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Rush University System for Health CEO announces plans to retire

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Editorial: All Chicagoans are frustrated with agonizing and persistent gun violence. More bureaucracy is no answer.

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Henry De Sio: What the Obama Presidential Center says about how 'hope and change' has evolved since '08

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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting: Read the stories and see the photos

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Federal judge bars ICE from making arrests in immigration courts

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Walter Payton College Preparatory High School to cut some Latin language programming citing budget restraints, low enrollment

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Evanston-Skokie District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner resigns, Board names replacement

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Crime and Public Safety

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Man charged in 2022 killing outside Gary nightclub

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Second person dies from Chesterton motorcycle crash

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Activism groups file lawsuit against EPA for lack of Gary Works action

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Michelin retired its Green Stars to the dismay of sustainable chefs in Chicago

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Food icon: Ina Pinkney, the Breakfast Queen and secret restaurant godmother of Chicago

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'The Bear' was a love letter to Chicago. For the final season, here's every local restaurant that was featured.

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Despite neighbors' support, Nature's Best Cafe in Naperville to close July 31

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Oak Park store looks to set Guinness World Record for largest sour candy tasting

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In Illinois, getting oil and gas operators to pay for abandoned wells can take decades

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Microplastics linger inside people and animals, multiple studies show. But regulation is still far off.

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New protections on the way for patients against sexual abuse, misconduct by healthcare workers

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Illinois to audit plastic surgeon case after Tribune investigation

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