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- Ask Amy: Mom wants to celebrate son’s success
- Daily horoscope for January 31, 2020
- State Department issues warning against all travel to China amid coronavirus outbreak
- Bail denied for man accused of shooting Chicago cop, who then spotted him and gave chase after witnessing him fatally shoot another man on West Side
- Florida’s new billion-dollar hemp market is at risk, industry advocates say
- Commentary: Chicago Forward — Violence reduction goes hand in hand with reaching disconnected youth
- There’s a new sexual orientation category called heteroflexible. And it brings health issues that need to be addressed.
- Brighten up your dreary winter days with this easy-to-grow houseplant
- Column: 6 thoughts to brighten Chicago’s gray, gray, gray winter days
- Editorial: Chicago Forward — The crucial, but limited, role of schools in keeping our youth on track
- Gold Coast condo spanning entire floor: $1.1M
- DuSable Museum to raise fees amid questions about ‘financial footing’ from Chicago Park District
- Little Company, OSF HealthCare to wrap up merger Saturday
- Daywatch: What we know about the coronavirus in Illinois, Trump’s impeachment trial could end soon and Moody Tongue might become 2nd Michelin-starred brewpub
- Person killed in rollover crash on Tri-State near Libertyville, blocking all but one lane
- Drive By Truckers review: A chronicle of personal and political ‘Unraveling’
- Proposal to direct development around South Shore stations advances
- Finish up the week, month with the best deals we could find on the internet
- How to eat more plant-based meals
- 21 hot Valentine’s Day gifts from $10 to $200
- ‘He had a right to see his 4th birthday’: Retrial in 2011 murder of Waukegan toddler ends with guilty verdict
- Developer moving forward with Merrillville convention center site
- Impeachment trial could end soon: Key Republican senator says Trump’s quid-pro-quo is proved and ‘inappropriate,’ but not impeachable
- Catch hockey action in Michigan, stroll Galena’s Main Street and more Midwest events
- Craving: Munchies — Chicago’s most indulgent bites to satisfy the hunger, whether marijuana-induced or not
- Pucker up: How to deal with a bad kisser
- 21 Valentine’s Day gifts to buy in Chicago
- A year ago, a racist photo nearly brought down Virginia’s governor. What has changed — and what hasn’t?
- A grandfather’s advice: Set new goals, celebrate others’ success and 8 other tips
- Chicago hotel’s new romance package inspired by a famous couple’s first kiss
- Twitter crusade exposes tattered flags at Thompson Center; Pritzker touts settling debt to Chicago flag company
- Sales fall at Deerfield-based Caterpillar, but profit rises
- Afraid of the coronavirus, American Airlines pilots sue to halt flights to China
- Pete Buttigieg is courting ‘future former Republicans’
- Talking to Jimmy Fallon on NBC’s ‘Tonight,’ this time it’s J.J. Watt who neglects to identify fiancee Kealia Ohai of the Red Stars — but the hot sauce is probably to blame
- 1 dead, 1 injured in Park Forest shooting
- ‘I have sickle cell, but sickle cell doesn’t have me’: While raising awareness, Chicago man, 25, dies from illness
- Lakers buscan animarse tras muerte de Bryant
- Cyr: South Korea’s vital leadership
- The best jewelry-making kit for kids
- Historia y emoción, buena mezcla para el Super Bowl LIV
- The best crab pot
- The best beverage tub
- The best Concept2 rowing machine
- The best glass storage container
- The best votive candle
- The best patio bar set
- Speak Out: Or course immigrants continue their traditions
- The best intestinal cleanse supplement
- The best outdoor bench
- The best bubble face mask
- The best baby food
- CSO review: Pianist Paul Lewis illuminates Beethoven with Andrew Davis conducting
- The best floor lamp
- The best surfboard leash
- The best batting gloves
- The best men’s down jacket
- The best men’s cycling jersey
- Thiem desafiará a Djokovic en la final de Australia
- Naval Station Great Lakes cancels 2020’s Fourth of July festival and fireworks
- Dominic Thiem beats Alexander Zverev to reach 1st Australian Open final
- Costco opening second Naperville location on Ogden Avenue means huge tax windfall for city, mayor says
- EEUU pide no ir a China y OMS decreta emergencia por virus
- Review: ‘The Good Place’ refused to take the easy way out. And that’s exactly as it should be
- Column: GOP signs off on Trump dictatorship as Pritzker decries Illinois corruption: The Week in Review
- Naperville set to approve $430K settlement for Cicero official who alleges cops used excessive force in her 2013 arrest
- The glitz of Super Bowl heads to a blue-collar part of Miami
- Claire’s tip: What does 26/30 shrimp mean?
