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- After another Brexit defeat, Boris Johnson suspends Parliament in a drastic move
- Ask Amy: Father-in-law wants to issue premarital warning
- Cubs prospect Nico Hoerner makes his major-league debut
- Nico Hoerner, a 1st-round pick in 2018, is called up by the Cubs after injuries at shortstop
- Calendar: The truth about U.S. presidents revealed Thursday in Antioch
- Daywatch: Pregnant woman killed weeks after testifying in cousin’s slaying, Uber’s ‘big bet’ on Chicago and other things to know to start your day
- Aspiring budtenders learning the ins and outs of cannabis dispensary work at first community college course of its kind in Illinois
- 8 Chicago residential buildings with stunning cityscape views
- Mini Comic Con draws heroes, villians and comic artists to Eisenhower Library
- Commentary: ‘I’m starving’ means true hunger for too many in Chicago
- Davich: Our cult of celebrity fascination comes with a price
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city ‘can’t afford’ current police OT costs
- Column: An easy fix? The Bears’ lopsided play-calling in the opener was out of character for Matt Nagy
- Single-car crash leads to death of 25-year-old man on outbound Edens Expressway, man identified Tuesday
- Stabbing suspect arrested after cutting officer at Loyola Red Line stop, police say
- Man in custody after Hyatt House employee sexually assaulted in Oak Brook hotel, police say
- New ‘Joy of Cooking’ is a masterwork that will erase any reservations about past editions
- Nico Hoerner — in his major-league debut — collects 3 hits and 4 RBIs in the Cubs’ 10-2 win: ‘That’s about as good as it gets’
- Speak Out: Weapons, Trump
- Suburban man acquitted of charges he threatened to kill FBI agents
- Palos Township hired a security firm to provide armed guards at its board meetings. Activists call it ‘a form of intimidation.’
- Uber air taxis at Old Post Office: Just a flight of fancy for now, but ‘it’s a future fun possibility’
- 9/11 survivor visits Sandburg H.S. to recall harrowing day in New York; ‘I knew it wasn’t a made-for-TV movie. This was reality.’
- Some college-aged Americans vaccinated against mumps may not be protected
- On a mission for Maggie: After their daughter’s death, couple commits to tackling her bucket list, one trip at a time
- New York’s Charging Bull statue damaged by vandalism
- How the N.Y. Times got Ashley Judd and other Weinstein victims to talk
- ‘Necesitamos que México haga más’ para frenar a inmigrantes reclama EEUU
- NFL power rankings for Week 2: The Bears take a big tumble after the offense stumbles
- Talk of the County: Pritzker a joke for approving salary hike for teachers who work ‘half a day, half a year’
- Antioch and Wauconda police latest to join opioid initiative offering treatment for residents
- ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’ host Peter Sagal got mad at a D.C. subway station manager — now he just wants to say sorry
- Las Águilas ponen nido en Chicago
- Javi Báez enciende todas las alarmas
- Plasma donation center, which pays in gift cards, plans to open in Harwood Heights
- Hong Kong soccer fans loudly boo Chinese national anthem
- David Ortiz hace primer lanzamiento en Fenway Park
- Stevenson’s Harvard-bound Ean Norenberg always learning on the football field too
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- Talk of the County: ‘The whole world is looking at us and laughing hysterically’ because of our ‘moron’ president
- Iranian female soccer fan dies after setting herself on fire
- Editorial: There’s reason to buzz about the world’s largest Starbucks in Chicago
- California closer to letting college athletes make money
- Chicago Catholic Charities Gala of the Arts masquerade funds social services
- Talk of the County: Rex was right
- En México, mujeres trans piden justicia frente a impunidad
- Fantasy football Week 2 lineups: Start Odell Beckham Jr. and sit David Montgomery
- Retiring La Grange firefighter recognized for 26 years of service
- Column: Notre Dame’s mascots are breaking barriers. They should be celebrated — not trolled.
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- My worst moment: ‘Cobra Kai’s’ Martin Kove and playing phone tag with Quentin Tarantino
- Nico Hoerner is the latest Cubs prospect to make a quick jump to the majors
- Festival de Toronto honró a Meryl Streep y Joaquin Phoenix
- Social media campaign recruits Wilmette residents to promote village businesses
- South Carolina couple finds Civil War cannonballs washed up by Hurricane Dorian
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: District 207 hosts college fair; ‘Spirits’ return to Park Ridge cemetery for historical tour
- Muere una iraní aficionada al fútbol tras prenderse fuego
- Three Chicago restaurants make Bon Appetit’s best new restaurants nominees
- ‘I was just waiting for my turn’: Edgar Leon scores tying goal as Bartlett rallies against South Elgin
- Cae aprobación de Trump en medio de preocupación por la economía, según encuesta
- Beacon-News football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- ESPN introduced an ugly ‘Monday Night Football’ graphic. Viewers complained — it was gone by halftime.
