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- Ask Amy: Mother in recovery struggles with amends
- Eloy Jimenez’s first grand slam — ‘the first of many to come’ — sends the White Sox past the Royals
- Column: Should Rahm Emanuel run for president and save Democrats from Joe Biden and his bloody eye?
- Commentary: Let the memory of 9/11 be a call to serve
- Daywatch: County clerk faces ‘illegal patronage’ operation allegations, the Art Institute plans a major makeover and other things to know to start your day
- Column: As we remember Sept. 11, let’s not forget the mistakes made in its name
- Column: When a man offers a woman his seat on the train or bus, is it an act of kindness or sexism?
- An 18-year-old pregnant woman testified in a slaying. Weeks later, she was gunned down in Back of the Yards.
- 3 men, 1 teenage boy wounded in West Town shooting
- Shout Out: Angela Goss, makeup artist, clean freak
- Former Chicago college student who was shot by campus police last year has gone missing, family says
- The Art Institute announces plans for a major makeover of its sprawling campus — but the lions will stay on Michigan Avenue
- Shout Out: Paul Frerking of Norridge, not really retired
- A writer from Illinois with a genetic disorder was made fun of online for her looks. She fired back with a series of cheerful selfies that went viral.
- Deaths of 9/11 first responders from ground zero-related illnesses are on the rise — and some diseases are just beginning to take their toll
- Glenview board approves amended ordinances on tobacco-related businesses opening in village
- Great reads for young readers: Building empathy with ‘Small in the City’ and more
- Area high school seniors named National Merit semifinalists
- The Bears offensive line struggled to block the Packers — and the season’s high expectations. Now comes the urgent repair job.
- Weeknight chicken challenge met with a hot griddle and fast recipes
- Steve Cishek walks in the winning run on 4 pitches in the Cubs’ 9-8 loss in extras: ‘Possibly the worst thing to do’
- An Asian-Cajun seafood boil, a new West Loop wine bar, plus more Chicago restaurant openings and closings
- Chicago festivals this week: Riot Fest, Lakeview East Festival of the Arts, Ravenswood Artwalk
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff, Water Tower 150th celebration
- Sept. 11 anniversary around the nation
- Aurora may apply for grant to upgrade McCarty Park
- At McHenry County Farm Stroll, get out in the country for fresh produce, flowers and eggs
- Bears Q&A: Should Ryan Pace pick up Mitch Trubisky’s fifth-year option? Why is Denver such a difficult place to play early in the season? And what the heck happened to the run game?
- Scientists rethink Alzheimer’s, diversifying the drug search
- Study finds international differences in filling opioid prescriptions
- Team USA fails to win basketball gold at the World Cup for the 1st time since 2006
- EEUU conmemora 18 años de los atentados terroristas del 9/11
- Riot Fest 2019: 10 bands you have to see this weekend
- Trump marks 9/11 anniversary amid frustration about ‘endless war’ in Afghanistan
- Hammond’s newest pedestrian bridge gets workout even before official dedication
- NFL’s Week 1 TV ratings are up 5% over last year
- Column: When a ref yanks a teen swimmer’s victory because her school-issued suit shows too much skin, girls are told their bodies are sexual above all else
- Argentina baja de la nube al Tri del ‘Tata’ Martino
- Rivian, aiming to be Tesla of trucks, gets $350 million investment as it gears up to open Illinois factory
- Lucy Montaño, pionera del fútbol femenino en Chicago (VIDEO)
- Roy Robertson-Harris’ 1st splashy play happened on his 1st snap. But it also came from 3 years of ‘grinding.’
- Aurora looks at agreement with Verizon for small wireless installations
- Francia echa a EEUU del Mundial de baloncesto
- 9/11 remembrance ceremonies in Chicago
- GM recalling almost 3.8 million SUVs, pickups over brake problem
- South Korea asks IOC to ban ‘rising sun’ flag at Tokyo Olympics
- Perú se cobra revancha de la final de Copa América y tumba a Brasil
- Hong Kong exchange seeks to buy London’s stock market, but deal faces major hurdles
- Everything changing at Georgia Tech under first-year coach
- Justice Anne Burke, whose husband faces federal public corruption charges in sweeping City Hall probe, tapped as next Illinois Supreme Court chief justice
- Cam Newton still getting questioned about lack of deep passes
- 1 wounded in shooting on Eisenhower Expressway on West Side
- Selle: Jussie Smollett case proves that when cops do their job well, they still take heat
- Chicago firefighters, officials mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks
- En ‘Hustlers’ Jennifer López se roba dinero… y el show
- Parents guide: Advice about films kids may want to see in theaters or opening soon
- Messi sigue recuperándose al margen del grupo en el Barca
- Column: Placing the blame for Bears’ opening dud — Mitch Trubisky or Matt Nagy? — is less important than cleaning up the mess quickly
- The dark secret behind the success of Sid Luckman, the greatest Bears quarterback ever
- Column: Vanilla pudding is good, but it makes for bad retail aesthetic. Why is individuality in stores disappearing?
