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- Daily horoscope for August 24, 2020
- Ask Amy: Man hopes Tinder will ignite a spark
- Illinois Republicans sense momentum against Democrats but uncertain how to deliver their message
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledged $10 million to businesses damaged by looting. The city paid out far less, records show.
- Letters: Progressive Caucus: The National Guard would not resolve the tensions in Chicago
- Editorial: Inspiration vs. virus: Encouraging tales from the front lines
- Bears GM Ryan Pace sees a turnaround season ahead: — ‘I love the mindset of this team.’ But what if he’s wrong?
- Opinion: ‘Entitled’ by Kate Manne offers airtight case against everyday misogyny in American culture
- Longtime Chicago Public Schools educator writes book about return to school amid COVID-19
- Daywatch: City paid businesses less than promised for looting damage, Illinois faces ‘perfect storm’ of virus risk and Chicago tourism may be done until 2021
- Kirk Franklin takes six awards at Stellar Gospel Music Awards
- Why a Chicago police officer’s accidental death struck a chord with Chinese Americans: ‘A lot of residents feel so vulnerable’
- 5 White Sox takeaways from the City Series, including Jose Abreu leading the home run charge and Dylan Cease ‘trending in the right direction’
- 4 Cubs takeaways from the City Series, including David Ross’ commitment to a set lineup and the wise decision to pull Craig Kimbrel
- Man shot overnight on Eisenhower Expressway does not have life-threatening injuries, police say
- Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House
- Back-to-school laptop shortage hits schools nationwide. ‘You can’t have a kid do distance learning without a computer.’
- Winners and losers from the Cubs-White Sox series, including ESPN’s latest White Sox slip-up and Marquee Sports Network’s struggle to sub for Jim Deshaies
- AGT winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. earns high school equivalency diploma
- ‘Unhinged’ makes $4 million in encouraging box office start as movie theaters reopen amid coronavirus with big films on horizon
- City picks sites in Austin, Auburn Gresham and Englewood for its Invest South/West program
- Massive Northern California wildfires rage on; death toll reaches 7
- Will COVID-19 cancel Halloween?
- La Máquina ya manda en la Liga MX
- Hermana de Trump dice que él “no tiene principios”
- El Bayern Múnich se embolsa cifra récord por ganar la Champions
- Doncic sella un ‘triple-doble’ histórico y remata a los Clippers sobre la bocina (VIDEO)
- Here’s when suburban movie theaters are reopening
- Editorial cartoons explore the world of sports during coronavirus
- La Berlinale dará premios a actuación de género neutro
- La asesora Kellyanne Conway renuncia a la Casa Blanca
- NFL says false coronavirus alarm shouldn’t distract from league’s encouraging testing results
- Chicago Opera Theater celebrates ‘Voices of Refuge’, featuring contributions of refugees, immigrants
- First case of coronavirus reinfection confirmed in Hong Kong
- Lake County local scores for Tuesday, Aug. 25
- Speak Out reader opinion: Lightfoot’s ban on protesting near her home recalls the late Mayor Daley’s security detail
- Protests erupt overnight after Kenosha police shoot man in back in incident caught on video
- New playground installed at Nicholson Elementary in Montgomery
- Trump puede presionar a Washington, pero no al coronavirus
- 13-year-old Harwood Heights girl with hypersensitive hearing credited with saving her neighbor’s life: ‘Nobody heard me except Kasey’
- Los $1,000 millones invertidos por PSG no fueron suficientes para ganar la Champions
- No charges in shooting of Jacob Blake
- West Suburban local scores for Tuesday, Aug. 25
- Daily Southtown local scores for Tuesday, Aug. 25
- Koeman: ‘Messi encontrará su espacio en la evolución del equipo’
- Con limitaciones por virus, republicanos inician convención
- After a COVID scare, an Olympic hopeful recovers her optimism
- To test spread of coronavirus, scientists put on a concert
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Aug. 25
- Talk of the County: Obama ‘cannot escape the reality and the truth’ of his failed presidency
- Muere el músico Justin Townes Earle a los 38 años
- Ed Perkins on travel: Insurance for your post-COVID trip
- Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
- Coronavirus likely has changed forever the way restaurants are designed — for better and for worse
- A championship to chase? Paul Shafer Jr. faces choice after winning Wayne Carter Classic at Grundy: ‘This is awesome, just awesome.’
