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Commentary: College rankings don’t matter. Whether a school is a good fit does

The news that Columbia University filed fraudulent data to rise in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings has again raised the question of what these rankings mean. Does anyone imagine that as Columbia “plunged” from No. 2 to No. 18 (as its ranking was reassessed by U.S. News…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Books for fall 2022: Our 65 titles for the season, histories, thrillers and horror, fiction and non. Get reading.

CHICAGO — You know how we don’t notice the leaves on the trees until September arrives, nature flips its switch and emeralds become purples, reds and golds? That’s not the worst metaphor for the new fall book season — the big season for publishers (eyeing awards and holiday sales), and…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Amid mounting pushback, Illinois drag queens push forward

For the last four years on the third Sunday of every month, drag queen Ginger Forest heads to Jerry’s Sandwiches in Lincoln Square just in time for brunch. She’s there to put on a show.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

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Commentary: Is there still hope for a new Iran nuclear deal?

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when the United States and its European allies were seemingly a stone’s throw away from clinching a nuclear agreement with Iran after 16 months of arduous talks.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Monarch butterflies tagged with stickers in Chicago garden as they migrate south

CHICAGO -- Near the driving range in Chicago's Lakeview area, a faint but sweet smell floats in the air. One can follow it to a collection of beds where flowers sprout, surrounding a community garden in which vegetables and herbs grow.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Commentary: Why is ‘quiet quitting’ a thing for everyone, including Serena Williams? Quit out loud

There’s not much Serena Williams can’t do. Win tennis matches? Raise a family? Run a thriving venture capital firm? Be an international symbol of grace and strength and resilience? Easy-peasy.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Editorial: Infamy taints Guantanamo’s 20-year history. It’s past time to shut it down

Just two days after taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the shutdown of Guantanamo. The detention compound at the U.S. naval base on the southern coast of Cuba was built to hold militants captured in the course of the post-9/11 war on terror. But by the time of…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

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White Sox fall 5 games back in the AL Central after losing 10-7 in 11 innings to the Guardians

The Guaranteed Rate Field crowd knew the magnitude of the moment as José Abreu faced Emmanuel Clase with the tying run on second in the 10th inning Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Paul Sullivan: The longer the Chicago White Sox stay in contention, the more it looks like Tony La Russa won’t return to the dugout

Tony La Russa won’t be back for the three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians, the biggest games of the season for the Chicago White Sox.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

At least 8 injured in explosion at Chicago apartment building, officials say

CHICAGO — At least eight people were injured when a four-story building partially collapsed due to an explosion on the city’s West Side Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Chicago agency releases video of police shooting that resulted felony charges for 2 officers

CHICAGO — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video Tuesday showing two Chicago police officers in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle shoot a 23-year-old man in Pilsen, resulting in both officers being hit with felony charges and taken off the force.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Tween jewelry retailer Claire’s expands to more Walmart stores

Tween jewelry retailer Claire’s announced it had expanded its partnership with Walmart Tuesday, nearly doubling the number of stores its jewelry and accessories are available in nationwide.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Chris Redd is the latest ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member to depart ahead of Season 48

After five seasons as a cast member on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Chris Redd has announced he won’t be returning when the show premieres new episodes on Oct. 1.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Editorial: CNN is hewing toward the center? That’s good for our democracy.

Under its new head Chris Licht, the original cable news network is making strides toward reasserting itself as a neutral news source.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

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Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Commentary: My experience with PCOS taught me that reproductive health is about more than having babies

Over a decade ago, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, better known as PCOS, a metabolic, hormonal and genetic disorder that affects 1 in 10 people with ovaries. It took nearly that long to reach the diagnosis. As a syndrome, PCOS is not discovered by a single test. In…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Lurie Children’s Hospital takes action after its gender development program is targeted on Twitter

Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has increased security and moved a transgender youth support group from in-person meetings to virtual ones after it became the latest children’s hospital to face criticism online over its gender development program.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Jury says Sterigenics should pay $363 million to Illinois woman for exposing her to cancer-causing ethylene oxide

Sterigenics, its parent company and a corporate predecessor should pay $363 million in damages for exposing a Willowbrook, Illinois, woman and thousands of others to cancer-causing ethylene oxide pollution, a Cook County jury decided Monday.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

‘Good Night, Oscar’ with Sean Hayes is headed to Broadway

CHICAGO — The smash hit Goodman Theatre production of “Good Night, Oscar” is headed to Broadway in the spring with most of its original Chicago cast — including its acclaimed star, Sean Hayes, likely to be a formidable contender in the upcoming awards season.

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Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Data centers booming in Illinois with addition of $2.5 billion site planned for former United Airlines headquarters

Construction has begun at the site of the former United Airlines headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois, with recent demolition at the property clearing the way for the creation of a $2.5 billion data center campus expected to launch in 2024.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Meet the Chicagoland family making Colts Chocolates a household name

CHICAGO — Next time you wander through the specialty food aisle in Whole Foods, you may want to look for the Colts name for a product with local ties.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Garrett Popcorn brown ale: Here’s how the popcorn-packed Revolution Brewing collab tastes.

CHICAGO — Revolution Brewing and Garrett Popcorn have been neighbors under the same roof for nine years, and that has led to the inevitable: a Revolution beer made with Garrett popcorn.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Commentary: What’s at fault for lower life expectancy? Health care has less influence than individual choices.

Progressives like to point out that Americans pay more for health care yet have poorer outcomes than people in countries of similar wealth.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Commentary: Reflecting on the missed opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic

With 2 ½ years of COVID-19 experience behind us, we can now identify the missed opportunities the medical and public health communities had to control the pandemic. There are three well-established areas where the virus caught the world unprepared: asymptomatic viral transmission from the infected to the uninfected; airborne spread…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

What are meteorologists thinking? They can tell us about the weather, but also worry about the climate emergency

CHICAGO -- Jim Anderson winced as he said opportunity. He paused on the word for a moment as about 20 weather-industry professionals sat in folding chairs before him. Anderson didn’t want to sound mercenary or, worse, cheerful. But climate change, he repeated, is an opportunity for them, albeit one they…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Chicago Bears lose 27-10 to the Green Bay Packers — their 7th straight defeat in the rivalry

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The slow-motion replay aired again and again on the video board and TVs around Lambeau Field.

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