- México: Protector de la mariposa monarca sufrió lesión en la cabeza y se ahogó
- Gail Borden’s Black History Family Festival to celebrate its 15th year this weekend
- Review: ‘Gretel & Hansel’ is a feast for the eyes but not terribly filling
- Dusty Baker: ‘Esto ha sido una vergüenza para mucha gente’
- Curtis Granderson retires after 16 seasons in Major League Baseball for the T.F. South and UIC alumnus
- The glitz of Super Bowl heads to a blue-collar part of Miami
- How to bet on the Super Bowl as legal sport betting spreads
- A look at some key stats and numbers for the Super Bowl
- Trincao, el sorprendente nuevo fichaje del Barca
- Sideline view: Erin Andrews, Chris Myers have key role for Super Bowl
- NorthShore Care Supply, maker of adult diapers, is relocating and expanding to Green Oaks, near Libertyville
- Noise complaints about early morning snow removal lead Park Ridge aldermen to discuss restrictions
- Harvey Weinstein explicó por qué contrató a investigadores privados
- Three-time All-Star Curtis Granderson retires after 16 MLB seasons
- For 16 Years, these infrared eyes revealed the secrets of the cosmos
- Gallery: The tragic story of 5-year-old AJ Freund
- For 16 Years, these infrared eyes revealed the secrets of the cosmos
- Fossilized tooth captures a pterosaur’s failed squid meal
- Joven plasma rostro de Kobe Bryan con cientos de cubos rubik y se hace viral (VIDEO)
- Super Bowl ads serve up politics – and an escape from it
- Column: When announcing a divorce, expect a wide range of reactions
- Speak Out: Helping seniors the right thing to do
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020
- Pau Gasol todavía se niega a creer la muerte de Kobe Bryant
- Super Bowl ads serve up politics – and an escape from it
- Guaidó busca reunión con Trump a final de gira internacional
- Cellist from Naperville part of orchestra that performed with Lizzo at Grammy Awards
- J.Lo and Shakira face difficult task of reviving the Super Bowl halftime show. Can the Latin power partnership make it happen?
- Column: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin was a community, not just an academy. That’s why many mourn the architecture school’s loss.
- Beverly Arts Center presents ‘Love Letters’ as part of Chicago Theatre Week
- Recording surfaces of another Trump meeting with Parnas and Fruman, showing president met twice in 10 days with man he claims not to know
- The Kaiseki Chef’s Table experience at Epcot’s Takumi-Tei is Disney’s hottest new foodie splurge
- Una absolución de Trump sería ‘insignificante’ sin testimonios, dice líder demócrata
- 10 ads to watch for on Super Bowl Sunday
- Staple slices: America’s 35 favorite pizza chains from Giordano’s to Domino’s
- Chicago man charged with stealing jewelry valued at $50K from Lincolnshire home: Police
- They heard Kobe Bryant’s helicopter go down. Then they prayed.
- Ana María Martínez y la importancia de clásicos de la ópera
- Column: Oak Park and River Forest High School students want to have conversations about racial equity. Let’s learn from them.
