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Oct 17, 2018
Al's Beef is celebrating its 80th year in business with a juicy discount: 80-cent Italian beef sandwiches Thursday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Beef fans can visit the Al's main location at 1079 W. Taylor St. in Little Italy or any of the eight franchise locations around the Chicago area. As...
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Oct 17, 2018
TripAdvisor, where random people rate everything from hotels to helicopter rides, just released a list of the top pizzerias in the country. And the winner is located in — wait for it— Boston? Regina Pizzeria, which has been open since 1926, is definitely a surprising pick for the top spot. (Joseph...
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Oct 17, 2018
Here's a look at the Bears by the numbers as they prepare to face the Patriots at Soldier Field on Sunday (noon, CBS).
Against the Dolphins 950: Yards of offense by the Bears in their last two games. Against the Buccaneers and Dolphins, they had 10 touchdowns, 11 pass plays of 25 or more yards...
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Oct 17, 2018
Mayor Emanuel 2019 Budget Address as prepared for delivery (PDF) Mayor Emanuel 2019 Budget Address as prepared for delivery (Text)
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Oct 17, 2018
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will lean on cost cutting, property tax district surpluses and personnel savings to avoid broad tax and fee increases in his election-year budget plan while paying for increased spending for the Chicago Police Department consent decree, youth mentoring, new police technology...
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Oct 17, 2018
Two men are scheduled appear in court Wednesday afternoon on charges connected to the shooting Tuesday night of two Will County sheriff's deputies who were serving a warrant in a drug case at a home in Joliet, authorities say.
The two men were taken into custody after they tried to flee from the...
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Oct 17, 2018
Laura Ditka, the lead prosecutor in the child abuse case involving officials at Penn State, has died. She was 55.
The Allegheny County district attorney's office tweeted Tuesday that Ditka died unexpectedly. No cause of death was given.
The DA's office called her "an extraordinary public servant...
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Oct 17, 2018
To remove any ambiguity, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg met with Jabari Parker the day after demoting the $20 million hometown hero to a reserve role.
Hoiberg spelled out the importance of Parker to this Bulls season whether the enigmatic forward comes off the bench, as is likely, or starts. Whether...
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Oct 17, 2018
Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River, including Illinois, and farther east, a new study shows.
Scientists aren't quite certain why.
Tornado activity is increasing most in Mississippi,...
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Oct 17, 2018
Notre Dame won its first three games largely on the strength of its experienced defense.
Coach Brian Kelly realized the offense needed a spark.
A quarterback switch, with Ian Book replacing Brandon Wimbush, has elevated the offense and made the fourth-ranked Irish (7-0) a legitimate College Football...
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Oct 17, 2018
Manny Machado is not making many friends this postseason, and the Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop does not seem to mind.
In the 10th inning of the Dodgers' 2-1 win on Tuesday night, Machado was running through first base when his left foot hit the leg of Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar. Aguilar,...
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Oct 17, 2018
There's one day before the Bulls' regular-season opener. Do you know where your win prediction is?
I'm excited about this team, even with the Lauri Markkanen injury. There's going to be nights where they struggle as young teams typically do. There are going to be other nights where they allow a...
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Oct 17, 2018
No winning lottery ticket was sold for the latest Mega Millions drawing, meaning the estimated jackpot climbs to $868 million.
Mega Millions officials say no tickets matched all six numbers to claim the estimated $667 million prize Tuesday night. The numbers were 3, 45, 49, 61, 69 and Mega Ball...
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Oct 17, 2018
Two Will County sheriff's deputies were shot Tuesday night while serving a search warrant in a drug case at a home in Joliet, police said.
Two suspects were taken into custody after they tried to flee from the scene, Will County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dan Jungles said.
The deputies were treated at...
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Oct 17, 2018
Anthony Iapoce doesn't owe his entire coaching career to John Mallee, but the bond that started as a player-coach relationship in the Brewers organization 22 years ago developed into a mutual passion they have shared with other organizations.
"We would sit and talk like two friends trying to get...
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Oct 17, 2018
I know what you want. You want a list of the best ramen in Chicago. After all, it's our month of "Craving: Noodles" here at the Chicago Tribune, so a tidy list of the best ramen joints wouldn't be out of line. But I can't give you that. Sure, there are some very good bowls out there, but I'm still...
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Oct 17, 2018
The Lake Forest City Council approved spending at least $100,000 to increase afternoon rail service on Metra's Milwaukee District North line, hoping the move draws people from Chicago to come work in the north suburban area.
