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Justice Samuel Alito says Supreme Court can't stem increase in emergency appeals

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Column: White Sox welcoming Cubs fans to hop on the playoff bandwagon ... with a few caveats

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Asking Eric: Acceptance is going to be your friend

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Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin endorses Democrat JB Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey

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Batavia and Aurora again at odds over closed-off road near border between two cities

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Down 2-0, Chicago White Sox ride 3-run 6th inning to win 4-3 win — and take a commanding ALDS lead

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Connor Bedard practices with Chicago Blackhawks — in a noncontact jersey — for 1st time since shoulder surgery

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Column: Chicago White Sox win Game 2 even as their pitching goes from slow to stellar

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Photos: Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Guardians 4-3 in Game 2 of ALDS

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Highland Park's Dugan Hever is different on the field. Particularly this season, he plays like 'a monster.'

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Woman slams CPS watchdog's handling of probe into school board president candidate's alleged misconduct

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Apple Fest was too crowded for attendees. Business owners say that was the point.

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Constellation and Google announce plan to increase nuclear capacity in Illinois, two other states

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Food icon: Rose Barraco-George of Vito and Nick's pizzeria, aka Nick and Vito's, in Chicago

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Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on mysterious ghost particles called neutrinos

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Jim Bakker, who lost his 'PTL Club' televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86

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Chicago Bears will go with Tyson Bagent over Case Keenum in Week 5. Is that the right QB call?

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Can rookie Dailyn Swain make the Chicago Bulls' 10-man rotation after a forgettable summer league showing?

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Chicago Bears relish their thorough domination: Brad Biggs' 10 thoughts on the Week 4 bludgeoning

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Dennis Hastert, the disgraced former US House speaker who went to prison, dies at 84

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State Farm raising Illinois homeowners insurance rates by 8%

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Woman charged with attempted armed robbery tied to shooting at Oakbrook Center

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Brittany Williams: Let the Northwestern band play the pregame show

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Karoline Leavitt set to join Fox News as on-air contributor

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Tribune Editorial Board endorsements for the 2026 Illinois general election

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Joe Holberg: Data centers are hot. We should use Lake Michigan to cool them.

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Daniel DePetris: Brazil's elections appear to be another win for Donald Trump

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Facing backlash, President Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads

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Lawyers for Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent call for criminal charges

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Aldermen give $261 million settlement for police abuse lawsuits initial approval

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'Our lofty perch': Balloonist shares decades in spellbinding hobby

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Singer Lalah Hathaway combines melancholy and nostalgia in 'Made in Chicago'

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Just a few days left to enter the 40th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest

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Week 4 photos: Chicago Bears 23, New York Jets 12

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Photos: Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of ALDS

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Photos: An inside look at Northwestern's new Ryan Field in Evanston

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Photos: President Donald Trump attends the President's Cup in Medinah

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Game 2 photos: San Diego Padres 4, Chicago Cubs 1

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Game 2 photos: Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to advance in the playoffs

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Photos: Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Chicago Cubs' first 40-40 player

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Game 1 photos: Chicago White Sox 6, Houston Astros 3

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Game 1 photos: San Diego Padres 8, Chicago Cubs 0

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Photos: A look inside the Obama Presidential Center

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Photos: Riot Fest at Douglass Park

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Three Sisters Antique Mall celebrates 30 years in Blue Island

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A lawsuit accuses Starbucks of mislabeling 8 'sugar-free' protein drinks

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New Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights

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President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown divides rural voters as midterms approach, AP-KFF poll finds

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An immigrant deported by the US and held in an African prison for more than a year has been released

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Marimar Martinez to file federal lawsuit over shooting by Border Patrol agent

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St. Paul and Memorial in Valparaiso named Blue Ribbon schools

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Former Evanston D65 Superintendent Devon Horton changes plea to guilty in federal kickback case

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Crowd of students protests Cornell's response to gang rape complaint

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District 97 students petition School Board: Bring back recess

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Crime and Public Safety

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Former 'American Idol' singer Caleb Flynn is sentenced to life in prison for wife's murder

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Police: Three teens arrested in Gary after armed carjacking in Illinois

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Hobart man arrested for threats, taken into custody without incident

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Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage

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Dixmoor hopes meter replacement effort will help solve village's water woes

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Trump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: 'We stand to lose our solitude'

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Keurig debuts plastic-free coffee pods

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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10 pop-up events to eat and drink at in Chicago this October, from Apple Fest to a chili cook-off

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The Banchet Awards announce 2027 chef and restaurant finalists in Chicago

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This pumpkin sheet cake feeds a crowd with little fuss

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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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Data centers and tax breaks: How we reported the story

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Today in Chicago History: Catherine O'Leary — and cow — exonerated by City Council 126 years after the Great Chicago Fire

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Column: Steve Millar's 3 takeaways from Week 7 of the high school football season in the Southland

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Lincoln-Way East's Owen Bohren, whose dad grew up playing soccer in Switzerland, scores goals like clockwork

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Jesus 'Juju; Vasquez, a sophomore 'getting better and better,' looks to build on Aurora Christian's QB legacy

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