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- Daily horoscope for July 20, 2020
- COVID-19 took a big toll in Illinois. Will deaths surge again?
- Opioid overdoses skyrocket in the face of COVID-19 pandemic; stronger drugs, scarce treatment blamed
- Ask Anna: Advice for those who are new to dating
- Letters: How we can make the air cleaner in Chicago
- Editorial: Tired of the pandemic? Wear a mask. It’s not political.
- Ask Amy: COVID transforms house guest to housemate
- Intersection of Lake, Marion streets to close for two weeks in downtown Oak Park
- 4 takeaways from the Cubs’ 7-3 exhibition loss to the White Sox, including David Ross getting a ‘clearer picture’ of impending roster cuts
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox’s 7-3 exhibition win over the Cubs, including another impressive night at the plate for Luis Robert
- Daywatch: Fears of a COVID-19 death surge in Illinois, opioid overdoses skyrocket and what to expect upon return to the office
- Off-duty Chicago officer bitten while trying to deescalate argument, police say
- Thornton Fractional, a 93% minority district represented by a nearly all-white school board, faces pressure to diversify elected leaders
- In testimony, Amber Heard accuses Johnny Depp of abuse during relationship
- Tinley Park shopping center planning $21 million overhaul
- Winners and losers from the White Sox-Cubs exhibition game, including Tim Anderson’s shot on — and at — ESPN: ‘I thought y’all guys forgot about us’
- Oak Park District 97 reviews preliminary 2020-21 budget, will monitor COVID-19 impacts
- Highwood nonprofit holds grocery giveaway as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on
- Column: Parenthood as a slalom toward bankruptcy: 3 recent novels illuminate our new age of precarity
- Chicago rapper Juice Wrld’s posthumous album posts best sales week of 2020
- Bands taking the stage as Buffalo Grove summer concert series goes on, social distancing-style
- The risk of drownings has rarely been higher as Chicago endures a pandemic and one of its hottest summers
- As companies keep workers in the dark on COVID-19 cases, some employees are turning into amateur sleuths to track virus cases
- Chicago man killed, 2 others shot at party on 10-acre property in Crete Township owned by family service agency
- Suds statement: Heat’s Meyers Leonard on his NBA beer-guzzling dominance, ‘It’s too easy’
- 5 people shot, 2 fatally, in Morgan Park attack, police say
- Chelsea Clinton’s next book celebrates women in sports
- Cruz Azul se corona rey de la pretemporada mexicana
- Letter to the edtor: Voters should request mail-in ballots
- Presidente del fútbol boliviano muere de COVID-19
- Paro nacional en EEUU contra el racismo y la desigualdad
- Column: 7 ideas for bringing live music back to Symphony Center
- El gran reto de David Ross como piloto de los Cachorros
- T-F South reconsiders Rebels nickname, ‘a glaring holdout,’ over its association with the Confederacy
- COVID-19 vaccine prompts immune response in early test, Oxford University scientists say
- Primer museo del bikini abre sus puertas
- Nicolás Maduro se disculpa por comentarios contra migrantes
- Prometedores resultados de ensayos de vacuna contra virus
- El 2020 no tendrá Balón de Oro
- Televisora estatal venezolana enfrenta brote de COVID-19
- Chicago Heights police fatally shoot 24-year-old man they say fired on officers
- Trump, contradictorio sobre inmigración
- Chicago’s Columbus statues removed
- Único caso de COVID-19 reportado en Cuba es importado
- Honduras prorroga toque de queda por aumento en contagios
- COVID-19 patients could be at risk for chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘Your whole life can change if you get this’
- Coronavirus afecta a centro de detención de migrantes EEUU
- Acusan a Sergio Mitre de violar y asesinar a niña de dos años en México
- Charles M. Blow column: Where is the outrage?
- Talk of the County: ‘How can you vote for someone who … continues to deny there is a health crisis?’
- When is a slump more than just a slump? When there are only 60 games in a season.
