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- ‘Extremely dangerous’ Category 4 Hurricane Laura up to 150 mph, threatens ‘unsurvivable’ 20 foot storm surge
- Beating the heat: Rosary’s Ashley Auchstetter takes medalist honors as Waubonsie Valley wins Aurora City Classic in girls golf
- Bucks boycott Magic game; all NBA playoff games on Wednesday postponed
- GOP aggressively defends law enforcement on night 3 of RNC, as nation faces renewed tensions following Kenosha police shooting
- ‘I couldn’t go out and play’: Jason Heyward opts out of the Cubs lineup to protest the Jacob Blake shooting but urges his teammates to play
- Daily horoscope for August 27, 2020
- Column: Looking ahead to fall’s weirdo 2020 Tony Awards, and what they must achieve
- Ask Amy: Layabout son should be shown the door
- Column: How much do you trust Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’? Here’s a way to prove it
- Seafood City dining guide: Find all the best Filipino street food, from crispy chicharon to whole fried fish, at this one-of-a-kind supermarket and food court in Chicago
- Remembering slain teen Emmett Till in his hometown of Chicago via civil rights tourism and a mobile app
- At 95, Jim Williams says he’s spent 45 years as a ‘gofer,’ but his generosity is what’s made a lasting impression
- Orlando man charged with hitting Disney security guard in fight over COVID-19 mask rule
- White supremacist who killed 51 worshippers at New Zealand mosques sentenced to life without parole
- Daywatch: Antioch teen charged in Kenosha shootings, why some Chicagoans are moving away and a Seafood City dining guide
- RNC fact check: Vice President Mike Pence offers a distorted case on economy under Trump
- Indiana’s latest abortion law and 18-hour ultrasound requirement: ‘The wait was already there’
- ‘Rising Phoenix’ review: Spotlighting athletes of the Paralympics while the Olympics are postponed
- After months on the job, TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox’s sweep of the Pirates, including Lucas Giolito’s no-hitter to remember and Eloy Jimenez responding well after a scare
- Does Joe Biden want to ‘abolish the suburbs?’ No.
- US jobless claims drop again, but still over 1 million; Illinois unemployment filings rise
- Best shoes for fall 2020
- Tips for building the best TV room
- Caving to backlash, Bette Midler says she was wrong to mock Melania Trump’s accent
- Melania Trump gives Republican convention a ratings boost with 18 million TV viewers
- Katy Perry gives birth to a baby girl named Daisy
- New York attorney general probes perplexing Trump Tower Chicago loan deal
- Column: Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse and Kenosha’s vivid example of American racism
- A peaceful night in Kenosha, and a tribute to one of those killed during violent unrest earlier in week: ‘Anthony Huber is a hero’
- ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ review: Turning a thriller into a dream ballet of longing
- Wisconsin: Protestas pacíficas tras noche de caos
- Paul Pogba da positivo por coronavirus y es baja con Francia
- The Supreme Court kept DACA alive, but the future remains uncertain for immigrants. ‘It feels like we have a target on our backs.’
- As young Black athletes call for racial awakening, some retirees declare fealty to ‘winner’ Trump
- Huracán Laura se debilita a categoría 2 en su avance por Luisiana
- Why does the coronavirus hit men harder? A new clue
- Homer Glen officials say renewed restrictions on bars and restaurants are a death sentence to businesses
- Ecuador: Expresidente Bucaram sufre infarto; está estable
- Bon Jovi luce mascarilla y homenajea a Nueva York en su nuevo videoclip
- A look at Seafood City
- Decades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace
- Face masks amid the art: New York City’s museums to reopen
- `Comedy in Color’ audiobook coming out Sept. 29
- In South India, Amazon builds its largest office yet
- Incertidumbre en un Tour que corre contra el COVID
- Hurricane Laura’s path of destruction along the Gulf Coast | Photos
- Comics that helped prevent teen depression before pandemic now targeting increased risks because of COVID-19
- Europe heads back to school: Mask rules, extra teachers, new desks
- Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Lin-Manuel Miranda to star in digital benefit show
- Los gemelos Bryan se retiran tras ganar 119 títulos
- Gail Collins column: Don’t be dense, beware Mike Pence
- Autoridades identifican a policía que baleó a Jacob Blake
- Boeing 737 Max to start test flights with European flight safety agency
- Charles M. Blow column: RNC rewrites Trump’s racism — and America’s
- Katy Perry y Orlando Bloom son padres de una niña: Daisy
- Woman gets 6 years for driving off an unfinished highway bridge in Champaign
- Northwest Indiana local scores and football schedules for Friday, Aug. 28
- Sneering Jared Kushner calls NBA players’ strike ‘taking a night off work,’ says their pain is a ‘luxury’
- Speak Out reader opinion: Rose Garden and Melania Trump were both elegant and stately
- UCLA sues Under Armour, seeking in excess of $200 million
- She sought justice on TikTok. Now her father is charged with homicide.
