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- Baranek: Rich South graduate Nadege Jean sees ‘longest, fastest’ journey take a happy turn at DePaul
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020
- Column: Is Trump Bibi’s chump?
- Daily horoscope for January 29, 2020
- Ask Amy: Boyfriend’s politics might be a deal-breaker
- Study: Forecasters could have seen threat of hurricanes like Michael, Sandy if they switched focus
- Robots over rodents? Ahead of Groundhog Day, PETA calls for the retirement of Punxsutawney Phil
- Column: Donald Trump looms large in the theater at the moment, and theater is biting him back
- Column: The impeachment trial, in true Trump style: A new TrumPoem
- Commentary: Student voices are crucial in a democratic society
- Chicago’s latest art galleries: A flagpole in Rogers Park and a traffic light in Little Village
- Column: Establishment Democrats face a dilemma: How to do in Bernie Sanders without alienating his young voters
- Column: After 1-year-old is shot in Uptown, let’s focus on the real problem — we need better gun control
- Vice President Mike Pence touts school choice in visit to liberal stronghold in Wisconsin
- Lockdown over gunman at Whitney Young caused by ‘inexcusable’ miscommunication over Chicago police academy training exercise, principal says
- Daywatch: Sandoval plea lays bare a striking level of greed, the return of the e-scooters and the World’s Largest Block Party is over
- DuPage health officials say several county residents exposed to Chicago woman with coronavirus
- ‘It’s a lot tougher nowadays’: Millennial homebuyers challenged with down payments and inventory
- CPD commander relieved of powers, demoted following Indiana traffic stop investigation
- Grammy winner and country legend Tanya Tucker talks “blind date” songwriting with Brandi Carlile, before Philly show
- Ordinance allowing new hotel at Hammond’s Oxbow Landing gets final OK from city council
- Bears Q&A: Is Philip Rivers an attractive QB option? Can Mitch Trubisky match Ryan Tannehill’s leap? Will they trade up in the NFL draft?
- Chicago Riverwalk gaining its first indoor dining space when Beat Kitchen opens new location this spring
- Park Ridge Civic Orchestra cancels concerts due to lack of funds, loss of donor
- ‘I haven’t felt a pain that sharp in a while’: Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, Charles Barkley and others remember Kobe Bryant on TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’
- Injury toll in Iran missile attack raised a third time, with 50 US soldiers suffering traumatic brain injuries
- Portage inks pact with new tech firm
- Which popular diet is the most affordable?
- Simple ways to support your gut health
- It’s a great time of year to shop for bargain-hunters: Here are 23 deals worth your attention
- Do I have to pay this Days Inn cleaning fee? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- Meet the Logan Square dog representing Chicago in Sunday’s Puppy Bowl
- Man, 37, killed after argument in West Pullman house
- No. 1 Rafael Nadal upset in the Australian Open quarterfinals
- Chris Doleman, Hall of Fame defensive end, dies at 58
- Driver, 22, killed when car crashes into Niles police station
- A British trader who caused a ‘flash crash’ that sent stock market into dive 10 years ago avoids more prison time at Chicago sentencing. ‘I could never survive that.’
- El helicóptero de Kobe Bryant no tenía sistema de alerta de proximidad de terreno
- NFL Cribs: Where do the Kansas City Chiefs call home?
- Speak Out: All passengers on crashed helicopter deserve recognition
- Electric scooters will again descend on Chicago after first polarizing test in the city
- How Northwestern, Illinois, Notre Dame and local recruits fared in the final football rankings, including NU’s 1st 5-star signee
- ‘Summer ’89’: The portrait of Jordan Cooper — a Chicago story of a brightly colored life and an early death
- Piloto de Bryant, ¿presionado por volar ese día?
- Rafa Nadal se despide del Abierto de Australia
- CEO of Victoria’s Secret parent may step down, lingerie business could be sold
- Cristiano Ronaldo sigue ampliando sus negocios
- Parents guide: Advice about films kids may want to see in theaters or opening soon
- Will you be my #content?
- Things to do in Chicago today | Jan. 29
- Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s outrageous fashion role model
- Garoppolo aprende de Brady de cara a debut en Super Bowl
- The killer neural wiring that links eyes and wings in 2 predators
- How do bats live with so many viruses?
