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- How a breakfast with B.J. Armstrong played a role in Michael Jordan’s return to the Chicago Bulls in 1995
- Daily horoscope for May 11, 2020
- Ask Amy: Employee in dream job gets a ‘B’
- Barrington approves animal hospital’s move, despite protests
- July 4th, Buffalo Grove Days celebrations canceled; other large gatherings still being considered
- States hit hardest by COVID-19’s impact on tourism
- Barrington business students, stymied in start-up business, pivot to help overseas troops
- Glenbrook high schools plan drive-up graduation for June, set tentative date for in-person ceremony
- Orlando Fringe conjures festival spirit online with ‘Fringe Today’
- Jerry Stiller, comedian and ‘Seinfeld’ actor, dies at 92
- Food, iPads, care packages part of groundswell of donations to Roseland hospital following Tribune story
- Teachers in face masks? Staggered attendance? Lunch in classrooms? How and when Chicago-area schools will reopen remains elusive, despite ‘Restore Illinois’ phase-in plan.
- Column: Do murder charges in the Ahmaud Arbery killing signify a turning point for America? Not when other young black men still walk in his shoes.
- Ask Anna: Man wants to get ex back, but she’s a lesbian
- Letters: Federal laboratories need more funding to add muscle to the COVID-19 fight
- Legal aid organizations strained by increase in pandemic-related cases, including domestic violence, unemployment claims
- Pictures: Shanghai Disneyland reopens after coronavirus shutdown
- Daywatch: Pritzker not expecting federal help, what re-opened schools may look like and Gold Coast hotel becomes haven for those at risk
- Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa gives mom the ultimate gift on Mother’s Day
- Travis McCready concert to test whether U.S. is ready to rock again
- A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against state coronavirus restrictions, though support for closures dips, poll shows
- Merrillville eyes reopening town hall June 1
- Column: The Chicago Bears’ moves to improve their offense don’t stand out — at least not individually. But they can still be better in 2020.
- 105-year-old New Mexico woman who beat 1918 flu is stricken with COVID-19
- Northbrook fines eating disorder clinic $75,000 after high number of emergency calls
- In-flight wireless provider Gogo struggles along with airlines
- Chicago-area families win cash or garage junk on ‘Jeff’s Homemade Game Show’
- Suburban couple who were both in ICU with coronavirus have survived, been moved to care facility. ‘It’s quite frankly a miracle.’
- Shanghai Disneyland reopens with anti-virus controls
- A DePaul class on ‘The Bachelor’ went online because of the coronavirus. Chris Harrison, ‘Grocery Store Joe’ and other alumni have joined in.
- Best friend’s lifetime of running with Ahmaud Arbery ends with a text: ‘We lost Maud’
- Bob Newhart toasts his chart-topping 1960 debut album: ‘It was back to accounting if comedy didn’t work out’
- Interstate 57 crash kills Calumet Park man, 25, on Chicago’s Far South Side
- Speak Out: Dropping charges against Flynn raises more questions
- Michael Jordan might have “The Last Dance,” but Shawn Kemp’s overlooked brilliance lives on through poetry
- Kameno Bell, a former Illinois running back, is on the frontlines of New Jersey’s fight against the coronavirus. ‘It kind of wakes you up,’ the ER physician says.
- El Real Madrid vuelve a entrenar
- ‘Masked Singer,’ Kim Cattrall soap on Fox’s fall schedule
- Space To Go concert series in Evanston
- Talk of the County: Trump and Republicans will ‘cheat like crazy’ to win election
- Liga española con 5 positivos, reiniciaría el 12 de junio
- Obama censura manejo de Trump de la pandemia
- The feds say you should return any stimulus checks sent to dead people. But the law doesn’t require that.
- Muere Jerry Stiller, comediante y actor de ‘Seinfeld’
- During pandemic, swanky Gold Coast hotel has become a haven for people living on the street and others at risk. ‘Housing is health care.’