Aldermen voted 6-1 at the Oct. 1 City Council meeting to contribute $50,000...
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Oct 17, 2018
Early last year, Chicago lost a culinary star to Detroit.
Chef Thomas Lents, who earned a two-Michelin-star rating while working at Sixteen at Trump International Hotel & Tower, was offered a position as executive chef at the Apparatus Room, a restaurant within the Detroit Foundation Hotel.
A fan...
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Oct 17, 2018
Three days before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in the United States earlier this year for a nationwide tour, another Saudi traveler who identifies online as a member of the Saudi Royal Guard also arrived in Washington, D.C., passport records show. His stay overlapped with that...
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Oct 17, 2018
Russian officials said an explosive device killed at least 18 people and injured at least 40 others Wednesday at a vocational college in Crimea and called it a possible terrorist attack.
Yet Russian news media reported that at least some of the victims died in an attack by an unidentified gunman...
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Oct 17, 2018
Two Will County sheriff's officers were shot Tuesday night while serving a search warrant at a home in Joliet, authorities said.
The deputies were trying to break down the door of a building in the 200 block of Richard Street around 8:30 p.m. when one of them was shot in the back and the other...
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Oct 17, 2018
Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly.
Do future opponents now have a template on how to mitigate Khalil Mack and Akiem Hicks' pass rush? — Rich B., Fort Myers, Fla.
No. It's not like the Dolphins did anything previous opponents did not try. They just did it better and in the case of Mack...
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Oct 17, 2018
Quick, someone tell Manny Machado that playing dirty and refusing to hustle is no way to go through baseball.
That's especially true when you're going to ask teams, such as the Cubs, for hundreds of millions of dollars in free agency.
If the last two games of the NL Championship Series are an indication,...
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Oct 17, 2018
Netflix is growing faster than even its most bullish fans on Wall Street predicted, soothing doubts about its global prospects and sending its already-stratospheric stock higher.
After a stumble with its previous results, the world's largest paid online TV network added far more subscribers than...
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Oct 17, 2018
More than 20 people were hurt when a bus slammed into a pole in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.
The accident happened around 6:30 a.m. at 71st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
At least one...
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Oct 17, 2018
An explosive device killed 13 people and injured at least 50 others at a vocational college in Crimea Wednesday in what Russian officials called a possible terrorist attack.
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that the blast at the college, in the city of Kerch in eastern...
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Oct 17, 2018
Julian Assange: Hacker. Journalist. Diplomat? Newly released Ecuadorean government documents have laid bare an unorthodox attempt to extricate the WikiLeaks founder from his embassy hideaway in London by naming him as a political counselor to the country's embassy in Moscow. But the 47-year-old...
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Oct 17, 2018
At this point in 2018, a movie featuring three generations of victimized women squaring off against a predatory male is destined to find an audience. Nostalgia and catharsis; splatter and sisterhood. The new "Halloween" couldn't miss even if it were set on Arbor Day.
It's a fairly engrossing bit...
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Oct 17, 2018
When the national tour of Jerry Zaks' hit Broadway revival of "Hello, Dolly!" arrives in Chicago next week, Betty Buckley will play the starring role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, the matchmaker with the most-est. Chicago is the tour's third engagement; Buckley talked about her assignment from Cleveland,...
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Oct 17, 2018
When the national tour of Jerry Zaks' hit Broadway revival of "Hello, Dolly!" arrives in Chicago next week, Betty Buckley will play the starring role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, the matchmaker with the most-est. Chicago is the tour's third engagement; Buckley talked about her assignment from Cleveland,...
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Oct 17, 2018
The USA Today story popped onto our Twitter feeds Sunday: "Nebraska would owe Scott Frost as much as $26 million if the school decides to terminate …"
The reaction was universal: Get real. Are Aaron Rodgers' buyout figures coming next?
The story, though, made me wonder: Which Big Ten coaches could...
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Oct 17, 2018
The USA Today story popped onto our Twitter feeds Sunday: "Nebraska would owe Scott Frost as much as $26 million if the school decides to terminate …"
The reaction was universal: Get real. Are Aaron Rodgers' buyout figures coming next?
The story, though, made me wonder: Which Big Ten coaches could...
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Oct 17, 2018
As more time passes without word of the whereabouts of pregnant mail carrier Kierra Coles, Chicago police detectives are looking into whether the 26-year-old woman met with foul play, officials said.
With a more than $28,000 reward offered, the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection...
