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- Ask Amy: High school senior is missing a lot
- Daily horoscope for May 1, 2020
- The least popular dog breeds in America, according to data
- Flashback: In the fight against tuberculosis, open air schools in Chicago took an unorthodox approach: Keep kids outside, even in winter
- As pet adoptions soar, community contributions also are helping local animal shelters survive the shutdown
- Closed for months, historic space observatory once again has a bright future after U. of C. donation
- It’s college decision day for high school seniors. But will families commit without assurances campuses will reopen in the fall?
- Column: Can Gov. J.B. Pritzker handle the pushback against his coronavirus edicts?
- Take your mind off the coronavirus and celebrate National Pet Month with these top dog breeds for apartment residents
- Survey says: Illinois residents give Pritzker thumbs-up, Trump thumbs-down in the middle on handling of coronavirus crisis
- Could vaping make coronavirus worse? Doctors aren’t sure but still urge quitting. ‘What better time than now?’
- Column: ‘So long to days of doubt and dread. I promise better days ahead.’ A new TrumPoem.
- Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
- Review: The ‘Parks and Recreation’ reunion is the perfect medicine for uncertain times
- Daywatch: Modified stay-at-home order begins, public health leaders say contact tracing system isn’t ready and your quarantine culture guide
- Seniors, parents talk emotions after cancellations, postponements of in-person high school graduation ceremonies
- In neighborhoods where it fights violence, GoodKids MadCity is raising money for those struggling during the pandemic. ‘We have to take care of each other’
- Column: ‘The Last Dance’ empties our bench of emotions recalling those dynasty days
- 2-year-old boy dies after mom rushes him to Chicago fire station
- Masks at the ready: Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s modified stay-at-home order kicks in Friday amid legal and political pushback
- Ravinia cancels entire 2020 summer season due to coronavirus pandemic
- Facing challenges working from home? Matt Nagy knows what that’s like as he builds the Chicago Bears’ virtual offseason program: ‘The mute button is so huge.’
- Gary mistakenly approved permit for historic water tower’s demolition, Indiana Landmarks official says
- Look for the helpers: Homemade Pokemon Go hunt makes birthday special
- Families criticize Naperville nursing home for lack of communication about COVID-19 outbreak: ‘Our trust with them has been severed’
- Tony Allen, famed Afrobeat drummer for Fela Kuti, dies in Paris
- Column: The Packers did more than prepare for a future without Aaron Rodgers — they prioritized the quarterback position. That’s something the Bears historically have failed to do.
- Who is Marc Eversley? Here are 5 things to know about the new Chicago Bulls general manager.
- Gigi Hadid expects first child with Zayn Malik in September
- Branded masks turn coronavirus protection into ad space: ‘It’s a face billboard.’
- Signs of the times
- Speak Out: Support and opposition for stay-at-home lawsuit
- Nail technician, NWI residents talk struggles of closures of nail and hair salons
- Andre Dawson, del Salón de la Fama a su funeraria durante pandemia
- Months after scandals, misconduct probes and the firing of school leaders, Lincoln Park High gets a new principal
- Study finds link between childhood trauma and heart disease
- Why patients with lung cancer in a COVID-19 era need to keep their treatment
- COVID tests are free, except when they’re not
- Aurora approves city’s first downtown marijuana dispensary
- Biden rechaza denuncia de acoso sexual
- 100 best albums of the 21st century, according to critics
- Column: An Oprah commencement address for Chicago seniors? This may be her most important speech yet.