- Should children go back to school? It depends in part on your politics
- Daily Southtown local scores for Friday, Aug. 28
- ‘2020 can go to hell’: The story behind the viral fire photo that said it all
- West Suburban local scores for Friday, Aug. 28
- Venezuela: Maduro extiende medidas económicas por COVID-19
- ‘2020 can go to hell’: The story behind the viral fire photo that said it all
- Former NBC 5 anchor Katie Kim sells North Center town home for $683,000
- DNA evidence exonerates man in 1983 rape and killing, prosecutors say
- México combate comida chatarra en medio de la pandemia
- A new report said 6 feet may not be enough for social distance. Here’s what local doctors said.
- Pedro Almodóvar lanza el primer avance de ‘La voz humana’, el corto protagonizado por Tilda Swinton
- Baranek: After a summer of sun and softball, junior catcher Fiona Sjostrom ready to continue being ‘just a positive force’ for St. Laurence
- Channel 5 reporter Katie Kim, relocating to California, sells North Center home for $683K
- ‘Fatima’ review: Children in a time of war see an apparition of peace
- Trump prepara su gran noche en la convención republicana
- Equipos de NFL cancelan prácticas por caso Blake
- US flood strategy shifts to ‘unavoidable’ relocation of entire neighborhoods
- Longtime Whiting Mayor Joseph Stahura charged with wire, tax fraud
- US flood strategy shifts to ‘unavoidable’ relocation of entire neighborhoods
- President Donald Trump criticizes NBA player protests over police brutality: ‘They’ve become like a political organization, and that’s not a good thing’
- Bare breasts on French beaches? You can, despite police warnings
- Niña de 14 años, primera víctima fatal de ‘Laura’ en EEUU
- Without football in the fall, Eisenhower senior Tony Pacetti turns fore into four as a four-sport athlete: ‘He’s a natural born leader.’
- Netflix cancela Altered Carbon tras dos temporadas
- Senior tight end Justin Morris becomes second Ball State commit from Vernon Hills and fifth from Chicago area in class of 2021
- McCormick Place loses its largest 2021 convention so far as coronavirus cancellations creep into next year
- Demandan a la Administración Trump por sofocar protestas con violencia
- Speak Out reader comments: No middle ground for Donald Trump — it’s love or hate
- La fortuna de Jeff Bezos, fundador de Amazon, supera los 200,000 mdd
- Private Wisconsin college cancels Mike Pence commencement speech, citing Kenosha unrest, though many students objected to visit
- Post-Tribune football rankings and player of the week for Friday, Aug. 28, 2020
- Un fortalecido Chivas busca regresar a la senda del triunfo
- Hence, it’s Henz: Nicholas Henz bounces back and teams up with four sophomores to power Oswego East past Marmion in cross country
- Carlos Vives escarba los orígenes de la música colombiana
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Bartomeu, dispuesto a dimitir para que Messi siga en el Barca
- Grab-and-go pizza slices enjoying a boom in Chicago: Here are the 9 best
- Rivera, Estefan, Miranda y Thalía unidos por Broadway
- Indiana official advises voters to go early to polls as state adjusts to COVID-19 pandemic
- Golfer Cameron Champ protests racial injustice by wearing different color shoes inscribed with Jacob Blake’s name at the BMW Championship
- Derecho uproots dozens of trees at Graceland Cemetery
- Llamado a las armas en internet antes de balacera en Kenosha
- FTA’s $50M award a ‘confidence booster’ for South Shore Line project
- A no-churn ice cream recipe that will make you melt
- Más personas en EEUU prevén comprar casa
- Labor Day by the numbers
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Greece’s underrated Peloponnese Peninsula
- Aurora man facing felony drug, gun charges
- Waubonsie Valley’s Grace Angelides on having a high school girls golf season: ‘The game is a detox to everything that has been going on.’
- The Kitchn: How to make the perfect BLT
- Portage beach to close for three weeks while workers shore up coastline, official says
- Inspired by George Floyd, singer Tyrese Gibson finds a new voice
- Elgin Symphony starts unusual season with new director
- Football notes: Senior quarterback Eli Carden is trying to set the tone for a future generation of Kankakee Valley players
- La NBA retoma los playoffs tras la jornada de boicot
- Hideout Chicago is putting the spotlight on up-and-comers while also taking streaming to a higher profile with ‘To The Front’
- Moana’s voice, Auli?i Cravalho takes the next step
- District 64 School Board approves raise for superintendent
- Trump revive la vieja estrategia sureña que encumbró a Nixon
- NBA is postponing Thursday’s 3 playoff games as players and the board of governors meet separately to decide next steps
- Walmart may team up with Microsoft in bid for TikTok video app
- 2020 NBA Draft odds: Who will the Minnesota Timberwolves draft first overall?