- J Balvin, Roddy Ricch no longer performing at MTV VMAs
- Raza mixta nunca fue un problema para Kamala Harris
- To test spread of coronavirus, scientists put on a concert
- Oswego focusing on pedestrian safety measures downtown
- Letting go of being No. 1, Katy Perry finds her ‘Smile’
- In China, where the pandemic began, life is starting to look … normal
- Doctors enter college football’s politics, but maybe just for show
- Ross Douthat column: Win or lose, Trump will hold power over the GOP
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: Trump’s reality TV show would like you to forget about reality for a while
- Mariah Carey calls for action, and 12 more new songs
- Charles M. Blow column: Trump’s campaign of chaos
- Recognize misinformation on the internet
- Frank Bruni column: Why Biden needs a landslide just to win
- Joe’s fearsome weapon against Trump: Simple decency
- Maureen Dowd column: Joe’s fearsome weapon against Trump: Simple decency
- Competencia por vacunas entre países alargará la pandemia: OMS
- Children ages 6-11 should wear masks at times to slow coronavirus spread, WHO says
- Clemson is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 college football poll that also features 9 Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that won’t play this fall
- TikTok presenta demanda contra veto impuesto por EEUU
- Presidente de UFC sobre regreso al boxeo de De la Hoya: ‘La cocaína no es barata’
- EEUU: Evacuaciones ante posible llegada de 2 huracanes
- Zoom experiences partial outages in the United States
- Boys soccer notes: First-year coach Mike Enghofer and Valparaiso take aim at tripping up Northwest Indiana ‘standard’ Chesterton
- Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020
- Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned
- Police looking for women in suspected Highland theft
- Calumet City man found shot to death in vehicle
- Katy Perry se desprende del No. 1 y vuelve a sonreír
- Some Elgin-area schools forced to delay start of online classes due to global Zoom outage
- Fried chicken meets popcorn in a snackable cure for the football blues
- For some, work from home is not going away. Here’s how to make the most of your space.
- Embarazadas tienen mayor riesgo de covid-19 grave: OPS
- How to set pandemic boundaries for relatives
- Talk of the County reader opinion: For decades, Biden has been ‘living off hard-working American taxpayers’ dime but has done nothing’
- River Forest police: Driver of crashed car that left four dead faces homicide charges
- Visión de Trump protagoniza Convención Nacional Republicana
- Speak Out reader comments: Don’t play politics with COVID-19, cops acting like stormtroopers, businesses need to mandate masks
- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with planned RNC speech
- Just in time for the election: An asteroid?
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Two shot in Thornton Sunday night
- For a music critic, a vacation that’s all too quiet
- N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James eyes Eric Trump, Trump Organization in financial fraud investigation
- Maduro dice que no le ‘temblará el pulso’ para detener a Guaidó
- J Balvin y Roddy Ricch ya no actuarán en los Premios MTV
- Despite pandemic, Aurora zoo workers keep connecting with the animals
- Acusan de racismo a republicanos que pronuncian mal Kamala
- Las razones de los 77 falsos positivos en NFL
- With Wilmette COVID-19 cases up by about 30%, village officials urge residents to remain vigilant
- River North home with landscaped roof deck: $1.2M
- Niños mexicanos inician clases desde casa
- Chicago Shakespeare announces new season, restarting in 2021
- Minnesota man faces drug charges after 18 pounds of khat found in car: police
- Premios Billboard de la Música Latina se harán en Florida en vivo y en plena pandemia
- Kyle Long named a studio analyst for ‘That Other Pregame Show’ on CBS Sports Network
- Commentary: Another change during the pandemic — I’m using the good china
- Kingston Mines reopening
- For over 50 years, Kingston Mines has been a beloved Chicago blues nightclub. Will it survive COVID-19?
