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Nov 28, 2019
A 14-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded after his mother and younger brother picked him up from a homecoming dance at Von Steuben high school Thursday night, according to Chicago police.
The boy, a freshman at the school, was hit in the back of the head about 10:30 p.m. as he rode in...
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Nov 14, 2019
The union president of Southwest Airlines pilots worries that Boeing may be rushing the 737 Max back into service, and he says Southwest should consider buying planes from another company.
The union president, Jon Weaks, says Boeing is raising the threat of shutting down the Max assembly line to...
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Nov 14, 2019
It took eight games and parts of three seasons, but the Blackhawks finally have a victory over the Golden Knights.
The idea that the vaunted Hawks — winners of three Stanley Cups in the last decade — wouldn't be able to beat the NHL's newest team was unthinkable. Until it happened.
The Hawks played...
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Nov 14, 2019
When the Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church on the city's South Side caught fire early Thursday, firefighters were on scene in less than a minute.
That's because a Chicago Fire Department firehouse is across the street from the small church, 5849 S. State St. in the Washington Park neighborhood,...
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Nov 14, 2019
The union president of Southwest Airlines pilots worries that Boeing may be rushing the 737 Max back into service, and he says Southwest should consider buying planes from another company.
The union president, Jon Weaks, says Boeing is raising the threat of shutting down the Max assembly line to...
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Nov 14, 2019
Northern Illinois quarterback Ross Bowers is one tough hombre.
He took a vicious cheap shot Wednesday night at Toledo but stayed in the game. The Huskies won 31-28 on Josh Richardson's late 25-yard field goal to improve to 4-6, 3-3 in Mid-American Conference play.
The ugly play occurred early in...
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Nov 14, 2019
Chris Collins took a while to make it to the interview room Wednesday night. He arrived in a T-shirt and with messed-up hair resulting from a celebration.
If its first two games are any indication, Northwestern basketball is in for a wild ride.
Five days after they face-planted in a season-opening...
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Nov 14, 2019
The Black Crowes made waves this week when they officially announced a lengthy reunion tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album "Shake Your Money Maker."
The news was chiefly met with excitement and positive vibes, including glowing reviews of their first show in six years at...
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Nov 14, 2019
It took eight games and parts of three seasons, but the Blackhawks finally have a victory over the Golden Knights.
The idea that the vaunted Hawks — winners of three Stanley Cups in the last decade — wouldn't be able to beat the NHL's newest team was unthinkable. Until it happened.
The Hawks played...
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Nov 14, 2019
When the Cedar Grove Missonary Baptist Church on the city's South Side caught fire early Thursday, firefighters were on scene in less than a minute.
That's because a Chicago Fire Department firehouses is across the street from the small church, 5849 S. State St. in the Washington Park neighborhood,...
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Nov 14, 2019
Welcome to the Bear Download podcast.
Listen below or subscribe and listen on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play
Rich and Dan discuss their 10-chapter examination of why the Bears drafted Mitch Trubisky over Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson. In a supplement to the project, the guys provide...
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Nov 14, 2019
Here's who to start — and sit — for fantasy football in Week 11 of the NFL.
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Nov 14, 2019
The Bears ended their four-game losing streak Sunday with a 20-13 win over the Lions. Here are five observations from rewatching the CBS telecast and coaches' film via the NFL Game Pass subscription service.
1. Mitch Trubisky's three touchdown passes should provide an offensive spark - or at least...
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Nov 14, 2019
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Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories...
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Nov 14, 2019
Since moving to the Cleveland area seven years ago, Malina Cano Rauschenfels has become accustomed to discolored water flowing from her faucet, although she has never fully understood the reason behind the yellow or brownish tinge.
Cano Rauschenfels, 41, who tutors schoolchildren in music from...
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Nov 14, 2019
Since moving to the Cleveland area seven years ago, Malina Cano Rauschenfels has become accustomed to discolored water flowing from her faucet, although she has never fully understood the reason behind the yellow or brownish tinge.
