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- Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and baby Archie begin first official tour as family in South Africa
- ‘It feels golden’: Notre Dame-bound libero Hattie Monson leads Benet to Wheaton Classic title
- The best photos from the Bears’ 31-15 win over the Redskins in Week 3
- Ask Amy: Grandparents heap ‘stuff’ onto the grandkids
- Column: A runaway victory was exactly what the Bears needed
- 3 keys revisited after the Bears’ explosive 1st half produces a 31-15 win over the Redskins
- A breakthrough for the Bears offense? Not quite, says Mitch Trubisky, but his 3 touchdowns are a step in the right direction
- Akiem Hicks and Bobby Massie among Bears players dealing with injury and illness after the Week 3 win
- Column: How Ha Ha Clinton-Dix sparked an achievement that exceeded even the Bears’ great 2018 defense
- Calendar: Family friendly comedy featured Saturday in Libertyville
- Daywatch: Prosecutors describe wild shootouts with suspect, strike vote for CPS teachers begins and other things to know about to start your day
- Man, 27, killed in Park Manor shooting
- Cubs Q&A: Who will be manager in 2020? How can Jason Heyward be traded?
- ‘The Future of Another Timeline’: Annalee Newitz pens resonant novel for current moment
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on Bears’ 31-15 win over the Redskins in Week 3
- Man shot and seriously wounded in South Loop parking lot
- Column: Joe Maddon isn’t the only one to blame for the Cubs’ failures. There’s enough blame — from Theo Epstein to the players — to go around.
- Five workers detained by ICE at Southeast Side pizzeria, Mayor Lightfoot and advocates say
- Hammond Council honors ice cream store as it nears 70-year anniversary
- Conservative groups blamed a Chicago immigration advocate for migrant caravans in online attacks. Then they showed up at her church.
- NFL power rankings for Week 4: The Bears move up — but so does the rest of the NFC North
- ‘You are failing us,’ Swedish teen activist says at UN climate summit; Trump then mocked her with a tweet
- Top Volkswagen executives charged in Germany over automaker’s diesel scandal
- Doctors took a newborn baby from her parents after they refused a vitamin K shot for her. Now the couple is suing the hospital and DCFS.
- Hobart man arrested, charged with child molesting: police
- In search of age-friendly health care, finding room for improvement
- Youngest in classroom diagnosed more often with ADHD, other problems
- Why can’t Expedia make this ticket name change?
- Will Chicago teachers strike again? Union leaders think they have the votes.
- ‘Khalil Freaking Mack’: Your 3-word reviews on the Bears’ Week 3 win over the Redskins
- Winners and losers from ‘Monday Night Football’: Akiem Hicks’ microphone, Booger McFarland, Dan Snyder, ESPN’s Marker Cam, Virginia McCaskey and more
- Why you should wait until winter to remove a dead tree
- My worst moment: ‘The Good Place’ star William Jackson Harper and the time he overheard a cast mate ‘talking smack’ about his performance
- United upgrades frequent flyer benefits for top-level MileagePlus members
- The Replacements get a redo on the album that purportedly ‘ruined’ them
- Hammond’s 2020 budget eliminates jobs in offices of City Clerk, City Court due to tax caps
- FAA chief on Boeing 737 Max’s initial approval: Regulators were thorough but process ‘continuously evolving’
- When Tom Brady talks, the NFL listens — and acts
- NHL teams aim to fill arenas, drawing fans away from screens
- Trubisky y ofensiva de Bears despiertan
- ‘¿Cómo se atreven?’: Greta Thunberg regaña a líderes en cumbre del clima de la ONU
- Talk of the County: Waukegan District 60 should get rid of ‘dead wood,’ not buy building
- Attacks by Trump and his allies on Joe Biden have Democrats worried about repeat of 2016
- Ex-Michigan police officer fired for framed KKK document denies racial bias in new report
- Tom Hanks to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes
- Trump ordered Ukraine’s military aid frozen before phone call with president; more centrist Democrats demand impeachment
- Shout Out: William Barnard, Glencoe Youth Services executive director
- Wisconsin woman charged with hiding her mom’s corpse for months, collecting her income
- ‘You’ve just got to be ready for anything’: White Sox outfielders have adjusted well to the extended netting at Guaranteed Rate Field
- Henryk Ross didn’t know if his secret photos from inside the Lodz Ghetto would survive the Holocaust. Half did and are now in Skokie.
