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- Cubs need 5 relievers after taking an early 9-run lead against the Mets, but they hold on for a 10-7 win that cuts their deficit to 2 games in the NL Central
- Serena Williams avoids U.S. Open upset against 17-year-old Caty McNally
- Another matchup with the Twins, another loss for the White Sox
- Ask Amy: Son left home, but left his nude pix behind
- Red Sox owner’s Florida home smashes it out of the park when it comes to luxury
- As the musical ‘The Band’s Visit’ heads out on the road, a dilemma: Duplicate the Tony winner or create something new?
- Daywatch: Critics call on Lightfoot to keep promises, toddler killed in ‘unfortunate accident’ at Orland Square Mall and other things to know to start your day
- Column: Lamenting the last of Tom Ringhausen’s Calhoun County peaches, so sweet they’ll crack your jawbones off.
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 8, Doug Atkins
- ‘We’re trying to get people to notice.’ Riverwalk marketplace’s small vendors cope with weather, late start, hidden location in first season.
- Plover and out: The summer stars of Montrose Beach head south for the winter
- A longtime St. Viator coach was escorted off campus in June. Now he is charged with disorderly conduct over alleged texts to students.
- Lawsuit: Illinois secretary of state required Muslim woman to certify when she wears headscarf to receive driver’s license
- Editorial: The gift of Labor Day: A Sunday without the Scaries
- Critics call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to keep campaign promises as she prepares to outline Chicago’s massive budget deficit
- Column: Here are 6 ideas to make NFL preseason games more tolerable, including cutting the 4-game schedule in half
- Woman, 29, dies after being hit by Metra train in Arlington Heights
- Headed to Starved Rock or Matthiessen State Park over Labor Day weekend? Be ready for big crowds and possible closures
- A land-based casino is coming to Northwest Indiana after state gaming commission approves relocation
- Brandon Peters’ 1st 3 college seasons were a roller coaster. Now he’s out to prove himself as Illinois’ starting QB: ‘It gives you a fire inside.’
- Mets rookie sensation Pete Alonso is a big fan of White Sox great Paul Konerko: ‘He set the standard for what I want to be’
- It’s now or never — Our favorite ways to spend the last weekend of summer
- Beacons of possibility: Light stations offer accommodations to travelers across the country
- Exercise is good medicine for advanced colon cancer
- Pedro Bell, Chicago-born artist who created Funkadelic’s cosmic album covers, dies at 69
- Sasha Obama will begin college classes at the University of Michigan next week
- Don’t expect to see Ed Sheeran on tour for at least 18 months
- ‘Cubo’ Torres acaba con el Cruz Azul
- Cachorros vapulean a Syndergaard y vencen a Mets
- Schoop guía la victoria de Mellizos ante Medias Blancas
- Traffic deaths caused by drivers running red lights reach a 10-year high, with two people killed every day in the U.S.
- Fallece Nicolás Leoz, expresidente de la Conmebol
- Who makes the best ketchup chips? Yes, they’re a thing. And we tried 13 brands from Canada
- Camps, battles and visit from Medal of Honor recipient on tap for Lockport’s World War II Days
- Andrew Luck tossed life lessons our way with his retirement speech. Did you catch them?
- Bat buddies: Kris Bryant used Pete Alonso’s bat during Mets-Cubs game
- SEC’s early season neutral-sites games might be on the clock
- ‘Don’t Let Go’ review: Time-travel thriller works — as long as you don’t think too hard about it
- 10 of the 20 remaining Democratic presidential candidates made the cut for the next debate
- Waiver woes: NCAA decisions on transfers bring relief, angst
- Acting, honesty and a few detours lead to music, and a band named Fran
- Dorian pone rumbo a EEUU tras dejar pocos daños en el Caribe
- What not to miss as Jazz Fest gets into full swing this weekend
- Last year, 176 cases of West Nile virus were reported in Illinois. This year, there have been only 3. Here’s why.