- Momcations. Yes, they’re a thing.
- Tras ‘Roma’, Yalitza Aparicio recorre los caminos del activismo
- Bitcoin has lost steam, but criminals still love it
- Rental cars and cashless tolls: Convenience might cost you
- Column: Student suspended and barred from graduation because of locs. 3 states have passed laws banning discrimination against black hairstyles. Illinois should go next.
- Trump backs Secretary of State Pompeo against NPR reporter, criticizes CNN and Fox News
- From marching bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at Super Bowl halftime
- Kris Bryant’s service time grievance: Here’s what you need to know about the case
- Equipos de NFL perdieron más de $500 millones por lesiones
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020
- Thanks to Stephen King’s ‘The Outsider’ and Netflix’s ‘Pandemic,’ our fears are as close as the closest TV
- Tight security promised for Super Bowl 54 in Miami
- ‘Why not set the bar high?’: Tim Anderson says offseason additions have given the White Sox ‘a playoff lineup’
- Trump: Con todo respeto, México está pagando el muro fronterizo
- The 30 schools receiving part of $90 million from the Archdiocese of Chicago, Big Shoulders Fund
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020
- A man said his toddler son had been shot in an alley. Here’s how Chicago police say his story fell apart.
- Rapper Missy Elliott, H.E.R. team up for Pepsi Super Bowl ad
- Beacon-News boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020
- Joe Montana headlines QBs with ties to San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs
- El ‘Vasco’ Aguirre espera dar la ‘campanada’ ante el Barca en la Copa del Rey
- Column: Fearing Bolton’s impeachment testimony, GOP senators battle possible outbreak of ‘information virus’
- Goalapalooza: Offense coming from everywhere around NHL
- Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s outrageous fashion role model
- Racial slurs, a stabbing and an attempted synagogue burning: Reported hate crimes rise in Chicago, particularly against Jews and LGBT people
- Flu season: What you need at home to treat symptoms
- Chick-Fil-A vs. Popeyes fast-food chicken sandwich war hindered by shortage of smaller birds
- Infinity’s set list changes with the times
- The Sky’s Gabby Williams shares memories of Kobe and Gianna Bryant: ‘I’ve never seen a kid at that age so determined’
- $100 billion served: McDonald’s hits sales record in 2019, as delivery drives growth
- Boys basketball notes: High-energy Joey Niesman and Oswego hold off Romeoville in overtime
- Miley Cyrus y Liam Hemsworth ya están oficialmente divorciados
- Detective, community service officer chosen for 2019 Oak Brook Police Department awards
- Boletos para ver al ‘Chicharito’ se venden como pan caliente
- Editorial: Kim Foxx, Jussie Smollett and the questions special prosecutor Dan Webb should answer
- ‘The Rhythm Section’ review: Blake Lively, changing wigs and exacting vengeance, in a movie not so lively
- Highland Park mansion with private beach: $8.75M
- Coronavirus: 5 burning questions scientists want to answer about the outbreak
- Teens who overdose on opioids often don’t get follow-up treatment within 30 days. ‘We just wouldn’t accept (this) for other pediatric illnesses.’
- Riot Fest announces first headliner: My Chemical Romance
- Selle: Faux Dem convention at Stevenson High School aims at Trump, draws GOP fire
- Kris Bryant loses his service time dispute with the Cubs, keeping him under contract through 2021
- Las comparaciones de los duelos Chiefs vs. 49ers en el Super Bowl LIV
- Chris Stapleton tour to hit Wrigley Field in August
- Trump ataca a Bolton, quien lo perjudicaría en el juicio político
- Wilmette Fire Department warns parents about fire hazards in TikTok ‘penny challenge’ prank
- 10 tips for a calmer home
- Shout Out: David Markiewicz, a Mundelein dentist who wrote a children’s book about visiting the dentist
- Actors’ union issues standards for supervisors of sex scenes
- Veterano se va de espaldas al conocer el valor de su viejo Rolex
- ‘I’m done’: Ryan Fazekas feared his basketball career was over after another injury in Valparaiso’s second game of the season. But the Chesterton native has returned for the Crusaders’ stretch run.
- What is coronavirus and what precautions should people be taking?