- ‘They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us’ author to visit IUN
- Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2019
- Exárbitro internacional colombiano denunciado por abuso sexual a menor
- Fall brunch has us turning on the oven for baked chilaquiles and the perfect apple cake
- Group to host bus tour along Little Calumet River
- Marriott Theatre announces 2020 season
- Group eyes to close housing gaps for recovering addicts
- Talk of the County: Vote for Democrats if you want to boost gun sales
- Burr Ridge to bring topic of recreational marijuana sales before residents
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- De guerrilleros a modistas
- Report: Man tries to enter child’s bedroom in Batavia through window
- Camila Cabello, Luis Fonsi, Rosalía score Latin Grammy nominations
- A medieval masterpiece by a 13th century Italian painter was discovered in a French woman’s kitchen — and expected to sell for millions
- Talk of the County: Stop making deals in Lake County criminal cases
- Breakout performance: Alejandro Morales delivers 2 goals, 2 assists as Streamwood wins in rout
- The end of an American tradition: The Amtrak dining car
- Marina de Tavira y Diego Luna se dejan ver de nuevo juntos
- Beacon-News football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Zimbabwe’s capital runs dry as taps cut off for more than 2 million people
- Kick off fall with Eddie Biondo Fall Fest Parade and Pumpkin Fest
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Joe Maddon
- Lake Zurich looks to tackle roads, sewers and water mains first in proposed 20-year infrastructure plan
- Valparaiso 2020 budget proposal shows ‘half a million dollars to the good,’ administrator says
- Bears-Redskins ‘Monday Night Football’ rating on ESPN and WGN-9 blows away ABC-7’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in the Chicago market
- William S. Burroughs: the beat author who became a rock star
- Boys soccer notes: Junior forward Jivino Ramos emerges as ‘absolute workhorse’ for Griffith
- Man injured breaking into Detroit-area home dies from his wounds after beating homeowner with furniture, police say
- Lincolnwood considers requiring businesses to pay $12 per hour as other suburbs do
- Cross country notes: Waubonsie Valley’s Ashley Heidenrich feeding off ‘experience and maturity’
- Sex is what connects us in ‘Hello Again’ at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
- Remember double Dutch? Thousands are joining jump rope clubs inspired by a suburban Chicago woman’s Facebook post
- See – or make – art at Stirling Hall bash
- FAA inspectors who worked on Boeing 737 Max training were unqualified, U.S. Office of Special Counsel says
- Ayotzinapa: un lustro sin justicia
- Elmhurst committee members recommend city ban on recreational marijuana sales
- U46 school board approves balanced $594M budget for 2019-20
- Fox News apologizes after guest calls teen climate activist Greta Thunberg mentally ill
- Con aumento de la competencia, bajan las acciones de Neflix
- ‘Cepillo’ Peralta aparece en sus redes sociales como ‘Traidor’
- Football notes: Batavia safety Sam Barus celebrates block party by committing to Bucknell
- Hinsdale Central’s Homecoming Court, football game, pancake breakfast and parade all part of 2019 homecoming fun
- Fantasy football Week 4 lineups: Start James Conner (yes, finally) and sit Carson Wentz
- Speak Out: Credit cards, Trump
- Column: It’s her birthday. She should be surrounded by singing and cake. Instead, she’s surrounded by machines, keeping her alive from a bullet to the head.