- Andrew High School students are encouraging their peers at the start of a new academic year: ‘Friends can get you through’
- Decorating secrets from style expert Elizabeth Mayhew
- Brook Forest School’s ‘Mr. D’ named Illinois Elementary Art Educator of the Year
- The wild world of modern pet furniture
- Nueva regla de ciudadanía para hijos de militares migrantes
- The artistic director of the new Architecture Biennial wants to speak directly to Chicago
- 10 coolest lunchboxes for back to school
- Top 10 in Chicago architecture this fall: New skyscrapers and the return of the biennial
- Paunovic, DT Chicago Fire: ‘Hemos visto mayores milagros’
- Family of Naperville teen who took his life after ‘aggressive’ police questioning settles suit against city, school district
- EN FOTOS: El huracán Dorian comienza a azotar Florida
- North American tour of Queen-inspired musical ‘We Will Rock You’ makes way to Joliet
- LaToya Ruby Frazier photographs the Rust Belt in search of social change
- 1 dead after Near West Side hit-and-run that injured 5 others; driver of minivan sought by cops
- Riot Fest 2019: Daily schedules released on the back of the fest’s new beer label
- Streets closed after glass falls from upper floor of Near North building
- Oak Park historic commission rejects proposal for new Frank Lloyd Wright visitor center
- The quiet brilliance of Kenan Thompson, ‘SNL’s’ longest-tenured cast member
- Powered by consumer spending, the U.S. economy is still rising — but slowly
- John Travolta is in the Rotten Tomatoes clunker, ‘no regrets’ stage of his career – and is enjoying every minute of it
- Summer box office is down 2% from last year despite ‘Lion King’ and other hits. Should Hollywood worry?
- Galesburg man indicted for in sale of weapons to undercover officers
- Is the Amazon the ‘lungs of the world’? Northwestern scientist says rainforest not source of 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen, but fires can add to greenhouse effect
- As more states legalize marijuana, federal health officials issue warning on use by teens, pregnant women
- Angel Davanport is back on her own terms: ‘Rap is such a popular sport. Everybody wants to be famous. I want to leave a legacy with my art’
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 30, 2019
- Aurora Art League to hold exhibit of its members’ work
- The Old Post Office nears opening, adds Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago as office tenant
- Come in and stay awhile at Naperville’s Tap In Pub
- Marvel cumple 80 años y lo celebra con un gran cómic
- Isolation and darkness in an enclosed space isn’t a nightmare. It’s flotation therapy, and Chicago Fire forward C.J. Sapong uses it to recover.
- Illinois awards its first five recreational marijuana licenses, including locations in Naperville, Mundelein
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 30, 2019
- There’s no solid evidence alkaline water is better for you
- What happened to my Hawaiian Airlines refund? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- True Food Kitchen bringing physician-started restaurant to Oakbrook Center
- Aurora establishes its first business improvement district for Pacifica Square
- Elgin Fringe Festival is all about seeing, hearing something new
- Urban Meyer and Reggie Bush helping Fox build dream team for its college football show
- Shout Out: Renee Zoladz, New Trier human resources director
- ‘I don’t think I lost a step’: Libertyville’s Dylan Drumke looks to better balance football, baseball
- Deere appoints new CEO, with outgoing leader staying on as chairman
- Jackie Kennedy’s fairy-tale wedding was a nightmare for her dress designer
- Woman slashed to death in Washington Park neighborhood, man held
- An inside look at the expanded and remodeled Halas Hall
- Flashback: Union soldier Albert Cashier, born a woman, fought valiantly as a man in the Civil War
- Paul Johnson’s top 5 teams, top 20 players from the Elgin area for the 2019 football season
- Al rescate
- Drew Peterson case to be featured on yet another TV episode
- Trump’s EPA proposes loosening Obama-era rules on methane emissions
- Shout Out: Molly Cinnamon, new principal at Pope John XXIII School
- ‘Marriage Story’ at Venice Film Festival: Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver excel in a bittersweet marvel, coming to theaters, Netflix
- Our Week 1 college football picks against the spread: Why is Vegas begging you to take Northwestern?
