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Editorial: All Chicagoans are frustrated with agonizing and persistent gun violence. More bureaucracy is no answer.

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Yunus Emre Tozal: The area around the Obama center is being reshaped — for good and bad.

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Lena Guerrero Reynolds: Chicago's intercity bus future is bright

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Henry De Sio: What the Obama Presidential Center says about how 'hope and change' has evolved since '08

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President Trump refuses to sign bipartisan housing bill into law. What does that mean for homebuyers and renters?

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Chicago rises to nearly 57 million visitors last year, despite drop in international tourism

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Chiseling out the Goodman's 'Iceboy!,' piece by piece, bit by bit

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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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Federal judge bars President Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote

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Federal judge rules part of a discrimination lawsuit against Evanston-Skokie District 65 may advance

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Walter Payton College Preparatory High School to cut some Latin language programming citing budget restraints, low enrollment

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

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Crime and Public Safety

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Man critically wounded in drive-by shooting on Near West Side

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Two males found fatally shot inside Far Northwest Side home: police

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Sex offender accused of touching 6-year-old girl at Chatham bus stop

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Oak Park police search for suspect after girl assaulted by man on bicycle

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Activism groups file lawsuit against EPA for lack of Gary Works action

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Michelin retired its Green Stars to the dismay of sustainable chefs in Chicago

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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'The Bear' was a love letter to Chicago. For the final season, here's every local restaurant that was featured.

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

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Illinois could face new costs because of high error rate in SNAP food aid

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

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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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Vintage Chicago Tribune: How the city celebrated America's major anniversaries

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Today in Chicago History: Wrigley Field hosts National League's first 'twilight' game

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Today in History: 'Oppressive' child labor banned in the United States

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Fashion student wins award drawing from immigrant roots: 'Art … connects people and tells a story'

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Kane County's draft fiscal year 2027 budget may be on display as early as July

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