- ‘I want to get on that podium’: Lakes wrestler Kurtis Smith has more than one legacy in mind as he takes his final shot at qualifying for state
- Alert! Chicago’s ‘The Circle’ contestant Bill Cranley tells all
- El Reino Unido sale este viernes de la Unión Europea
- Sit tight, gardeners, the plants need to chill
- They heard Kobe Bryant’s helicopter go down. Then they prayed.
- Captado en video: Mira al tirador de Parkland atacando a un policía en la cárcel en Fort Lauderdale
- Sheriff: Spring Grove man charged with dealing crack cocaine
- Gary Black Film Festival brings screenings, stars to NWI
- Gurnee 911 Communications Center launches automated medical information system that ‘brings emergency dispatching to the 21st Century’
- Get healthier through listening
- Bird rehabilitation center treated record numbers last year
- Defense attorney asks for additional testing for Gary teen, 15, charged in Portage woman’s death
- Richard Doria, plain-spoken World War II veteran who led DuPage County sheriff’s office for 18 years, dies
- Taste of Chicago restaurant applications now live online
- Respect neighbors’ yards by keeping dogs away from them
- 40 things to do in the Chicago area with the kids in February
- Tibetan monks help release sea turtle in Florida Keys
- In Los Angeles, a city of helicopters, Kobe Bryant was a frequent flyer
- For 1st time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — a little
- Flaws in city schools resolution results in Gary council veto
- Months before phone call, President Trump told John Bolton to help his Ukraine pressure campaign, unpublished manuscript says
- Artist paints mural at Aurora food pantry where he used to be a client
- Robert Archibald’s family creates a health and wellness fund for Illinois athletes in honor of the late Illini basketball player
- Review: An exploration, of Latino masculinity and its intersection with being gay, at Steep
- Teens find a big loophole in the new flavored vaping ban
- Girls basketball notes: Junior forward Lilly Trkla is learning to put her ‘great midrange game’ to use for Lake Forest
- Column: In a new year marked by a never-ending stream of bad news, at least January is over
- Facebook trabaja para dar información útil de coronavirus
- Atari plans to open video game-themed resorts in 8 US cities
- Nike Vaporflys avoid Olympics ban
- From Paris to Chicago, nearly 1,300 Democrats will still attend Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses from around the globe
- Community news
- El fastuoso Super Bowl se instala en barrio pobre de Miami
- Community news
- Airbnb launches Bahamas sabbatical to help after Dorian
- Mokena receives $380,000 grant for new park in Whisper Creek subdivision
- Policía india rescata a 23 niños y mata a su supuesto captor
- La afición latina despide a su ‘Amor Eterno’, Kobe Bryant (VIDEOS)
- Clarendon Hills Park District accepting applications for summer jobs, will be part of job fair
- Aurora event honors young people who ‘are changing the narrative’
- UPS orders 10,000 electric delivery trucks, plans test of self-driving vans
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- New Gary bishop finds vitality that he hopes to build on in the diocese
- Las aerolíneas United, American, y Delta detienen todos sus vuelos hacia y desde China por coronavirus
- The best basketball shoes
- Buffalo Grove winter farmers market featured variety of homemade and organic food choices
- The best body cream
- Let go by a dealership, salesman finds success disrupting car-buying industry
- The best kids’ earmuffs
- The best pacifier
- ‘I can do everything’: Senior guard Damontae Taylor brings excitement to the court but wants to bring success to Zion-Benton
- Column: Super Bowl betting is like Christmas Day for Hoosier sports gamblers
- The best paddle ball set
- Convicted Portage mayor’s campaign fund down to $233: report
- Teen boy seriously wounded on West Side by gunman in white van with Indiana plates
- The best rubber hot water bottle
- The best shoe covers
- The best tool chest
- Motormouth: Why do tires wear out at 20,000 miles?
