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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Russia has withdrawn from Snake Island, a strategically important island in the Black Sea.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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The gang’s all back in Clerks III’s first trailer
Had Kevin Smith not canceled one of his comedy shows in 2018 after suffering an unexpected heart attack, the Clerks…
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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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‘Love will prevail’ and ‘Highwood strong,’ say neighbors during vigil for Highland Park rampage victims
What’s usually an upbeat Wednesday Evening Market in Highwood was converted into a candlelight vigil as the city showed its…
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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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Daywatch: Roe is history. Are same-sex marriage and contraception rights in danger?
Good morning, Chicago. Illinois’ role as a haven of abortion care in the Midwest was magnified Friday when the U.S.…
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Landmarks: ‘Copi’ rebrand hopes to harness our tendency to overfish to solve an invasive problem
Back in the halcyon summer days of the early 1990s, I’d gather with whichever of my buddies who were around,…
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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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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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Vintage Chicago Tribune: History of Tower built by Sears reflects highs and lows of city’s business hub
The Willis Tower was built with cutting-edge technology and ageless chutzpah, a word that could be translated as an intoxicating…
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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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More than 8 million Illinoisans get drinking water from a utility where forever chemicals have been detected, Tribune investigation finds
Something as simple as drinking tap water is exposing millions of Illinoisans to toxic chemicals that build up in human…
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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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Special Edition Daywatch: With Roe overturned, what’s next for Illinois?
Good afternoon, Chicago. The landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was overturned by the Supreme Court Friday, ending constitutional protections…
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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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In primary races for Cook County Board, a new map and 3 retiring commissioners boost competition
With all 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election this year, party leaders on both…
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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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18-year-old fatally shot in robbery, carjacking at local BP gas station was recent Oak Park-River Forest High School grad, remembered as ‘powerful, brilliant young woman’
Less than an month after commencement was held at Oak Park and River Forest High School in west suburban Oak…
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Daywatch: Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger heading up today’s Jan. 6 hearing
Good morning, Chicago. Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger will take the national stage Thursday as he is set to…
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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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Community demands new school buildings from CPS after beam falls from ceiling at George Washington High School
Nelly Martinez said her son attended an overcrowded high school on the Southeast Side, where the moldy water fountains wouldn’t…
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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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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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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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Ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton faces sentencing in ghost payrolling case
Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton faces a potential federal prison sentence Tuesday for pocketing more than a quarter of a…
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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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Daywatch: How far to the right will the Illinois GOP go?
Good morning, Chicago. More than just picking nominees for governor and other offices, Illinois Republicans’ choices this June 28 primary…
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This is the latest Illinois has had a primary election since at least the Great Depression. What is voter turnout looking like?
Chicago Election Board Chair Marisel Hernandez recently included an unusual warm weather addendum to her regular pre-election pitch encouraging voters…
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Illinois women who led programs through Title IX reflect on the growth — and continued challenges: ‘They need to know how it was fought for’
As Peg Kopec got deeper into her career as the volleyball coach at St. Francis High School in Wheaton, she…
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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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‘A party with a purpose:’ DuSable Museum and Chance the Rapper host block party to celebrate Juneteenth
The smell of barbecue and the sound of jazz music wafted through the air as people picnicked on a green…
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The future of the Illinois GOP: Primary may decide how far right it will go
More than just picking nominees for governor and other offices, Illinois Republicans’ choices this June 28 primary also will determine…
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‘We are not monsters’: Women in Illinois prisons who allege they were victims of domestic violence see their struggle in film as they face limits of law designed to aid them
Inside a rec room at the downstate Logan Correctional Center, a projector screen leaned slightly forward but was upright enough…
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Congressional races head for homestretch: Incumbent Democrat Krishnamoorthi faces challenge in 8th District primary, while 5 candidates vie for GOP nomination
Congressional primary campaigns in the Chicago area are heating up with just weeks remaining before voters will decide the candidates’…
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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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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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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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Inspector general finds CPD disciplinary process inconsistent, unfair
A report released by the Office of Inspector General on Thursday found that the agencies that review Chicago police misconduct…
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Daywatch: A teen was ticketed for theft at school. She’s still fighting to clear her name.
Good morning, Chicago. From the moment Amara Harris was accused of stealing another student’s AirPods at Naperville North High School,…
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Ford F-150 Lightning EV pickup trickles into Chicago. Here’s how the Rivian rival fared on a potholed city test drive.
The most popular vehicle in the U.S. is going electric, and it’s coming to Chicago. The Ford F-150 Lightning, an…
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Toni Preckwinkle defends her criminal justice record as primary opponent Richard Boykin claims she’s ‘pandering to the … defund the police movement’
In the summer of 2020, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appeared to nod to the cries for justice that…
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A boom in Chicagoland warehouse construction could cut costs for consumers
Mega-warehouses are sprouting up across Chicagoland, an unprecedented boom that shows no sign of slowing down. Retailers and other product…
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A teen was ticketed at Naperville North for theft. 30 months later, she’s still fighting to clear her name.
From the moment Amara Harris was accused of stealing another student’s AirPods at Naperville North High School, she has insisted…
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