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August 2, 2025
What to know if you’re at risk of having your wages garnished over student loan debt
Millions of student borrowers could begin having their wages garnished as soon as this summer, according to estimates from credit bureau Tra...
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August 2, 2025
Officials scour mountainous area of Montana for ex-US soldier suspected of killing 4 in bar shooting
Montana Division of Criminal Investigation administrator Lee Johnson says 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown fled The Owl Bar after the Friday s...
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August 2, 2025
It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs.
President Donald Trump’s economic policies are facing scrutiny as weak indicators emerge.
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August 2, 2025
Chicago Bears training camp rundown: More ups and downs for Caleb Williams, while rookie pass catchers flash
Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams displayed his on-the-move playmaking ability by escaping an all-out blitz and throwing a touchdown pass to C...
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August 2, 2025
Luis Robert Jr. feels ‘a weight off your shoulders’ after staying with Chicago White Sox at trade deadline
Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. knew there was a possibility he would be traded, “but my hope was always to stay here.”
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August 2, 2025
Stolp Island Block Party in Aurora about ‘getting the whole community together’
The four-hour festival was held on Stolp Avenue between Galena Boulevard and Downer Place in Aurora.
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August 2, 2025
Review: Olivia Rodrigo delivers her own kind of girl-power message at Lollapalooza
She’s powerful, she’s political, she’s rock and she’s pop. And she brought out surprise guest Weezer for two songs during her Friday headlin...
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August 2, 2025
Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages’ families
Witnesses and health workers say Israeli forces have opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian...
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August 2, 2025
Chicago teen rapper Star Bandz performs at Lollapalooza for the first time
Star Bandz, a Chicago drill rapper, performed at Lollapalooza for the first time and brought out two special guests.
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August 2, 2025
From Laos to Brazil, President Trump’s tariffs leave a lot of losers. But even the winners will pay a price.
President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught this week left a lot of losers – from small, poor countries like Laos and Algeria to wealthy U.S....
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August 2, 2025
Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday night.
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August 2, 2025
Porter Fire Chief critical of ambulance service as county enters renewal talks
Porter Fire Chief Jay Craig Jr., during a recent Porter Town Council meeting, bluntly shared his criticisms of the Northwest Health ambulanc...
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August 2, 2025
Lake Election Board finalizes precinct consolidation, split recommendations
The Lake County Board of Elections met in special session to take a look at all 350 precincts and determine to consolidate or split them.
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August 2, 2025
Aurora considers new $4 million public safety dispatch, records software
The city of Aurora is considering a five-year, $4 million contract with Mark43 for new Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System...
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August 2, 2025
Air quality alert set to expire Saturday at midnight
National Weather Service officials issued an air quality alert set to expire at midnight Saturday for the Chicago and surrounding areas. The...
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August 2, 2025
Lollapalooza 2025: What to know about the 4-day music festival at Grant Park
Here’s everything you need to know about Lollapalooza — including a day-by-day look at the music festival in Chicago’s Grant Park.
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August 2, 2025
New Wilmette Junior High Principal Baffico, with 29 years’ experience, plans to boost school community
Jon P. Baffico joined Disrict 39’s Wilmette Junior High as principal and said his goals include boosting community.
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August 2, 2025
1 in custody after woman, 19, found critically wounded on West Side
A 19-year-old woman was left in critical condition late Friday night following a shooting on the West Side in the Garfield Park neighborhood...
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August 2, 2025
Barrington Area Family Fest featuring day of outdoor fun, etc. being held on August 16
The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Barrington Area Family Fest on Saturday, August 16, from noon to 4 p.m. at Citizens P...
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August 2, 2025
Jacory Patterson worked the overnight shift loading UPS trucks. Now he’s one of the world’s top 400 runners.
Jacory Patterson was able to clock out for the final time in June from his position at UPS. He has the third-fastest 400 time in the world t...
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August 2, 2025
Jed Hoyer ‘the right guy’ to guide Chicago Cubs future, Tom Ricketts says — with or without Kyle Tucker
Friday’s events at Wrigley Field capped a busy week for the Chicago Cubs that started with a multiyear contract extension for President Jed...
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August 2, 2025
Lollapalooza 2025: What to know for Day 3
Here’s what to know as the third day of Lollapalooza kicks off in Grant Park.
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August 2, 2025
Chinatown residents express aspirations, concerns for proposed Chicago Fire stadium
With the Chicago Fire soccer team announcing plans for a proposed $650 million soccer stadium near Chinatown, residents worry about the neig...
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August 2, 2025
Black Panther Party’s Illinois history recognized with heritage trail
The Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois marks 13 locations in Chicago where it the political group made history.