- The best women’s UGGs
- Illinois Attorney General’s Office task force arrests Lincolnshire man on child pornography charges
- The best acoustic guitar bag
- The best boys’ bike
- Under the Hood: EGR fault codes, explained
- Los 10 fichajes más caros de la historia en la MLS
- Area chamber of commerce gives first-ever ‘Young Professional’ award to business outreach librarian
- Lake County party leaders submit requests for more mega precincts ahead of primary
- Judge rules Aurora can notify Wayside Cross sex offenders to move
- Not even coronavirus can stop Tesla’s ongoing surge
- Shout Out: Dana Daniel, a certified personal trainer who enjoys spending time outside ‘for mental clarity’
- Gary Roosevelt, water tower on most endangered places list
- Ford, Rivian to build Lincoln’s first fully electric vehicle
- Brain imaging study looks into CBD’s antipsychotic effects
- VW truck unit makes $2.9 billion cash offer to buy Lisle-based Navistar
- Retailers like Pier 1, Papyrus and Express are closing 1,000 stores. That’s just the beginning.
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- Column: Hinsdale’s Brooks Tonn died of a rare childhood cancer when he was 10. His family is helping other kids with cancer play sports.
- Column: Lessons from a homeless man living along a Northwest Indiana highway — ‘I’ve got too much stuff’
- Column: Should I invest in my friend’s marijuana business?
- Former Harvard city clerk sentenced to probation after being found guilty of child porn possession
- Shout Out: Margot Andersen, an advocate for those suffering from migraines who practices gratitude every day
- Flashback: Librarian Vivian Harsh preserved Black history, literature with massive collection
- Teens find a big loophole in the new flavored vaping ban and the news has caught on fast
- Candidates talk climate change, health care at Aurora student-organized forum
- Phone hacks can happen to anyone. Here’s how to protect yourself.
- Column: Shampoo in a can? Are we ready to purge plastics?
- Saints Cyril and Methodius parish in Lemont celebrates Catholic School Week, Blue Ribbon Award
- Guardiola y Mourinho se reencuentran lejos de su mejor momento
- NWI casinos expecting ‘super day’ for gamblers as Super Bowl kickoff nears and bets pour in
- Patricia Navidad da su teoría sobre el origen del coronavirus y dice que a los mexicanos ‘de aquí y de allá’ las irá mejor con Trump
- Elgin News Digest
- Espadas en alto a la conquista de la Serie del Caribe
- Autoridad de Gran Bretaña critica marca de Gwyneth Paltrow (VIDEO)
- The DNC changes debate requirements, opening the door for Michael Bloomberg to join the stage
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasts Jussie Smollett’s lawyers’ tactic seeking dirt on Eddie Johnson, calling it a ‘silly’ and ‘outrageous fishing expedition’ that won’t work
- Coronavirus ruled out in Porter County case, officials say
- Charities steered $65 million to Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow and family
- New leader appointed at Rosary High School in Aurora
- Super Bowl LIV’s most preposterous prop bets include Trump tweets, Andy Reid’s wardrobe and meals
- Northbrook mayor Frum gives ‘A to Z’ plan for village, looks to work on affordable housing and sustainability in 2020
- ‘The Crown’ concluirá en su quinta temporada
- Following venture in Antarctica, Airbnb launches Bahamas sabbatical to help after Dorian
- Two weeks after suspect fled, Northfield police remain silent on Sunset Ridge School hidden cellphone camera investigation
- Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx will give away $9,000 in campaign contributions from president of red-light camera vendor in corruption case
- Naperville News Digest
- Los principales movimientos del mercado invernal europeo
- Mayor wants unified campaign for city branding in Gary
- Discurso del estado de la Unión de Trump declarará ‘el gran regreso de Estados Unidos’
- NBA All-Stars to wear Kobe’s No. 24 and Gianna’s No. 2
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- European style home with pool house in Barrington: $2.2M
- United joins airlines halting all China flights amid efforts to contain deadly coronavirus
- El primer avance de ‘The Photograph’ (VIDEO)
- Down to Business: Combat sports combines self-defense and fitness, and controls anger rather than feeding it, biz owner says
- Dos detenidos por evadir controles de seguridad en resort de Trump
- Prosecutor promises to bring office salary issue to fall budget talks in Porter County
