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- Daily horoscope for July 3, 2020
- Ask Amy: Loyalty points don’t come with freelance work
- Column: The Golden Moutza of June shines so bright, they can see it in Minneapolis
- Flashback: Thoughts about July Fourth from 1873: ‘There is just as good cause for a Declaration of Independence now’
- Column: ‘Boxes of hope’: In Little Village, a food pantry turns the COVID-19 crisis into opportunity
- South Holland syrup maker poised to pick up market share from Aunt Jemima
- Indiana changes course, will release nursing home virus data
- Her olympic dream on hold, teen gymnast faces other trials
- Train your muscles without a gym
- The long, unhappy history of working from home
- Top Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan dies at 71
- Make it the summer of the mocktail
- Majestic icon or invasive pest? A war over Australia’s wild horses
- How the pandemic is making it tougher to study whales
- Dog breeding in the Neolithic age
- How do flying snakes glide through the air? ‘It’s hard to believe’
- Daywatch: Lightfoot’s new travel rule, no apparent virus spread from protests and how to celebrate July 4th in Chicago
- Elk return to Kentucky, bringing economic life
- On this Fourth of July weekend, we should reexamine our country’s search for its lost soul
- ‘A conflicted cultural force’: What it’s like to be Black in publishing
- Potempa: Wild strawberries small in size, big for flavor
- Community news
- Welcome to your school reunion. No name tags required.
- For this Fourth of July, officials say celebrate freedom by staying home
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- Nearly 60 Chicago street vendors get $500 relief check from grassroots emergency fund: ‘Thanks to their own community’
- Bringing ‘Hamilton’ to Disney Plus: Filming is easy, editing’s harder
- Caravans, peace grants and basketball. Finding ways around the pandemic to keep children and others safe in Chicago this summer.
- Union tells actors not to work on Michael Bay’s pandemic film ‘Songbird’
- The Chicago Blackhawks face the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL play-in round. Here are 10 factors that could tip the scales in their playoff series.
- Oklahoma State finds ‘no signs’ of racism in their football program after an internal review
- The Blue Jays can now train in Toronto — not Florida — thanks to an exemption from the Canadian government
- NFL will play ‘Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing’ before the national anthem of all Week 1 games
- ‘Sleepless nights’ lurking for major-league executives as workouts resume. ‘The teams that have the best chance will have the players who put the work in,’ MLB Network Dan Plesac says.
- Soldier from Calumet City kills himself as police try to arrest him in disapearance of fellow soldier at Fort Hood
- Illinois seeking new poet laureate, names John Prine honorary poet laureate
- Indiana students can return to sports, school activities
- Eager to return to concert halls, CSO and Lyric musicians perform from Oak Park front yards
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- Speak Out: Third airport would need long-term commitment from airlines
- Letters to the Editor
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- Fraud suspected for jump in Indiana jobless benefit claims
- Elgin Letters to the Editor
- Commentary: What if the feds sent you $1,200 every month?
- Missing Valparaiso man, 75, subject of Indiana Silver Alert
- Businesses, attractions adjust to Holcomb’s 4.5 reopening plan: ‘We aren’t even opening at 50% of our capacity’
- Concrete recycling business owner missed meeting; warned of possible Hobart legal action
- Letters: Reflections on patriotism and civic responsibility
- David Zak resigns as executive director of Pride Films and Plays
- Decenas de vendedores ambulantes de Chicago reciben un cheque de alivio económico ‘gracias a su comunidad’
- MLB cancels the All-Star Game for the 1st time since 1945
- New petition urges Mark Zuckerberg to stop ‘colonizing’ Hawaii — Facebook billionaire says he’s not
- Chicago will rely largely on signs along highways and at airports as it orders self-quarantine for people who visit states where COVID-19 is surging
- Pastor Rick says goodbye to First United Methodist congregation but plans to remain in Elgin during his retirement
- Wheaton College fires chaplain for ‘inappropriate comments and actions of a racial and sexual nature’
- Shedd Aquarium is the first big Chicago museum to reopen. We went first morning. What’s different with COVID-19 precautions?
