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- Rick Renteria gets ejected again as the White Sox drop their 7th straight, 11-3 to the Indians
- 2019 Equity Jeff nominations are in: Porchlight and Paramount are tops, Goodman and Chicago Shakes are mostly snubbed
- Families create, polish shofars to prepare for Rosh Hashanah
- Ask Amy: Aspiring lawyer rests his case
- Notre Dame overcomes early issues and a ‘rusty’ Ian Book to open with a ‘sloppy’ 35-17 road win against Louisville
- Back to School Bash lets kids get energized in Morton Grove
- Fun mixes with faith at Lauretana Italian festival
- Daywatch: A challenger for Kim Foxx, the first day — ever — at Englewood STEM High School, and other things to know to start your day
- As students return for a new school year, new education-related laws hit the books
- Column: Vista Tower tour reveals the engineering secrets that hold up Chicago’s latest skyline standout
- Letters: The two sides of human history
- At least 5 dead as Hurricane Dorian pummels the Bahamas and triggers massive flooding
- Da story behind Da Bears — and how the sausage-eating, Mike Ditka-obsessed, Chicago-aggrandizing Super Fans are still part of Chicago sports today
- Some of Chicago’s most interesting coffee is roasted in the suburbs. Here’s where to find it.
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 3, Bronko Nagurski
- Can Mitch Trubisky be the one to rewrite Bears history after 99 seasons of franchise mediocrity at quarterback?
- Editorial: Schools and bloat: To help Illinois students and taxpayers, merge more districts
- Commentary: The day I fell in love with Emma
- New law requires Illinois schools teach contributions of gay, transgender people: ‘It is past time children know the names of LGBTQ+ pioneers’
- Labor and delivery units are closing at Chicago-area hospitals. Here’s why.
- Lego says profit is down but business is clicking, especially in China
- The ‘fast and feast’ diet works for weight loss, but its long-term effects are unknown
- Glen Hansard learned how to make his latest, ‘This Wild Willing,’ by spending five weeks at sea in a rowing boat
- Hebron man facing felony child molesting, rape charges
- Cubs Q&A: Does Anthony Rizzo’s swing cause back problems? Do the Cubs use virtual reality hitting tools? Why rely so much on home runs?
- Fantasy football Week 1 lineups: Start Chris Carson and sit Aaron Jones
- US sprint star Christian Coleman cleared of doping violation
- AP: Colts sign Jacoby Brissett to contract extension
- Pints and punts: Browns rookie told he made team while in bar
- Kevin Hart’s wife says he’s ‘going to be fine’ after car crash
- Davich: Art exhibit of cardboard signs challenges us to confront our feelings about homelessness
- Column: It’s the first day of school. Can I talk to your kids a second? I’m afraid we’re screwing this up.
- Hammond’s ‘Arts of the Ave’ draws crowds to enjoy artistic expression, music, food
- Families moving into apartments marketed to young professionals puts a strain on District 204, administrators say
- Commentary: Classical streaming has arrived. How do the new services stack up?
- American Airlines extends its Boeing 737 Max cancellations
- Porter County officials continue to look for housing as hotel bill for displaced families tops $16K
- Calendar: Family friendly improvisation Saturday in Libertyville
- Patricia Dodson, feminist and activist, dies
- How some cities are planning to revive neighborhoods — without displacement
- Talk of the County: Trump not perfect, but ‘trying to help us’
- Purdue University wants you to know it has no connection to Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin maker
- Take your pick of fall festivals, plus other seasonal events across the Midwest
- 15-year-old killed near Austin home dreamed of playing for White Sox: ‘I see the little boy, and I remember that forever’
- Nadal luce en el US Open, bajo la mirada de Woods
- Palmeiras destituye al técnico Scolari
- Hallan 25 cuerpos tras un incendio en un barco en California
- Rather than spend night in Dublin, Pence staying at Trump-owned resort on other side of Ireland and flying to capital
- 4 takeaways from Notre Dame’s win over Louisville, including Ian Book’s inconsistency and effective defensive adjustments
- First day of school for CPS students
- Talk of the County: ‘Who else is roaming the halls of our schools in District 60?’
- ‘Ducks, Newburyport’ by Lucy Ellmann: Do you have the mettle (and the wrist strength) to tackle this 1,034-page phenom? Biblioracle John Warner wonders.
- He was wounded in a mass shooting. She has melanoma. How an Aurora cop and his wife are leaning on each other.
