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- Lo que se usa en Chicago cuando la temperatura desciende
- Craving: Deals — our monthlong search for Chicago’s best dining and drinking values
- What do Chicagoans wear when the temperature dips below zero? Everything.
- Ask Amy: Demisexual wonders how to leave the friend zone
- Arctic, Antarctic vets offer warm advice for surviving the polar vortex
- Ald. Viagra, Boss Madigan and the feds
- Maybe no one has told you this lately: Good job, parents. I mean it.
- Chicago police investigating report of assault on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett
- Catholic school teacher charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy
- Cruise control: Carnival ship goes faster than your ride?
- Free Baconator double cheeseburger at Wendy’s
- Rookie Roquan Smith’s speed and production gave the Bears defense just what it needed
- Am I a bad person if I like ‘Green Book’?
- Shout Out: Ellie Witowski, La Grange Park 15-year-old enjoys her first job
- 3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 122-117 loss to the Nets, including Lauri Markkanen’s big rebound
- Roomba-maker kept getting asked, ‘So, when are you going to mow my lawn?’ Meet its new robot.
- Carnival reveals itineraries for Port Canaveral-bound cruise ship Mardi Gras
- Wade Phillips wears his dad’s coat, quotes Drake and knows how to stop Tom Brady
- How to survive Chicago’s brutal cold snap
- Chicago’s frigid weather a punchline on late-night TV
- Bears Q&A: Could Cody Parkey be a post-June 1 cut? Would Ryan Pace trade into the 1st round of the draft?
- Chicago politics is ‘crooked and dangerous’ on ‘Suits’ spinoff ‘Pearson’
- Hit the hills: 6 skiing and snowboarding spots near Chicago
- 12 memorable weather-related events in Chicago sports: From 72 fans at a Bulls’ blizzard game to the Bears moving indoors to host a playoff game
- Neymar ruled out for about 10 weeks, will miss Man United games
- Prickly City- insults
- Former Chicago Fire defender Polster joins Rangers
- Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys
- An allergy to the cold weather is a real thing — and it can be deadly
- German striker Wagner leaves Bayern for Chinese side Tianjin
- Snow days off now for Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire schools means make-up days and longer academic year: School officials
- CSO tour: What Asia can teach the West about love for classical music
- Plumbers give tips for avoiding burst pipes in frigid weather
- Shout Out: Mina Zikri, the new music director of the Northbrook Symphony
- The last 6 months have brought Blackhawks prospect Nicolas Beaudin a lot of good fortune — with 1 exception
- Organización Trump verificará estatus legal de trabajadores
- Parts of Siberia, Mars and the South Pole all will be warmer than Chicago this week
- 8 productive ways to spend the polar vortex inside
- Watching ‘Leaving Neverland’ after a lifetime of loving Michael Jackson
- Neil Young’s long, tech-focused battle to create his own subscription service
- Snowflakes: Kentucky governor says America is ‘getting soft’ for closing schools during bitter cold
- At the Super Bowl, NFL’s officiating mess is still the talk of the town
- Timeline of Ken Griffin’s real estate purchases: From Chicago to a record-breaking $240 million penthouse on Central Park
- Column: Beware of Dirty John
- Kate del Castillo vuelve a ‘La reina del sur’: ‘Es una mujer invencible’
- As U.S. freezes, it’s so hot in Australia that snakes are taking refuge in people’s toilets
- At some suburban schools, days off for cold weather are replaced by ‘remote learning’
- Is Emily King irresistible, as she has been called? Well, a lot of people are hooked
- Cold weather across the United States
- The 10 most important statistics to know before Sunday’s Super Bowl
- Crown Point man pleads guilty in 2003 homicide from gang-related drug debt
- Cancelan muestra de Alejandro Jodorowsky por supuesta violencia sexual
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- Woodland District 50 school board picks Renea Amen, former member, to fill vacancy
- North Carolina State students charged with stealing pieces of basketball court
- Can your dog handle the extreme cold? Just remember: ‘If you’re cold, they’re cold’
- 4 myths about salt
- Dietary fiber for overall health (Infographic)
- In 2019, make sure your child is in the right car seat or seat belt (Infographic)
- DuPage Symphony offers music ‘From the Heart of Europe’ in latest concert
- Kate del Castillo está ‘feliz’ de no testificar en el juicio de ‘El Chapo’
- Restaurant Michael closing in March; Jean Banchet winner George Trois going on hiatus
- Doors open but things a slow-go at many north suburban businesses on frigid Wednesday
- When it comes to architecture, cold is the great equalizer
- Working from home with your partner during Chicago’s deep freeze? 5 ways to make it work
- Chicago’s record for coldest temperature ever could fall as polar vortex has city ‘in the crosshairs’
- Chicago Style cocktail conference announces return for second year
- What’s open on the North Shore? Some stores and restaurants are braving the arctic freeze
- The Roger Stone clown show is the Trump presidency in microcosm
- Bill Belichick makes Tom Brady study punt coverages. It helps explain Patriots’ reign.
