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Review: At Jazz Fest, standout sets from Dee Dee Bridgewater and Emma Dayhuff, and an overheard bass beat

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Today in Chicago History: NFL uses instant replay for 1st time during a Bears game at Soldier Field

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Labor Day kicks off Illinois' fall campaign season with distractions becoming a leading theme

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Many Loop restaurants shut their doors during the pandemic. Now new ones are taking their place.

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Calls for speed limit come after high-speed fatal crash on the Fox River

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Matt Suhey, whose 'career spanned the Chicago Bears' greatest decade,' dies at 68

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The Chicago Bears' 53-man roster is set for Week 1: Here's a position-by-position breakdown and analysis

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D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai return to practice for Chicago Bears, but Rome Odunze remains out

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Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, 95, is detained at a Portuguese airport for carrying a shotgun

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King Charles clarifies status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, after their return to the UK

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Fuel prices at record Labor Day high in US thanks to Iran War and refinery issues

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Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet's fiery runway crash that killed 5 in Miami

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Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese village kill 12, plus other key Mideast developments

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Editorial: American workers have come a long way. Yet many say they've had it with their jobs.

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Yunus Emre Tozal: Chicago's quantum park comes with a $9 billion price tag. Who actually benefits?

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Reform advocates: Why Illinois should reconsider its $1.1 billion prison project

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Rabbi Meir Moscowitz: How one person can change the world this Jewish New Year

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German far-right party set for regional election triumph but uncertain of governing

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Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions

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Alaska's Bill Hill is one of several independents challenging Republicans in Congress. Can he win?

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A whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cards

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Today in History: Tupac Shakur shot

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'Widow's Bay' dominates with 8 Emmys at early ceremony and 'The Pitt' takes 4

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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' makes it 6 weeks in a row at No. 1 as Hollywood wraps a banner summer

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Review: 'Blood of the Lamb' imagines a dark future for reproductive rights

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Nebraska-Missouri match suspension at Wrigley Field ends Chicago's volleyball-filled weekend with a hiccup

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Notre Dame overcomes a slow start and finishes with Lambeau Leaps in a 41-13 win over Wisconsin

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Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 10-1 behind Sam Antonacci's 3 doubles to maintain AL Central lead

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Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 40th home run, adding another milestone to the Chicago Cubs star's MVP-caliber season

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U.S. Steel announces Gary Works blast furnace reline completion

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Broadway Antique Market is up for sale after nearly 30 years in Edgewater

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From the Chicago suburbs to short line railroad companies, proposed merger heightens concerns

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Allowing single-stair complexes could create needed housing, but safety concerns loom in debate over ordinance

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Operation Midway Blitz, one year later: A changed Chicago forges on after the resistance

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Nury Ortega's partner was taken, then deported. Now she helps other families through dance and support.

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The Veraza family heard fireworks, flash bangs and blaring horns. Then a crying baby.

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Family of Silverio Villegas González obtains attorney to begin legal process in adopting his children

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Lake Forest College sees new academic year start with largest incoming class in its history

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'The best part of my job': Boeing workers give school supplies to 150 kids at Boys & Girls Club

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Lincoln-Way East students removed from Homewood-Flossmoor football game for alleged 'racist harassment'

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Local libraries: Free internet could be hampered by proposed federal cuts

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Crime and Public Safety

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Park Forest mother seeks answers in July fatal shooting of son in Chicago Heights

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Valparaiso firefighters teach how to use AEDs

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Naperville police investigating shooting on Route 59 near Aurora Avenue

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Michigan City officer resigns after misuse of Flock camera data

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Second section of Fox River Trail in Geneva to be closed starting Sept. 14 due to construction project

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Want to go apple-picking? Some Illinois orchards might not open after several spring frosts killed crops.

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Aurora launches solar power program that could lower utility costs for some residents

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Just Transition, Citizens Action Coalition oppose NIPSCO's cost recovery plan

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Iceman on 'Hot Ones:' Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams takes on popular YouTube series' gauntlet of scorching wings

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9 pop-up events to eat and drink at in Chicago this September, from a Scandinavian festival to Martini Expo

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Restaurant review: Maplewood Brewery & Distillery now serving whimsical Polish American food around Chicago

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North Shore native and storied chef, opens new restaurant, Juniper, in Highwood

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Data centers near O'Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap

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Data centers and tax breaks: How we reported the story

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As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat

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Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home

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Vintage Tribune: Geraldo and Sally Jessy outraged when actors pretended to be guests on daytime TV talk shows

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Today in Chicago History: Drew Peterson guilty in drowning death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio

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Today in History: Public funeral held for Princess Diana

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Buffalo Grove Days Parade 2026 'Good people come out of Lake County'

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Ice skating path, bandshell, shops and more still on the table for old St. Charles police station site on Fox River

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Steve Millar's high school football rankings and Week 3 top players for the Southland

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Business briefs: Hard Rock to host YWCA gala for storm relief on Oct. 8

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6 BEST ELECTRIC FIREPLACES TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE WARM AND COZY THIS YEAR

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Keep your yard tidy with the best electric leaf blowers

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Prep your home for fall weather with these essential tools

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Best back scratcher

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