- Hammond council appoints different restaurant owner to SSCVA board; Garcia bid turned back in 5-4 vote
- Mildred Cronin, mother of REO Speedwagon lead singer, helped produce show that raised over $1 million for an Oak Lawn parish school, dies
- First ever ‘Blocktoberfest’ coming to downtown Glenview at the end of the month
- Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- The queens of Chicago’s ‘Six’ get their chance on Broadway
- Shout Out: Laura Horwitz, former teacher now a business owner
- Football notes: Joey Niesman comes up with ‘a first’ of three interceptions to seal Oswego’s win
- Officials: At least 31 Iraqi pilgrims die in stampede during holiday
- Oakton celebrates 50th anniversary with fine arts
- That muffled voice on the other side of the McDonald’s drive-thru could be replaced by a robot
- Hobart 2020 budget plan promises belt-tightening for city as tax appeal, tax caps loom
- Boys soccer notes: Senior leaders Rafael Maciel and Marco Medina spearhead Clark’s pursuit of historic season
- Michael Jordan pledges $1 million for Bahamas hurricane relief
- Robert Frank, gigante de la fotografía, murió a los 94 años
- An Iranian woman who dressed as a man to watch a soccer match sets self on fire after learning she may face prison time
- Elmhurst Park Board considers March referendum for up to $105 million in projects
- With a list of restrictions, Skokie clears way for potential recreational marijuana dispensaries
- Milwaukee mother charged with neglect after her 42-pound teenage son dies
- Are there any downsides to marijuana legalization?
- Cross country notes: Kaneland’s Rachel Richtman knows ‘it would be an honor’ to be all-state again
- Rob Grownkowski latest NFL player to endorse CBD for athletes
- What’s the formula for a Bears rebound against the Broncos in Week 2 — and for the rest of the season?
- Georgia man charged with bringing more than 11 pounds of marijuana into Illinois
- Assistance dogs in West Texas make life easier for owners
- Virginia police’s newest – and furriest – recruits to help first responders cope with stress of job
- As humans shaped dogs’ bodies, we also altered their brains
- Pet World: Changes in the home can mean changes in behavior
- Analysis: Trump’s announcement of John Bolton’s firing doesn’t square with details
- Florida cat burglar turns out to actually be a cat
- Hammond council meeting erupts in shouting match over 2020 budget; ‘If anyone wants me to step down, just say so’
- Oak Park police investigating weekend armed robberies
- Enseñan pormenores del negocio de cannabis en primer curso universitario de su tipo en Illinois
- Sizing up the Cubs’ rivals in the postseason hunt, from the red-hot Cardinals to the wacky Brewers to the underachieving Phillies
- Daily Southtown boys soccer ranking and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- Trustees review $11.7 million Oak Park Avenue streets plan, question need for streetscape upgrades
- Residents still skeptical as deep well comes back on line
- Column: Good riddance to John Bolton — an arrogant, reckless national security adviser
- New exhibit highlights 150 years of Glencoe history: ‘It was a massive undertaking’
- Orthopedic services business announces new Crown Point facility
- West Dundee Heritage Fest returns for 22nd year with lineup that includes music, food, car show, craft fair and more
- Chicago theater openings for Sept. 13-19
- Every top Democratic candidate for president wants to change criminal justice laws. Here’s how they would do it.
- Editorial: Nightmare in Chicago: The killing of Treja Kelley
- Column: Ethically, Todd Ricketts owes Cook County six more years of property taxes on his Wilmette house. He should pay up.
- Well-suited with Armani: Moreno runs for 248 yards, 5 TDs as Neuqua Valley opens season 2-0
- Joven embarazada testificó en un asesinato. Semanas después fue abatida a tiros en Back of the Yards
- Normandy Remodeling looking to move from Ogden Avenue to Salt Creek Lane in Hinsdale
- Shout out: Economist-turned-rabbi Barry Schechter gives talks on humor
- Column: I quit smoking by vaping, and now I’m worried
- Mutual Ground and Breaking Free, longtime social service pillars in Aurora, merge to offer ‘more holistic’ approach to healing
- Infant discovered in Hammond hospital’s baby box
- Care for a Frosty-ccino? Wendy’s relaunching breakfast menu nationwide.
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- Firm hired to do study on District 204 housing trends and their impact on finances, student enrollment
- ‘Odisea’ venezolana para comprar alimentos y productos básicos
- Slowik: Park Forest residents vow to fight to save Rich East High School
- Pat Fitzgerald raises the question: Do today’s college football players know who Joe Montana is?
