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Dec 12, 2018
Update: Theresa May has survived a vote of no confidence, 117-200, and will remain prime minister of the United Kingdom. --Earlier: British Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Wednesday to save her job, her EU divorce bill and maybe even Brexit itself as lawmakers in her Conservative Party held...
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Dec 12, 2018
A Chicago girl accused of attacking and killing an Uber driver last year will be moved to adult jail when she turns 18 next week, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Eliza Wasni's public defender fought against moving the troubled teen to Cook County Jail. Officials say she has committed hundreds of rule...
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Dec 12, 2018
Eleven years ago, just before the first HopCat craft beer bar and restaurant opened in Grand Rapids, Mich., employees sat at a table tasting various french fries, looking for the recipe to feature on the menu.
They returned again and again to the same beer-battered fries tossed in a cracked pepper...
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Dec 12, 2018
Edith Westerfeld Schumer was 12 years old when she fled to the United States from Nazi Germany as an unaccompanied minor.
Now 93 years old and living in Wilmette, her story has come to life for sophomore English students at Deerfield High School who are reading a book inspired by her life that...
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Dec 12, 2018
A teenage boy caught driving a stolen vehicle Tuesday was charged in three carjackings that occurred on the North Side, Chicago police said.
Tuesday afternoon officers saw the youth, 16, commit a minor traffic violation in the 7900 block of South Throop Street, and attempted pull him over but he...
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Dec 12, 2018
Lauri Markkanen's role urging players to show up for practice Sunday after some initial talk of a boycott already has been reported.
For the first time, Markkanen addressed his role as the Bulls prepared to practice Wednesday at Mexico City Arena as part of the NBA's Global Games initiative.
"I...
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Dec 12, 2018
The U.S. attorney's office in New York says it won't prosecute the National Enquirer's parent company over its efforts to suppress an embarrassing story about Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The agreement was announced Wednesday shortly after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen...
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Dec 12, 2018
Jim Boylen speaks and eyes roll, his words supplying punchlines as the Bulls threaten to become an NBA joke.
The mockery spreads and the losses mount, as do the reasons to wonder why a longtime assistant would wait an entire career for an opportunity this good and risk sabotaging his first week...
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Dec 12, 2018
Elon Musk's planned tunneling project in Chicago, seemingly jeopardized when its biggest champion said he would not run for re-election, has taken an important step closer to building its promised transit route connecting downtown Chicago to O'Hare International Airport.
The Boring Co. is now midway...
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Dec 12, 2018
Once again, the American justice system has failed to lock her up. Her, of course, being Hillary Clinton.
Despite fervent chants at President Donald Trump's rallies and repeated cries from Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity, the justice system keeps mistakenly locking "him" up. And the "him" in these...
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Dec 12, 2018
A Wrigleyville home invasion suspect who was brandishing a knife when he was tasered by police has been charged after the incident earlier this week, Chicago police said.
Lorenzo Shorter, 22, of the 2700 block of West Roosevelt Road in Chicago, was charged with home invasion, resisting police,...
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Dec 12, 2018
The Pat Fitzgerald/Packers buzz has led to genuine curiosity, healthy skepticism and, because it's 2018, wagering odds.
Last week MyBookie.ag listed Fitzgerald as a co-favorite with Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, at 6-1.
I'd say it's at least 16-1. But even at that, it's worth examining...
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Dec 12, 2018
On Tuesday night, NBC's "The Voice" revealed the final four who will compete in next week's finale: Teen singing prodigy Kennedy Holmes, along with country artists Kirk Jay, Chris Kroeze and Chevel Shepherd.
Exciting, right? Sure - except the narrative that dominated Season 15's penultimate week...
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Dec 12, 2018
One flyer depicts Joe Tirio in a bandit-style black mask and gloves, claiming he "hired cronies from a slush fund" and took a taxpayer-funded vacation.
Another accuses him of "destroying the GOP with Chicago style sleaze." Yet another purports that he's part of a "fringe element of dangerous extremist"...
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Dec 12, 2018
Ivan Nova is determined to show the White Sox he's capable of succeeding despite hitter-friendly Guaranteed Rate Field.
Nova said he will lean on his experience pitching for the Yankees — particularly at smaller road parks.
"I pitched in the American League East, where it's very difficult to pitch...
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Dec 12, 2018
The Bears placed slot cornerback Bryce Callahan on injured reserve with a broken left foot Wednesday afternoon, ending his season.