- New election equipment OK’d in Porter County
- Elgin-area businesses close due to extreme cold
- EPA sets new hearing on West Calumet cleanup
- Tyson recalls 18 tons of chicken nuggets that may contain rubber
- Selle: Weather forecasters, including those with Lake County roots, provide a bit of warmth in big chill
- Wisconsin is finally facing the reality of Foxconn’s plans
- Share some food and fun at Tap House Grill
- Some businesses stay open in deep freeze, Oak Brook schools experiment with remote learning
- Escape to a Mediterranean oasis at Aba for Restaurant Week
- During Chicago’s wicked cold spell, be grateful for ‘essential’ workers
- La ola de frío polar deja sensación térmica de -58?F
- Maduro pide unidad a los militares y Guaidó los llama a rebelarse
- Weather forces Laurel Park to cancel live racing Thursday
- Despite extreme cold, west suburban customers can still get groceries, coffee or hot dogs
- Behind-the-scenes look at how schools decide to close for severe weather: Safety, state laws and snow-day assignments
- Plan your Valentine’s Day fun in Aurora, Elgin, Naperville areas
- Illinois running backs coach Thad Ward — who coined ‘Littyville’ — is leaving for Temple, report says
- How Metra switches jam due to snow, ice
- La Liga’s Tebas: ‘What is important for us is the international market’
- Police use Narcan in suspected opioid overdose at Northbrook restaurant
- Why can’t I cancel my reservation at the Madison LES Hotel?
- As Comcast opens its Wi-Fi hot spots to the public, some outages are reported
- Chain stores, medical centers stay open in north and northwest suburbs during bitter freeze
- Something is rotten about baseball free agency
- Chicago alderman, landlord in legal dispute over $96K in unpaid ward office rent
- Mascota ‘congelándose’, agua cristalizada, bebidas gratis, así las redes sociales ante temperaturas bajo cero en Chicago
- ‘People do go outside’: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge library among those open despite extreme cold
- 6 takeaways from the new trailer for Derrick Rose’s documentary ‘Pooh’: ‘I want it to be real’
- Nuevo libro culpa a EEUU por flujo de drogas desde México
- When it comes to breathing during exercise, you’re probably doing it wrong
- Milo Ventimiglia, Bryce Dallas Howard honored by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding
- Pictures: Record cold reminds us why we live in Florida
- The EU said it wasn’t offering anything new on Brexit. Britain asked again. Europe said ‘no’ one more time.
- Cemetery workers bundle up to complete burials in extreme cold
- Police: Man and 16-year-old boy dead after Back of the Yards fire
- ‘I was a Popsicle’: Lake County first responders work through arctic cold that has many in hibernation
- Apple supplier Foxconn reconsidering its Wisconsin plans: Much-touted $10 billion plant might be R&D site instead
- Wednesday performances of ‘Hamilton’ are canceled, Thursday still on
- Aurora firefighters battle blaze in subzero temps; ‘extreme weather’ a challenge for first responders, official says
- McDonald’s logs strong growth globally, despite fewer U.S. customers
- Northern Illinois’ Lacey James
- Peter Jackson prepara documental de The Beatles
- Speak Out: Safety workers, Chicago aldermen
- The dangerous allure of ‘Medicare for all’
- XOchimilco brings a taste of Mexico City to Ravenswood, plus other restaurant news
- Tallian pitches paid leave program
- What are those loud booms and cracks? Ice quakes, just another winter oddity
- Chicagoans hibernate for a day, together
- Super Bowl 2019: Cancela Maroon 5 conferencia de prensa
- There’s cold. And then there’s Leo DiCaprio in ‘The Revenant’ cold.