- Former Springfield Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, killed in plane crash
- Pastor earns Aurora African-American Leader of the Year award
- Cuando las aseguradoras no aseguran
- Rosalía, Lizzo y Dua Lipa son criticadas por ser captadas al aventarle dinero a strippers (VIDEO)
- Armstrong: A coaching change and injury setbacks behind him, former Oswego quarterback Steven Frank looks to Eastern Illinois
- Isabel Allende: No le tengo miedo al amor
- Así se transformó Daniele de Rossi para acudir al derbi romano de incógnito (VIDEO)
- Answers to your most common questions about the Wuhan coronavirus
- ‘Freedom Ride’: Can a world-premiere opera on the civil rights era change the world?
- Elderly Arlington Heights woman dies in vehicle accident blocks from her home, police say
- Former Glendale Heights man pleads guilty to murder in stabbing death of Aurora man at graduation party in 2015
- ‘He remembered things about my career that I had forgotten.’ Kobe Bryant’s boyhood hero Oscar Schmidt celebrates his life.
- Style at Home: Choose Valentine’s Day decor with love
- Is it ok to duck out of a professional seminar early?
- Longtime Merrillville police chief announces plan to retire
- Read Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s prepared State of the State speech
- Paramount Broadway series brings another world premiere in with ‘Secret of my Success’
- After ex-state Sen. Martin Sandoval pleads guilty in red-light camera bribery scheme, Oak Brook trustees call out ‘slimy public officials’
- Metra UP-NW trains halted temporarily due to downed power lines in Barrington
- Así están las apuestas de dónde jugará Tom Brady en 2020
- Odd for what team Tom Brady will play for in 2020?
- Best animated movies of the 21st century, according to the Oscars
- Katie Sowers, entrenadora asistente de los 49ers: la mujer que rompe barreras en la NFL
- Nearly two-thirds of adults report feeling lonely
- Ingrid Michaelson ‘The Notebook’ musical will have world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare, based on movie and Nicholas Sparks novel
- La leche materna ‘salva vidas’
- Community news
- ‘He’s a backstabber’: GOP’s nerves on full display as John Bolton prepares to dish on inner workings of Trump White House
- Bears QB Mitch Trubisky had surgery on his non-throwing shoulder
- Norris McNamara, photographer, marketer and competitive sailor who ‘never lost a party,’ dies at 78
- Chicago Tribune photos of the week
- El primer avance de la segunda temporada de ‘Narcos: México’ (VIDEO Y FOTOS)
- Lake County Board OKs infrastructure projects, including $2.3 million to replace unexpected water main underneath 14th Street
- PAC, failed Portage mayoral candidate at odds over campaign funding report
- Allanan iglesia acusada de fraude migratorio
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020
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- Review: In ‘Verböten,’ Jason Narducy dares to create a punk musical set in 1980s Chicago
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- Two treated at hospital after brawl breaks out on bus taking detainees from Cook County Jail to Skokie courthouse, sheriff’s office says
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- Se disparan las entradas para ver a los Lakers tras la muerte de Kobe Bryant
- Cousins Subs opens first NWI store in Crown Point
- Old Bay’s new ‘limited edition’ hot sauce sells out in less than an hour, crashes website
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- Man convicted of sexually assaulting child for more than a year when he lived in Elgin
- Small home living: not ‘downsizing’ but ‘right-sizing’
- Griffith’s girls bowling team becomes ‘something special,’ advancing to the state finals for the first time
- New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes 1st test
- Iowa, black voters and Barack Obama: What an Illinois senator’s run for president tells us about 2020
- NY pot bill could bring higher possession threshold
- Juvenile center leaders explain need for security overhaul
- The surprising reasons vaping bans draw pushback
- Aterriza un 2do avión con cocaína en México en 2 días
- Piloto mexicano consigue equipo dos semanas antes de Daytona
- Veteran’s funeral
- Acusadora de Harvey Weinstein dice que éste le nombró a Salma Hayek
- Kris Bryant pierde querella ante los Cachorros por años de servicio
- Shopping for marijuana for the first time? Here’s what budtenders want you to know
- New Era’s ‘Team Describe’ MLB hat line highlights Chicago in the most stereotypical way possible — deep-dish pizza
- La Casa Blanca prohíbe publicar libro de Bolton
- Muere hincha en Chile al ser arrollado por camión policial tras partido de fútbol
- Elgin Symphony explores ‘The Power of Fate’ in concerts
- 16 cult pizzas in Chicago you don’t know — unless you’re part of the cult
- Author tour for controversial ‘American Dirt’ is canceled
- Judge confines Chicago madam to home for posting help-wanted ad for ‘kink friendly’ fetish workers while awaiting prostitution trial. ‘We’re not talking about a kink in an electrical line.’