- Column: Teams succeed and fail as a unit. The Cubs failed when they didn’t stand with Jason Heyward.
- After starring at Benet and University of Wisconsin, Tiffany Clark takes game to new women’s volleyball pro league: ‘I was immediately interested.’
- ‘Black Lady Sketch Show’ creator relishes Emmy nod firsts
- Major Fed policy change: Interest rates to stay ultralow even after inflation tops 2%
- Discurso de Pompeo violó una ley de EEUU, según una queja
- Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean joins 29th season of ‘Dancing With the Stars’
- West Nile-carrying mosquitoes found in Naperville, bats with rabies and Lyme disease ticks in DuPage, Kane and Will counties
- Letters: A millennial responds to a boomer writer’s fears
- Trevor Noah takes out newspaper ads offering legal service to President Trump
- Editorial: Rural Illinois becomes national COVID hot spot. Who’s masking up?
- Letter to the Editor: Five of six Oak Park trustees denounce protesters’ damage to mayor’s home
- As COVID-19 rages, US economy is struggling to sustain a recovery
- 300 excolaboradores de republicanos apoyan a Biden
- EEUU: Congreso, presidencia negocian paquete de emergencia
- Charges filed against Whiting mayor surprise colleagues in area
- The ‘unnatural evolution’ of Trevor Noah and ‘The Daily Show’
- No elves seen as Keebler tree is removed from Western Springs corner
- Just how big of a setback is David Montgomery’s groin injury for the Bears offense? And what challenges exist if they dip into the free-agent market? Here’s a rundown.
- Minnesota National Guard in downtown Minneapolis after social media misinformation about suicide sparks looting
- NBA pospondrá la jornada de playoffs el jueves
- Starbucks to offer workers time to vote, as more corporations make room for Election Day
- Hamilton apoya protestas pero no boicoteará GP de Bélgica
- Oak Brook police go online for virtual town hall meeting
- ‘Lifeblood of the tournament’: As PGA pros hit the links in Olympia Fields, longtime club members work behind the scenes
- Veterans housing project launched in Hobart
- Netflix prepara una serie de la saga Resident Evil
- Elgin’s latest ordinance to stem homeless problem downtown bans use of parking decks and lots for loitering
- Trucks top list of vehicles with most retained value
- Historic Stainless Steel Trifectia for sale at Worldwide Auctioneers’ 13th annual Auburn Auction
- Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year
- Mi madre nos visitó en verano. El coronavirus también llegó
- Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasons
- Lexus adds AWD and special series for 2021 ES
- Styling, tech upgrades in 2021 Honda Odyssey
- Enjoy these spicy wings this Labor Day weekend
- Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Wonho
- August vacation in the time of COVID has a silver lining
- Expresidente colombiano es centro de polémica en Miami
- Elgin Fringe Festival offers a mix of virtual, live events
- Spotify ramps up podcast deals with influencers
- Waukegan schools attendance down as remote learning begins
- Rebel Wilson shows off svelte frame in an effort to raise money for African charity
- Notre Dame hikes security after quarantined students balk
- Hombre inocente sale libre tras 37 años en la cárcel
- West suburban highway boss charged in $280,000 kickback scheme involving excavation company that did little work
- Universidad de Wisconsin cancela discurso de Pence
- Naperville council to discuss creation of new city diversity and inclusion manager
- Commentary: With high-tech farming, we can usher in a rural renaissance
- Naperville approved marijuana sales. Across the street, an Aurora dispensary still looks to open.
- El ‘Toro del Corrido’ lleva una gira al campo
- Where the produce includes pepperoni: The pizza farm
- Dunn Museum featuring giant dinosaur reopening with limited hours, revamped exhibits
- Luisiana: 4 muertes vinculadas a huracán Laura
- Mr. Smith went to Washington … With dimmers
- Soon, your car will park itself in downtown parking garages
- Djokovic conoce su camino sin Federer ni Nadal en el US Open del coronavirus
- Abbott to hire 2,000 temporary workers in Gurnee to help make COVID-19 tests
- The suffragists fought to redefine femininity. The debate isn’t over.
