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- Photos: Remembering the Walking Man
- Daily horoscope for May 15, 2023
- Ask Amy: I’m married now, but ex-boyfriend keeps reaching out
- Urban Prep’s looming closure concerning for students, parents as CPS takes over: ‘The school was a safe haven for these boys’
- Paul Vallas: Political assault on standardized testing allows public schools to abandon accountability
- Letters: Editorial on the debt ceiling looks at the spending side and ignores tax cuts for the wealthy
- Brandon Johnson’s rise from union organizer to Chicago’s new progressive mayor, and the challenges he inherits
- Jonathan Zimmerman: Do we really want discussion in our schools? Book censorship indicates otherwise.
- Editorial: The book ban movement grows. Illinois is right to fight back.
- Budget, Bears, Chicago school board and ethics: Illinois legislators face busy agenda in spring session’s final week
- Southland high school officials differ on level of state guidance needed for defibrillator training, availability
- Chicago baseball report: Christopher Morel still measuring up with Cubs — and will Liam Hendriks return to the White Sox this week?
- Aurora Greenfest puts spotlight on the environment
- Facing CPD remake, Mayor Brandon Johnson promises new approach, including adding police detectives
- Column: Dusty Baker reflects on highs and lows in Chicago as he prepares to face the Cubs — perhaps for the last time
- Daywatch: Brandon Johnson to be sworn in as Chicago’s 57th mayor. How did he get here?
- Former University of Chicago Chancellor Robert Zimmer and his wife buy Lincoln Park home for $3.3M
- Skokie to hold Festival of Cultures Saturday and Sunday
- TSA tests facial recognition technology to boost airport security
- Linda Yaccarino may be ‘exactly what Twitter needs.’ But is the new CEO being set up to fail?
- Philadelphia Inquirer hit by cyberattack causing newspaper’s largest disruption in decades
- New York City skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change
- Bobby Narang’s girls soccer rankings and player of the week for Lake County
- Oswego looks at possible video gambling limits
- Chivas avanza y hay súper clásico en las semifinales de la liguilla mexicana
- World’s oldest dog celebrates 31st birthday, according to Guinness World Records
- Armed robbery crew strikes 10 times in 30 minutes in Humboldt Park, Hermosa: Police
- Minor-league host families, once a pillar of pro baseball, are now phased out by the new CBA
- Michael Shannon will return to A Red Orchid Theatre in 2023-24 season
- Who is Victor Wembanyama? The NBA is about to get the answer to that question.
- Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest in a string of digital media setbacks
- Watch live: Brandon Johnson inauguration as Chicago’s next mayor
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown baseball rankings and player of the week
- Anovion Tecnologies, maker of graphite for electric batteries, plans $800 million factory in southwest Georgia
- Tony Baranek’s Daily Southtown softball rankings and player of the week
- Column: Beer brouhaha brews quandary for light-weight drinkers
- ‘It’s hard to open up … you don’t know how people are going to react.’ Chicago White Sox speak out about mental health awareness.
- Freshman Emily Chavosky aces pitching test for Richards with help from injured junior Bridget Walsh. ‘She motivates me.’
- Photos: The inauguration of Brandon Johnson as Chicago’s 57th mayor
- Elon Musk must still have his tweets approved by Tesla lawyer, federal appeals court rules
- David Greising: Brandon Johnson pushes back on independence in the City Council
- Valparaiso woman charged with felony theft from band parents association
- Average age of vehicles on US roads hits a record high
- Mudlark Theater’s “I’m Alice” takes a new spin on a classic tale
- 3 wounded, 2 critically, in River North shooting Sunday outside bars
- Turkey presidential election will go to runoff as Erdogan performs better than expected
- Review: Daisies feels brand-new, but its biggest change isn’t on the plate
- Limited as a pitcher, Patrick Gardner takes control at first base for Lemont: ‘I knew I could still make an impact.’
- Chicago woman charged with having a gun at Aurora outlet mall after police say she lied about being a crime victim
- Review: In ‘Ernest Shackleton Loves Me’ at Porchlight, hipster meets explorer in this overly wacky musical
- Libertyville freshman Shea Krakowski’s mother and sister have won trophies. Pressure? ‘I never back down.’
- Paul Johnson’s Aurora, Elgin, Naperville baseball rankings and player of the week
- Attorney General’s office to again investigate Skokie for possible Open Meetings Act violation
- Rash of spray painting in Winnetka; police
- Arlington Heights men charged with Glencoe burglary; police
- Niles police: Women arrested for stealing $12,500 worth of dresses, injuring store owner
- Wilmette resident paid for fraudulent crypto classes; police
- ‘The Bear’ Season 2 trailer: Carmy’s chaotic kitchen gets a makeover and hires new staff
- Oakland Athletics reach agreement for potential stadium site on Las Vegas Strip
- Vigil held at Niles West for 16-year-old student from Morton Grove
- Martha Stewart makes history as oldest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model
- Construction company manager charged with bribing county assessor’s office employee
- Jewish teacher arrested for threatening students who drew swastikas, police say
- Afternoon Briefing: Johnson says ‘our best and brightest days are ahead of us’ at inauguration
- Drawn to music off the field, Brooke Baumann sings winning tune as a defender for Bartlett. ‘I have figured it out.’
