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Daily horoscope for June 5, 2020
Ask Amy: Housemate angles for a change
The song of the summer the year you graduated from high school
For a quick cutting garden of flowers this summer, start with annuals
Latinos have the highest COVID-19 infection rate in Illinois. As restrictions ease, community leaders fear things will get even worse.
Column: Heartbreak, but also scenes of moral courage amid looting of South Side supermarket
Variety Editor Claudia Eller placed on leave after Twitter debate on lack of newsroom diversity
21-year-old describes being stabbed while trying to stop looting in Naperville. ‘I really don’t like where this world is going to. It’s going to a dark, evil place.’
Alleged racial insult leads to physical altercation outside River Forest grocery store; police investigating
Grocery stores that closed during the George Floyd fallout start to reopen. But food remains elusive in some neighborhoods.
J.C. Penney to begin 154 store closings, including 5 in Illinois
Daywatch: Illinois schools can resume in-person summer classes, Lightfoot denounces Bridgeport vigilantes and how to support Chicago’s black-owned restaurants
Go inside the Chicago Bears’ emotional team meeting on the Bear Download podcast
Construction halted on Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper on South Michigan Avenue. Developers say it’s because of COVID-19 safety concerns
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NBA lookback: Jerry Krause got a raw deal in ‘The Last Dance’
Unemployment dips to 13.3%; U.S. added 2.5 million jobs in May
ESPN looks to bring fans ‘closer to the action’ when sports finally returns from coronavirus shutdown
Armed bystanders watch Floyd protesters in Crown Point: ‘They have a right to do that.’
Art that confronts and challenges racism: Start here
Mayor Lori Lightfoot denounces vigilantism in Chicago after white men patrol Bridgeport streets with bats
Chicago restaurant to serve 1,000 free meals Friday as local chefs keep serving food-scarce communities despite shutdowns
Column: Young protest organizers will have to lead us to healing ?— ‘We can’t stay in our corners’
Haverdash: Can you build your wardrobe with this clothing rental service?
The best firm mattress
The best shaving cream for men
The best Humminbird fish-finder
The best contact lens
The best bike derailleur
The best wire cutter
The best women’s mountain bike
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Summer TV preview: 15 new shows we can’t wait to see
Speak Out: Data will soon tell if reopening practices were safe
Coronavirus rips into regions previously spared
Emmys preview: The show will go on, and this year, ‘it’s all about the content’
Column: Sports are coming back, but it’s really hard to get excited about that. Not when the country continues to fail its people.
Two huge COVID-19 studies are retracted after scientists sound alarms
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Column: Hey, young people: Send us your artwork inspired by the unrest around you.
EEUU agrega 2,5 millones de empleos y desempleo baja a 13,3%
Larentowicz: ‘Están tomando la vida de 2,000 personas en sus manos’
Criterion Channel, a refuge for cinephiles, is making much of its Black filmmakers’ work free online
Going back to work won’t be business as usual. A group of Chicago companies is creating a playbook to restart Chicago’s economy.
Los peloteros no ceden y no hay acuerdo a la vista
Doctors heavily overprescribed antibiotics early in the pandemic
ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of May 2020
Saltan las alarmas en el Barca con Messi
College football season could be shortened, NCAA chief tells congress
‘Phased & Confused’: Second City will partner with the city to guide Chicago’s reopening
Getting into college just got easier, if your kid is wait-listed
Gabrielle Union presenta queja por racismo contra ‘America’s Got Talent’
Twitter bloquea tuit de la campaña por reelección de Trump
23-year-old Illinois man identified as body found at the scene of Iowa police shootout
El fútbol y los bares se reencuentran bajo el lema #SalimosARemontar
La mascarilla, antes sospechosa, ahora tranquiliza
Speak Out: Masks are essential to beating coronavirus
How to hug during a pandemic
Former star shortstop Audrey Bickel cherishes memories of Andrean’s 2007 state title. Now the Indiana Softball Hall of Fame commemorates her.
