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- Daily horoscope for July 23, 2020
- Chicago Red Stars will play for the NWSL Challenge Cup title Sunday after holding on for a 3-2 semifinal win over Sky Blue FC
- As the Art Institute, CSO, others work to find a way through the financial struggle, their locked away piggy banks remain mostly off limits
- Feds subpoena AT&T as part of investigation into Speaker Madigan and lobbying
- Community news: Orland Township awards scholarships to 22 students
- Column: Christopher Columbus was a fraud. He doesn’t deserve statues or a holiday in his honor.
- Ask Amy: Mother needs a border wall
- Daywatch: ‘Surge’ of federal agents coming to Chicago, CPS gives remote class option and the city’s best Italian beef
- 5 takeaways from the White Sox’s 5-3 exhibition loss to the Brewers, including Carlos Rodon’s strong command of his fastball and Luis Robert losing his glove
- 4 takeaways from the Cubs’ 4-3 exhibition win over the Twins, including Kris Bryant coping with back stiffness and Anthony Rizzo returning with a home run
- Amber Heard libel trial testimony: Johnny Depp could be a ‘monster’
- The 10 days last October that shook the Bears’ faith in Mitch Trubisky
- Here’s what the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival *might* look like in the age of COVID-19
- Celebrate National Tequila Day with a twist on an Old Fashioned
- Column: Baseball is back — finally! — but will the 60-game sprint to October reach the finish line?
- Humans may have been present in North America 15,000 years earlier than thought: study
- Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor marks 50 years linking Indiana’s economy to the world
- The White Sox raised more than $55K for charity with their latest promotion. Here are 3 fan stories behind the cardboard cutouts.
- Owner of Ann Taylor, Justice and Lane Bryant stores files for bankruptcy, plans store closings
- Tighter restrictions take effect at Chicago fitness centers today, and club owners are worried
- Adam Amin will make his Fox Sports debut Saturday with the Cubs-Brewers game on free TV
- Tally review: How does an app that claims to help you lower your debt actually work?
- The best blood pressure monitor of 2020
- The best headphones of 2020
- The best boat seat
- The best hip and joint supplement for dogs
- The best trampoline of 2020
- Clint Eastwood sues CBD companies for using his likeness
- DaBaby, Keke Wyatt, Chosen Few DJs to headline a 3-day, socially distanced, drive-in music festival in Hazel Crest this weekend
- Column: In the face of coronavirus precautions, become a neighborhood nature explorer
- American, Southwest add to US airline industry’s 2Q losses
- Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged in George Floyd’s death, now faces multiple felony tax evasion counts
- Republicanos presentan proyecto de ayuda por coronavirus
- New York City FC investiga a David Villa por acoso sexual
- ‘It’s quicker, easier and safer’: Waukegan’s new fire truck opens up a slew of new possibilities
- 27 restaurants and bars where you can celebrate the Cubs and White Sox openers
- 3 out of 4 Americans favor requiring people to wear face masks outside their homes to slow COVID-19, new poll finds
- Mosquitoes in Wilmette, Northfield test positive for West Nile Virus
- Sí habrá chicos que recojan bolas y bates en juegos
- Aumentan pedidos de ayuda por desempleo en EEUU
- Cubano que demandó a MLB es el nuevo jefe de umpires
- Tiembla el Apertura mexicano: posponen otro partido
- Person fatally shot near Howard CTA station
- HBO renueva Perry Mason por una segunda temporada
- Man shot to death near CTA Howard Street station in Evanston, 2nd man wounded
- Speak Out: No reason to be offended by Chicago baseball team names
- La temporada 5 de ‘The Crown’ no llegará hasta 2022
- Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ movie locks in wide January release
- Biden y Obama critican a Trump en un video
- Cruyff renuncia a Ecuador sin dirigir un solo partido
- Joliet Drama Guild switches gears to stage ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’
- Tras el caso Floyd, ¿se atenderán los tiroteos policiales contra latinos?
- Cierran cafeterías de la Casa Blanca por caso de coronavirus
- At this museum, social distancing devices vibrate. So does the art.
- Elementary schools may be safer to reopen, doctors say
- China launches rocket to Mars in bid to land spacecraft on the red planet
- El Villarreal confirma a Unai Emery como su nuevo técnico
- How much will the planet warm if carbon dioxide levels double?
- Data shows where COVID-19 cases are spiking
- At this museum, social distancing devices vibrate. So does the art.