- MOCA’s new River North dispensary temporarily shuts down after city cites lack of proper permits
- Waukegan man found fatally wounded in Zion
- Bricks thrown through windows of alderman’s office Sunday night, police say
- Kanye West promete ‘un millón de dólares’ por bebé y ‘marihuana gratis’ en su primer acto electoral
- Federal agents deployed in Portland unrest
- Family ties: Mike Dunn calls it a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to take over as York’s boys basketball head coach
- The Chicks singer Natalie Maines blasts President Trump’s handling of coronavirus: It’s murder
- Column: Pandemic has provided a lens into the world of nature
- Talk of the County: Lightfoot ‘just another Democrat covering for Madigan’
- Nicki Minaj announces she’s pregnant with 1st child
- Seguridad Nacional enviaría 150 agentes a Chicago pronto
- Column: Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage in Glencoe, once threatened with demolition, will be wheeled to new location Tuesday
- Ryan Gosling y Chris Evans protagonizarán la película más cara de Netflix
- Paul Krugman column: Republicans keep flunking microbe economics
- Ross Douthat column: The real white fragility
- El técnico mexicano Javier Aguirre y el Leganés ponen fin a su relación
- Volunteers help Kane County Farm Bureau install pollinator rain garden
- Ed Perkins on travel: Still more status news
- Frank Lloyd Wright cottage to be moved
- Column: Push to turn Muddy Waters’ house into museum gets boost with grant
- Talk of the County: Honor Trump by naming football team the Washington Bone Spurs
- Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage in Glencoe to be moved to new location Tuesday morning
- Mundelein High School group hosts rally on racism, discrimination
- Amber Heard acusa a Johnny Depp de abuso físico y verbal
- For owners of century-old businesses, shutting down brings a special pain
- Trader Joe’s planning to change ethnic food branding after petition calls out ‘racist’ names
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot decries group of protesters at Columbus statue in Grant Park on Friday: ‘That’s not peaceful protest. That’s anarchy.’
- Talk of the County: Bring back the death penalty for the likes of AJ Freund’s mother
- Amid a deadly virus and crippled economy, one form of aid has proved reliable: food stamps
- Los bares de Chicago ya no podrán servir alcohol en interiores
- Vulnerable border community battles virus on ‘a straight up trajectory’
- With tourists gone, St. Patrick’s Cathedral pleads for help
- Dani Ceballos: ‘Mi futuro depende del Real Madrid’
- Bret Stephens column: American crime and the Baltimore model
- Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal have been talking. They’re starting a sports agency.
- Maureen Dowd column: The doctor versus the denier
- Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell’s wealth looms over sex-abuse case
- For owners of century-old businesses, shutting down brings a special pain
- Morton Grove’s Golf District 67 considers new school or addition
- Deaths from COVID-19 slowed, but they are catching up again
- ‘If it’s here, it’s here’: America’s retirees confront the virus in Florida
- ‘Less optimistic’ and ‘more cautious’: Top CEOs fret as virus cases rise
- Amid a deadly virus and crippled economy, one form of aid has proved reliable: food stamps
- Vulnerable border community battles virus on ‘a straight up trajectory’
- With tourists gone, St. Patrick’s Cathedral pleads for help
- Sizing up: As pandemic surges, so do waistlines
- Will County Board rezones property for 183rd Street repair service over Orland Park objection
- Mundelein Seminary hosts annual ‘Celebration of Mundelein’ event virtually
- Testing backlogs may cloud the true spread of the coronavirus
- Talk of the County: Democrats must ‘provide a legal, reasonable and fair entrance into this country for immigrants’
- Empleados encuentran nuevas reglas en el regreso a la oficina
- Hazel Crest man charged with aggravated DUI in fatal I-94 crash
- Pelosi: Trump se irá de la Casa Blanca aunque no quiera
- Florida adds 10,347 new coronavirus cases, 90 deaths
- The Tokyo Olympics will open a year from now. Maybe.
- Cazorla se va a Qatar con Xavi Hernández
- Column: Only you can protect yourself from the COVID pandemic
- MacArthur Foundation names $100 million competition finalists
- A means to an Enns: Lincoln-Way East graduate Dietrich Enns gets back on the mound with Tully Monsters in City of Champions Cup
- On reopening day at Field Museum, members find new procedures and some very old friends
- A subasta los coches de Leonardo DiCaprio y Brad Pitt en Érase una vez en… Hollywood
- Atlanta Braves remove ‘Chop On’ sign at Truist Park but still haven’t decided on fans’ tomahawk chop chant
- During coronavirus lockdowns, some doctors wondered: Where are the preemies?
- Your new home office may be in the backyard
- Looking for something to do? Check out these virtual activities in the north suburbs.