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces ‘cannabis resource fair’ on Saturday to discuss legal marijuana issues
- Gamer-friendly Atari Hotel bringing ‘immersive experiences’ to Chicago
- Catholic schools in lower-income neighborhoods get $90 million in new funding — a massive investment as schools close across Chicagoland
- Piden a Pompeo ‘no ser bruto’ ni ‘actuar como bebé’
- Bryn Terfel cancels Sunday recital due to injury
- 19-story Fulton Market tower lands anchor tenant: Aspen Dental leases space for at least 1,000 employees
- Township High School District 113 halts popular physical education waiver after learning it ran afoul of state law
- Flight attendants sue Boeing over design they say causes ‘toxic’ cabin air
- Buyers paying big money for old Broncos, Blazers
- Editorial: Electric scooters deserve another chance to win over Chicago
- Harvey-based organization fights drug addiction by ministering to the ‘hurt underneath’
- Buyers paying big money for old Broncos, Blazers
- Deadline approaches for Algren contest entries
- Trump signs USMCA trade pact, celebrates replacing NAFTA as major win. But impact ‘a blip,’ economist says.
- Commentary: Tired of making lemonade out of lemons? Suck on some misery instead.
- More airlines drop flights to China as coronavirus spreads
- Judge declines to make prosecutors reveal the names of two R. Kelly accusers to his lawyers
- Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee speaks out on documentary series
- A warehouse robot learns to sort out the tricky stuff
- Grappling with 737 Max crisis, Boeing lost $636 million in 2019 — its first annual loss in more than 20 years
- Column: With her kids off to college, mom took on an important volunteer role
- Así sobreviven los venezolanos que huyen
- Hundreds attend service for Elgin veteran whose body was unclaimed: ‘No one should have to die alone’
- Shaquille O’Neal está devastado tras la muerte de Kobe Bryant
- The Strokes participarán en un mitin de Bernie Sanders
- Lynwood teen shot dead after attempting to steal cellphone, police say
- Potential coronavirus case investigated in Porter County, officials say
- Batavia, Geneva teens charged in West Chicago attempted armed robbery in which three were injured by gunfire
- Bears running back Tarik Cohen exchanges rap disses with Nick Cannon on MTV’s ‘Wild ‘N Out’
- Facing rape, burglary charges, Hammond man’s request to lower bond denied
- El gesto más falso del deporte
- Timeline: Kris Bryant’s career with the Chicago Cubs
- Chivas sufre su primer gran fracaso del año
- Column: State moves on airport, casinos and cannabis are making major impacts in south suburbs — and so is corruption; ‘Every legislator should be put on notice’
- Miss America Organization’s president and CEO steps down
- The Spin: Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls out corruption in State of State speech | U.S. Rep. Schneider backs Biden | Trump’s popping up ‘uninvited’ in Chicago theater
- Girls basketball notes: Already a known commodity for her defense, junior guard Lauren Huber now provides scoring punch for red-hot Libertyville
- Corrections and clarifications
- Speak Out
- Missy Elliott y H.E.R. en anuncio del Super Bowl 2020 con el clásico ‘Paint it Black’ de The Rolling Stones (VIDEO)
- Lake, Porter prosecutors oppose bill allowing state to step in if certain cases aren’t prosecuted
- Letters: Kobe Bryant’s death is a tragedy among many
- Rep. Didech proposes legislation that would give library districts share of recreational marijuana sales tax. Officials standoffish, say ‘we’ll see’
- Asesinan a tiros a expelotero mexicano y su hijo en Veracruz
- Author tour for controversial ‘American Dirt’ is canceled amid safety concerns
- Bond denied for Maryland police officer accused of shooting handcuffed man 7 times inside squad car
- Colombia reclama a Venezuela la deportación de exsenadora prófuga
- What gig workers, freelancers should know about taxes
- What is diamond dust? How does a sundog appear? 10 extreme winter weather phenomena
- Gallery exhibit goes ‘Wild’ for kids’ book icon Maurice Sendak
- Column: Beware the pandemic panic
