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![Pitchfork Music Festival opened in Union Park Friday with the kind of July weekend NASCAR can only dream about. Pitchfork Music Festival opened in Union Park Friday with the kind of July weekend NASCAR can only dream about.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CTC-L-ENT-PITCHFORK-OPENS-2024-25_200264276.jpg?w=519)
Pitchfork Music Festival opened in Union Park Friday with the kind of July weekend NASCAR can only dream about.
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![On the last night of the RNC in Milwaukee, Donald Trump is sold as a savior for working people. On the last night of the RNC in Milwaukee, Donald Trump is sold as a savior for working people.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CTC-L-RNC-0718-34_200229502.jpg?w=540)
Editorial: On the RNC floor in Milwaukee, Donald Trump is the protector and Appalachia is in ascendancy
On the last night of the RNC in Milwaukee, Donald Trump is sold as a...
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![As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain. As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/10/25/XD3VXU2S4UNGSCKMRYDCPSEBTU.jpg?w=535)
8.5 million computers running Windows affected by faulty update from CrowdStrike
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.
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![EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play. EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TNS-SPORTS-FBC-VOREL-COLUMN-MCT.jpg?w=620)
EA Sports College Football 25 — among the most anticipated sports video games in history — hits the market
EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play.
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![“You can see they leveled up,” Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said of his players, using his new catchphrase. “You can see they leveled up,” Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said of his players, using his new catchphrase.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CTC-BEARS-CAMP-0720_aaf86b.jpg?w=525)
Chicago Bears training camp report: The Caleb Williams-Keenan Allen connection begins, plus no Soldier Field Family Fest on tap
“You can see they leveled up,” Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said of his players, using his new catchphrase.
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![President Joe Biden speaks at a 2024 Prosperity Summit Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP/Ronda Churchill) President Joe Biden speaks at a 2024 Prosperity Summit Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP/Ronda Churchill)](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Election_2024_Biden_37465_49126d.jpg?w=515)
Beyond Biden, Democrats are split over who would be next — Vice President Harris or launch a ‘mini primary’
Installing Vice President Harris to the top of the ticket is not at all certain.
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Four teens shot in separate South Side shootings, police say
Two teenage boys were shot Saturday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to Chicago...
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David McGrath: Suburban church’s checkered past a cautionary tale for parents
The era was a perfect storm , when the highly regarded Dr. Benjamin Spock condoned...
Immigration
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Key takeaways from the Republican Convention’s message on immigration
Former President Donald Trump and Republicans are in lock step on the issue of immigration....
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‘I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner’: How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children’s mother and why police do nothing
An analysis of data from nearly two dozen Illinois police departments found police rarely arrest...
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Vintage games bring back 1858 baseball: ‘I love the nostalgia and I love baseball’
The Blue Island Brewmasters and the Lemont Quarrymen are among vintage baseball teams playing under...
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![On July 21, 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.) On July 21, 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2016/03/04/F44KCGBBWBAQZLU4EL4ZQMXHQQ.jpg?w=535)
Today in History: Monkey Trial ends with John T. Scopes found guilty
On July 21, 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T....
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![In 1976, Hank Aaron hits his 755th and last home run. In 1976, Hank Aaron hits his 755th and last home run.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP761004049.jpg?w=416)
Today in Sports History: Hank Aaron hits his last home run
In 1976, Hank Aaron hits his 755th and last home run.
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We sampled several local canned coffee offerings. Here’s our favorite.
The Tribune Dining Team wanted to see how local canned coffee offerings stacked up against...
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![Dear Readers: On my last day communicating with you in this way, I feel compelled to try to sum up my experience by offering some lasting wisdom, but I’ve got no fresh insight. Everything I know has been distilled from wisdom gathered elsewhere. Dear Readers: On my last day communicating with you in this way, I feel compelled to try to sum up my experience by offering some lasting wisdom, but I’ve got no fresh insight. Everything I know has been distilled from wisdom gathered elsewhere.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/06/01/EX44B5V2DBDH5DN3RZVOLMQJZM.jpg?w=535)
Ask Amy: Exiting with some well-worn wisdom
Dear Readers: On my last day communicating with you in this way, I feel compelled...
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