- Virus preocupa a trabajadores que piden derechos en 1 de mayo
- ‘Everyday Edisons’ returns for a 5th season on Crackle with local innovators in the mix
- Artistas circenses en México, en la cuerda floja del coronavirus
- Groupon wants out of half of its Chicago HQ, beginning an expected wave of space opening up as companies lay off workers
- Puerto Rico se activa parcialmente pese a temor al virus
- How to celebrate teacher appreciation week during coronavirus school closures
- Here are some Chicago-area mask giveaways to prepare for Illinois order that starts Friday
- Brennen Davis, the Chicago Cubs’ 3rd-ranked prospect, is finding ways to stay in shape in Arizona — while also getting in lots of golf
- Speak Out: Staying home a key to dealing with pandemic
- Uncertainty comes with college stimulus cash for students, universities
- Ravinia cancela toda la temporada de verano 2020 debido a la pandemia
- Day of the Dead bobbleheads come alive with team logos
- Danish lineman improvises while preparing for NFL season
- Mike Tyson se prepara para regresar al ring
- Literacy group returns $15K grant to Gary; blames COVID-19 closures
- As stay-at-home order continues, summer camps face uncertainty to the concern of owners, parents and kids
- Letter: Time for vote-by-mail system
- Cuomo, Pritzker and other governors join Dr. Fauci in topical bobblehead lineup
- Housing sales, prices ‘surprisingly’ increased in March, data shows
- ‘People are frightened’: Across rural Illinois, economic frustrations mix with anxiety over COVID-19
- US consumer spending plunges record 7.5%, reflecting virus
- Make a financial recovery kit to rally faster after disaster
- Workers must risk infection or losing unemployment payments
- Labrador retrievers are the nation’s most popular purebreds for record-extending 29th year — but corgis rise
- LeBron James: ‘Estoy listo, nuestro equipo está listo y nadie debe cancelar nada’
- Frustrated by crowds, coastal states weigh what to do about beaches
- Find a vaccine. Next: Produce 300 million vials of it.
- Servpro offers free cleanings for police and fire departments
- Disney selling face masks with profits going to charity
- COVID-19 in Downstate Newton
- The new Saturday night
- Amid a rising death toll from the coronavirus, President Trump leaves the grieving to others
- Seriously Simple: Dijon chicken is a speedy dinner
- NBA lookback: Kobe Bryant breaks Michael Jordan’s NBA All-Star Game scoring record
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- Golf courses reopen
- México espera el pico de la epidemia para el 6 de mayo
- ‘I am not f___ing losing to Joe Biden’: Trump erupts at campaign team as internal poll numbers slide, AP sources say
- In a victory for women in Sudan, female genital mutilation Is outlawed
- Who should wear masks on planes? More airlines say everyone.
- For Grant graduate Jonathan Wells, the coronavirus pandemic is one of many hurdles during an illustrious Illinois career: ‘I’ve learned that no situation can hold me back.’
- 10 ways to surprise Mom this Mother’s Day without even leaving the house
- Aurora contest posters urge coronavirus safety
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- Letters to the Editor
- Cinco de Mayo at home: Where to order festive meal kits and margaritas for delivery or pickup
- La tauromaquia en España, corneada por el coronavirus
- Pho is perfect for the slow cooker
- Labs across US join federal initiative to study coronavirus genome
- Socked by virus, comic book industry tries to draw next page
- One Illinois hog slaughterhouse to reopen this weekend, but St. Charles meat plant remains closed after worker’s COVID-19 death
- Queen and Adam Lambert honor global COVID-19 ‘Champions’
- Off-duty firefighter shot while cutting lawn and talking to neighbors on Far South Side returned fire in self defense, police say
- This should be VR’s moment. Why is it still so niche?