- Kenny Smith walks off the TNT set and Chris Webber offers an emotional plea — ‘If not now, when?’ — as sports media react to NBA players’ protests
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot puts out request to gambling operators for possible Chicago casino
- Aurora Census Day push reaches 7,100 homes
- Community news: Beverly/Morgan Park Garden Walk set for Sept. 13
- Hub Arkush sells Deerfield home for $563,000
- Waukegan Board of Education continues to wrestle with future of school resource officers
- Blood drives cancelled during coronavirus shutdown leads to need for more blood donors
- Second stimulus check updates: Pelosi, White House resume talks over stalled COVID-19 relief package, but no deal in sight
- United Airlines plans to furlough 2,850 pilots after Oct. 1 unless it gets federal relief
- Condenado a prisión por dañar un Picasso
- Sean Penn ups fight against COVID-19 with relief expansion
- Column: The party’s over for party conventions
- Antioch lifts Kenosha shooting-related curfew
- ‘The Human Voice’ de Almodóvar se estrenará en Nueva York
- Elmwood Park Police hold car parade through village
- Northwest Indiana NOW members denounce abortion ultrasound law
- Legit Dogs and Ice planning new downtown Elgin location with more amenities, menu expanded beyond gourmet hot dogs
- Sean Penn lucha contra el coronavirus con pruebas gratuitas
- PNW has socially distanced welcome week event after beginning classes amid pandemic
- Editorial: The right to protect property, yes, but the wrong people are doing it in Kenosha
- Florida allows edible medical marijuana products, but nothing that looks like treats for kids
- El coronavirus se ensaña con los latinos y las funerarias que los atienden
- Revancha Osaka-Goff podría darse en tercera ronda del US Open
- Column: Chicago architects name interim director after former head exits without explanation
- Commentary: Embracing QAnon is a dangerous game for Trump
- Bears players ‘pause’ football activities Thursday as part of national sports protests over the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake
- Trump: ‘La NBA se ha convertido en una organización política’
- California: Sobrevivientes de incendios regresan a sus casas
- Chicago Sky’s game postponed as WNBA players continue to sit out in response to the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake
- Koeman convence a Griezmann para continuar en el Barca
- Financial help for flood-prone back yards, struggling restaurants approved by Niles Village Board
- Waubonsie Valley student using the $10,000 she won from Ellen DeGeneres challenge for charity bracelets
- White Sox’s Lucas Giolito among MLB players speaking out on racial inequality and the police shooting of Jacob Blake: ‘That’s unacceptable. That shouldn’t be happening in a developed country.’
- Column: Here’s hoping the old Copley bell is hanging around at next year’s Beacon birthday bash
- Chicago’s best pizzas — 27 pies across all styles
- Attitudes around race and racial justice differ significantly between white and Black people, poll finds
- Portrait artist Tom Curtis featured in Vogt Visual Arts Center exhibit
- Group of Nebraska football players sues the Big Ten, seeking to restore a fall season
- Column: ‘There’s no stronger force in Chicago Heights,’ official says as church helps feed community
- Blackhawks and other NHL players take varied views on sitting out games for racial justice: ‘To say what’s right or wrong, it’s hard to say’
- Mayor says there will be no COVID-related tax increase in Aurora
- The Spin: Anticipating Trump’s fiery GOP convention finale | Lightfoot takes next step toward Chicago casino | Exelon to close 2 power plants
- Naperville People in the News
- New federal COVID-19 testing guidelines have sparked alarm, confusion. But Illinois isn’t adopting them, and Pritzker says Trump is playing politics.
- Column: Kenosha could spark an armed escalation if activists on the left embrace their right to wield guns
- Michael Jordan reportedly playing a key role to bridge NBA players and owners during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake
- As she turns 107, Waukegan-native nun urges everyone ‘to learn kindness’
- Traffic jams possible during public safety drill enacted for 3 hours in city’s central business district tonight
- High-ranking Chicago Public Schools official charged with lying to FBI in contract probe
- ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music’ review: Raggedy, sweet-natured fun, with Keanu Reeves apparently doing Kabuki
- Sheriff’s officers, Harvey firefighters save Dixmoor man from burning building
- Column: Cubs can make a statement by sitting out together as a team
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on Aug. 27 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- River Forest police investigating armed carjacking incident, suspicious ‘bump-and-run’ activity
- Cannabis Cup gets underway for the first time in Illinois
- Several hundred people march in Evanston for Jacob Blake: ‘I had to do something’
- Getting up early for the secretary of state
- ‘It just has to end’: PGA Tour players address racial injustice after enduring a U.S. Open-tough Olympia Fields at the BMW Championship
- Letters to the editor
- Column: Once a unifier, will Brian Urlacher’s divisive social media actions make him unwelcome at Halas Hall?
- What virus? At the Republican National Convention, the COVID-19 pandemic is largely ignored.
- The Mets and Marlins walk off field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate
- Several hundred people march in Evanston for Jacob Blake
- Officials in a Louisiana parish voted to keep a Confederate statue. Then Hurricane Laura toppled it.
- A ‘G’ Force: Lincoln-Way West’s Gianna Arizzi opens up strong by winning the preseason SouthWest Suburban Red Meet
- President Trump accepts GOP nomination for second term during White House RNC speech, says Biden will be ‘destroyer of American greatness’
- Laura weakens to tropical depression, leaves deadly path of destruction up Gulf Coast