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- Daily horoscope for June 26, 2020
- Ceviche: a bright, juicy bite for summertime
- Aurora man charged with throwing explosive at police vehicle during George Floyd protest in Naperville
- Man who lost two sisters, including Illinois’ first COVID-19 victim, hopes to spare others from similar tragedy
- Column: To travel or not to travel? It’s the existential question of this pandemic summer.
- Flashback: ‘These are no dilettantes out for a thrill’: The Ninety-Nines helped female pilots break the glass ceiling
- Column: One wrong ‘like’ will get you canceled by cancel culture
- Column: America responds to protests & coronavirus by stocking up on guns – I must protect my Elvis statue!
- Ask Amy: Child is caught in toxic family crossfire
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ again delays big summer release
- Daytime Emmys go virtual in age of COVID-19 pandemic
- Oak Lawn’s Heather McCarthy named Illinois’ top inspirational teacher
- Man runs 218 miles to visit coronavirus-stricken grandmother through nursing home window
- Daywatch: Illinois moves into next phase of reopening, Lightfoot’s free internet plan and a Chicago farmers markets guide
- Who will be on the Chicago White Sox’s 30-man roster on opening day? Here are the locks — and players who are on the bubble.
- Who will be on the Chicago Cubs’ 30-man roster on opening day? Here are the locks — and players who are on the bubble.
- NHL won’t quarantine players when training camps open July 10
- Despite pandemic, Trump administration urges Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare
- Woman charged with vandalizing Art Institute lion’s base
- Kanye West to bring Yeezy brand, but not sneakers, to Gap
- Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future
- 5 things we heard from Chicago Bears wide receivers coach Mike Furrey, including Riley Ridley’s growth potential and Anthony Miller’s structured schedule
- Speak Out: New Zealand has shown way to handle pandemic
- New Lexus IS arrives late fall
- New MINI Countryman offers hybrid, gas, diesel models
- Warner Bros. retrasa por segunda vez el estreno de Tenet
- Assault on biracial woman doused with lighter fluid and burned in Wisconsin investigated as hate crime
- Sports lookback: Greatest signature moves in NFL history
- As COVID-19 surges, younger people account for ‘disturbing’ number of cases
- ‘Mano de Piedra’ Durán da positivo a coronavirus
- From humble beginnings, St. George Church in Aurora now has members from around the area
- Eliminatorias de Concacaf al Mundial pueden cambiar
- Disney’s Splash Mountain to drop ‘Song of the South’ depictions
- CDC is still inaccurately counting coronavirus tests, a watchdog group finds
- Tina Fey’s comedy prize should be rescinded by Kennedy Center, conservative black group says
- Many latinos couldn’t stay home. Now virus cases are soaring.
- Sigue el dilema por el oro de Venezuela en Inglaterra
- Why obsessive K-pop fans are turning toward political activism
- Costco discontinues half-sheet cakes, an apparent casualty of COVID-19
- In Norway, gymgoers avoid infections as virus recedes
- Jamelle Bouie column: If you want to let freedom ring, hammer on economic injustice
- Speak Out: Justices tend to become more liberal as they age
- Books are a great fit for quarantine. The book business, not so much.
- Miguel Ríos regresa 12 años después con ‘El blues de la tercera edad’ (VIDEO)
- David Brooks column: America is facing 5 epic crises all at once
- At least 6 injured when CTA bus crashes into building on Northwest Side
- Paul Krugman column: America didn’t give up on COVID-19. Republicans did.
- Provocative purchases? Surprisingly thriving
- Se reanuda el fútbol mexicano con la Copa por México
- Texas orders bars to shut down amid surge in confirmed coronavirus cases
- This college football team had no coronavirus cases at first. Then it shut down.
- Ebola outbreak in Congo is over, WHO says
- Costco reimagines its food samples in era of social distancing
- La inusual masa de polvo sahariano llega al Pacífico
- Actor porno Ron Jeremy encara cadena perpetua
- Hinsdale and Darien cancel Fourth of July parades and activities
- Biden prevé ceremonia de nominación a puerta cerrada
- Colombia vuelve a quedarse sin un Mundial
- Seven car burglaries and one vehicle theft reported in five hours in Western Springs, police say
- Letter to the Editor
- Motormouth: OK plan to keep cat from scratching car?
