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US job openings slip, though remain at healthy level
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs in May amid signs that the economy is weakening, though the overall demand…
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Build This Customizable A-Frame Toolbox
Trevor Raab POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics.…
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The GTA V modder we just wrote about has been slapped with a DMCA takedown
Last Friday, we introduced you to Luke Ross: a modder who now makes $20,000 a month on Patreon bringing big…
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These are the victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park
The parents of a toddler. A father of eight and a grandfather to many. A synagogue employee known for her…
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Biomedical grantmakers’ diversity push gains new momentum
One and a half billion dollars is a big mea culpa, but that is what one philanthropy is throwing on…
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Russian Military Throws Up Hands, Abandons Snake Island
Russia has withdrawn from Snake Island, a strategically important island in the Black Sea. Moscow says it’s leaving “as a…
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Meta’s new AI takes us a step closer to a universal language translator
Meta has taken another step towards creating a universal language translator. The company has open-sourced an AI model that translates…
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Highland Park police ‘clear and present danger’ warning insufficient to keep alleged parade shooter from purchasing rifle, state police say
Two days after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade shocked the country and put renewed focus…
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The Best Pool Thermometers for a More Comfortable Dip Every Time
Popular Mechanics; Courtesy Swimline Pool maintenance is a year-round task; whether you’re trying to close your pool ahead of the…
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Blizzard will bring back BlizzCon in 2023
It’s been a few years since Blizzard has hosted an in-person version of BlizzCon, its fan convention, but it sounds…
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Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members
Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal…
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Rivian’s R1S Is a Slightly More Practical Electric Adventure-Mobile
The Takeaway: With many of the same strengths as the company’s R1T electric pickup (think ease of driving, abundance of…
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Grab the jaw-dropping Matrix Awakens tech demo before it’s delisted this week
If you’ve wanted to experience the impressive visuals in The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience and haven’t downloaded…
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R. Kelly fan charged with threatening federal prosecutors ahead of Kelly’s sentencing in New York
An R. Kelly “superfan” has been arrested in the Chicago area on federal charges alleging he threatened victims after the…
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Billionaire who paid $24 million for Winnetka acreage is also acquiring real estate in Chicago
Justin Ishbia, the billionaire private equity investor who in 2020 paid $23.9 million for three parcels on Lake Michigan in…
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175 years of the Chicago Tribune: How the newsroom — and city — has evolved since June 10, 1847
A newspaper is not, of course, a living thing. It is, by its humblest definition, ink on paper, and that…
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Daywatch Special Edition: Chicago in the new millennium
Good morning, Chicago. When 9/11 happened, it was hard to imagine anything could eclipse its impact. Yet here we are,…
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Man gets 180 years in ‘98 Hammond triple murder
A Whiting man was sentenced to 180 years Friday in connection with a 1998 Hammond triple murder. James Higgason III,…
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As billionaire Ken Griffin leaves state, Illinois records another $100 million primary election
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s decision to move his Citadel hedge fund to Florida, only days before a Tuesday Republican primary he’s…
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From 9/11 to a pandemic: Chronicling Chicago in the new millennium
The horror came in the early morning. There were only a few of us in the Tribune Tower’s editorial offices…
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Pro-choice rallies continue in Chicago a day after Roe v. Wade is overturned
One day after the historic ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court removed the national protection for abortion, hundreds of pro-choice…
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R. Kelly’s summer of reckoning: Convicted singer faces potentially decades in prison in New York, jury trial in Chicago
It’s been nine months since Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly was last in a New York courtroom, where he was…
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Nearly half of all Illinois abortion patients from Cook County
More than 45,000 people received abortions in Illinois in 2020, according to the most recent data available form the Illinois…
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Bally’s hoping to file Chicago casino application with state this month; odds may be against June 2023 opening
Bally’s, which got the nod from the City Council last month to build the Chicago casino at the Tribune Publishing…
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With Roe at risk, a new Illinois nonprofit provides free aircraft flights for patients traveling to get an abortion
A burgeoning Illinois nonprofit has begun providing free flights aboard small passenger airplanes to help patients travel to their abortion…
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Illinois Democrats pitch state’s diversity to move up date of presidential primary election in 2024
A group of Illinois’ top Democrats Thursday pitched to have the state become one of the first five in the…
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Illinois primary 2022: What to know before Tuesday’s Election Day