- Moran: In quest for ‘meaningful data,’ Lake County Board committee debates two-year delay on legal marijuana zoning for unincorporated areas
- Study: Zinc may not be the answer to shortening cold
- Study: Mixing chlorine and drinking water can be toxic
- ‘Futuros ex republicanos’ en la mira de Buttigieg
- Alejandra Guzmán se volvió a pelear con reporteros (VIDEO)
- Valparaiso man files for Dem at-large county council nomination
- Muralismo y conciencia ecológica
- Quién es quién en la Serie del Caribe 2020
- Aurora establishes tax increment financing districts tied to new developments
- Down to Business: Accountant invests heart and soul in his clients
- Girls basketball notes: When junior guard Kelsey Dwyer gets into a rhythm, it’s ‘let it go’ time for Stagg
- Lake County Board to consider interim county administrator for permanent position
- Amazon now has 500,000 U.S. workers, second only to Walmart
- Police arrest 2 minors in connection with Dolton homicide
- Decent: Century Walk needs financial stability from the city of Naperville
- Rapper Mase calls out Diddy over publishing rights just days
- McDaniel-Hale: Landmark status may save Cook Publishing building
- ¿Por qué ganarán los Chiefs el Super Bowl LIV?
- Gobierno de Trump limitará la inmigración legal de otros seis países
- This Week in Naperville
- Flexibilidad de 49ers será vital para ganar el Super Bowl LIV
- Tales of Carlos Gaytan nears opening with star-packed dinners
- EEUU declara emergencia de salud pública por coronavirus
- Some Chicago-area doctors see more people asking for flu shots after first confirmed cases of coronavirus in Illinois
- Zion police: Driver sought who harassed student on way to school
- Column: Superintendent shares District 227 vision for improvement. Will Rich Township residents buy it?
- Column: Yes, we’re polarized, but how do we get un-polarized?
- Valparaiso man, 36, identified in fatal stabbing
- Corrections and clarifications
- NBA All-Star Game jerseys will pay tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant. Team Giannis will wear No. 24 and Team LeBron will wear No. 2.
- Letters to the Editor
- You’ve been promoted to a managerial role and you don’t like it. Now what?
- Human Rights Authority aims to help when rights of disabled are violated
- Teaching your kids to thrive in future work world
- Debut de Colombia y más equipos en la Serie del Caribe
- Commentary: We’re stuck with a flawed primary process in 2020, but we can make 2024 better
- Letters to the Editor
- Commentary: Want a revolution? It’s easy: Vote.
- Coast Guard officer suspected in terror plot is sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on firearms and drug charges
- Brick home in Roscoe Village with Julliette balconies: $1.48M
- The Spin: Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says ‘this is not a trial’ as Trump acquittal looms | Axelrod on Super Bowl and Iowa caucuses | More on the Thompson Center flags
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Trump can’t be considered acquitted if Senate doesn’t call witnesses in impeachment trial
- La política de EEUU incursionará durante el Super Bowl
- Los Tigres del Norte se preparan para el Super Bowl LIV (VIDEO)
- Senado vota en contra de llamar a testigos a juicio político, acercando a la absolución a Trump
- Mayor Lightfoot says Chicago will audit red-light cameras, won’t rip them all out following Sandoval bribery scandal
- ‘She’s pretty much done everything’: St. Edward graduate Mariel Franco piles up the points, and more, for Elgin Community College
- Los mejores y más divertidos anuncios del Super Bowl LIV (VIDEO)
- El coronavirus posiblemente se originó en los murciélagos, y se propaga muy fácilmente
- Naperville Park District may create ‘Angels in the Outfield’ memorial for local baseball players who have died
- FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy
- Letters: The constitutional crisis will not be televised
- Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney drops out of presidential race
- 7th District Congessional candidates trade barbs, debate issues at Austin town hall
- Trump administration curbs immigration from 6 additional nations as part of an election-year push
- Column: ‘Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words,’ the hero’s journey
- US declares public health emergency over coronavirus, will bar entry of foreign nationals believed to be a risk
- Potempa: Planters Peanuts history extends beyond Mr. Peanut’s span
- Harvey Weinstein accuser testifies that he raped her twice, once yelling ‘You owe me!’