- District 204 residents, staff want new superintendent to be decisive, willing to hear input, good with wide range of people
- ‘I had a lot of big role models’: One of six brothers, Colin Wilcox making a name for himself at Metea Valley
- Brown, Purple line CTA service resumes after 2 trains collided near Sedgwick, 14 people sent to hospitals
- Commentary: All the president’s accomplices
- Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Emmett Till’s slaying is still under investigation, says Justice Department, after closing 6 other cold cases
- ‘Hersey made us pay’: Libertyville flat in loss to powerhouse Huskies
- After Glencoe resident loses almost $17,000, police warning of ‘sophisticated’ phone scams
- Un estudiante apuñaló a otro en escuela de Franklin Park
- Historic quilts to be on display in Aurora
- There may be ‘hundreds more’ vaping illnesses than reported, CDC official tells Congress
- Waukegan fields recreational marijuana inquires, but won’t accept applications until rules adopted
- Indian Prairie OKs $385.8M spending plan for 2019-20 school year
- At the Goodman Theatre, ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’ is a takedown of the guys in Bardland — with some rough patches
- Union Ridge students visit veterans for morning Pledge of Allegiance
- Winnetka home featured on 2019 Illinois Soar Tour this weekend
- Fire Department chief at Chicago airports out, and firefighters to be retrained amid FAA investigation
- Cowboys lucen como en 2007, cuando lideraron la Nacional
- Ruling out Kevin Durant, if only for the optics, was the smart move by the Nets
- Post-Tribune girls soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Infantino fustiga al fútbol italiano por ‘tapar’ racismo
- A concealed carry license holder and the man who reportedly robbed him were killed when an armed robbery turned into a gunfight, police say
- Comings & Goings: Thirsty Pig BBQ closes in Summit
- When a Frankfort mom went into cardiac arrest, her teenage son used CPR to save her life
- Slowik: Politicians who promote lower taxes in other states do a disservice to Illinois
- Smithsonian head Lonnie Bunch on what it took to make the National Museum of African American History and Culture a smash hit
- Gennady Golovkin ya tiene rival para octubre
- Letters: Why should the city cave in to the CTU?
- Boys soccer notes: Nick Willner finds more ways to score goals for surging Lincoln-Way Central
- El FBI allana las oficinas de Martín Sandoval
- Grupo conservador llega a Chicago desde California para protestar contra iglesia que ayuda a inmigrantes
- Evanston’s Sketchbook Brewing Company to expand with new location in Skokie
- Hinsdale South High School crowns homecoming king, queen and win on the football field
- ‘I’ve never gone to a school more welcoming’: Maine East homecoming queen credits acceptance for win
- BoDeans continue to appreciate life’s ‘Good Things’
- Pet World: Take dog to vet to find out source of itching
- Truck stop camel prescribed antibiotics after woman bites it
- Facility dog Dexter cheers youngsters at Houston hospital
- Delta ends ban on emotional support animals on long flights — but keeps pit bull ban
- Davich: Over 2,000 fetal remains found at Indiana abortion doctor’s Will County home remind us to refocus our stance on abortion
- Horseshoes and straw hats: a day of polo in Connecticut
- Get a taste of the high life with a visit to Buckhead area of Atlanta
- Canceled wedding, angry tweets as Thomas Cook strands travelers
- In Munich, a tasty turn from beers and brats
- Four Lake County fire departments to receive federal funding for vital equipment
- Oak Park Conservatory damaged after light pole falls onto roof following traffic accident
- Matt Nagy on Mitch Trubisky’s Monday night breakthrough: ‘That confidence word is so big’
- School spirit thrives at York for homecoming
- Oak Park home to be featured on Sept. 28 Illinois Solar Tour
- Downtown Oak Park celebrates fall’s arrival with Oaktoberfest
- Matt Nagy believes Akiem Hicks’ knee injury is ‘a wear-and-tear type thing’ and gives updates on 3 other ailing Bears players
- Church news: Pints and Pork challenge offered in Manhattan, more
- Column: Answers to my woke son about Joe Biden
- Put that vodka down! Punch up your bloody mary with whiskey, tequila, gin or … Malort?
- West Dundee says OK to legalizing recreational pot, adding 3% tax
- Los New England Patriots arrasan en defensa
- River Forest votes to ban sales of flavored liquid vaping products
- Girls soccer notes: Chesterton senior Olivia Vesling now the kind of leader she once admired
- Police investigating after man fires six shots outside Niles night club
- ‘There’s a maniac driving through the mall.’ 911 calls indicate both near-panic and calm along with misinformation as SUV barreled through Woodfield Mall.