Callahan broke his foot in the second quarter of Sunday's victory over the Rams. Bears coach Matt Nagy said Callahan's injury requires surgery.
The Bears signed cornerback...
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Dec 12, 2018
In a press release issued Wednesday morning, chef Stephanie Izard (Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner, Duck Duck Goat) announced her latest project: Cabra, a Peruvian-influenced, rooftop restaurant in the Fulton Market District.
Cabra (Spanish for "goat" because of course it is) will sit atop The...
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Dec 12, 2018
Cody Parkey didn't need a police escort to clear out traffic and speed his trip from Lake Forest's Halas Hall to Soldier Field.
Given the way Parkey has kicked and his obvious need for in-stadium practice, the Bears simply could have decked out a van so everyone knew he was in it.
Fans gladly would...
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Dec 12, 2018
In space, stars find their way into existence by way of interstellar molecular clouds at a temperature of just above absolute zero. That's seriously cold.
In "Vox Lux," the narcissistic human star at the center of writer-director Brady Corbet's film thrives, however recklessly, at a similar temperature....
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Dec 12, 2018
It's been years since Jon and Kate Gosselin and their kids were in the limelight, and he says the picture is not as rosy as it once was.
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Dec 12, 2018
When Theo Epstein theorized at the general managers meetings that Joe Maddon would be re-energized communicating with the "ultramillennials" in the clubhouse, it seemed like just another clever throwaway line.
What is an ultramillennial anyway? Someone whose personality is extremely characteristic...
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Dec 12, 2018
Not only did the Bears springboard themselves toward the playoffs on Sunday by beating the NFC-leading Rams, they got help from four — yes, four — other results in the conference.
Now they enter Week 15 needing only one victory in their final three games to clinch their first NFC North title since...
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Dec 12, 2018
When news spread late last month that Mike Ditka was recovering from a "mild" heart attack, Bears fans chalked it up to the iconic coach remaining undefeated against health scares.
At age 49, Ditka suffered a minor heart attack after a routine workout at Halas Hall in November 1988 and returned...
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Dec 12, 2018
"At forward for the Chicago Sky, from Harvard University, 6-1, Lauren Jiggetts …"
Or something like that.
For the daughter of retired Bears offensive tackle Dan Jiggetts and Karen Jiggetts, a high-school swimmer, Lauren's future as a professional athlete seemed to be ordained.
So she thought.
"My...
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Dec 12, 2018
A plan introduced before the City Council on Wednesday would strip Ald. Edward Burke of his control of the city workers' compensation system, nearly two weeks after federal agents raided his offices.
The ordinance sponsored by Ald. John Arena and other progressive aldermen would place the $100...
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Dec 12, 2018
The CTA board on Wednesday approved contracts for the largest and costliest construction project in CTA history: the massive $2.1 billion Red and Purple Line modernization.
The board also approved a contract for preliminary work on an even larger project: the proposed $2.3 billion extension of...
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Dec 12, 2018
Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would "take a bullet" for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction...
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Dec 12, 2018
A letter penned by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 ordering Union troops in Arkansas to allow his wife's family to return to their plantation at the height of the Civil War was unveiled Wednesday in advance of a planned sale.
Signed the week of Christmas 155 years ago, the letter was kept in the family...
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Dec 12, 2018
The Chicago Community Loan Fund is receiving its largest capital investment to date: a $10 million low-cost, long-term loan from JPMorgan Chase.
The loan is designed to boost the Chicago nonprofit lender's work financing small-business and commercial development on Chicago's South and West sides...
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Dec 12, 2018
The unborn child of a pregnant woman who was critically wounded by a gunshot wound to the head in Round Lake Tuesday afternoon died overnight, and a person of interest in the shooting was being detained on Wednesday, according to authorities.
The Lake County Coroner's Office is scheduling an autopsy,...
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Dec 12, 2018
Mayor Rahm Emanuel outlined his proposal Wednesday to offset potentially financially crippling future public pension payments, calling for the city to tap revenue from a Chicago casino and legal recreational marijuana while backing a constitutional amendment that would allow for a change in public...
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Dec 12, 2018
Oak Brook Village President Gopal Lalmalani cast a rare deciding vote Tuesday, which resulted in the Village Board giving approval to the development of a 22-story, luxury condominium building at 1900 Spring Road, just east of Oakbrook Center.
Residents spoke out for and against what will be the...
