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- Mattress pitching, Zoom calls and ‘unprecedented’ roster moves: How the Marlins returned from a COVID-19 outbreak
- Nick Madrigal and Edwin Encarnacion suffer shoulder injuries in the White Sox’s 3-2 win over the Brewers
- Cubs survive Craig Kimbrel’s latest struggles for a 5-4 win over the Royals
- Daily horoscope for August 5, 2020
- Work Like a Dog Day: Meet Orlando’s working dogs
- Ask Amy: Future husband sings a ‘me’ tune
- Condo Adviser: Can a condo board mandate face masks in common areas during COVID-19?
- Finding a Smoky Mountains refuge: A cabin in the woods in a pandemic
- Community colleges may draw more students this fall as parents balk at paying high tuition for remote learning
- Column: Trump’s right, schools must reopen. We just need kids to promise they won’t get the coronavirus.
- Column: Hate that mask? You’ll like it better if you turn it into a story.
- Column: Protecting Joe Biden from a debate, and Susan Rice, ‘by the book’
- Soccer players step up charity efforts during pandemic
- Bears Q&A: Is GM Ryan Pace in the market for another running back? How will the loss of Eddie Goldman impact the 2020 record? Does adding Cole Kmet and Jimmy Graham mean more 2-tight-end formations?
- Daywatch: CPS to announce all-remote learning for fall, a federal push in Chicago gun cases and will old school bars survive the pandemic?
- Once homeless, Ferguson activist Cori Bush upsets 20-year incumbent in Missouri primary
- You think you’re busy? A Chicago social worker is helping all mid-American actors out of work
- UK judge: Meghan friends can stay anonymous in royal privacy case
- 5 things to watch for in Game 3 of the Blackhawks-Oilers series, including Alex DeBrincat’s potential and the Oilers’ big bully line
- With parent backing, Merrillville board opts to open schools virtually
- Chicago police officer shot in leg in Lawndale; suspect in custody, police say
- Virgin Atlantic, 49% owned by Delta, files for US bankruptcy protection
- ‘Secret Garden’ review: A low-key take on a classic tale that still blooms
- Column: Hiroshima serves as warning to keep nuclear arms race in check
- The 2020 Big Ten football schedule is out. 10 things to know about the schedule and the conference’s new safety protocols.
- A gentle force in folk music, Chicago musician Michael Smith is dead at 78
- ‘The People in Your Neighborhood’ exhibit along the Chicago Riverwalk
- Colorado State investigating claims that football players were told not to report COVID-19 symptoms
- Kanye West files to get on Wisconsin ballot as presidential candidate for The Birthday Party in November
- Five high schoolers named National Student Poets
- US companies pulled back on hiring in July, ADP payroll report says
- Beyond ‘Hamilton’: 10 books on American history you should read
- Witnesses, DNA lead to 2003 Gary slaying suspect, charges state
- Deep red Missouri becomes 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion under Obamacare
- Dont Fret showcases ‘people in your neighborhood’ with latest Riverwalk installation
- Will movie theaters survive? Cinemark lost $170 million last quarter, but it’s optimistic.
- ‘Squad’ member Rashida Tlaib wins Michigan Democratic primary for her US House seat
- Chilled wine, cold salads for warm evenings
- Palm Beach’s ‘Bamboo Hill’ | Photos
- Trump alienta voto por correo en Florida, impugna en Nevada
- Disney reporta caída de ingresos de 42% en trimestre
- Harry’s Cafe closing Friday after 42 years of serving morning coffee to Naperville train commuters
- Man missing in Gary found safe, police say
- Qustodio review: Can parental controls help as kids spend more time online than ever?
- Exfuncionaria de Trump anuncia libro sobre el futuro de EEUU
- Trump says military commanders ‘seem to feel’ Beirut explosions were ‘a bomb of some kind’
- The best smoker of 2020
- The best baby nap mat
- The best Apple Watch of 2020
- Kewanee man dead after being ejected from vehicle in 1-94 crash near Vernon Hills
- The best drone of 2020
- The best portable generator of 2020
- The best portable grill of 2020
- The best smartwatch of 2020
- What is the best antifungal soap of 2020?