- Boys soccer notes: John Kennedy loves ‘that mentality’ of being the goalkeeper for Marist
- Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94
- Evanston aldermen appoint interim city manager, plan national search for replacement
- Rezoning for Wayside’s new location, dorm addition wins recommendation of Elgin commission
- Keir Dullea, star of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ to appear at film screening in Park Ridge
- Column: Help hurricane victims, but also fight to stop climate change
- CSO conductor Riccardo Muti on the strike and his future: ‘What the world knows about the Chicago Symphony is still maybe … taken for granted’
- A bounty of fall and Halloween events await the western suburbs
- ‘Talking to Strangers’: Malcolm Gladwell investigates the dangers of misunderstanding, from Sandra Bland to Bernie Madoff
- How a Manhattan real estate scion built a rural empire
- Un plato de comida, la única prioridad para muchos argentinos
- The unlikely Chinese cities where house prices rival London
- Inside the home where Elvis spent his honeymoon
- First ‘Friday Night’ brewery event sold out, creates buzz for more community fests of its kind in Northbrook
- José Andrés bringing famed Spanish restaurant Jaleo to Chicago’s River North
- District 203 to share cost of installing $4.25M turf field in Knoch Park with Naperville Park District
- Column: ‘It’s beautiful and terrifying.’ Cheryl Strayed’s ‘Dear Sugar’ columns come to life on a Chicago stage
- Apple unveils a cheaper iPhone, $5/month pricing for Apple TV Plus, Arcade services
- Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer coming to Wrigley Field in August 2020
- Glencoe District 35 budget predicts surplus despite decrease in revenues
- En libro, periodistas detallan investigación a Harvey Weinstein
- Gary airport now has private firefighting crew
- Comings & Goings: Pop’s franchise owner opens restaurant in Sauk Village
- An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crashed 6 months ago today. Some victims’ relatives fear the jet is being rushed back into service.
- Former Aurora resident who survived 9/11 attack looks to provide ‘a voice’ for those that died
- Rain, heat to dominate in Chicago area until weekend
- Elgin police, officials work to assure Hispanic residents that legal status not an issue in getting help, completing census
- A Mundelein dispensary received one of Illinois’ first licenses to sell recreational marijuana. But undecided village officials still have to vote.
- Kansas confirms state’s first death linked to vaping
- Schools, homes evacuated after a train derails in Illinois suburb of St. Louis
- Consultant tabulating results of community input in quest for new D204 superintendent
- Column: ‘Baby on Board’ buttons are a waste for pregnant CTA riders because most people never look up from their phones.
- Los productos usados, de la mala fama a la moda
- Naperville District 203 agrees to pay $125,000 to Walgren family to settle wrongful death suit
- Los autos eléctricos se roban el show en Fráncfort
- The truth about CBD for your pets
- Kirby Dach and Adam Boqvist are among 4 Blackhawks to suffer ‘minor’ injuries in their NHL Prospect Tournament finale
- Chesterton teachers share connections, describe educating students on 9/11 in hometown
- Church news: Southwest Interfaith Team sets speakers forum in Orland Park, more
- Uber announces 435 layoffs in its engineering, product units
- Girl, 3, shot in the head while riding in a car in Chicago Heights
- Four more confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease at Batavia facility
- Vacant homes in Hinsdale indicate tollway expansion is gearing up
- Developer plans high-end duplexes on site of 1870 Valparaiso mansion and former restaurant
- Developer: Former St. Adalbert Church sanctuary will remain public space, other buildings will be repurposed
- Evanston celebrates start of Hispanic Heritage Month at Jalisco en Evanston
- Letters: On 9/11 anniversary, think of forgiveness
- Roban camioneta a célebres ‘Patronas’, benefactoras de migrantes en México
- Owners of the iconic Grand Hotel on Michigan’s Mackinac Island announce sale
- Construction to start on Sauk Trail bridge over I-57
- Alignment Collaborative for Education wants U46 to provide $51,000 in 2019-20, same amount as last year
- Southtowners: Lincoln-Way West’s Montano completes prestigious AFJROTC program
- Feds accuse West Chicago property developer of Ponzi scheme
- The Spin: Backlash over Sean Spicer’s planned Chicago visit | Mayor Lightfoot, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg meet | Progressives offer mayor buffet of tax options
- Protests planned as Sean Spicer set to speak at Northeastern Illinois University this week
- Shout Out: Samantha Palmieri serves food and the community through Mia Passione
- More than 100 area students selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
- Ford stock dips only a bit despite downgrade to junk credit rating
- How to protect your dog from Lyme disease
- Mexican folk music performers Sones de México kick off Lumber Center season
- Pinnacle, small Chicago ad agency behind WeatherTech Super Bowl ads, sues Florida ad agency with same name
- Caso Neymar: policía acusa a modelo de extorsión y calumnia
- It will be a good day if you fill out the Tweet of the Week survey. I said good day!
