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- Daily horoscope for September 23, 2020
- Police investigate burned body found in Fernwood home
- Column: In the battle of the Supreme Court, Democrats need to get down in the gutter with Republicans
- With COVID-19 keeping people indoors, cigarette smoke is causing a stinker of a dilemma for condo owners
- Column: RBG’s death puts the rule of law and the Constitution on November ballot
- Ask Amy: Man is too resigned to nights on the couch
- Column: Take a deep breath and repeat, ‘Despair is not an option.’ An election season to-do list.
- Column: Battling over books, professors and the president miss the essence of Western civilization
- Uncle Ben’s rice is now Ben’s Original as Mars replaces name, logo criticized as a racial stereotype
- These high school athletes have long envisioned playing sports in college. The coronavirus could alter their plans.
- Henry Cavill explains how his portrayal of Sherlock in ‘Enola Holmes’ is different from past versions of the detective
- More ‘lip service,’ or is this a real moment of change for inclusion in Chicago arts and culture?
- Daywatch: Pritzker readies Illinois National Guard, state residents could get money from Facebook and is this a real moment of change for Chicago arts?
- Storm system near Florida falls apart as Teddy grows into huge storm
- Johnson & Johnson begins late-stage study of first single-shot COVID-19 vaccine
- Chicago Bears Q&A: Why extend Tarik Cohen now? Will Darnell Mooney cut into Anthony Miller’s playing time? What’s the deal with the defense?
- Column: Sports in the year of COVID-19 has shaken up a lot of norms. Here are 4 changes we’d like to see become permanent.
- Fantasy football lineups for Week 3: Start Miles Sanders and sit David Johnson
- ComEd, other state utilities extend moratorium on residential disconnections due to COVID-19 pandemic until March 31
- Column: Britain’s Boris Johnson breaks the law – So what?
- Jon Lester’s postseason experience carries weight with David Ross in considering the Cubs playoff rotation
- Read the full Biden Ukraine report, prepared by GOP-led Senate committees
- Lucas Giolito is set to face Cy Young favorite Shane Bieber and the Indians tonight. And the White Sox ace recognizes the postseason feel to the matchup.
- As local officials begin to file for CARES Act reimbursements, time and restrictions are making it challenging
- The career of Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Gale Sayers
- Chicago fall bridge lifts start Wednesday; Lake Shore Drive lifts could take 45 minutes
- Gale Sayers, the Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77: ‘He was poetry in motion. His like will never be seen again.’
- As season 4 of the filmed-in-Chicago ‘Fargo’ begins, Chris Rock talks racial equality, coronavirus and acting
- Chicago jazz great Ira Sullivan dies at 89
- Lake County local scores for Thursday, Sept. 24
- Alexei Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days, following treatment for poisoning
- Notre Dame and Wake Forest rescheduled for Dec. 12 after Irish postpone Saturday’s football game because of COVID-19
- Se prevé asistencia de miles a funerales de jueza Ginsburg
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, Sept. 24
- Citing COVID-19 risk, Merrillville votes to cancel Halloween trick-or-treating
- Desalojan la Torre Eiffel por amenaza de bomba
- Quintana: ‘Jamás he utilizado sustancias dopantes’
- Speak Out reader opinion: Horse suffered when protester rode it on expressway
- GOP-led Senate report alleges conflicts of interest with Hunter Biden, Obama administration
- Review: Sherlock who? Millie Bobby Brown is terrific in the clever ‘Enola Holmes’
- Foundation adviser pushes changing 20% of financial managers: Fund reports 7.1% return for past 12 months
- Red Cross: COVID-19 antibody testing now done through standard blood donation, recovered patients can donate at any site
- High schools reopen for the SAT exam
- Employers could require workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Will it come to that?
- Inicia en EEUU fase final de estudio de vacuna COVID-19
- ‘Ottolenghi’ review: A high-end pastry party takes us back to a time before coronavirus
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Thursday, Sept. 24
- Daily Southtown local scores and schedules for Thursday, Sept. 24
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois backs the College Athlete Bill of Rights, which could open discussion for a future House bill
- Lake County politicians, lawyers reflect on Justice Ginsburg’s impact, the battle ahead over her successor
- Editorial: QAnon enters Illinois politics. Voters in two U.S. House districts, take note
- Chargers team doctor accidentally punctures QB Tyrod Taylor’s lung
- Post-Tribune girls soccer rankings and player of the week for Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020
- We made wildfire an enemy for 110 years. It could have been an ally.