- Developers eye new Beacon Hill office building in Crown Point
- Cubs Q&A: Will anyone be fired if the team doesn’t make the playoffs? Could Kris Bryant or Javier Baez be traded?
- Man dead, woman injured after motorcycle is struck in hit-and-run crash; Crystal Lake woman charged with leaving scene
- Long Grove Apple Fest brings in more food vendors, bands to end-of-summer event
- About 2,300 University of Chicago nurses set strike date
- Receptor de los Patriots acusado de violación por exentrenadora
- Chicago conmemora aniversario de ataques del 9/11
- Illinois officials name companies authorized to train marijuana sellers
- Nielsen says it will include out-of-home viewing soon
- Greek Orthodox officials ask to take ‘temporary possession’ of Virgin Mary icon after news of its appearing to weep leads to ‘negative public attention’
- Americans remember 9/11 as country still grapples with the attacks’ aftermath
- Cuentos Políticos: ¡El mañana ya llegó!
- Matteson middle school principal resigns after past sexual misconduct allegations at CPS surface
- Balean a jovencito de 15 años cuando iba a la escuela en South Chicago
- Two workers sent to hospital after fire at Aurora warehouse
- Watchdog accuses County Clerk Karen Yarbrough of running ‘illegal patronage’ operation, wants court oversight
- As Trump pushes flavor ban, 5 things to know about vaping and the recent health scare
- Read the judge’s order denying summary judgment requests in the Dennis Hastert hush money lawsuit
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- Crete Park’s mighty oaks are setting for fifth annual Acorn Fest
- Column: The date 9/11 lives in infamy. But will it fade?
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- There are only two northern white rhinos left. But with their eggs, and sperm from dead males, scientists may be able to save the species.
- Speak Out: Tinley Park apartments, Bears
- East Aurora car show to help homeless students
- Your guide to ‘Destinos,’ Chicago’s international Latino theater festival
- Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joining law firm Kirkland & Ellis as litigation partner
- Lake Forest Symphony opens season with fairy tale, world premiere of concertmaster cadenza
- River Forest’s annual LemonAid fundraiser to benefit Hephzibah, Beat the Streets
- A developer donated $200K toward affordable housing in Naperville, but the city doesn’t have a policy to implement it
- Metra says it won’t hike fares in 2020, second year in a row without an increase
- ‘It really motivates you’: Experience at state meet last year pushes Lakes senior RJ Migas
- DuPage County reports its first West Nile virus case of 2019. Lombard woman became ill in late August. State total is at 4.
- ‘Chulas fronteras’, un testimonio de la cultura chicana y su música
- GSU brings ‘All Stars’ from Lyric Opera ‘Up Close’ with audience
- Antonio Brown practices with the Patriots a day after being accused of sexual assaulting his former trainer
- DuPage County Board divided over whether pros outweigh cons when it comes to allowing pot sales
- Authentic Mexican dishes kick it up at The Blue Taco Bar
- Quickly
- Beacon-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- Community news
- Evanston marks 9/11: ‘We progress and we persevere’
- GameStop closing up to 200 stores as video game sales plummet
- Officials say Aurora fire likely caused by candle burning in kitchen
- ‘Si me regresan, me muero’
- DeEtta’s offers sweets for every occasion
- Las consecuencias para México por la goleada sufrida ante Argentina (VIDEO)
- 7 things to know about new Cubs shortstop Nico Hoerner, including his summer as a Madison Mallard
- ‘We will always live with a heavy heart’: Waukegan 9/11 ceremony honors first responders, service personnel
- Pitcher de Piratas es operado tras pelea en camerino
- Quedan definidas las semifinales del Mundial de básquet de China
- Travel science: Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania
- What Myanmar’s bizarre capital tells us about the future of travel
- Wide-eyed in Zambia: Africa’s last great place
- On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin
- Lockdown lifted after social media threat against Hammond High School, police say
- Thyroid-related headaches and CBD: a new solution to an old problem
- The role medical cannabis plays in treating diverticulitis
- Kamala Harris proposes legalizing marijuana, ending bail, eliminating death penalty
- Should River Forest regulate marijuana dispensaries? Zoning board to discuss
- Former Arkansas, NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett arrested for DWI
- The key to White Claw’s popularity may be its nongendered ads
- Girls volleyball notes: Newark continues to bank on strong hitting of junior Madi Malone
- Chance the Rapper talks family and love on the ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’
- El ‘Tata’ tras la goleada ante Argentina: ‘Esta no es nuestra realidad’ (VIDEO)
- 8 great ways to bring fall color into your home
- Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- Brown entrena con Patriots ante futuro incierto
- Commentary: The Sean Spicer, Donna Brazile event hasn’t been canceled. Smart move, NEIU.
