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Apr 24, 2019
A construction worker was expected to survive getting struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning on the Kennedy Expressway, Illinois State Police said.
The man was injured following a two-vehicle crash around 12:50 a.m. on the inbound I-90 near the Cumberland exit, according to a state police spokesman.
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Apr 24, 2019
Fugitive trackers in Virginia Beach arrested a young Chicago man sought in connection to a fatal 2017 shooting over an angry message left on Facebook.
Officials with the several Virginia law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Marshal's, assisted in arresting Queon Smith near a fast food business...
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Apr 24, 2019
Dear Amy: My husband and I met five years ago. We traveled extensively, mostly out of necessity. I worked as a consultant, traveling for work. Vacations were great because my work travel gave me point status at hotels, as well as big client bonuses.
I now work from home and take care of our 1-year-old.
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Apr 24, 2019
Jose Quintana's scoreless streak ended Tuesday night at 16 innings, but he continued his recent mastery and was aided by all-around support by shortstop Javier Baez. The Cubs pulled away for a 7-2 victory over the Dodgers at Wrigley Field for their fifth win in their last six games.
Quintana pitched...
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Apr 24, 2019
One man was killed, another man wounded, in a shooting Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, police said.
The two men were inside of a car when they heard the gunshots around 9:35 p.m. in the 200 block of West 57th Street, police said.
Bullets hit a 26-year-old man...
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Apr 23, 2019
Illinois fans can finally exhale: Prized recruit Kofi Cockburn, who committed to the Illini in January, indicated that he has signed his national letter of intent with a tweet Tuesday night, six days into the spring signing period.
The Jamaican-born Cockburn is a 7-foot, 290-pound center at Oak...
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Apr 23, 2019
Rich Campbell and Dan Wiederer sink their teeth into how the Bears will approach the NFL draft, including the odds they will take a running back. (Hint: They're pretty high.)
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Apr 23, 2019
Photos from the Cubs' 7-2 win over the Dodgers game April 23, 2019, at Wrigley Field. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
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Apr 23, 2019
Jose Quintana's scoreless streak ended Tuesday night at 16 innings, but he continued his recent mastery and was aided by all-around support by shortstop Javier Baez as the Cubs pulled away to a 7-2 victory over the Dodgers at Wrigley Field for their fifth win in their last six games.
Quintana pitched...
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Apr 23, 2019
Moments into a talk show billed as "Kim Foxx Fights Back," co-host and Block Club Chicago journalist Jen Sabella brought up the issue that recently put Foxx in the crosshairs of countless critics: her office's handling of the Jussie Smollett prosecution.
Foxx jokingly took a long sip of her drink...
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Apr 23, 2019
Six people were hospitalized, including two children, after a driver tried to escape police Tuesday night in the Fifth City neighborhood on the West Side, authorities said.
Around 8:45 p.m., officers attempted to pull over a silver sedan in the 3400 block of West Congress Parkway for a traffic...
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Apr 23, 2019
It was apparent during the first couple of innings of Tuesday night's showdown against the Dodgers that Cubs fans were treating this game a little more seriously than usual.
The wild reaction to Javier Baez's successful game of hide-and-seek with first baseman David Freese in the second inning...
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Apr 23, 2019
Here's what we know about the disappearance of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund of Crystal Lake.
— According to police, the boy's parents, Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham, said AJ was last seen at bedtime — about 9 p.m. — on Wednesday night. When they woke up Thursday and could not find him, they...
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Apr 23, 2019
The Cubs will be forced to tinker with their greatest asset — the pitching staff.
And the expected changes involve more than just the impending return of left-handed ace Jon Lester.
Tyler Chatwood's sterling performance Sunday, Mike Montgomery's recovery from a left lat injury and the indefinite...
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Apr 23, 2019
Parents Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham sat inside a McHenry County courtroom on Tuesday — and at one point hugged — surrounded by much concern over the fates of their two sons. One remains missing. The other remains for now in the care of the state's child welfare agency.
The older son, 5-year-old...
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Apr 23, 2019
At a special meeting Monday night, Wayside Cross Ministries board members decided unanimously to continue providing housing and Christian counseling in Aurora to Ripper Crew killer Thomas Kokoraleis, despite the controversy that has swirled around the 58-year-old man since his release last month...
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Apr 23, 2019
A Waukegan man alleges in a federal civil rights lawsuit that he was threatened with losing his public housing and being jailed after he forwarded a political posting on Facebook that has crudely drawn devil horns added to photos of Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham and his mother, Mary Ross Cunningham,...
