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Illinois Senate approves bills, including one regarding police hiring, in response to Sonya Massey killing
Illinois Senate passes bills regarding police hiring and recalling Sangamon County elected officials in response to Sonya Massey killing.
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Editorial: Jenner & Block’s fight against a bullying Trump is about more than one firm’s future
Chicago's Jenner & Block was unfairly targeted by the Trump administration, but unlike many of...
Immigration
Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government.
Entertainment
Review: Craving Andrew Lloyd Webber power ballads? Try ‘Tell Me On a Sunday’ at Theo
The talented Dani Pike stars in this solo show that taps into the music of the '80s and all it represented.
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Chicago Bears Q&A: What’s a 1st-round scenario that’s under the radar? Is there a competition for QB2?
Is there an option for the Chicago Bears with the No. 10 NFL draft pick that hasn't been overanalyzed? Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly.
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Photos: Chicago’s connection to ‘The Great Gatsby’ as Fitzgerald’s novel turns 100
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” It was destined to be the definitive literary monument of the Roaring '20s, a decade of fortunes made and lost on Wall Street. Fitzgerald... -
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![Clark the Cub, the Chicago Cubs mascot and Mary-Ann Culleton, an executive chef for Levy Restaurants at Wrigley Field, hold the Baseball Donut during the Taste of Wrigley Field food preview at the American Airlines Conference Center Home Plate Room on April 2, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)]( "CTC-CUBS-FOOD-04020018.jpg")
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![WGN-TV newsreel photographers Fred Giese, left, and Leonard Bartholomew, right, shoot pictures in front of Tribune Tower on March 22, 1948. This photo ran on April 9, 1948 with the announcement that WGN-TV had started its transmission. Both Giese and Bartholomew were the first cameramen appointed to the eight man WGN-TV Newsreel staff. Giese was WGN-TV's assignment editor. (William G. Loewe/Chicago Tribune)]( "BARTHOLOMEW, LEONARD TRIB. PHOTOGRAPHER")
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Politics
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle acknowledges troubled tech overhaul
Days after Tribune-Injustice Watch investigation, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said, while difficult, tech overhaul...
Business
Gary airport buys 5.7-acre parcel for cargo complex expansion
The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority acquired a s critical parcel for its $67 million 100-acre...
Education
Frankfort’s Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs help at schools, Honor Flights, even funeral homes
Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs in Frankfort brings trained dogs to places where they can help...
Environment
Great Lakes basins may have formed millions of years ago from activity deep in the Earth — long before glaciers, study finds
A hotspot from underneath Earth's crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished...
Investigations
As Trump dismantles EPA, Great Lakes states with a history of pollution likely will suffer
Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging...
Restaurants, Food and Drink
How Chicago chefs gets serious when it comes to food allergies
For diners with food allergies, eating out at a restaurant can be dangerous. Chicago chefs...
Crime and Public Safety
‘They always asked me for money’: Ex-red light camera exec talks about cigars, dinners, bribes
A former red-light camera company executive who went undercover for the FBI was back on...
Local News
After not pitching for 10 days, Waubonsie Valley’s Owen Roberts throws no-hitter. Of course. ‘I was really eager.’
Indiana State recruit Owen Roberts throws complete-game no-hitter for Waubonsie Valley in 3-0 win over...
History
Vintage Chicago Tribune: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Big Four’
The Lake Forest women F. Scott Fitzgerald met when they were teenagers and whose inspiration...