- Jackie Robinson fought for a racially inclusive GOP
- Dance company finds inspiration at Pleasant Home in Oak Park
- Coppa Italia Recap: Atalanta upset champs Juventus, Fiorentina thrash Roma
- 2 injured in fire at metal factory
- Three best knife sharpeners
- Boeing notches more than $100 billion in revenue as aircraft demand soars
- Muere un hombre y un joven de 16 años en un incendio en Back of the Yards
- Murió Fernando Gaitán, creador de ‘Betty la fea’
- North suburban park fieldhouses, commuter train stations among the warming centers open during deep freeze
- In Milwaukee, a staging of Ayad Akhtar’s edgy, powerful ‘Junk’ for the rest of us
- Fermilab encourages future scientists with annual open house
- Peter Jackson to spearhead new Beatles in-studio film drawn from ‘Let It Be’ footage
- Acusan de abuso sexual a maestra de escuela católica en Pilsen
- Super Bowl 2019: Las celebridades abundarán en los anuncios
- For Fox Valley residents commuting in extreme cold, it feels like the ‘South Pole’
- Fed keeps key rate unchanged and pledges to be ‘patient’
- Best Valentine’s Day Gifts if you’ve been dating less than a year
- Chicago man charged with killing man who was shot 8 times in parking lot of Roselle apartment complex
- Meat the new restaurant: Now it’s El Che Steakhouse & Bar
- Village may cancel entertainment, increase parking fees for Taste of Oak Brook after losing $100K McDonald’s donation
- Slowik: Will online-based home instruction make school snow days a thing of the past?
- Salvation Army, community center work to deal with Arctic blast
- BYOM — bring your own mug — to Eggspress Cafe
- Behind the scenes at Brookfield Zoo, Bob Lacy became famous worldwide using software to help save species
- Restaurants, chiropractors and other Lake County businesses are open despite polar vortex
- Evanston police looking for missing Northwestern student
- Attorneys in Pilsen development case want to depose Ald. Daniel Solis soon
- Many businesses, including a grocery store, closing early because of the cold in Naperville
- Las conversaciones entre ‘Chuy’ García y Danny Solís probablemente fueron grabadas
- 9 injured, including 3 children, from carbon monoxide after family heats home with charcoal grill
- Girls basketball notes: Familiarity breeds success for Grayslake Central’s Maura Fitzgerald, Rosie Drevline
- Aurora honors employees for achievements
- The polar vortex separates the real Chicagoans from the wannabes
- ‘There’s a big equity element to this’: Oak Park trustees table ambulance debt collection contract
- Evening rush to run without South Shore, Metra Electric trains; more than 1,800 flights canceled
- La ola de frío extremo deja al menos seis muertos y paraliza el medio-oeste
- Training day prepares school staff for ‘situations none of us really want to think about’ in District 205
- Generations come together in Elgin’s ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’
- Shout Out: Kevin Curameng, a new professional at Walgreen’s corporate office in Deerfield
- Winnetka District 36 superintendent’s contract extended until 2023
- Resident feared dead in Hammond fire
- Richard Brown, Newberry Library exec who helped make ‘history relevant to the general public,’ dies at 91
- Information given to indicted Russian company altered and released to discredit Mueller investigation, prosecutors say
- La Policía busca a un estudiante desaparecido
- Polar vortex stops South Shore line, but not first responders or neighborhood eatery
- Elgin police respond to distress calls as city mostly shuts down, waits out polar vortex
- Amid cancellations, airlines add warming shelters, chili and extra workers to cope with the cold
- Free booze, frozen mascots, tossed water: Chicago Twitter reacts to the subzero cold
- Chelsea thrashed at Bournemouth for 2nd straight loss
- Estos son los aspirantes a concejal del Distrito 12
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019
- There’s a high cost to no snow removal, as Mayor Bilandic found out
- Community news
- The Spin: The latest on Solis and Madigan | Alderman ‘regrets’ code of silence comments | Pappas takes her dog to work
- Girls basketball notes: Sophomore Josie Ness sets pace in scoring, rebounding for unbeaten Sandwich
- Has Wisconsin gotten Fox conned?