- Zoom says it’s fixed problem behind massive outages
- Miami Dolphins will allow up to 13,000 socially distancing fans at home opener on Sept. 20
- La Grange businesses ready for annual sidewalk sale
- El Salvador y Panamá reabren actividades comerciales
- Man shot on Eisenhower Expressway
- Column: A troubled life, a predictable death, and a family struggling to pick up the pieces
- Column: League of Women Voters continue registration efforts during pandemic, encourage early voting
- ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ review: Exuberant gallop through Charles Dickens, starring Dev Patel
- Quién cerró la puerta, la pregunta tras 13 muertos en Perú
- Divergent reactions to the Kenosha police shooting are the latest example of Wisconsin’s deep partisan divide
- Chinese-owned TikTok sues President Trump over his order to ban its video app
- Discreto retorno de los reyes de Europa tras ganar la Champions
- Column: Trump’s narcissism seems effective. So I am now the greatest columnist in the world.
- Waukegan teen killed in crash after stealing car, police say
- Los Lakers recuerdan influencia de Kobe Bryant por su cumpleaños
- With gatherings limited by COVID-19, a Chicago non-profit expands its wellness work with food drives
- Gurnee man killed in motorcycle crash
- Dolphins permitirán hasta 13,000 fans en inicio de temporada
- ‘Where the Tour Buses Don’t Go’ is a different kind of Chicago guidebook from the creative mind of a former teacher
- Black-owned bookstores see sales surge, encourage racial justice education. ‘Every time we have a community crisis, the bookstore is a place for people to vent.’
- The Batman: ¿Existe ya Joker en la película de Robert Pattinson y Matt Reeves?
- ‘Tiger King’ zookeeper Jeff Lowe accused of willful animal welfare violations
- Republicanos nominan oficialmente a Trump como su candidato
- Rose McGowan acusa a Alyssa Milano de tener una actitud ‘tóxica’ en el rodaje de Embrujadas
- Lincoln Park private school Francis W. Parker moving ahead with controversial plan to expand 6-acre campus
- An exclusive Q&A with DeWayne Peevy: The new DePaul athletic director talks Dave Leitao, John Calipari and his vision for the Blue Demons becoming ‘the best’
- Commentary: Save Illinois’ nuclear plants — in spite of Exelon
- Column: Lake County Democrats want a quick, clean Link break
- Zoom outage disrupts classes across NWI, country as students, teachers begin school year online
- Green Region grant helping create butterfly sanctuaries in La Grange Park
- Still no ID for toddler found in mobile home fire
- Texas deputies prepare for next hurricane with intense training
- Alan Harre, former Valparaiso University president, dead at 80; started university’s ‘Age of Advancement’
- Review: Katy Perry acknowledges missteps in downer album
- What should you say to someone who refuses to wear a mask? A philosopher weighs in
- What a new study has to say about heart health and cannabis
- ‘Dead’ woman found to be breathing at Detroit funeral home: ‘She did not have signs of life’
- 3 Ways CBD can help seniors
- ‘Down to Earth’ teaches tips for finding the best bottled water
- Usain Bolt en cuarentena mientras aguarda prueba de coronavirus
- Letters: Why Illinois’ nuclear power plants are of critical value
- Hundreds of families get assist from basketball players’ foundations at Waukegan food distribution event
- Southland College Prep begins new year with empty new fieldhouse, remote learning
- Kary Osmond: End-of-summer ratatouille pizza is a perfect way to wrap up the season
- EatingWell: A satisfying summer salad
- In-school learning at middle school in Chesterton delayed due to bats
- Fans or no fans? Tracking NFL stadiums attendance restrictions for 2020 games
- Commentary: Voting by mail is convenient, but not always secret
- Chicago school resource officers could be phased out under Board of Ed proposal amid ongoing protests
- Proportion of Black cops in Chicago Police Department likely to go down, watchdog says
- Nadal: ‘No me interesa participar en este circo de hipocresía y radicalización’
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Whoever designed oft-damaged Long Grove Bridge ‘should be made to pay for it’
- East Aurora graduate Jules Williamson returns from UTEP, reunites with longtime friend and teammate Traevon Brown at Waubonsee
- It’s a boy beluga calf at Shedd, and another is expected soon
- Take these steps to become a board member
- Interpersonal Edge: Strategy for productive change
- Bridgeview man dies after Aug. 16 incident on Portage Lakefront
- Not everyone wants weed: Chicago rejects plans for pot shop near Gold Coast, showing marijuana sentiment can change by the block
- Two men charged with murdering a man whose body was found in a burned-out Dundee Township house
- Community refrigerators throughout Chicago offer free, healthy food
- 2 Chicago restaurants among 4 businesses cited for coronavirus guideline violations
- The Spin: After week of DNC, it’s Trump’s turn to deliver GOP message | Former Mayor Emanuel on how Trump can go after Biden | Lightfoot promised $10M to looting-damaged businesses but paid out far less
- Oak Brook police blotter: garage door opener stolen from unlocked vehicle
- Editorial: Reset the corruption clock. It’s been one workday since a public official got charged.
