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- Honoring the ‘brainiacs’: Omar Farrag and Danny Locascio lead the way as Maine South named Academic All-State in boys basketball
- Daily horoscope for July 5, 2020
- Ask Amy: COVID-panicked neighbor might get a moonrise
- 8 shot, 4 fatally in Englewood shooting, police say
- Letters: Prison sentence misused to deny existence of white privilege
- In southwest Wisconsin, visitors chow down on cheese, but also on a local specialty: Grilled cheese sandwiches
- Landmarks: The bees weren’t killer and the murder hornet is mostly mythical, but get ready for the crazy worms
- Reflecting on Rod Carew, Minneapolis and racism
- The Yankees’ 2 goals: Avoid the coronavirus, and win the World Series
- ‘The car you buy because you love driving’
- It’s van-demonium on those roads
- How infrared images could be part of your daily life
- Did a mutation help the coronavirus spread? More evidence, but lingering questions
- Australia thought the virus was under control. It found a vulnerable spot.
- Golfer’s pro journey starts with a burst bubble
- Tesla shines during the pandemic as other automakers struggle
- Researchers debate infecting people on purpose to test coronavirus vaccines
- How the fight against AIDS can inform the fight against COVID-19
- Tim Anderson looks to build off his historic 2019 season for the Chicago White Sox: ‘I don’t really like to talk about it, I just like to do it’
- Speak Out: Military earned respect shown during the national anthem
- Where you can see the stars of ‘Hamilton’ now
- Column: Giving up on dream of professional theater in downtown Naperville a tough pill to swallow
- DuPage County warns against touching and catching bats as they reach most active time of the year
- Elgin libraries, museums to reopen beginning Monday, but ‘things will not look the same,’ officials say
- Column: Readers come to aid of Navy veteran living in uninhabitable home in Gary: ‘If no one cares, he will die, alone and in squalor’
- How ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn came to ignite hope
- CSO’s Riccardo Muti conducts Syria musicians in memorial concert amid ruins
- There were the tweets from strangers. And scorn from inside the Utah Jazz locker room. But now, Rudy Gobert is looking forward.
- Organic farmer welcomed as new vendor to Aurora Farmers Market, but says pandemic making it tougher to get his products to other venues
- FDA head rejects Trump’s false claim that 99% of COVID-19 cases are ‘harmless’: ‘This is a serious problem’
- Griffith celebrates nation’s 244th birthday with annual Broad Street parade
- COVID-19 testing is a stress threat for athletic budgets — especially for smaller schools
- Gun decorated with President Trump’s image seized by police on Chicago’s South Side
- South Carolina nightclub shooting leaves 2 dead, 8 wounded
- 7-year-old girl described as ‘very quiet and sweet’ is fatally shot on Chicago’s West Side
- School districts across US debate how to reopen as COVID-19 cases continue to spike
- More American gig workers facing competition for work as COVID-19 ravages economy, all while trying to avoid virus themselves
- A look at how each pro league in America handles the national anthem
- Echoes of the past in Gary and a new reckoning on race: ‘It’s more of a human rights struggle now.’
- Orland Park celebrates the Fourth with fireworks — and smaller crowds
- Adam Hollingsworth, The Dreadhead Cowboy
- Ald. Michele Smith keeps Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed change to lobbying rules on indefinite hold
- Chicago’s Dreadhead Cowboy travels city streets on horseback, rallying protesters and offering rides to starry-eyed kids: He’s ‘our Batman.’
- State-endangered raptors find new homes on man-made platforms, cell towers
- IHSA contact days go into effect Monday as state enters new phase for returning to play: ‘It’s great for the kids to work with their coaches.’
- 19-year-old woman seriously injured after being struck by SUV on I-94
- Former Cy Young winners David Price and Felix Hernandez won’t pitch in the 60-game season: ‘Best interest of my health and my family’s health’
- 2 Chicago White Sox players test positive for COVID-19
- Chicago Red Stars still looking for their 1st win of the NWSL Challenge Cup after losing 1-0 to the North Carolina Courage
- Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa asks his wife to stay out of salons during season to limit risk of contracting COVID-19
- Fourth of July weekend gun violence in Chicago includes 17 killed, including 2 children, and dozens more wounded
- Woman robbed, sexually assaulted on Near North Side after man forced her into van, Chicago police say
- Column: Taking it one day at a time isn’t just a baseball cliche in 2020. It’s the only way we’ll make it through this mini-season.
- Lawyer: Remains of missing Texas soldier identified
- Milwaukee Bucks close their practice facility after receiving results from COVID-19 testing
- FroSkate hosts a peaceful protest in support of Black lives
- 4 takeaways from Chicago Cubs camp, including the starting pitchers’ varying stages of readiness and the removal (finally) of a profane comment about LeBron James
- The fullest look yet at the racial inequity of the coronavirus
- Family and friends mourn 7-year-old shooting victim Natalia Wallace
- Protester killed on Seattle freeway was dedicated to cause
- Kevin Harvick takes advantage of Denny Hamlin’s late crash to win his 3rd Brickyard 400 title
- ‘The Chi’ recap: In Episode 3, a look at how the show is mirroring real life
- ‘Bullets just came from nowhere’: Fourth of July weekend gun violence kills at least 17, including 7-year-old-girl
- Illinois Gov. Pritzker condemns Kansas newspaper cartoon equating face mask order with Holocaust
- NHL and NHLPA agree on protocols to resume the season this summer