- In small a section of border wall, President Trump’s promise takes shape
- ¿Qué le espera a Biden en el debate de este jueves?
- Football notes: Lincoln-Way West’s Caleb Marconi prefers to put focus on team, not himself
- On ‘hallowed ground,’ Oak Lawn remembers lives lost on 9/11
- Column: Trump’s Taliban plans leave us wondering: What else is unbeknownst to us?
- Bradley Whitford cornered the market on creepy white men. Now he’s ready to lighten up
- Boy, 15, shot and seriously wounded while walking to school on South Side: ‘It could’ve been one of my babies’
- ‘Suspicious package’ in Logan Square mailbox was ‘narcotics-related,’ not explosive device, cops say
- Man who shot victim eight times in 2016 East Chicago shooting sentenced to 120 years
- North Central again ranked among top colleges in annual U.S. News & World Report ranking
- See Harriet Tubman biopic, movies starring Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Craig and Jamie Foxx early at Chicago Film Fest
- History Channel drops out of planned John Dillinger documentary
- How to reach people with poetry? ‘Fault in Our Stars’ author John Green, Chicago Poetry Foundation are trying YouTube
- Tribunal suspende fallo que bloqueó normas de asilo de Trump
- Editorial: Art Institute of Chicago should wow us with an energetic redesign. But yes, keep the lions.
- Hutton: Merrillville quarterbacks leave opponents dazed and confused, and other takeaways from Week 3
- Letters: Do more to stop the ethylene oxide threat
- Commentary: Ms. Monopoly’s ‘woke’ rules are bad for girls, devalue women
- Bells toll in remembrance of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
- ‘You have to keep moving forward’: Wisconsin basketball program seeks normalcy after Howard Moore tragedy
- Aurora remembers the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks
- About Face Theatre announces remainder of 2019-20 season
- Porter County school, police officials learn about safety protocols
- Shout Out: Philip S. Plowden, a Highland Park filmmaker earning accolades on the film festival circuit
- Column: Donald Trump is throwing sand in the gears of the U.S. economy
- OxyContin maker reaches tentative settlement of opioid lawsuit; several states vow to continue legal battles
- The Spin: Gov. J.B. Pritzker donating to Bahamas relief | Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s affordable housing plan stalls | Justice Anne Burke, Lisa Madigan’s legal moves
- New Trier, Loyola and North Shore Country Day students named National Merit semifinalists
- Tormenta en LaLiga tras sorpresivo despido del técnico del Valencia
- ‘Paquete sospechoso’ en buzón de Logan Square está relacionado con narcóticos no con explosivos
- Spanish town paints it black over medieval feud
- Indiana Supreme Court to hear appeal of Gary man on death row for slaying his wife, two stepchildren
- Nuevo documental explora el legado de Raúl Juliá
- ‘Like she’s going home’: Lake Forest point guard Halle Douglass commits to Wisconsin
- Agatha Christie favorite ‘The Mousetrap’ lands on Memorial Opera House stage
- Modelo testifica en caso de delito cibernético contra Neymar
- Long-time restaurateurs to be grand marshals of Aurora parade
- Shout Out: Juanita Wagner, who celebrated her 100th birthday with former colleagues from Lake Zurich High School
- Bathroom sprinkler credited with extinguishing Park Ridge condo fire
- Anniversary of Sept. 11 reminds Americans there’s strength in unity, Elgin officials say at memorial
- Hobart woman sentenced to prison, must pay restitution for bilking her employer
- Heritage and Harvest Day event at Gaelic Park evokes memories of the old land
- Winnetka remembers 9/11 with 2,977 American flags planted on Village Green
- Chicago native and rapper Common to be featured on episode of NatGeo series
- Chinese businesswoman convicted in Mar-a-Lago trespass case
- Speak Out
- Phony NBA championship rings seized at LA airport
- Elgin Short Film Festival returns for 11th year
- Recyclepalooza to be held Saturday in New Lenox
- Psychologist with Glenview practice sentenced to 6 months, ordered to pay $1.46M for filing false insurance claims
- Editorial: A bleeding Chicago can’t afford this Lori Lightfoot-Toni Preckwinkle kerfuffle
