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- Luis Robert Jr. returns from a pinkie injury — and hits the go-ahead home run in White Sox’s 5-3 win against Cubs
- New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 82-63 in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup behind Jonquel Jones’ MVP performance
- Daily horoscope for August 16, 2023
- Ask Amy: Girlfriend shares every disagreement on TikTok
- Vanessa Bly: For too long, my Chicago neighbors and I have lived with lead in our water. Enough is enough.
- Vanessa Kerry: The wildfires in Hawaii are another wake-up call that the climate crisis imperils our health
- Chicago stargazers find more light pollution and wildfires are obscuring the skies: ‘It’s like going deaf if you like music’
- Ever make a collage? Of course you did, as a kid. Now let the professionals show you how it’s done.
- Letters: Op-ed misleads in defending plant-based meat
- Editorial: Vaccines save lives. If your doctor recommends them, don’t hesitate.
- Montana Hi-Line road trip: A slice of big sky country you won’t see on ‘Yellowstone’
- Family processes grief one year after Funnel Cake Man’s death
- Evanston author falls into a whale! Lives to tell about it! (And then some!)
- Column: How can the White Sox get back on track? Follow the Cubs’ game plan and clean house for 2024.
- What to expect at joint practices between Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts: ‘You can play a little harder when it’s not your own teammate’
- Daywatch: Where to watch the Chicago Air and Water Show
- England beats host Australia 3-1 to move into Women’s World Cup final against Spain
- America’s Test Kitchen: Take the comforting combo of bacon and eggs to an extravagant level
- Harvard Health: Validation, an approach to defuse intense emotions
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Is Wheeler’s Bryce Compton the best player in the Greater South Shore? ‘He can be,’ new coach Nick Testa says.
- Madonna reschedules tour after ICU stay, North American dates kick off this December
- Naperville residents receive college/university degrees, named to honor rolls and dean’s lists
- Countdown to football: Providence is No. 5 in Daily Southtown’s preseason rankings
- New Chicago gets replacement wood chipper three years after theft
- Southland crime: Bank robbery in Country Club Hills, assault in Homewood, and more
- American industrial icon US Steel is on the verge of being absorbed as industry consolidates further
- Lake County election board cancels poll worker management software contract after pushback
- Americans are divided along party lines over Trump’s actions in election cases, AP-NORC poll shows
- Goodman Theatre has next pre-Broadway musical: ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’
- Highland Fire Chief William Timmer dies unexpectedly
- Search resumes for man who went missing Tuesday at Winnetka beach
- Countdown to football: Jacobs is No. 5 in Beacon-News/Courier-News preseason Top 10 rankings
- Mitchell Hughes is ready to launch. Grayslake North’s new quarterback knows what’s on the other side.
- New 312 Comedy Festival is coming to Chicago this fall
- Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
- Target Q2 sales fall on inflation, Pride month shopper backlash and cuts profit outlook for 2023
- Phylicia Rashad will direct at Steppenwolf Theatre next season
- Oswego Village Board discusses impact fee hikes, but wants to make sure town keeps growing
- Potawatomi Powwow marks 30th anniversary
- Around the Southland: Magic and ice cream at Tinley event, new athletics director at MVCC, and more
- American Airlines flight aborts takeoff when Spirit Airlines jet gets too close
- North Korea offers first official confirmation that it has detained Travis King, soldier from Wisconsin
- Dates set for Christkindlmarket at RiverEdge Park in Aurora
- ‘Blue Beetle’ review: A reluctant superhero in a better-than-average DC Comics movie
- Aldi to buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys groceries in Southern US
- Let ‘Gypsy’ entertain you at Marriott
- Photos: Illinois State Fair 2023
- Chicago Cubs send season ticket holders an invoice for potential playoff games for 1st time since 2019
- Afternoon Briefing: Mapes trial continues with ousted state legislator’s testimony
- Valparaiso’s HR director sues mayor, former city administrator over allegations of gender discrimination
- Western Days serves up a half century of food and fun
- Selle: Despite assault-gun ban, Highland Park suffers another hurt
- Conference realignment shakes up the football recruiting landscape as the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC widen their footprints
- Man sentenced to 11 years for sexually assaulting 7-year-old in attack streamed to classroom during remote learning
- Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
- Evanston counselor pens book on raising self sufficient children
- Hobart Lakefront Fest has full weekend slate
- Things are looking up for Audrey Asleson. For Benet, too, and the Colorado commit is a big reason for it.
- Waukegan mayor wants public to weigh in how city should spend estimated $130M windfall from gaming, cannabis sales
- Judge denies bid to throw out charges in Highland woman’s second fatal crash: records
- Aurora festival on Saturday will put ukulele music front and center
- Which tablet is best for online learning?
- Nearly one in five third graders in Indiana can’t read
- Forensic pathologist testifies that Karen Sons’ live-in boyfriend was shot from behind, indicating a homicide
- Which mini rice cooker is best for compact kitchens?
- 5 new lawsuits allege former Duly Health and Care gynecologist engaged in misconduct
- Lake Commissioners opt-in for $26 million in county health department funding from the state
- Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court
- Dyer man charged for selling heroin in deadly overdose
- The cup that matters to some Americans at the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields has nothing to do with money
- ‘Isaac just stabbed me’: Bail set at $1 million for Glenview man accused of murder in death of his father
- Waukegan police break up big crowds who filled downtown Genesee Street early Sunday morning
- UChicago Medicine pledges to improve security after emergency department fight injures 3 employees
- Five suburbs will share $16 million to ‘improve climate resiliency’
- Of Notoriety: Broadway in Chicago run of ‘MJ’ hails musical roots of Jackson’s Gary
- Tinley Park musician, horse choreographer finds natural fit as Tempel Lipizzans ‘Dance through the Decades’ in Old Mill Creek
- Downstate judge dismisses former AG candidate’s challenges to gun ban
- Recommended changes to public transit, including fare hikes and a consolidation of agencies, could be on the table
- Trump indictment: Chicago publicist for Kanye West, R. Kelly and Orland Park pastor among 19 charged
- Illinois will provide burial for migrant toddler who died on bus from Texas to Chicago
- North Carolina lawmakers override vetoes on LGBTQ+ bills including gender-affirming care for minors
- For Chicago Cubs to get to the next level offensively, power production from Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki must continue
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and fellow Democrats use their day at state fair to blast Trump, GOP ‘conspiracy theories’
- Kansas prosecutor says police should return computers, cellphones seized in newspaper raid
- ‘I don’t recall’: Prosecutors reach heart of allegations in intrigue-filled perjury trial of Tim Mapes, longtime Madigan aide
- Listen to Tim Mapes’ grand jury testimony in Michael Madigan probe
- Photos: Bears practice with Colts in Indiana
- US women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit
- Chicago Bears training camp report: Intensity is elevated — ‘It rejuvenates you’ — at crossover practice with the Indianapolis Colts
- Column: Chicago Cubs can make a playoff push even if Marcus Stroman doesn’t return from his mysterious rib injury
- Mechanics are starting to ‘get in sync’ for Chicago White Sox 3B Yoán Moncada in a season filled with back issues
- Schools reopening, traffic moving again in signs of recovery from Maui wildfires that killed 110
- Photos: Cubs walk-off White Sox 4-3 in City Series