- Auto review: 2020 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Widebody is truly a wayback machine
- Chesterton graduate Patrick Arndt transfers to Bellarmine after Chicago State eliminates its baseball program: ‘It hit me hard.’
- Auto review: 2020 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Widebody is truly a wayback machine
- Are there too many teardowns in Hinsdale? Hundreds weigh in for public hearing on issue
- Auto review: Mercedes’s new small SUV a winner, despite goofy driver-assist feature
- Empresa rastreó a miles durante las protestas del caso Floyd
- Auto review: Mercedes’s new small SUV a winner, despite goofy driver-assist feature
- Dolphins owner Steve Ross pledges $13 million to help fight systemic racism
- Speak Out: Nursing home deaths and a plea to listen
- The reassuring context of Korea tensions
- Executive changes announced at Navistar as company continues to mull takeover bid
- Intentan matar al jefe de Seguridad de Ciudad de México
- Owner of speedway in North Carolina offers ‘Bubba Rope’ for sale
- Muñoz Machado (RAE), sobre derribo de estatuas: ‘Deberían elegir mejor el personaje, Cervantes no fue un bárbaro’
- Man dies after coming into contact with power lines in Rockford
- What is the song of summer? Music insiders spin the soundtrack for a once-in-a-lifetime season
- Column: Girl Scouts will host Black Lives Matter demonstration in Morton Grove. ‘It’s not a partisan issue. It’s a human issue.’
- Judge dismisses lawsuit brought against University of Illinois counselors by family of slain Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang
- Alinea in Residence to offer guests an al fresco version of Chicago’s most acclaimed restaurant
- Atletas argentinos vuelven a entrenar mientras el fútbol espera
- El teletrabajo requiere de tecnología adecuada
- Manuel Medrano invita a Nile Rodgers al ‘Cielo’
- Virtual July 4th parade to feature creative shoebox floats
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- Review: ‘Adventure Time’s’ magic remains intact in first ‘Distant Lands’ special for HBO Max
- Family travel five: Fresh air, beautiful scenery at these adventure sites
- Local chef Jessica Romanowski is feeding the city through Care Kitchen Chicago with over 2,600 meals so far, and she’s still going
- Disabato: St. Xavier lost more than a baseball coach by firing alum Rocco Mossuto, an Oak Forest graduate who gave his ‘heart and soul’ to the university
- Community news
- Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky buys $5.4 million worth of stock in the Chicago-based company
- Help! One company refused to refund travelers more than $100,000.
- Cook County court system eyes July reopening, mostly via video
- It’s a wonderful time to be Leslie Jordan
- School ‘will look different’ when buildings open up in the fall
- What’s open in Chicago during phase 4 of Illinois’ COVID-19 reopening plan? Here’s a running list.
- Klopp: ‘El Liverpool se ha quitado de encima una mochila pesada’
- A trying first half of 2020 included spike in shootings and homicides in Chicago
- Corrupt Chicago police sergeant sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison for falsifying search warrants, stealing drugs
- It may be time to dust off your roller skates
- Alondra de la Parra logra debut con orquesta de Fráncfort
- Talk of the County: Trump rally ‘will mean that many less votes for him when they are sick or have not survived’
- Best clothes for summer 2020 — from loungewear to work clothes
- The best baseball cleat
- Lincoln museum in Springfield is reopening Wednesday
- The best ice cream mix
- The best tote bag
- The best catcher’s glove
- The best composting toilet
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- With a lost spring season behind him, Hampshire pitcher Ben Benoit focuses on summer gains: ‘It’s great to be back out there.’
- Job seekers get more options — and competition — as working from home becomes permanent. ‘If we decide we need people to come in, we can fly them in.’
- Q&A: Lil Yachty on music, inclusion, Drake and trust issues
- Huge drop in Illinois home sales due to COVID-19 might be great for sellers, but not for buyers: ‘There’s a feeding frenzy.’
- ‘We’re just not there yet’: Naval Station Great Lakes eyes loosening of some coronavirus restrictions
- 16 jugadores de la NBA dan positivo a coronavirus
- What will happen with weddings?