- Los Astros esperan haber dejado atrás todo el escándalo
- Chicago transgender couple featured on new TLC special ‘My Pregnant Husband’
- Kanye West fails to make South Carolina ballot after bizarre ‘campaign rally’
- Census-takers to go door-to-door next month in Lake County
- Men’s basketball notes: Bishop Noll product Roman Penn earns praise as part of Drake’s talented local contingent
- Estados de EEUU forzados a aplicar fuertes recortes
- Georgia Dems choose state chair to replace Rep. John Lewis on the November ballot
- Jennifer Aniston, John Oliver take on mask-wearing and COVID conspiracy theories
- Nevada could lead cannabis into the mainstream, Curaleaf company president
- CBD could be a therapy for severe COVID-19 lung condition, Augusta University research shows
- Cannabis farmers in a poor California town want to go legit; instead, police crack down
- Size mattered: Big companies got coronavirus loans first
- Ante crisis Cuba abre tiendas que reciben dólares
- 8 money lessons to teach your kids before college
- Wisconsin’s largest teachers unions call for online school due to the coronavirus pandemic
- Coronavirus agrava penurias de los ‘quilombos’ brasileños
- Column: Want to honor Rep. John Lewis? Repair the Voting Rights Act.
- Speak Out: Clear signatures would be worthwhile for mail-in ballots
- ‘The moment’s not too big for him’: Highland grad Nick Anderson heats up again for Oilmen, preps for position switch at Arkansas Fort Smith
- ¿Se cumplen los protocolos sanitarios en el regreso de la Liga MX?
- Children, young adults account for higher percentage of COVID-19 diagnoses in DuPage County as total number of cases rises
- Study: Walking near water can boost your mood
- Scientists have finally calculated how many hot dogs a person can eat at once
- La Copa Libertadores ya tiene fecha de regreso
- Editorial: How Beijing’s broken promise to Hong Kong destroys trust in China
- Commentary: Let taxpayers know where money for police misconduct settlements comes from
- Real Madrid y Barcelona toman respiro antes de la Champions
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- Stress, isolation and free time: People are drinking more amid pandemic, study says
- Divisiones entre Congreso, Trump por paquete apoyo por virus
- Looking for something to do? Check out these virtual activities in the western suburbs.
- Local college football notes: In second year under coach Don Beebe, AU earns national ranking in three polls. But will there be a season?
- Syria reports suspected Israeli air raids on its capital
- Nicki Minaj anuncia que espera su primer hijo
- Months before she died suddenly, a Frankfort teen decided to be an organ donor. Her parents are sharing that message with the world.
- Looking for something to do? Check out these virtual activities.
- Retired Cook County sheriff’s deputy charged with sexual abuse, possession of child pornography in Wilmette
- Police say attacks on officers at Grant Park protest appeared organized as more than 20 complaints filed against cops
- Whole Foods sued by workers for barring BLM face coverings
- How to get more done in less time
- ‘He was a cheerleader for everybody’: Mourners gather in Niles for emotional vigil remembering boy killed in bicycle crash
- Toronto Blue Jays are talking to the Pittsburgh Pirates about playing their regular-season games at PNC Park
- Puerto Rico planea referendo de pensiones de sector público
- Letters: Is it possible to get kids to wear masks in schools? Yes, and it’s necessary.
- Column: I need help with my fantasy baseball team. Who wants to be my general manager?
- Elmhurst District 205 finalizing reopening plans for upcoming school year
- Illinois Federation of Teachers latest to urge school districts and colleges to stick with remote learning this fall
- West Lake Corridor contract comes in at $110M less than original bid
- Editorial: The right way to remove statues
- What to do with your stuff the kids don’t want
- Alex Trebek expects to mark 2-year cancer survival in 2021
- Porter County health chief says masks shouldn’t be optional in school classrooms
- Illinois city’s first Black librarian celebrated as she turns 100
- Educación en países pobres muy golpeada por el coronavirus
- Los mejores disfraces de la Comic-Con a través de los años
- The Kitchn: How to make the best vegan pesto
- ‘Star Wars’ actor John Boyega doesn’t know what the fuss is about of him ‘moving on’ from blockbuster film franchise
- EatingWell: Fire up the grill for a delicious dinner
- Family questions whether ComEd bribery scheme played a role in state’s decision not to fully investigate electrocution
- Theatrical couple takes their quarantine show to driveway
- ‘Tenet’ de Nolan se aplaza de manera indefinida
- Biden intenta atraer a republicanos descontentos
- North Aurora woman dies in car crash
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Illinois House progressives say Speaker Michael Madigan should step down if allegations involving ComEd are true
- Grants help Memorial Opera House survive COVID-19 pandemic
- President Trump to resume daily coronavirus briefings amid lagging polls
- 71 shot, 12 fatally in Chicago weekend violence
- Universidades de EEUU temen perder reputación académica
- El Dortmund ficha a la gran perla juvenil del fútbol inglés
- Pese a provocaciones, AMLO rechaza declarar guerra al narco
- Votación por correo en EEUU implica costos y molestias
- Local leaders remember John Lewis as a ‘giant’ in the civil rights movement
- Trump defiende ahora el uso ‘patriótico’ de mascarilla
- Nuevo tráiler de Black is King, álbum visual de Beyoncé
- Temporada de 60 juegos dará nueva dimensión a estadísticas
- MLB will have twice as many camera angles for video review, while managers have 10 fewer seconds to challenge an umpire’s call
- Trump enviará fuerzas federales a grandes ciudades de EEUU
- Weekly coronavirus cases climb in Kane County, data shows
- Kane County deputies to wear body cameras for first time
- Beverly Shores man arrested for drunk driving in 80/94 crash, police say
- El vertiginoso ascenso del español Rahm a la cima del golf mundial
- Corrections and clarifications
- Dr. Anthony Fauci to throw out the 1st pitch before Thursday’s Nationals-Yankees MLB opener
- What’s the latest news on Chicago sports teams? Updates on league restarts, COVID-19 testing, chances fans are in the stands and what’s already been canceled in 2020.
