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Mayor makes a last appointment to Chicago school board, choosing leader on school integration plan

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City Council urged to postpone police superintendent search until after mayoral election

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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear his corruption case

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Indicted ex-Loretto Hospital executive no longer fighting extradition to the U.S., attorney says

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Lollapalooza releases daily schedule

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3 injured in crash involving 2 motorcycles on I-290

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Unresolved scandal looms over Illinois speaker

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Theater and Stages

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'For Colored Girls' at 50: The classic play returns to the Chicago stage, as relevant as ever

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Food and Drink

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A Rohingya Muslim immigrant dreamed of opening a restaurant. Now she owns Asian Homecook in West Ridge

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American Airlines flights grounded nationwide for tech issue

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As Illinois House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch navigates a new crisis, an older scandal remains unresolved

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Secrecy over sex abuse permeates traditionalist Catholic group whose leaders were excommunicated by Pope Leo

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Rep. Delia Ramirez taking leave during August recess to recover from surgery

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Bomb threat cleared at Evanston hospital

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Crews recover body of second contractor trapped in Downers Grove sewer during storm

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Chicago School Board

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At least 5 Chicago School Board races to be uncontested as another candidate kicked off ballot

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Chicago needs to change tactics in war on rats, inspector general says

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Boy, 15, shot in Englewood

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Man stabbed in Hegewisch

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Man killed, another wounded in South Shore shooting

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Movies and TV

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Rogers Park's historic 400 Theater set to reopen this week with new owner, cheap tickets

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Arts and Culture

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George Clinton expands his Afrofuturist universe through paintings, now on display in Chicago

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Why thousands packed Wrigley Field for the Savannah Bananas game — even those who dislike baseball

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Bears coach Ben Johnson still 'yells and curses' at QB Caleb Williams, but they're connecting much better

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Bears didn't add a relevant edge rusher — and don't plan to now

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White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami's hometown struck by 7.1 magnitude earthquake

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Halas Intrigue podcast: It's report day!

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Bulls have sneaky depth with a few outsiders trying to crack rotation

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Trump calls LeBron James 'maybe a racist' compared to Michael Jordan

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LeBron James will close out his career with the Philadelphia 76ers

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Horoscope for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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Dear Abby: Wife's dream trip wouldn't include her grumpy husband

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Horoscope for Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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4 tornadoes confirmed to have hit Chicago area during Monday's storms

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Devastating Wisconsin tornado stayed on the ground more than 20 minutes

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Extreme heat blamed for 7 deaths in Cook County this year, the most in more than a decade

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Housing and Development

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Developers break ground on Chicago's first all-electric geothermal apartment tower

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Is Hawthorne Race Course being torn down for a data center? Cicero thinks so.

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Southern chef and cookbook author Vivian Howard embraces okra and aims to change minds with her recipes

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Laos' famous beer brand Beerlao makes a splash in the Midwest

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Magnolia Bakery reopens week after failed health inspection

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High School Football

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Brother Rice DL Brayden Parks is third top-10 player from Illinois headed to Irish in 2027 recruiting cycle

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High School Basketball

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St. Laurence senior Markese Peoples, one of the summer's breakout stars, commits to Central Michigan

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Benet's Ed Stasys getting long-overdue attention

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Illinois football coach Bret Bielema is bullish on the Big Ten

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Big Ten football media days preview: The war for four (natties, that is) is on

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How Chicago helped a tiny Baltic country produce star NBA players

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Bulls' Derrick Rose chosen for cover of NBA 2K27 video game

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Bulls' Caleb Wilson is a summer winner after dazzling in Vegas

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How Bulls might replace late TV analyst Stacey King — here are 5 candidates

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Forecasting Blackhawks' lines with Patrick Kane and Bowen Byram — but without Connor Bedard

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Patrick Kane determined to help Blackhawks' new generation make the playoffs

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Blackhawks reunite with Patrick Kane, signing him to two-year contract

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Temporary protected status ends for Haitian and Syrian immigrants

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How we photographed Lithuanians' passion for democracy

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A new Illinois law keeps hospital finances hidden from the public

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Illinois sees 16% drop in SNAP enrollment 1 year after food program overhaul

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Illinois added to CDC's investigation into diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreak

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3 charged with stealing, vandalizing Flock license plate readers in west suburbs

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4 teens killed after pickup drives off overpass during police chase in Bedford Park

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Robbins renames Dwyane Wade's childhood street after the NBA champ, hometown hero

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Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois school cellphone ban into law to make classrooms 'more conducive to learning'

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CPS reverses course, says no staff furloughs ahead of budget vote

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CTU and SEIU back different candidates for school board president, widening rift between staff unions

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Many Americans are paying for data centers. They shouldn't have to.

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Teresa Weatherspoon, fired by the Sky in 2024, 'absolutely' wants a second crack at coaching in the WNBA

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House Democrats may need policy change to properly handle complaints

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ComEd's $15 billion grid plan fuels questionable spending

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'Act of God' an excuse for government's poor flood preparation

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Pete Hegseth should know more testosterone won't make a tougher soldier

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Letters to the Editor

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Illinois stacks the deck against independent candidates

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Breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug illustrates importance of research

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Man dies after being found with gunshot wound in West Pullman

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Three men shot in South Lawndale, two hours after another man shot blocks away

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Libertyville man gets 6 months in prison for threatening federal judges with photos of bullets

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Success stories and setbacks: What it's like to take GLP-1

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GLP-1s are changing the way doctors are treating and talking about obesity

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What Chicago business would you bring back?

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