Cano Rauschenfels, 41, who tutors schoolchildren in music from...
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Nov 14, 2019
From his lakefront dock in Crystal Rock, 70 miles west of Cleveland, Dean Koch still gleefully reminisces on his career as a commercial fisherman in the heyday.
At his first industry meeting in Sandusky in the late 1960s, fishing moguls booked the entire Holiday Inn and filled all the rooms. Back...
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Nov 14, 2019
In coastal communities across the planet, algae blooms and dead zones are increasing in frequency and magnitude, due, in part, to human activities and climate change. These ecological threats could have wide-ranging impacts on wildlife, fishing industries and coastal recreation. Here's a primer...
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Nov 14, 2019
Every year, an explosion of microscopic life reigns over western Lake Erie, forming a green slick of algae and bacteria so massive and vibrant that it can be seen from space.
The harmful algae bloom slimes fishing boats, paints beaches in toxins and engulfs water intake cribs. In 2014, it left...
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Nov 14, 2019
Every year, an explosion of microscopic life reigns over western Lake Erie, forming a green slick of algae and bacteria so massive and vibrant that it can be seen from space.
The harmful algae bloom slimes fishing boats, paints beaches in toxins and engulfs water intake cribs. In 2014, it left...
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Nov 14, 2019
PHILADELPHIA Did you graduate from Penn Law? Better buy your sweatshirt and other swag soon. The University of Pennsylvania law school's name has changed to Carey Law, after a $125 million donation that included the naming rights to one of America's oldest law colleges. Grads, faculty and students...
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Nov 14, 2019
The firsts just kept coming.
Zack Smith registered an assist for his first point as a Blackhawk. Kirby Dach had the first two-point game of his career.
Calvin de Haan scored his first goal since joining the Hawks in the summer. Erik Gustafsson finally scored his first goal after pouring in 17 last...
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Nov 14, 2019
Dear Amy: My 77-year-old father-in-law is an eccentric man -- he always has been and probably always will be.
He's a former librarian, so he's always been chatty about odd topics. He has quirky hobbies and can be a bit argumentative when the topic of conversation turns to certain subjects. His...
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Nov 13, 2019
The Country Music Association Awards planned to mark a show for the women of country music — whose songs have been heavily dismissed on country radio over the years — until two words were uttered when they named its entertainer of the year: Garth Brooks.
The country icon bested Carrie Underwood...
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Nov 13, 2019
If its first two games are any indication, Northwestern basketball is in for a wild ride.
Five days after they face-planted in a season-opening loss to transitioning Division I newcomer Merrimack, the Wildcats rebounded with a 72-63 victory over Providence in a Gavitt Tipoff Games matchup.
Wednesday's...
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Nov 13, 2019
If its first two games are any indication, Northwestern basketball is in for a wild ride.
Five days after they face-planted in a season-opening loss to transitioning Division I newcomer Merrimack, the Wildcats rebounded with a 72-63 victory over Providence in a Gavitt Tipoff Games matchup.
Wednesday's...
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Nov 13, 2019
Justin Verlander has a second AL Cy Young Award — and a clear path paved toward Cooperstown.
Verlander beat out Astros teammate Gerrit Cole in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America revealed Wednesday night. Verlander got 17 first-place votes to 13 for Cole, who became a free...
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Nov 13, 2019
A week after child welfare officials confirmed two teenagers in its care were handcuffed and placed in leg shackles while being driven, the agency is changing its policy to prohibit the use of such restraints on foster children.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services said in a...
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Nov 13, 2019
A 34-year-old woman accidentally slipped under the wheel of a moving police car, injuring her leg and her head when she fell down, Chicago police said Wednesday evening.
It happened about 6:05 p.m. in the 2000 block of East 71st Street in the South Shore neighborhood as the woman stood outside,...