- The best elderberry gummy of 2020
- The best Lululemon legging of 2020
- Rapper FBG Duck killed in Gold Coast shooting
- Luka Doncic entra en la historia de la NBA
- Ayuda, equipo médico y socorristas a Líbano tras explosión
- Speak Out: Auschwitz shows you can remember without offensive symbols
- La película ‘Mulan’ no tendrá un gran estreno en cines
- FBI raids mansion of YouTube star Jake Paul, finds multiple firearms
- Bret Stephens column: Why Edmund Burke still matters
- Kanye West presenta firmas en Wisconsin para lanzarse a presidente
- Northwestern football workouts still on hold after a player tests positive for COVID-19, while Illinois will start camp Thursday
- American Airlines pilots can work every other month or take leave to avoid job cuts
- Fireworks and ammonium nitrate, commonly used as fertilizer, is likely cause of Beirut explosions
- Scientists uncover biological signatures of the worst COVID-19 cases
- Video: Mujer de Florida insulta a jardineros, el video se hace viral
- Lockdown 2.0: Harsher rules, deeper confusion in Australia
- Amigas de duquesa de Sussex pueden mantener anonimato
- CDC warns coronavirus measures could disrupt detection of rare, paralyzing polio-like disease in children
- Zidane deja a Bale y James Rodríguez fuera de la convocatoria de Champions
- Weddings as a coronavirus super-spreader worry
- Digital revenue exceeds print for 1st time for New York Times Company
- Storm sewer location under former park needs to be moved: Merrillville panel
- Women at work, caught in chaos
- Women at work, caught in chaos
- Trump: ‘Cuando veo gente arrodillada en la NBA, desconecto del partido’
- Merrillville man charged after shooting driver with assault-style rifle, records show
- Local scores from Northwest Indiana
- Forget spas and bars. Hotels tout housekeeping to lure back travelers.
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of July 2020
- El censo de EEUU finaliza un mes antes debido a obstáculos
- Forget spas and bars. Hotels tout housekeeping to lure back travelers.
- Second person used COVID relief money to buy a Lamborghini, prosecutors say
- A memorable golf course honors a forgettable president
- Lincoln Park 5-bedroom home with heated terrace: $5.5M
- For robots, it’s a time to shine (and maybe disinfect)
- Women allege rape and groping by adult film star Ron Jeremy, including attack in Chicago in 2014
- ‘It’s like having no testing’: Coronavirus test results are still delayed
- Disney, staggered by pandemic, sees a streaming boom
- Fox Valley United Way cooks up event to raise funds to help during pandemic
- Coronavirus golpea duro a localidad fronteriza con México
- ‘She Dies Tomorrow’ review: A bold, evocative story of a plague that is an idea that brings a final knowledge
- Comunidad latina estalla tras despido de Ana Patricia Candiani y Martín Plascencia en Telemundo
- The cure to doomscrolling blues? Chicago professor’s #SomethingBeautiful hashtag strikes a COVID-19 chord worldwide.
- ‘Bachelorette’ front-runner Dale Moss was dumped by the Bears
- Distilleries raced to make hand sanitizer for the pandemic. No longer.
- ¿Qué fue lo que estalló en Beirut con fuerza descomunal?
- If you smoke pot, what happens to a life insurance physical?
- Marijuana industry group to Pritzker: Help weed entrepreneurs stuck in limbo
- ComEd pleads not guilty in federal bribery case; prosecution to be deferred for three years
- Column: How ‘Mulan’ premiering on Disney Plus changes the fate of moviegoing for good — or ill
- Big Ten football players express demands for the season in The Players’ Tribune. Here’s what they are asking for, including increased COVID-19 tests and a ban on liability waivers.
- Meghan Markle’s friends can remain anonymous in privacy lawsuit, judge rules
- Los habitantes de Beirut lloran la devastación de la ciudad
- Vero Voce owners continue arts teaching in St. Charles and online
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- Illinois Holocaust Museum to hold annual fundraiser online this fall because of COVID-19
- Sabrina Ionescu leaves WNBA bubble to visit ankle and foot specialist in New York
- Arsenal anuncia despidos por impacto del coronavirus
- Entering final year for Clark and Gavit, Hammond district cancels ‘contact’ sports for first semester: ‘What we will lose, we will never get back’
- Ryan Companies meets with public about senior housing proposed in Hinsdale, while Hinsdale and Oak Brook residents protest outside
- Officials: Cook County’s Justice for Black Lives resolution could have implications for Southland
- 2020 has given Michelle Obama ‘low-grade depression’
- Touchless entry, ionizing HVAC: In the time of COVID-19, these 3 new luxury residences are making sure they’re outfitted for pandemic life.
- Contratista pro Trump gana nueva licitación de muro
- ‘Made in Italy’ toca una fibra sensible de Liam Neeson y su hijo
- In a world of virtual sets, that movie or TV show, like ‘The Mandalorian’, might not be where you think — or anywhere at all
- CVS posts strong earnings as delayed elective procedures cut benefit costs at Aetna
- Trump mispronounces Yosemite. He’s not alone: ‘We hear it all the time, especially from East Coasters.’
