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April 8, 2025
Federal funding cuts, state budget woes have Chicago recovery services scrambling to survive
A Humboldt Park home run by Chicago-based Gateway Foundation is caught between President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts and a tight sta...
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April 8, 2025
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 carving out and filling with water millions of y...
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April 8, 2025
Stanley Ikenberry, former U. of I. System president, dies at 90
Stanley O. Ikenberry, who led the University of Illinois system for 16 years as president, has died.
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April 8, 2025
‘She gave me permission to lead this way’: CTU President Stacy Davis Gates honors legacy of Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates reflects on the legacy of late union chief Karen Lewis at her posthumous memoir launch.
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April 8, 2025
Column: As circuses change, the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival keeps the magic alive
How long has it been since you have been to a circus? Over the last decades, what we once knew has changed.
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April 8, 2025
Today in History: Ryan White, teen whose battle with AIDS drew national attention, dies at 18
On April 8, 1990, Ryan White, the teenager whose battle with AIDS drew national attention and led to greater understanding and de-stigmatiza...
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April 8, 2025
Today in Chicago History: The last total solar eclipse Illinois will see for decades
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 8, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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April 8, 2025
Asking Eric: Daughter-in-law won’t make dinner
Dear Eric: There is a part of me that feels it is the wife’s duty to make dinner, just as it is the husband’s duty to mow the lawn and take...
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April 8, 2025
Photos: Chicago Cubs shut out the Texas Rangers 7-0 on a frigid night at Wrigley Field
The Chicago Cubs used aggressive base running, timely hits and a stellar outing from left-hander Justin Steele in a 7-0 win over the Texas R...
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April 8, 2025
Base running, timely hits and Justin Steele’s 7 shutout innings lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-0 win
Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Steele took advantage of the chilly conditions and went on the attack, relying heavily on his fastball.
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April 8, 2025
Florida wins its 3rd national title and denies Houston its 1st, rallying for 65-63 victory in NCAA Championship
Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-...
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April 8, 2025
Chicago Cubs’ Kyle Tucker — the National League Player of the Week — is not concerned with pending free agency
“I mean, everyone’s been putting together really good at-bats, and I just want to just continue that in my part,” said Chicago Cubs right fi...
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April 8, 2025
Review: ‘Boop! The Musical’ opens on Broadway as a retro song-and-dance celebration of the cartoon
Director Jerry Mitchell’s sing-and-smile-along musical opens in New York, vastly improved from its Chicago tryout and starring the talented...
Chicago Tribune
April 7, 2025
Supreme Court lifts order blocking deportations under 18th century wartime law
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century...
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April 7, 2025
Hearing begins on $2.8 billion NCAA settlement, with no indication the plan won’t go forward
Barring any changes, the landmark plan will take effect July 1 and clear the way for each school to share up to $20.5 million each with thei...
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April 7, 2025
CBS Sports entrant misses a perfect bracket in women’s NCAA Tournament by 1 game
One person came one first-round women’s NCAA Tournament game away from perfection in the CBS Sports Bracket Challenge.
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April 7, 2025
Man critically wounded in River North police shooting: authorities
Police shot and critically injured a man in River North Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Two officers were also taken to the hosp...
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April 7, 2025
Lake Bluff and Lake Forest election lacks drama but bring some new perspective
There wasn’t much drama in the latest Lake Bluff and Lake Forest elections, but many of the various boards will soon have some new perspecti...
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April 7, 2025
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop reco...
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April 7, 2025
Jay North, TV’s mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73
Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73.
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April 7, 2025
Mega Millions tickets rise to $5, but the lottery promises more giant jackpots
Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost — literally — with t...
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April 7, 2025
Tracking the Chicago Bears in NFL free agency: DT Chris Williams among 5 to re-sign as offseason practice begins
For the Chicago Bears, this free-agency window is a critical period for general manager Ryan Poles and coach Ben Johnson to upgrade the rost...
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April 7, 2025
New and familiar faces headed to Elmhurst City Council, District 205 School Board
Elmhurst voters chose a mix of familiar and new people to fill contested seats on both the City Council and the Elmhurst District 205 Board
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April 7, 2025
Indiana Senate unanimously passes multi-million dollar Gary repayment bill
An Indiana House Bill requiring the city of Gary to pay more than $12 million to East Chicago and Michigan City will move to Gov. Mike Braun...
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April 7, 2025
Vendor responses cool to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request they volunteer to accept less
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration hoped to trim almost $9 million from the 2025 budget, but has so far netted just $450,000.
