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Michael Fassnacht and Eva Giglio: Investment in the Chicago Public Library ripples across our neighborhoods

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The national debt now stands at $40 trillion

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Missouri court allows new Trump-backed US House districts be used in November election

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Illinois Democrats tout party dominance at State Fair but it's clouded by harassment scandal and fraud case

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Column: Graphic novel conveys the life and designs of that creative wizard Edgar Miller

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Photos: 2026 Illinois State Fair

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City Series photos: White Sox beat Cubs 3-0 at Wrigley Field

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Photos: Chicago Air and Water Show 2026

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Photos: A look inside the Obama Presidential Center

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City Series: Pete Crow-Armstrong walks off a historic night as the Cubs beat the White Sox 7-5 in 10 innings

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City Series: Breaking down the key sequences in the Cubs' epic extra-inning win over the White Sox

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Former Meta engineer says Instagram took a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach on kids under 13

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Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US

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Congresswoman says target of ICE operation in fatal Maine shooting wasn't up for removal

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San Diego Padres minor-league coach Oswaldo Pirela, a Venezuela native, is detained by ICE

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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests

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Evergreen Park students spent a chunk of their summer at school to illustrate science

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School resumes in some Southland areas hard hit by storms

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Northside College Prep replaces Walter Payton College Prep as state's 'best' high school, according to U.S. News & World Report

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Till Institute Summer Academy brings teens together to talk about social justice

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Crime and Public Safety

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Police: 1 killed, 1 seriously wounded in McKinley Park shooting

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Brian Hickerson's family home visited by police amid Hayden Panettiere death probe

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Cops who used tongue depressors to search man should be stripped of police powers, COPA says

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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

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Excessive odors and landfill fires are next round in Southeast Side's battle against pollution

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Orland Park to use $1 million grant for Marley Creek flood mitigation

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Protecting mature trees from storms and disease can reduce Chicago deaths, study finds

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Restaurant review: Mister Tiger, Korean home cooking in West Town that's not your grandma's galbi

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Southwest Michigan wine country is ready for its close-up

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Food icon: Gino Gambarota, the mustachioed maestro of mile-high corned beef sandwiches at Manny's in Chicago

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Five-generation Hackney's Restaurant, in Glenview for 71 years, to close 700-seat location

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Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home

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Nonprofit CEO appealed to Mayor Brandon Johnson over city anti-violence grant, records show

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Agonized families await answers after remains recovered from Chicago funeral home: 'It's unimaginable'

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Speaker Welch told lawmakers he backed Harry Benton's reelection to prevent loss of union support

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Today in Chicago History: Monarch butterfly becomes the state's official insect

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Bobby Narang's top 10 girls volleyball teams and 25 players to watch in Lake County for the 2026 season

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