- My worst moment: Emmy-nominee Glynn Turman and the time Aretha Franklin asked him on stage during a concert and he was booed off
- Commentary: America’s workers: proud, resourceful, underappreciated
- Talk of the County: Time to impeach ‘that huckster president of ours’
- NFL power rankings for Week 1: Bears start at No. 5, while the Packers are much lower
- Un paraíso vulnerable a los huracanes
- Graue Mill hosts 37th annual Civil War encampment weeks after Lake County Civil War event is canceled
- Yellow Line service resumes after being suspended for hour because of tree debris near Howard Street terminal
- Talk of the County: Ray Bradbury statue event was outstanding
- The unforgettable top 10 tweets of August
- AMLO asegura que lo espiaban en Palacio Nacional
- Ridgewood football season openers never lose appeal
- Un sacerdote prohíbe en su escuela los libros de ‘Harry Potter’ por recomendación de exorcistas
- Posponen juicio de Cuba Gooding Jr. por supuesto manoseo
- Laura Esquivel relanza historia; ahora en novela gráfica
- FBI: El homicida de Texas iba en ‘espiral decadente’
- Oak Forest man charged with sexual assault of minor
- Lease agreement with utility complicates improvement planning for Calumet Trail
- After social workers raise alarm about caseloads, Waukegan District 60 adds five positions
- ‘Mantenga nuestro nombre (Chicago) fuera de su boca’, responde Lightfoot a Ted Cruz sobre el problema de violencia
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
- Lincolnwood takes powers from mayor, gives to village manager
- Tennis tournament raises funds to help 14-year-old La Grange Park girl with leukemia
- Save the date for the Chicago Tribune 2019 Top Workplaces celebration
- Social media buzz leads to mentoring session for Timothy Christian sophomore with lawn mowing business
- A new school year begins for CPS students
- Crisis de identidad demócrata
- ‘It Chapter Two’ review: More clowning around with Pennywise and friends, less connection with the Losers Club
- Oak Brook Park District reschedules Universal Playground anniversary celebration for Thursday
- Club Morelia, medio siglo en Chicago
- El año más violento del siglo
- Meek Mill and Future perform in Tinley Park
- ‘The Wire’: Where are they now?
- ‘Buddy knows how to play the game’: Kennedy a key as Kane County Cougars clinch playoff spot
- Hinsdale District 86 security measures include nearly 300 surveillance cameras and armed security officers
- Students to receive new type of grades in Elmwood Park schools; pilot program starts this year
- Going to a Chicago Bears game at Soldier Field? Here’s the new ticket policy, where to tailgate, how to dress, what to eat and more
- Lions Park Pool closes season with strong turnout on nice day
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
- Roglic vuela en la crono y asesta un golpe a la Vuelta
- Teachers, custodians, aides, guards all prep for possible strikes as new school year begins in Chicago Public Schools
- How to pick the smartest housewarming gift ever
- ‘I fight for those extra yards’: Sean Torres comes up with a torrid start at running back for Benet
- Robots and 5D dining experience coming to South Loop, but what does that really mean?
- Grandes sorpresas latinoamericanas en el Mundial de baloncesto
- Frothy fun of ‘The Pajama Game’ opens Theatre at the Center season
- Thousands line streets for Naperville’s Labor Day parade
- Mahomes y Mayfield por la estafeta de Brady y Brees
- 4 dead, including 6-year-old boy, after boat capsizes along river in central Indiana
- Chef touts charcoal grilling, brining, and pizza
- Las escuelas de Illinois enseñarán las contribuciones de homosexuales y transgénero
- Dolton man killed in drive-by shooting, officials say
- Gore Vidal’s ‘Lincoln’ and other best audiobooks for summer’s end
- Speedy sashimi: Sushi-San launches 45-minute, $45 omakase menu
- Michigan couple arrested for burglaries 3 years after $500K lottery win
- North Chicago’s Vondarious Gordon flips a switch on the field
- Salute to Freddie Mercury comes to Naperville stage
- Police: Oak Park teenager pepper-sprayed, carjacked near West Cook YMCA
- 5 things to do in Lake County Sept 6-8
- 5 things to do in northwest Indiana Sept. 6-8
- George Halas, Walter Payton among statues of 23 sports greats around Chicago
- BNSF bridge project underway to prepare for Tri-State Tollway expansion
- Boys soccer notes: Cory Pitlik develops into a ‘special player’ in midfield for Lincoln-Way East
- Getaway driver in slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee pleads guilty to murder charge
- La nueva guerra antidroga en México, ¿peor que la anterior?