- Israeli top model Bar Refaeli convicted of tax evasion; mom heading to prison for helping her
- Breathe better with these 9 exercises
- Bria of Geneva residents able to visit with family members after four months apart
- Chicago fast-food workers join ‘Strike for Black Lives’ with march downtown
- Commentary: How to talk to your grandkids about these turbulent times
- Bahamas curb on Americans’ travel leaves opening for private planes and boats
- Illinois man airlifted after 80/94 crash, police said
- Niles police mourn retired detective, community service officer killed in motorcycle crash in Texas
- The Spin: Trump dances around questions about dispatching federal agents to Chicago | Lightfoot haltingly adds voice to small choir of Dems calling out Madigan | Kanye’s tearful presidential stump speech
- Suben homicidios en México durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- Navy vet beaten by federal agents on the streets of Portland, Oregon: ‘They came out to fight’
- Big leaguers blowing bubbles throughout the years
- Beyond the Milky Way, astronomers have discovered a galactic wall
- Peoria will crack down on ‘roving street parties’ after weekend shooting left 13 wounded, police chief says
- Cubs using Jon Lester and Alec Mills as a tandem is solely for Wednesday’s exhibition game and not the regular season, David Ross says
- Chicago bars won’t be able to serve customers alcohol indoors starting Friday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration announces
- Analysis: Big polling leads have tended to erode. Is Joe Biden’s edge different?
- A Chicago Sky assistant is living apart from his wife — the Phoenix Mercury’s head coach — in the WNBA bubble
- Residential buildings to set visitor limit at 5 due to COVID-19, but questions raised over how to enforce: ‘There’s not a lot of teeth’
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on July 20 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- A 60-game MLB season adds another challenge for Yasmani Grandal to mesh with a new pitching staff. But the White Sox have full confidence in the ‘polished major-leaguer.’
- ‘Men’s rights’ lawyer found dead considered the prime suspect in fatal shooting of federal judge’s son at family’s New Jersey home
- With another white director on a Black-led movie, Nia Long calls for more diversity with new Netflix drama ‘A Fatal Affair’
- Trump expected to send new federal force to Chicago this week to battle violence, but plan’s full scope is a question mark
- What pandemic? Bookings at Poconos Airbnbs and resorts are way up
- Who is behind those NBA ‘Bubble Life’ tweets?
- 3 takeaways from Chicago Blackhawks camp, including what makes the Patrick Kane-Dylan Strome-Alex Nylander line tick and Kirby Dach’s epiphany
- St. Louis couple charged with felony for pulling guns at protest outside their mansion
- Second stimulus check updates: Trump, Congress square off over coronavirus aid as crisis worsens
- White Sox beat the Cubs 5-3 in the 2nd exhibition game between the Chicago teams
- Column: Sky-high TV ratings for the White Sox match the excitement surrounding the team — though the Cubs’ lack of a deal with Comcast has something to do with it
- Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election
- Blotter: Northbrook residents report burglaries by people claiming to be village employees
- Blotter: Des Plaines man charged with DUI in Glenview
- Wilmette police warn residents to be wary after pair of home repair ‘ruse’ burglaries target older residents