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Park Ridge residents express anger over child of color being pinned to pavement; police chief asks for witnesses
Park Ridge residents packed a city council meeting Tuesday to express anger over an incident in which a man identified…
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‘Love will prevail’ and ‘Highwood strong,’ say supportive neighbors during vigil for Highland Park rampage victims
What’s usually an upbeat Wednesday Evening Market in Highwood was converted into a candlelight vigil as the city showed its…
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Grab the jaw-dropping Matrix Awakens tech demo before it’s delisted this week
If you’ve wanted to experience the impressive visuals in The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience and haven’t downloaded…
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They helped people during the Highland Park shooting. But they don’t want praise: ‘I did what anyone else would have done’
When Lindsay Meltzer ushered approximately 100 people into the basement of Bright Bowls — the business she has operated on…
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Office workers now dash about city on their own e-scooters as use spreads to private developments
Getting around downtown used to mean jumping in a car, fighting traffic, trying to squeeze into scarce parking spaces or…
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Rivian’s R1S Is a Slightly More Practical Electric Adventure-Mobile
The Takeaway: With many of the same strengths as the company’s R1T electric pickup (think ease of driving, abundance of…
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A rumored extreme sports Apple Watch could have larger screen, “strong metal” case
Apple is working on a version of the Apple Watch meant for “extreme sports athletes,” which will feature a bigger…
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Family member of Gary Mayor Jerome Prince among shooting victims at holiday block party
A family member of Mayor Jerome Prince died early Tuesday in a mass shooting at a holiday block party. A…
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Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members
Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal…
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The Best Pool Thermometers for a More Comfortable Dip Every Time
Popular Mechanics; Courtesy Swimline Pool maintenance is a year-round task; whether you’re trying to close your pool ahead of the…
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Sorry, so LimeWire is now a dumping ground for celebrity NFTs?
I have fond memories of hanging out at my childhood friend’s house and watching as she downloaded thousands of pirated…
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Chicago Bulls call for action after Highland Park shooting: ‘Our connection with the community is personal’
The Chicago Bulls offered support to victims of the Highland Park shooting and called for change after a gunman killed…
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The family of Eduardo Uvaldo, the seventh victim in the Highland Park shooting, ‘prayed for a miracle’
The family of Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, prayed for a miracle after the grandfather was shot while attending the Highland Park…
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Four Illinois hospitals named to new best hospitals list
Four Illinois hospitals have been named to a new list of the best hospitals in the country, published by the…
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Federal Reserve says sharply higher rates may be needed to quell inflation
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled…
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Highland Park shooting victims include both parents of toddler found wandering alone after gunfire. ‘Are Mommy and Daddy coming soon?’ boy asked grandfather.
Toddler Aiden McCarthy was found wandering alone in the chaotic aftermath of Monday’s mass shooting in Highland Park as strangers…
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More than 300 have sought counseling offered by Highland Park area school districts after parade mass shooting
In the wake of the July 4 mass shooting which claimed the lives of seven people in Highland Park, Township…
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An Easy Workbench Anyone Can Build
Trevor Raab POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics.…
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Russian Military Throws Up Hands, Abandons Snake Island
Russia has withdrawn from Snake Island, a strategically important island in the Black Sea. Moscow says it’s leaving “as a…
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The inside story at Meta as it moves beyond Facebook
The new season of Vox Media Podcast Network’s award-winning narrative podcast Land of the Giants is debuting next week, on…
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Games Done Quick bans Metal Gear speedrunner for faking world record
The joy of Summer Games Done Quick raising $3.01 million for Doctors Without Borders has been marred with a bit…
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Daywatch: Highland Park shooting victims mourned as Vice President Harris calls for assault weapons ban
Good morning, Chicago. The parents of a toddler. A father of eight and grandfather to many. A synagogue employee known…
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Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to rule on immunity in sex trafficking case
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is set to decide Wednesday whether a sex trafficking victim accused of homicide can argue at trial…
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Build This Customizable A-Frame Toolbox
Trevor Raab POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics.…
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Walmart makes InHome direct-to-fridge deliveries an optional perk of Walmart Plus
Walmart is making its InHome delivery service available to Walmart Plus subscribers for an extra $7 per month or $40…
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The Division mobile game gets a name and a trailer