UN’s atomic watchdog says Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium are increasing in violation of a key nuclear deal
Ennio Morricone y John Williams, premios Princesa de Asturias de las Artes 2020
White Coats for Black Lives
South Shore full service resumes Monday
Body of missing swimmer at Bass Lake recovered, Indiana DNR says
Bugs Bunny is back, and so is the ‘Looney Tunes’ mayhem
Column: White person to white person? You’re doing it wrong
Jake Paul charged with misdemeanor trespassing after mall looting
Workers fearful of the coronavirus are getting fired and losing their benefits
Valparaiso interfaith vigil calls for unity, change: ‘I feel like you’re here for me’
Workers fearful of the coronavirus are getting fired and losing their benefits
Guest column: Direct and indirect racism a burden blacks in America, and Naperville, shoulder every day
Arrestan a Carl Crawford, exastro de Dodgers, por agresión a su exnovia
Foodlife and Mity Nice Bar & Grill in Water Tower Place close after 27 years
With fewer people in the way, transportation projects speed ahead
Transgender activist LaSaia Wade has made her South Side LGBTQ center a safe haven, where protesters can get food, water and first aid
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago’s Lakefront Trail expected to reopen ‘soon’
For the deaf, social distancing can mean social isolation
This time, hardly anyone followed Trump’s lead on virus drugs
Multan dos futbolistas por violar protocolo para cortarse el pelo
NCAA hits Oklahoma State with a 1-year postseason ban and fine in corruption case
Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for firing of Chicago cop who flipped off protesters, those who hide badge numbers
Athletes who have gone bankrupt
Oswego OKs contract for maintaining new native plant area
District 219 will offer free meals this summer to all children within the district
Sanitary sewer issue needs to be addressed now: Hobart councilman
Disabato: From hitchhiking to football practice as a freshman at Richards to being a longtime assistant coach at Shepard and Reavis, Rudy Bajorek was a one of a kind
Despite virus, hundreds arrested in unrest are held in cramped jails
Column: The police are rioting. We need to talk about it.
Column: The police are rioting. We need to talk about it. It is an attack on civil society and democratic accountability.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces Jewel-Osco $1 million donation to city’s emergency fund for looted, damaged businesses
‘Riverdale’ vows to ‘do better’ and increase show’s diversity in response to Vanessa Morgan
La tortilla de papitas fritas de Ferran Adria es un deleite que supera toda expectativa
Oak Brook polo season to start new season uncertain if spectators will be allowed
On tribal lands, a time to make art for solace and survival
Social Change volunteers help fill immediate needs of South Side residents
Minneapolis to ban police chokeholds in wake of George Floyd’s death
Watch ‘Deranged’ Rudy Giuliani go ‘barking mad’ during unhinged, foul-mouthed interview with Piers Morgan
Una actriz de The Big Bang Theory confiesa que no ha visto nunca un episodio de la serie
Black lawmakers implore Holcomb to join action for police reforms
CTA begins round of service changes tonight for Red/Purple Line construction project
Naperville’s Ogden 6 Theatre to permanently close Sunday, AMC Naperville in trouble, other business news
Navy Pier to reopen outdoor areas Wednesday, including restaurants and requiring face masks
Billionaire philanthropist Ken Griffin buys Basquiat painting for more than $100 million
Tribune Publishing reports $44 million first-quarter loss
Pandemic, April job losses largely defy dire predictions for NWI housing market
Los últimos testigos en la cadena de muerte del coronavirus en México
El Galaxy da de baja al volante serbio Katai
President Trump defies governor, heads to Maine where George Floyd protesters await
None and done: Russ Radtke leaves Portage without coaching a game and has been hired by Knox
Column: Hundreds of health care workers in Chicago take a silent knee in #WhiteCoatsforBlackLives demonstration: ‘It’s a human rights issue. It’s a health care issue.’
Country Club Hills woman dies in dog attack
How to pick the perfect sofa
Meditation can help calm your pandemic worries. Here’s how to start a practice at home
9-year-old boy dies in Park Forest house fire
Aurora Museum Week to be online event
10 tips for home selling season
When the class hamster came home – and stayed
How to safely entertain outdoors this summer
Lakefront is drawing Chicagoans — though it’s still closed
Mundelein guard Trey Baker among student-athletes taking action in aftermath of police killing of George Floyd: ‘We need to promote peace, love and togetherness.’