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Dec 12, 2018
The Elgin City Council is expected to vote next week to make permanent a trial ordinance under which "public nuisance offenders" — people who break certain laws on a repeated basis — can be banned from some areas for six months.
Council members approved putting the matter up for a final vote earlier...
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Dec 12, 2018
Niles Township High School District 219 school board members are reconsidering a school fee that is charged to families who have kids in the district.
At a board finance committee meeting Dec. 4, administrators discussed school fees for the 2019-2020 school year, including fees for parking, bus...
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Dec 12, 2018
If you're reading this, you've either made the fantasy football playoffs or you just like torturing yourself.
In honor of Week 15 — the start of the postseason for some, or the second round for others — I've included additional players I like and dislike for each category.
START Aaron Rodgers,...
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Dec 12, 2018
Matt Nagy has earned credibility in his first season with the Bears, but the White Sox's Rick Renteria has subtly seized more security than any of the three other head coaches/managers among the Chicago major professional sports teams.
"I want to be here through the completion of the task," said...
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Dec 12, 2018
This has been quite the week. And this will be quite the lengthy mailbag. You're welcome.
What's your take on the mutiny? — Dubo, north suburbs
Calling it a mutiny is a little strong. As reported by multiple outlets, two or three players raised the possibility of getting the whole team not to show...
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Dec 12, 2018
A man was struck by a CTA Red Line train Wednesday morning on the South Side, and delays persisted through the rush hour as police investigated the incident.
The man was taken in critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to fire officials. The train operator was...
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Dec 12, 2018
Chicago's literary scene continued to thrum in 2018, producing a bounty of worthy reads — a National Book Award nominee among them. Here's a brief list of notable titles.
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Dec 12, 2018
Pope Francis has removed two cardinals from his informal cabinet after they were implicated in the Catholic Church's sex abuse and cover-up scandal, shedding embarrassing advisers ahead of a high-stakes Vatican summit on abuse early next year. The Vatican said Wednesday that Francis in October...
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Dec 12, 2018
CBS News has settled a lawsuit filed by three women who accused Charlie Rose of sexually harassing them and accused the network of being "fully aware" of his behavior.
A statement from CBS spokeswoman Christa Robinson said, "The matter has been resolved."
The settlement amount is confidential,...
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Dec 12, 2018
Nearly one year ago, the Cubs acquired two major pillars of their successful bullpen by signing closer Brandon Morrow and resilient Steve Cishek.
But the Cubs are among several teams this winter who haven't signed any significant free agents or acquired an established reliever.
"As an industry,...
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Dec 12, 2018
Illinois is cranking out science and technology workers, but diversity and inclusion in the fields are still lacking.
That's according to the Illinois Innovation Index, released Wednesday by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition. The index, which examines the state's STEM workforce between...
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Dec 12, 2018
Illinois is cranking out science and technology workers, but diversity and inclusion in the fields are still lacking.
That's according to the Illinois Innovation Index, released Wednesday by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition. The index, which examines the state's STEM workforce between...
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Dec 12, 2018
U.S. government investigators increasingly believe that Chinese state hackers likely were responsible for the massive breach reported last month of Marriott's Starwood chain hotel reservation system, which exposed the private information and travel details of as many as 500 million people, according...
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Dec 12, 2018
For the past five years, the Romanian Consulate in Chicago had held its national day celebration at the Chicago Cultural Center, a 120-year-old city landmark.
This year, the consulate chose a new venue: the Trump International Hotel.
That event, held November 29, brought more than 300 people to...
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Dec 12, 2018
Fact or fiction: There are 50 games left in the season, and the Hawks will give up the first goal in every one of them.
Of course that's not a fact but after they allowed three more first-period goals to the Jets — including the first goal of the game for the 11th straight time — it sure seems...
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Dec 12, 2018
A man faces 32 years in prison after pleading guilty in Mississippi to killing his son and wounding his niece, both of whom were from Waukegan.
The McComb Enterprise-Journal reports 47-year-old John Edward Young of McComb said nothing in court Monday as he received a 45-year sentence with 13 of...
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Dec 12, 2018
A man faces 32 years in prison after pleading guilty in Mississippi to killing his son and wounding his niece, both of whom were from Waukegan.
The McComb Enterprise-Journal reports 47-year-old John Edward Young of McComb said nothing in court Monday as he received a 45-year sentence with 13 of...