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Oct 17, 2018
DePaul graduate Savannah Buik simply would have adored the 12-foot tulip poplar tree and granite boulder bench that Roscoe Village residents bought to honor the math student, activist and burgeoning social media star, her mother, Nina, said.
On a recent sunny morning, as schoolchildren shared sidewalk...
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Oct 17, 2018
It has been more than a decade since Christina Aguilera has graced a Chicago area stage, but she more than made up for any lost time on Tuesday for the first date of her two-night stint at Chicago Theatre.
The two-hour set touched on all points of the powerhouse singer's career, showcasing her...
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Oct 17, 2018
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects of his Russia probe soon after the November midterm elections as he faces intensifying pressure to produce more indictments or shut down his investigation, according to two U.S. officials.
Specifically, Mueller is close...
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Oct 17, 2018
Manny Machado has stepped into trouble again, causing at least one opponent to call him "a dirty player."
Both benches cleared after the Los Angeles Dodgers' star shortstop clipped the back leg of Milwaukee first baseman Jesus Aguilar while running out his groundout Tuesday night in the 10th inning...
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Oct 17, 2018
Major League Baseball acknowledged Tuesday night after Game 3 of the American League Championship Series that it had investigated an incident three nights earlier, in which a Houston Astros employee was spotted in the camera well adjacent to the Boston Red Sox dugout at Fenway Park and reportedly...
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Oct 17, 2018
Tom and Joan Smrekar woke up early Monday to the sound of two gunshots, seconds apart. Joan Smrekar looked at the clock by her bed. It was 12:31 a.m.
"Those two shots were so loud," Tom Smrekar said Tuesday.
Joan Smrekar said she initially didn't think anything of it.
"We hear people hunting,"...
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Oct 17, 2018
Republicans gained some traction in the Illinois House in 2016, picking up four seats and depriving Speaker Michael Madigan of a Democratic supermajority. The chamber now has 67 Democrats and 51 Republicans. Do you want the GOP to have more chairs at the table on tax hikes and spending? Would you...
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Oct 17, 2018
Today's Birthday (10/17/18). Money comes easily this year. Invest time and energy into domestic renovation and repair. Shared accounts receive an unplanned bonus. Family fun this winter comes before a group challenge. Summer lights up your career before household changes present new possibilities....
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Oct 17, 2018
In a crowded field of Chicago mayoral candidates, what happened to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was absolutely devastating.
Chance the Rapper, the famous Grammy-winning hip-hop artist from Chicago, stood before a crowd at City Hall on Tuesday and endorsed West Side activist Amara...
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Oct 17, 2018
Welcome to Clout Street: Morning Spin, our weekday feature to catch you up with what's going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. Subscribe here.
Topspin Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville, a physicist, hit back at President Donald Trump's contention in a "60 Minutes"...
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Oct 17, 2018
Could the midterm elections signal a return to snail mail? In Chicago politics, which is all sorts of old-school, maybe.
Local election officials said requests for mail-in ballots in Chicago and some suburbs have surpassed 2014 totals already, and residents still have two weeks to apply to vote...
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Oct 17, 2018
At lunchtime Monday, shortly after he heard that the once-mighty Sears company was filing for bankruptcy, Louis Hyman thought, "Huh, I should write some stuff down."
Hyman, a historian of capitalism who teaches at Cornell University, spent 10 minutes or so typing out a Twitter thread that began...
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Oct 17, 2018
2 Longmeadow Drive in Barrington Hills: $959,000
Listed on Aug. 29, 2018
Featured spaces of this home include a screened porch, two brick patios, a pool, a spa and a guesthouse with a fireplace, a kitchenette and a full bathroom. The main house features four levels accessed by an elevator. The...
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Oct 17, 2018
The groups have membership counts ranging from three to more than 33,000.
Some of these Facebook users live in Chicago, but others come from as far away as Australia. They are united under one banner, their many posts illustrate: a push against vaccinating themselves and their children to ward...
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Oct 17, 2018
Illinois high school students posted the highest average ACT score in at least nearly three decades, but that achievement is tempered by the tremendous drop in the number of students who took the test.
Illinois high school students in the graduating class of 2018 posted an average composite score...
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Oct 17, 2018
It was the most introspective of dance parties. In front of a boisterous United Center crowd Tuesday and leading a 13-member incarnation of his part-virtual, part-real band Gorillaz, Damon Albarn played the role of a survivor. "Hello, is anyone there?" he cried, as if walking through the aftermath...