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Nov 13, 2019
Female acts may be scarce on contemporary country radio and the country charts, but they brought power to the 2019 Country Music Association with a resilient performance featuring top women from the genre, from Dolly Parton to Carrie Underwood to Reba McEntire.
The three acts, who are hosting Wednesday's...
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Nov 13, 2019
A study of school violence by the Secret Service determined there is no definitive profile of the typical student attacker or of a school that is being targeted.
But officials, at a conference Wednesday in Rosemont said that school shootings could be preventable with the use of a threat-assessment...
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Nov 13, 2019
Scott Boras arrived at the general managers meetings Wednesday ready to spread tidings of comfort and joy, along with reasons why teams need to spend big on his free-agent clients, including Cubs outfielder Nicholas Castellanos.
"Old St. Nick delivers once a year," Boras said. "Young St. Nick delivers...
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Nov 13, 2019
Going after public corruption has long been a calling for the new boss of the Chicago FBI.
A decade and a half ago, Emmerson Buie Jr. led a squad of federal agents that descended on the municipal building in East St. Louis as part of vote-buying probe that ultimately ensnared 10 people, including...
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Nov 13, 2019
Calvin de Haan didn't mean to cause waves.
The Blackhawks defenseman is a no-nonsense player who says what he thinks. And after a shootout loss to the Penguins last week, de Haan referred to the advanced analytic tool Corsi as "bull(expletive)."
As the quote made its way around Twitter, it was ...
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Nov 13, 2019
With the loss of Cole Hamels to free agency, Tyler Chatwood is likely to get a second chance to move into the Cubs rotation in 2020, the final year of his three-year, $38 million contract.
That would add another vacancy in the bullpen that's already in a state of flux with the departures of free...
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Nov 13, 2019
Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky spoke to reporters Wednesday at Halas Hall before he began preparing to face the Rams on Sunday night in Los Angeles.
Here are three things we heard.
1. After reviewing the victory over the Lions, Mitch Trubisky felt good that he 'did my job across the board.' Trubisky...
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Nov 13, 2019
Chief Steven Casstevens sworn in at Chicago convention attended by President Trump
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Nov 13, 2019
Best Chicago restaurant. Best theater. Best blues bar. Best museum. Yadda yadda yadda.
Those annual lists, which came to popularity back in the 1990s, are now a tiresome staple of click-baity, advertiser-friendly cultural journalism, the subject of countless special issues and social-media shares....
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Nov 13, 2019
When Coby White launched the fifth of a record-setting seven 3-pointers in the fourth quarter of Tuesday's game against the Knicks, he left his shooting hand in the air and posed for a second or two.
Too late, rookie. Ryan Arcidiacono already beat you to the celebration of the night before the...
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Nov 13, 2019
College basketball's early signing period for the Class of 2020 opened Wednesday and runs through Nov. 20. We're tracking the recruits for Northwestern, Illinois, Notre Dame, DePaul, Loyola and others.
Check back for updates.
Illinois Illinois got its potential point guard of the future Wednesday...
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Nov 13, 2019
The perception that the White Sox are a team on the rise and that the Cubs are heading in the opposite direction was perhaps inevitable.
Whether that perception is based in reality is debatable.
It's true the Sox have several young players whose stock appears to be climbing, including Yoan Moncada,...
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Nov 13, 2019
Forget the grass being greener on your neighbor's side of the fence. In winter, the question is whether the sidewalk in front of your neighbor's house has been shoveled.
Shoveling isn't just about being a good neighbor — it's the law in Chicago.
Snow should begin to melt Thursday as temperatures...
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Nov 13, 2019
A 22-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of his father following an argument inside their home near a Des Plaines high school, police said.
Martin Chavez Lomeli Jr., of the 800 block of East Oakton Street, was arrested Monday and charged with first degree murder in the death of...
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Nov 13, 2019
One of Citadel's first employees will help run the hedge fund firm alongside founder and CEO Ken Griffin.
James Yeh will be promoted Jan. 1 to president and co-chief investment officer of the Chicago-based firm, which has $32 billion under management, Citadel said Wednesday.