- Tom Hanks recibirá el Cecil B. DeMille en los Golden Globes 2020
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- Facebook cancela páginas favorables a Trump
- Concordia University band to host fall concert Sept. 27
- Inmigración arresta a trabajadores en pizzería de Chicago
- Evanston Public Library launches Community Mobile Resource Center pilot program
- Chicago has 2,672 intersections with traffic signals, but only 11 feature sounds to help blind pedestrians, a new lawsuit alleges
- Cow poops out in new Northbrook Shermerfest event
- Chinese company clones its first kitten, named Garlic
- Recreational marijuana faces uphill battle in La Grange after trustees, residents speak at meeting
- Jazz favorites Judy Roberts, Greg Fishman return to Skokie Theatre
- Oakton college formally opens $15M renovated wing on Des Plaines campus
- Tatiana Clouthier viene a Chicago
- Trump ordena difundir transcripción de llamada con Zelenskiy
- In close vote, Evanston increases sales tax to 10.25%: ‘We’re not trying to hurt people’
- Mother pleads guilty in Dixmoor child endangerment case
- Taurus Flavors, the sweet steak staple of the South Side, plans to reopen in November
- Teen stabbed at East Leyden High School undergoes surgery, expected to recover, police chief says
- WeWork founder leaving CEO post after controversy over his conduct, skepticism about company
- New Trump rule makes 1.3 million more workers eligible for overtime pay
- Woman sought in home improvement store thefts: police
- Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter dies at 78
- Shout Out: Stephanie Prager, a longtime Lake Bluff resident
- Speak Out: Gas tax, Democrats
- Southtowners: Evergreen Park’s Colin Brennan named national merit semifinalist
- River Forest village president Adduci named statewide officer of government organization
- Column: Trump is practically begging for impeachment
- Massachusetts governor orders emergency ban on vaping products
- Chicago man found naked in Lowell cornfield: police
- Maluma se queja por no estar nominado a los Grammy Latino 2019
- These Southland pets need new homes
- Ban on recreational marijuana businesses in Park Ridge heads to City Council, but alderman could seek revision
- Shout Out: Patrick Thornton, a Lake Zurich High School senior who studied at Juilliard
- Winnetka concludes 150th anniversary celebration with Pioneer Day
- Lake Station police arrest River Forest High School student with gun at school ‘for protection’: police
- ‘He was trying to make me feel small and scared,’ woman testifies in hate crime trial of man caught on video berating her for Puerto Rican flag shirt
- Unidentified woman found in Gary alley died of gunshot wound: coroner
- Hammond remembers victims of 1919 steel strike
- Maine South High School presents ‘Shakespeare in Love’
- After five detained by immigration agents at Chicago pizzeria, activists hold small protest
- The Spin: Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House moving forward with impeachment inquiry of President Trump | FBI raids state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s government offices | Democratic presidential candidates backing CTU
- Guardado, que cumple 400 partidos en Europa, suena para el Chicago Fire
- Elgin boy who survived cancer chosen to design T-shirt for White Sox sweepstakes featuring pitcher Michael Kopech
- Glencoe Park District moves to sell unoccupied house at Linden Park
- Ryan Carpenter and Zack Smith aim to fix the Blackhawks’ problematic 4th line: ‘They gave us exactly what we were looking for’
- Victory statue, memorial plaque restored on historic downtown Aurora bridge
- East Dundee’s Oktoberfest back for a second year with a carnival, corn maze, scarecrow contest and, of course, beer
- Illinois Racing Board grants Arlington’s race dates in 2020, but still presses for track to add casino gaming
- Talk of the County: Obama was ‘smoke and mirrors’ compared to Trump’s ‘brutal honesty’ and ‘substance’
- Highland PTC official charged with theft of school funds: police
- Boca golea a River en histórico primer superclásico femenino (VIDEO)
- Three people injured in reported fight at Aurora park
- Women’s March Chicago ‘taking over the city once again’ in 2020 as census and elections near
- Teens use healthy tailgate to warm up to West Leyden Homecoming game
- Column: Donald Trump drags our standards deeper into the mud
- Boris Johnson’s suspension of British Parliament was illegal and is void, U.K. Supreme Court rules in historic move
- El Barca gana pero pierde a Messi
