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Chicago Tribune - Top Stories

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Quantum campus project raises questions about residents' agency in community development

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Virginia creeper can cover bare area

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Letters: State Street has the potential to reinvent itself once again

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Catching carousel continues for Chicago White Sox: Newcomer Joey Bart heads to IL, and Edgar Quero returns

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Gov. Pritzker stops short of assessing Speaker Welch's leadership amid Illinois House harassment fallout

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Pritzker signs bill that aims to protect 340B drug discount program

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'I want to see some justice': Families, officials call for change amid investigation into funeral home

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Chicago Bears place DB Dallis Flowers on IR after physical practice — but 2 others escape serious injury

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Review: Dystopian 'One Night Only' needed another day at drawing board

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Today in Chicago History: The Dave Matthews Band bus incident

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Today in History: Wrigley Field hosts its first-ever night baseball game

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Asking Eric: Don't let their behavior rob you of that opportunity

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Editorial: What happened to our collective reverence for death?

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Editorial: Forget the Springfield bailout talk. Here's how the state should help Chicago Public Schools.

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Christine Ledbetter: Just like in the film 'The Dink,' pickleball was the best medicine for my husband

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Some House Republicans are backing a challenger in Cory Mills' reelection bid

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Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

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Schumer forges ahead in Fight for Senate, despite setbacks

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Senate confirms Hamilton to lead FEMA and clears more than 70 other Trump nominees

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Animals, rides are the highlight of opening day at the Lake County Fair

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Review: 'Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares' is sharp-elbowed satire from a recovering ingenue

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Why celebrities from Zendaya to Kylie Jenner are wearing Fecal Matter

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Lake County Fair opens with new vendors, entertainers in its 174th year

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Will Venable takes blame for 'inexcusable mistake' in Chicago White Sox's season-high 4th straight loss

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Chicago Bears Q&A: Biggest issues facing the team in training camp? Any trade pieces on this roster?

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Postgame Ja Rule concert at Rate Field canceled because of 'unexpected travel issues,' Chicago White Sox say

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Photos: Wildfire smoke blankets the Chicago area

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Photos: A look inside the Obama Presidential Center

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Photos: Chicagoland celebrates America's 250th birthday

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Former Blackhawks player Jake McCabe lists Lincoln Park home for $1.75M

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Back in the Big Ten, Pat Fitzgerald says he and Michigan State have 'a bag of chips on our shoulder'

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American Airlines to end some free business class upgrades for elite flyers

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Fraud convictions of former Outcome Health executives upheld by appeals court

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Businesses in Highland Park shopping mall join forces for first End of Summer Party

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Advocates critical of NIPSCO filings to recover costs from consumers

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Oak Lawn High School festival to celebrate Hispanic food and culture

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ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency's 'best interests,' policy says

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President Trump signs immigration actions to limit birthright citizenship and curb 'birth tourism'

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Man gets 30 months in prison for firing shots near immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz

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CPS says schools will open on time but offers few details on reversing layoffs

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Bradshaw: Rating the benefits of top public, private universities

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Oak Park Fire Department partners with U of I Fire Institute for cancer study

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Teen's death in North Center highlights danger of electronic scooters: 'They don't make it very safe for them'

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Crime and Public Safety

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Hammond man gets 30 years for fatal shooting inside minivan

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New video shows gunman shooting victims at Idaho In-N-Out Burger drive-thru

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15-year-old dressed as a clown stabbed a man to death in random attack in East St. Louis, police say

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Will County sheriff's deputy made 122 DUI arrests in 2025

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Federal court upholds Oak Park ordinance requiring new buildings be all electric

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Waukegan's piping plover population grows with three new chicks, as three others earn names

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How to regulate data centers in Illinois at the center of latest proposal

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Where extreme heat is having the biggest impact on Americans' lives, according to a new AP-NORC poll

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Chicago grocers are severely affected by reductions to SNAP: 'We need to bail out this industry'

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Restaurant news: Wishbone to close — and Ann Sather to move into former Stella's Diner space

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Restaurant review: Longman & Eagle has a new chef who revels in vegetables

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From the Farm: Tabor Hill Winery 'ramps' up 60-year anniversary with inventive menu

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An Indiana pastor became an Illinois oilman. Spills and pollution followed.

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Plastic surgeon's license suspended after Tribune investigation exposed 8 deaths

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Bill aims to curb abandoned oil and gas wells in Illinois through stiffer fines

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Read the Tribune's investigation into Illinois' abandoned oil wells

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A moment's madness, or murder? 1876 debate on religion in Chicago schools took a deadly turn

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Today in Chicago History: Cubs Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux gets 300th win

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Today in History: Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record

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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Oscar Mayer Wienermobile celebrates 90th birthday

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Porter property proposed for RV resort marketed nationally for sale

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Countdown to football: Third-year quarterback Carter McDonald returns to lead the way for No. 9 South Elgin

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'The implications can be significant': Shirley Heinze interns learn, inspire staff

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Local authors competing in state contest

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Best kinetic sand sets to entertain kids for hours

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