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Wisconsin tornado causes extensive damage and cuts power to thousands of homes

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Loyola University Chicago to sunset Hispanic studies master's program

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Chicago launches resource center for rideshare, taxi drivers

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Illinois woman with green card has been detained by ICE for 12 months. Her daughters plead for her release.

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My Pet World: Positive reinforcement training recommendations

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Chicago and Styx keep their sounds alive on the 'Windy Cities' tour

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3 Northwest suburban hospitals accused of not properly providing pricing information

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Ex-chief of patrol cleared of wrongdoing in follow-up to Border Patrol shooting

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'An amazing time': Valparaiso University's new president Brian Konkol settles in

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Recent UChicago study shows uptick in violence around schools shuttered in 2013

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Crime and Public Safety

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Judge rules singer D4vd must stand trial in killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

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Records: Man charged with harassing Porter County 911 dispatchers

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Records: Lake Station man charged in meth deal

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Illinois State Police investigate death of Lisle man in Oak Lawn police custody

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BP Whiting Refinery included on new greenhouse gas emissions report

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Friends hike and remember Ron Seman, the sage of the Indiana Dunes

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The wildfire smoke is gone, but poor air quality is an enduring problem for some Chicagoans

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Food icon: Buritt Bulloch, the Donut King at Old Fashioned Donuts in Chicago

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100 years of Rainbow Cone's wonderful weirdness

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Recipe: Dr. Pepper pulled pork made in the slow cooker

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Bill aims to curb abandoned oil and gas wells in Illinois through stiffer fines

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Read the Tribune's investigation into Illinois' abandoned oil wells

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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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Today in Chicago History: Bears linebacker Dick Butkus inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Crown Point man, 78, killed when hit by motorcycle while crossing street

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