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Riverdale appoints trustee acting mayor, following former Mayor Lawrence Jackson's perjury conviction

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Daily Horoscope for November 20, 2025

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Oak Brook mansion sells for $5.3M, the highest sale price in that village in 16 years

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Column: Illinois could make some noise in March — but it has work to do to become a championship contender

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US homes sales rose in October as homebuyers seized on declining mortgage rates

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Mayor Brandon Johnson calls Blue Line fire attack 'isolated incident'

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Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, poll finds, but don't want to spend tax dollars for a new stadium

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Big Ten Week 13: No. 15 USC can boost its playoff hopes by upsetting No. 7 Oregon

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Financier and former Fruit of the Loom CEO William F. Farley sells Chicago apartment for $7.5M

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Abbott Laboratories announces $21 billion deal to buy Cologuard-maker Exact Sciences

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As infant botulism cases climb to 31, recalled ByHeart baby formula is still on some store shelves

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Michelin announces 2025 awards, and Chicago has new one-star and two-star restaurants

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Chicago appeals court halts order restricting use of force by immigration agents, calling it 'overbroad'

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Editorial: The bizarre slandering of Google by Mayor Brandon Johnson's City Council allies

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Editorial: Digital Illinois driver's licenses are here. Except when you are actually driving.

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Liam Stanton: Chicago government should choose planning over panic

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Willie Wilson: Illinois politicians party as Black communities fall further behind

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Review: Brendan Fraser connects in affecting 'Rental Family'

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Parkinson's patients get a little choreographic help from a dance captain of the Neil Diamond musical

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Meet the 6 inductees in the Chicago Bulls' 2025 Ring of Honor class

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Photos: No. 11 Alabama defeats No. 8 Illinois 90-86 at the United Center

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Week 11 photos: Chicago Bears 19, Minnesota Vikings 17

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The Tribune got a rare look inside Broadview's ICE processing center in 2009. Here's what we saw.

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Photos: ICE detainee released and reunited with family and 16-year-old daughter fighting cancer

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Photos: The Chicago area celebrates Halloween

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Photos: No. 18 Michigan 24, Northwestern 22 at Wrigley Field

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Photos: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino in Chicago

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President Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months

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What's next now that President Trump has signed a bill to release the Epstein files

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Sen. Dernulc received swatting call after Indiana canceled redistricting session

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Judge to proceed with contempt probe after US flew migrants to El Salvador prison in March

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Cernan Earth and Space Center sets holiday slate of space-related fun

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Lakeview 5-bedroom house with 3 terraces and 4 wet bars: $2.6M

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ICC slashes Nicor Gas rate hike by $146.5 million, tamping down increases for Chicago-area customers

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CPS culinary students assist in century-old gingerbread tradition at the Drake Hotel

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Indian Prairie District 204 board OKs more renovations at Waubonsie Valley, Neuqua Valley high schools

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2 weeks after Trinity Christian closure announcement, Palos Heights knows little about college sale plans

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Merrillville renames facilities for two women

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Crime and Public Safety

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Homer Glen man arrested for breaking in and staying at a Chesterton inn

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Man convicted in roommate's Gary apartment slaying

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Nine years later, man sentenced for shooting of Tavon Tanner

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Mom, son relocated after attack near South Deering school

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Illinois lawmakers urged to 'step up' and 'fight like hell' as EPA moves to cut wetlands protections

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Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God's creation is 'crying out'

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West Aurora District 129 launches 27 electric school buses funded by EPA grant

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Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys. Will that affect your Thanksgiving dinner?

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Prominent activist turned politician faces new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl

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Brace for impact: Tax hikes loom for South, West Side homeowners

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Federal judge postpones ruling on detained father of sick teen

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Former waterpark property bought by Porter residents who see its potential

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Portage Mayor Austin Bonta is learning, teaching during his second year in office

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