- Lively hearing aids review: Can you really order hearing aids online?
- The best Coleman cot
- The best sandals for summer
- The best massage gun
- The best medical-grade glove
- The best shampoo for thinning hair
- The best Backyard Discovery swing set
- The best barbecue grill light
- Chrissy Teigen: American Airlines ‘doesn’t care if you get sick and die’ amid COVID spikes
- Elgin News Digest
- Commentary: A corporate uprising could save Chicago
- Recruiting notes: Warren’s Malachi McNeal now counts six other offers besides initial Kent State bid, plans to commit ‘before the season’
- As the Chicago Cubs open summer workouts, pitching coach Tommy Hottovy addresses the team about his COVID-19 experience
- Fourth of July weekend will test Americans’ discipline as coronavirus cases climb in 40 states
- Could President Trump’s anti-mail-voting crusade hurt him in key states in the 2020 election?
- Lake Central’s Conner Tomasic pursues transfer from Purdue, plans to be two-way player this summer for NWI Oilmen: ‘I want to give it a go.’
- Green Bay Packers preparing to play in front of ‘significantly reduced’ crowds at Lambeau Field because of COVID-19
- ‘Wealth of experience’ gained during surprise start in Class 4A state semifinals should pay dividends as a senior for Marist’s Jillian Elsouso
- Day after judge declares his executive orders void, Gov. J.B. Pritzker urges restaurants, bars to keep following safety guidelines
- Washington Redskins say they are undergoing a ‘thorough review’ of their team name
- First look at the NBA’s Orlando ‘restart’ complex
- Lake Station City Hall reopens on Monday
- Two village of Niles employees test positive for COVID-19 after traveling out of state
- Kiddie Kingdom, an indoor children’s play center in Niles, will not reopen due to pandemic, owners say
- OPRF board favors keeping new student commons, main entrance as part of Project 1 campus renovation
- Makur Maker, a 5-star basketball recruit, picks Howard over perennial powers UCLA, Kentucky and Memphis
- Modified Liberty Run ‘brings back some form or normalcy’ for Orland Park July 4th weekend
- 3 takeaways from Day 1 of Chicago White Sox summer workouts, including Michael Kopech attending to a personal matter with no timetable for his return
- Parachutist spotted floating among high-rises near lakefront. ‘My immediate reaction was just to grab my phone.’
- Jimmie Johnson is the 1st NASCAR driver to test positive for COVID-19
- Column: On Independence Day, how about this slogan: ‘Who controls the past controls the future.’
- Trial of 20 Saudis in killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi opens in Turkey
- Black rookie Chicago cop says he’s leaving police union over criticism of kneeling officers. ‘The FOP has not been welcoming to folks like me’
- Country singers Kacey Musgraves, Ruston Kelly file for divorce
- Home security video captures close-up images of gunman killing companion at point-blank range in Rogers Park
- Holiday weekend begins with hot weather in Chicago area and warnings from officials to stay safe
- Cleveland Indians look into changing their name amid pressure
- Hutton: A big yes for Noll? Bishop Noll set to make triumphant return to the football field with a 2020 varsity schedule
- Column: So you couldn’t focus on a book for a while, but now you’re ready? 6 good books to read right now
- Long-term care facilities in Illinois continue seeing declines in COVID-19 outbreaks, deaths
- South Side hospital failed to properly triage a pregnant woman who later died, Illinois regulators find
- Boy & girls basketball notes: Bartlett’s Mackenzie Hare and Lexie Sinclair and Larkin’s Damari Wheeler-Thomas closing in college decisions
- Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo, a cancer survivor, is comfortable playing amid the pandemic: ‘As far as my body and the immune system, everything is up to par’
- Neuqua Valley’s Bailey Houlihan takes gritty, dig-this mentality to Memphis: ‘I’ve ran into so many bleachers and walls to try to save a ball.’
- Neil Young latest musician to rip Trump for using his songs
- Pritzker contributes $51.5 million to committee seeking voter approval for graduated-rate income tax, records show