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11 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

Hundreds of Chicago police officers barred from testifying as discipline slowdown drags on

1 day ago

Lollapalooza 2026: Vibes and mud for the closing Day 4

1 day ago

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

4 hours ago

Flourish buys former Boys & Girls Club to expand community services

10 minutes ago

How children selling flowers have become synonymous with Chicago's popular corridors: 'It's dangerous'

6 hours ago

Man skips out in middle of trial for fake armed robbery scheme to get crime victim visas

4 hours ago

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

1 hour ago

Column: What is 'Forgottonia' and how did it get to Steppenwolf?

6 hours ago

Chicago White Sox target bullpen, outfield and catching depth at trade deadline: 'Couldn't be more excited'

3 hours ago

Top FIFA officials distance themselves from Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan

24 minutes ago

Review: Ariana Grande speaks about taking a break, then puts on a dazzling arena concert in Chicago

44 minutes ago

3 hospitalized after boat capsizes on Lake Michigan

44 minutes ago

Bodies of missing South Elgin, Dundee kayakers recovered in Door County

58 minutes ago

McDonald's posts strong second quarter profit, names new leader for US market

1 hour ago

A new football title chase lies ahead as women's flag football closes in on NCAA championship status

2 hours ago

Mass funeral held in Gaza and other developments from across the Mideast

3 hours ago

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

20 hours ago

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

23 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

Editorial: Alarm bells are ringing loudly in electricity markets for Illinois' clean-energy law

6 hours ago

Editorial: New York's democratic socialists put the squeeze on thousands of property owners

6 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Daniel DePetris: Comprehensive peace in Gaza is still just a dream

6 hours ago

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

14 hours ago

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

17 hours ago

CPS adds 15 to sustainable community schools model

17 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

Review: In Gift Theatre's 'Marble,' sex dreams do their damage on a pair of Irish marriages

5 hours ago

Restaurant review: Longman & Eagle has a new chef who revels in vegetables

3 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Colston Loveland is like a 'sponge,' but will the Chicago Bears tight end soak up more targets?

5 hours ago

'We're here to win': Chicago Cubs' aggressive deadline trades show front office's belief in postseason run

4 hours ago

Column: Chicago Bears showed confidence in Tyrique Stevenson. Now, he has to be more consistent.

5 hours ago

Elon Musk likely to face tough questions during SpaceX's first earnings call as a public company

3 hours ago

Lake County Metra rail work kicks off, suspends midday service

3 hours ago

Downers Grove 4-bedroom home with covered patio and screened porches: $1M

6 hours ago

Illinois joins lawsuit over Trump's new tariffs, calling them 'pretext' to replace his old ones

5 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Durbin, Foster decry legal services funding halt for immigrant children

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Community members score on discarded school supplies: 'This was needed'

6 hours ago

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

2 days ago

Indiana Historical Society ends sponsorship of National History Day contest

3 days ago

Crime and Public Safety

8 months ago

Franklin Park man sentenced in six bank robberies

17 hours ago

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

17 hours ago

Illinois State Police master sergeant charged with sexual assault of a woman in Midlothian

44 minutes ago

Indiana man, 20, convicted of cyberstalking

19 hours ago

La Grange Park Arbor Day ceremony lauds environmental impact of community leader

6 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

Restaurants, Food and Drink

8 months ago

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

1 day ago

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

22 hours ago

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

2 days ago

Recipe: Provencal tomato galette

3 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

7 hours ago

Rick Armstrong's 10 things to watch in Aurora-Elgin as high school football opens with first day of practice

58 minutes ago

Evanston looks to regulate, not ban, gambling-like machines to help businesses

1 hour ago

Steve Millar's 10 things to watch in the Southland as high school football opens with first day of practice

1 hour ago

Best Diamond Naturals dog food

5 hours ago

The best battle drones for epic fun in the sky

6 hours ago

The best cornhole game sets

1 day ago

Make mornings better with the best omelet pans

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