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Apr 23, 2019
A Waukegan man alleges in a federal civil rights lawsuit that he was threatened with the loss of his public housing and being jailed after he forwarded a political posting on Facebook with crudely drawn devil horns added to photos of Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham and his mother, Mary Ross Cunningham,...
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Apr 23, 2019
James Holzhauer topped the $1 million mark on "Jeopardy!" Tuesday when he added $118,816 to his winnings, making him only the second person in the quiz show's history to do so.
The Naperville native's exact 14-day total to $1,061,554.
"Despite what ‘The Social Network' says, $1 million felt really...
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Apr 23, 2019
The FBI had been investigating bribes-for-jobs allegations in Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown's office for more than a year when one of Brown's top aides was subpoenaed in the fall of 2015 to testify before a federal grand jury.
Beena Patel, who at the time supervised about 500 employees,...
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Apr 23, 2019
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday the investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election "had a much harder impact on our democracy" than what Russia actually did.
Mere days after Americans read a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's...
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Apr 23, 2019
The struggle between House Democrats and the Trump administration over investigations intensified Tuesday as a former White House official defied a subpoena and the Treasury Department ignored a deadline for providing President Donald Trump's tax returns.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the...
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Apr 23, 2019
By doing their jobs thoroughly and fairly, Robert Mueller and his team produced mass frustration. Those who hoped the report would dispel every cloud over Donald Trump, leaving clear skies for the remainder of his term, were disappointed. Those who wished for a steamer trunk full of smoking guns,...
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Apr 23, 2019
Chicago Ridge DOMESTIC BATTERY: James Williams, 45, of Chicago Ridge, was arrested and accused of domestic battery April 10 in the 10400 block of Natoma Avenue, police said.
NO LICENSE: Andrew Jackson, 48, of Chicago, was arrested and accused of driving without a valid drivers license April 11...
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Apr 23, 2019
As chief commercial officer of Premier League power Liverpool FC, Billy Hogan knows the meaning of "iconic."
Hogan used that word to describe Notre Dame Stadium, where Liverpool will begin its preseason U.S. tour this summer.
Liverpool will face Borussia Dortmund at 7 p.m. July 19 in South Bend,...
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Apr 23, 2019
A Bolingbrook man accused of running into a police officer with a car and then leading police on a chase that ended in Naperville will remain in the Will County jail on $1 million bail.
Jonathan Mosley, 27, appeared before a Will County judge Monday via video from the Will County jail. Mosley,...
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Apr 23, 2019
A half-dozen Hebron high schoolers urged lawmakers to support teacher pay and public education Tuesday morning in the second education funding rally in town in the last two weeks..
About 80 people, including educators, students and supporters, gathered in front of Hebron Middle School as several...
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Apr 23, 2019
Another one of the time bombs unintentionally set in the 1930s detonated this month in Oak Park.
On April 12, administrators at Julian Middle School removed from the student lunchroom a New Deal-era mural showing scores of people, mostly children, frolicking merrily by a frozen pond — skating,...
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Apr 23, 2019
The funniest tweets of the past week presented in a click-poll for readers.
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Apr 23, 2019
"Avengers: Endgame" is three hours and one minute long, which makes one nervous about taking bathroom breaks at the worst possible time. So we did that for you (with as few spoilers as possible):
If need be, the first 17 minutes of the film can be missed (rehashing of Thanos' handiwork from the...
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Apr 23, 2019
"You should've gone for the head." So uttered Josh Brolin as Thanos last year, in "Avengers: Infinity Wars," just before he snapped his gloved fingers and cut the population of the known universe in half.
Even if you knew, logically, the scene was a lie waiting for a do-over, that sucker-punch...
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Apr 23, 2019
"You should've gone for the head." So uttered Josh Brolin as Thanos last year, in "Avengers: Infinity War," just before he snapped his gloved fingers and cut the population of the known universe in half.
Even if you knew, logically, the scene was a lie waiting for a do-over, that sucker-punch ending...
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Apr 23, 2019
Along Milwaukee Avenue around Logan Square, the change is easy to spot: Taquerias and two-flats are giving way to sleek apartment high-rises, ramen bars and boulangeries that serve the urban gentry.
Unease over gentrification, which has driven up rents and driven out longtime working-class residents,...
