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- Cubs fall to Brewers 4-3 after Christian Yelich rips a 3-run homer into the empty bleachers
- Daily horoscope for August 15, 2020
- If pests have the ‘gall’ to cause these warty bulges on your trees or bushes, there’s not much you can do
- Column: Is 2020 the worst year ever?
- Ask Amy: Wondering widower won’t wait by the phone
- Commentary: ‘I will not know how to teach them’
- Heading off to college? Be prepared to sign a statement ‘voluntarily’ accepting the risk you’ll catch COVID-19
- Column: The political utility of violence: BLM and what happened at Ronald McDonald House in Chicago
- Mayor Lightfoot, police brass address criticism over response to looting that rocked Chicago but concern remains: ‘We’re setting ourselves up for a three-peat Chicago doesn’t want’
- ‘A lot of people have counted me out. So I’m just going to get back to who I really am’: A closer look at Roquan Smith and the Bears inside linebackers in 2020
- Haymarket addiction treatment center says planned Itasca rehab would have ‘negligible’ public safety cost, but critics remain wary
- Five-minute coronavirus stress resets
- How to move your elephant during a pandemic
- Citrus flavoring is weaponized against insect-borne diseases
- You are cordially invited (or not) to our socially distanced wedding
- What your recipe box says about you
- The race is on to be the Peloton of weightlifting
- Norwegian taxis, wirelessly charging while they wait for a fare
- Coco Gauff was rising when tennis stopped. Now she might be even better.
- 5 things to watch for in Game 3 of the Blackhawks-Golden Knights series, including non-calls on ‘freebee’ hits, the Drake Caggiula factor and third-period problems
- A honeybee’s tongue is more Swiss Army knife than ladle
- How to cycle up ‘Mount Everest’
- Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson dies at the age of 84
- Harry’s Shave Club review: Can this razor subscription make your life easier?
- Where can you watch the Democratic, Republican conventions?
- The best cleansing milk
- The best clear tote bag
- The best motorcycle alarm
- The best gua sha scraping massage tool of 2020
- The best motorcycle tire
- The year the music might die: British clubs face closure
- What’s the link between myocarditis and COVID-19? A look at the rare heart condition has the college football season in jeopardy.
- 5 coaching candidates the Bulls are expected to pursue to replace Jim Boylen
- Indians demote Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger after the pitchers broke team rules and MLB’s COVID-19 protocol in Chicago
- The derecho question: How to prepare for Category 3 hurricane winds without much warning?
- Speak Out: City mail delays raise questions about mail-in voting
- Starved Rock, Matthiessen state parks to remain closed this weekend after ‘significant amount of damage’ from storm
- 5-bedroom Gold Coast penthouse with bay windows: $3.2M
- NASCAR driver Austin Dillon tests positive for COVID-19
- Arturas Karnišovas will represent the Bulls at Thursday’s virtual NBA draft lottery
- Harry Caray’s announcing gets its due in MLB Network’s ‘Sounds of the Game’: He stood for ‘the voice of the fan and fun at the old ballpark’
- White Sox’s Leury Garcia goes on the 45-day injured list with a ‘complete severing of that ligament’ in his left thumb
- 2 more MLB games postponed after a Cincinnati Reds player tests positive for COVID-19
- 2 young women clinging to life after Eisenhower Expressway shooting
- Fact check: Is Kamala Harris eligible to be vice president? Yes, ‘full stop, end of story, period, exclamation point.’
- Former Prairie State College president tapped to head Southland business group
- Derecho that splintered trees and knocked out power in Chicago ravaged Iowa on the way
- What is ballot harvesting? Here’s a look at the practice in the United States.
- 2 dead, at least 14 wounded in shootings overnight on South, West sides
- As protests persist against ‘Europe’s last dictator,’ leader of Belarus says Russia willing to send military
- Goalie Tuukka Rask opts out less than 2 hours before a Bruins game: ‘There are things more important than hockey in my life, and that is being with my family’
- Aurora food pantry raises funds by offering special meals fresh from its garden
- Far-right group, counterprotesters clash violently at rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Oswego may be site for Kendall monthly food pantry
- Most Marlins players who contracted COVID-19 are now cleared for reinstatement
- Pelicans fire Alvin Gentry after 5 seasons as team’s coach
- ‘I’m going to find some place to loot,’ said suspect who livestreamed himself on social media trying to break into ATM wielding a hammer, prosecutors said
- Editorial: ‘Big Jim’: How a corruption-buster became Illinois’ longest-serving governor
- Testing rates in Texas drop as schools reopen and football teams break the huddle
- Photos: Cubs vs. Brewers
- Rally against police brutality ends near Grant Park after failed attempt to walk on Dan Ryan Expressway
- Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson dies at age 84. A Republican from Chicago, ‘Big Jim’ served 4 terms.
- Photos: White Sox lose both games of their doubleheader vs. the Cardinals
- Column: Cardinals are defiant — and optimistic — as they finally return to play after a COVID-19 outbreak
- Newsweek apologizes for op-ed that questioned Kamala Harris’ citizenship and eligibility, says piece being used as ‘tool to perpetuate racism and xenophobia’
- Despite pandemic, Aurora’s school supply events keep on giving
- ‘You turn the page and move on’: The Cubs, who emphasize crossing the finish line, can’t capitalize with runners in scoring position in 6-5 loss to the Brewers
- White Sox drop both games of their doubleheader against the Cardinals — St. Louis’ first contests back since July 29
- Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 71
- Game 3: Golden Knights 2, Blackhawks 1
- Protests turn violent in downtown Chicago
- Muere Robert Trump, hermano menor del presidente Trump