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Latest Bears stadium plan for White Sox site in Bridgeport draws interest — but no involvement from the team

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What Arlington Heights-area candidates have to say about Bears stadium proposals

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'This dude is some level of creep': Suspended Chicago doctor found guilty of sexually assaulting passenger on flight to O'Hare

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An O'Hare Starbucks and a Lockport Subway location rated among worst in the US in Google reviews study

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Column: Takeaways from the World Series and end of the 2026 season — including one 'L' of a troll

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Review: Potent 'A Few Good Men' on Broadway needs a lawyer we can believe in

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Chicago Blackhawks cap frantic day in Detroit with listless 4-1 loss, dropping to 0-5 on the road

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Asking Eric: Couple's retirement threatened by unemployed son and overly generous dad

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Jordan Love throws 3 TD passes and Christian Watson overcomes trip to hospital to help Green Bay Packers win

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June Jones, whose run-and-shoot offense dazzled at Hawaii and in the NFL, dies at 73

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Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despite President Trump's pressure

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WNBA fans rally around Babe's Sports Bar for Finals game after rescheduling uproar: 'It's just bad business'

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FDA issues alert about beds sold by Northfield-based Medline after deaths, injuries

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Editorial: Is nothing sacred? Not even prayer in Trump's White House.

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Editorial: Illinois has too much government. Tiny townships are a good place to start trimming.

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Richard Day and Jens Ludwig: Fixing Chicago's approach to lead line removal will help public safety

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Michelle A. Williams: Rural and religious Americans lost faith in science. We can win them back.

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Calumet City Mayor and state Rep. Thaddeus Jones hospitalized after minor stroke

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Gov. JB Pritzker again takes dim view of Mayor Brandon Johnson's head tax plan

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Donald Trump in Ohio and Barack Obama in Georgia make closing stretch appeals to midterm voters

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Kim Kardashian undergoes surgery for esophagus 'irregularity'

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Review: 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York' a gritty and likable character study

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Werewolf of Wisconsin: Why an Elkhorn legend refuses to die

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Russell Brand denies all charges as he takes the stand at his rape and sex assault trial

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Chicago Bears trade for All-Pro DT Jeffery Simmons, giving up 2 1st-round picks in a massive swing

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Can DePaul take the next step in Chris Holtmann's 3rd year? What to know about city teams this season.

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Kyle Monangai a nonparticipant on estimated injury report, leaving Chicago Bears RB's Week 8 status in doubt

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Chicago White Sox to hire Matt Roffe from Milwaukee Brewers to fill amateur scouting director role

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Requiem for the American Dream: A nation in search of its past, with fragile hopes for its future

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Photos: Chicago's Arts in the Dark parade

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Week 7 photos: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots 30-24

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Photos: Who we saw on the 'Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story' red carpet

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Photos: Open House Chicago 2026

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Photos: A look inside the Obama Presidential Center

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Photos: 2026 Chicago Marathon

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Actor Gary Cole, who had a regular role on 'The West Wing' and other TV shows, buys $1.3M Gold Coast condo

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The giant skeleton has become an American Halloween fixture

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Sparrow Coffee opens in Clarendon Hills after three year wait

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Port of Indiana gets $11.2 million grant for container project

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How Trump's immigration crackdown sparked a backlash that could boomerang in the midterms

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Chicago clergy meet with Pope Leo XIV to advocate for immigrants detained in Broadview ICE facility

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Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders

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Hammond council urged to protect residents targeted by ICE

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U. of C. students protest sexual violence: 'It's frustrating to know that something like that could happen to me'

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Lawrence Wyllie, indicted former Lincoln-Way superintendent, dies

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East Aurora District 131 school board member Annette Johnson facing federal fraud charges

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Munster High School resource officer injured

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Crime and Public Safety

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Gary man shot juvenile neighbor over missing PlayStations: charges

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Elmhurst Metra station coffee shop owner busted for selling meth

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CPD officer injured by squad car during West Side pursuit

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Student charged following report of loaded handgun at Yorkville High School Academy, police say

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Clocks fall back this weekend, reigniting debate over daylight saving time: 'You never fully catch up'

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Cleveland-Cliffs delays Burns Harbor blast furnace reline for third time

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Farmers criticize timing of Trump and Pritzker diesel relief orders issued a month before election

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Mold in Chicago-area schools is a growing problem as climate change intensifies summer storms

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Halloween 2026: 39 Chicago restaurants and bars with family-friendly bashes, dance parties, drag brunches and more

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'Chicago, do better': Vendors, food activists demand reforms to city's restrictive street vending laws

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Restaurant review: TXA TXA Club, an artful cafe that's quietly become one of the boldest and best in Chicago

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Sweet Moon brings Eastern European pastries, honey cake to Wilmette

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Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension

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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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Requiem for a bridge: State Line Bridge, a contributor to Kankakee River floods, is being dismantled

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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Harry Houdini and the 'reformed' trumpet medium

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Today in Chicago History: 'Save my leg, please,' Bears tight end Zach Miller tells surgeon after injury

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Today in History: John Glenn returns to space

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A haunted cemetery in Lake County mixes history with the fantastical; 'that did scare me pretty good'

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Aurora City Council votes down fiber network measure

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Transport of data center transformers through Porter County raises alarms

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Trick-or-treat hours set in Fox Valley towns

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Best Puppy Starter Kits

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PS5 games on Amazon that the whole family can enjoy

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