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Apr 23, 2019
To ensure they wouldn't miss out on the quarterback they viewed as the key to turning around the franchise, the Bears made a draft-night trade with the 49ers two years ago to select Mitch Trubisky.
To ensure the kicking problems that have plagued them for three seasons — double doink, anyone? —...
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Apr 23, 2019
Portage police said a woman robbed a bank at a busy intersection Tuesday afternoon and they are asking the public for assistance.
Portage Police Chief Troy Williams said around 2:30 p.m., the woman entered BMO Harris at U.S. 6 and Willowcreek Road and robbed the bank, handing the teller a note...
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Apr 23, 2019
When the Craftsman Cafe reopens Monday as Two Brother's Barrel House, gone will be the espresso machine, food display case and overhead menu, replaced by a bar and restaurant showcasing the company's spirits line.
Two Brothers closed the first-floor cafe and second-floor Modern Tavern on March...
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Apr 23, 2019
Police reports based primarily on visits to a Crystal Lake house from where a 5-year-old boy remains missing describe a site of filthy living conditions, physical confrontations and possible drug use.
Andrew "AJ" Freund went missing from the home on Dole Avenue in the northwest suburb sometime...
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Apr 23, 2019
A Bartlett man who strangled his wife when a fight turned violent pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder.
Carlo Madonia, 60, had been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in connection with May 31, 2017, death of his wife, Nancy, 58, at their 224 Lido Trail home. Those charges...
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Apr 23, 2019
The Obama factor looms large as South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg hits the Chicago area today for a pair of fundraisers. Plenty of big donors from President Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns are now opening up their wallets for Buttigieg, the small-town Indiana mayor who's part of a growing...
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Apr 23, 2019
A Chicago man a prosecutor described as desperate to avoid time behind bars is returning to prison after he was sentenced Tuesday for driving his car at an Elmhurst police officer during a traffic stop.
Byron Auterberry, 44, was sentenced to three years in prison for aggravated assault by a DuPage...
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Apr 23, 2019
"Nobody makes it like you do" would be a fine compliment to a chef. Any abuelita or yiayia knows the joy of tweaking a recipe to perfection. A perhaps even sweeter pleasure comes from years of guarding that recipe closely. Exclusivity is a point of pride for grandmas and a competitive advantage...
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Apr 23, 2019
Jose Abreu and April typically haven't hit it off.
The White Sox first baseman and designated hitter had a miserable start to the month. For example, he has had 22 strikeouts — four more than his total last April — and the Sox still have seven games left in the month.
In each of the previous three...
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Apr 23, 2019
The ranks of Republicans lining up to challenge first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood next year grew Tuesday with the entry of Ted Gradel of Naperville.
Gradel's announcement video was narrated by former University of Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz. It includes scenes of Gradel...
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Apr 23, 2019
Last year, during a crackdown on spoofing — a form of high-speed computer trading fraud — federal prosecutors charged a Chicago software developer with creating a program that helped a rogue trader net millions in illegal gains.
On Tuesday, after his recent trial ended in a hung jury, all charges...
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Apr 23, 2019
Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, entering the final stages of his 40-game suspension, will start an assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday.
Russell, who accepted the suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, has spent the last four weeks in extended spring training....
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Apr 23, 2019
Some Illinois groups and elected officials are worried that a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. census will result in an inaccurate head count and have a negative impact on the state.
Those worries deepened Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the issue and signaled that...
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Apr 23, 2019
Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, entering the final stages of his 40-game suspension, will start an assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday.
Russell, who accepted the suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, has spent the last four weeks in extended spring training....
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Apr 23, 2019
The college basketball bribery trial has spilled over into football, and Notre Dame and Northwestern have been implicated.
Marty Blazer, a Pittsburgh-area financial adviser and government witness, testified Tuesday in New York — according to tweets from reporters covering the trial — that from...
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Apr 23, 2019
Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon's iconic slogan — "Try Not to Suck" — has been a World Series rallying cry. It has been a T-shirt. And a book title. Now, naturally, it is a beer.
Maddon said Tuesday he considered developing a beer to benefit his charitable foundation, Respect 90, for at least a...
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Apr 23, 2019
Allegations that Hammond school officials used taxpayer dollars to promote two public questions in 2017 are being tossed to prosecutors and Indiana auditors.
The Lake County Board of Elections and Voter Registration on Tuesday sent a complaint against the School City of Hammond questioning the...
