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Waukegan D60 preparing new app for next school year: 'A fresh start for the entire community'

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US attorney orders reforms as 'Broadview Six' grand jury controversy spreads to new case

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Nomination deadline for Chicago Top Workplaces 2026 is Friday

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Chicago Tribune Food Awards winners map: All the places we've honored since 2011

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Column: Another unexplainable Chicago Cubs losing streak? Been there, done that.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson touts faster Chicago police responses post-ShotSpotter

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Calumet City aldermen's legal counsel push back on lawsuit from Mayor Thaddeus Jones

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Green Bay Packers' Josh Jacobs released from jail as prosecutors weigh filing domestic abuse charges

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Chicago Stars' Mallory Swanson returns to the USWNT for the 1st time since the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Waukegan Ald. Sylvia Sims Bolton charged with casting dead mother's ballot

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Potential Lockport data center development draws heavy public opposition

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Today in History: 273 people killed in American Airlines Flight 191 at Chicago's O'Hare Airport

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Asking Eric: Son and family living in squalor

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Chicago Memorial Day weekend 'teen trends' and mass gatherings end in violence and spark backlash

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Treasurer's study finds sprawling and 'murky' tax impacts from Illinois megaprojects plan to benefit Bears

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Asking Eric: Dress code becoming too much

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Obama Center announces public festivities for grand opening weekend

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Remembering American Airlines Flight 191

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Chicago Bears Q&A: Will they sign a defensive end before training camp? Is the stadium saga near the end?

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Editorial: It's time to get tougher on teen takeovers after chaotic Memorial Day weekend

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Will Johnson: Chicago doesn't want ideology from its next mayor. It wants competence.

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Editorial: CTU rank-and-file finds its nerve and votes down dues hike to fund politics

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Eric Zamarripa and Jess Plowman: Illinois requires barbers to train longer than police officers and EMTs

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Trump says Iran 'negotiating on fumes,' insists that midterm elections won't impact his war strategy

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins GOP runoff for US Senate, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn

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Hawthorne Race Course alleges Illinois official steered funds to rival track amid bankruptcy battle

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Jazz and classical music for summer 2026: Let the anniversaries roll

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Column: AI, what? American Writers Festival will celebrate words written by humans.

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Tribune Food Awards: The 2026 Critic's Choice winners

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UFC fighting cage rises on White House lawn for bout celebrating America's 250th anniversary

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Who should the Chicago Bulls hire as their new coach? Here are 6 candidates.

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David Sandlin to make his MLB debut for Chicago White Sox as Noah Schultz goes on 15-day IL

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Travis Kelce joins Cleveland Guardians ownership group as a minority investor

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Photos: Sueños Music Festival

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Photos: Northwestern lacrosse wins NCAA championship at Martin Stadium

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Photos: South Side street renamed in honor of fallen Chicago police officer

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Photos: Sam Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern

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

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

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Game 3 photos: White Sox beat the Cubs 9-8 in City Series at Rate Field

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Game 2 photos: White Sox beat Cubs 8-3 in City Series at Rate Field

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Game 1 photos: Cubs beat White Sox 10-5 in City Series at Rate Field

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Photos: NBA draft combine at Wintrust Arena

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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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Area Catholic leaders, experts praise Pope Leo's AI encyclical

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Waukegan and Brookfield banks plan merger: 'We'll be able to enter new markets'

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Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping

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The Capital Grille at Skokie's Old Orchard to close, but there's no successor yet

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ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an 'alarming' rate, an AP investigation finds

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President Donald Trump's latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards

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ICE releases Chicago Public Schools senior ahead of Mather High School graduation

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Attorneys, alleged victim call for upgraded charges against ICE agent accused of misdemeanor battery

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Twenty-five graduate from Lake County's Veterans Treatment Court

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51 candidates file for Chicago school board elections: 'It's a historic moment'

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Now a published author living in England, Sandburg grad goes 'full circle' with writer's series return

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Chicago Teachers Union members vote down proposed dues increase

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Crime and Public Safety

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East Chicago man gets 3 years for dealing cocaine in connection with deadly drug buy

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Town of Porter intends to close joint police dispatch by Oct. 1

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Southland crime: Goosenapping alleged in Evergreen Park, teen takeover in Steger, and more

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Person of interest in custody after teen fatally wounded in triple shooting on Southwest Side: police

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Chicago under air quality alert through Wednesday night

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IDEM declares Wednesday an Air Quality Action Day in Northwest Indiana

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EPA announces $295 million to remove Illinois lead pipes even as Trump moves to roll back clean water protections

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'It was a blur': Newton County officials reflect on rare EF3 tornado

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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What's behind the push to make the Italian beef Illinois' official sandwich? Thank 'The Bear.'

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Everything you need to know for the 2026 Chicago farmers market season

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What tastes like a Korean pancake and is purple all over? An Oreo inspired by K-pop group BTS.

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Australian burrito chain Guzman y Gomez abruptly shutters all Chicago-area locations

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A mysterious company abandoned 603 oil wells, costing Illinois millions. Here's how they did it.

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Restrictions on private guardianship of vulnerable adults advance in Springfield

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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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Today in Chicago History: Century of Progress — the city's second world's fair — opens with parade

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Today in History: Tornado strikes St. Louis and East St. Louis

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Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write 'I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95

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La Grange veterans pay tribute for 82nd year at annual Memorial Day service

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Merrillville officials place one-year moratorium on data centers

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Porter County raising funds for new park, Sunset Hill events center

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Waukegan's first official No Mow May gets off to slow start: 'This is part of the learning curve'

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