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Oct 17, 2018
Dear Amy: My daughter is getting married in a year. The wedding is a long way off, but the nightmares are already beginning.
My daughter isn't the problem, but my mother is! When I got married my mother informed me it was NOT my wedding but a celebration she was putting together and therefore she...
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Oct 17, 2018
The Canadian government is ready to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less after Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace Wednesday.
A senior government official said those with a record will be allowed to apply for a pardon....
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Oct 17, 2018
Democrat Beto O'Rourke abandoned his usual message of unity and optimism on Tuesday and laid into Ted Cruz, hoping to reverse polls that show him fading against the Republican incumbent during the second debate of a Texas Senate race that's become one of the nation's most closely watched.
During...
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Oct 16, 2018
Chris Sale is back with the Boston Red Sox and says he feels well enough to pitch. Whether he'll start Game 5 of the AL Championship Series remains to be seen.
Sale returned to the team Tuesday in Houston after being hospitalized for a stomach illness. The club hasn't specified the ailment or treatment,...
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Oct 16, 2018
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox repeated his frustrations with the Trump administration during a speech at Northwestern University on Tuesday night, saying Trump's persistence in his plan to build a wall at the border and his anti-immigration rhetoric have strained relations.
"I've been an...
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Oct 16, 2018
Two men went to a Lindenhurst man's home to buy a weapon early Tuesday, but a struggle broke out that resulted in the gun seller shooting one robber after being beaten with a hammer, and the other was charged with murder in connection with the death, according to the Lake County Major Crime Task...
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Oct 16, 2018
Repairs to a Metra bridge near Libertyville will leave northbound lanes of Route 45 closed for a month starting Thursday morning, according to the transit agency.
The retaining wall portion of the bridge collapsed during the overnight hours between Sept. 3 and Sept 4 following intense rains. The...
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Oct 16, 2018
Thanks to a combination of a wildly public meltdown, ABC's subsequent "wait and see!" publicity effort, and just plain morbid curiosity, the question of how "The Conners" would deal with Roseanne Barr's exit from the new spinoff has been the biggest of the fall TV season.
Of all the reboots and...
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Oct 16, 2018
A suspect was in custody Tuesday evening in connection with a fatal attempted robbery, and charges were expected to be filed later Tuesday night.
Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said officials had a suspect in custody and charges of first-degree murder and armed...
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Oct 16, 2018
Rescue personnel responded to a semi-tractor trailer carrying unknown substances that rolled over after coming down the ramp off of Route 120 and Interstate 94 near Gurnee late Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Gurnee Fire Department, the call came in at 4:42 p.m. for a truck carrying an unknown...
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Oct 16, 2018
The cast of "Shameless" is slated to return to Chicago to film scenes for Season 9 next week.
Filming is expected to last from Oct. 22-30. The Showtime dramedy about a dysfunctional Chicago family is shot in the Los Angeles area, but the cast typically comes to Chicago to film exterior scenes twice...
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Oct 16, 2018
The Illinois National Guard has put its cybersecurity experts on standby in case the state's voting infrastructure is hacked ahead of the Nov. 6 election, officials said Wednesday.
Getting the National Guard involved mirrors similar efforts in other states and is part of election officials' response...
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Oct 16, 2018
As more time passes without word of the whereabouts of a pregnant mail carrier, Chicago police detectives are looking into whether the 26-year-old woman met with foul play, officials said.
With a more than $28,000 reward offered, the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service...
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Oct 16, 2018
We sometimes get attached to TV characters after watching their lives unfold in front of our eyes, sometimes for years. That's why it can be pretty sad when they die on their respective shows. Sometimes it is by request of the actor and other times the story called for it. Here are 11 tragic TV...
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Oct 16, 2018
Bears safety Eddie Jackson said he is "100 percent" certain Sunday's second-half defensive performance in a 31-28 overtime loss to the Dolphins was a "blip," an outlier that doesn't change what the unit ultimately will be this year.
That sentiment will be put to a true test Sunday at Soldier Field,...
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Oct 16, 2018
The vehicle used "nearly exclusively" by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's security chief, found abandoned the morning after the 2016 election, contained campaign materials promoting her former chief of staff, who is now the state's attorney, newly released photos show.
Cook County...
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Oct 16, 2018
Tyler Ulis has experienced both ends of the NBA spectrum.
The Marian Catholic graduate, signed to a two-way contract by his hometown Bulls on Monday, averaged 7.6 points over two seasons with the Suns, who averaged 22.5 victories. And then he went through all of Warriors training camp before the...