- Column: If you live in a diverse city like Chicago, you probably know someone who is here illegally and you’re on their side
- Corrections and clarifications
- After years of cuts, balanced budget OK’d for School District 308
- Latinx
- At United Nations, Trump attacks globalism and calls on other nations to act against ‘Iran’s bloodlust’
- Speak Out: Trump
- Moody blues: Inky hues saturate home decor
- Photos: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- Rescued sea lions from California find home at Brookfield Zoo
- If you don’t fill out the Tweet of the Week survey, a portal will open and take you to another dimension
- College admission bribery scandal: Los Angeles executive Devin Sloane gets 4 months in prison for bribing his son’s way into USC
- ‘Sin reggaetón no hay Grammy Latino’, expresan los exponentes del género y esto se comparte
- Moran: New bioswale at Waukegan Municipal Beach designed to suck up 1 million gallons of grimy stormwater before it reaches Lake Michigan
- How vulnerable Democrats from swing districts took the leap on Trump’s impeachment
- Amita Health reverses position on mental health unit at St. Joseph Hospital; Elgin facility to stay open
- Amid increasing Democratic drumbeat toward impeachment, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin calls on House to act on President Trump
- Chicago woman accused of taking money from Batavia resident in lottery ticket scheme
- ‘You can truly save lives’: Lake County service agencies tout new 211 assistance line
- First competitive blind youth soccer match in U.S.
- Shout Out: TJ Tarpey instills the love of art at a very early age
- Time capsule pulled out of Waukegan hospital’s emergency room offers faded memories from 1969
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit South Africa’s oldest mosque on royal tour
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first royal tour with baby Archie
- Indian Prairie has a more diverse teaching staff, but still faces gap, officials say
- Elmwood Park HS reduces physical education, English, business requirements, to provide other pursuits
- Editorial: Teachers union vs. Lori Lightfoot: What Chicagoans see in this strike threat
- Column: Leave Pat Quinn and the New Yorker alone! City’s subpoena efforts smack of pure intimidation
- 19-year-old gets probation and will spend time on county work detail for threat against Glenbard East High School
- Haute Dog Chicago’s fashionable fundraiser provides assistance dogs for those in need
- Speak Out: Gas prices, impeachment
- With ‘no question, no dispute’ over facts, Lake County congressman calls for president’s impeachment
- Prosecution: New DNA technology links accused gunman in 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee’s killing to boy’s basketball
- Kris Bryant hopes a sprained ankle won’t sideline him for the final week of the Cubs season
- MLS lifts ban on anti-Nazi symbol following fan protests
- Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and activists sue Trump administration over proposed immigration rules that could hurt local health system
- Speak Out: Tax cuts
- Cubs bench coach Mark Loretta suspended for 1 game and fined by MLB for ‘inappropriate conduct’
- Editorial: Pelosi’s impeachment probe of Trump provokes a grave national argument
- Federal agents raid Springfield, Cicero offices of Illinois Sen. Martin Sandoval, source says
- Senior citizen involved in community not allowed to attend Youth Summit event; ‘I had every right to be there’
- Tim Anderson is focused in his pursuit of the American League batting title: ‘I’ve made it this far, so why not?’
- Lincoln-Way East’s Emma Kein and Jessica Pappas ask for the ball, and get it, in win against Lincoln-Way West
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Ben Zobrist denies trying to distract Cardinals batters with movement behind 2nd base
- Girl, 11, shot in the head while planning her birthday party inside Harvey home
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi orders formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump: ‘No one is above the law’
- ‘It’s just my thing’: Erica Packwood’s strong play at the net helps Crown Point slip past LaPorte
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Jurors in Amber Guyger’s murder trial hear the former Dallas police officer’s frantic 911 call: ‘I thought it was my apartment’
- Trump greets impeachment inquiry with confidence and irritation
- White Sox fall 11-0 to Indians as Jose Ramirez hits a grand slam and drives in 7
- Column: Would more beer and fewer video games and tweeting solve the Cubs’ problems?