From the six men seeking the GOP nomination for governor to Democratic and Republican incumbent members of Congress facing off…
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Chicago school dress codes now cannot ban head coverings tied to race, ethnicity
Starting next school year, dress code policies at Chicago’s public schools can no longer ban head coverings tied to race,…
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Daywatch: Federal court dissolves minority hiring decree for Chicago Fire Department
Good morning, Chicago. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is making a public appeal to save one of her signature policies: ticketing…
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Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi touts fairer property tax valuations; challenger Kari Steele says he’s broken reform promises, created ‘chaos’
As a candidate in 2018, Fritz Kaegi ran as an outsider, pledging to upend business as usual in the Cook…
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Federal court dissolves decades-old minority hiring decree in CFD, cites big ethnic gains
A federal judge recently agreed to dissolve a 42-year-old court mandate on minority hiring within the Chicago Fire Department, finding…
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Primary battles will set the stage to determine if Democrats can maintain control of DuPage County Board in November
In contested primaries for the DuPage County Board on Tuesday, candidates cite public safety, the mental health crisis, financial stability…
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Gary officials confirm second Monkeypox case in Indiana
One of two identified cases of monkeypox in Indiana was diagnosed June 19 at Methodist Hospital Northlake in Gary, according…
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Chicago might roll back its speed camera ticket minimum of 6 mph over the limit. Mayor Lori Lightfoot called that ‘unconscionable.’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is making a public appeal to save one of her signature policies — ticketing drivers caught…
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A Revolutionary New Battery Is Nearly Here, Scientists Say
QuantumScape’s San Jose campus in the heart of Silicon Valley is abuzz with confidence. The battery-technology company’s “QS Campus,” which…
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Chicago speed cameras issue tickets at 6 mph over the limit. A vote today could mean the rollback of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s policy change.
One of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s signature policies — ticketing drivers caught by automated speed cameras going as little as…
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Daywatch: As Title IX turns 50, here are 50 women who have impacted Illinois sports
Good morning, Chicago. Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Education Amendments Act, which included a section…
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Endangered Blanding’s turtles in Illinois face new threat from fungal disease
Biologists have been working for three decades on a recovery project for the Illinois-endangered Blanding’s turtle, whose numbers were declining…
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The archive saving home sewing history from the trash
Lara A. Greene keeps her antique sewing patterns in plastic tubs, stashed in the first-floor workshop of her old Victorian…
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‘The stress has been unbelievable’: Naperville and Woodridge see uneven recovery one year after devastating tornado
One year after a tornado tore a three block-wide strip of devastation through Chicago’s western suburbs, a hard-hit neighborhood in…
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Ken Griffin’s money expected to again play role in Illinois Supreme Court elections, starting with primary for suburban district seat
The state’s wealthiest man, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, is again exerting influence in a race for an Illinois Supreme Court…
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The sun was setting on the analog age. But Tribune’s Royko and Landers kept the pulse of Chicago.
One of the most momentous changes in the long history of the Tribune took place on Sept. 19, 1982, and…
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Condo Adviser: Condo associations can rent portions of common areas to generate extra revenue
Q. I am on the board of a midsize condominium association. We are considering renting a portion of the common…
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Heather Mack’s daughter will temporarily live with foster mom from Indonesia in Forest Park
A Cook County judge on Friday ruled that the 7-year-old daughter of Heather Mack will temporarily live in suburban Cook…
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Chicago Sikhs reflect on 1984 Operation Blue Star ‘genocide’ in India, formation of Sikh American identity
In the early 1980s, Amrith Kaur Aakre’s father was the co-host of a locally produced television show that served Chicago’s…
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Chicago casino developer makes $40 million ‘down payment’ as promised, but it’s a small dent in the city’s pension bills
Bally’s, the casino operator chosen to bring a gambling mecca to Chicago’s River West neighborhood, has made its initial $40…
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Daywatch: Spiking food and gas prices hit Chicago neighborhoods hard
Good morning, Chicago. As Donald Trump and Mike Pence take center stage at the Jan. 6 committee hearings, they will…
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Illinois school districts review safety plans after Texas shooting
For more than 2 ½ years, the ubiquitous catch phrase “school safety” was inextricably tied to COVID-19 protocol requiring masking,…
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At Karaoke Storytellers, there’s a story behind every song — belt it out, bare your soul, maybe find redemption
David Woulard stepped onto the stage at Schubas wearing a black beret and camouflage jacket. “In 2008 I joined the…
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Spiking food and gas prices hit Chicago neighborhoods hard as officials move to curb inflation
Maribel Velazquez, a single mother of five living in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, made the difficult decision to leave her…
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