- Britain leaves the European Union after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown
- Calumet City school board members accused of living outside district vote to attend out-of-state trip, colleagues say
- Ex-Chicago top cop Garry McCarthy takes job as security consultant for Logan Square pot shop that was burglarized
- ‘If it takes my head to end this, so be it.’ Note found with Fotis Dulos on day of suicide attempt proclaims his innocence
- Column: Illinois should partner with a red state to fight gerrymandering
- ‘Aerial’ fitness business wants city to make exception to allow new studio to open in downtown retail space
- Harvey police recover copious amounts of drugs, cash after traffic stop
- Corrections and clarifications
- Feds charge three men, including two former White Sox staffers, in online ticket scam that caused team to lose $1 million
- Column: What would it take to get me to vote for Trump’s acquittal?
- Chicago police announce major changes in command staff a day after massive department restructuring
- Chicago violence rises in January, raising Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s concern
- Chicago police issue warning after dating app users were lured to downtown hotels and robbed with a stun gun
- Moving wall honoring those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan conflicts coming to Oswego
- Column: Where do we find relief in a relentlessly jangling world?
- Bloomberg has already spent over $200 million on his presidential campaign in the span of two months
- Blackhawks rookie Dominik Kubalik hopes to continue his breakout season after scoring 10 goals in 10 January games
- Crosby: Teen campaigner says why wait until 18 to get out the vote
- Senate rejects witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, all but ensuring acquittal; final vote to be Wednesday
- Trump to promote ‘Great American comeback’ at next week’s State of the Union
- Montgomery officials look at permit policy for solicitors
- With little ice on Lake Superior, access to Apostle Islands ice caves is unlikely this year
- Discrimination and bigoted rhetoric are on the rise amid the coronavirus crisis: ‘Outbreaks are not an excuse to normalize xenophobia’
- Photos: Lakers honor Kobe Bryant at Staples Center
- Masks are on. Games are canceled. Fear of the coronavirus has arrived on American college campuses.
- Aurora First Fridays returns with art, music
- As coronavirus spreads, Illinois universities are canceling travel and suspending programs in China
- Zach LaVine doesn’t hide his All-Star disappointment: ‘I don’t think there are 12 people in the East who have had better years than me’
- Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, challenger Bill Conway at odds over case featured in his campaign ad
- Bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark dead at age 92
- Man, 37, shot to death by woman during possible ‘domestic-related’ fight in Austin, police say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020
- Munster grad Ostojic named Top 40 in science talent search
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot heading back to Washington, this time to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
- Jake Wadding ices win with 12 points in fourth quarter as Chesterton tops Lake Central: ‘I played hard and my teammates found me’
- Fermilab to host family open house
- Indiana State Police receive Smile Bags
- Is South Bend a prosperous college town or a struggling Rust Belt city?
- ‘I just needed to keep shooting’: Senior forward Brandon Mack hits two clutch 3-pointers and scores 17 as Valparaiso holds off Merrillville
- Robbie Avila shakes off cold and heats up as Oak Forest rolls past Tinley Park: ‘No way you’re keeping me out of this game’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020
- Ryan Sucha sparks third-quarter surge as Lincoln-Way East stymies Central: ‘It was a really good game for all of us’
- Column: Does it matter who the Democrats choose?
- US women’s national soccer team routs Panama 8-0 in the Olympic qualifying tournament
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020
- LeBron James honors Kobe Bryant with an emotional speech before the Lakers’ 1st game since Bryant’s death