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- Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski spars with Democrats at House Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment hearing
- Ask Amy: Dad’s drinking leads to daughter’s escape
- Cubs lose to Reds 4-2 despite 13 strikeouts by Yu Darvish, falling into a tie for the 2nd NL wild-card spot
- Daywatch: No legal pot dispensaries in most of Loop under Lightfoot plan, Indiana Dunes’ big summer and other things to know about to start your day
- Column: The latest smear against Justice Brett Kavanaugh part of left’s scorched-earth strategy
- A pop-up hotel aimed at houseplant-loving millennials is headed for Chicago
- Column: Chicago needs a fully funded witness protection program for those who risk their lives to testify
- Nia Vardalos talks about ‘Greek Wedding’ and the ‘Beautiful Things’ in her life
- Column: ‘Don’t go to the South Side.’ Really? Tonika Johnson has some thoughts about that.
- Shout Out: Savino Nuccio D’Argento, owns RoccoVino’s in Harwood Heights
- Michigan issues warning after 3 deaths from rare mosquito-borne virus
- Legal marijuana dispensaries would be banned in most of downtown Chicago under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed zoning rules
- Bears Q&A: Has Mitch Trubisky regressed? Why didn’t the team travel to Denver early? What are the QB options after this season?
- Shout Out: Pat Nolan of Burr Ridge
- Judge declines to increase bond for R. Kelly or give $100,000 back to woman who posted his bail
- Man’s finger bitten off during quarrel inside Uptown barbershop
- With corruption indictment looming, deadlocked election means Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu could be out of a job
- 10 things we learned about Bulls rookie Coby White, including his crash course in NBA analytics and who is his ‘Point God’
- After deaths of two men in apartment, L.A. Democratic donor Ed Buck charged with running drug house: ‘No regard for human life’
- Brandon Kintzler targets Friday as his return date to the Cubs
- Could Dominik Kubalik’s pair of goals be the start of something bigger? 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 5-3 preseason loss
- A food tech startup has a new way to keep avocados fresh. Its CEO can’t wait to use the coating on what he calls the most polluting vegetable: Asparagus.
- ‘The Bachelor’: Five Chicago-area women, including a former ‘Luvabull’ dancer, to compete for Pilot Pete’s heart
- Jonathan Taylor is fulfilling Wisconsin’s legacy of great running backs. Could he leave Madison as the best of the bunch?
- Column: Trust in Mitch Trubisky is dwindling. For good reason.
- Lake County employees allege they were fired for reporting wrongdoing tied to former deputy administrator: lawsuit
- Body of 69-year-old man pulled from Auburn Park Lagoon
- Chance the Rapper breaks silence on canceled tour on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
- Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro named the NFC special teams player of the week
- Free things to do in Chicago this week: YAS! Fest and Chicago Japanese Matsuri
- Waukegan in talks to transfer Carnegie Library to park district for proposed restoration
- White Sox erase a 5-0 deficit only to lose a 9-8 heartbreaker to the Twins in 12 innings
- After History Channel pulls out, Dillinger family again applies to exhume gangster’s grave
- Millions of diabetes patients are missing out on Medicare’s nutrition help
- Refinished, half-floor home in Gold Coast: $1.45M
- Cubs fans eventually found last night’s bumped game on CW-26. And then, they complained about it.
- Iran threatens retaliation if targeted for Saudi oil attack; Trump tweets that sanctions are coming
- UAW reports slow progress in negotiations as GM strike continues into 3rd day
- Antioch officials look to ‘slow the process down’ on legal marijuana sales
- Red Bull Music Festival returns in November with Tierra Whack, Jamila Woods, Lupe Fiasco and more
- MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenon digs deeply into music of Puerto Rico
- Tropical Storm Jerry will soon be a hurricane with its track toward Florida uncertain
- Column: Godly Trump shined his light on California’s homeless — and it was (not) good
- Report: Golden State Warriors ‘a big threat’ to sign Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo
- 88 employees have left a North Shore library district in 6 years. Some blame the turnover on a ‘toxic’ work environment created by leadership.
