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One public toilet? Chicago bathroom desert belies its aspirations to be world-class city

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Housing and Development

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Block 37 sold to Orland Park real estate firm that plans mall rebrand — and a new name

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Museums and Zoos

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Mary Todd Lincoln's blood-soaked cape goes on view in new Chicago History Museum exhibit about presidential artifacts

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Letters to the Editor

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Caleb Wilson makes Bulls debut and does so with no shortage of bravado

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Dear Abby: Mother's chats with grown daughter are criticized by fiance

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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As a proud Italian American, I can't get behind the Christopher Columbus adoration

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Natalie Y. Moore

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Call me a proponent of keeping cellphones out of classrooms

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Controlled Substances Act is faulty barometer that allows arbitrary criminalization

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Things To Do

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27 things to do in Chicago Oct. 8-14

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City Council grills Amtrak over proposed Bridgeport rail yard

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Mayor Johnson doubles down on his tax-the-rich mantra as budget deadline nears

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McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to U.S. franchisees

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Video gambling saturates Chicago area — here's how many allow it, how many don't

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Lincolnwood man 'exploited the trust of the Orthodox Jewish religious community' in alleged fraud scheme

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Son of Applebee's restaurant tycoon gets prison after he 'dodged, bobbed and weaved' $1M in child support

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Woman alleges in new lawsuit she was sexually abused as a teen in 1990s at the Willow Creek megachurch

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How to vote in the November 2026 Illinois general election

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CPS Elected School Board 2026: Find your candidates and understand the races

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What you need to know about Chicago's historic school board election

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Meet the candidates for Chicago School Board president

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Chicago's 20 school board races: Who's running and how the campaigns are taking shape

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How we made the CPS School Board voter guide

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Key education endorsements for CPS School Board candidates

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As school board election nears, CPS parents incensed by political group at school event

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Architecture and Design

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Chinatown's former 'City Hall' gets $750,000 restoration grant

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Sales surge for businesses near Rate Field as White Sox gear up for Game 3

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City replaces homemade benches in Ukrainian Village with ADA-compliant seating

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Amazon taking over long-vacant West Town warehouse for same-day deliveries

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lost 80 pounds with help from GLP-1 medications. What are they?

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Man fatally stabbed during fight in Calumet Heights

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Former Joliet police officer charged over alleged Flock camera misuse

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Mental health system failed woman accused of fatally stabbing 7-year-old girl, lawyer says

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Man charged with 2025 robbery of 82-year-old man in Belmont Cragin

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Theater and Stages

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Review: Nancy Drew-style 'Dead Girl's Quinceañera' asks why we don't protect young women

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Food and Drink

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Trattoria Lo So to be like Monteverde's 'cool aunt,' say chefs Bailey Sullivan and Sarah Grueneberg

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'Divergent' author Veronica Roth returns with new twist on her bestselling series — on her own terms

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9 Chicago theater performances to get your Halloween fix this fall

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Review: Doja Cat struts, slinks and shakes through her energetic, femme-forward show

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White Sox put on worst performance in weeks, in front of first home playoff crowd in years

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Nic Claxton injury isn't great for Bulls as start of season is in doubt

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Bears QB Tyson Bagent ready for 'one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports'

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Blackhawks will be different team with Connor Bedard, who's inching toward return

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Bridgeport buzzes with White Sox fans yearning for a playoff party 120 years in the making

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Bears report: Team practices without 3 O-linemen, 2 RBs

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D'Andre Swift's 'egregious' fumble could cost him vs. Packers, but he's still essential to Bears' offense

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Bears report: RB Kyle Monangai's thumb injury not considered serious

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Bears-Packers: Sunday is coach Ben Johnson's chance to back up what he screamed in January

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Bulls' Matas Buzelis having his patience tested and hopes to be passing

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

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Bulls guard Josh Giddey knows thing or two about word 'rebuild'

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Horoscope for Thursday, October 08, 2026

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Dear Abby: Parent's worst fear becomes recurring nightmare

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Horoscope for Wednesday, October 07, 2026

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

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'All heat-related deaths are preventable' but in the Chicago area 16 died from heat this summer

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Search underway for Chicago's next Christmas tree

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Reality TV star and luxury broker Ryan Serhant opening Chicago office

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Federal judge sides with Kalshi, blocks new Illinois rules on prediction markets

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Lime warns Divvy deal could push company from Chicago

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Movies and TV

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Taraji P. Henson stars in 'Give Me Some Sugah,' film about a South Shore baker reuniting with long-lost son

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These Chicago chefs and restaurants are finalists for the Banchet Awards, the top local food honor

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Apple picking 2026: Your guide to 9 orchards in Illinois and beyond

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High School Basketball

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Benet's Gene Heidkamp tops our list of high school basketball coaching awards

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A look at what some former local hoops stars could have been worth in today's NIL college basketball world

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

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Missouri jumps to No. 14 in AP Top 25 after blowout win over Florida

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Illini stunned at home by Boilermakers

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Bulls excited to see what Matas Buzelis-Caleb Wilson team-up looks like

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Reality bites as feel-good Bulls will have to start playing games soon

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Summer of change for Bulls' Matas Buzelis but what will that look like?

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Young Blackhawks learning how to maintain confidence through bad games: 'You're not a loser'

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Blackhawks beat Blues for first win after Patrick Kane's dramatic entrance

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With new dad Bowen Byram back in fold, Blackhawks hope to stabilize defense

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Lawmakers look to require AM radio in new cars despite automakers' pushback

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Housing Action Illinois sues HUD as Trump administration brands nonprofit 'radical left NGO'

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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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Former Itasca, West Chicago police officers charged with felony misuse of Flock cameras

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

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Early voting kicks off in Chicago for 2026 midterm election

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

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Palestine Fest comes to Bridgeview for its fourth year. 'I just love being around our people'

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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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CPS School Board candidate Sendhil Revuluri drops out, making it a three-way race

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University of Chicago theoretical physicist honored as MacArthur Fellow

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Wildfire smoke preparedness is essential to protect most vulnerable Chicagoans

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Legalizing video gambling terminals is a bad bet for Chicago

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Youth caregivers shouldn't be backstop for systemic failures

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Letters to the Editor

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Death penalty should be killed nationwide

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Take caution, but don't avoid fruits, vegetables during contamination outbreaks

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Trump has been trashing election results, democracy from the start

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The Chicago Marathon is this weekend. Here's why it's distinctive and attracts runners

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Father woke up to find his 4-year-old son in pool of blood at South Deering home, police report says

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3 shot at West Pullman gas station overnight

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Lost and found in Chicago

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New audiobook tells the Great Chicago Fire story from Mrs. O'Leary's POV

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A new generation of Chicago creatives take flight in ABLOH AIR program

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Illinois dealt blow in legal fight with app Kalshi

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How a boy from Chicago rose to become Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff

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