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Two men killed in shooting outside East Chicago bar early Sunday

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Tech company Brave plundered Chicago Tribune's content and resold it to A.I. giants: copyright lawsuit

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Lambs Farm presenting the story of Buddy the Elf in 'Elf Jr.' as a play at Lake Forest High School

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Blue envelope program, starting in north suburbs, helps police communicate with drivers with autism

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Mayor Brandon Johnson's nominating petitions to be challenged, opponent says

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Chicago mayoral election 2027: Who are the candidates so far?

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Aldermen put $75 million in parking meter money to pensions, deal Mayor Brandon Johnson budget blow

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Carol Stream teen killed in Bloomington mass shooting; several other suburban students injured

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NITA's new $5 billion transit budget reflects massive influx of revenues

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Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks: Everything you need to know about 'Monday Night Football' game before kickoff

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20-year-old was pilot of jet that plunged to earth in Florida

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Evidence indicates parts of jet broke off before Florida crash that killed 9, investigators say

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Half of Americans' spending goes to housing and food, most in 15 years

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Washington state resident dies from bird flu following exposure to infected cattle

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Detroit Lions All-Pro LB Jack Campbell remains hospitalized with a neck injury

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IHSA football playoffs: Get dates, times and locations for 2nd-round matchups in Class 8A to 1A

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Grab the scissors. Our midterms 'bedsheet ballot' is here.

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Editorial: Everyone wants to run for mayor. What about some aldermanic competition?

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Daniel Delgado: Abolishing DHS doesn't reimagine safety. It undermines it.

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Kaivan Shroff: Democrats, on track to win big in the midterms, still are missing the lesson from 2016

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Illinois midterm elections: What to know about the key races — and where to vote

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In Alaska fishing community, the Dan Sullivan episode takes an ominous turn as FBI comes knocking

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Iran has a 2-day plan to reopen Strait, resume nuclear talks with US

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Trump administration promises US farmers $15 billion in weeks before the midterms

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Review: Stacked decks in 'Adirondack Chair Circle' at Steppenwolf Theatre

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'Heat' director Michael Mann sustains 'superficial injury' at gun range

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Selma Blair breaks silence after alleged violent episode, says she never 'intended to hurt' anyone

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Review: In 'The Royale' at Writers Theatre, a play about boxer Jack Johnson packs a wallop

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Amid outside noise, Chicago Bears CB Jaylon Johnson is his harshest critic: 'I've just got to get it done'

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Column: Jeffery Simmons' arrival changes the math for Chicago Bears defense, which finally has 'a true alpha'

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IHSA football playoffs: Ranking the 10 best matchups to watch in the 2nd round

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'Everyone can die happy': 10 years later, Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series title still resonates

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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 Cubs win the World Series on Nov. 2, 2016, to end an 108-year drought

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Photos: Chicago's Arts in the Dark parade

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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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Meta delays new business terms after outcry over potential web scraping of news sites

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KFC and Taco Bell restaurants close across Puerto Rico

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Chicago-based Home Chef is whipping up new meal kit recipes to keep millennials cooking

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Ex-Chicago FBI boss sues US attorney and Kash Patel alleging he was scapegoated for failed Midway Blitz cases

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Lawsuit alleges 'torture' at Indiana prison holding immigrants, many from Chicago area

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An ICE officer is charged with assault for striking a man with a car in Houston

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Controversial DOJ attorney takes over 'Broadview Six' case, tells judge they have not agreed to cooperate

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Journalism scholarship honors longtime Southland newspaperman Tom Houlihan

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Evanston District 65's Dewey Elementary families continue fight against school closure

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East Aurora District 131 school board member Annette Johnson responds to fraud allegations

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West Aurora D129 sees lower chronic absenteeism rates, improvement in proficiency on 2026 Illinois Report Card

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Crime and Public Safety

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Chicago Heights man, 32, fatally shot in Calumet City on Halloween

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Woman dead after early Sunday morning shooting in Oak Park

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Reward upped to $25,000 in Crete Township dogfighting investigation

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Violence prevention leader shot to death outside south suburban office, alderman says

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At least 14 people died in Cook County this summer from heat. Medical professionals say it's not the whole picture.

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More than 6,400 oil spills occurred in the Great Lakes over a decade, study shows. But the impact is largely unknown.

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New Indiana septic rules are challenging for Lake Michigan towns

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Bat surveys boost interest in protecting Illinois' declining populations

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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10 pop-up food and drink events in Chicago this November

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

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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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Today in Chicago History: Illinois Democrat Barack Obama elected to US Senate

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Today in History: Chicago Cubs win the World Series

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Before Charles Lindbergh's famous trans-Atlantic flight, he survived two crashes delivering airmail in Illinois

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Today in Chicago History: Bears Hall of Famer Walter 'Sweetness' Payton dies

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'More than impactful': After 40 years, Libertyville's tax allocation fund for downtown redevelopment officially dissolved

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