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- Daily horoscope for July 17, 2020
- Column: Trump is right — Joe Biden will abolish the suburbs. And NO ONE will be safe!
- Flashback: The debate rages: Should police be in Chicago’s schools? Here’s the history of their involvement.
- Return of nursing home visits brings ‘bittersweet’ reunions after months of isolation
- Column: Amid coronavirus sports wasteland, the Chicago Fire FC is back
- Company that runs huge hemp greenhouse near Starved Rock wants to break into Illinois marijuana market — if it can get a license
- Column: ‘The Lone Ranger’: A New TrumPoem
- Ask Amy: Elder wonders why parents socialize with kids in tow
- Daywatch: Pritzker warns parents about school year ahead, Lightfoot calls White House spokeswoman a ‘Karen’ and 4 new breweries opening
- ESPN host Rachel Nichols secretly recorded in hotel room by another reporter
- Column: The scheduled start of NFL training camps is closing in with COVID-19 issues still lurking. A suspense-filled waiting game continues.
- Bicyclist, 13, killed in collision with pickup truck in Niles, police say
- Two dead, infant seriously injured in series of crashes on Dan Ryan Expressway, closing southbound lanes for hours
- The NBA refs, like the players, are adjusting to the bubble life and games
- Fans will be allowed back at English sporting events next week
- Arlington Heights could reverse ban on recreational marijuana sales, citing COVID-19 revenue losses and appeal from medical dispensary
- Swimmer dies after he was under water more than 40 minutes off Promontory Point on South Side
- Arlington Heights police issue warning after residents report getting unrequested debit cards for unemployment benefits likely fraudulently applied for
- Stuck at home with an alcoholic under lockdown: ‘It’s overwhelming’
- Health screening for other diseases slows as COVID-19 tests take spotlight
- Video-sharing site WorldStarHipHop removes illegal recording of Cook County bail hearing where man claimed to be federal informant
- Advocate medical office plan gets OK from Park Ridge plan commission
- L.L. Bean to sell its products in Nordstrom, Staples
- Andrew Vaughn is impressing Chicago White Sox coaches — and showing discipline beyond his years — at summer camp: ‘Nothing is sped up on him … He’s a special talent’
- Princess Beatrice marries in private ceremony at Windsor
- Can Joe Biden win Ohio? Big polls show a tie and Trump just dropped more than $18 million on TV ads.
- 3M files 18 lawsuits for price gouging, counterfeiting of N95 masks
- 5-month-old boy ‘resting comfortably’ after grazed in the head in drive-by shooting in Old Town
- Residents urged to complete census: ‘If people are more informed they would respond’
- Drive-in concerts have replaced summer music festivals in the COVID-19 era. Here’s what it’s like to attend one
- Indiana’s coronavirus testing falling short on sites, results
- Habitat for Humanity in Lake County works around coronavirus concerns
- Virus downturn knocks Indiana surplus down $850 million
- Tras leerle cargos y derechos, Lozoya fue llevado a un hospital
- Cook County Board passes resolution on use of CARES Act funding, moving more of $51 million to disinvested suburbs under ‘equitable’ funding formula
- You’re a senior. How do you calculate coronavirus risk right now?
- Tiger Woods is at ease and in contention after layoff
- Tiger Woods is at ease and in contention after layoff
- Acusan a Rusia de robar datos sobre vacuna para COVID-19
- David Brooks column: President Biden’s first day
- Review: BTS unstoppable on their new ‘Journey’
- The NBA bubble has the Orlando Magic homesick in their own backyard
- Read the criminal complaint, prosecution deal cut by ComEd in case connected to Speaker Mike Madigan
- Speak Out: Body cameras should be mandatory for police
- Elgin News Digest
- Gary Airport Authority, tenant reach settlement in disagreement over lease
- Nuevos brotes de coronavirus activan las alarmas en el mundo
- Casa Blanca: La ciencia ‘no debe interponerse’ en reapertura de escuelas
- The new must-have museum souvenir: Face masks
- México ‘rescata aduanas’, y pone a militares a cargo
- Vicar general of Chicago Catholic archdiocese appointed new bishop of Joliet diocese
- What is herd immunity? And how do we get there on COVID-19?