- Blame spreads for nursing home deaths even as New York contains virus
- Unsung immune cells take over when coronavirus antibodies wane
- Taylor Swift lanza por sorpresa el álbum ‘Folklore’
- The NBA is back. This is what pandemic basketball looks like.
- Good news for Cubs fans without Marquee Sports Network: At least 13 of the 60 games may be available to you on other channels
- Florida’s coronavirus deaths up by a record 173 in one day; 10,249 cases added
- ‘Most Beautiful Thing’ movie is about the lives of Chicagoans who formed the first all-Black high school rowing team
- Pedro Capó pasa la cuarentena entre sábanas y estrenos (VIDEOS)
- Singer-actors Demi Lovato, Max Ehrich are engaged
- Column: Homer Township fighting Homer Glen move to acquire road district assets
- A big surprise for 2 area little league teams
- Mujer habría usado a niños para secuestrar
- Now germs can die bathed in a heavenly scent
- The Yankees’ $324 million question: Can Gerrit Cole stay this good?
- NYC judge unseals trove of documents on Jeffrey Epstein case; accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell vows appeal
- Baseball enters the unknown
- COVID-19 patients no longer need tests to end isolation
- It’s not an ideal time to open new brick-and-mortar stores. These downtown Elgin businesses are trying.
- The fight for fertility equality
- Wisconsin friends share a $22 million Powerball jackpot win, keeping a promise made in 1992
- Study links gas flares to preterm births
- Einstein the Snow Camel among critters featured at drive thru petting zoo
- Your trusty maps app can help you navigate the pandemic
- ‘Total Bellas’ refuse to be knocked out by quarantine
- Wall of Moms emerges in Portland
- Juez ordena liberar a Cohen, exabogado personal de Trump
- Column: COVID-19 canceled their trip to Cooperstown, so their coach lined up a game at Chicago Dogs stadium. ‘I’m just trying to make fun memories for them.’
- Italian beef tamales and pizza? How Chicago chefs are reinventing the classic sandwich.
- Release the Kraken: Seattle unveils the name and logo for its NHL expansion franchise
- Is your child giving you a hard time about wearing a mask? Experts give their tips.
- Motormouth: Cars left unused during quarantine
- Los Pumas se quedan sin técnico a un día de arrancar el torneo mexicano
- ‘I’m mostly crossing my fingers’: Trinity International and College of Lake County student-athletes ease into preparing for fall seasons
- Washington’s NFL team will go by ‘Washington Football Team’ until they choose a new name
- 5 ways the coronavirus has changed suburban real estate
- Afghan women assert themselves with martial arts
- Commentary: The U.S. must not stop investing in scientific research
- ‘The Rental’ review: One more reason not to try a vacation rental right now
- What is one thing that has helped you stay calm, optimistic, even happy during the COVID-19 pandemic? We want to know.
- Demi Lovato y Max Ehrich están comprometidos
- FBI: Consulado chino en San Francisco refugia a científica
- Chicago Fire knocked out of the MLS is Back Tournament after a 2-0 loss
- Naperville man sentenced to 7 years for DUI crash that killed 17-year-old girl crossing the street at Downers Grove North
- Pictures: Medieval Times during pandemic times
- First mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus in DuPage County this year are found in Naperville
- A girl’s heroic battle against the Taliban was also a family feud
- HBO to adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between the World and Me’
- ‘It’s literally a Cinderella story’: Mount Carmel’s Tony Livermore satisfies childhood dream by committing to play baseball for Northwestern
- Commentary: 30 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act changed our world — but more accessibility is needed
- This University of Chicago alumna gave Alex Trebek’s favorite ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant interview
- The idea of getting away from it all with Quicksails only seems like a pun, instead it’s a musical respite
- Illinois bar exam board reverses course, will move to remote test this year after appeals by law school graduates, faculty
- Judge orders Michael Cohen released from prison, calls his incarceration a retaliation for a planned book on President Trump
- Restos de tercer soldado son hallados cerca de base militar: ¿Cuál es la relación entre los soldados Morta y Guillén?
- Man accused of writing homophobic slurs on Wheaton church, parking lot and park benches, DuPage County prosecutors say
- Local college basketball notes: West Aurora graduate Traevon Brown transfers to Waubonsee, joins burgeoning group of talented players
- Munster school board approves re-entry plan; parents await more answers
- What is Operation Legend? A breakdown of Trump’s federal agent surge and what it means for Chicago.