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August 2, 2025
Biblioracle: Finally reading ‘Zuckerman Bound,’ and why we don’t have writers like Philip Roth anymore
By an accident of fate, I recently found myself reading a couple of previously unread (by me) Philip Roth novels just as a New York Times co...
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August 2, 2025
Former local writer fatally shot after Schaumburg wedding remembered as ‘defender of those who had no voice.’
Christine S. Moyer, 45, of Galena, Ohio was a longtime public relations official for Abbott and a former reporter for the Aurora Beacon-News...
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August 2, 2025
Letters: How the city can make progress on curbing smoking on CTA trains
Issuing tickets is not the overall answer; the fines and enforcement are.
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August 2, 2025
Today in Chicago History: ‘Black Sox’ acquitted, but ultimately banned for life from baseball
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 2, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Chicago Tribune
August 2, 2025
Today in History: Black Sox players acquitted
On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted seven former members of the Chicago White Sox and two others of conspiring to defraud the pub...
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August 2, 2025
Ally Schlegel’s 2nd-half goal gives Chicago Stars a 1-1 tie with Gotham FC
Ally Schlegel scored in the 68th minute to give the Chicago Stars a 1-1 draw with Gotham FC on Friday night at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgevie...
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August 2, 2025
Asking Eric: Mother-in-law perceives herself as judge and jury
Dear Eric: We have a super bad case of favoritism in my husband’s family. He is the eldest and was passed over by his mother, giving every v...
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August 2, 2025
Chicago White Sox get their 41st win — matching last year’s total — by beating Los Angeles Angels 6-3
Andrew Benintendi, Lenyn Sosa, Colson Montgomery and Josh Rojas homered for the Chicago White Sox in a 6-3 victory against the Los Angeles A...
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August 2, 2025
Veronica Burton, the ex-Northwestern star, leads Golden State Valkyries past depleted Chicago Sky
Former Northwestern star Veronica Burton scored 18 points, Janelle Salaun had 16 and the Golden State Valkyries beat the short-handed Chicag...
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August 2, 2025
Chicago Sky game paused after sex toy thrown on the court — the second such offense in the WNBA this week
The Chicago Sky momentarily paused Friday’s game against the Golden State Valkyries at Wintrust Arena after a fan threw a green sex toy onto...
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August 2, 2025
Daily Horoscope for August 02, 2025
Competing cravings could create conflict today. When relational Venus in sensitive Cancer tangles with big-picture Pluto in compulsively log...
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August 1, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas
Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her cri...
Chicago Tribune
August 1, 2025
President Donald Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev
In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the high...
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August 1, 2025
Construction begins on first residential lots at controversial Crown development in Sugar Grove
The Grove, a 760-acre mixed-use development that was annexed into Sugar Grove last year, is starting construction.
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August 1, 2025
Indiana Gov. Braun greenlights state police, agencies to cooperate with ICE
Gov. Mike Braun announced Friday he has greenlit ICE to use state law enforcement agencies to assist with immigration enforcement.
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August 1, 2025
Potempa: ‘Top Chef’ Fabio Viviani welcomes guests at his new ‘Alto’ restaurant at Wind Creek Casino and Hotel
Crowning the top story of Wind Creek Chicago Southland is Alto, the newest restaurant opened and operated by Chef Fabio Viviani of finalist...
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August 1, 2025
Man allegedly screamed slurs at pair before stabbing woman: prosecutors
A Cook County judge on Friday ordered a Portage Park man held while awaiting trial on hate crime charges for allegedly stabbing a white woma...
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August 1, 2025
Chicago Cubs make quick work of Baltimore Orioles in a 1-0 win on a busy day at Wrigley Field
Chicago Cubs rookie Cade Horton hasn’t given up a run since July 9. The 23-year-old has allowed no runs on eight hits in 16 innings in his l...
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August 1, 2025
President Donald Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed i...
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August 1, 2025
Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who...
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August 1, 2025
Russian and US space chiefs meet to discuss continued cooperation
Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss plans for continued cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the Internati...
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August 1, 2025
CPS elementary school teacher accused of distributing child pornography
The 27-year-old elementary school teacher has a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon.
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August 1, 2025
Gary man charged with killing woman’s unborn child
A Gary man is facing multiple felonies after beating a woman so badly, she lost her pregnancy when she was four months along, an affidavit s...
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August 1, 2025
Lake County fair opens; staff expect 200,000 visitors
For 65 years, Germaine Marquess has attended the Lake County Fair and shown animals. This year is no exception. “We come here just to enjoy...
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August 1, 2025
Lake Co. Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for overpayment of benefits
Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez will have to gradually repay $157,785 to the county through a deduction from his bi-monthly paycheck for...
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August 1, 2025