- Fall enrollment at Elgin Community College up by more than 3%, the first increase in nearly a decade
- El sector privado cubano, gran perdedor con las sanciones de EEUU
- Jalen Ramsey or not, Chiefs want another corner
- College of DuPage faculty vote to authorize strike
- A panda is the mascot for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
- A panda is the mascot for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
- The 20 best burgers in Chicago’s suburbs — where giant patties may reign, but don’t win
- More than one mystery is afoot in Lifeline Theatre’s ‘Whose Body?’
- Comedians criticize ‘SNL’ for firing Shane Gillis over racist language
- The 20 best burgers in Chicago’s suburbs — where giant patties may reign, but don’t win
- Samoa’s tattooed rugby players to cover up at times in Japan
- Dr. Pepper and 20 other unusual meat marinades
- The true story behind ‘Unbelievable,’ Netflix’s gripping new drama about the women who solved a serial rape case
- ‘Piranhas’ review: Young Neapolitans aspire to the mob
- With hiking, fishing and biking, there are plenty of reasons to Missoula, Montana
- Sander Vanocur, Northwestern alum who questioned Nixon and Kennedy in first TV debate in Chicago, dies at 91
- Selle: Lake County officeholders now taking the lead in battle against EtO
- Fox Valley Mall is getting a major park-themed makeover
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Find Filipino food favorites in Naperville at Mesa Manila, plus more restaurant openings and closings around Chicago
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Muere una embarazada atropellada, su bebé logró nacer
- Column: My secret to keeping my kids talking? I pretend to know nothing. (It’s surprisingly easy! Especially about football.)
- Chicago festivals this week: Expo Chicago, Goose Island’s 312 Block Party
- $500K Valparaiso duplex plan that would raze former restaurant wins BZA variances
- Commentary: Swearing on the presidential campaign trail: WT(heck)?
- Shout Out: Marcia Babler, a professional artist from Libertyville
- Chicago theater openings Sept. 20-26
- Our master guide to eating and drinking in Chicago: 35 lists for all your dining needs
- Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot to headline LGBTQ Victory Fund fundraiser with Chasten Buttigieg in Chicago this weekend
- Principal accused of sexual misconduct was hired by Matteson school district without background and reference checks, records show
- Public hearing on Kane gravel mining expansion postposed again
- Por qué no dejo Twitter
- With conditions, Merrillville duplex development gets Plan Commission’s preliminary blessing
- Top 25 schedule for college football’s Week 4
- Football notes: Running back Rocco Iannantone has been a workhorse for Andrew
- Campaign 2020: Pete Buttigieg
- Students and labor activists to rally downtown Friday to back international climate strike, Amazon walkout
- Gael García Bernal dirá presente en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Chicago
- Proposed Staybridge Inn, Taco Bell clear first hurdle at Hammond meeting
- Community news
- Chicago Film Fest lineup: Gael Garcia Bernal, Hitler satire ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and a ‘Star Wars’ director
- Does Nicholas Castellanos care that he’s on the verge of doubles history? ‘Why should I?’
- ‘The time of my life’: Luke Underwood scores with 1:29 left as Libertyville sinks Warren in battle of unbeatens
- Cuentos Políticos: ¿Moralmente derrotado?
- Gurnee Mills to host job fair Thursday
- Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
- Campaign 2020: Kamala Harris
- Column: Dear Sal, why are so many skunks stinking up the suburbs?
- Vaping has claimed 7 lives. Doctors wonder if traditional smoking cessation methods will help people quit
- House committee asks Boeing CEO to testify about 737 Max
- Beacon-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Baby delivered after pregnant woman hit and killed crossing street in River North, police say
- Griffith eyes proposal to OK golf cart use on many town streets
- The Jonas Brothers spotted at Chicago barbecue joint — and they may be back
- A stealthy investor has bought 140-plus Chicago condos since November. But its $40M investment could be complicated by a new law to rein in deconversions.
- Beyond ‘Baby on Board’ buttons on the CTA: 5 more things we can do for pregnant women in Chicagoland
- Letters: Itasca residents have reasons to oppose drug treatment center
- ‘She Said’ is more important than ‘All the President’s Men’
- Girls volleyball notes: Chloey Myers proves up to the task for West Aurora
- Quickly
- Hobart files lawsuit against developer over unpaid mortgage
- Changing times: Odell Beckham Jr. partners with Swedish watch maker
- Dozens of men have alleged Reynaldo Guevara was a dirty cop. Now a lawyer says he has documents to prove it.