- Highland meeting canceled after clerk-treasurer, council president disagreement over agenda item on proposed senior-living center
- Ronaldinho queda en libertad tras 5 meses preso en Paraguay
- Tormenta Laura recorre Cuba con aguaceros, Marco en Luisiana
- A week after opening for in-person classes, Loyola Academy closes due to COVID-19 cases
- Corrections and clarifications
- How did the NFL have 77 false positive COVID-19 tests from the same lab? The league and lab chalk it up to an isolated contamination: ‘Our protocols are working.’
- North Chicago woman killed trying to break up Waukegan party argument, police say
- Chicago could set record highs this week, but forecasters say humidity will be ‘relatively’ low
- 2 men charged in connection with robbery at Glenview bank branch
- EEUU: más congresistas usan ‘Latinx’ en redes sociales
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot to release Chicago’s city budget forecast next week
- Talk of the County reader opinion: If Trump loses Ohio, Kasich ‘will be hated … for the rest of his life for being the traitor that he is’
- UEFA no descarta cambios en la Eurocopa por la pandemia
- Niños de entre 6 y 11 años también deben usar mascarillas
- Texas deputies prepare for next hurricane with intense training
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Beware voting for Biden because ‘you are choosing someone older than Trump’
- México: más de 550 sanciones por abusos en pandemia
- No indoor dining or parties of more than 25 for Will, Kankakee counties after three days of COVID-19 positivity rates at or over 8%
- Volunteers start getting COVID-19 vaccine at UIC as part of large clinical trial
- Column: Will we ever get back to ‘normal’? Don’t count on it.
- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says Trump attacks on mail-in ballots ‘not helpful,’ denies ‘sabotaging’ election
- Illinois scales back reopening in Will, Kankakee counties after COVID-19 positivity rate threshold reached
- Parade of old cars and women in early 1900s garb one of the ways Naperville’s LWV commemorating 19th Amendment anniversary
- Beauty products manufacturer Voyant settles lawsuit alleging years of ‘pervasive’ sexual harassment at suburban Chicago plant
- Column: Halfway through the pandemic-shortened MLB season, the future looks bright for the White Sox and Cubs
- Federal charges brought in carjacking, armed robbery spree that included a UPS driver in Oak Park
- ‘Always in on the joke:’ Sofia Vergara shoots down claim Ellen DeGeneres was being racist
- Despite morning Zoom outages, it was back to school Monday — via computer — for U-46’s 38,000 students
- CPS will charge thousands in tuition for virtual prekindergarten this fall — day care not included
- IHSA announces fall sports will be limited to regional geographic competition instead of a state tournament
- Redwoods survive wildfire at California’s oldest state park as massive blazes rage on across Bay Area
- David Ross is willing to ‘live and die’ with the Cubs’ inconsistent offense and won’t tinker with each hitter’s approach
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on Aug. 24 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- These are confusing times at Halas Hall. The Bear Download podcast breaks down the false positive COVID-19 tests and the QB and kicker competitions.
- Bucks guard George Hill vents frustration after the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, saying the NBA ‘shouldn’t have even come into’ the Florida bubble
- Photos: 2020 Republican National Convention
- State GOP chair: Republicans are party of law and order, Democrats a party of lawlessness
- Photos: Cubs 9, Tigers 3
- Analysis: 5 key takeaways from the first night of the RNC, including Trump showing he will be an omnipresent convention presence
- Javier Baez homers twice and David Bote drives in 4 runs to pace the Cubs to a 9-3 victory over the Tigers — the 11,000th win in franchise history
- Police fire tear gas at hundreds of protesters during 2nd night of unrest in Kenosha after police shooting of Black man
- Munster settles for 3-3 tie after Crown Point’s Dominic Bixeman scores late goal: ‘We had them on the ropes, but we made a few timely mistakes.’