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Editorial: Boston and the unbridled joy of Scottish World Cup fandom

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Editorial: Springfield's housing push was a spring bust, but Congress is cooking up a better plan

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Stuart Loren: The AI boom won't wait for Illinois

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More of Illinois has access to electronic monitoring than ever before. But does it work?

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Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson says he'll no longer support the Republican Party

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Column: Do you remember who won the Danny Bonaduce-Donny Osmond boxing match?

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Food icon: Ina Pinkney, the Breakfast Queen and secret restaurant godmother of Chicago

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Oliver Tree, eccentric American musician and comedian, killed at 32 in a Brazil helicopter crash

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Pete Crow-Armstrong named NL Player of Week again — and Matthew Boyd's next start to come with Chicago Cubs

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Chicago Bulls acquire center Nic Claxton in a 3-team trade ahead of the NBA draft

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Photos: Six Flags Great America celebrates 50 years

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Photos: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

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Photos: Sam Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern

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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting: Read the stories and see the photos

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Route 66: Photos from the 'Main Street of America'

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Activists continue green steel push ahead of Nippon annual meeting

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Senior housing complex management raises ire of Oak Park officials amid reports of rodents, trespassers

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GoHealth executives buy mansions in Glencoe and Winnetka

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Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters

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US Attorney Andrew Boutros drops arson case amid new grand jury gaffes by 'Broadview Six' prosecutor

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An Afghan man spent 13 years waiting for the US to keep its word. He still cherishes his American dream.

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ICE spent $700 million on 7 warehouses. Now it wants to get rid of them.

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Evanston-Skokie District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner resigns, Board names replacement

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Bradshaw: Detailed experiences can take an application from good to great

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Amid Chicago budget crunch, more schools lean on dollars they raise independently

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Learning conference focuses on effective technology use in classrooms

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Crime and Public Safety

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Former intern sues indicted ex-Gary officer over inappropriate behavior

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Death of Campton Hills woman found in driveway of her home ruled an accident, prosecutors say

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Juvenile reported missing in Lake Michigan in LaPorte County; three divers injured in search

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Authorities arrest 2 more suspects in planned attack on Trump's UFC show

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Bridges link Highland, Munster communities

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

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U.S. DOE extends 90-day order to operate Schahfer coal generating station

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

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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'The Bear' was a love letter to Chicago. For the final season, here's every local restaurant that was featured.

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Why the Moonshine Store — in tiny Martinsville — was a viral restaurant before there were viral restaurants

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Despite neighbors' support, Nature's Best Cafe in Naperville to close July 31

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Oak Park store looks to set Guinness World Record for largest sour candy tasting

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Microplastics linger inside people and animals, multiple studies show. But regulation is still far off.

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New protections on the way for patients against sexual abuse, misconduct by healthcare workers

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Illinois to audit plastic surgeon case after Tribune investigation

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Despite 8 patient deaths and a $56M jury verdict, state allows Chicago plastic surgeon to keep operating

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Today in Chicago History: 'The Sandberg Game' rocks Wrigley Field

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Today in History: Frederick Douglass becomes the first Black candidate nominated for president

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Women's suffrage exhibit in Gary headed to Crown Point and Merrillville

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A plan to sell artifacts from the Titanic faces US government opposition

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D128 appoints new member as grooming allegations prompt shakeup: 'There's a culture problem within 128'

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More names added to Porter County school board races

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