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- Ask Amy: Mom doesn’t like gifts from ‘the other woman’
- Daily horoscope for April 30, 2020
- New Netflix movie ‘Dangerous Lies’ gets Chicago all wrong
- 50 celebrities you might not know are LGTBQ+
- Do your Derby despite: Celebrating race tradition with food, drink, dress
- A long way from dodgeball: How the coronavirus school shutdown has changed PE class
- Americans are drinking quarantinis with Cuomosexuals. Your guide to quarantine culture.
- Lake Forest mansion with long line of noteworthy owners sells for $2.9 million
- Column: Cure your coronavirus ennui with liver sausage and sardines
- Season’s first plover sightings raise hopes for return of Monty and Rose, inspire creative watch plans amid pandemic
- Nonprofit’s goal: 350,000 free masks for Chicagoans
- Physical education classes online
- Daywatch: Reopen Illinois rally planned, viral house party reveals media disconnect and Tribune photos to use as your Zoom background
- As commuters stay home, Metra has been forced to cut service again. One line will have just 1 inbound and 1 outbound run per day.
- He was supposed to retire Thursday after 34 years as a surgical tech. Instead, he died Monday after testing positive for coronavirus.
- Column: COVID-19 is upending sacred ‘homegoing’ services for black families
- 4 people suffer minor injuries when a sedan crashes into a CTA bus in the Loop
- Los Angeles is first major US city to offer free COVID-19 tests to anyone regardless of symptoms
- Column: Cause of death included COVID-19 for Chesterton grandmother, yet she tested negative at the end
- Commentary: When the coronavirus fades, will we find any trace of it at the movies?
- Selling sofas without the sit test: Interior design moves online during the pandemic
- Fernando Jones moves his annual summer Blues Camp online
- Gary takes on dumped tires starting with more than 14,000 on city property
- Joe Biden selects team to lead his search for a running mate
- Another 3.8 million US workers file for unemployment; coronavirus has put 30 million out of work
- Letter to the Editor
- Contractors who worked on ‘Windy City Rehab’ facing new fraud allegations
- Column: Will Sammy Sosa’s tarnished image be redeemed by a blast from the past? We’ll find out when ESPN airs a documentary on the 1998 home run race.
- Masks for Art Institute Lions
- Woman hit by foul ball at Wrigley sues Cubs and MLB. ‘The blow knocked me unconscious’
- Man apologizes for throwing Chicago house party caught on viral video, says he was honoring 2 slain friends, didn’t realize health risks of packed crowd
- Column: The G-20 is low-profile but powerful in health efforts
- Best movies to stream on Netflix, according to audiences
- State police: 1 dead in Dan Ryan crash on Chicago’s South Side
- Get outside as May brings the birds and the blooms
- Speak Out: Low oil prices should be reflected at the pump
- Suman 30 millones quienes piden ayuda por desempleo en EEUU
- Pizzeria Portofino celebrates Readers’ Choice win with weekend popup
- ‘A severe toll’: Coronavirus pushes US consumer spending down 7.5%, the sharpest drop on record
- Navy SEALs raided Afghan village in attempt to locate Illinois man taken hostage by militants
- En una Cuba confinada, el futuro se sueña desde las azoteas
- Meatballs: Satisfying and good for the soul
- Detenido el sospechoso de tiroteo en la embajada de Cuba en EEUU
- Toilet paper: Why is it still so hard to find? When will stores have rolls?
- Turtle Recall: Derby dashed, turtles go in slow, steady race
- People are talking about ‘travel bubbles.’ But could they work?
- Harrison Ford piloteaba avión que cruzó mal una pista
- ‘You see how fast it goes and you want to give more.’ World Central Kitchen chef details feeding coronavirus front lines
- Many museums won’t survive the virus. How do you close one down?
- ‘Trolls’ went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming.
- Arrestan a exjugador de Jaguars por tener sexo con una menor
- Column: Time to applaud Trump’s coronavirus response as the ‘great success story’ it is
- Millions had risen out of poverty. Coronavirus is pulling them back.
- People are talking about ‘travel bubbles.’ But could they work?
- McDonald’s sales down 6%, with 1 in 4 restaurants closed due to COVID-19
- European soccer tries to find a way back, or a way out
- What to gossip about in a quarantine? Virus changes TMZ
- How a digital ad strategy that helped Trump is being used against him
- Facebook points to ‘signs of stability’ as ad declines flatten
- With pro sports paused, a women’s hockey league expands
- Nintendo incorpora nuevas funciones en su consola Switch
- Bridge was their passion. Then people started to die.
- Bridge was their passion. Then people started to die.