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Apr 23, 2019
The former Illinois legislative inspector general says the ethics commission that oversaw her work buried a report of alleged misconduct by one of their fellow legislators, just one sign of a system she describes as "broken."
In an op-ed published online Tuesday by the Tribune, ex-watchdog Julie...
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Apr 23, 2019
A Lake County judge upheld his own previous ruling Tuesday afternoon by denying a state motion to reconsider a ban on certain texts that prosecutors claim prove their case against Melodie Gliniewicz, charged with theft from the former Fox Lake Police Explorer unit.
The ruling could set up an appeal...
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Apr 23, 2019
Ryan Pace isn't sure how he'll handle himself Thursday night. For the first time in his tenure as Bears general manager, Pace will find himself in a relaxed atmosphere at Halas Hall on the first night of the NFL draft. The Bears don't have a first-round pick. As a matter of fact, Pace's first selection...
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Apr 23, 2019
There are Americans cashing their first Social Security checks this year who had better make backup plans. By the time they hit their early 80s, the U.S. government might cut their retirement pay by 25 percent.
As for Medicare, get ready to pay a larger share of the bills, retirees, because that...
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Apr 23, 2019
Most players for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs live in hotels or apartments during the season, but one of the team's minor league pitchers has chosen to live in a self-built tiny house this summer.
Trevor Clifton was a 12th round draft pick by the Chicago Cubs in 2013. He made his Triple-A debut with...
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Apr 23, 2019
The Bears honored 2018 Piccolo Award winners Akiem Hicks and Roquan Smith at a ceremony Tuesday morning at Halas Hall.
The awards, voted on by teammates, annually recognize one Bears veteran and one rookie who show dedication, loyalty, teamwork, a commitment to excellence and a sense of humor,...
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Apr 23, 2019
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will not be testifying about her office's handling of the Jussie Smollett case when the County Board meets later this week, according to a letter she sent to commissioners on the matter.
Foxx told Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison that testifying before...
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Apr 23, 2019
Two brothers who allege Jussie Smollett paid them to stage an attack on the "Empire" actor filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Smollett's attorneys, saying the high-profile legal team has continued to smear them after Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against Smollett.
The defamation...
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Apr 23, 2019
Investigators believe the recent shooting near Mundelein that seriously injured a 22-year-old man was an isolated incident related to gang activity, the Lake County Sheriff's office said Tuesday.
Authorities have been investigating the shooting since sheriff deputies responded around 2:15 a.m....
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Apr 23, 2019
A big senior housing project set for the Northwest Side may have been derailed Tuesday when an outgoing alderman stopped the project from coming to a vote.
Ald. John Arena, 45th, has been working for years to get a project greenlighted for an enormous vacant lot at the Six Corners shopping district....
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Apr 23, 2019
Cubs left-hander Jose Quintana will try to shut down a potent Dodgers lineup Tuesday night when he takes the mound in the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field.
The Dodgers are batting only .247 against lefties, compared with .279 against right-handers.
Quintana (2-1, 3.43 ERA) posted...
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Apr 23, 2019
The Glenview Village Board has given initial approval to an ordinance allowing Congregation Ahavat Olam to continue operating as a religious institution inside a memory care facility.
Emerald Place, a memory care facility operated by health care insurer Anthem Inc., opened in 2017 at 1879 Chestnut...
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Apr 23, 2019
It's spring at last, which means Chicago-area residents will be seeing more orange construction cones, along with robins and daffodils.
A city data tool, which became public on Tuesday, allows residents to see the location of current and proposed road repair and utility projects in every neighborhood.
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Apr 23, 2019
A United Airlines airport agent is accused of using a racial slur against a customer and faces a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.
The charge against Carmella Davano was filed in municipal court in Houston last month after a Feb. 26 incident at Bush Intercontinental Airport. United says...
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Apr 23, 2019
Lincolnwood officials and Trustee-elect Craig Klatzco said they have resolved a dispute over which portions of a stretch of pavement adjacent to Klatzco's family business are owned by the village or Klatzco.
After a review during its Committee of the Whole meeting on April 16, the Village Board...
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Apr 23, 2019
When you're settling in for a long flight, every inch counts — including the ones you can lose when the passenger in front of you reclines their seat.
American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines already limit coach passengers to a 2-inch recline on most domestic flights, and some...
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Apr 23, 2019
Bears general manager Ryan Pace didn't divulge much Tuesday about his mindset when he traded running back Jordan Howard to the Eagles last month.