- Pence se aísla el fin de semana tras contagio de asesora
- El ‘sí quiero’ en tiempos de coronavirus
- Talk of the County: Pritzker’s coronavirus containment efforts have ‘failed miserably’
- El coronavirus revive un estilo de peinado en África
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth among those sharing reflections on prejudice, experience on PBS series ‘Asian Americans’
- American Hockey League cancels the rest of their season with 209 games remaining
- ‘The Last Dance’: Las 23 conclusiones más fascinantes de los episodios 7 y 8
- Not quite a car, not quite a motorcycle: A vehicle built for one
- The airline business is terrible. It will probably get even worse.
- Little Richard: An ecstasy you could not refuse
- Talk of the County: Trump did not tell people to drink disinfectant, so give him a break
- At $8.4 million, Park Tower condo deal marks the most expensive residential sale in Chicago this year
- Not quite a car, not quite a motorcycle: A vehicle built for one
- Oak Park cancels 4th of July parade; River Forest cancels Memorial Day celebration
- Talk of the County: Who is ‘ignoramous’ Cuomo to talk after neglecting New York’s elderly?
- Firefighters rescue girl trapped in Aurora house during fire
- Talk of the County: Biden ‘won’t even get out on the campaign trail, scared of a virus’
- From coffee filter to safety mask, in a hurry
- Iran missile strikes its own vessel during naval training exercise, killing 19 sailors
- As Europe reopens schools, relief combines with risk
- ¿Cuándo comenzarán a jugar los equipos deportivos de Chicago? Esta es la situación de cada equipo profesional
- Column: The hunger pains of a pandemic
- Europe’s battle-hardened nations show resilience in virus fight
- As Europe reopens schools, relief combines with risk
- Yes, that’s Allyson Felix running down your block
- UFC 249 goes on without fans in Florida
- 2 families displaced in separate fires on opposite ends of Naperville
- Mueren estranguladas tres trabajadoras de salud en México
- Indiana attorney general’s law license suspended 30 days over groping allegation
- Column: Big tech has crushed the news business. That’s about to change.
- ‘Gate was zero,’ but Dana White says UFC 249 was a success
- Delatar y amenazar, nueva táctica de la extrema derecha
- Saudi Arabia triples taxes on basic goods to 15%, cuts $26 billion in costs amid coronavirus pandemic
- Rita Crundwell, who stole more than $50 million as Dixon comptroller, seeks release from prison over COVID-19 fears
- Illinois 19-year-old held in string of convenience store burglaries: police
- Is it safe to send flowers during coronavirus?
- Study offers most detailed picture yet of US children severely sickened by the coronavirus
- Letters to the Editor
- Column: Live music, performance and the arts are on pause in the Southland, but support from patrons remains steadfast
- Surviving COVID-19 may not feel like recovery for some
- Scott Turow’s latest, ‘The Last Trial,’ is about the witness stand we all put ourselves on as we age
- Column: Behold the resistance in 2020 — protesting boating restrictions during a pandemic
- Surviving COVID-19 may not feel like recovery for some
- Reaperturas marcan nueva fase: ‘ensayo y error’ global
- Iglesia del noroeste de Chicago reabre sus puertas para servicios en persona, la alcaldesa condena el acto
- Column: The coronavirus will create a new kind of tourist
- ‘Scary to go to work’: White House races to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in its ranks
- Jerry Stiller remembered by Jason Alexander, Kevin James, Leah Remini and Jerry Seinfeld in touching tributes
- Bono crea una lista con las 60 canciones que le ‘salvaron la vida’
- El coronavirus y los niños: ¿Una nueva amenaza?
- Whipped Dalgona craze is perking up sales of instant coffee
- Jonathan Toews and Alex DeBrincat are nominated for an NHL fan award — for jumping
- Hutton: Crown Point pitcher Gene Kolarik says ‘you can’t play the what-could-have-been game.’ But with 13 seniors who will play in college, the Bulldogs must wonder.
- Study says coronavirus death toll in New York City may be thousands worse than official tally
- Column: Kent State and Vietnam shaped their senior year. Now they’re writing letters to the class of 2020.