- Boys soccer notes: Junior goalie Fernando Ramos ‘biggest surprise’ for Bishop Noll
- 40 teams compete in 3rd annual barbecue contest in Park Ridge
- Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
- NFL 2019 predictions for every division, conference — and the Super Bowl
- Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
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- Paramount Theatre productions nominated for 16 Jeff Awards
- Los Chicago Bears arrancan su siglo en la NFL recibiendo a sus archirivales Packers
- Beacon-News football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
- Shout Out: Nicole Lee, first-grade teacher
- Nadal-Schwartzman, choque de amigos en el US Open
- Cómo 7 ‘perdedores’ forjan lazos para ‘It 2’
- Near North Side alderman rejects building 39-story apartment tower on Barnes & Noble site
- Residents come together to celebrate unity of East Chicago’s Sunnyside neighborhood
- Comings & Goings: Blink Fitness opens in Merrionette Park, plans location in Oak Lawn
- Oakton college student workers get minimum wage hike: ‘We are … ahead of the state now’
- Hurricane Dorian
- Rapper Fetty Wap arrested after alleged assault of hotel employee in Las Vegas
- Column: Dave Chappelle pushes the same boundaries that once got Lenny Bruce arrested
- Speak Out: White Sox, voting
- La confesión de Justin Bieber: Drogas, intentos de suicidio y daños psicológicos
- Column: Detroit’s ‘renaissance’ masks its pervasive poverty
- Winnetka Boy Scouts travel to Ghana, distribute first aid kits
- Volunteer and therapy dog brighten kids’ days at nonprofit
- Teams from across the country, world to descend on Illinois town for dog Frisbee championships
- Thanks to 3D-assisted surgery, this dog survived to comfort his grieving family
- Worry in Kansas town after nearly 2 dozen pets disappear or die
- Home of famed journalist H.L. Mencken getting $1.5M facelift
- ‘Brady Bunch’ residence houses cast reunion for ‘A Very Brady Renovation’
- Julia Child’s D.C. home had lost its luster. But the owner plans to make it sparkle again.
- These luxury Hong Kong homes are fully furnished; all you need is $75 million
- Liberan a acusado de desaparición de 43 estudiantes en México
- Count on hurricanes to spark storms of online misinformation
- The Force is now with Disney World, but the weather isn’t
- Orange juice sinks with Florida groves set to escape Dorian fury
- Dorian se enfila a EEUU tras devastación en las Bahamas
- As Dorian approaches, Floridians gawk, surf, drink — and go running
- Can’t find that Starbucks croissant? Coffee chain cites supply problems.
- Pew warns Michigan: Legal pot an uncertain revenue source
- Thousands of weed convictions will be automatically expunged in Illinois: ‘We are righting the wrongs of the past’
- With the rise of legal weed, drug education moves from ‘don’t’ to ‘delay’
- Why use CBD? The breadth of answers may surprise you
- Two drivers taken to hospital after crash involving Hinsdale police vehicle
- Flying with legal weed: Does TSA care about marijuana?
- Football notes: Ethan Nelson helps Waubonsie Valley win without injured Bryce Logan in opener
- Study links adolescent cannabis use to memory loss
- Oakton Community College hosts solidarity vigil for victims of hate
- Harvey Park District settles former employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit
- Political satirists Capitol Steps have plenty of material these days
- Risk of hail, flooding, and lightning as Tuesday afternoon storms usher in cold front
- Shout Out: Danuta Superson relieves pain, stress with massage therapy
- Down to one: Plans to close a Kmart store in Bridgeview leave just a single location in Illinois
- At ‘Betrayal’ on Broadway, a cellphone makes Tom Hiddleston cry
- Proposal for retail, residential development near Pfingsten and Willow roads go before Plan Commission
- West Dundee resurrects popular Halloween festival
- Raúl Jiménez se consolida como ídolo de los Wolves a base de goles (VIDEO)
- Walmart dejará de vender algunas municiones en EEUU, incluso para pistolas
- Yolanda Andrade y Verónica Castro, ¿se casaron?
- Fringe Festival returns to Elgin this weekend with new venues and new events
- Church news: College planning workshop set in Orland Park, more
- Amid trade war, U.S. factory output slips for 1st time in 3 years. Here’s the news behind the numbers.
- Panamá y El Salvador, ávidos en sumar en Liga de Naciones
- Walter Payton and George Halas statues unveiled at Soldier Field: ‘We’ve been waiting for a long time’
- Commentary: What we keep getting wrong about mass shootings
- Labor Day violence: Shootings sharply up as fewer Chicago police officers deployed on streets than last year
- ‘Pacho’ Maturana comienza a dirigir en Bolivia a sus 70 años
- Speak Out: A thank you to the nice people in the Fox Valley
- Shout Out: Comedian Steven Springer tests material on residents of high-rise where he works
- Crown Point officer, canine wait in Florida as Dorian heads up coast
- Vote delayed on Aurora liquor law change
- Editorial: Davantae Jackson: From Little League to ‘wrong crowd’ to dead at age 15
- Grafelman Park playground in West Dundee to get an upgrade
- Southtowners: Hillcrest student earns highest score on AP exam, more
- Suburban stages offer mix of live theater experiences for 2019 season
- Trey Burton could be a ‘game-time decision’ for the Bears after another limited practice
- School starts at Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, with Maple School welcoming students and staff to new building
- Of Popsicle sticks, ice cream sandwiches and other amusements — the first Tweet of Week poll of September
- Los Cachorros activan a Contreras y Holland
- Moran: After more than one rain delay, Waukegan Savanna dog park schedules a grand opening
- The Spin: As CPS starts academic year, the threat of a teacher strike looms as Mayor Lightfoot talks up a deal
- Elgin man convicted of sexual abuse at public pool
- NFL 2019: Interferencias de pase opacan la temporada 100
- Walter Payton and George Halas statues at Soldier Field
- Acusan a universitario de crimen de odio, encontraron una soga con nudo de horca en U of I
- Catar desvela el logotipo del Mundial-2022
- Former Gurnee community service officer, Explorer Post adviser charged with child porn possession
- Letters: Can city operations be made more efficient?
