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Green Bay Packers' Josh Jacobs says TD celebration was modeled after a gospel song, not recent arrest

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Mary Peltola denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as Justice Department escalates investigation

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Israel's election results are in. Here's what could happen next.

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Difficult negotiations lie ahead in Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc lost its parliamentary majority

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Today in History: Illinois Central Gulf commuter train struck on Chicago's South Side

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Today in Chicago History: Medinah Temple opens

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Gov. JB Pritzker runs for rare third term on his record but few new plans for Illinois

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Illinois lieutenant governor race: Christian Mitchell, Aaron Del Mar vie for a No. 2 job with big stakes

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Illinois seniors face fewer Medicare Advantage choices this open enrollment season

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Wet and warm Halloween forecast for Chicago trick-or-treaters

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Improv teams old and new celebrate 45 years of iO Theater

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Why did it make sense for the Chicago Bears to trade for Jeffery Simmons? Here's what the numbers say.

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5 questions in area women's basketball, including who will step up for Notre Dame alongside Hannah Hidalgo

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Caleb Wilson isn't making many 3-pointers. The Chicago Bulls want the rookie to keep shooting.

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How Notre Dame basketball's trip came about to play Villanova in Rome — and potentially meet Pope Leo XIV

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Editorial: Detroit automakers, it's past time to catch up with the Chinese

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Stuart Loren: Mayor's budget will drive investment away, hurt small businesses

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Elizabeth Shackelford: Democracy can be surprising, as elections around the world show

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Letters: A jack-o'-lantern love story and an Oct. 31 monsoon. Readers share more Halloween memories.

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Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despite President Trump's pressure

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President Trump lends support for Darline Graham in South Carolina as Republican anxiety rises in Senate race

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Latest Bears stadium plan for White Sox site in Bridgeport draws interest — but no involvement from the team

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Calumet City Mayor and state Rep. Thaddeus Jones hospitalized after minor stroke

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As Día de Muertos goes mainstream, who the ofrendas in Pilsen are actually for

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Review: Potent 'A Few Good Men' on Broadway needs a lawyer we can believe in

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Kim Kardashian undergoes surgery for esophagus 'irregularity'

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Review: 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York' a gritty and likable character study

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WNBA fans rally around Babe's Sports Bar for Finals game after rescheduling uproar: 'It's just bad business'

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Column: Takeaways from the World Series and end of the 2026 season — including one 'L' of a troll

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Chicago Blackhawks cap frantic day in Detroit with listless 4-1 loss, dropping to 0-5 on the road

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Jordan Love throws 3 TD passes and Christian Watson overcomes trip to hospital to help Green Bay Packers win

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Requiem for the American Dream: A nation in search of its past, with fragile hopes for its future

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Photos: Chicago's Arts in the Dark parade

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Week 7 photos: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots 30-24

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Photos: Who we saw on the 'Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story' red carpet

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Photos: Open House Chicago 2026

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Photos: A look inside the Obama Presidential Center

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Photos: 2026 Chicago Marathon

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The Chicago Network, a women's leadership group, launches new program for earlier-career female professionals

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An O'Hare Starbucks and a Lockport Subway location rated among worst in the US in Google reviews study

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Actor Gary Cole, who had a regular role on 'The West Wing' and other TV shows, buys $1.3M Gold Coast condo

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How Trump's immigration crackdown sparked a backlash that could boomerang in the midterms

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Chicago clergy meet with Pope Leo XIV to advocate for immigrants detained in Broadview ICE facility

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Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders

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Hammond council urged to protect residents targeted by ICE

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U. of C. students protest sexual violence: 'It's frustrating to know that something like that could happen to me'

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Lawrence Wyllie, indicted former Lincoln-Way superintendent, dies

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East Aurora District 131 school board member Annette Johnson facing federal fraud charges

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Munster High School resource officer injured

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Crime and Public Safety

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Gary man shot juvenile neighbor over missing PlayStations: charges

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Elmhurst Metra station coffee shop owner busted for selling meth

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CPD officer injured by squad car during West Side pursuit

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'This dude is some level of creep': Suspended Chicago doctor found guilty of sexually assaulting passenger on flight to O'Hare

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Duke Mallard 'boogies down' as Oak Lawn Park District mascot

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Clocks fall back this weekend, reigniting debate over daylight saving time: 'You never fully catch up'

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Cleveland-Cliffs delays Burns Harbor blast furnace reline for third time

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Farmers criticize timing of Trump and Pritzker diesel relief orders issued a month before election

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Halloween 2026: 39 Chicago restaurants and bars with family-friendly bashes, dance parties, drag brunches and more

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'Chicago, do better': Vendors, food activists demand reforms to city's restrictive street vending laws

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Restaurant review: TXA TXA Club, an artful cafe that's quietly become one of the boldest and best in Chicago

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Sweet Moon brings Eastern European pastries, honey cake to Wilmette

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Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension

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Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

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Illinois ignores rules and red flags as 'servant leader' runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

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Data centers near O'Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap

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Requiem for a bridge: State Line Bridge, a contributor to Kankakee River floods, is being dismantled

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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Harry Houdini and the 'reformed' trumpet medium

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Today in Chicago History: 'Save my leg, please,' Bears tight end Zach Miller tells surgeon after injury

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Column: Planning group looks at housing for a changing Aurora and Fox Valley

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A haunted cemetery in Lake County mixes history with the fantastical; 'that did scare me pretty good'

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Aurora City Council votes down fiber network measure

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Transport of data center transformers through Porter County raises alarms

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