- Old drugs may find a new purpose: Fighting the coronavirus
- How AI steered doctors toward a possible coronavirus treatment
- Lake County COVID-19 death toll jumps by 9; state reports 99K tested
- The world embraces contact-tracing technology to fight COVID-19
- Chicago’s pothole artist blesses the city with coronavirus mosaics in Uptown
- Fútbol colombiano podría reanudarse en agosto o septiembre
- Canada bans assault weapons — including the AR-15 — after mass shooting in Nova Scotia kills 22
- Aurora tweaks rule which gives local businesses a preference on city contracts
- Llega a Netflix ‘Valeria’, una oda a la amistad y a la vida antes del confinamiento
- Buy a book, make a donation: Longtime indie bookstores struggle to shore up business during pandemic
- Commentary: Why it matters when Gov. J.B. Pritzker wears a mask
- How you can get your garden going no matter how large your space
- After rural church files federal lawsuit, ‘free exercise of religion’ is a permitted essential activity under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s modified stay-at-home order
- Varios países inician su desconfinamiento, pero ninguno abre sus fronteras
- The best lap steel guitar
- The best TP-Link WiFi extender
- The best Moroccan oil
- The best aquarium
- The best cowboy hat
- Lemont businesses struggling in pandemic sponsor lottery to ‘keep our town alive’
- Bobbleheads of Lightfoot, Pritzker coming soon as coronavirus collectibles
- The best baby powder
- Commentary: Some businesses want immunity from liability lawsuits during COVID-19. Bad idea.
- The best hand dryer
- The best men’s snow boot
- The best men’s ski boot
- The best drill bit set
- The best fire pit spark screen
- The best men’s tennis shoe
- The best apple corer
- The best mini Bluetooth speaker
- The best shop apron
- The best car seat mirror
- Reopen Illinois rally
- Stephanie Izard shifts to meal kits and grocery options with Girl and the Goat-ceries
- McGrath: For all the parents learning to be ‘teachers’ on the fly, a bit of wisdom courtesy of Sister Killian
- People have gone full 1800s
- 50 richest golfers
- US Steel expects to lay off 2,700, idle Gary blast furnace as coronavirus reduces demand
- Mario López resucita a Menudo, el grupo de Ricky Martin
- Osipoff: Remember March’s madness? The final practices and games before the pandemic generated vivid moments but seem like ages ago
- May starts with lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures for Chicago
- Elmhurst Hospital provides suggestions for wearing required face masks
- Most major US airlines will require passengers to wear face masks
- How restaurants may look when they reopen
- Rául Jiménez: ‘Cada día sale un equipo nuevo que me quiere’
- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos called to testify before House antitrust panel
- Tony Bennett, CSO musicians and others react to Ravinia canceling its 2020 season
- Decent: Loaves and Fishes adjusts as demand for food grows: ‘What do we need to do to get to where we need to be?’
- Susan Ibitz doesn’t hack computers. She hacks humans. Here’s what you can learn from her.
- Commentary: Strike a balance, Gov. Pritzker. Open the economy.
- Ravinia cancellation will cost Highland Park $1 million in lost taxes, but mayor says it was correct decision
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- Three Aurora men charged after car chase with police
- Lake County court asked to order release of residents’ coronavirus status to first responders
- Down to Business: Being an attorney doesn’t mean being ‘evil and money grubbing,’ Naperville lawyer says
- Letters: Progressives are blind to why populism on the right flourishes
- Commentary: Our front-line workers are on a war front. PTSD will take its toll next if we don’t offer help.
- Letters from major-league teams to a ‘free-agent’ Chicago Cubs fan go viral after his death — thanks to a tweet from his son
- R Kelly once again seeks to exit Chicago’s federal jail over COVID-19 threat
- Jueza ordena liberación de inmigrantes por virus
- Potempa: Using available meats, pantry ingredients, an ages-old kitchen rule
- With fewer people on the roads, crashes are down — but some drivers see lack of traffic as excuse to speed
- 22 Chicago bars and restaurants with Mother’s Day food, drink and flowers
- Illinois requires masks in public now. Here are the best fabrics for homemade masks
- Mask swiped from one of the lions at Art Institute of Chicago
- Disabato: Brother Rice point guard Conor Glennon bets on himself by accepting preferred walk-on offer from Memphis
- Recommended by his predecessor, new Grayslake North football coach Corey Atwell has roots in the community and the program: ‘Corey stands on his own.’