- A farewell to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sabrina Ionescu opens up about Kobe Bryant and rookie year woes
- Rash of injuries has the NFL pointing broken fingers at each other
- Extreme wildfires turn smoke apps into the new weather apps
- Ask Anna: My boyfriend likes me to talk about other men during sex — but my experience is limited
- Frank Bruni column: The special hell of Trump’s Supreme Court appointment
- Thomas L. Friedman column: Trump’s motto: Your money or your life
- Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport
- American suburbs are tilting for Biden. But not Milwaukee’s.
- With kids in sports bubbles, these parents are desperate for a way in
- We made wildfire an enemy for 110 years. It could have been an ally.
- Coronavirus updates: Single-dose vaccine tested as US health experts assure a skeptical Congress no corners are being cut
- What happens when Americans join the global internet
- Glenview 7-bedroom home with marble bathrooms: $2.7M
- ‘Text me!’ Obama gives America his phone number and asks what’s on your mind
- Map: Chicago’s ghost bikes
- Cruise ships can’t sail, but the vessels are still a draw
- Elon Musk promises to make a $25,000 Tesla (in 3 years)
- Illinois launches online system to track rape kits in new cases. But not every hospital is on board.
- Cruise ships can’t sail, but the vessels are still a draw
- This island has no bridges. Can it survive with no ferries?
- Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens ’21-22
- Fall Down Laughing offers outdoor standup comedy shows in Winnetka
- This island has no bridges. Can it survive with no ferries?
- To pass the time in a pandemic ‘prison,’ seniors get creative
- Oregon wildfires destroyed at least seven marijuana businesses: ‘confirmed total loss’
- 10% of all South Dakota arrests are cannabis related
- How to choose cannabis topicals that will actually work
- Kary Osmond: You can make Thai noodle soup at home
- Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs top CMT noms
- Seriously Simple: Roasted butternut squash with a middle eastern twist
- Boys golf notes: Clemson recruit Sean Curran concentrates on short game, ‘put the work in’ around greens for Lincoln-Way Central
- Climate disruption is now locked in. The next moves will be crucial.
- Graffiti artists brighten Broadway landscape in Gary
- An actor’s widow, accepting her fate
- Village Board holds off on agreement to have park district manage Bath and Tennis Club in 2021
- Climate disruption is now locked in. The next moves will be crucial.
- An actor’s widow, accepting her fate
- Addiction to opioids and tobacco increases risk for COVID-19, study finds
- Pet World: What to do when male cats spray in the house
- Multi-family dwelling construction restrictions repealed after 8 years in Merrillville
- Actor Sheldon Brown was shot in Uptown 2 years ago. He was filming ‘Cicada’ 2 months later. Now he’s sharing his take on living with trauma.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Girls soccer notes: ‘Flipping fast’ freshman forward Ava Jaime energizes undefeated Valparaiso
- Best blue light glasses for easing computer headaches
- Disputa en carretera se torna fatal en autopista Florida
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Youth sports safety during a pandemic
- The best Adidas running shoe for men
- The best coffee grinder of 2020
- The hardest-working major cities in America
- The best aquarium plant
- The best carport
- The best HP desktop computer of 2020
- The best KitchenAid mixer of 2020
- Nonprofit organizes free COVID-19 test site for Blue Island community
- Chicago journalists recall James Jordan murder: ‘It was heart-wrenching’
- Using weed while pregnant linked to psychotic-like behaviors in children: study
- Success of Ruth Bader Ginsburg film inspires CNN look at John Lewis
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg memorial: Chief Justice John Roberts says the Notorious RBG ‘wanted to be an opera virtuoso, but became a rock star instead’
- Machine Gun Kelly to perform ‘Tickets to My Downfall’ during live stream event
- Column: Protecting taxpayers to the extreme ignores firefighter calls
- Roosevelt revitalization proposals due Nov. 2
- Gary man faces mail fraud, attempted bank fraud charges: indictment alleges $280K diverted from Munster senior facility
- Kenosha protesters file lawsuit asking court to force Facebook to ban militia posts that they say incite violence
- In ‘Dreaming Grand Avenue,’ a new Chicago indie gets the score it deserves from Chicago-based Seth Boustead
- California governor orders ban on sales of new gas-powered cars and trucks by 2035
- Additional funding request for election discussed in Porter County
- Why so few black bankers? Wells Fargo CEO apologizes for ‘very limited pool of Black talent’ remark.