- Richardson no logra liberar estadounidenses en Venezuela
- Choose your own adventure with Randonautica app, and explore your surroundings in a way that can be a little Pokemon Go and a little ‘Twilight Zone’
- Florida adds 11,466 coronavirus cases and 128 more deaths
- Hard seltzer festival moves to spacious golf courses, starting with Cog Hill in Lemont
- Craving some Chicago baseball? Here’s how to watch Cubs and White Sox exhibition games.
- WHO asks for help fighting growing Ebola outbreak
- Matisse Thybulle is the breakout (mini-movie) star of the NBA bubble
- Big business in Bangladesh: Selling fake coronavirus certificates
- What happens now to all that Washington NFL merchandise?
- Michelle Goldberg column: Do progressives have a free speech problem?
- Paul Krugman column: The next disaster is just a few days away
- Queen makes veteran a knight at 100; no kneeling required
- Closest pictures ever taken of sun show tiny campfire flares
- Closest pictures ever taken of sun show tiny campfire flares
- North Chicago seeks to revoke pensions of disabled police officers who refused to come out of retirement
- Auguran lúgubre panorama para festivales y conciertos
- Coronavirus mask donations dwindle. Group puts out call for more face coverings for new moms.
- ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek: Cancer treatment is ‘paying off’ despite fatigue
- Fabricante demanda a empresas en relación a mascarillas N95
- Football players return to field amid new safety protocols and uncertainty about season: ‘It was still great to be back with the guys.’
- How to shoot a sex scene in a pandemic: Cue the mannequins
- Evanston high school district announces students will not attend fall classes in person, reversing earlier statement
- Read the Chicago Public Schools’ blueprint for hybrid-learning for fall instruction
- ¿Te gustó ‘Hamilton’?
- Grant Imahara tribute programming airing on Discovery, Science Channel
- Parenting in the bubble: ‘This is mom’s job. You have to work with me.’
- COVID-19 infections on the rise in kids and teens with school approaching
- Fauci optimistic for new COVID treatment to be available by fall
- Mark Meadows calls Fauci’s 1918 flu comparison ‘irresponsible’
- Commentary: In honor of Comic-Con, a salute to fandom with ‘Supernatural’ and ‘Almost Famous’
- A #MeToo activist says The Sun misquoted her in Johnny Depp abuse story
- Auto review: World-class engineering makes the 2020 Cadillac CT4-V grin-inducing fun
- After scoring just 2 goals in 4 games, the Chicago Red Stars hope to find their footing in the NWSL knockout round: ‘We are still trying to put the final pieces together offensively’
- District 308 lays out plan for new school year
- Dan Snyder issues non-apology after report that his front office was a den of sexual harassment for years
- United, union strike deal to limit number of pilots affected by mass furloughs in October
- Mobile COVID-19 testing returns to Lake Zurich; coming to Mundelein, Round Lake
- Jada Pinkett Smith justifica su relación extramatrimonial
- Police: Oak Park resident robbed at gunpoint by man wearing ski mask
- Auto review: World-class engineering makes the 2020 Cadillac CT4-V grin-inducing fun
- Vatican indicates support to exhume hundreds of babies’ bodies at Irish home for unwed mothers
- Auto review: Toyota’s ferocious sports car is Supra cool
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- MLS teams battle common enemy — Central Florida weather — during tournament
- Tokio confirma las sedes y calendario para Olímpicos de 2021
- Taliban make significant leadership changes ahead of expected talks with Kabul aimed at ending decades of war in Afghanistan
- Cancer survivor Gabe Pulido, a Griffith graduate, returns to the Oilmen with a better feel for the game: ‘Nothing’s a surprise to me anymore.’