- Alcorn State to retire Steve McNair’s No. 9 jersey
- Fantasy football Week 3 lineups: Who should start, who should sit?
- Week 3 recap: Meltdown Saturday, let’s rank ’em
- White House upgrade: First lady’s done a lot with the place
- Supertall residential building will enter crowded NYC market
- Trump reveals motivation for his anti-homelessness push: foreign real estate tenants
- Blackstone adds European real estate in $4.7 billion deal
- Profesor de teatro de la secundaria Senn fue acusado de agresión sexual
- Vaping bans: Michigan joins New York in outlawing vape flavors. Overseas, India prohibits all e-cigs, while Juul sales are halted in China.
- Cuco, pop’s rising Latinx heartthrob, isn’t thinking about his newfound fame too much — and that’s serving him just fine
- DCFS was supposed to review every priest sex abuse referral from the Chicago Archdiocese. That didn’t happen, so now the agency is opening 24 cases it overlooked.
- Ghost hunters, psychics and Svengoolie heading to area Saturday for paranormal convention
- The Bears remain confident their underperforming offense — an NFC-low 19 points in 22 possessions — will fix its struggles: ‘Eventually, it’ll crack.’
- ‘Younger’ star and Wilmette native Nico Tortorella on ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff, exploring gender and sexuality in new memoir
- No one injured after elderly man drove car into Barrington restaurant building as patrons were eating
- Experts say adapting to climate change can pay off manifold
- Caso Vázquez: fotos, textos y un intento de relaciones con una menor
- California governor signs law to protect gig economy workers, but Uber, Lyft, DoorDash are pushing for alternatives
- Arlington Heights trustees approve plan to enhance parking at Vail Avenue garage
- Thrills and chills await the brave at suburban, northwest Indiana haunted houses
- Barrington Area Conservation Trust holds first Celtic-themed fundraiser
- ‘You may be very sympathetic to terrorists’: Judge denies bail for American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging jet
- Chicago alderman proposes ban on all e-cigarettes being sold within the city limits
- Former Bears DT Dan Hampton described ’85 Bears during senior center visit: ‘It was so unreal, because he’s legendary and I had the chance to meet him’
- Enhancing athletic performance with cannabis
- How to keep your kids from getting into your stash
- Utah lawmakers approve changes to medical cannabis law
- Knockoff pot vapes raise concerns for licensed companies
- 3 juveniles charged with having e-cig devices, 1 adult charged with supplying them: Lincolnshire police
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduces legal marijuana zoning proposal, but wants to keep Chicago’s downtown and Magnificent Mile ‘family-friendly’
- Trump revokes California’s power to establish stricter fuel economy rules, setting up court fight
- Erik Gustafsson could be entering his final season with the Blackhawks — whether he has a good one or a bad one
- Amazon Prime to stream Rihanna’s next-level lingerie show
- Column: The U.S. shouldn’t fight a war for Saudi oil
- Fed cuts its key rate another quarter-point, signals that may be all for 2019
- Glenview School District 34 considering March 2020 referendum to get funding for systemwide facilities upgrades
- Glenwood native and ‘PEN15’ writer talks about the passion that fueled her Emmy-nominated episode
- South Haven family nurses dog who lost eye back to health; neighbor charged with torturing pet
- Commentary: Cokie Roberts showed me the value of staying grounded
- Alejandro Fernández recibirá Premio a la Herencia Hispana
- Varias tormentas amenazan costas del Caribe, México y EEUU
- Audience members can enjoy ‘Whose Live Anyway?’ passively – or get involved
- Nick Carter seeks restraining order against brother Aaron Carter
- Shout Out: Rabbi Naftoly Hershkovich
- Urban League college fair books big crowd at Genesis Center
- Lake Forest alderman resigns; successor should be named soon
- Speak Out: American Legion, I-80
- Shout Out: Dante Amidei, Maine South Wall of Honor inductee
- Sollozos nocturnos: La vida en refugio de migrantes mexicano
- Letters to the Editor
- You can now buy a Portillo’s cheese sauce fountain for your wedding
- Marci Webber was deemed insane in 2010 killing of daughter, 4. Now, a DuPage judge has mapped out plan for her release from state mental health facility.