- Litzy incursiona en la comedia con ‘Manual para galanes’
- Washington Nationals star Juan Soto tests positive for COVID-19 on opening day
- ‘Everybody was thrown into the water’: 7-year-old boy dies, 8 rescued after boat capsizes in Chicago River when tugboat passed smaller craft
- Justin Bieber announces 2021 dates for rescheduled tour — including a stop in Chicago
- Muere niño al naufragar su bote en el río Chicago
- Cubs coach Mike Napoli tested positive for COVID-19 before reporting to summer camp
- College of DuPage quarterback Peyton Brown to serve as St. Charles North’s sophomore team offensive coordinator: ‘I love the sport.’
- Serge Ibaka: ‘Estar con Marc Gasol siempre me hace feliz’
- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler tear-gassed by federal agents while in crowd of protesters
- Southwest says no more medical exceptions to face masks, Delta steps up testing
- Joven toletero de los Nacionales da positivo por coronavirus
- Column: The winner of my fantasy baseball GM contest says our lineup is ‘atrocious.’ It might be a long year — even with a 60-game season.
- Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents who responded to unrest in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C.
- Online petition urging Illinois high school sports to be played gathers more than 15,000 signatures
- Miss the Tamale Guy? He’s opening a restaurant soon.
- Kentucky man charged with murder in connection with 2015 disappearance of pregnant Indiana college student
- A Country Club Hills man gunned down in Morgan Park was a suspect in the 2018 bar shooting that preceded Jemel Roberson’s death
- The third of three brothers, Trey Borske big on taking the defensive reins at linebacker for Neuqua Valley: ‘We have always been very competitive.’
- Column: Michael Madigan is in the crosshairs, but we can’t let ComEd, ICC slip from view
- AMLO encarga al Ejército las aduanas y le renuncia un secretario
- Former Hobart and IUN standout Grayce Roach takes next step as Westville’s girls basketball coach: ‘Ended up playing out perfectly.’
- More Illinois college faculty call for remote learning this fall, say schools are ‘prioritizing financial health over’ the lives of students and employees
- El Chicago Fire fracasa en la ‘burbuja’ de Florida y vuelve a casa (VIDEO)
- Lake Forest, Lake Bluff leaders say economic effects of coronavirus closures not as dire as initially feared
- Enviaron a su hija a un tratamiento antidrogas. Ahora buscan respuestas para su muerte
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Venice: Piero’s boat
- Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Rudi
- Food security advocates in Northbrook look to collect personal care items during upcoming drop-off event
- Chinatown slowly reopens in Chicago
- Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters
- Justin Bieber anuncia nuevas fechas de su gira para 2021
- Quickly
- Ebony ousts CEO, exits print as it struggles to stay relevant — and solvent — for the Black Lives Matter generation
- White Sox to honor late fan Gabby Adamo with a cutout at opening weekend series
- Woman shot while driving on 5th Ave., Gary police say
- Family and village looking for answers to Hinsdale firefighter’s suicide
- Pandemic threatens Black middle-class gains
- Best books written by Black Americans
- Twitter cryptocurrency scam echoes previous schemes on YouTube
- Netflix scraps upcoming Chris D’Elia, Bryan Callen prank show
- Lake County commission continues talk of solar farm ordinance, while NIPSCO announces solar projects outside the county
- Chesterton graduate Mitchell Davis sets goal for final round of Northern Amateur: ‘I’ll see if I can put up some numbers and freak them out.’
