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- Ask Amy: Older father hates Granddad assumptions
- Daily horoscope for January 1, 2020
- Column: Chicago loses a bit of its magic: Remembering card trick master Simon Aronson
- Chicago mansion with sport court: $4.1M
- Column: Another year, another time to marvel at existence
- Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Illinois
- Editorial: Your 2020 vision: Yes, Chicago’s brighter. Thank an LED streetlight.
- Daywatch: Everything you need to know for the first day of legal weed in Illinois
- Woman shot, police dodge gunfire twice during early hours of New Year’s Day in Chicago: cops
- tl;dr: 2019 year in review with Jussie Smollett, Chance the Snapper and a plan to split Illinois into two states
- Why the Bears are sticking with Eddy Pineiro and 4 other things we learned at Halas Hall this week
- Snowmobile races, winter games and more fun things to do across the Midwest
- Even now that recreational weed is legal, you can still get in trouble for some marijuana use. Here’s what you need to know.
- Remember Jazzercise? With the New Year, we look back at the fitness fads of the past
- Intermittent fasting: What is it and is it right for you?
- Dax Shepard is listening
- Parenting your aging parents when they don’t want help
- Dallas Keuchel is an instant upgrade to the White Sox rotation. Here’s how it stacks up for 2020.
- Dry January isn’t for everyone, experts say. Some drinkers need treatment. Others are trying Dry-ish January
- Pope apologizes for smacking the hand of woman who grabbed him and yanked him closer
- T.S. Eliot letters to muse to be unveiled after 60 years
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 5-3 win over the Flames, including why Dylan Sikura will be staying in the lineup a while longer
- What to eat to recover from your holiday overindulgence
- Talk of the County: Trump’s GDP vs. Obama’s
- Help Them to Hope
- Hundreds of seals spend winter at the Jersey shore, but wildlife experts warn people to stay back
- Ron Rivera hired as Redskins coach
- The city of St. Louis sold houses for $1. Only 4 have been purchased so far.
- Speak Out: Trump hit new low with attack on Dingell
- Selle: War with China in 1979? Nuclear powered buses? A look back at failed prognostications
- ‘The early bird gets the herb’: Hundreds line up in Oak Park for first day of recreational marijuana sales
- Gun, drugs found in Hammond man’s car during traffic stop: police
- Cannabis customers line up on ‘historic day’ outside North Aurora dispensary
- Homicides, shootings decline for 3rd consecutive year in Chicago, Police Department says
- U. of I. law professor accused of sexual harassment won’t return to teaching students, dean says
- Letters: We must speak out against hate
- ‘Diet’ sodas don’t have to help consumers lose weight: Federal court
- New mayor warns of financial challenges as a ‘new beginning’ for Portage starts
- 2020 welcomed with ‘super cold and cool’ Polar Bear Plunge in Waukegan
- From the brig to Mar-a-Lago, former Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher is capitalizing on his newfound fame
- You’ve seen ‘American Gothic’ at the Art Institute of Chicago. Eldon, Iowa, where the painting is set, wants you to visit, too.
- In wake of anti-Semitic attacks, tens of thousands of Jews gather at NFL stadium to celebrate years-long Talmud reading
- ‘There’s a lot of pent-up demand’: Recreational marijuana sales a hit in Homewood
- In a homecoming video meant to unite the University of Wisconsin, almost everyone was white
- Pika-Who? How Pokémon Go confused the Canadian military
- Evanston marijuana shop draws both customers and those curious ‘to see the commotion’ on first day of sales
- Tow truck driver killed on Eisenhower Expressway as he responded to an earlier crash
- The tech that will invade our lives in 2020
- New cruise ships to set sail for Antarctica
- Illinois’ role in presidential campaign begins to take shape on Thursday with two-day filing period for contenders, delegates
- Annual Emancipation Proclamation service sets inspirational tone for 2020
- A dizzying day for Trump capped a 2019 full of them
- South Suburban Hospital records area’s first baby of 2020 and the new decade
- Militiamen withdraw from embassy in Baghdad, leaving fire damage and brittle U.S. relations: ‘We rubbed America’s nose in the dirt’
- Elmwood Park cannabis shop opens; customers say clean product justifies higher prices
- Antioch parents meet goal of delivering first baby of 2020 at Lake Forest Hospital
- Stargazers, these are the meteor showers that will light up the night sky in 2020
- 5 things the Blackhawks must do to end their playoff drought, including taking advantage of their salary-cap space and beating up on bad teams
- David Stern, former NBA commissioner, dies at 77: ‘His imprint on the game is immeasurable’
- Bears hire Juan Castillo as offensive line coach to replace Harry Hiestand
- Minnesota holds off Auburn 31-24 in the Outback Bowl, finishing with 11 wins for the 1st time since 1904
- West Side family rings in new year with baby boy
- In apparent appeal to President Trump, imprisoned Rod Blagojevich argues today’s Democrats would have impeached Abraham Lincoln
- Michigan fails to score in the 2nd half and drops its 4th straight bowl game, 35-16 to Alabama in the Citrus Bowl
- FDA plans to ban most e-cigarette flavors but menthol
- Legal weed in Illinois: The first day of recreational marijuana sales features long lines, some glitches — and mostly happy customers
- Don Larsen, who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history, dies at 90
- Woman fatally struck by CTA train in Evanston, police say
- ‘The beginning of a new age, the end of an antiquated viewpoint’: Long lines, celebrations mark first hours of recreational marijuana sales in Illinois
- Wisconsin loses in its 4th consecutive trip to the Rose Bowl, 28-27 to Oregon