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Dec 12, 2018
Mortality was on the Broadway menu this year — most all of the best works of the calendar year shed light on the pain of the human condition, especially once we're past the first blush of youth. Whether the observer was Eugene O'Neill, Edward Albee or Kenneth Lonergan, the works that lingered the...
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Dec 12, 2018
Here's a look at the Bears by the numbers as they prepare to host the Packers on Sunday at Soldier Field (noon, Fox-32).
Against the Rams 81: First-half points allowed by the Bears this season, best in the NFL.
28: Rushing yards by the Rams' Todd Gurley on Sunday, his season low. It was his third-lowest...
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Dec 12, 2018
The Tribune's Brad Biggs answers your questions weekly in his Bears mailbag.
What's up with Mitch Trubisky's accuracy? It was touted coming out of draft. Yes, he was off two weeks, cold, shoulder, but he has had issues with accuracy before being hurt as well with baffling off-line picks. What causes...
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Dec 12, 2018
A small group of Chicago police officers stood around the South Shore sidewalk outside a three-story brick apartment building surrounded by red crime tape. One stepped away to make a phone call.
"Calling in on a homicide," he said.
Between midnight and 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, a 27-year-old man and...
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Dec 12, 2018
A man was struck by a CTA Red Line train on the South Side Wednesday morning, and delays were expected through the rush hour as police investigated the incident.
The man was taken in critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to fire officials. The conductor of the...
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Dec 12, 2018
In 2011, Arturo Martinez lost his job after suffering an accident that severely hurt his back. That same year, he decided to take a nearly 15-mile pilgrimage from his church in Franklin Park to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.
He wanted, he recalled, to thank the Virgin Mary...
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Dec 12, 2018
In 2011, Arturo Martinez lost his job after suffering an accident that severely hurt his back. That same year, he decided to take a nearly 15-mile pilgrimage from his church in Franklin Park to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.
He wanted, he recalled, to thank the Virgin Mary...
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Dec 12, 2018
Just the day before he disappeared, Daniel Baker, a young Marine corporal stationed in Iwakuni, Japan, made a batch of heartfelt phone calls back home to his family and friends in a Peoria suburb.
Baker was among five people who American, Australian and Japanese forces were searching for in the...
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Dec 12, 2018
Just the day before he disappeared, Daniel Baker, a young Marine corporal stationed in Iwakuni, Japan, made a batch of heartfelt phone calls back home to his family and friends in a Peoria suburb.
Baker was among five people who American, Australian and Japanese forces were searching for in the...
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Dec 12, 2018
A federal judge on Wednesday will sentence President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen for multiple crimes, including lying to Congress about a possible Trump business deal in Moscow and buying the silence during the 2016 presidential campaign of women who alleged affairs with the future president.
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Dec 12, 2018
A no-confidence vote in British Prime Minister Theresa May Wednesday threw U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt.
May vowed to fight for the leadership of her party and the country "with everything I've got" after opponents who have been circling for weeks finally got the...
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Dec 12, 2018
A no-confidence vote in British Prime Minister Theresa May Wednesday threw U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt.
May vowed to fight for the leadership of her party and the country "with everything I've got" after opponents who have been circling for weeks finally got the...
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Dec 12, 2018
Somewhere beneath Lake Seminole, in the spot where tree stumps jutted out of the water like claws, investigators thought they would find Mike Williams.
It was the evening of Dec. 16, 2000, the date of Williams's wedding anniversary with his high school sweetheart, Denise. He'd told his wife he...
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Dec 12, 2018
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck eastern Tennessee and could be felt in Atlanta.
The light earthquake occurred Wednesday around 4:14 a.m. about 7 miles northeast of Decatur. About 13 minutes later, a 3.3 magnitude aftershock then struck.
There did not appear to...
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Dec 12, 2018
A man was struck by a CTA Red Line train on the South Side Wednesday morning, and major delays were expected through the rush hour as police investigated the incident.
The man was taken in critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to fire officials. The conductor...
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Dec 12, 2018
Late Sunday night, inside an exuberant Bears locker room, defensive end Akiem Hicks admitted he was still feeling the juice of a 15-6 upset over the Rams, a victory that rubber-stamped the Bears as one of the best teams in football. One of the best defenses for certain.
The Rams came to Chicago...
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Dec 12, 2018
Late Sunday night, inside an exuberant Bears locker room, defensive end Akiem Hicks admitted he was still feeling the juice of a 15-6 upset over the Rams, a victory that rubber-stamped the Bears as one of the best teams in football. One of the best defenses for certain.