- Circus comes to La Porte auditorium
- Riding with the Salvation Army as they try to bring Chicago’s homeless in from the cold — often in vain
- Gang violence in Chicago changing, but policymakers slow to catch up, report says
- 4 Ways Female Founders Turbocharge Their Businesses
- 4 reasons Myrtle Beach is a top vacation destination
- Foxconn changing Wisconsin plans ‘could be a positive’ for Lake County environmental concerns, officials say
- Canceling school no easy decision for Elgin-area officials, who say there’s more to it than making up the day later
- Zaha scores, get sent off in Crystal Palace’s draw at Southampton
- Police: Two in custody after attempted bank robbery on North Avenue in Oak Park
- Shout Out: John Kastl, ‘Scrubs’ actor turned lawyer
- Overnight ‘booms’ heard by Naperville residents could have been ‘frost quakes,’ experts say
- Copa del Rey Recap: Barcelona rout Sevilla to qualify, Betis advance
- Funeral arrangements made for diocese’s oldest priest, George McKenna
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019
- E-cigarettes more effective than nicotine alternatives to help smokers quit, study finds
- Charity ‘Love Letters’ performance celebrates a 30-year anniversary
- Suburban volleyball coach is named in federal child porn complaint in wake of bathroom video-recording charge in DuPage County
- Roger Goodell admits blown call in Rams-Saints; NFL will consider replay for pass interference
- Marshal, county officer rescue horse stuck in tree in Winfield
- Morton Grove family delivers hand-written letters offering neighbors help during cold snap
- Referendum proposed on having an elected Aurora library board
- Overnight temperature could tie record for lowest ever recorded in Chicago
- Best-selling author Audrey Niffenegger proposes book and art center at Harley Clarke Mansion, pledges $500,000
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019
- Fitness biz, boutique grocery store could be coming to long vacant Dominick’s on Rt. 59
- Soccer standout Jack Eaton brings his leadership skills to court for Chesterton
- Ask Tom: What were the lowest temperatures and biggest snowstorms from 1952-65?
- Fire at Harvey senior complex displaces residents
- Cold enough in Chicago to freeze-fry an egg? This and other wacky experiments while you hibernate
- Woke up this morning with chapped lips, scratchy limbs and a face that crinkles like tinfoil? You’ve got vortex skin.
- Restaurants offering deals and refuge from Chicago’s polar vortex
- Extreme cold in the morning, snow in the afternoon
- The Rams-Bears comparisons go beyond their hotshot coaches and young QBs — just look at the daring GMs
- Column: From kind gestures to longer days, finding the proverbial and literal light at the end of winter’s tunnel
- Commuters wait, shiver in record cold: ‘You don’t really feel anything’
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019
- From water main breaks to heating problems: Fox Valley crews respond in subzero temperatures
- Wrestling notes: Family ties together fortunes of Lemont’s Kyle Schickel and Oak Forest’s Anthony Schickel
- These 7 free agents are still unsigned. And all have been linked to the Cubs or White Sox.
- Mike Clark’s Chicago-area boys basketball rankings, Jan. 30
- As Trump insists on funding for border wall, Democrats make opening offer with no money for it
- Some hardy Chicagoans brave the polar vortex to get to work, help others: ‘We just have to buckle down and do our jobs’
- Trump blasts U.S. intelligence officials, disputes assessments on Iran and other global threats
- Report blasts Michigan State’s handling of sexual abuse cases
- Baranek: Kendall Coyne Schofield breaks down new barrier in quest for women’s equality in sports
- Loyola 61, Northern Iowa 60
- Digest (Jan. 30): Thursday racing canceled at Laurel Park due to cold
- In reversal, Loh will remain University of Maryland president through June 2020
- Zach LaVine is aware of the talk: ‘None of us want to go out there and lose.’ But, he says, Zion Williamson will ‘change a franchise.’
- ‘Cheer loudly and keep warm’: Loyola fans — including Sister Jean — brave frigid temperatures to see a Ramblers’ win
- Bulls 105, Heat 89
- 12-40 Bulls snap a 4-game skid — and now they have a day off in warm Florida
- DePaul loses to Villanova for the 18th straight time
- Deadly polar vortex envelops Midwest with some of the lowest temperatures in a generation
- How to protect your data from cyberattacks