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Chicago Tribune - Top Stories

Chicago's Latino population is shifting west, with Belmont Cragin now the city's largest Latino neighborhood

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Renderings show the Music Hall planned alongside the United Center

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Students involved in racist taunting voluntarily withdraw from Lincoln-Way District 210

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Cindy Pontoriero, Chicago Police Department's first female detective, dies at 84

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Review: Joffrey Ballet's 'Liliom' is a human story set in John Neumeier's surreal imagination

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Motorist hurt in collision with Metra train crash near Barrington, UP Line delayed

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Staggering amount of storm debris piles up across Northwest Indiana

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Pres. Donald Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House

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Trump to announce all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model

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Review: The spooky Destinos play 'Yamel Cucuy' asks, who benefits the most from fear?

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Review: Liz Phair and Sleater-Kinney cast their own kinds of spells at Salt Shed

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Trump refers to Black man from racially offensive 1988 campaign ad while stumping in North Carolina

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Editorial: Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, a strikingly competent parks administrator

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Editorial: Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed is failing to remove the Hasan Piker deadweight from his Senate campaign

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Elizabeth Shackelford: The Trump family's corruption costs America

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Pegah Banihashemi: 4 years after Mahsa Amini's death, Iranian women have changed. The Islamic Republic hasn't.

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Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

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Line 5 returns to service after 1.3 million-gallon spill in Wisconsin, but scrutiny of Great Lakes pipeline plan intensifies

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After Supreme Court ruling, Postal Service stops work on computer system aimed to limit voting by mail

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Mid-decade redistricting put nearly 35 million people into new House districts, report says

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Martin Lawrence returns to Chicago: 'Just here to make you laugh'

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Review: 'Jekyll & Hyde' proves itself more than ready to fill the Broadway Playhouse

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Film director Kevin Smith's bringing his unique comedy view to Hemmens in Elgin

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What to do in Chicago: Destinos Latino theater festival, Chicago River Swim and a Role Model concert

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Column: Shades of 'Greatest Show on Turf'? Mike Martz's influence on Ben Johnson's Chicago Bears offense.

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How a studious approach, shaped by his parents, helped Notre Dame's Leonard Moore become the nation's top DB

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Chicago baseball report: Anything goes for Cubs pitching staff — and Sox are fighting for their playoff lives

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5 things to watch in Chicago Bears home opener — including Minnesota Vikings QB news — plus Week 2 predictions

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Photos: Food options for Chicago Bears games this season at Soldier Field

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Week 1 photos: Chicago Bears 59, Carolina Panthers 37

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Photos: Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Chicago

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Photos: Chicago Police Department's 3rd District renamed

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Photos: Chicago Cubs All-Star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong

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Photos: 25th annual Pilsen Mexican Independence Day Parade

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Photos: Thousands take to the streets for the 25th annual Bike the Drive

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Oak Park OKs tiered water rate hike to dismay of Park District

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Embers announces temporary closure in downtown Lockport

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As Microsoft charts AI spending, Wall Street and workers keep watch

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Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman, a post he has held since 1970

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15 Illinoisans file claims against feds for alleged Operation Midway Blitz misconduct

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US Customs and Border agent convicted of raping, robbing sex workers in Chicago-area hotel rooms

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President Donald Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer as his nominee to lead ICE

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ICE officer charged in non-fatal shooting arrested by Minnesota authorities

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Longtime Moraine Valley art professor puts a decade of work on display ahead of his retirement

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Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 OKs new deal with support staff

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Two injured in Gary school bus collision with SUV

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Northwest Indiana colleges release fall enrollment numbers

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Crime and Public Safety

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Evanston man arrested after offering kids 'candy and cannabis' at community center, per police

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Glen Ellyn man charged in fatal shooting of OEMC worker in West Ridge

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Patrick Clancy and his new wife break silence in first interview post mistrial

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Mother searching for answers after 13-year-old son attacked, critically injured on Far South Side

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Trump administration weakens wildlife protections with new directive

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Ducks kept dying near a Chicago harbor. Wildlife officials suspect botulism.

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EPA moving forward with approval of Indiana coal ash program

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Forest Preserves spent extra $40 million yearly on expanded conservation, maintenance

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Oktoberfest 2026 guide: 28 Chicagoland celebrations

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Restaurant review: Indus Progressive Indian, transcending traditions from North India to the North Shore

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New report points to worsening hunger crisis in Chicago, with 1 in 3 families facing food insecurity

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Even a hot dog can be art at La Grange West End festival

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Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

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Illinois ignores rules and red flags as 'servant leader' runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

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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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Today in Chicago History: Valerie Percy — daughter of US Senate candidate — killed in Kenilworth home

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Today in History: Scotland rejects independence

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Vintage Chicago Tribune: The cold case of Valerie Percy, stabbed and beaten to death in her family home

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Recreated Gary Frank-N-Stein bought by 'American Pickers' host Rob Wolfe

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Brendan Jones, who believes in 'always working, always fighting,' boosts Geneva to sixth shutout of the season

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Worship news: Food distribution, fellowship meals and more

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Ryan Scanlan, the kicker for a four-time football state champ, powers Mount Carmel past Brother Rice in soccer

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Porter Plan Commission wants a traffic study for goat farm development

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Best bark collars

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Make bath time fun with the best baby bath products

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Best outerwear for fall music festivals

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16 BEST DUCK BOOTS FOR WOMEN

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