The Rams came to Chicago...
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Dec 12, 2018
Former Republican state Sen. Tom Johnson of West Chicago evolved from an assistant county prosecutor to a backer of what's now known as criminal justice reform, frequently questioning the moral and actual costs of imprisonment in wanting to see rehabilitation replace incarceration.
Johnson, who...
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Dec 12, 2018
British politics was thrown into chaos and Brexit into doubt Wednesday as Conservative lawmakers triggered a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May that will see her removed as party and government leader if she loses.
May vowed to fight the challenge "with everything I've got," after...
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Dec 12, 2018
I have never baked holiday cookies.
There. I've said it. Never, not once, as best I can recall, have I participated in one of the greatest of our nation's traditions, a dereliction of tradition that feels as un-American as Vladimir Putin.
It's my holiday shame.
What's yours? The thing you think...
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Dec 12, 2018
British politics was thrown into chaos and Brexit into doubt Wednesday as Conservative lawmakers triggered a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May that will see her removed as party and government leader if she loses.
May vowed to fight the challenge "with everything I've got," after...
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Dec 12, 2018
Twenty-five years ago — before marriage, before kids, when they were just a couple of young lovebirds who met at a show at Links Hall on Western Avenue — Mark Miller and Anne Cousineau sat down in a vintage photo booth in the old Woolworth department store in downtown Evanston and grinned for the...
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Dec 12, 2018
British politics was thrown into chaos and Brexit into doubt Wednesday as Conservative lawmakers triggered a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May that will see her removed as party and government leader if she loses.
May vowed to fight the challenge "with everything I've got," after...
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Dec 12, 2018
The CTA board on Wednesday is expected to approve contracts for the largest and costliest construction project in CTA history: the massive $2.1 billion Red and Purple Line modernization.
The board also is expected to approve a contract for preliminary work on an even larger project: the proposed...
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Dec 12, 2018
State Comptroller Susana Mendoza on Tuesday ripped fellow mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle, who chairs the Cook County Democratic Party, for challenging her campaign petitions and those of four African-American women in the race.
Mendoza's campaign also said she has more than enough names to...
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Dec 12, 2018
A small group of Chicago police officers stood around the South Shore sidewalk outside a three-story brick apartment building surrounded by red crime tape. One stepped away to make a phone call.
"Calling in on a homicide," he said.
Between midnight and 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, a 27-year-old man and...
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Dec 12, 2018
Dear Amy: My sister and I have recently found out that our father has been seeing a woman who is not our mother.
Our parents' marriage over the last 15 years has not been much of a relationship. They are more like roommates, just living in the same house. They each go about their own business and...
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Dec 12, 2018
Cheese is a near-universal unifier — sorry, vegans — so this month, we're seeking out Chicagoland's best cheesy dishes. Whether literally bringing people together over pots of gooey fondue, sussing out the city's superlative grilled cheese or tracking down the perfect version of a quesadilla, we're...
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump commented on impeachment Tuesday, claiming he's unconcerned by the possibility and positing that "the people would revolt if that happened."
The remark came during a White House interview with Reuters, his first since federal prosecutors in New York filed a sentencing memo...
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Dec 11, 2018
The funniest tweets of the past week presented in a click-poll for readers.
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Dec 11, 2018
After interviewing with the Rangers, Angels and Blue Jays for vacant managerial positions this fall, patience paid off for Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde after a source said he reached an agreement Tuesday to become the manager of the Orioles.
This marks a long wait for Hyde, 45, who managed the...
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Dec 11, 2018
The Cubs are playing catch-up in their plan to improve communication with players after losing another coach.
The latest loss occurred late Tuesday night when Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde became the new manager of the Orioles.
Hyde, 45, a Cubs coach for the last five seasons, is the fourth member...
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Dec 11, 2018
The Cubs are playing catch-up in their plan to improve communication with players after losing another coach.
The latest loss occurred late Tuesday night when Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde became the new manager of the Orioles.
Hyde, 45, a Cubs coach for the last five seasons, is the fourth member...
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Dec 11, 2018
As the losses have piled up one after another, Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton admitted it has often been too painful to look at the standings.
"It doesn't help," he explained.
It might be time to put on blinders during the games as well. At least during the first period.
The Hawks fell behind...