- Pride flag stolen three times from Homer Glen church, homophobic graffiti also found on church wall
- Enrique Iglesias y Anna Kournikova esperan su tercer hijo (VIDEOS Y FOTOS)
- Shout Out: Jason Gloede, a Lincolnshire police officer whose bucket list includes visiting the Maldives
- Waukegan High School principal proposes task force in wake of fight at basketball game involving Zion-Benton
- Former TV anchor Rafer Weigel says he shouldn’t have been fired after legal battle involving 2 ex-girlfriends and allegations of revenge porn
- Commentary: My son and the coronavirus
- Dusty Baker reaches an agreement to become the Astros manager
- A glacier the size of Florida is melting from the bottom and contributing to rising sea levels, scientists find
- Comisionado de la NFL pide cambios sobre contratación de minorías
- After sweeping Grammys, Billie Eilish to perform at the Oscars
- Tinley Park mom chosen for Heart Association’s 2020 Go Red campaign explains how she reversed cardiovascular disease
- Glenbrook School District 225 board tables action on eliminating evening program, more information to be presented
- Lakers regresan a entrenar enlutados por Bryant
- Vanessa Bryant reaparece en las redes sociales con sentido tributo a Kobe y Gianna y agradece el apoyo y oraciones
- Potempa: Goodman’s ‘Roe’ gives audiences front row seat to abortion debate
- ‘Backwards Piano Man’ Jason Lyle Black brings unique perspective in Munster
- Real Madrid pasa a cuartos de Copa del Rey con goleada (VIDEO)
- A sushi bar in a hotel room? Sushi Suite opening in Hotel Lincoln, offering 60-minute omakase dinners
- Police: Man, 22, accused of stabbing grandparents in their Dyer home
- Commentary: Chicago is right to study whether gay-owned businesses should get contract set-asides
- Kobe Bryant’s death throws spotlight on crash-warning system for helicopters
- Indiaco grocery store, several restaurants and shops to open in March at Naperville’s Mall of India
- Hazel Crest employees allege in EPA complaint that village contractor’s improper asbestos removal may have exposed them to health risks
- Mask hoarders are raising the risk of a coronavirus outbreak in the US
- Estamos todos en el baño. Filmándonos
- Rick Fox relata que rumores de su muerte junto a Kobe sacudieron a su familia
- Column: Kris Bryant losing his service time grievance is a win-win for the Cubs and a win-lose for Cubs fans
- March at the Music Box: The 70MM Film Festival opens wide and says, ‘Aaaaaaaahhh!’
- Man pleads guilty to hammer attack on DuPage couple whose son allegedly commissioned the crime
- Chicago Fire Department cancels promotional tests this week due to technical issues
- Images from a new telescope in Hawaii show the sun’s surface in greater detail than ever before
- Chicago man gets 20 years in prison for being part of group that carjacked Wheaton couple at gunpoint
- Coronavirus death toll rises to 170 in China as health experts say human-to-human spread is of ‘great concern’
- In State of State speech, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois needs to ‘root out the purveyors of greed and corruption’
- Accuser says Harvey Weinstein told her, ‘You’ll never make it in this business, this is how this industry works’
- NIU eliminating test scores in undergrad admissions: ‘Once we know a high school student’s GPA, one standardized test score is irrelevant’
- Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen will keep wearing No. 8 and No. 24 to honor Kobe Bryant
- Friends, family remember Aurora soldier Miguel Villalon killed in Afghanistan: ‘He gave his life for everyone’
- Aurora approves city’s first marijuana dispensary near outlet mall
- ‘That was sick’: Uchenna Egekeze’s dunk late in the fourth quarter punctuates Huntley’s win against Fox Valley Conference leader Cary-Grove
- Teen boys, 13 and 15, wounded by gunman aiming for someone else on Englewood street
- DePaul drops to 1-7 in the Big East with a 64-57 loss to No. 10 Seton Hall
- VU men’s basketball notes: Whitney Young product Javon Freeman-Liberty returns to form in Valparaiso’s loss at Bradley
- No. 14 Michigan State runs past Northwestern 79-50 for the Wildcats’ 10th loss in 11 games