- 2 arrested in armed robbery at Naperville hotel in which victim was struck in the head
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- Harwood Heights teen uses 3D printing skills to make PPE face shields
- Tinley Park priest appointed coadjutor of the Diocese of Peoria
- Grace personified: Tinley Park’s Grace Piotrowski takes ‘whatever’s best for the team’ attitude to Northern Alabama
- New this week: Taylor Swift, ‘Maleficent,’ Marshall special
- ¿Cómo y cuándo reabrirán las escuelas del área de Chicago?, aquí los detalles
- Hollywood honors Jerry Stiller: ‘funny,’ ‘sweet,’ ‘what a giant’
- Wadsworth Road to close starting May 26 at Robert McClory Bike Path bridge
- Evanston’s SPACE brings ‘to-go’ concerts to your front lawn
- How do you enforce a law that tramples the Land of the Free?
- La Grange-area residents develop quick appetite for Facebook page supporting restaurants
- At least 8 dead and 85 COVID-19 cases at Dyer nursing home, sources say
- Kamala Harris is weighing her next step. Could it be vice president?
- New Lenox man shot outside gas station in possible carjacking attempt: police
- Alex Morgan da a luz a su ‘súper bebita’ poco antes del Día de las Madres
- The Blue Angels fly over Chicago
- Commentary: Restaurateur: Let’s limit the damage and be a leader in helping restaurants stay in business
- Héctor Herrera: ‘Como te extrañaba hermosa’
- OMS: Se desconoce la transmisión y la gravedad en niños al abrir colegios
- Metea Valley’s Myles Leavy leaves modesty behind in building a path for committing to Dubuque in men’s basketball: ‘I had to promote myself.’
- Column: More Illinois drive-in movie theaters reopening as a rare entertainment option with safe social distancing
- Great backyard games and activities that will keep the whole family busy for hours
- South Lake County COVID-19 deaths climbing; at least one nursing home in Dyer is a hot spot, records and sources confirm
- En barrios latinos de Chicago aumentan los sitios para pruebas COVID-19
- Our stories keep loved one’s memories alive
- 20 steps to take while you are on the hunt for a job
- 50-year-old Aurora man faces charges for alleged sexual contact with minor
- Lightfoot advances plan to delay part of worker scheduling protection rules due to virus outbreak
- Guatemala: 74 migrantes deportados la semana pasada por EEUU tienen coronavirus
- Rather than canceling or postponing prom, local high school says the annual ‘rite of passage’ will happen online instead
- ‘If they stare, fine.’ Adults use kiddie pools as quarantine meets L.A. heat
- With a pandemic, lost jobs and record heat, Miami’s poor can’t afford air conditioning
- Future warming arriving earlier than expected, study finds
- Column: Wearing a facial mask in public — or not — is our new culture war controversy
- Reopening the US economy too fast could cause double-dip recession
- R0, pronounced ‘R-naught,’ the messy coronavirus infection metric that may soon shape our lives, explained
- Mirada en blanco y negro a años de gloria de Cannes
- Tua, Gronk and Tom Brady top NFL’s best-selling jerseys list
- Letters: Public sector workers continue to be the backbone of our state, city
- Renuncian dos asesores del líder opositor venezolano Guaidó
- Feeling pandemic stress? These easy breathing techniques can help
- A south suburban village is trying to make sure every resident has a face mask, even delivering them to the elderly
- Jennifer Weiner on ‘Big Summer’: Bringing the beach to readers
- Quarantine WFH fashion: Some ditching PJs for elevated loungewear
- EatingWell: Pantry staples amp up veggie burger
- El Dr. Fauci dice que temporada de NFL es factible: ‘El virus tomará la decisión por nosotros’
- Commentary: Sorry, but not all of us can vote from home
- Column: Why can’t we just pause? We could get rid of coronavirus if we all went on lockdown, but our society isn’t built to do that
- Seriously Simple: A recipe gone wrong turns into a delicious dish that is so right
- You should wear a mask in hallways and other common spaces of apartment buildings, experts say
- Coronavirus forces Santa Fe Opera to cancel upcoming season
- Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
- Inflación en Venezuela se disparó 80% en abril en plena cuarentena
- Wisconsin GOP lawmakers urge Washington to reject any ‘bailout’ money for Illinois: ‘Our neighbors to the south have spent decades spending and borrowing recklessly’
- United taps new No. 2 as airline undergoes long-planned leadership change during COVID-19 pandemic. ‘We believe it is safe to fly.’