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Dec 11, 2018
Six hopefuls for Chicago mayor who attended a South Side candidate forum Tuesday night said that unlike former President Barack Obama, they favor a plan that would protect residents living near his proposed presidential center from being priced out of their neighborhoods.
During the event, which...
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Dec 11, 2018
France's interior minister says a gunman "sowed terror" in three parts of the eastern city of Strasbourg, including a famous Christmas market, with a shooting spree that killed three people and left six others with serious injuries.
Earlier police union officials had said four people were killed....
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Dec 11, 2018
Cubs manager Joe Maddon stressed he has no ill will over President Theo Epstein's decision to table talks on an extension this winter.
"The whole objective now, and Theo really wanted to put the emphasis on us and winning, and I definitely don't want the emphasis on me," Maddon said Tuesday during...
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Dec 11, 2018
Cubs manager Joe Maddon stressed he has no ill will over President Theo Epstein's decision to table talks on an extension this winter.
"The whole objective now, and Theo really wanted to put the emphasis on us and winning, and I definitely don't want the emphasis on me," Maddon said Tuesday during...
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Dec 11, 2018
At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration's new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities. He then turned to one of the plan's strongest supporters.
"Ivanka,...
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Dec 11, 2018
The Trump administration has forced out a senior White House political appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs who spent months on the federal payroll doing little to no work.
Peter O'Rourke's departure marks an unceremonious fall for a Trump loyalist once seen as a rising star at the VA...
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Dec 11, 2018
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday will call for state lawmakers to legalize marijuana, allow a Chicago casino and approve a state constitutional amendment to help the city address a looming pension crisis that will require nearly $1 billion in new annual retirement payments by 2023, according to...
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Dec 11, 2018
The next step in the White Sox's attempt to become a contender could be more significant than their acquisition Tuesday of pitcher Ivan Nova from the Pirates for minor-league pitcher Yordi Rosario and international signing bonus pool money.
For now, Nova, 31, provides the Sox with an innings-eating...
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Dec 11, 2018
The next step in the White Sox's attempt to become a contender could be more significant than their acquisition Tuesday of pitcher Ivan Nova from the Pirates for minor-league pitcher Yordi Rosario and international signing bonus pool money.
For now, Nova, 31, provides the Sox with an innings-eating...
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer berated one another on camera Tuesday over Trump's border wall, an Oval Office spectacle that underscored the distance between the two sides as they confront a fast-approaching deadline for a partial...
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Dec 11, 2018
West Dundee's shuttered Best Buy building has been leased by Advocate Medical Group, which plans to convert it into an immediate care outpatient center.
In addition to offering primary care for all ages, the 11,500-square-foot facility at 979 W. Main St. will also provide X-ray services, said Jennifer...
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Dec 11, 2018
A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed four people and wounded 11 others near a world-famous Christmas market Tuesday, sparking a broad lockdown and a search for the suspected gunman, who remained at large.
French prosecutors said a terrorism investigation was opened, though authorities...
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Dec 11, 2018
Officials in Chicago Heights next week are expected to decide numerous challenges to petitions filed by candidates running for mayor and alderman.
Some of the challengers are crying foul, saying electoral board members who will decide challenges are too closely affiliated with incumbents in power.
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Dec 11, 2018
A pregnant woman was shot and critically wounded Tuesday afternoon in Round Lake, according to authorities.
At about 2 p.m., Round Lake Beach police responded to a call of a disturbance and shots fired at a residence on the 600 block of West Nippersink Road.
According to Lake County Major Crime...
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Dec 11, 2018
The Bulls flew to Mexico City on Tuesday afternoon, where they'll face the Magic on Thursday as part of the NBA Global Games initiative.
These trips are grow-the-game galas, complete with an appearance from NBA commissioner Adam Silver and plenty of NBA Cares community service events.
All of that,...
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Dec 11, 2018
The Bulls flew to Mexico City on Tuesday afternoon, where they'll face the Magic on Thursday as part of the NBA Global Games initiative.
These trips are grow-the-game galas, complete with an appearance from NBA commissioner Adam Silver and plenty of NBA Cares community service events.
All of that,...
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Dec 11, 2018
For 16 years, prescription opioids ruled Jo Pagel's life. From 2001 to 2017, she battled cancerous tumors in her breasts, lymph nodes and uterus while fighting an addiction to OxyContin.
"I didn't know a thing about it," Pagel, 63, told the Rapid City Journalof the drug, which was prescribed to...
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