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Oct 16, 2018
Video released on Tuesday shows an off-duty Chicago police sergeant opening fire from his vehicle and shooting and wounding an apparently unarmed teen as he stood on a sidewalk in front of a home in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability...
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Oct 16, 2018
A pedestrian was struck late Tuesday afternoon by an inbound Metra train near the West Hinsdale Metra station, leading to a temporary stoppage of all inbound trains on the busy BNSF line.
No information on the pedestrian or their condition was immediately available.
Metra reported inbound trains...
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Oct 16, 2018
A 25-year-old Hinsdale woman was in critical condition Tuesday night after being struck by an inbound Metra train while in a motorized wheelchair at the West Hinsdale station, Hinsdale police said.
Deputy police chief Thomas Lille said the incident occurred at 5:06 p.m. at the Stough Street crossing....
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Oct 16, 2018
Installing a new cell antenna on the roof of downtown Naperville's Main Street Promenade could improve service for Verizon customers, according to a proposal the city's Planning and Zoning Commission will consider Wednesday.
Verizon is requesting a deviation to allow for the roof-mounted antenna...
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Oct 16, 2018
Emergency work to address a collapsing 114-year-old culvert beneath Washington Street in Waukegan has uncovered problems with another nearby culvert, this one under Water Street.
The Waukegan City Council upped its contract with Campanella & Sons, Inc., Monday evening by $100,000 to repair the...
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Oct 16, 2018
President Donald Trump Tuesday criticized rapidly mounting global condemnation of Saudi Arabia over the case of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, warning of a rush to judgment.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump compared the situation to the allegations of sexual assault leveled...
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Oct 16, 2018
To receive an email alert when the Tweet of the Week poll goes live, go to the Trib's newsletter subscription page to sign up. Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to the number of choices. Voting closes Friday at noon Chicago time. Winner is published in the...
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Oct 16, 2018
Esther Nyberg may be small in stature, but she delivered a gigantic performance Saturday night at Unity Lutheran Church during the second of four free classical concerts in the True Unity Classical Concert series being given through November.
The Chicago native's high level of skill and passionate...
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Oct 16, 2018
An Elgin man who stopped to take a break in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood after dropping off a ride-share passenger was carjacked last week by three men who sped off in his three-year old car.
Scott Barnes said the theft happened about 9:10 p.m. Oct. 9 in the 200 block of East Delaware Place...
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Oct 16, 2018
The latest news about recycling has been discouraging.
The Associated Press reported Oct. 10 that the global market for recycled consumer waste has collapsed, shuttering hundreds of processing facilities and leaving many municipalities paying to dispose of paper, plastic and other household recyclables...
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Oct 16, 2018
Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday, and authorities appeared ready to also search the nearby residence of the consul general after the diplomat left the country.
The comment by the Turkish...
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Oct 16, 2018
Illinois tight end Louis Dorsey announced Monday night that he is transferring from the program.
"I'm thankful for my opportunities to play here at the University of Illinois," he tweeted. "Unfortunately I have decided it is in my best interest to transfer and continue my career elsewhere. Thank...
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Oct 16, 2018
Illinois tight end Louis Dorsey announced Monday night that he is transferring from the program.
"I'm thankful for my opportunities to play here at the University of Illinois," he tweeted. "Unfortunately I have decided it is in my best interest to transfer and continue my career elsewhere. Thank...
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Oct 16, 2018
Hurricane Michael killed at least 16 people in Florida, most of them in the coastal county that took a direct hit from the storm, state emergency authorities said Tuesday. That's in addition to at least 10 deaths elsewhere across the South.
The scope of the storm's fury became clearer after nearly...
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Oct 16, 2018
Mary Bono's tenure as the interim president of USA Gymnastics is already over.
Bono, who was appointed to the position Friday, resigned Tuesday after an ugly first weekend marred by criticism for a controversial tweet about Colin Kaepernick.
Shortly after the announcement that Bono would replace...
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Oct 16, 2018
Democratic Lake County sheriff candidate John Idleburg criticized incumbent Republican Mark Curran Tuesday, saying Curran's refusal to turn over video evidence in the death last month of a Lake County jail inmate forced the Lake County Coroner's Office to subpoena the information, a claim the coroner's...
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Oct 16, 2018
A drop of blood left at the scene of an East Dundee residential burglary last month was used to pin down a suspect in a quick case turnaround that can be attributed to the village's decision to use a new crime lab for evidence analysis, Police Chief George Carpenter.
The suspect, currently being...
