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FILE - In this July 15, 2017 file photo the Marco Polo building is shown after a fire the day before gutted several of the top floors of the residential high-rise in Honolulu. Across the United States, there is a mixed bag of laws on whether older high-rise apartment buildings must install fire sprinklers that weren't required when the towers were first built. Many cities _ including New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco _ still have high-rises without the safety measure. Cost is often cited, but after the deadly blaze in Honolulu, many question if the economics outweigh the potential for tragedy. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

Some urge sprinkler mandates across US after Honolulu fire

By CALEB JONES and CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

Kansas City Royals designated hitter Brandon Moss hits a game-winning single in the ninth inning of his team's baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, July 23, 2017. The Royals defeated the White Sox 5-4. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Royals beat White Sox 5-4, extending Chicago’s skid to 9

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Depth on D Blackhawks biggest obstacle to new Cup quest

By MATT CARLSON - Associated Press

Ryan Copple of Los Angeles sits in the shade as he struggles to play Pokemon Go at the Pokemon Go Fest Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Grant Park in Chicago. Many festival attendees had trouble getting the augmented-reality cellphone game to work. By the afternoon, Mike Quigley, chief marketing officer of the game's developer, Niantic, announced all ticket holders would receive refunds and be issued $100 in credits for use in the app. Copple came to Chicago from Los Angeles just for the event. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Correction: Chicago-Pokemon Go story

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Judge: Harvey wrongly diverted water cash owed to Chicago

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Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Sharp speaks during a news conference at the NHL hockey team's convention, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)

Blackhawks looking to old, new faces in quest for Cup

By MATT CARLSON - Associated Press

The Latest: Senate presidents seeks school meeting with gov

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Attorney appointed to serve as next deputy mayor of Chicago

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The Latest: Sister: ‘Victim No. 24 is our brother’

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FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Cook County Sheriff Sheriff Tom Dart plans to provide an update on a years long effort to identify unnamed victims of Gacy Wednesday, July 19, 2017 in Chicago. Dart will discuss the investigation that he launched in 2011. His office exhumed the skeletal remains of eight of at least 33 young men Gacy stabbed or strangled in the 1970s. (AP Photo/File)

16-year-old from Minnesota ID’d as victim of John Wayne Gacy

By DON BABWIN and JEFF BAENEN - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs' Willson Contreras (40) celebrates with third base coach Gary Jones as he rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the third inning of the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Contreras, Lackey power Cubs past Braves, 5-1

By GEORGE HENRY - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Lake County Sheriff Department shows ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The Lake County Sheriffs' Office said Wednesday, July 19, 2017, that Hastert was fitted with a electronic monitoring device. The device was attached Monday shortly after Hastert was released from a federal prison in Minnesota, as he nears the end of a 15-month sentence in a hush money case. (Lake County Sheriff Department via AP)

Hastert fitted with electronic monitor; photo released

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Wisconsin assistant Howard Moore says uncle shot and killed

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Chicago White Sox's Alen Hanson makes his way past the grounds crew as a heavy storm causes a rain delay during the eighth inning of a baseball game between the White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Dodgers win 11th straight, spoil Moncada’s White Sox debut

By MATT SCHOCH - Associated Press

Chicago White Sox's Yoan Moncada (10) smiles at first base coach Daryl Boston after drawing a walk from Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda, lef rear, during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Moncada arrives with White Sox with Cuban mentor in Abreu

By MATT SCHOCH - Associated Press

Chicago-to-Mackinac race wraps up after difficult weather

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Altidore, Valeri among 13 players added to MLS All-Star team

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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester works during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Monday, July 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Jon Lester dominant as Cubs hold off Braves 4-3

By CHARLES ODUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. Federal Bureau of Prisons records on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, show that Hastert, who is nearing the end of a 15-month sentence in a hush money case, has been released from a Minnesota federal prison and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility. Records list his release date as Aug. 16. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Hastert faces sex-offender treatment with prison release

By CARYN ROUSSEAU and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Child among 10 weekend homicide victims in Chicago

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