- Column: In the event of a teacher strike, this CPS mom’s wish list
- Volunteers step up to keep Aurora’s Festival of Lights going
- Vogt Visual Arts Center in Tinley Park features variety of Foresters Camera Club photographs
- Rabid bat removed from Naperville apartment
- Futbolista Fabbro condenado en Argentina por abuso sexual a su sobrina y ahijada
- What to do with your late summer tomatoes, from pie to salad to preserving
- Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for August 29
- Michael Jackson allegedly cried when Marlon Brando confronted him about sexuality
- The unlikely greatness of ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ 25 years later
- ¿Plagio o coincidencia?
- Katharine Gun speaks out for ‘Official Secrets’
- Inside the expanded and remodeled Halas Hall
- Target is re-releasing its greatest designer collaborations from the past 20 years
- Preocupados, pero preparados los hispanos en Florida para el paso del huracán Dorian
- WGN traffic reporter Sarah Jindra sells Lincoln Park condo for $440,000
- ‘We want to go’: Western Illinois recruit Matt Muetterties ready to take Burlington Central to next level
- New Trump administration rules do not affect birthright citizenship, immigration officials clarify
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- Lawsuit filed against Apple, Samsung after Chicago Tribune tests cellphones for radiofrequency radiation
- How do you make money off social media? Just ask ‘Jawline’s’ star
- Brilliant and heartbreaking, ‘Eliza’ game explores technology and mental health
- School bus aide in Batavia charged with sexual abuse of student
- Countdown to football: Speed merchant Art Taylor turns up the ‘beast’ mode for No. 1 Batavia
- Commentary: 3 gun reforms every Republican should embrace
- Superclásico River-Boca, el centro de las miradas en la Superliga argentina
- Iran planned a rocket launch against U.S. wishes. Satellite photos show it apparently didn’t go well.
- Traffic delays expected to last into fall at Milwaukee Avenue intersection in Libertyville as crews work on project
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: Rooftop stargazing and Chicago Jazz Festival
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
- Football notes: Junior quarterback Ethan Hampton ‘another coach on the field’ for Aurora Christian
- Community news
- Bears block party and a ‘Parks and Rec’ pop-up bar — here are 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Fiesta Boricua ‘de bandera a bandera’
- Alejandro Sanz en Chicago con #LaGira
- Clarendon Hills getting another $1 million from Metra for new train station
- EEUU emite advertencia contra uso de marihuana
- Baranek: Mother McAuley’s Hannah Pigott makes waves with fundraising swim for cancer research
- New genetic links to same-sex sexuality found, but no specific gene, new study shows
- La Grange history trivia night adds to 140th anniversary celebrations
- 10 questions with…Judson University professor Teri Stein
- Grieving Naperville father works for law to help save those overdosing on drugs
- Tsunami Surge: Six Flags Great America plans new 86-foot-tall water ride in Gurnee
- Paperas enferman a centenares de inmigrantes detenidos en EEUU
- La cara y cruz del sorteo de la Champions
- Countdown to football: Michigan recruit AJ Henning ‘healthy and happy’ to lead No. 1 Lincoln-Way East
- Suburbs feature a bounty of fall festivals to enjoy
- Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of lawsuit challenging Cook County’s assault weapons ban
- Francés Jérémy Ménez anuncia su salida del América
- Column: A range of college choices that match your interests will make the application process easier
- En Chicago, Alejandro Sanz inició #LaGiraUSA que dedica a ‘los soñadores’
- Northlight Theatre begins approval process for new $20 million performing arts venue in Evanston
- De mariachi a escolta
- Todos a la caza de los Patriots en la AFC
- Pat Disabato’s top 10 teams, top 25 players in the Southland for the 2019 football season
- Ya hey where? Wisconsin-style supper club offers near perfect prime rib in a Fulton Market basement
- State declares road construction moratorium for Labor Day weekend
- ¿El efecto post-Wimbledon afecta a Djokovic y Federer?
