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Obama Presidential Center delivers a lesson in democracy — and what it means to be a country in progress

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FBI's high-tech hunt led to alleged bank robbery 'mastermind' killed in shoot-out on West Side

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Obama Presidential Center set to start welcoming up to 1 million visitors per year

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Spencer Leak helped countless people after relatives' deaths, now many are trying to comfort his family

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Dear Abby: Disabled daughter is likely being manipulated and exploited

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Nearly 7-foot Obama sculpture welcomes visitors to presidential center

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Housing and Development

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United Center owners break ground on their $7 billion 1901 Project

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26 things to do in Chicago June 4-10

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Arts and Culture

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Chicago's cultural department launches new grant program aimed at helping emerging theater companies

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State Comptroller Mendoza enters mayoral race, takes shots at Mayor Johnson, Giannoulias

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Congressman tells Endeavor Health to stop retaliating against unionizing nurses

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Eisenhower Expressway shutdown in Westchester for fatal police investigation

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Passengers fight, one stabbed aboard CTA Blue Line in Loop

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2 men critically wounded in shootout at Auburn Gresham home

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SUV hits boy, 4, in Woodlawn

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Architecture and Design

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No tower of glower: Obama Center and its maligned signature building are worthy of consideration

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Obama Center releases grand opening weekend events schedule

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Obama Presidential Center sells out first month hours after tickets become available

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Theater and Stages

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Review: How far will an artist go to become a legend? 'Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play' wants to find out

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Food and Drink

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Is Chicago suddenly a bagel town? The heated rivalry between indie shops and Big Bagel

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Bridge the seasons with a bowl of spring pea pasta

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The star of this year's Blues Fest: Chicago's Alligator Records, celebrating 55 years of championing the music

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Evanston novelist Daniel Kraus says his biggest fear is dying before he can write it all down

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White Sox rookie Jacob Gonzalez learning on the job in place of Munetaka Murakami

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Craig Counsell not sitting Dansby Swanson just yet, but it's under consideration as Cubs keep losing

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Just like he did with Astros, Alex Bregman making presence felt with behind-the-scenes impact for Cubs

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Bears QB Caleb Williams' giant leap will require one from WR Rome Odunze as well

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Sam Antonacci reaches base all six times up, sparking White Sox in rout of Twins

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Bears CB Kyler Gordon's injuries keeping him from offseason 'springboard'

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White Sox giving away Caleb Williams bobbleheads in September

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Bears QB Caleb Williams dishes to Kelces about discovering tavern-style pizza

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High School Basketball

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Former Young, Loyola star Lucas Williamson received a taste of the NBA this season

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Rick Adelman, a Hall of Fame coach who won more than 1,000 games and went to the NBA Finals twice, dies at 79

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Bulls offseason position analysis: Forward thinking for Matas Buzelis

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Horoscope for Thursday, June 04, 2026

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Dear Abby: Mother regrets choices that impacted daughters' lives

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Horoscope for Wednesday, June 03, 2026

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Air quality alert issued in Chicago area until Wednesday night

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Chicago beaches open for summer amid high waves, dangerous currents

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American robins' numbers are on the decline. Here's why and what that might mean.

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Pilsen residents warn of toxic air from metal scrapper, ask Pritzker to slow permit renewal

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Trump Tower nabs first retail tenant after 17 years

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Illinois lawmakers delay credit card swipe fee law

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Dirty soda trend finds a home at Lake View shop

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Winner downs nearly 9 dogs while competing at Windy City Hot Dog Fest

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Former Stevenson star Jalen Brunson: The Knick of all time

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High School Football

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Caravan to Michigan: DB Tavares Harrington second recruit from Mount Carmel to join Wolverines' 2027 class

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Final rankings for the boys high school basketball Class of 2026

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Northwestern tops UNC to win its ninth women's lacrosse title

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High School Sports

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St. Patrick football star David Folorunsho commits to Notre Dame

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Northwestern women's lacrosse team beats Johns Hopkins to return to NCAA title game

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NBA passes anti-tanking changes to draft lottery process

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Bulls offseason position analysis: Josh Giddey needs to stay guarded

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Bulls coaching vacancy living up to the promise of casting a wide net

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Blackhawks resourceful in trading prospect Jack Pridham's rights, but underlying problem remains

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Blackhawks' 100 years of drama and dramatics

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Dennis Hull, longtime Blackhawks forward and counterpart to brother Bobby, dies at 81

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Here's what Chicagoans would tell hometown pontiff Pope Leo XIV

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DOJ referred investigation of E. Jean Carroll to prosecutors in Chicago

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What you need to know about Illinois' new cellphone ban in schools

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Illinois Legislature bans new immigration detention centers near homes and schools

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State lawmakers laud passage of bills protecting reproductive, gender-affirming care

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Man charged in fatal DUI crash that killed tollway worker fixing potholes on I-294

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9 arrested during teen takeover in Naperville, officials say

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Authorities identify man, woman found killed in Bellwood home

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Byrne Elementary community rallies behind paralyzed clerk facing job loss

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Hyde Park high schoolers protest removal of community groups that supported students through traumatic year

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Muslim families look to Arabic immersion education to give their children a foundation in faith and identity

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Trump skirts law with his shameless self-promotion schemes

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Honoring Juneteenth, Black music at an unlikely place: Andrew Jackson's plantation

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White Sox GM Chris Getz saw success coming, even if others — including me — didn't

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Making the grade as an Evergreen Park Hall of Famer — and finding inspiration in the class of 2026

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Why a Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger would be a win for Illinois

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Letters to the Editor

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USAID cuts have a hand in Ebola outbreak overseas

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Gaga for Sky's Gabriela 'Gabs' Jaquez

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Smells fishy: Stench from Southeast Side plant not given 'North Side' priority

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Chicago youth call for more attention to missing Black girls, women

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Kids open time capsules sealed during the pandemic, design new ones to be opened in 5 years

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Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg's family embroiled in lawsuit over handling of his trust

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What new Illinois taxes on prediction markets, fantasy sports and cryptocurrency could mean for you and the state's bottom line

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Ald. William Hall proposes a plan for independent pharmacies as Chicago 'pharmacy deserts' grow

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How Chicago is turning to collective action

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Is Chicago really that progressive?

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Illinois lawmakers pass legislation to regulate AI

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