- United Airlines targets Gen Z, offers 10% off for passengers ages 18-22
- These Southland pets need new homes
- 5,000 lose power and lightning sparks house fire as storm hits Lake County before morning commute
- A full moon for Friday the 13th this month, the first time in years
- Find thrills and chills at north suburban fall, Halloween activities
- Festival of Colors celebrates diversity in Skokie
- La comunidad se une, organizan kermés en apoyo a paletero anciano y enfermo en Pilsen
- Bond amounts decided for three men in Porter County incident
- County clerk, former Lake sheriff ticketed for passing stopped school buses: police
- Arrestan funcionaria en Puerto Rico por fraude tras huracanes
- ‘Storm Area 51’ originator pulls out of Nevada desert event
- Nico Hoerner was a smashing success in his major-league debut. Could he make a push for a permanent spot with the Cubs?
- Argentina y España pisan las semifinales de China-2019
- Favoritas Francia, Portugal e Inglaterra avanzan con paso firme a la Eurocopa
- Moran: ‘Sorely needed’ improvements coming to Hunt Club Road and Washington Street, both on and off-road
- A businessman from Skokie wanted to meet new neighbors, so he threw a giant block party
- 29-year-old Danville woman charged with attempted armed robbery in Northbrook
- Indian American culture, heritage the focus of this year’s Celebrate Naperville at Naper Settlement
- Harvester Place fires three employees in response to videos of residents with dementia posted on Snapchat
- Salma Hayek plasma un México de mujeres empoderadas en la serie ‘Monarca’
- Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ turns our political moment into gripping horror
- Northwest suburban fall, Halloween events abound
- Waukegan crash victim identified; Zion area crash victim dies
- Colombia llama a la ‘serenidad’ ante tensiones con Venezuela
- Judge rejects far-reaching gag order in killing of pregnant teenager whose baby was cut from her womb
- Event venue large enough for 600 guests planned for top floor of R.R. Donnelly building in downtown Elgin
- 5 things we learned from Bears assistant coaches, including Leonard Floyd heating up and Deon Bush in the wrong place at the wrong time
- Judge to allow jury to hear phone call in which man accused in Hinsdale slaying allegedly told mom to arrange destruction of potential evidence on a grill
- Plan for 55 townhouses to be built in Naperville Crossings wins commission approval
- Gurnee police officer injured when hit-and-run suspects try to flee scene
- Juvenile charged with felony after ‘joke’ about shooting up Plainfield Central High School. Police say it was the 6th threat against a Plainfield school in recent weeks.
- Attorneys for Elkhart mother accused of aiding ISIS say Yazidi slave testimony could help case — if they can get it
- Chicago Housing Authority has acting CEO after former boss resigns early for job in Atlanta, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office says
- Girl sexually assaulted walking to St. Laurence High School in Burbank
- Commentary: Trump’s Taliban invitation is one of the most shameful moments of his presidency
- Former East Aurora teacher found guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse
- ‘We have got to see progress’: Lawmakers push DCFS for plans after troubled child welfare agency gets first major funding boost in years
- Andrew Vaughn soaks up a preview of life in the majors. But the White Sox 1st-round draft pick is just getting started as a pro.
- ‘She always boosts everyone up’: Rachel Kolodziej a key as Lincoln-Way Central slips past Providence
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- Trump says he fired national security adviser John Bolton over strong disagreements
- ‘Bachelor Nation Elder’: Bartlett native Chris Bukowski has many nicknames on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’
- 4 crew members on overturned cargo ship waited 36 hours in darkness, extreme heat before rescue
- Rocket explodes near U.S. Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary
- Agent Scott Boras sees a lucrative future for Nicholas Castellanos — and they will listen to all offers
- As death toll from Hurricane Dorian rises in the Bahamas, desperation mounts as shelters turn evacuees away
- The best images from the White Sox’s Dog Day at Guaranteed Rate Field
- Republican Dan Bishop narrowly wins special election for North Carolina congressional seat that was subject of allegations of ballot tampering last year
- ‘It’s tough to stop’: Haley Melby’s offense powers Munster past Andrean
- Patriots receiver Antonio Brown accused of rape by a former trainer
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
- FEMA report on Aurora warehouse shooting praises officers, notes communication issues
- Madi Dross makes 10 saves and stops penalty kick as unbeaten Crown Point shuts out Chesterton
- Christian Yelich fouls a ball off himself and breaks his kneecap. The Brewers star is out for the season.