Speaking to the media for the first time since the March 28 trade, Pace simply said he felt good about the running backs the Bears have on their roster....
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Apr 23, 2019
Bears fans aching for Robbie Gould to return and solve the team's kicker problem have a new glimmer of hope.
Gould has informed the 49ers he won't sign their franchise tag tender, and he has requested a trade. ESPN reported the unexpected development, quoting Gould and his agent in the report.
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Apr 23, 2019
At least 14 people suffered overdoses after ingesting drugs Tuesday morning on the West Side, according to police, who were investigating two deaths in connection with the overdoses, which appeared to have involved opioids.
One person was found dead at the 600 block of North Homan Avenue around...
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Apr 23, 2019
Although Naperville City Council members seemed leery of the $750,000 price tag, they approved 10 single-family, age-restricted homes near Book and Hassert Roads in south Naperville.
The Enclave subdivision, for adults age 55 and over, will be built on 4.5 acres of land northeast of the Book/Hassert...
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Apr 23, 2019
Aja Yasir's urban farm surrounding her modest home on the 500 block of McKinley Street in Gary is labeled "Rose for Yaminah," in honor of her infant daughter who died in 2016, just before her family moved into the home on the city's west side.
"She died at just 3 weeks old," Yasir told me. "When...
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Apr 23, 2019
A new 120-seat theater is coming to the Loop. On Wabash Avenue, right by the Halal Guys and a Taco Bell Cantina, just across the street from the Elephant & Castle pub, will sit The Lion Theatre, the dedicated street-level home of "Drunk Shakespeare."
The whisky starts to flow on May 2. And the...
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Apr 23, 2019
A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the nation's third-largest, saying he "pretty much felt lucky" the day he bought his tickets.
Manuel Franco, of West Allis, said he was sorting through $10 worth of quick-pick tickets after the March...
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Apr 23, 2019
Notre Dame Stadium will be the first of three U.S. stops on Liverpool's preseason tour, the Premier League power announced Tuesday.
Liverpool will face Borussia Dortmund at 7 p.m. July 19 in South Bend, Ind. The exhibition will be the first competitive soccer match at Notre Dame Stadium, according...
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Apr 23, 2019
The office of the legislative inspector general in Illinois is broken. The LIG is supposed to be an independent, objective official to whom anyone can go to lodge a complaint about unethical or wrongful conduct by members of the Illinois General Assembly. But the legislative inspector general is...
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Apr 23, 2019
As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility and released images that purported to show the attackers, while the country's prime minister warned that several suspects armed with explosives are still at large.
Another...
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Apr 23, 2019
A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the nation's third-largest, saying he "pretty much felt lucky" the day he bought his tickets.
Manuel Franco, of West Allis, said he was sorting through $10 worth of quick-pick tickets after the March...
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Apr 23, 2019
A video that police say shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying a masseuse for sex at a massage parlor should not be publicly released for now, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Palm Beach County Judge Leonard Hanser accepted arguments by Kraft's attorneys that releasing the video could harm...
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Apr 23, 2019
The case of a man accused of scuffling with Chicago cops will be handled by a special prosecutor after officers involved in the incident cited links between State's Attorney Kim Foxx and the defendant.
Eight Chicago police officers filed a petition last week asking for the special prosecutor in...
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Apr 23, 2019
Indiana authorities say they received about 1,000 tips in 24 hours after a news conference updating their investigation into the 2017 killings of two teenage girls.
Indiana State Police said Tuesday the tips came to a task force via email, tip line and directly to participating law enforcement...
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Apr 23, 2019
Doctors had to induce labor for a pregnant woman who was struck head-on by an alleged drunken driver going the wrong way on Interstate 355 on Sunday, DuPage County prosecutors said Monday.
After delivery, the infant was placed in the neo-natal intensive care unit at an area hospital, prosecutors...
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Apr 23, 2019
Some Illinois groups and elected officials are worried that a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. census will result in an inaccurate head count and have a negative impact on the state.
Those worries deepened Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the issue and signaled that...
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Apr 23, 2019
Answering perhaps the most significant question of the early 2020 election season, former Vice President Joe Biden will launch his presidential campaign on Thursday.
The move, confirmed by a person familiar with his plans, sets up the 76-year-old lifelong politician as a front-runner in the crowded...
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Apr 23, 2019
Professional mountain climbers were hired to install synthetic, waterproof tarps over the gutted, exposed exterior of Notre Dame Cathedral, as authorities raced to prevent further damage ahead of storms that are rolling in toward Paris.