- Coronavirus delays prison time for Hot Pockets heir, ex-CEO in college admissions cheating scheme
- Look for the helpers: a roundup of people doing good things during the pandemic
- Lincoln-Way East setter Trevor Lewis produces different type of assist, working for a company that ships out parts for coronavirus testing
- La MLS reabre campos de entrenamientos con un estricto protocolo de salud
- Evanston city officials preparing for pandemic-related budget shortfall with layoffs, new loan
- Indiana governor easing many coronavirus business restrictions; Lake County restrictions stay until May 11
- High school Decision Day parade
- Column: Dozens accept mom’s request to ‘adopt’ high school seniors in Bremen Township
- Cook County judge rules against mandating COVID-19 address-sharing to first responders
- El galés Gareth Bale se acerca a la MLS
- Column: Joe Biden’s denial of Tara Reade’s charges was necessary but not enough
- Decision Day 2020: Decorated cars, social media posts and socially distanced celebrations
- Chicago Bulls’ remade front office will wait on staff decisions — including Jim Boylen’s status: ‘I just think it’s far too early to make those types of decisions’
- Illinois: Más de 3,000 nuevos casos de COVID-19, el total diario más alto desde que comenzó el brote
- Anderson Cooper es papá y le da a su hijo un nombre muy especial
- Stephen King compara su cuarentena con El Resplandor: ‘Me siento como Jack Torrance’
- Chicago sees broad reductions in crime and arrests in the wake of COVID-19 sheltering restrictions, though violence problem remains stubborn
- Ex-etiquette: Red flags from new partner
- Pink flamingos for all: Oak Parker lifts moods, offers plastic birds to anyone having a bad day
- Quinn on Nutrition: What to do with kids at home
- Editorial: Coronavirus and corruption: Two scourges Illinois needs to extinguish
- 2021 NFL mock draft: Way-too-early projections
- Yates, jets y bodegas, el confinamiento dorado de los millonarios
- New building planned at site of former Aurora restaurant
- NBA team presidents operating with intent to resume season
- Elon Musk outburst over ‘fascist’ coronavirus shutdown shows pressure to keep up growth
- Why stay at home when you can take a walk? DNA’s five walking tours lead to some of Elgin’s hidden gems,
- Create an at-home Mexican feast from drinks to dessert with these recipes
- Indiana officials refuse to say which nursing homes have COVID-19 residents, leaving some families scrambling for answers
- McCormick Place medical facility to wind down, as COVID-19 growth slows
- Drive-thrus are now a lifeline for fast-food chains
- Ecuador, ante los estragos de una pandemia que no reflejaban las cifras
- Pandemic delays Yorkville project
- The price for a single vial of blood surges as companies seek to profit from the global race for a coronavirus cure
- As coronavirus cancels summer art festivals, ‘the business model for artists imploded’
- Speak Out
- Gov. Pritzker says coronavirus contact tracing is a key to reopening Illinois. Public health leaders concede the system isn’t ready yet.
- Hospital and hospice chaplains adjust to COVID-19 changes, but ‘active listening — that stays the same’
- Lake County golf courses start to swing into action slowly, with new coronavirus rules in place
- Column: Who’s right on COVID-19? The optimists or the pessimists?
- Valparaiso’s Javon Freeman-Liberty — a former Young star who was an All-MVC selection as a sophomore — is transferring to DePaul
- Coronavirus + Cifras = Cautela
- NFL unveils collection of face masks featuring team logos
- The origins of your favorite Mexican food
- Time for states to reopen their economies? Political divisions emerge as Midwest governors weigh coronavirus cases vs. unemployment.
- Estudio revela una montaña de millones de pérdidas en el deporte de EEUU por coronavirus
- Exhausted, scared and committed: These are the faces on the front lines of Chicago’s COVID-19 battle
- Chicago restaurant ordered extra service, promotions, Grubhub says about viral receipt
- The NBA officially has postponed the 2020 draft lottery and combine, which both were scheduled to be held in Chicago
- Praying for churches to reopen
- Community news
- How many of these Mexican dishes do you know?