- Down to Business: Getting the branding right can be deciding factor between success and failure, Naperville designers say
- Auto review: Toyota’s ferocious sports car is Supra cool
- New Ford Bronco: 5 cool things to look for
- Escuelas de Chicago proponen modelo mixto para el regreso a clases: en casa y en persona
- Pentagon to effectively ban Confederate flags from military installations, in policy written to skirt Trump’s objections
- Oak Park Dist. 97 to remove police officers from middle schools
- Lifetime marijuana use not linked to middle-age heart health
- ‘There is so much more to be done’: Underwood talks about coronavirus response
- Best skincare options for hot, humid summer months
- The best TV antenna of 2020
- The best e-reader of 2020
- The best exercise bike of 2020
- The best home printer of 2020
- The best riding lawn mower battery
- The best vitamin A supplement
- 5 more MLB players positive for COVID-19, raising the total to 80 since the start of camp
- Chicago fast-food and other service workers to walk off the job Monday as part of ‘Strike for Black Lives’
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot stands by tweet calling Trump spokeswoman ‘Karen,’ telling her to watch her mouth
- Aurora panel supports comedy club liquor license
- 2 men charged in assault on Black man at Indiana lake
- This Week in Naperville
- EEUU sanciona a hijo de presidente Nicaragua Daniel Ortega
- Column: ‘Hardly any kids get COVID.’ One dad’s viral Facebook post brilliantly captures the bind parents are in over remote vs. in-person school
- District 128 finalizes graduation plans for VHHS, LHS
- Chesterton day care staff member tests positive for COVID-19; Lake County nears 6,000 cases
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- Hobart senior Zach Vode cuts to the chase and commits to Western Michigan’s football program: ‘I just like everything about it.’
- After the Milwaukee Brewers canceled their minor league season, H-F product Korry Howell decides to play close to home with Joliet Slammers
- Chicago delays decision on marijuana dispensary near Gold Coast that residents do not want to open
- Por primera vez, los latinos son el grupo más grande de californianos admitidos en la Universidad de California
- Rogers Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers, deemed structurally sound and fit to hold NHL games after recent storm
- Despite White House broadsides, polls show most Americans stick by Dr. Anthony Fauci
- Courting success: Benet’s Kendall Moriarty, Molly Sheehan and Lenee Beaumont among area players going out of state for basketball tournaments
- Miami Dolphins, NFL players train in South Florida at Pete Bommarito camp | PHOTOS
- What you need to know about COVID-19 testing options
- State sues Yorkville school and others over their plans not to require masks
- Adapting a restaurant during coronavirus: Pivot and then pivot some more
- Column: The shortsighted rush to reopen schools
- Emotionally torn parents face possibly their toughest decision: Should we send kids back to school?
- ‘It’s actually a blessing for me’: Kaneland graduate Casey Crosby shakes off Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision, suits up again with Chicago Dogs
- Gary opens Glen Park fire station; welcomes recruits for Gary, EC departments
- 21 wounded, 2 fatally, since Thursday afternoon, including 5-month-old baby, police say
- District 64 to offer remote and in-person schooling this fall; details available July 27
- El Congreso avanza hacia acuerdo para extender subsidio federal por coronavirus
- Decent: Naperville woman an ‘angel’ sent to save his life says man who’s to receive one of her kidneys
- Letter: Students need to be put first in question of reopening schools
- National parks may become latest battleground in reopening
- Commentary: COVID-19 isn’t killing mass transit. It’s showing how much we need it.
- Marijuana sales predicted to surpass $15 billion by end of 2020
- Commentary: To stop the bloodshed, focus on Chicago’s hot spots
- Report: California pot arrests still fall heavily on Hispanics, Blacks
- ‘Alienist: Angel of Darkness’ review: Gilded Age depravity, in an America hostile to ‘foreign undesirables’
- Iowa governor overrides schools, requires in-person classes despite the coronavirus threat to teachers, students
- Coronavirus alters Elvis Week; candlelight vigil still on
- Indiana high school marching band competitions canceled
- Column: Will it be justice or mercy for ‘Central Park Karen’?