- Sobrevivió al virus y vuelve para encararlo
- ‘Always Jackie’: Man who was pen pal to Jackie Robinson writes children’s book
- Do you have coronavirus shopping anxiety? These therapists can help with that
- NBC News apologizes for ‘inaccurately’ quoting William Barr
- Muere en prisión por COVID-19 líder del cártel mexicano Los Zetas
- Self-employed have started applying for unemployment benefits, but there’s a catch
- Column: Pros and cons of MLB’s proposed plan for baseball returning in July, from regional schedules to expanded playoffs
- Las estrellas muestran sus Día de la Madre en redes sociales con emotivas fotos
- Chicago restaurants get a big gift on Mother’s Day with strong takeout and delivery sales
- Editorial: Don’t give up on the summer of survival
- Aurora council will consider plans for vacant restaurant, extending state-of-emergency resolution
- Coronavirus quarantine resulting in people discovering, rediscovering non-work-related passions
- Still nervous after all these years — commemorating my 40th anniversary at the Chicago Tribune
- Americans see worse finances, higher stock prices in Fed survey
- Three aggressive customers cause incidents at Niles Walmart stores, police say; one arrested
- Las Grandes Ligas se reanudarían el 4 de julio
- Airlines are racking up billions in debt to get through COVID-19. Can they survive what comes next?
- Cook County Jail escapee held without bond Monday after more than a week on the run
- Aurora-area tourism officials preparing for visitors when shelter-in-place ends
- El regreso de entrenamientos grupales para equipos italianos ya tienen fecha
- TV ratings for Episodes 7 and 8 of ‘The Last Dance’ up marginally in Chicago
- Evanston offers one-stop services, raffle to those in need during pandemic
- ‘Tenemos miedo’, la sombra que cubre a médicos mexicanos por la pandemia
- Editorial: Illinois General Assembly, get back to Springfield
- A subasta por un millón de dólares una histórica guitarra de Kurt Cobain
- Sports lookback: What Michael Jordan’s White Sox teammates really thought of him
- Represent Chicago sports with these face masks
- Las mascarillas de los equipos de Chicago
- Two wounded in early morning home invasion attempt in Oak Park
- Black district attorney appointed to take over Ahmaud Arbery shooting case as feds consider hate crimes charges
- San Francisco gives free marijuana and alcohol to homeless
- Fox Lake woman killed after suspected attack by at least one of her dogs
- Inglaterra da luz verde al regreso de la Liga Premier
- 40-year-old man fatally shot in Harvey
- Heather Widner combines painting, music, movement in online classes
- Anuncian estreno de la última temporada de ‘Por 13 razones’ en Netflix
- Presos buscan infectarse con coronavirus para forzar su libertad
- Logan Square 4-bedroom with rec room: $800K
- Two Aurora men charged with manufacturing and delivering marijuana
- Northwestern University furloughs staff, cuts executive pay and taps endowment as it eyes ‘significant shortfall’ due to coronavirus pandemic
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 11 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Column: Trump thinks he has found coronavirus cure: Blame Obama
- The Spin: Gov. Pritzker self-isolating after staffer tests positive for COVID-19 | Illinois peak not expected until mid-June | Sean Penn’s charity to help boost Chicago testing
- Church leaders push back on Lightfoot and Pritzker stay-at-home orders: ‘We have to stand up for ourselves at some point’
- Coffee essentials for the perfect at-home cup
- New Life Covenant Church to give away 4,000 free face masks on Saturday
- White House recommends coronavirus testing of more than 1 million nursing home residents and staff in next 2 weeks
- Chicago to open six more testing sites in neighborhoods, will work with actor Sean Penn’s charity to try reaching goal of 10,000 tests per day
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk restarts California factory, defying local government orders amid coronavirus lockdown
- Boris Johnson’s plan to reopen Britain is met with bafflement and opposition
- MLB owners approve a plan to start the season — without fans — in July
- So you want to be a coronavirus contact tracer? Johns Hopkins has a class for that.
- White House orders everyone who enters West Wing to wear face mask — but not Trump — amid president’s push to ‘reopen’ US
- Longtime Oak Parker celebrates 102nd birthday at Belmont Village; family attends via Zoom
- As countries restart, WHO warns about lack of coronavirus tracing, ‘some seriously blind driving over the next few months’
- Vintage: The Adler Planetarium
- More aid to states? That may depend on their political hue