"James has been a phenomenal...
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Nov 13, 2019
Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise — but not eliminate — the subminimum wage earned by restaurant servers and other tipped workers.
Workers who receive tips currently may be paid as little as $6.40 an hour so long as their...
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Nov 13, 2019
Disney Plus, the new streaming service that launched Tuesday, along with the new Apple TV Plus service that began Nov. 1, heralds the Age of Bespoke TV, the dawn of TV programming blocks tailored for you. Or someone just like you. Their pitches are simple: Network TV is antiquated and cable TV...
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Nov 13, 2019
After a "disastrous" service outage that delayed tens of thousands of passengers earlier this year and problems with falling concrete, Rep. Dan Lipinski wants Metra to take over control of train operations at Chicago Union Station from Amtrak.
Lipinski, a Chicago Democrat who serves on the Transportation...
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Nov 13, 2019
Gotham Greens, whose greenhouse-grown lettuces and herbs have become fixtures at many Chicago restaurants and grocers, has more than doubled its footprint in the city's Pullman neighborhood to satisfy the Midwest's hunger for high-quality produce.
The new 100,000-square-foot greenhouse opened last...
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Nov 13, 2019
Best Chicago restaurant. Best theater. Best blues bar. Best museum. Yadda yadda yadda.
Those annual lists, which came to popularity back in the 1990s, are now a tiresome staple of click-baity, advertiser-friendly cultural journalism, the subject of countless special issues and social-media shares....
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Nov 13, 2019
Ohio State announced the day before its game with Maryland that Young would be held out amid concerns he violated NCAA rules by taking a loan last year from someone he describes as a "family friend" for living expenses. Young explained his "mistake" in a tweet and said the loan had been paid back.
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Nov 13, 2019
When pan-Asian Jellyfish closed after eight years, it was because co-owner Josh Carl had an opportunity to expand on that same floor. You'll still have to take the stairs or the escalators to get to Stockton Restaurant & Lounge, but everything about the new restaurant on Rush Street is completely...
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Nov 13, 2019
Penn State forward Evan Barratt, one of the nation's leading scorers last season, already had the attention of college hockey.
After scoring an unbelievable goal over the weekend, the Blackhawks' 2017 third-round pick had the attention of the sporting world.
The goal Barratt scored when he flicked...
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Nov 13, 2019
The newly launched Disney Plus has no shortage of content, ranging from original animated classics to live-action remakes and "Star Wars" offshoot "The Mandalorian." With that deep library, Disney is offering a warning that some of the streaming platform's older content has "outdated cultural depictions."
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Nov 13, 2019
The two-day festival begins with holiday-themed activities in Pioneer Court and ends with a parade featuring Mickey Mouse, one million Christmas lights and a fireworks show.
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Nov 13, 2019
College basketball's early signing period for the Class of 2020 opened Wednesday and runs through Nov. 20. We're tracking the recruits for Northwestern, Illinois, Notre Dame, DePaul, Loyola and others.
Check back for updates.
Northwestern The Wildcats announced the signing of two three-star players...
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Nov 13, 2019
It's hard to believe the Cubs would return to a well that has come up empty the last two years, but a team source confirmed they're interested in signing Brandon Morrow to a minor-league deal.
Morrow, who signed a two-year, $21 million deal in 2018 to replace Wade Davis as the Cubs closer, last...
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Nov 13, 2019
At the beginning of the decade, there were 1,653 breweries in the United States. When the 2010s end in the coming weeks, we'll be pushing 8,000 breweries, according to the Brewers Association.
It's been quite a decade for beer.
The folks at Paste have undertaken a weighty task: ranking the 50 Best...
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Nov 13, 2019
One of the strongest independent movies to emerge from Chicago in recent memory is "Hala," which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, where it was picked up by Apple TV Plus.
The story centers on a high school senior named Hala Masood, who is navigating the tension between her role as the daughter...