- How ultra-black fish disappear in the deepest seas
- Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction
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- You can see friends and relatives during the pandemic surge — but do it carefully
- Highwood man faces child pornography, sexual interaction with dog charges
- Hinsdale Sidewalk Sales will spill off sidewalks onto closed streets
- Details released from retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 2019 plane crash and family escape
- ‘Dangerous’ Benadryl challenge on TikTok sends teens to Texas hospital, officials say
- Pandemic’s headache for managers: Downs, ups and … Now what?
- Activists want to keep George Floyd murals in communities that created them
- Field Museum re-opens
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Why sunglasses are a must-wear
- Negociar el sueldo en tiempos de crisis
- Commentary: Letter to my great-nephew in a future America
- Lightfoot: ‘Not really for me to say’ whether Madigan should step down in light of ComEd’s alleged bribery scheme
- Elgin crews need more than a week to clean up as many as 700 damaged trees following microburst
- Aurora police launch officer complaint portal
- Letters: Florida’s COVID-19 cases should be cause for concern, not defensiveness
- Loretto Hospital, union reach deal to avoid strike
- Activista de MeToo declara contra diario en caso de Depp
- In age of precautionary measures, area park district puts its programs on wheels with neighborhood singalongs
- Commentary: A polio survivor’s unique prism into the value of social distancing
- Jay-Z, other celebs ask feds to probe student’s 2010 killing
- Free headshots for job hunters left unemployed by COVID-19 being taken Wednesday at Spring Hill Mall
- Aldermen introducing plan to create panel aimed at cutting cost on Chicago tree trimming
- Porter County makes switch to hybrid vehicles; officials eye thousands in savings
- Dan Snyder vows a culture change amid sexual harassment allegations at Washington’s NFL team
- Le dan 35 años de prisión a la madre por el asesinato de su pequeño hijo
- Oak Lawn approves contract with new fire chief
- Editorial: Time to step down, Mr. Speaker
- How to roast summer’s bounty of vegetables ahead for meals later — including indulgent cauliflower nachos
- Naperville News Digest
- Stress rises for unemployed as extra $600 benefit nears end
- Mnuchin says US should weigh forgiving all ‘small’ PPP loans
- 3M has investigated 4,000 reports of N95 fraud, filed 18 lawsuits
- Suburban Cook County to require anyone coming from 17 states struggling with high COVID-19 rates to quarantine for 14 days
- Franklin Park students can do e-learning at park district this fall, freeing up District 84 parents to go to work
- Republicans eye sweeping shield from lawsuits arising from inadequate coronavirus safeguards
- How to (kindly) uninvite people from your wedding and other etiquette tips amid the coronavirus
- Cubs Convention has been canceled for 2021 because of COVID-19 concerns
- Court backs Trump administration’s expansion of ‘junk insurance’ health plans
- Retail development with drive-thru window proposed for Route 59 site wins Naperville commission blessing
- Speak Out: Help out by turning that lose change you’ve been saving into dollars
- One of the Ahmaud Arbery slaying defendants struck the Black man with his vehicle and had racist messages on his phone, a prosecutor said
- Nuevas reglas de asilo probarán destreza jurídica de Trump
- Commentary: Calls to pull armed officers from schools are off target
- Parents demand traffic signal for Niles intersection where bicyclist, 13, was killed
- Residents at mercy of weather, testing bottleneck in wait for COVID-19 results
- On the phone, contact tracers try to limit virus spread: ‘Please answer that call’
- Aurora approves tougher off-road vehicle rules
- As schools weigh whether to reopen in the fall, anxiety is high among parents and teachers: ‘This is not the time to be getting students back together’
- Chicago Public Schools proposes hybrid of online and in-person classes for fall; CTU calls plan ‘rushed and incomplete’
- Sticky notes on the bathroom door and wipes by the coffee pot. Employees find new rules as they return to the office.