- Anheuser-Busch wins latest round of beer wars as court OKs ads, packaging implying its rivals contain corn syrup
- Second Elgin firefighter tests positive for COVID-19, city officials prepare for people violating state mask order
- With stay-at-order in place, Latino leaders, groups use caravan in Pilsen to urge households to fill out census
- ‘We’ll figure it out’: Neuqua Valley’s Jack Bastable and St. Edward’s Dylan Mlinarich enter the QB fold for North Central College
- The Spin: As church sues, Pritzker amends stay-at-home order allowing park-and-pray services | Pandemic poll shows Illinoisans have faith in Pritzker, Trump less so | Bobbleheads of Mayor Lightfoot, governor coming
- Immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, adapt to new jobs
- Commentary: Small towns, suburbs need more federal coronavirus aid
- Commentary: Despite rumors to the contrary, Americans are more united than they’ve been in years
- Ximena Sariñana se alía con mujeres para ‘Una vez más’
- With government center closed, business still has to get done during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Chicagoland swingers hope to party again
- New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds her 1st briefing: ‘I will never lie to you’
- Longtime Aurora ice cream shop reopens for season with some changes due to pandemic
- Greg Zanis, of Crosses for Losses, honored in drive-by visitation
- ‘We can’t dwell on the fact we’re losing somebody’: Daniel Sackey has high expectations for Valparaiso even after Javon Freeman-Liberty’s departure
- Letter: Water tower demolition should lead to change
- Enter the Chicago Tribune’s Class of 2020 Graduation Speech Contest to share your advice for this very unique graduating class
- Chicago Tribune Class of 2020 Senior Graduation Speech Contest official rules
- Armstrong: Aurora Christian’s Jake Kuntzendorf has no trouble with the curve in changing plans and decommitting from Purdue
- Column: What will be your place in history?
- Protesters in Chicago, Springfield demand end to stay-at-home order; state’s daily COVID-19 count tops 3,000 for first time
- Hinsdale Kitchen Walk asks people to share pictures of what make their kitchen special
- Employees of Niles-based medical supply company demand more protections after worker reportedly dies of COVID-19
- Jon Lester will play by MLB’s new rules if it means salvaging the 2020 season: ‘I just want to play baseball’
- Evanston smart home: $919K
- Joe Biden denies former Senate staffer Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation: ‘This never happened’
- Column: Kentucky Derby, Free Comic Book Day delayed, but the first weekend of May offers hope anyway
- A look into the post-pandemic future sways Wauconda senior guard Donovan Carter’s college choice
- Some Fox Valley Mall stores reopen for curbside pickup service and delivery
- ‘Like I just got out of jail!’: States ease their lockdowns as coronavirus has killed more than 64,000 in the US
- Column: Will Joe Biden play by the rules of #MeToo or copy a page from the Republican playbook?
- Town of Cicero sues local nursing home, state of Illinois and Pritzker over deadly COVID-19 outbreak
- White House blocks Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying in Congress
- U.S. regulators allow emergency use of first drug shown to help coronavirus patients
- Coronavirus roundup: Giving Tuesday event to help Elgin nonprofits, U-46 doing parent survey, Dolphin Cove not opening this summer
- Illinois bar exam delayed, and now law students seeking jobs and path to pay off loans face major complications
- Illinois health department provides guidance on how General Assembly could get back to work in Springfield
- Column: The Golden Moutza for April: Pence? Pelosi? Lightfoot? Or maybe something less human.
- Crosby: Nurses learning how to ‘step through their fears’ in the ongoing COVID-19 fight
- With bid accepted that increases school bus costs to Northbrook SD28 by 38%, district to start charging all families for transportation service
- Barrington Park District opens golf course, announces that the public pool won’t open at all this summer
- Coronavirus deaths linked to long-term care facilities now over 1,000 mark in Illinois, according to state data
- Column: Go ahead, call that old friend. It will go better than you think.
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Polyamorous Chicagoans share what it’s been like to balance life and love during the quarantine
- Judge dismisses US women’s soccer team’s lawsuit claiming unequal pay