- 24 people indicted in probe of West Side gangs
- Auto review: High-speed Jeep Gladiator Mojave an off-road conqueror
- News coming soon on Gary school sales
- A DNA mix-up involving a washing machine kept a man in jail for 3 years
- ‘Just a family vibe’: Michigan City graduate ShanQuan Hemphill continues Drake’s connection to the Region by transferring from Green Bay
- Chicago patios and rooftops: Our critics’ picks for where to eat outside now
- Commentary: Maybe we’re better off without sports
- Waubonsee offering program on contact tracing
- Column: What my collection of racist memorabilia teaches
- Naperville ranks No. 1 in the nation in census response rate among cities of 140,000 or more
- Lightfoot takes part of Chicago summer youths job program online during COVID-19 pandemic
- Colombiana con covid-19 da a luz en coma
- ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ contará con otro personaje de ‘Jurassic Park’
- High school teams adjust to new heat stress safety law
- Florida smirked at New York’s virus crisis. Now it has its own.
- Letters: CPS families’ access to the internet
- ‘Everything is on the table,’ Cook County board President Toni Preckwinkle warns as 2021 budget gap forecasted to be largest in a decade
- 24 ways to make old furniture look brand new
- Las 500 Millas de Indianápolis tendrá acceso limitado de espectadores
- Indiana cases climb, as no new COVID-19 deaths in Lake, Porter for third day
- Illinois casinos and video gaming locations set to reopen July 1
- YouTube personality Jenna Marbles apologizes for blackface video
- Naperville letters to the editor
- Auto review: High-speed Jeep Gladiator Mojave an off-road conqueror
- ¿Quién es el funcionario al que el narco intentó matar en México?
- ‘Business is excellent’ as Lake County restaurants open doors to limited indoor dining
- Late Evergreen Park science teacher Monica Fudacz shared gifts with students, friends and family
- Minneapolis City Council unanimously advances plan to allow the police department to be dismantled
- Imagination Glen BMX hosts Stars and Stripes Nationals amid COVID-19 precautions
- Letter: Delay report on dietary guidelines
- La música country reflexiona sobre sus estereotipos raciales
- House adopts bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state; Senate GOP opposes
- Improductions presents new improv virtual shows
- Smart ways to spend your tax refund
- Say goodbye to boring burgers with these 50 recipes
- Texas y Florida frenan la reapertura
- Investigations of anonymous complaints against some Chicago cops would be allowed under contract decision
- Family buys all of a Chicago paletero’s ice pops on Father’s Day, collects nearly $40K for him: ‘He refuses to stop working’
- Editorial: The Foxx-Smollett report: Anytime you’re ready, Mr. Webb
- NBA y sindicato acuerdan términos para reinicio de temporada
- You could use a hug. Here are some safe options
- Chicago State University offers free tuition to incoming freshmen, with a caveat
- The COVID-19 gym experience: Exercise ‘pods,’ hand sanitizer and lots of social distancing
- Adult film star Ron Jeremy pleads not guilty to 3 rapes
- Ana Torroja lanza ‘Cuando tú me bailas’ (VIDEO)
- Column: Orland Park residents should ask village to drop lawsuit against state’s reopening policy
- As U.S. reopens, here’s how to handle awkward COVID-19 social interactions — talking to deniers, eating out, going to the office and having sex
- No pudieron quedarse en casa y se están enfermando
- Los Angeles resets marijuana program to combat racial inequality
- Microsoft to permanently close all physical stores
- Man held without bail in killing of 2 teens on South Side
- PETA alleges neglect by zoo from Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’
- Former CPS principal charged with felony battery was ‘horsing around’ before he threw water bottle at cafeteria worker, prosecutors say
- Entrenador de Djokovic también da positivo por coronavirus
- Environmental Nutrition: Nutrition to support bone health
- 6 hurt when CTA bus plows into commercial building after tow truck broadsided it and flees scene
- Burr Ridge police charge East Hazel Crest teen with attempted vehicle hijacking
- Family demands answers in death of Jamal Williams, fatally shot at Community Hospital in Munster
- The Spin: Sen. Duckworth’s chances of being Biden’s running mate | Tax hikes, layoffs — Preckwinkle’s dire COVID budget forecast | Chicago nears 300 homicides with backdrop of social unrest, new top cop’s rocky start
- Column: Hitting the road this summer? Here are eight podcasts to try
- Armstrong: Lori Trippi-Payne’s reach extended beyond the volleyball court during her 34 years as a ‘student-centered’ teacher and coach at Batavia
- La librería que abrió y floreció mientras otras cerraban sus puertas
- Renovated River North penthouse loft: $1.3M