- Gary woman sentenced in Medicaid fraud scheme
- Split Oak Park board votes to reduce Madison Street speed limit
- Highland Park’s Hub & Spoke Provisions imbues spirit of location of beloved diner
- Column: Trump administration is more ‘Game of Thrones’ than ‘West Wing’
- Letters sent to city from lawyers for Wheaton College students who want to evangelize at Millennium Park
- Oak Park board okays $92k maintenace for bluestone sidewalks
- North Aurora man charged with burglary to vehicle
- Utah lawmakers approve changes to medical cannabis law
- Lake County Community Corrections continues contract with electronic monitoring provider
- 18 países de América ponderan sanciones contra Venezuela
- Knockoff pot vapes raise concerns for licensed companies
- Editorial: Welcome, Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto. You’ll get the spoils — and sometimes the boos.
- A ‘GameDay’ sign asked for beer money. It sparked a children’s hospital fundraiser.
- Eleven33 Apartments bring city-style amenities to Oak Park
- City Council weighs where you can buy things to smoke | Racing Board plays hardball with Arlington | DCFS opens two dozen clergy sex abuse investigations
- County moves to dismiss murder case against Gary man; new charges filed
- Aurora City Council to set hearing on marijuana sales
- Speak Out
- Welcome fall at Cock-A-Doodle Brew Fest in Aurora
- Pioneros de movimientos sociales en Chicago lanzan campaña para motivar a nuevas generaciones a votar
- Top cop: Woman targeted by gunman on bicycle while walking to lunch with co-workers in Fulton River District
- Chicago Public Schools theater teacher, local actor charged with assaulting former student
- Real Madrid se estrella en París
- USA Bobsled pilot Elana Meyers Taylor expecting baby
- Kansas City Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher headed for groin surgery
- State OKs new Tinley Park psychiatric hospital focused on kids
- ‘Sopranos’ cast members share memories at Arcada event
- 2 arrested for stealing computers from Orland Park store
- Aurora partners with Loyola to offer college program
- As Barrington disbands paid volunteer firefighter program, participants make final call
- U.S. says attack on Saudi oil site was an Iranian ‘act of war’
- Corrections and clarifications for Sept. 19, 2019
- Potempa: Kidnap story gets unusual, mesmerizing stage telling
- Men in surgical masks rob Park Ridge bank, may be connected to other robberies: Police
- Editorial: What does good mental health care look like for a police force? As officers die by suicide, Chicago and other cities need to figure it out.
- Citing ‘dramatic effect’ on CTA ridership, Mayor Lori Lightfoot opposes reduced Metra fares backed by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle
- 95th Street Library gears up for the return of Star Wars day
- New Fifth Avenue concept plan calls for fewer housing units, more parking and green space
- ‘Grandmama’ recalls last, brief moments with 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee
- Freight train wrecks vehicle stuck on crossing in Grayslake; driver escapes unharmed
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot sees stronger Chicago with passage of fine, fee reforms and plan to publicize high-profile watchdog reports as aldermen challenge her on agenda
- Officers sue over firing for alleged cover-up of police shooting of Laquan McDonald
- Something for every appetite at Taste of Matteson
- Speak Out: Tinley Park, e-cigarettes
- York High School student, accused of threatening school on Snapchat, charged with disorderly conduct
- With ‘Oslo,’ TimeLine Theatre reaches for a moment the world changed
- Trump names hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien as his fourth national security adviser in 3 years
- Nico Hoerner and Tommy Edman, teammates at Stanford in 2016, are now in the thick of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry with the NL Central at stake
- Yoan Moncada is one of baseball’s hottest hitters as he finishes his promising season for the White Sox
- Injuries force Joe Maddon to change the script on giving Cubs players advance notice of lineups
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau apologizes after photo surfaces of him in brownface makeup: ‘A dumb thing to do’
- Cops: 3 dead, 1 wounded in West Side attack
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Preseason: Blackhawks 2, Red Wings 1
- In win against Whiting, Morgan Township’s Sahara Bee shows she’s ‘up for the challenge’ of latest move
- ‘Not many flaws on that team’: Joey Stark and unbeaten Chesterton find another way to win, top Lake Central
- Reds 3, Cubs 2 (10 innings)