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Nov 13, 2019
Chicago's 25,000 public school teachers and support staff in the teachers' union start voting Thursday on the tentative contract agreement reached two weeks ago with Chicago Public Schools.
Educators will vote in the schools where they work or at the CTU headquarters in West Town on whether to...
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Nov 13, 2019
Nike will stop selling its sneakers and athletic gear directly to Amazon , ending a two-year relationship with the world's largest online retailer. The announcement was a setback for Amazon, which has been trying to lure big brands to its site. But shoppers may not notice a difference: Nike's goods...
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Nov 13, 2019
Veljko Paunovic has been fired as the Chicago Fire's head coach after four seasons in charge.
"Four years ago, Pauno and the staff accepted a challenge to help establish a football culture at the Fire," team President and general manager Nelson Rodriguez said Wednesday in a statement. "Their efforts...
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Nov 13, 2019
Elton John today announced the announced another 24 new concert dates to his sold out "Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour." These new dates complete the second year of the North American leg of Elton's three-year worldwide tour, counting 43 dates in 2020.
The tour will conclude in 2021 and is promoted...
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Nov 13, 2019
Attorney John McGuire's early involvement with independent political reform efforts in Illinois led him to posts in the administrations of Illinois Gov. Dan Walker and Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne.
With Byrne, he shepherded the process of awarding cable television franchises in the city. Under Walker...
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Nov 13, 2019
This week some Instagram users might notice something's amiss: They won't be able to see how many people liked their friends' selfies — a move experts say could ease the competitive nature of the app among young people.
In an announcement at a tech conference last week hosted by Wired magazine,...
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Nov 13, 2019
It's incredibly brave to do what About Face Theatre artistic associate Scott Bradley has done. It's not just the act of getting on stage and telling a group of strangers about your life. Rather, it's doing so in a way that is so open and honest that it doesn't shy away from mistakes and flaws from...
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Nov 13, 2019
Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise — but not eliminate — the subminimum wage earned by restaurant servers and other tipped workers.
Workers who receive tips currently may be paid as little as $6.40 an hour so long as their...
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Nov 13, 2019
Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise — but not eliminate — the subminimum wage earned by restaurant servers and other tipped workers.
Workers who receive tips currently may be paid as little as $6.40 an hour so long as their...
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Nov 13, 2019
A recreational marijuana dispensary company is eyeing a former bank building across from Westfield Old Orchard mall in Skokie, the dispensary CEO confirmed.
Grassroots Cannabis hopes to operate a recreational dispensary called Greenhouse on the northwest corner of Skokie Boulevard and Old Orchard...
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Nov 13, 2019
After a "disastrous" service outage that delayed tens of thousands of passengers earlier this year and problems with falling concrete, U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski wants Amtrak to give control of Chicago Union Station to Metra.
Lipinski, a Chicago Democrat who serves on the Transportation Committee,...
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Nov 13, 2019
After a "disastrous" service outage that delayed tens of thousands of passengers earlier this year and problems with falling concrete, U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski wants Amtrak to give control of Chicago Union Station to Metra.
Lipinski, a Chicago Democrat who serves on the Transportation Committee,...
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Nov 13, 2019
Denise Brown was standing in a hospital room in 2015 with her father, who was recovering from surgery for bladder cancer, and she was learning about the ostomy bag he would use.
A nurse taught her how to change the bag, something that would be needed every few days.
It was a lot of information...
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Nov 13, 2019
Denise Brown was standing in a hospital room in 2015 with her father, who was recovering from surgery for bladder cancer, and she was learning about the ostomy bag he would use.
A nurse taught her how to change the bag, something that would be needed every few days.
It was a lot of information...
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Nov 13, 2019
If you look up "Ford v Ferrari" on the uber-valuable film site imdb.com, you'll see how the wraparound video ad for "Ford v Ferrari" packages what it's selling in a few quick seconds. Smiling movie stars. Beautiful woman kissing one of the movie stars. Cars, vrooming. Young boy, giving a thumbs-up.
