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• IKEA to close its Bolingbrook store for new, smaller location in Naperville

• Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

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Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear

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• Lawyers for Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent call for criminal charges

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• President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown divides rural voters as midterms approach, AP-KFF poll finds

Aurora’s Marmion Academy tackles a new year, its first as a co-ed school

After almost a century in Aurora, this school year is Marmion’s first educating girls.

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• Former Evanston D65 Superintendent Devon Horton changes plea to guilty in federal kickback case

Merrillville man charged in 2018 Gary homicide

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• Court records: Wife turns Portage husband into police for alleged child porn

Cook County removed 100,000 cubic yards of debris, pledges another $8 million toward effort

Cook County announced a $8 million investment in disaster relief for municipalities affected by Aug....

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• Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage

• Dixmoor hopes meter replacement effort will help solve village’s water woes

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Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...

• Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

• Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap

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Today in Chicago History: Catherine O’Leary — and cow — exonerated by City Council 126 years after the Great Chicago Fire

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• Today in History: Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted for Laquan McDonald’s murder

Longtime Gary Councilwoman Mary Brown remembered as a ‘beacon in the community’

Councilwoman Mary Brown, D-3rd, was remembered by colleagues and friends as an advocate for her...

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• Portage mayor changes mind on park after listening to residents

• Park Ridge leaders debate best path for public benefits

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