- Cuatro estados compartirán datos de licencias para el censo en EEUU
- Commentary: A proposed settlement would broadside police accountability. That should never happen.
- Speak Out: Orland Park fireworks were a waste of taxpayer money
- Independent investigation to review how Waukegan Public Library sexual harassment complaints were handled
- New York man held on $1M bond following fatal crash in April on I-94 near Deerfield
- Applications to vote-by-mail in November election being sent to registered voters as an option to in-person voting
- Corrections and clarifications
- Potempa: Farm French connection includes Saturday French toast
- Longtime East Side ‘eyesore’ building in Aurora may be demolished
- 5 takeaways from Chicago Blackhawks camp, including 2 more players being designated ‘unfit to play’ and Patrick Kane pursuing Olympic gold
- Pro tips on caring for your skin while wearing a face mask
- Pritzker focuses on youth employment, census during Waukegan visit
- Culture Stock seeks Aurora’s help to purchase new site on East Side
- Second stimulus check update: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin calls for Congress to pass more coronavirus relief this month
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but has no plans to retire from Supreme Court
- Millions of kids in the US told full return to school in fall unlikely as coronavirus cases surge
- NPR ratings feel the brunt of COVID-19’s impact on listeners who commute to work
- President Trump calls Chicago, New York ‘stupidly run’ when Fox News host asked about violent crime in both cities
- ‘The whole family was shocked.’ Nearly 40 years after relatives lost track of Antonio Talavera, a connection leads to an emotional reunion.
- How does COVID-19 affect kids? Science has some answers, but doctors say much of the evidence is inconclusive.
- Sheffield Neighbors home with two rental units: $2.6M
- Aurora officials look to further tighten City Hall security
- Judge calls murder of AJ Freund ‘inhumane, repulsive’ as he sends boy’s mom to prison for 35 years. Relatives wanted a stiffer sentence.
- The Spin: Gov. Pritzker says Speaker Madigan must ‘resign’ if allegations in feds probe of ComEd are true | In Fox interview Trump says Chicago is ‘stupidly run’ | Chicago’s Kanye West qualifies to be on Oklahoma ballot in presidential race
- 1 dead, 8 wounded, including 14-year-old boy in separate shootings Friday on South, West sides
- Column: Gather ’round, French majors, religion majors and more. Let us celebrate what the liberal arts taught us.
- Amid anti-trans controversy, J.K. Rowling’s book sales decline despite literary industry’s June boom
- Corte federal de EEUU restaura el DACA
- Design chosen for Oswego entertainment venue
- Iowa chemistry student-turned-meth kingpin is 3rd federal inmate executed by US government this week
- Column: Boss Madigan can see what’s coming and like Chicago’s top fed says, ‘It’s not good’
- 5 takeaways from Chicago White Sox camp, including Dylan Cease’s dominating night on the mound and Yoan Moncada making strides in his return from COVID-19
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened July 17 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- After taking wait-and-see stance, Highland Park again considering legal weed dispensaries
- Extending cruise ban, CDC says ships helped spread coronavirus
- Federal investigators looking at Pritzker tax break, others during Joe Berrios’ time as Cook County assessor
- 4 takeaways from Chicago Cubs camp, including cautious optimism about MLB’s return plan and Jason Kipnis being added to the roster
- At home with the Huskies: Joe Pardun creates a culture where ‘the players see how important Hersey football is to their coaches.’
- State agency that regulates ComEd will continue to be run by relative of an alleged player in bribery scheme
- Barrington product Giles Phillips helps Wycombe Wanderers move up to the second tier of English pro soccer: ‘It was like going back to high school.’
- Recruiting notes: Glenbrook North’s Eric Orloff has ‘never really been west of St. Louis’ but commits to pitch for the University of Arizona