- Strict mask usage, consistent safety measures paramount to travel’s recovery
- Commentary: No, mask mandates are not unconstitutional
- Cuomo tells younger New Yorkers now is not the time to ‘fight for your right to party’
- Chesterton shifts graduation to drive-thru event after student tests positive for COVID-19
- Tiempo, vital ante un derrame cerebral
- Jonathan Toews denies voting against ‘imperfect’ return-to-play plan on the day he rejoins Blackhawks practice: ‘There’s no perfect scenario right now’
- Chicago-based Grassroots Cannabis sold in $830 million deal
- What you should know about CBD hand sanitizer
- Police release person held for questioning in mass shooting outside South Side funeral home
- From Elvis to MJ, new Chicago History Museum exhibit showcases 20th-century Chicago newspaper photography
- James Cameron, sorprendido de cómo está quedando Avatar 2
- Merrillville considering temporary housing for female veterans
- Highland Park-based District 113 board members seek ‘greatest benefit’ and ‘least risk’ as they consider school reopening plans
- MLB y sindicato acuerdan ampliar playoffs
- Crosby: School openings raise questions with no good answers
- Going topless, turning heads
- Francia registra fuerte repunte de casos de coronavirus
- Savannah Ridge addition would add 58 homes to Merrillville subdivision
- Los ex Washington Redskins ya tienen nuevo nombre para 2020
- No longer in the shadows, Pentagon’s UFO unit will make some findings public
- Editorial: The Chicago Police Department needs a beefed-up witness protection program — now
- Dyer Rehab, St. Anthony Village, Munster Med-Inn led local COVID-19 facility outbreaks, new data confirms
- Gillerson’s Grubbery temporarily closes after employee comes in contact with person diagnosed with COVID-19
- Police searching for 1-year-old East Chicago boy
- Congress defies Trump veto threat on Confederate base names
- Activistas demandan. No quieren que federales vigilen manifestaciones en Chicago
- Allegations against Trump envoy roil US Embassy in London
- Highland Park, Deerfield high school district hosting town hall meetings to get input on opening school year
- Clint Eastwood demanda a vendedores de CBD
- Indiana attorney general criticizes Gov. Holcomb’s mask mandate executive order
- Groups band together to discourage violence and crime
- Letters: The city’s closing of alcohol-only bars is baseless
- Amazon’s ‘Utopia’ series, shot in the Chicago area, is due out in the fall
- Seth Mason, executive during early days of WXRT and The Score, dies at 71
- ABBA lanzará cinco nuevas canciones en 2021
- Corrections and clarifications
- Extraditan a Francia a chileno por asesinato de su ex novia
- Homer Glen to purchase lots in Chickasaw Hills subdivision for flood mitigation work
- The Spin: Lightfoot on Trump, ‘I think we understand each other’ | Scene of Chicago mass shooting becomes political stage | Feds subpoena AT&T as part of probe into Speaker Madigan, lobbying
- Oak Lawn police chief to step down at month’s end
- Coronavirus y subempleo: ‘De un día al otro, no eres nadie’
- After an offseason filled with buzz — and then a delay — the White Sox begin their 60-game sprint: ‘Our talent’s through the roof’
- Second stimulus check updates: Trump drops demand for payroll tax cut as Senate prepares to unveil $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package
- How to wear what the players will be wearing with MLB’s gameday face coverings
- Martha Stewart explains how THAT sultry pool selfie came to be
- Naperville crime stats: Traffic offenses decline, but car burglaries rise as people leave vehicles unlocked
- Apollo Theater’s star-studded staged reading of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between the World and Me’ being produced as HBO special
- Baltimore is in talks to host the Blue Jays in 2020. Hartford is making a pitch, too.
- Netflix pulls plug on Chris D’Elia prank show amid sexual misconduct allegations
- Bears release Ben Braunecker, leaving them with 8 tight ends on the roster
- Disparities between Black and white students seen in CPS remote learning participation: ‘We are all disheartened to see the gap’
- AOC denounces ‘violence and violent language against women’ in floor speech addressing verbal assault from Rep. Ted Yoho
- Cubs will carry 16 pitchers and 3 catchers on their 30-man roster for opening day
- US coronavirus cases pass 4 million as jobless claims rise, cutoff of $600 unemployment benefit nears
- Column: Even if Marquee and Comcast agree to a last-second carriage deal in time for the Cubs season opener, it’s already too late to avoid confusion for fans
- President Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention, citing ‘flare-up’ of coronavirus; North Carolina events still on
- Upcoming ‘Judy & Liza’ show at the Greenhouse Theater gets some fervent opposition
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on July 23 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Letter: Maimon served Governors State, and us, well as university president
- After an unsettling few months, David Ross is set to make his Cubs managerial debut — and his players stand united behind him
- Black Lives Matter, activists go to court to avoid Portland-style federal response to protests, while other groups say CPD has abused protesters
- MLB and the players’ union agree to expand playoffs to 16 teams for the 2020 season
- Trump says some schools may need to delay opening as CDC adds guidelines pushing for in-person instruction
- Cubs sign utilityman Derek Dietrich to a minor-league deal
- North Shore School District 112 letting families choose between hybrid and all-remote learning plans