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Illinois Election Day: Warm weather, strong early vote and federal poll monitors set the stage for Tuesday

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'Shining star': Carol Stream teen killed in Bloomington mass shooting; several other suburban students injured

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US Attorney Andrew Boutros ordered to testify under oath about alleged 'Broadview Six' improprieties

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

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Week 8 recap: Chicago Bears get a spark from Jeffery Simmons in his debut and beat Seattle Seahawks 34-17

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Workers at UI Health deliver 10-day strike notice

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DePaul, Loyola and UIC win their men's basketball season openers

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Takeaways from a 126-107 Chicago Bulls loss to the 76ers, including Caleb Wilson learning from LeBron James

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No. 3 Illinois opens with a 120-45 rout, making a program-record 19 3s and putting 6 in double figures

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Jack Karasinski makes 7 3-pointers in his debut as Northwestern beats Binghamton 86-60

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Week 8 photos: Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks

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Cubs CF Pete Crow-Armstrong is an MVP finalist — and White Sox's Will Venable gets Manager of the Year nod

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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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Trump Administration said to plan rolling back pregnancy-related job protections

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Candidates seeking seats on the Gary council at upcoming caucus

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President Donald Trump spends day before midterm Election Day promoting Reflecting Pool makeover

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

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Campton Hills spruce selected as Chicago's 113th official Christmas tree

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

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

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IHSA football playoffs: Get Steve Millar's 3 takeaways from the 1st round in the Southland

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Rick Armstrong's high school football rankings and 1st round players of the week for the Aurora-Elgin area

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

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Retired Chicago Bulls player Scottie Pippen is a Chicago homeowner again

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

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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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Records: Gary shooting case upgraded to murder after teen dies

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Montgomery man dies following crash on Interstate 88 in North Aurora

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Police: Two dead after separate weekend crashes in Porter County

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Woman fatally shot inside north Hammond Walmart Monday morning

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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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KFC and Taco Bell restaurants close across Puerto Rico

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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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Lincolnwood officials holding public hearing on proposed TIF District for Lincolnwood Town Center site

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Steve Millar's high school football rankings and 1st round players of the week for the Southland

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Why e-bikes are causing Buffalo Grove Park District to scrap project

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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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The best tech gifts for everyone in your life

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