- 3M fires company executive for inappropriate conduct weeks after promotion
- Mundelein, Vernon Hills and Libertyville police arrest 7 for DUI
- Loud party leads to citations being issued to Lake Forest man, teens in attendance
- Portage man faces multiple charges over fraud, theft allegations involving new fences
- Cannes Film Festival readies a blockbuster edition, with ‘Indiana Jones’, ‘Flower Moon’ and Johnny Depp
- Funeral arrangements set for slain Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston
- Boone Township school board filling vacancy after resignation
- Two children, Chicago man injured early Monday in Lake County crash
- Senior ace Cody Hazzard continues to work on developing change-up for Yorkville Christian: ‘It’s next-level stuff.’
- Glenview-based volunteer organization helping refugee families from other countries resettle in the area
- Review: Renée Fleming and Evgeny Kissin at the CSO, with Rachmaninoff songs a timely highlight
- These biker shorts with pockets are breathable and stretchy
- Maine South’s Kerim Orucevic was called ‘110’ as a freshman. Overeager? The Division I recruit just gives his all.
- Ex-US Attorney John Lausch rejoins Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago
- North Suburban YMCA Healthy Kids Day 5K Run/Walk attracts nearly 100 participants in Northbrook
- To build a fire while camping, these axes are the best
- A music teacher at Greenbriar School in Northbrook is a quarterfinalist for the music educator award from the Grammy Museum
- Community news
- Column: Higher interest rates may keep lid on south, southwest suburban home prices
- Corrections and clarifications
- Northbrook Junior High School awarded blue ribbon for excellence in health education
- Shakira y sus hijos cantan juntos en videoclip de ‘Acróstico’
- Chicago Bears free-agency news: Sam Mustipher, who started 40 games at center the last 3 years, signs with the Baltimore Ravens
- Cause of death of Glenview boy found fatally injured by Union Pacific railroad tracks released
- Prosecutor ends probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation with criticism, no new charges
- Lincolnwood business owner charged with smuggling undocumented Romanian nationals into U.S. to work
- Nearly $700K in public art installations on climate change and environmental justice to be revealed across Chicago
- Bear in a tree holds northern Michigan city in suspense for hours on Mother’s Day
- Chicago mayors: 100 years of their inauguration speeches — from William Dever through Brandon Johnson
- Bridge, paving work will pepper Northwest Indiana roads throughout the summer
- Ohio man charged in Kohl’s parking lot confrontation with Highland Police
- First marijuana dispensary in Montgomery opens, but is the 4th for Black-owned Ivy Hall company
- Waukegan mayor meets with local not for profits in hopes of improving social services for city residents
- State Treasurer Mike Frerichs buys $1.4M Lakeview home
- Homicides reported in Dolton, Posen over weekend; charges filed in 2022 Park Forest killing
- Mayor Brandon Johnson to new City Council: Congrats, now let’s collaborate
- 2023 Preakness: Kentucky Derby champion Mage listed as 8-5 favorite and will start from No. 3 post
- U.S. Rep. Schneider focuses on gun violence, debt ceiling during town hall; ‘We need to change the culture’
- Chicago Bears and school districts tangle over taxes for potential stadium property in Arlington Heights
- Aurora approves pilot transportation program for seniors
- ‘The Price Kids Pay,’ ‘Tylenol Murders’ among Tribune’s Lisagor award winners
- Brandon Johnson sworn in as Chicago mayor: ‘Our best and brighter days are ahead of us’
- Woman sues Rudy Giuliani, saying he coerced her into sex, owes her $2 million in unpaid wages
- Man in custody after attacking Virginia congressman’s staffers with metal baseball bat
- Incredible, this Hulk. Kaitlyn Berkery scores clinching run, wins in relief as Oak Lawn edges Reavis. ‘She’s tough.’
- As Chicago Cubs reliever Brad Boxberger goes on the IL, a largely unproven bullpen continues to be tested
- Striking Hollywood writers vow not to picket Tony Awards; organizers might put on a show after all
- Mike Pence allies launching super PAC to back former VP’s expected 2024 GOP presidential candidacy
- Can-do Justin Canvin catches on as Oak Lawn tops Reavis in an 11-inning classic. The catch? ‘I forget he’s a freshman.’
- Baseball, softball and girls soccer scores for the Southland
- Baseball, softball and girls soccer scores for Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
- Park Ridge police: Woman arrested for leaving scene of an accident