- CEO de Wells Fargo se disculpa por dichos sobre diversidad
- A Chargers team doctor reportedly punctured Tyrod Taylor’s lung while attempting to administer a pain-killing injection
- Donald Trump and Richard Nixon exchanged letters in the 80s. Read some of them here.
- Kiki’s Bistro closing, ending French cafe’s 30 years in downtown Chicago
- Guatemala sustituye a Costa Rica en amistoso ante México
- No rum, no cigars: Trump tightens sanctions on Cuba as he tries to financially starve island, woo Florida votes
- We’re loading up on Halloween candy, with or without trick-or-treating
- Fallece el ‘Cometa de Kansas’, legendario corredor de los Chicago Bears
- Julio Iglesias planea una gira mundial
- Carole Baskin of ‘Tiger King’ fame sued for defamation
- Ex-etiquette: Good parenting doesn’t stop when parents break up
- Hall of Famer Aeneas Williams helps players through podcast
- Fútbol en pandemia: La Liga toma precauciones ante el aumento de casos en España
- Xquina Incubator Cafe celebrates groundbreaking in Little Village
- Success of Ginsburg film inspires CNN look at John Lewis
- Parents protest online learning as Homer Elementary District 33C plans for eventual reopening
- Coronavirus: 200.000 muertos mientras Trump critica ciencia
- 2 tips for improving your smize
- Illinois Black-owned media coalition seeks bigger slice of $2 billion state advertising pie
- Traveler satisfaction with airports is at a record high during pandemic, but Chicago’s O’Hare, Midway still rank in bottom half
- Tips for living online: Lessons from six months of the COVID-19 pandemic
- ‘Girlfriends’ star Reggie Hayes was on top of the world. Now the Chicago native is struggling to find work and battling congestive heart failure.
- Ejecutan a asesino obsesionado con brujería
- Speak Out reader opinions: Why take risk with flu or coronavirus vaccine; Trump right to downplay virus to quell panic; blame left for fanning racism fire
- América encara la prueba más dura en racha de clásicos
- Chicago fall bridge lifts
- Miranda July inventa familia estafadora en ‘Kajillionaire’
- Empty roads, trains, buses and airports: How COVID-19 and staying at home changed how Chicago gets around
- Chicago’s signature LGBTQ neighborhood will no longer be marketed as Boystown, following complaints that the name excludes women and nonbinary people
- Indiana governor keeps mask order until mid-October, drops other restrictions on businesses and crowd sizes
- Chargers’ Joshua Kelley, Eagles’ Miles Sanders among best bets to score in Week 3
- La Premier ajusta horarios de partidos con los pubs
- Party City opening just 25 Halloween pop-up stores nationwide as CDC warns against traditional trick-or-treating
- Demócratas preparan medidas para reforzar los controles sobre la Casa Blanca
- Column: Peotone school officials field complaints from parents who want full-day, in-person learning
- Suben ventas de viviendas previamente habitadas en EEUU
- IHSA announces expansion of postseason in golf and cross country, adds sectionals: ‘Our board has remained committed.’
- Miura bate el récord del más viejo al disputar un partido
- Nombran a mexicanoestadounidense rector de la CSU
- Yorkville resolution supporting police draws criticism over ‘snarky’ line
- La pandemia agrava la situación económica en Cuba
- Supercopa de Europa: David contra Goliat
- Letters: The U.S. Supreme Court is the big loser in this tug of war
- Sun-Times executive editor leaving Chicago newspaper for California digital startup
- It’s (nearly) fall: Which plants can you bring inside?
- Hinsdale Historical Society seeks new funding and new uses for Zook home and studio in KLM Park
- Director Lulu Wang criticizes Ron Howard’s film about Chinese pianist Lang Lang
- Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine advances, sparking optimism in feverish race to defend against the coronavirus
- Supergirl finalizará tras su temporada 6
- AMLO dice que sus opositores pueden acampar en el Zócalo
- University of Wisconsin at Madison will restart in-person classes but asks students to move out of dorms if they can
- Massachusetts man dies from eating bags of black licorice
- A stained-glass gift, from God and Gerhard Richter
- Ansu Fati, ficha del primer equipo y cláusula de 400 millones
- As concerns over climate change rise, more developers turn to wood
- Gary casino leader gets Spectacle promotion; company says she’s first woman to reach that level
- ‘You are not listening’: Fauci scolds Sen. Rand Paul for misconstruing New York’s coronavirus battle
- Juez: Eric Trump deberá testificar en NY antes de elecciones
- Terry Savage: It’s easier than ever for employers to help pay student loans
- The Savings Game: An indispensable guide to making your money last
- How retirees can create a paycheck
- Governors State gets federal grant to help improve Southland logistics operations
- Bolivia arremete contra Argentina en la ONU por Evo Morales
- Pandemic baking just got weirder
- EPA rejects its own findings that a widely used pesticide harms children’s brains
- J.K. Rowling promotes anti-transgender online store to her 14 million Twitter followers
- Column: Danny Trevathan doesn’t have an injury to explain his poor showing. The Chicago Bears have to hope the veteran linebacker can recharge soon.
