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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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Gov. JB Pritzker again takes dim view of Mayor Brandon Johnson's head tax plan

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Court rejects plastic surgeon's bid to lift license suspension

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CPD officer injured by squad car during West Side pursuit

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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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As Patrick Kane returns to Detroit, the Chicago Blackhawks great's scoring slump puts him in uncharted waters

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Kyle Monangai a nonparticipant on estimated injury report, leaving Chicago Bears RB's Week 8 status in doubt

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Chicago White Sox to hire Matt Roffe from Milwaukee Brewers to fill amateur scouting director role

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

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

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Patrick Stewart, stage giant also of 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86

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Editorial: Is nothing sacred? Not even prayer in Trump's White House.

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Editorial: Illinois has too much government. Tiny townships are a good place to start trimming.

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Richard Day and Jens Ludwig: Fixing Chicago's approach to lead line removal will help public safety

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Michelle A. Williams: Rural and religious Americans lost faith in science. We can win them back.

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What Arlington Heights-area candidates have to say about Bears stadium proposals

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Donald Trump in Ohio and Barack Obama in Georgia make closing stretch appeals to midterm voters

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

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As Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is poised to win her fifth term, she eyes a successor

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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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Werewolf of Wisconsin: Why an Elkhorn legend refuses to die

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Russell Brand denies all charges as he takes the stand at his rape and sex assault trial

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Chicago Bears trade for All-Pro DT Jeffery Simmons, giving up 2 1st-round picks in a massive swing

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Takeaways from the Chicago Bulls' 133-127 loss, including a spark between Matas Buzelis and Caleb Wilson

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Can DePaul take the next step in Chris Holtmann's 3rd year? What to know about city teams this season.

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Column: 'Hope springs eternal …' gets a sequel after Milwaukee Brewers win franchise's 1st World Series

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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 giant skeleton has become an American Halloween fixture

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Sparrow Coffee opens in Clarendon Hills after three year wait

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Port of Indiana gets $11.2 million grant for container project

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DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17 billion in big consolidation for grocery delivery

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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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Documents support claim ICE has detained a mentally ill US citizen since January, AP investigation shows

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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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Student charged following report of loaded handgun at Yorkville High School Academy, police say

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1 in custody after victim critically stabbed on CTA platform

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Death investigation underway after teen girl gives birth at Far South Side elementary school

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Man convicted in 117-mph crash that ripped apart vehicle with mom, baby inside

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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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Mold in Chicago-area schools is a growing problem as climate change intensifies summer storms

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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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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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Trick-or-treat hours set in Fox Valley towns

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