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Oct 16, 2018
The Cubs were eliminated from the postseason two weeks ago, but their front office personnel remains in demand.
Jason McLeod, who was instrumental in drafting first-round picks Albert Almora Jr., Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Ian Happ, has interviewed for the vacant general manager's position...
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Oct 16, 2018
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker have combined for record spending of $207.4 million in their bids for the state's top office, including nearly $120 million in advertising since their campaigns began last year, new state finance records showed.
Just in the past...
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Oct 16, 2018
After a three-game September winning streak lifted the Bears into first place and spread playoff visions across Chicago, Sunday's 31-28 overtime loss to the Dolphins quickly changed the mood. The Vikings and Packers both won to tighten the NFC North race. And the nine-time defending AFC East champion...
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Oct 16, 2018
Donald Trump may be remembered as the most honest president in modern American history. Don't get me wrong, Trump lies all the time. He said that he "enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history" (actually they are the eighth-largest) and that "our economy is the strongest it's...
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Oct 16, 2018
In cable network Bravo's arsenal of binge-worthy television, no franchise is quite as captivating as "Real Housewives." And on its Beverly Hills edition, there's never been anyone like Erika Girardi aka Erika Jayne, the no-nonsense, full glam, electro-pop mistress she unleashed just over a decade...
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Oct 16, 2018
Dear Melania,
I'm in the middle of preparing my gluten-free dinner but I've been wanting to write you ever since I saw you in a TV interview with ABC News.
You were talking about all the sexual assault stuff that has been interrupting my regular shows for the past few weeks.
Melania, when you said,...
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Oct 16, 2018
When Chance the Rapper announced Monday he would "hold a press conference regarding Chicago mayoral election," his fans were doing front flips — and trying to figure out what, exactly, he was up to.
The Chatham born-and-raised rapper and rising civic leader — from a family with political clout...
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Oct 16, 2018
When Chance the Rapper announced Monday that he would "hold a press conference regarding Chicago mayoral election," his fans were doing front flips — and trying to figure out what, exactly, he was up to.
The Chatham born-and-raised rapper and rising civic leader — from a family with political clout...
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Oct 16, 2018
October is the ideal time to get an influenza vaccine before the flu season hits, medical professional suggest.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging everyone 6 months and older to get a flu shot this season to prevent contracting the highly contagious respiratory illness caused...
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Oct 16, 2018
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to reclaim her Native American heritage, but President Donald Trump doesn't appear to be done with it yet.
Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who has been behaving like someone who is seriously considering a presidential run, surprised the political world on Monday by...
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Oct 16, 2018
Merrillville, Ind.-based DirectBuy will reopen the closed Carson's store at Evergreen Plaza sometime before the holiday shopping season kicks off, Evergreen Park Mayor James Sexton said.
Sexton had remained hopeful that the Carson's in Evergreen Park would reopen even when the chain closed its...
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Oct 16, 2018
Chance the Rapper extended his social activism into the race for Chicago's next mayor Tuesday, endorsing little-known candidate Amara Enyia amid the crowded field of 15 candidates running in the February election.
The 25-year-old star rapper, who was born Chancellor Bennett, said he was backing...
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Oct 16, 2018
On Nov. 1, 2014, the day after he and the Bulls failed to reach agreement on a rookie contract extension, Jimmy Butler had a message for the few reporters inside the locker room before a road game.
"Yeah, get your mic closer," Butler said. "People say I'm chasing money when that's not it. Because...
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Oct 16, 2018
There's a particular hell we are all dragged back to with nearly every thoughtful #MeToo conversation, and that hell is Bill Clinton. Whether he was an abuser. Whether he was just a horndog. Whether women can still support him (Do they still support him? Which women? Support how?).
On Sunday morning,...
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Oct 16, 2018
President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia's crown prince is denying knowledge of what happened to a Saudi journalist who went missing after visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, saying answers will be coming "shortly."
Trump tweeted Tuesday after a phone call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
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Oct 16, 2018
East Dundee officials are still grappling with whether to allow a veteran's organization to continue living in the village-owned property at 408 Barrington Ave., once used as a water treatment plant.
Currently, a veteran and his service dog are residing at the house through the village's partnership...
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Oct 16, 2018
The offseason conditioning.
The summer camps.
The 7-on-7 competitions.
The grind of practice every day.
All with the aim of qualifying for the playoffs.
For eight local teams with 4-4 records, the chance to experience playoff football comes down a win-or-turn-in-your-equipment ultimatum heading...
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