- 1 dead, 4 wounded in Chicago shootings Wednesday
- Corrections and clarifications
- ‘When he got the football, he was gone. That was it.’: Chicago Bears leaders and teammates tell their Gale Sayers stories
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Sept. 23 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Missouri governor, steadfast opponent of mandatory masks, has tested positive for COVID-19
- Lake County voting begins Thursday with record turnout and number of mail-in ballots expected
- Fact check: President Trump’s untruths on Supreme Court nominations and Joe Biden’s flubs
- Scores of Illinois high schools reopened Wednesday for SAT makeup exams. Critics say seniors don’t need the added test stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Column: How to overcome a conservative Supreme Court and protect abortion rights
- Algonquin’s D300 board decides only K-3 students to return to school in mid-October; everyone else comes back in January
- Column: Gale Sayers’ Chicago Bears legacy is about more than just numbers and highlight reels. He taught us how to love one another.
- Aurora to hold final census day Saturday
- ‘ConSensual’ podcast tells modern love stories
- CPS plans for reopening schools still uncertain as parents share remote learning woes: ‘It’s just not working’
- Aurora enacts delay in water rate increases
- No love lost: Kim Cattrall doesn’t have ‘any regrets’ about blasting Sarah Jessica Parker
- Naperville man arrested on a gunrunner charge following ATF investigation
- American suburbs are tilting for Joe Biden. But not Milwaukee’s, which could be a key part of President Trump’s narrowing path to re-election.
- Cubs have a 2-step plan for the remainder of the regular season: First, win the NL Central. Then conduct auditions for the playoff roster.
- Commentary: What a smoky bar can teach us about how COVID-19 spreads
- The Spin: Lightfoot, Pritzker call for peace after Breonna Taylor decision | Obama to voters: Here’s my number, text me | Early voting starts tomorrow in Illinois
- Solar-powered home sets record asking price in West Palm Beach | Photos
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker warns northwest Illinois region could be headed for stricter COVID-19 regulations
- Gwyneth Paltrow says co-parenting while divorced not as glamorous as it looks
- Cook County plans to give out grants of up to $10,000 to small businesses hit hard by pandemic
- Column: Justice in Breonna Taylor’s death fell victim to ‘law-and-order’ politics
- White Sox are getting good practice for the playoffs as they face a string of top pitchers
- Eric Trump must be questioned under oath by New York State Attorney General Letitia James within two weeks: judge
- Evanston-Skokie District 65 will not return to in-person learning until at least November
- Photos: Indians 3, White Sox 2
- Buddy Valastro of ‘Cake Boss’ has hand lanced in bowling accident
- Hundreds of demonstrators gather around Chicago to peacefully protest that no Kentucky police will face charges in Breonna Taylor’s death
- Chicago Fire snap a 5-match winless streak with a 4-0 win over the Houston Dynamo
- Photos: Pirates 2, Cubs 1
- Sean Lennon to interview Paul McCartney, Elton John in honor of John Lennon’s 80th birthday
- Potempa: Oz Munchkin ‘by marriage’ celebrates century birthday
- 2 Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests, authorities say
- Alex Vulich finds her voice as senior captain and No. 1 runner for Waubonsie Valley: ‘I have a few key words that I tell myself.’
- White Sox fall out of 1st place in the AL Central after another walk-off home run — it’s their 5th loss in 6 games
- Hundreds gather for Breonna Taylor after officers not charged
- ‘He’s a game-winner’: Jack Isroff scores twice, including go-ahead goal, as Valparaiso overcomes Lake Central for 10th straight win
- At a Cross-roads: Already a leader as a junior, Alec Cross goes from ‘hate’ to ‘love’ in emerging as Neuqua Valley’s No. 1 player
- Cubs’ offensive woes continue in a 2-1 loss to the Pirates despite Kyle Hendricks’ strong outing
- Sean Donnelly describes the best part of competing for Benet in cross country as being ‘just you and a pair of shoes.’