- Bill Gates urges US to help poorer countries get vaccines
- In this pandemic summer, don’t forget about kids’ other risks
- FDA adds more hand sanitizers to list of products to avoid
- Did Veuling change my itinerary, or did my travel agent make a mistake? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- Pet World: Give cats space they need to adjust to new home
- Column: CPS made the right call by pivoting to remote learning. Now put on your masks so these kids can go back to school.
- ‘Do I really need to go to that party?’ — WHO urges young people to help reduce virus transmission
- Livongo, remote health monitoring company with Chicago ties, to be acquired by Teladoc for $18.5 billion
- EEUU: Renuncia inspector general del Departamento de Estado
- ‘At-home’ blues concerts helps artists, plus North Lawndale’s Community Arts Center
- Grant Park killing, other violence spurs activists to call for increased housing funds for those experiencing homelessness
- Pop-up food pantry set at Phillips Park in Aurora
- What we know now about remote learning in Chicago Public Schools this fall
- Column: Cubs manager David Ross is on a roll, but these 2 ‘lingering’ issues still need to be addressed
- Six progressive Chicago aldermen call for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to step down
- Satellite images of the port of Beirut show the destruction following massive blast
- Disney, sheriff sued over 2019 CBD oil arrest: ‘Why would Mickey Mouse arrest grandma?’
- Letters: Remote learning will again hurt Chicago’s disadvantaged children
- Monee man charged in 76-year-old’s slaying inside Matteson home
- Crece el abismo entre Trump y los expertos sobre coronavirus
- Oak Brook teen turns debate skills into online summer camp for kids
- ‘I am feeling that this is the end of my career.’ Millions of US jobs are gone for good.
- Editorial: Double standards of Chicago Teachers Union on display in reopening debate
- Mantenerse afilado, el reto en MLB por pausas prolongadas
- Railroad right of way remains obstacle to Waukegan’s dream of lakefront development
- A B&B in Michigan got online hate for flying the Confederate flag. It was Norwegian.
- Migos rapper Takeoff accused of sexual assault
- ‘Who’s the Boss?’ regresa con Tony Danza y Alyssa Milano
- 16 Republican senators back more payroll aid for airlines, plus support for Boeing
- ‘Who’s the Boss?’ is the latest classic sitcom being revived with original stars
- Wisconsin-based Epic Systems ordering its 9,000-plus workers back to the office, though some employees fear ‘untold deaths’
- Column: The deadly consequences of a clueless president
- ‘No somos menos estadounidenses’: el virus golpea a Texas
- Promotor de boxeo organiza veladas en el patio de su casa
- UConn cancels 2020 football season amid coronavirus concerns
- The school year is starting with more remote learning. Some companies are throwing working parents a lifeline.
- María Celeste Arrarás es despedida de Telemundo
- Judge questions Wisconsin election changes due to coronavirus as Gov. Tony Evers calls up National Guard to help amid poll worker shortage
- Federal push in Chicago begins to show up in new gun cases, some bypassing Cook County prosecutors
- FBI raids California home of YouTube star Jake Paul
- Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91
- Commentary: Gov. Pritzker’s juvenile justice reform helps. Now broaden it.
- A tearful Zoe Saldaña apologizes for playing Nina Simone in 2016 biopic
- Pandemic no excuse for poor communication after first date
- District 181 board member urges reconsideration of reopening plan
- Former Lake sheriff resentenced to more than 12 years in prison; COVID-19 petition fails
- Denuncian sexismo en el debate sobre candidatas demócratas a la vicepresidencia
- West Side man facing charges in weekend double homicide in Lawndale
- Column: Parting Wisconsin is such sweet sorrow for Jelly Belly
- JUSTice Cream offers sweet social justice model for nonprofits — and ice cream shops
- Potempa: Famous Hoosier movie stars sometimes forgotten
- District 181 Board member says not voting on in-person option for starting school is an injustice
- New University of Chicago center will collect thousands of X-rays, CT scans to aid with COVID-19 research
- Oakton Community College accepting entries for women’s art show ‘Where Are We Now? Activism of the Everyday’
- Las Águilas buscan extender marcha perfecta en Liga MX
- With TikTok mired in uncertainty, Facebook pounces with Instagram reels
- Expresidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe da positivo a COVID-19
- 7,000 Chicago hotel workers could lose health insurance by end of September
- Reseña: Un discreto ‘Jardín secreto’ florece (VIDEO)
- The Kitchn: How to make easy peach cobbler with fresh summer peaches
- Commentary: Students deserve open minds, not political wrangling, from CTU and CPS
- The many symptoms of COVID-19: From a sniffle or cough that feels like allergies to severe body aches and crippling fatigue, the symptoms of coronavirus can be unpredictable from head to toe
- Indians manager Terry Francona will miss his 4th straight game because of a medical condition
- Orland Park officials pledge to lower next year’s property tax levy
- Facebook must better police online hate, twenty state attorneys general say in a letter to the social media giant
- Tinley Park gives tentative OK to new TIF district
- If public schools are closed, should private schools have to follow? A dispute in Maryland highlights a national divide.