- Michigan House, by a 98-8 vote, wants Republican lawmaker facing charges in alleged vote-for-campaign-money scheme to resign
- Sunday is ‘Lee Smith Day’ as the Cubs will honor the Hall of Fame closer
- Kveik yeast has taken craft beer by storm. Now the world’s first kveik festival is coming to Chicago.
- Residente trabaja con científicos para nuevo álbum; entre otras cosas, para que descifren el cerebro de Bad Bunny
- Column: The crippling legacy of gender stereotypes
- Norridge OKs funding for several small road patching projects
- Lake Zurich School District 95 enlists help of real estate agent after trying unsuccessfully to sell former headquarters
- ‘I want to be a leader’: Owen Jarrell’s pair of goals power Naperville Central past Plainfield Central
- Herrada gana sexta etapa de la Vuelta y hay cambio de líder
- In ‘Joker’ the stakes are life and death, and comic book movies may never be the same
- Alex Trebek, saying he’s on the mend, back at ‘Jeopardy!’
- Milwaukee health officials issue warning to stop vaping after 16 people hospitalized with severe lung disease
- Prosecutors can subpoena medical records of mom charged in death of 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake, judge rules
- ‘Ad Astra’ at Venice Film Festival: Brad Pitt lost in space, and in a funk
- Trial set for March for third man charged in 1980 killing of Hammond police officer
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker recovering from hairline fracture in his left thigh bone
- Regal Beloit workers continue strike after company announces it will close Valparaiso plant with about 170 employees
- Letters: Make funding for city’s public schools equitable
- O’Hare’s dinosaur decked out in a giant Bears jersey, by the numbers
- NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ bus is coming to town, and it will be open to the public at these sites in Chicago and Naperville
- Column: Impeach Trump? More and more Democrats realize there’s no harm in asking.
- Boliviano Dellien le saca un set a Medvedev antes de caer en el US Open
- In light of Overdose Awareness Day, Chicago Heights mom bucks ‘cultural taboo’ and shares pain of losing her daughter
- Green is Good by Kate offers organic, non-genetically modified food items
- Football notes: Highland coach Pete Koulianos on Christian Rios, ‘He’s one of the more legit football players I’ve coached.’
- Last call for cooking school entries!
- Commentary: Boris Johnson’s Brexit gamble puts UK on edge. Is it worth it?
- ‘He is a great talent’: South Dakota State recruit Mark Gronowski takes control for Neuqua Valley
- Will the White Sox call up Luis Robert in September? Frank Thomas reports they’re ‘leaning no,’ but then the Sox say they haven’t decided.