- You’ve probably got all you need to make fabled ‘stone soup’
- Trump officials are said to have pressed spy agencies to link the coronavirus and a government laboratory in Wuhan
- La nueva era de ‘High School Musical’ en Disney+
- ‘The Half of It’ review: Netflix has another rom-com winner in high school story
- Fauci pide no ‘tentar’ una segunda ola de COVID-19 en EEUU
- En Filipinas 20% del personal sanitario tiene coronavirus
- El nuevo coronavirus no es artificial: EEUU
- Put your movie trivia wizardry to the test, support Chicago movie theater employees
- Estudio: niños y adultos tienen igual riesgo de contraer virus
- Crosby: Aurora event offers a parade of love stories in these pandemic times
- ¿Qué pasa si desaparece Kim Jong Un?
- Tyson Foods helped create the meat crisis it now warns against
- Sindicato de futbolistas argentinos en contra de parar descensos
- Trump tweets support for Michael Flynn, raising speculation about a pardon as FBI documents released
- DePaul and Loyola are set to play a 2-year series beginning next season, rekindling a stagnant Chicago rivalry
- Dr. Anthony Fauci warns states not to tempt a coronavirus rebound as they begin to roll back restrictions
- 30 examples of sports bringing the world together
- How to handle the pandemic at work
- Indiana sees 57,000 more seek jobless aid amid virus cuts
- Just spit and wait: New coronavirus test offers advantages
- Coronavirus disrupts illegal wildlife trafficking, for now
- Prisoner with coronavirus dies after giving birth while on ventilator
- Coronavirus pandemic leaves Chicago-area seminarians waiting to fulfill dream of becoming priests, ministers
- Futbolistas de LaLiga se entrenarán de forma individual
- As Georgia reopens, virus study shows black residents may bear brunt
- Food lines a mile long in America’s second-wealthiest state
- How a sparkling water born at a farmers market grows into a new artisan Chicago brand
- ‘Freedom Writers’ group helps Blue Island speech team perform together from their homes
- Chicago man arrested for allegedly shooting at Beach Park pedestrians
- Community colleges carry over remote learning into summer programs
- Polish medical team visits, shares COVID-19 info
- Buttermilk restaurants, movie theater file class-action suit against insurance company that denied COVID-19 claims
- Después de un mundo confinado, la hora de la mascarilla
- Hebron considering applications for small business federal grants
- Periodista colombiana Jineth Bedoya laureada con premio Unesco/Guillermo Cano
- After playing for Porter Moser at Loyola, Byron Burt beats out 84 applicants to be named St. Laurence’s boys basketball coach
- A strange dinosaur may have swam the rivers of Africa, new fossils suggest
- Masks up: Art Institute lions, Daley Center Picasso get coronavirus face coverings
- Proclaman al PSG campeón de la liga francesa
- PSG declared French league champion as season ends early
- LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star graduation
- After years of fighting alongside the Illinois National Guard, the Polish military deploys a team to help fight COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Hutton: East Chicago Washington’s Michael Jordan moment in 1984 remembered by photographer Armando Gomez and others who were there
- Joliet Junior College police chief, under fire for ‘racially based statements,’ announces his retirement
- Porter County courts not participating in option to live-stream proceedings: ‘We are technologically in the Stone Age’
- Primer ministro ruso anuncia que dio positivo al nuevo coronavirus
- Amid an entertainment world shut down by coronavirus, The Hideout is still working to make a human connection
- The best lap steel guitar
- Crisis de la pandemia golpea con fuerza a periodistas deportivos hispanos
- Rural Illinois church files lawsuit accusing Gov. J.B. Pritzker of relegating people of faith to ‘second-class citizenship’ by shuttering churches
- Hyundai Kona and Ioniq garner “U.S. News” honors
- PBS Memorial Day concert shifts to TV event because of virus
- Editorial: COVID common sense. Shopping at the store? Wear a mask.
- The best TP-Link WiFi extender
- The best Moroccan oil
- ‘The Half of It’ de Netflix recibe máximo premio de Tribeca
- The best aquarium
- Ideas for Mother’s Day 2020: How to have a great day despite social isolation
- The best cowboy hat
- Ford announces Mustang as best-selling sports car for 2019
- The best baby powder
- The best hand dryer
- The best men’s snow boot
- Baranek: Looking back at the midnight ride of the ‘Big Train’ with former Lockport ace Shannon Lindgren
- The best men’s ski boot
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- The best thermal camera
- The best short throw projector
- The best printer paper
- The best fire pit spark screen
- The best women’s probiotic
- The best men’s tennis shoe
- The best apple corer
- The best mini Bluetooth speaker
- State police offer new details, announce woman’s arrest in Edens Expressway standoff
- The best shop apron
- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he tested positive for the coronavirus
- The best car seat mirror
- Millions had risen out of poverty. Coronavirus is pulling them back.
