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Photos: Chicago Bulls watch party for the 2026 NBA draft

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Editorial: Springfield's housing push was a spring bust, but Congress is cooking up a better plan

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Stuart Loren: The AI boom won't wait for Illinois

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President Trump heads to battleground Pennsylvania but keeps focus on himself ahead of midterm elections

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Senate for first time approves a war powers resolution in a rebuke to Trump over Iran conflict

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Federal appeals court allows Trump administration to resume expanded use of speedy deportations

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Column: Do you remember who won the Danny Bonaduce-Donny Osmond boxing match?

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Food icon: Ina Pinkney, the Breakfast Queen and secret restaurant godmother of Chicago

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NCAA panel approves new eligibility rules, giving Division I athletes 5 years to play 5 seasons

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Photos: Six Flags Great America celebrates 50 years

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Photos: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

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Photos: Sam Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern

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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting: Read the stories and see the photos

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Route 66: Photos from the 'Main Street of America'

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Mayor Brandon Johnson files lawsuit against Airbnb and host company

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Workers plan to strike at 6 Illinois Prime Healthcare hospitals

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An Afghan man spent 13 years waiting for the US to keep its word. He still cherishes his American dream.

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ICE spent $700 million on 7 warehouses. Now it wants to get rid of them.

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Evanston-Skokie District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner resigns, Board names replacement

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Learning conference focuses on effective technology use in classrooms

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Crime and Public Safety

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Alum of Dolton area football team, Marcus Chatman, shot and killed in Chicago

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Former intern sues indicted ex-Gary officer over inappropriate behavior

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Water too choppy to resume search for boy, 13, presumed drowned in Michigan City

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Bridges link Highland, Munster communities

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Why the Moonshine Store — in tiny Martinsville — was a viral restaurant before there were viral restaurants

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Despite neighbors' support, Nature's Best Cafe in Naperville to close July 31

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Oak Park store looks to set Guinness World Record for largest sour candy tasting

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In Illinois, getting oil and gas operators to pay for abandoned wells can take decades

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Microplastics linger inside people and animals, multiple studies show. But regulation is still far off.

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New protections on the way for patients against sexual abuse, misconduct by healthcare workers

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Illinois to audit plastic surgeon case after Tribune investigation

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Today in Chicago History: 'The Sandberg Game' rocks Wrigley Field

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Today in History: Frederick Douglass becomes the first Black candidate nominated for president

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Women's suffrage exhibit in Gary headed to Crown Point and Merrillville

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Valparaiso school board presents contract for incoming superintendent

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