Jean Lenti Ponsetto, the longtime DePaul athletic director, is retiring after 18 years in the job and 45 years with the department
Guest column: Death of George Floyd raises many issues about police
Gov. J.B. Pritzker raises his national profile with rebuke of President Donald Trump over George Floyd fallout
Temen que las cosas empeoren aún más entre latinos y contagios por COVID-19
What experts say about visiting the doctor, dentist amid coronavirus
Here’s a new way to do study abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Three charged in attempted ATM heist — latest federal case stemming from unrest in Chicago
Letters: COVID-19 deaths show how the safety net fails nursing home residents
Why barefoot running may help prevent common injuries
Letters to the Editor
Study looks into why some older adults have better memories than others
The Grand Canyon will reopen this summer. Here’s how it will go
President Trump invokes George Floyd’s name in trumpeting jobs report: ‘This is a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody’
Column: Why Trump and Sen. Tom Cotton are wrong about sending in the troops
Park Ridge City Council votes to extend COVID-19 state of emergency through June 28
Community steps in to help South and West side families left without food, baby supplies after stores close because of unrest
Estrellas de NFL envían mensaje sobre desigualdad racial
How Zane Lowe became pop’s unofficial therapist
COVID-19 cancels Niles Cycling Classic; race attracted participants from around the world
‘Kettling’ of peaceful protesters after curfew shows aggressive shift by New York police
Column: Beijing renews offensive against Hong Kong
A final goodbye over the phone. A nurse’s flick of a hospital room light. His wife of 53 years hopes ‘he understood.’
Travis regresan como en los viejos tiempos con ‘A ghost’
Column: While Trump blames antifa, a menacing far-right ‘boogaloo’ movement rises
Illinois schools can reopen for summer classes with restrictions, governor announces; CPS ‘evaluating’ its options
Karl Tangeros, instrumental in moving Norwegian Day Parade to Park Ridge, dies at age 92
Commentary: ‘Tonight she’s jobless.’ There’s nothing justifiable in looting.
City workers and activists paint Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House
Empleados de restaurante rehúsan preparar tacos a policías que vigilaban protestas
Faces of the Fallout
Skokie establishes task force to help village’s business community during coronavirus reopenings
Police killing of George Floyd amplifies calls to remove school resource officers from Chicago public schools: ‘We don’t need more cops.’
Column: As elected officials, they called for unity. As black mothers, they spoke about fear.
Kanye West protesta en Chicago y dona $2 millones a víctimas
Indie music artists unite against racism on 90-track new album
Next step for Neuqua Valley’s Kristen Stege? Transferring to Tennessee after East Carolina cuts swimming program: ‘I already did my research.’
Cook County state’s attorney’s office says it will review allegations that Chicago cops pulled woman from car by her hair and placed knee on her neck
St. Joseph grad Jake Hansen takes ‘hard-nosed’ approach to pursuing baseball career
Talk of the County: Looting in Waukegan only helps Trump’s drive for dictatorship
Los ocho equipos excluidos de la NBA: jóvenes, sin rumbo y un candidato al anillo
Cedar Lake veteran reflects on D-Day remembrances: ‘It was survival mode for every man on the beach’
Porter County primary voter turnout down to 26%; pandemic, date change blamed
Édgar Ramírez en el futuro y otras películas de estreno en streaming
Editorial: After George Floyd’s killing, make America a better place
White House forces reporters to ditch social distancing because ‘it looks better,’ according to the aide who ordered it
Hinsdale South football team excited after releasing 2020 schedule: ‘It’s like a bit of normalcy.’
Illinois surpasses 1 million COVID-19 tests, as 1,156 new known cases and 59 additional deaths reported
Black cops feel the conflicting pain of George Floyd’s death, duty to their uniform
President Trump allows commercial fishing in marine conservation area, rolls back protections at an area off the New England coast
Commentary: Chicago’s police union contract stands in the way of reform, better policing
Potempa: Gooseberry preserves a long-forgotten delicious discovery
Commentary: Are we shocked by the outcry? America has spent much of its history sanctioning racism.
Ball State-bound Kevin Doran stands tall for volleyball, develops into Division I recruit at Naperville North: ‘This became my No. 1 priority.’
Michael Jordan dona $100 millones en favor de la igualdad racial
Many in tech cheered when Twitter added labels to President Trump’s tweets. But civil libertarians caution that social media companies are moving into uncharted waters.