- Post-Tribune boys tennis rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- ‘All in’: LaPorte No. 1 singles player Andy Emmons commits to the work on and off the court
- Village board approves amendment to allow synthetic turf at Keystone Park
- Column: Last ‘Munchkin-by-marriage’ coming to Lowell
- After 25 years, Naperville’s Jim Healy says he won’t seek another term in next election for DuPage County Board
- River Forest debates need for additional affordable housing consultant
- Corrections and clarifications
- Waukegan District 60 will buy vacant downtown building for $700K to house administrative offices
- Skokie, Niles police turn lip-sync challenge into national fame
- Waukegan High School classmates recall Trump’s new interim national security adviser as ‘very smart guy’ with open ambition
- Judge questions whether lawsuit to stop Lincoln Yards taxpayer subsidy can proceed
- Kris Bryant’s 1st game after getting a cortisone shot in his knee showed promise. The Cubs need a strong finish from him down the stretch.
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan advances to allow publication of some city watchdog cases
- Saturday pop-up at Orland mall offers cuddles with adoptable puppies
- Cases of Legionnaires’ disease at Batavia facility now up to 12
- In Chicago, former Defense Secretary James Mattis recounts 9/11, warns of internal divisions as threat to nation
- Judge sentences Round Lake Beach man to 78 years for 2016 Libertyville murder
- Ex-University of Illinois professor sued for sexual assault, harassment of students
- Column: A school lanyard, a driver’s license, a tiny guitar. Mementos of gunshot victims to fill memorial that opens at Cultural Center next week
- Petrak: La Grange home renovation expert now looking at transforming lives as well
- A secret vote will choose Cook County’s next judicial chief. A $270 million budget, thousands of employees, and the future of a huge court system are at stake.
- Clarkson: First-year college reading lists give a taste of campus discussions, thoughts
- Chicago Fire move a step closer to playing at Soldier Field on a 3-year deal starting in 2020
- An outgrowth of tea party movement backs Jeanne Ives over Evelyn Sanguinetti as GOP challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten
- James Wade is the 1st Chicago Sky coach to win the WNBA Coach of the Year award
- Ohio State denied request to trademark ‘The’ for merchandise
- Mitch Trubisky needs a ‘next-play’ mentality to bounce back. So for him, that means no more talking about the Packers game.
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s affordable housing program to help residents in gentrifying neighborhoods stalls in City Council committee
- Judge’s ruling means lawsuit against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert may go to trial
- 3 cops lauded for actions after woman was hit in the head by a stray bullet that came through her front window. Video captured gunman randomly shooting in West Englewood.
- ‘He didn’t slow down’: White Sox director of player development Chris Getz is impressed with Luis Robert’s season
- Cubs shift Jason McLeod from head of scouting and development to help oversee their big-league roster and day-to-day operations
- Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel might not return until the Sept. 19 opener of the Cardinals series
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- WNBA playoffs: Sky 105, Mercury 76
- T. Boone Pickens, oil tycoon and renewables advocate, dies at age 91
- 5 people stabbed in Tallahassee, Florida; suspect in custody
- Supreme Court allows enforcement of Trump rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in U.S.
- Stevenson high school holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony in ‘Peace’ garden
- Chance of thunderstorms remains after tornado warning expires for northern Cook County; warm and humid Thursday expected
- Tentative list of the missing in the Bahamas in Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath has 2,500 names
- Wisconsin operation manufactured vaping cartridges with far more THC oil than packaging claimed, authorites say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
- Seth Conway buries another free kick as defending state champ Chesterton edges rival Crown Point
- Teen at Glenbrook North High School creates blog, fundraises to increase awareness around migraines