- Haven Hollow Park hosts children’s Crafts and Cookies program
- Elgin launches 2020 census count campaign
- Woman charged after biting guard while shoplifting at Southlake Mall: police
- Letter: Members of Gen Z might surprise you
- ‘The Great Successor’ paints a macabre portrait of Kim Jong Un
- Sasha Obama a la Universidad de Michigan
- Luis Enrique anuncia la muerte de su hija de nueve años
- Community news
- Letter: Township road district provides value to residents
- Valparaiso is ranked No. 1 again the Post-Tribune football poll
- Celebrating Herman Melville, the poet
- Meal, snack options are plentiful at Valparaiso Popcorn Festival
- Editorial: The slaying of Akeira Boston, 16, in Dolton: Violence doesn’t stop at Chicago’s borders
- The Spin: How Mayor Lori Lightfoot, team wrote the big speech | J.B. Pritzker fractures thigh bone | Sasha Obama heads to University of Michigan
- Speak out: South Elgin Riverfest parking, pizzeria loan, and e-cigarettes
- Mellizos impone marca de cuadrangulares en triunfo sobre Medias Blancas
- Monty and Rose’s summer at Montrose Beach
- Commentary: Tapping Lake Michigan for Foxconn is a bad precedent
- Gated community in Monee throws open its doors once a year to show off its homes and airplanes
- Lakeshore Community Concerts starts 2019-20 season with Michael Buble salute
- Twins 10, White Sox 5
- Renovated, five-bedroom Lakeview home: $3.2M
- With possible strike on horizon, CPS CEO looks forward, lauds record-high graduation rate
- Corrections and clarifications
- September Christmas Festival will help Porter County needy families
- Aurora man gets eight years in prison for gun offense
- Speak Out: Assault weapons, deficit
- Founding member of Naper Pride group plans to run for Wehrli’s state House seat in 2020
- Engineer co-founded Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation
- Hurricane Dorian could grow into a Category 4 storm before hitting Florida over Labor Day weekend
- A disturbing video. A mysterious blue container. An AWOL parolee with a violent history. Chilling details surround the case of a missing Chicago woman
- Oswego East High School student charged with disorderly conduct after police investigate possible social media threat
- Community news: Local UPS hub takes St. Coletta’s participants to a White Sox game
- One week before starting school, life of Simeon cheerleader, 16, cut short as bullets meant for someone else pierce abdomen in Dolton
- Gary man charged with beating roommate with bat over missing Red Bull
- Chicago police launch GunStat to fight gun violence by ‘identifying gaps and closing loopholes’ in justice system
- R. Kelly’s lawyers want singer out of solitary confinement
- Commentary: With AI and automation, workplace laws need updating
- Wilmette students begin first day of school with red carpet welcome
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker may seek public-private partnership to facilitate sale of Thompson Center
- Did Dylan Cease have a ‘tell’ Thursday? Twins KO the White Sox rookie in the 3rd for a 10-5 rout and 3-game sweep
- Exhibit to showcase art of late Oak Park housing activist Bobbie Raymond
- Downtown Aurora to get more murals
- Boricuas enfrentan recuerdos del azote de María ante la llegada inminente de Dorian a Florida
- Shooting report near Indiana Dunes brings police search, but no suspect
- Read Mayor Lightfoot’s full ‘State of the City’ address
- Trump declares new U.S. Space Command as key to American defense, but there’s still no Space Force
- Former FBI Director James Comey mishandled memos, but didn’t share classified information, Justice Department’s inspector general says
- Editorial: Mayor Lightfoot’s ‘mayday’ moment for Chicago — and Illinois
- As the Cubs return home for a big weekend series against the Brewers, reinforcements are on the way soon
- River empata y se mide a Boca en semifinales de Libertadores
- Cubs 4, Mets 1
- Former Chicago school security guard accused of sexual assault or abuse of 4 girls, aged 7 to 12
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Final “Cruisin'” night of summer, 9/11 remembrance, outdoor yoga and more
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 30, 2019
- Caratini pega 2 HRs ante deGrom en triunfo de Cachorros sobre Mets
- In ‘State of the City’ speech, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago faces $838 million budget shortfall next year: ‘It’s the largest in our recent history’
- Troopers learn of shooting on I-94 after being flagged down by hit-and-run victim
- Teen charged in Edgewater Beach attack
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 30, 2019
- Willson Contreras starts a rehab assignment with Iowa on Friday and could return to the Cubs next weekend in Milwaukee
- Shout Out: Sharon Oberlander, a founding board member of the Digestive Health Foundation
- River Forest seeks residents’ input on possibly allowing recreational marijuana businesses in town
- Titans 19, Bears 15
- Sky drop 2nd straight, 88-83 to the Wings
- River Forest honors state champion Little League team with parade, rally
- Chicago native Taylor Townsend upsets 4th-seeded Simona Halep at the U.S. Open