters: Presidential campaign season insane
- Otro arresto por red narco con expeloteros de Grandes Ligas en Dominicana
- Inovasi owner opens Salt Creek Tacos in Highland Park
- Cop fires gun at Hyde Park burglary suspect, no one hurt
- Steep Theatre announces 19th season
- Beverly Records to showcase rare photos of ‘the day the music died,’ Buddy Holly’s last concert
- $8.5 million project soon could reorganize cafeteria, commons area at Highland Park High School into open concept
- Venice Film Festival preview: Can ‘Joker,’ Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and ‘Birth of a Nation”s Nate Parker continue the festival’s hot streak?
- Trump dice que contempla ‘seriamente’ terminar con ciudadanía por nacimiento
- 5 Skokie students win Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry awards
- ‘This could be on Michigan Avenue’: Pottery Boys studio hopes to foster burgeoning arts scene in Blue Island
- Petrak: La Grange psychologist on why ‘when I was your age’ doesn’t ring true, anymore
- Commentary: How we can save the monarch butterfly — one office campus at a time
- Alley Art Festival returns to downtown Aurora
- Editorial: The years America went to work
- Murió Celso Piña, ‘El rebelde del acordeón’
- El gran reto de Piñeiro
- Waukegan reaches deal with firefighters union to increase staffing mandates, but not to level sought by union
- Clarkson: Wellness House mind/body fest to offer stress relieving techniques
- The Spin: Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls President Trump a ‘disgrace’ over Jewish Democrats comment
- Former Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg sells Burr Ridge home for $3.55M
- Slowik: Rich Township protesters send clear message about busing students: ‘No way, Lincoln-Way’
- White Sox 4, Twins 0
- More than $8 million in savings projected as Lake County officials refinance bonds used for road construction, forest preserves
- School District 300 board approves new three-year contract for teachers, school nurses
- Del Monte to close Illinois plant, lay off nearly 500
- Giolito lidera victoria de Medias Blancas sobre Mellizos
- Save the Dunes to host coffee talk on chemical spill
- Hope in Englewood’s streets: Hundreds line up looking for work at ‘Jobs on the Block’ career fair
- Pete Miller’s in Evanston, plus 4 more Sonas Hospitality restaurants, close permanently
- ‘Every time he’s doing damage’: Nicholas Castellanos gives the Cubs a sizzling bat ? and much more
- Elmhurst College move-in day draws hundreds of incoming freshmen
- Fringe benefits: High school golfers take advantage of new training tools
- Restaurateur Amy Morton says her new downtown Aurora restaurant will be a ‘great value’
- Gary student brings gun to elementary school
- Footlight Players reprise roles for ‘Doublewide, Texas’ launching 70th stage season
- What makes Greenland so appealing that Trump would want it?
- Artist agrees to remove tattoos from Larry Bird mural
- Cook County woman files lawsuit against e-cigarette maker Juul, after first lawsuit filed by teen dismissed
- Lucas Giolito strikes out 12 in a 3-hit shutout as the White Sox beat the Twins 4-0
- Man accused of sexually assaulting student at Skokie religious school to remain held without bail
- After many months of work, developers and Aurora officials to celebrate end of Copley cleanup
- ‘Enraged’ or temporarily insane? Attorneys close Barrington domestic murder trial with arguments on husband’s reason for shooting wife
- 4 things we learned at Bears practice, including Anthony Miller’s development hitting a speed bump and an anniversary for Roquan Smith
- After more than 4 years at the helm, Chicago Housing Authority boss resigns abruptly but will stay on until Sept. 27
- Celso Piña, el músico que hizo a bailar a escritores, roqueros y al pueblo
- Jose Abreu inches closer to a pair of milestones with a 3-hit, 2-RBI day in the White Sox’s win over the Twins
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker praises release of report on bullying and harassment in Michael Madigan’s office but sidesteps questions about speaker’s leadership
- Column: There should be more kicker certainty for the Bears by now. But is anyone surprised there isn’t?
- Cubs rule out Brandon Morrow for the rest of 2019, while Willson Contreras takes the next step in his rehab
- 2 Calumet City teens in custody following chase, manhunt, police say
- La última cumbia de Celso Piña en Chicago, en Pilsen Fest
- Cardinals cut receiver Kevin White, the Bears’ No. 7 pick in 2015
- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says he’s ending his 2020 Democratic presidential bid
- Column: 100-year-old Sister Jean is an example of how to savor life — each day, no matter how long it lasts
- Cubs 12, Giants 11