- New York City shuts down its subway system overnight due to the coronavirus
- Steppenwolf Theatre cancels live shows until October, taps its famed ensemble for online productions
- Voices of the pandemic: How the coronavirus changes the lives of Chicagoans, in their own words
- More Lake County inmates test positive for coronavirus
- Column: Free pizza! And 10 other reasons to buy tires or shoes or cakes from local businesses
- Illinois hospitals are resuming more surgeries, but some patients may still have to wait
- Wow Bao aims to help struggling restaurants by offering its Chinese steamed buns for delivery
- Anthony Joshua podría defender sus cinturones a puerta cerrada
- Ford posts $2B loss; analyst argues automaker should consider merger
- Married 70 years, couple behind popular Edison Park newsstand dies of COVID-19, hours apart: ‘It’s a blessing they are still together’
- Maquinaria de detención de migrantes ‘explotó’ en EEUU con Trump, dice informe
- Bradshaw: SAT testing, college visits delayed amid COVID-19 social distancing precautions
- US mortgage rates at all-time lows; 30-year loan at 3.23%
- Michael Gould expected Neuqua Valley to end up being golden in baseball: ‘We built a great chemistry, and that is what made us successful.’
- Joe Biden sexual assault allegation fuels GOP attacks, Democrat worries
- Division I baseball awaits St. Charles North star Ryan Thiesse at Fordham after the cancellation of his senior season: ‘He was ready to explode this year.’
- Muere prolífico actor de Bollywood Rishi Kapoor
- ‘Si me toca el coronavirus, no la cuento’ la amenaza para los migrantes presos en EEUU
- La cuarentena cambia la ropa de trabajo
- This time, Pence wears mask as he tours Indiana plant
- Equipos de Grandes Ligas ofrecen reembolsos de boletos a los aficionados
- This time, Vice President Mike Pence wears a mask as he tours Indiana plant
- Commentary: Universal child care was provided during World War II. We need it again during this pandemic — and beyond.
- Battered by floods, US river communities try new remedies
- Estrellas latinas del cine, televisión y música predicen una vida diferente tras la pandemia (VIDEO)
- Feeling hopeless? Worried? Chicago-area pandemic survey shows you’re not alone
- R. Kelly pleads not guilty for 7th time in a little more than a year
- State rep presses IDOT to help Oak Brook in their efforts to remove red-light cameras
- Goodbye breakfast buffets and notepads, hello germ-zapping robots. How hotels are doubling down on hygiene — and what that means for your next stay.
- El virus que mató las ‘vacaciones soñadas’
- Golf courses set to reopen in Glenview, Northbrook with social distancing restrictions and staggered tee times
- Letters: Seek some historical perspective as order to wear a face mask goes into effect
- El coronavirus se duplica a ritmo acelerado entre latinos de Illinois
- Last Dance Debate: Craig Ehlo and Mark Price don’t remember Ron Harper asking to guard Michael Jordan before The Shot — so they were ‘shocked’ by his comments
- Oprah Winfrey will give commencement address at Chicago Public Schools’ citywide virtual graduation ceremony
- Waves damage Indiana Dunes beach parking lot: ‘If a car had been there it would be down in the lake’
- American Airlines posts $2.2 billion loss, is losing $70 million a day during coronavirus pandemic
- Take a hike at these suburban Chicago, northwest Indiana locations
- Agüero: ‘Cuando era chico me identificaba con Michael Owen’
- Editorial: The Chicago house party: How not to survive COVID-19
- Battered by floods, US river communities try new remedies
- Models missed Hurricane Dorian’s detonation and how the deadly storm stalled, report finds
- North Central College adds personal touch to virtual graduation ceremony being held online Sunday
- Wisconsin-bound Brooke Schramek reminisces about Benet career with sisters Emily and Kendal: ‘It felt like a long time, but it went by really fast.’
- After coronavirus: Your next flight may look like this
- Más de 2,500 nuevos contagios por coronavirus en Illinois, y 141 muertes adicionales
- Hall of Famer Andre Dawson witnesses the coronavirus toll firsthand as a mortician: ‘You see a lot of hurt and pain’
- El sacrificio de los médicos en Guayaquil para huir del desempleo
- Streaming Friday from famous people’s closets — a virtual runway show
- Músico mexicano Óscar Chávez hospitalizado por coronavirus
- Lake County judges adjust to streaming court hearings after state Supreme Court decision
- Commentary: Zoom-zoom, Illinois — legislative deadlines call for a virtual General Assembly meeting
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city government worker layoffs a last resort, but preferable to a property tax hike
- NBA lookback: LeBron Rules — The King would be just fine against the Bad Boy Pistons
- Bleak outlook for air travel could force O’Hare’s massive $8.5 billion expansion project to scale back
- Britney Spears casually reveals she burned down her home gym
- Washington man charged in threat against Gov. Jay Inslee over coronavirus social distancing rules
- Column: No mask? No manners, no common sense. For businesses to open up, we all need to cover up.