Ubisoft has officially announced The Division Resurgence, a free-to-play mobile game that it hinted was in the works last year.…
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How L-Acoustics brings the sweet sound of spatial audio to the masses
For most of our lives, stereo has been the primary way of rendering the music we consume. Immersive audio systems…
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Ravinia Festival cancels concerts through Sunday in response to the mass shooting in Highland Park
The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park announced Wednesday it would cancel shows through Sunday in response to the mass shooting…
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The Duffer Brothers are making yet another live-action Death Note adaptation for Netflix
Though Netflix already made a go at adapting writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata’s Death Note back in 2017,…
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Senators call on FTC Chair Khan to investigate TikTok’s data security practices
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is facing new pressure from top Senate Intelligence leaders to investigate TikTok after new…
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Gen Z’s hunger for 2010s nostalgia is giving Tumblr a new lease of life
When tech billionaire Elon Musk made a deal to acquire Twitter in April 2022, many Twitter users threatened to shut…
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Electric appliances, which cause fewer greenhouse gas emissions, would get a boost under proposed Chicago ordinance
Electric appliances, which emit less planet-warming carbon dioxide than those powered by natural gas, would get a boost under an…
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Still a Sellers’ Market, Even as New Vehicle Sales Fall in the First Half of ‘22
General Motors returned to top of the sales list for the first half of 2022 after slipping behind Toyota for…
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Former CPS principal pleads guilty in overtime-fraud case at Buena Park neighborhood school, federal officials say
A former Brennan Elementary School principal pleaded guilty Thursday to her alleged role in an overtime kickback scheme at the…
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One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘bootleg houses’ in Oak Park sells for $920,000
An Oak Park house that was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and was one of Wright’s “bootleg houses” —…
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The 9 Best Kayaks for Fishing and Floating
Not much beats a day on the water in the heat of summer. In a kayak, you get an up-close…
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Orland Park trustee remains in hospital following collision that killed her parents
An Orland Park trustee remained hospitalized Tuesday following a June 21 three-vehicle crash in Homer Glen in which her parents…
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Primary sets the stage for showdown in Illinois legislature in first election since 1970 where Michael Madigan isn’t on the ballot
With the longest-serving state House speaker in American history not on the ballot for the first time in over half…
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Private investigator testifies he was punched more than 100 times after Antioch-area father and son confronted him
A private investigator testified Tuesday that he was punched more than 100 times after an Antioch-area man and his father…
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Tesla reportedly doesn’t have enough desks after Musk threatens to fire remote employees
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk commanded remote employees to return to work or else lose their jobs, the company was…
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Crown Point man gets 35 years in fatal Hobart stabbing
A Crown Point man was sentenced to 35 years Friday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend’s daughter’s boyfriend. Mark Jaramillo, 47,…
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Man gets 180 years in ‘98 Hammond triple murder
A Whiting man was sentenced to 180 years Friday in connection with a 1998 Hammond triple murder. James Higgason III,…
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Samsung M8 Smart Monitor review: the good enough of both worlds
The Samsung M8 Smart Monitor is one of those products that dazzle you with its abundance of features to overshadow…
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Chicago history timeline: Revisiting 175 years of breaking news from the pages of the Chicago Tribune
Since its first edition was published on June 10, 1847, the Chicago Tribune has covered every milestone in the city’s…
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Pro-choice rallies continue in Chicago a day after Roe v. Wade is overturned
One day after the historic ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court removed the national protection for abortion, hundreds of pro-choice…
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Google’s Pixel 5 was the last of its kind
From time to time, I’ll grab a random device out of the Verge reviews closet and spend a week or…
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Starlink RV review: the dawn of space internet to go
The problem with going off-grid is the lack of connection. The urge to get away from it all without losing…
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11 Weird Robots That Make Us Laugh, Cringe, and Say ‘Whoa’
Boston Dynamics These days, robots seem to be designed to take over all kinds of human activities. They can carry…
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Dixmoor police commander convicted in assault on grandmother
A Cook County jury this week convicted a then-Dixmoor police commander of aggravated battery and official misconduct for dragging a…
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18-year-old fatally shot in robbery, carjacking at local BP gas station was recent Oak Park-River Forest High School grad, remembered as ‘powerful, brilliant young woman’
Less than an month after commencement was held at Oak Park and River Forest High School in west suburban Oak…
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