The looming bad weather threatens to further damage the 850-year-old...
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Apr 23, 2019
A specialty fitness center called Bears Fit that involves a partnership with the Chicago Bears recently opened for business in a Vernon Hills shopping center formerly anchored by Sports Authority.
From "young aspiring athletes" to older people working on age-related strength and agility improvements,...
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Apr 23, 2019
Starbucks, recognizing it's often a safe space for the most vulnerable visitors, has installed needle-disposal boxes in some locations.
The coffee giant started adding the boxes in several U.S. markets this January after receiving requests from employees last year, a spokeswoman said. It will add...
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Apr 23, 2019
Most players for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs live in hotels or apartments during the season, but one of their minor league pitchers has chosen to live in a self-built 104-square-foot tiny house this summer.
Trevor Clifton was a 12th round draft pick by the Chicago Cubs in 2013. He made his Triple-A...
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Apr 23, 2019
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, whose momentum among the expansive field of Democratic presidential hopefuls has caught some political observers by surprise, will be in Chicago and a nearby suburb on Tuesday for two campaign fundraisers.
And the Obama factor looms large.
John Atkinson, a Chicago...
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Apr 23, 2019
Stanley's Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, a popular produce market on Chicago's North Side, has closed after 52 years in business.
The market at 1558 N. Elston Ave. was open for business on Sunday, but did not open Monday morning, said Peter Panagiotaros. He is the son of Stanley's founder Stelios Panagiotaros,...
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Apr 23, 2019
A toss of an 1899 silver dollar decided a tie in an election for trustee in Sauk Village.
Gary Bell called tails and won a seat on the village board when the coin landed tails-side up.
Bell and Beth Zupon each received 288 votes after all ballots were counted following the April 2 election, the...
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Apr 23, 2019
Garrett Popcorn Shops says it guards its recipes so closely that only three employees have access to the information, by verifying their identity via thumbprint.
On Monday, the company, whose formal name is CaramelCrisp, filed a federal lawsuit against one of those three people who it says was...
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Apr 23, 2019
Don Gelsomino made quite an impact during his three seasons leading the Ridgewood football program.
So much of an impact, in fact, that his players were not prepared to see him go.
In a team meeting in his classroom at Ridgewood last week, Gelsomino told his players that he would be stepping down...
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Apr 23, 2019
Actor Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men attacked him near his apartment building in Streeterville, slipping a noose around his neck and yelling racial and homophobic slurs. More than three weeks later, authorities said they believed Smollett was lying and charged him with...
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Apr 23, 2019
North Coast Music Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary with headliners Bassnectar and Major Lazer — and a new home at Northerly Island.
Announced Tuesday, the festival will return Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30-31) and include additional electro DJs and performers Jauz, Jai Wolf, Tchami, Flux...
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Apr 23, 2019
Just weeks after it passed, Burr Ridge may soon do away with an ordinance that requires valet operators to get a license from the village.
The Village Board agreed to consider rescinding the ordinance next month after vigorous debate Monday between board members and residents.
The requirement has...
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Apr 23, 2019
After buying 81 apartment buildings on Chicago's South Side, a housing charity was running short on cash, losing tenants and racking up code violations when a new group of leaders came in around Thanksgiving to make things right.
Nearly five months later, however, city code lawsuits against the...
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Apr 23, 2019
Another tall residential building may soon rise on Addison Avenue if Elmhurst City Council members accept its Development Committee's decision Monday to recommend approval of an eight-story apartment building on the east side of Addison north of Second Street.
The building, 92 feet tall, would...
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Apr 23, 2019
MLB Network analysts Bob Costas and John Smoltz return to Wrigley Field on Tuesday night for the first time since they called a Cubs-Brewers game on Sept. 11.
They'll have an extra duty to perform: Leading fans in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch, a first...
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Apr 23, 2019
As the search continued Tuesday morning for missing Crystal Lake 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund, police released the 911 recording of his father calling to report his disappearance on Thursday.
The boy was last seen Wednesday night at bedtime.
In the 911 call, AJ's father, Andrew Freund, speaking...
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Apr 23, 2019
As Earth Day festivities are in the spotlight this week, Evanston leaders have been touting what they say is the biggest municipal compost program in the state of Illinois.
The program operates with the help of a local woman-owned business that hopes to keep expanding to meet the city's climate...
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