- Little League World Series is canceled for the 1st time because of the coronavirus
- Online exercise classes give Lake County residents ‘a little sense of normalcy’
- Local woman part of RefugeeOne’s Sewing Studio group
- Republican-led Michigan House doesn’t extend coronavirus emergency declaration, votes to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- Indiana reaches 1,000 COVID-19 deaths; Gary reaches 15
- La Liga portuguesa volverá a ‘finales de mayo’
- 3 killed in head-on crash in Union Township
- In states reopening, some workers must risk coronavirus infection or lose unemployment benefits
- U-46 cancels July graduation ceremonies at the Sears Centre, switches to June 13 virtual commencement
- Cost of emergency housing during pandemic rises to $300,000 and more for DuPage Pads and BEDS Plus
- Illinois GOP congressmen ask Pritzker to begin reopening state’s economy
- Tips to help you take on common home maintenance projects yourself
- Matthew ‘Mojo’ Weerts’ development at linebacker gives the Batavia defense some teeth and attracts attention from recruiters
- Conmebol entrega $14 millones a sus asociaciones para afrontar el covid-19
- Holy Angels food drive connects teachers and students during pandemic
- Column: Chicago Heights clerk who survived coronavirus urges would-be partiers to think of older relatives
- ‘A Secret Love’, el documental en Netflix que retrata seis décadas de romance
- Local mayors share plans as Indiana’s stay-at-home order expires Friday
- Column: Joe Biden has been accused of sexual assault. You’d hardly know if you watch some cable news.
- Alcaldesa de Chicago anuncia ceremonia de graduación 2020 con Oprah
- Column: I’m holding a coronavirus memorial for my grandmother
- Emergency grants bolster south suburban restaurants, hotels affected by pandemic
- Beyoncé se implica en la lucha contra el coronavirus
- Why days 5 to 10 are so important when you have coronavirus
- Judges rule in favor of Chicago in sanctuary city fight with Trump Justice Department
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot reopens shuttered Chicago police detective areas
- Jair Bolsonaro dice que la OMS alienta la homosexualidad y la masturbación en los niños
- Police: Shooting at Cuban Embassy in Washington is ‘suspected hate crime’
- Community news: Will County Health Department hits the road with virus testing
- What if the government in Pyongyang should collapse? Here’s a look at how nations might deal with a catastrophe in North Korea
- Elgin-area animal groomers, gardening centers, golf courses ready to reopen: ‘I think we can do it safely’
- Fallece el emblemático cantautor mexicano Óscar Chávez
- Nearly 500 Southland residents have died of COVID-19
- Aurora-area food pantry leaders say need greater than ever due to COVID-19 pandemic
- The Spin: Signs of normalcy? Partisan divide over Gov. Pritzker’s stay-home order | Duckworth’s ‘in the mix’ to be Joe Biden’s VP? | Mayor Lightfoot has some coaching advice for Matt Nagy
- Column: Cutting your own hair? Lakeview couple will help kids with cancer for every one of your good, bad and ugly at-home hairdos
- Commentary: The benefits of working from home with your very good dog
- St. Joseph medical staff honored with drive-by parade; St. Edward HS planning Green Wave event Friday night
- The coronavirus has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide, including 61,000 in the US
- Head of human resources in District 204 selected for job as Indian Prairie deputy superintendent
- Retiring North Suburban YMCA president gets surprise parade, decorated yard at his Highland Park home on his last day of work
- Aurora woman purchases pizza for community giveaway: ‘I just hope it’s a little bit of sunshine’
- Foster and adopted pets during coronavirus
- New deputy chiefs approved for Aurora police and fire departments
- Red Stars pay tribute to Chicago’s flag and 77 neighborhoods with a new jersey. It’s the latest way they’re staying connected with fans as they navigate the loss of revenue from the coronavirus shutdown.
- DuPage reports 19 new COVID deaths. Long-term care facilities account for nearly 3/4 of overall total of 164. Number of known cases tops 3,000.
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 30 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Are the Chicago Bears better or worse after free agency and the NFL draft? A position-by-position review of the entire roster.
- What you need to know about the COVID-19 antibody test
- Broncos linebacker Von Miller says he’s recovered from COVID-19