- Art Institute lays off 8% of staff due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Potempa: Zucchini blossoms are both bright and delicious
- Walmart says it will reopen Chicago stores that closed during unrest
- El Fluminense se niega a jugar en el Maracaná
- ‘I’ll live through this’: 103-year-old survives COVID-19
- Column: It’s time for a new Voting Rights Act
- Corrections and clarifications
- Kanye West partners with Gap, continues venturing into the fashion industry
- Yorkville private school not planning to require masks when classes resume, according to attorney
- Want to fight racism? Then the top 20% need to reassess not only their own privileges, but their kids’
- Recreational and dining options increase as Naperville moves into next phase of reopening plan
- Facebook says it will flag all ‘newsworthy’ posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Trump
- Brookfield Zoo reopens to members July 1; to the public July 8. Here’s what will be different
- Oak Park Dist. 97 superintendent a finalist for position in Wisconsin
- Commentary: How to ‘defund’ the police — real strategies to reduce costs safely
- Local police officials discuss diversity, defensive tactics training amid national outcry for police reform
- Aurora combines Planning Commission, Zoning Board
- American Airlines will book flights to full capacity, ending effort to promote social distancing
- After 16 NBA players test positive for COVID-19 and cases in Florida soar, Adam Silver says the league could stop play if the coronavirus significantly spreads
- Michigan recruit Tre’ Hondras, who played for the Jackie Robinson West team in 2014, calls his decision to join the Oilmen this summer ‘a no-brainer’
- District 300 revises graduations to fit pandemic restrictions
- Former Aurora attorney Philip Ruddy dies
- ‘There are so many unknowns’: Lucas Giolito and James McCann discuss the next steps for the Chicago White Sox with COVID-19 still a factor
- Column: Where am I? Reflections on 35 years at the Chicago Tribune
- COVID-19 deaths dropping in Illinois long-term care facilities
- Phase 4 of state reopening; Arlington Heights opens library doors, park district facilities to public
- The NBA has officially announced its return and set the schedule for season restart at the Disney World complex near Orlando
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 26 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Commentary: Employers, don’t cancel those internships — make them remote during this pandemic
- ‘Simpsons’ white actors will no longer voice minority characters
- Aurora looks at help for developers of old Copley site
- U-pick farms prove popular for families wishing to enjoy outdoor activities amid COVID-19 outbreak
- ‘A lot of lightning’ possible as severe thunderstorms move through area with high winds and hail
- Aurora man who barricaded himself in house facing felony charges
- Man convicted in 1980 killing of off-duty Hammond cop resentenced to 40 years in prison
- FBI: ‘Several members of public’ inside Loop bank as heist unfolded, SWAT responded
- Deceased Evergreen Park pediatrician faked routine childhood vaccinations, falsified medical records, lawsuit claims
- Appellate court rules marital privilege does not apply to text messages between Melodie Gliniewicz, late husband
- 16-year old from Harvey charged in fatal New Lenox gas station shooting of 19-year old man; first homicide in village in nearly two decades
- Column: New York’s mayor moves to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the street in front of Trump Tower. Will Chicago’s mayor follow suit?
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- New COVID-19 infections per day in US surge to all-time high of 40,000 as states across South and West revert to restrictions
- NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird focuses on safety, growing sport during Challenge Cup
- Naperville native John Bauernfeind turns his love of sports and storytelling into a debut novel about baseball: ‘Writing a book is something I always wanted to do.’
- ‘I’ve been waiting for this day’: Chicago area revels in movies, gyms, indoor dining and other pleasures as phase four begins
- Lake Zurich concludes community sessions on barn, fire station projects: ‘These suggestions are just a starting point’
- Russia secretly offered Afghan militants bounties to kill U.S. troops, intelligence says
- Illinois basketball adds Brandon Lieb, a 7-footer from Deerfield, to its Class of 2020
- NWSL Challenge Cup Preview: A closer look at all 8 teams
- Federal judge rules US must free migrant children from family detention, citing recent spread of coronavirus in facilities
- Trump calls Pritzker, Lightfoot failures on Chicago gun violence; they dismiss as distraction from his job on COVID
- Chicago Blackhawks have a 12.5% chance at the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL draft — but only if they lose to the Edmonton Oilers in their play-in series