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Nov 13, 2019
The House impeachment inquiry went live Wednesday morning, promising to be must-see TV that could shape the future of American politics for a generation to come. That is, if your boss will let you watch it.
Major TV and cable networks will preempt regular daytime programming Wednesday and Friday...
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Nov 13, 2019
The Clark Street we know is not the Clark Street we knew.
Like most city thoroughfares, it is an organic byway, ever-changing, remolding itself in the visions of developers and architects and politicians.
Go ahead, take a walk. Wander along the eight-block stretch between the river up north to...
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Nov 13, 2019
Harry Styles has announced dates for a massive 2020 world tour, "Love on Tour," in support of his upcoming album "Fine Line." The extensive run of shows will begin in April in the UK and will travel across Europe and North America before concluding in Mexico in October. The singer will stop in...
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Nov 13, 2019
Two teens tried to carjack an Uber driver just west of downtown Chicago, firing at his Jeep with a handgun loaded with metal-piercing bullets and equipped with a laser sight and silencer, according to police.
The attackers, both 17, used a Nissa Altima to block the path of the black Grand Jeep...
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Nov 13, 2019
Disney Plus had a booming — and technically problematic — coming-out party.
In the first 24 hours after its official Nov. 12 launch, the Disney Plus mobile app was downloaded 3.2 million times, according to research firm Apptopia. About 89% of the downloads were in the U.S., with 9% in Canada and...
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Nov 13, 2019
Hebru Brantley's Nevermore Park will go on — until Dec. 29, that is.
The run date for the park's 19 different gallery experiences — Brantley's vision of Flyboy and Lil Mama's universe inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen and black culture — was originally slated for Dec. 1.
The extension is to ensure...
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Nov 13, 2019
Overshadowed in the hoopla of Coby White's 3-point fireworks display was the fact that Zach LaVine rolled his ankle during the fourth quarter of the Bulls' 120-102 win against the Knicks on Tuesday.
LaVine said after the game that it hurt, but he kept playing.
"I'm going to look at it. I already...
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Nov 13, 2019
Want to hear Michael Mahler sing Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs"? You can, at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire in March.
How about "An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas" starring Evan Tyrone Martin? Sure. At the Freedom Hall in Park Forest on Dec. 3, the Elgin Arts Center Dec. 6 and...
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Nov 13, 2019
An 11-year-old boy was critically injured when a mattress caught fire at a home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, fire officials said.
Investigators were trying to determine whether the child was sleeping on a mattress when it caught fire in the 5400 block of South Hermitage...
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Nov 13, 2019
Time for another Phil's 50, my semi-regular list of the most interesting and important restaurants in Chicago.
Befitting a city with a dynamic dining scene, this list contains quite a few changes. I've added nine new names to the list, eight of them appearing for the first time. George Trois, which...
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Nov 13, 2019
Veljko Paunovic has been fired as the Chicago Fire's head coach.
A source confirmed reports that the club fired Paunovic after four seasons in charge. The news was first reported Wednesday by The Athletic's Paul Tenorio and Sam Stejskal.
The Fire declined to comment.
Paunovic, 42, went 41-58-37...
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Nov 13, 2019
(Down from 13) Sarah Grueneberg made her mark with an executive chef gig at Spiaggia, then nailed down a James Beard Award for her 95-seat pastificio on the Near West Side. The menu offers "tipica" and "atipica" pastas (the creative dishes get my vote), many of which can be seen drying on racks...
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Nov 13, 2019
(New) When his 10-year-old restaurant Mexique closed, Carlos Gaytan returned to his native Mexico (where he heads a highly regarded restaurant along the Riviera Maya), vowing to return. Eighteen months later, he's back with Tzuco, named after his hometown and boasting a menu that embraces his Mexican...
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Nov 13, 2019
A West Side man found lying unresponsive on the ground in his garage Monday was determined to be the second cold-related death of the season in Cook County, according to the medical examiner's office.
