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Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget director Annette Guzman resigns amid finance team shakeup

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Progressive Ald. Byron Sigcho-López sues to run as independent in Illinois' 4th Congressional District race

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Lollapalooza 2026 wrapped with some arrests and hospital trips while Chicago faces Grant Park cleanup

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Illinois back-to-school sales tax discount starts Friday: What to know

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Column: In one of Chicago's busiest MLB trade deadlines, the Cubs and White Sox made things happen

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Today in Chicago History: Futuristic United Airlines terminal — designed by Helmut Jahn — opens at O'Hare airport

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Today in History: Burkina Faso declares its independence

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Asking Eric: Friend can be an exasperating conversationalist

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Chicago Sky lose a late lead as Kahleah Copper scores 31 and Kelsey Plum adds 20 in her Phoenix Mercury debut

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Northwestern, Rush tie for best hospital in Illinois, rank among top 20 in country

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Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly star as the Chicago Cubs beat the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers 10-5

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Los Angeles FC co-owner Larry Berg will be the next commissioner of the MLS, succeeding Don Garber

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Alaina Hampton: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch should resign for his failures

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Editorial: Candidates for mayor of Chicago, start your engines!

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Editorial: More Americans are saying no to alcohol. So, too, is new federal guidance.

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School board member: Good governance lost with passage of CPS budget. Students may pay the price

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CPS adds 15 to sustainable community schools model

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25 states sue over Trump's new tariffs, calling them 'pretext' to replace his old ones

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President Trump says US Attorney Jeanine Pirro 'folded like an umbrella' in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

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Indiana state senator Chris Garten announces run for leadership position

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Lollapalooza 2026: What we saw — and heard — at the 4-day music festival at Grant Park

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Ariana Grande withdraws from London musical and will take a break from the public eye

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10 pop-up events to eat and drink at in Chicago this August, from a spritz party to Panda Fest

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Baseball cards are worth more than ever. And kids are making a fortune.

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MLB trade deadline: Chicago White Sox acquire catcher Joey Bart in a trade with the Atlanta Braves

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Chicago Bears training camp report: Safety Coby Bryant exits with a knee injury — and the pads go on

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MLB trade deadline: Chicago Cubs acquire RHP Clay Holmes, send No. 2 prospect Jefferson Rojas to the Mets

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MLB trade deadline: Chicago Cubs pick up another reliever, acquire Ryan Zeferjahn from the Los Angeles Angels

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City adds Divvy stations across busy lakefront

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Proposed settlement would sell West Suburban and Weiss hospitals to Insight, pay current CEO as consultant

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Couple bring Argentine, Italian heritage to new Elgin tapas and wine bar

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Flight attendants at Canada's WestJet go on strike in dispute over pay

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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin sees DREAM Act slipping away: 'We've been on this bill for 25 years'

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Durbin, Foster decry legal services funding halt for immigrant children

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Two more Chicago immigration judges fired as court becomes epicenter of removal orders

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Immigration crackdown threatens Haitian caregivers and the seniors who rely on them

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Mayor Brandon Johnson brushes off Alexi Giannoulias candidacy, says days of school closures are over

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'He's unstoppable': IUN professor uses hydrocephalus diagnosis to help teach, advocate

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Indiana Historical Society ends sponsorship of National History Day contest

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CPS is counting on $150 million more from Springfield. Will it deliver?

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Crime and Public Safety

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Franklin Park man sentenced in six bank robberies

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Authorities seek a motive in the mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger

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Illinois State trooper charged with sexual assault of a woman in Tinley Park

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Indiana man, 20, convicted of cyberstalking

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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of structures and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate

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Eastern Washington fires have burned 600 structures and forced the evacuation of 60,000 people

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2 firefighting helicopters collide midair near Athens as Europe's wildfire emergency rages

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An Indiana pastor became an Illinois oilman. Spills and pollution followed.

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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'An experience': Dozens line up, some overnight, for Dutch Bros opening in Buffalo Grove

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Brown Sugar Bakery, business next door broken into on South Side

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Recipe: A tartar sauce you'll want to eat by the spoonful

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Recipe: Provencal tomato galette

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Plastic surgeon's license suspended after Tribune investigation exposed 8 deaths

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Bill aims to curb abandoned oil and gas wells in Illinois through stiffer fines

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Read the Tribune's investigation into Illinois' abandoned oil wells

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

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Today in Chicago History: Bears greats Steve McMichael and Devin Hester inducted into Hall of Fame

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Today in History: Statue of Liberty opens again to visitors

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Community celebrates the coming renewal of the Brown Mansion

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Remembering the College All-Star Game, an American football classic ended 50 years ago with a ghostwritten note

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Norridge holds public hearing about civic center proposals for former Divine Savior property

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Ravinia host Black Moon Trio's premiere of multi-dimensional piece using Lake Michigan as a muse

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News briefs: Lilly endowment scholarship application available

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Lake Forest Center for Leadership joining forces with Excelsior University

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The best cornhole game sets

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