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Reginald "Reg" Weaver, first Black president of the state's largest teachers' union, dies at 86

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Rateb Jarad, Loop store owner known as a mediator in Palestinian-American community, dies at 89

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Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

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Downers Grove's Don Granato will coach Team USA in this year's world hockey championships

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Editorial: Sheridan Gorman was not in the wrong place at the wrong time. The system failed her.

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Laura Washington: Mayor Brandon Johnson's reelection campaign will be in trouble if Willie Wilson runs again

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Patrick Hanley: Ranked choice voting is a better way to make votes count

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Hope for Iran off ramp sends oil prices sharply lower as global stocks rise

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Top central banker thinks businesses may be quicker to raise prices due to Iran war

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Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast

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Most Americans say US military action against Iran has gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds

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Stephen Colbert and son will co-write a 'Lord of the Rings' movie

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US gets exemption to send 7 women to half marathon worlds after runners led off course in error

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2 victims stabbed overnight on CTA Red Line on South Side

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TSA officers describe tears, tough choices and dwindling savings from working without pay

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New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law

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OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns

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Skokie police express concern over ICE-related ordinance

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Supreme Court considers letting Trump administration revive restrictive immigration asylum policy

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Gregory Bovino reflects on final days with Border Patrol: 'I wish I'd caught even more illegal aliens'

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Georgia could become the first state with weapons detection in all public schools

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St. Hubert parents appeal to the Vatican to keep Catholic school's doors open

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Chicago police arrest Rogers Park man in Loyola slaying

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Crime and Public Safety

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38-year-old man dies after being wounded in Grand Crossing neighborhood

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2 men fatally wounded in double shooting on South Side

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Will County committee OKs 2,400-acre solar farm in Crete unincorporated area

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A push to protect Morgan Shoal — a marine wonder on the South Side — and the Chicago shoreline

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Joliet City Council OKs controversial mega data center project

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EPA to host public hearing about Federated Metals superfund site

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Restaurant review: Creepies, a French inspired bistro with marvelous Midwestern basement vibes in Chicago

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New Japanese restaurant coming to historic Hobbs Building in downtown Aurora

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Roaming Hoolies aims to bring mobile Irish pub to celebrations of all kinds

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As Indiana extends coal and builds data centers, Illinois may be on the hook for neighbor's AI boom

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At one time, Illinois was a top oil producer. Today, that legacy is a $160M problem.

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Tribune investigation into hospitals' use of guardianship system inspires new bill

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Today in Chicago History: Cassius Clay, 17, shocks an Australian champion boxer to win Golden Gloves championship

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Today in History: Coal dust explosion in Illinois kills 111 miners

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Frankfort man charged with threatening Gov. JB Pritzker pleads to misdemeanor charge

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Kane County, planning for new federal ADA accessibility rules, eyes changes to website and meeting documents

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