- Fallece la novelista ganadora del Pulitzer Shirley Ann Grau
- Naperville could impose temporary ban on short-term rental properties until rules ending house parties can be put in place
- Waukegan woman charged with animal cruelty after more than 100 cats, dead and alive, recovered from home
- Column: Matt Nagy is finding long-term planning difficult at Bears training camp amid the uncertainty due to COVID-19. ‘We let everybody know: Expect the unexpected.’
- Duneland School Board will option to delay school start
- La NBA vuelve a confirmar que no hay positivos en su burbuja
- 5 alternative school options parents are weighing as more Chicago-area districts opt for remote learning
- The Spin: Lightfoot says threat of teachers strike didn’t force CPS remote learning plan | Is Duckworth still in veep race? | Weed industry group asks Gov. Pritzker for lifeline.
- Inter y Man United avanzan a cuartos en la Liga Europa
- Funcionarios discrepan con Trump sobre explosión en Líbano
- Column: Parishioners bid farewell as Calumet City’s St. Victor Church closes. ‘This is what we feared would happen.’
- Elgin Animal Clinic wins commission blessing to put up new building near East Chicago and Shales Parkway
- Kane, DuPage counties warn of increase in COVID-19 rates, caution they could reinstate restrictions
- ¿Qué fue de los 33 mineros rescatados hace 10 años en Chile?
- Tom Hanks eyed to play Geppetto in new ‘Pinocchio’ film
- Former executive of Gary Housing Authority indicted on wire fraud charges
- Perseid Meteor Shower & Stargaze offers views from Chesterton
- US testing for the coronavirus is dropping, even as the death toll rises
- Corrections and clarifications
- Nicor Gas to begin improvements along Mannheim Road in Leyden Township
- Parent opposition helps tip CPS toward an all-remote start: ‘A lot of stress and anxiety … could’ve been avoided if we had just made this decision sooner’
- NBA reports no players have COVID-19 in latest round of testing
- Beirut updates: Public anger mounts as possible negligence investigated in deadly blast that killed at least 135 and injured thousands
- Feds charge 3 south suburban family members with child labor trafficking
- Chicago nurses join national day of action over PPE, federal assistance
- Aurora looks at new lobbyist to monitor police reform legislation
- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warns of ‘extraordinarily painful’ cuts, job losses if Washington doesn’t provide pandemic relief funding to states
- Cubs aren’t giving up on struggling closer Craig Kimbrel, but the margin for error is razor thin
- $450K incentive compensating Little Friends for preserving Kroehler house in Naperville land sale headed to council
- The newly created NBA Foundation pledges $300 million to Black growth over the next decade
- Joe Biden won’t travel to Milwaukee for 2020 Democratic National Convention because of concerns over the coronavirus
- Aurora police officers raise complaints about promotion system
- Trump’s bank was subpoenaed by New York prosecutors in criminal inquiry
- The White Sox will try to navigate through several injuries, with second baseman Nick Madrigal the latest player to miss time
- 2 seriously wounded in shootings Wednesday on the South Side
- Need care for your children learning remotely? Agencies to host students during school year
- Central Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis says he’s tested positive for COVID-19
- Best all-time MLB player from each 50 states
- Blackhawks center Drake Caggiula’s friendship with Oilers star Connor McDavid goes back to high school, but that’s ‘put on hold’ during a postseason series
- CPS backtracks and moves to all-remote learning for fall, but officials say they won’t be ‘cobbling things together’ like last spring
- OPRF High School planning to offer SAT exam to seniors in person this fall
- Second stimulus check updates: Where things stand in high-level Washington talks on the huge coronavirus response bill
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on Aug. 5 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Cameron Diaz says walking away from movies allowed her to ‘finally take care’ of herself
- Photos: Brewers 1, White Sox 0
- Facebook removes Trump post, Twitter blocks his campaign for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19
- Photos: Cubs 6, Royals 1
- Alyssa Milano tests positive for coronavirus antibodies after battling illness