Speak Out
‘A revolution in our time’: Protester Ciara Sillman finds hope in the widespread embrace of the cause
Buenos Aires reabre teatros pero sin público
Eva Maria Lewis has found her voice as an organizer, in On the Ground Chi
3 policías detenidos en caso Giovanni López, lo arrestaron y regresaron muerto, en México
The Spin: Communication breakdown between Pritzker, Lightfoot? | Rebuilding businesses after a pandemic and looting | Kinzinger returns from unrest-related Air National Guard duty
Estrellas de béisbol con COVID-19 revelan calvario en Nicaragua
Former First Baptist Church pastor serving time for sex crimes requests compassionate release
Kary Osmond: DIY Thai peanut salad dressing is easy
New food bank director to ‘take it to another level’ during pandemic crisis
Environmental Nutrition: A word about wine
Reddit co-founder leaves board, urges black replacement
Long Grove village president ‘genuinely worried’ about low Census response rate being reported for village
John Dolmayan, batería de System of a Down: ‘Trump es el mejor amigo de las minorías’
At protest against police brutality, Cunningham family demands justice for man’s 2019 shooting death by Gary officer
Second City owner Andrew Alexander to exit after accusations of institutionalized racism leveled at theater
French forces kill al-Qaida’s North African commander, defense minister announces
Aurora looks at combining Planning Commission and Zoning Board
Preceded by three brothers at Zion-Benton, senior Jordan Chisum leaves a legacy of his own
Cómo tocar y componer música con aplicaciones móviles
Belugas, dolphins, penguins and more: fertile times at the Shedd
Oak Park police: Two men steal cash, cigarettes during robbery of village convenience store
Hotels cut thousands of jobs in Illinois in May as pandemic continues to hit travel and hospitality hard
As businesses emerge from the pandemic, municipalities are offering assistance
Resident suffers minor burn injury in Geneva house fire
Hutton: A well-traveled football coach, 1984 West Side graduate Robert Lee III returns to the city as athletic director for Gary Community Schools
Oak Park police investigating possibility pair of Thursday night armed robberies are related
White Coats speak out for Black Lives, kneel in silence for George Floyd
Commentary: Isolation of the elderly by manipulative family members must be recognized as a form of elder abuse
La MLS suspende a portero mexicoamericano del FC Dallas por abuso doméstico
Citing COVID-19 and recent unrest, DePaul University gives students a reprieve from schoolwork and final exams: ‘Our GPAs should not have to suffer’ due to ‘racial trauma’
Commentary: How family photos help kids (and all of us) cope through crisis
Long lines greet those getting first license or renewing expired one at Naperville driver services facility
Chicago Police Board president says officers hit him with batons at weekend protest: ‘I walked in the middle of an uprising’
Chicago’s black-owned businesses face uphill battle to rebuild, even with outpouring of support after George Floyd death
Amid COVID-19 fears, law allows rape kits at places other than emergency rooms
Gov. J.B. Pritzker temporarily suspends in-person registration requirement for sports wagering
Lake County thinkers come together to discuss inequality, racism
Bill Murray’s son arrested at a Black Lives Matter rally
Summer school in Aurora will still feature remote learning
17 Black chefs who chopped down barriers to change the world of food
Demonstrators shift to memorializing George Floyd, vow to sustain momentum until change to address racial injustice happens
‘The state needs to be all over this’: New federal data shows how COVID-19 is ripping through understaffed Illinois nursing homes
Commentary: How to do reparations right
Buffalo police officers suspended after man, 75, shoved and hurt on video
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 5 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
Commentary: Longing for The Clearing, and an escape from the turmoil
Chicago churches can meet up to 25% capacity or up to 50 people, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says
Lake Forest COVID-19 forum brings together local government, school and health care officials
2 Chicago cops relieved of police powers after woman says officers pulled her from car and placed knee on her neck
Mothers’ march unites black and Latino communities in demand for racial justice
Column: Something’s happening here. And it gives us reason to hope.
Waukegan District 60 to move forward with remote summer school
Column: Behold the Golden Moutza for the horrible month of May
Roger Goodell admits the NFL was wrong not to listen to its players: ‘We … condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people’
Attorneys for protesters in recorded skirmish with Joliet’s mayor say clients were demonstrating peacefully, disputing mayor’s self-defense claim
‘I haven’t voted before. And that’s not doing my part in the community.’ What we heard from the Chicago Bulls’ Zach LaVine and Thad Young.
‘Youths are powerful.’ Diego Garcia, 18, has been mobilizing his Latino community in fight for social justice.
George Floyd fallout: Chicago Police Board president says officers hit him with batons at protest; city will shut down stretch of Lake Shore Drive this weekend; Lightfoot calls for firing of cop who flipped off protesters
How to talk to your kids about George Floyd’s death and aftermath
Court-appointed monitor will investigate allegations of Chicago police abuse of protesters
Madison Street future uncertain after unrest
AP: Joe Biden formally clinches Democratic nomination, setting up challenge to President Trump amid pandemic, economic collapse and unrest
Cupich: Chicago-area Catholic schools to include George Floyd death, fallout in fall curriculum
Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand pledge $100 million to racial equality and social justice campaigns: ‘This is a tipping point. We need to make a stand.’

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