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April 7, 2025
Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly depor...
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April 7, 2025
Lawsuit settled in March 2019 air crash that killed Matteson Army captain
The widow of Army Capt. Antoine Lewis from Matteson settles a lawsuit stemming from his death in a Boeing plane crash in March 2019
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April 7, 2025
Andrew Boutros sworn in as Chicago’s US attorney
Veteran Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor Andrew Boutros was sworn in Monday as the 42nd U.S. attorney for the Northern District...
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April 7, 2025
World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers visit Donald Trump at the White House
President Donald Trump welcomed Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Monday to co...
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April 7, 2025
Column: After Wrigley Field’s goose flew the coop, the search is on for a new Chicago Cubs’ rally animal
The Chicago Cubs had a rally goose nesting in the Wrigley Field bleachers, but the team said it flew the coop. Will the team get a new rally...
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April 7, 2025
Ulta Beauty pauses expansion of Target locations
The collaboration has allowed Target to beef up its beauty offerings while also increasing Ulta’s exposure to more customers.
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April 7, 2025
One combined Final Four? Talks of a joint NCAA Tournament showcase for the men and women resurface.
The conversation around a joint men’s and women’s Final Four has resurfaced. Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman sees a world where both prem...
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April 7, 2025
Aldermen confirm Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ally to the City Council
Aldermen approved Cook County Commissioner Anthony Quezada as alderman of the 35th Ward Carlos Ramirez-Rosa resigned last month to lead the...
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April 7, 2025
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet on tariffs, the war in Gaza and more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, becoming the first foreign leader t...
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April 7, 2025
Review: In ‘The Book of Grace’ at Steppenwolf, a Texas family hurtles toward a reckoning
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has forged a play about the toll that doing a job like intercepting migrants inevitably takes on a man and his f...
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April 7, 2025
Accused ‘serial predator’ charged in 5 sex assaults on Northwest Side
Local law enforcement leaders on Monday announced a slew of criminal charges filed against a man accused of sexually assaulting five women o...
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April 7, 2025
Thousands rally in Gurnee against Trump, Musk and more; ‘I just don’t know where the economy is going’
Dunsing, Weber and Scott-Casey were among more than 3,000 demonstrators protesting on two blocks of Grand Avenue and another stretch of Hunt...
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April 7, 2025
Stocks are making wild swings as markets try to assess the potential damage from President Donald Trump’s trade war
Stocks are sharply swinging down, up, then down again on Wall Street as markets try to assess the potential damage from President Donald Tru...
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April 7, 2025
Man charged with first-degree murder in connection with Oak Park shooting
A man was charged with first-degree murder on Saturday in connection with a shooting that took place in Oak Park on Friday.
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April 7, 2025
$2.5M Lakeview home listed by former Cubs player Kyle Hendricks goes under contract
The home went under contract Sunday, just three days after it was listed.
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April 7, 2025
Girl, woman injured in fire on Chicago’s South Side
Two people, a 5-year-old girl and an adult woman, were injured in a residential fire in Woodlawn Monday morning, according to the Chicago Po...
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April 7, 2025
Northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive shut down following fatal accident
All northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Road are shut down following a fatal accident Monday morning.
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April 7, 2025
As markets implode, US trading partners puzzle over whether there’s room for negotiations
The impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s blast of tariff hikes was reverberating across world markets Monday as America’s trading partner...
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April 7, 2025
Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll exceeds 3,500
Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplant...
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April 7, 2025
President Donald Trump digs in his heels as global markets keep dropping over tariffs
President Donald Trump remained defiant on Monday as global markets continued plunging and fears of a recession grew after his tariff announ...
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April 7, 2025
With no Paige Bueckers or JuJu Watkins, who will be the next face of women’s college basketball?
There may be no clear candidate to become the face of women’s college basketball, though there’s no shortage of talented players.
Chicago Tribune
April 7, 2025
Geese make nest next to Wrigley Field’s bleachers: ‘They wanted the best view of the game. They’re diehard fans’
The iconic Wrigley Field bleachers welcomed an unusual guest during the Chicago Cubs’ series against the San Diego Padres this weekend.
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April 7, 2025
Houston, Florida play for title and put a different spin on the underdog role to wrap the NCAA Tournament
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson’s squad of defenders and deniers face Florida for the national title Monday night.
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April 7, 2025
Column: Next weekend, a confluence of dance events you definitely should see
Along with rare visits by Parsons Dance and Twyla Tharp’s dance company, there’s this year’s collaboration between the Joffrey and the Chica...
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April 7, 2025