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Chicago 'Dreamers' say they're fearful of job loss and deportations

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Review: 'Obsession' is a cautionary tale told with dark flair

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Editorial: Could Chicago's City Council delay — or even imperil — the 1901 Project just to please a union?

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Jackson Potter: Bears-related megaprojects bill is worse than Richard M. Daley's parking meter deal

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Jonathan Zimmerman: At college graduation, let everyone speak their minds

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What a US gas tax suspension could mean for drivers

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Chicago hopes Trump will cooperate as it bids to repeat as host for Democratic National Convention in 2028

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Facets is keeping moviegoing alive for the youngest audiences

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Column: Who will love the old Blackstone Theatre?

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Andrej Stojaković is 'both feet in' the NBA draft process — but returning to Illinois remains a 'good option'

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Photos: NBA draft combine at Wintrust Arena

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Photos: Chicago Bears rookie minicamp at Halas Hall

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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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Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway

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Photos: The Big House Ballgame at the Old Joliet Prison

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Lincoln Park four-bedroom town home with Amish cabinetry: $1.8M

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CTA driver held at knifepoint, escapes through bus window in Logan Square

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'Ocean Dream' blue-green diamond sells for more than $17 million at Christie's auction in Geneva

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New acting ICE chief once touted GEO prison project in Gary

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Federal tort claims filed for residents arrested in 'shocking' military-style raid on South Shore building

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Judge issues injunction to keep DHS from attempting to block web page that monitors ICE

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US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting

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University of Chicago offers free tuition for families earning under $250,000

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Union leaders, board members decry Chicago Public Schools cuts

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Two from Oak Park and River Forest High School net Hemingway Foundation writing awards

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Boys and Girls Club of Ford Heights reopens after being shuttered last year by canceled federal funds

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Crime and Public Safety

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One injured in officer-related shooting at Gary hospital

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Kouri Richins, who wrote a children's book on grief after her husband's death, gets a life sentence

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Feds: Man brought gun into courthouse to 'get arrested'

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Three killed in wrong-way crash on I-88 identified, Kane County Coroner's Office says

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BP denies fuel leaks at refinery despite online claims

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Will County zoning commission again votes no on 6,100-acre solar farm

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Aurora invites residents to vote on names for baby falcons hatched outside City Hall

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Today in Chicago History: Monty the piping plover — partner to Rose — dies

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Tribune Food Awards: The 2026 Readers' Choice winners

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Jim's Original, famous for its Maxwell Street sausages and hot dogs, relocating to Pilsen

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Century-old Gary restaurant celebrated in hit episode of 'The Bear'

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California consumers accuse popular Italian food brand of tomato fraud

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Hundreds march in Pilsen, demand answers in unsolved fatal hit-and-run

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A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills

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Court battles hit taxpayer wallets

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Today in History: Lewis and Clark expedition begins from southwestern Illinois

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Deerfield's Ava Peiser returns from ACL injury undaunted. 'I didn't give up.' Teammates aren't surprised.

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Mae Binkowski plays a big part in many things at Naperville Central. The 4-foot-10 senior 'lifts everyone up.'

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Former Old Town School of Folk Music teachers draw national talent to La Grange church with Wesley's Place

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Evolution of the Instant Pot

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