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Death penalty should be killed nationwide

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Former Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin crosses party line to endorse Gov. JB Pritzker over Darren Bailey

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3 shot at West Pullman gas station overnight

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9 Chicago theater performances to get your Halloween fix this fall

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He's writing. He's acting and documentary filmmaking. But Bob Odenkirk yearns for the stage.

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High School Basketball

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Michael Jordan commits $10 million to UNC School of Social Work in honor of his mother

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Cook County pledges $8 million to help south suburban communities clean summer storm damage

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High School Football

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IHSA football playoff qualifiers with two wins? That should be enough for several teams

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Super 25 Football Rankings

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New coach Matt Majkrzak looks to change NIU's basketball fortunes

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Illini stunned at home by Boilermakers

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How NHL's salary boom affects Blackhawks' negotiations with 2027 restricted free agents

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Nation and World

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Renee Good's family sues U.S., immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

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Attorney general, city seek to end 'sickening' smells from Southeast Side plant

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Illinois passed the nation's first climate migration law. The effort has languished since

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Dennis Hastert, former U.S. House speaker disgraced by sex abuse allegations, dies at 84

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McHenry man sentenced to 12 years for battering infant son

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University of Chicago demystifies science with annual festival

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State's attorney's proposed pretrial changes undermine justice

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