Police and paramedics were called to the 4700 block of West Superior Street about 12:30 p.m. Monday...
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Nov 13, 2019
One of the seven chapters in Lee Bey's "Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side" is only three pages long and has to do with St. Thomas Episcopal Church, an architectural delight that the author-photographer found by accident at 38th Street and Wabash Avenue.
Bey,...
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Nov 13, 2019
A Texas-based nonprofit that works to find missing people across the country has called off its search for UFC heavyweight Walt Harris' missing stepdaughter.
Destinie Duvall of Texas EquuSearch tells WRBL-TV the horse-mounted search group is heading home after using "every resource available" to...
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Nov 13, 2019
Overshadowed in the hoopla of Coby White's 3-point fireworks display was the fact that Zach LaVine rolled his ankle during the fourth quarter of the Bulls' 120-102 win against the Knicks on Tuesday.
LaVine said after the game that it hurt, but he kept playing.
"I'm going to look at it. I already...
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Nov 13, 2019
Nike is ending a sales partnership with Amazon less than a month after the athletic gear company named an e-commerce veteran as its new chief executive.
The company says it wants to create a more direct customer experience, but the announcement Wednesday is a setback for Amazon.
Amazon is under...
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Nov 13, 2019
Veljko Paunovic has been fired as the Chicago Fire's head coach.
A source confirmed reports that the club fired Paunovic after four seasons in charge. The news was first reported Wednesday by The Athletic's Paul Tenorio and Sam Stejskal.
The Fire declined to comment.
Paunovic, 42, went 41-58-37...
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Nov 13, 2019
If confidence was the most important attribute necessary to succeed in the NHL, a lot more 5-foot-2, 120-pound players with pleasant dispositions would hear their names called on draft day.
Possessing lightning-quick speed matters. Being able to thread a shot between two hulking defensemen and...
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Nov 13, 2019
Abbott Laboratories CEO Mikes White, who has been at the helm of the north suburban-based health care company for 21 years, plans to step down March 31, the company announced Wednesday.
Succeeding him as CEO will be Robert Ford, a 23-year veteran of the company who is its president and chief operating...
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Nov 13, 2019
Former Chicago Red Stars striker Sam Kerr will play for a European club for the first time after Women's Super League leader Chelsea signed one of the game's most prolific scorers.
The 26-year-old Kerr joins the London club after winning three straight Golden Boot awards and set an NWSL record...
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Nov 13, 2019
The Tribune's Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly.
I'm guessing you're getting a lot of questions on this topic, but do you get a sense at Halas Hall that the Bears will bring in a veteran QB to compete with Mitch Trubisky in 2020? — @abebresn
Based on the first nine games this season,...
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Nov 13, 2019
Gotham Greens, whose greenhouse-grown lettuces and herbs have become fixtures at many Chicago restaurants and grocers, has more than doubled its footprint in the city's Pullman neighborhood to satisfy the Midwest's hunger for high-quality produce.
The new 100,000-square-foot greenhouse opened last...
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Nov 13, 2019
On Nov. 28, Morton Grove American Legion Post 134 will continue a 13-year Thanksgiving Day tradition, welcoming 50 Navy recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes.
"Many recruits are spending their first Thanksgiving away from home," Susan Martin, the deputy public affairs officer for Recruit Training...
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Nov 13, 2019
At the Thanksgiving table, the turkey is fine and all, but everyone's really there for the sides. Mashed potatoes, collard greens, dressing, whatever your favorite, it shines brighter than that bronzed bird. So for November, we celebrate side dishes, in all their forms, from the holiday menu just...
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Nov 13, 2019
Reinaldo "Reii" Sanchez expressed himself through a spray can.
He decorated walls around the city with his tagging name "Yers" in bold, saturated letters.
Sanchez, 28, grew up in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood and was known for always being artistic and genuine, childhood friends said. He wasn't...
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