- Firefighters extinguish fire in basement of Naperville 2-story home
- Cook County sheriff’s office employee pleads not guilty to charges in 2018 crash that killed 2 sisters in Niles
- Greater Elgin Family Care Center takes new steps to combat opioid epidemic
- Plans for new Holiday Inn hotel in Tinley Park
- Medvedev avanza a semifinales del US Open
- Griffith man hit by train, killed walking on Portage railroad bridge
- Good news, bad news: White Sox make the wrong call on Luis Robert, but Jose Abreu keeps raking
- Northbrook officials voice support for following Highland Park’s affordable housing model
- Glencoe officials focus on potential stormwater issues around proposed 29-home Hoover Estate development
- TLC’s ‘Long Island Medium’ exclaims at live show, ‘Oh Jesus, is he another skeptic?’
- 2 killed in Harvey motorcycle crash
- Police pull body from Chicago River under DuSable Bridge at Michigan Avenue
- Wayside Cross in Aurora enters transforming relationship with Oak Brook-based Micron Industries; ‘It gives me self value’
- No habrá Grito en Harrison Park, pero habrá en el centro de Chicago y Cicero
- Will County officials considering new gas tax
- 83-year-old Kane County woman reports losing more than $31K in romance scam
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot rips Sen. Ted Cruz, ‘coward Republicans’ on Twitter over gun control: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’
- An errant pass thrown by Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book broke a Louisville dancer’s nose
- ‘We think we have some lungs for you’: Elburn woman receives rare third double-lung transplant
- Dorian se debilita y se aleja del sur de Florida
- ‘I’ve got a gun. I’ll shoot you’: Man arrested after allegedly trying to rob North Central College student
- Fatal Old Mill Creek confrontation to be topic of community meeting in Waukegan about state’s felony murder law
- Disney envía a Bahamas más de $ 1 millón en ayuda por huracanes
- Commentary: Senate Democrats’ unprecedented threat against the Supreme Court
- Walmart to stop selling ammo for handguns and short-barrel weapons, ask customers to not openly carry firearms in its stores
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers major defeat in Parliament, says he will call for a new U.K. general election
- 34 people dead after dive boat catches fire off coast of southern California; flames blocked exits, officials say
- Arlo White is the voice of the Premier League on NBC. And although he’s from England, he’s a die-hard Cubs and Bears fan.
- Gunman in Texas shooting rampage that killed 7 obtained AR-style rifle in private sale, evading background check that blocked him in 2014
- Man shot to death on West Side block between high school and elementary school, prompting lockdown
- Serena Williams powers her way into the U.S. Open semifinals in just 44 minutes
- White Sox call up 4 from Triple-A Charlotte, including catcher Zack Collins, but not Luis Robert
- Column: Will Ben Zobrist’s return — and his ‘Bennie and the Jets’ walk-up song — spark the Cubs offense down the stretch?
- Back ahead of schedule, Willson Contreras flexes some muscle in his return to the Cubs
- ‘It’s exciting’: Even-keeled Ellie Watson connects from middle as Sandburg slips past Mother McAuley
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
- Man killed in South Loop shooting
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
- ‘It’s all worth it right now’: Vivi Smilgius credits summer conditioning after Chesterton grinds out win against Valparaiso
- El huracán Dorian se acercó a Florida con vientos de 110 mph
- Cubs 6, Mariners 1
- Healthy and one year wiser, Milana Moisio anchors Carmel’s back row in win against Lake Zurich
- Kris Bryant’s sore knee is just the latest problem causing the Cubs lineup headaches
- 5-year-old boy who was thrown from Mall of America balcony returns home nearly five months after incident
- Eloy Jimenez’s 2 home runs and James McCann’s 3-run shot help end the White Sox’s 7-game losing streak
- ‘Total devastation’: At least 7 dead as Hurricane Dorian parks itself over the Bahamas, pounding island nation and trapping residents