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- Dodgers return to the World Series for the 3rd time in 4 years with a 4-3 win over the Braves in Game 7 of the NLCS
- Daily horoscope for October 19, 2020
- Ask Amy: Husband’s driving puts wife into a skid
- Letters: Pass legislation that would create the right response to mental health emergencies
- Editorial: Preckwinkle balances the county’s COVID budget. Next up, Lightfoot.
- In a year of unexpected tragedy and turmoil, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown sought to reshape his department
- Arrivederci, Little Italy? Adio, Greektown? Two of Chicago’s global dining destinations struggle to save their souls.
- Secluded cottages and woodland cabins are popular retreats for wanderlust-plagued Chicagoans looking for a socially distanced escape
- World passes 40 million coronavirus cases, with US, Brazil and India reporting the most infections
- Daywatch: Lightfoot’s tough budget choices, Chicago top cop’s unexpected first year and Kim Foxx’s reelection battle
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ Week 6 win that moved them into 1st place in the NFC North
- Firing Adam Gase now is best way for Jets to stop being laughingstock after shutout loss to Dolphins
- Oak Lawn looks to settle 2018 grievance related to alleged surveillance of fire union member
- On City Lit’s closure: When we’re finally allowed to gather again, will there be anywhere left to go?
- Winners and losers from the Chicago Bears’ Week 6 win: Jonathan Vilma’s inconsistent outing (again), Fox’s revenge storyline falls short and ‘cattywampus’
- What role will Michael Kopech play? Who are some possible free-agent options? 4 questions about the Chicago White Sox rotation heading into 2021.
- Has time run out on Kyle Schwarber? Will Ian Happ move to left field? 6 questions about Chicago Cubs outfielders heading into 2021.
- Meet Arnon Mishkin, the Fox News analyst who will call the winner of the election for the network
- Lake Zurich District 95 redistricting proposals would shuffle some students among the district’s elementary and middle schools
- What happens if voters cast early ballots, then die before Election Day? In some states, their votes will still count.
- ‘The West Wing’ cast reunites again, this time for a book
- Review: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy gives pandemic some ‘Love’
- Chicago’s Jacqueline Stewart to head LA’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- New and classic ‘Peanuts’ shows are coming to Apple TV+
- 5 things to know about ‘Bachelorette’ contestant Kenny Braasch, a boy band manager from Oak Lawn
- De la mano de Foles los Bears lideran la división
- Hobart celebrates 3rd Street bridge opening
- Corte Suprema acepta revisar programa “Permanecer en México”
- López tras derrotar a Lomachenko: ‘Tuve que cavar profundo’
- Former Hinsdale resident wins again on ‘Jeopardy!,” back on at 3:30 p.m. Monday
- Comienzan a votar en persona en Florida, estado crucial
- ‘Honest Thief’ con Liam Neeson encabeza las taquillas
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Tuesday, Oct. 20
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Don’t let them steal our nation from us’
- Daily Southtown local scores and schedules for Tuesday, Oct. 20
- Partidarios de Evo Morales y Luis Arce ya cantan victoria
- Documentary about major-league scouts is dedicated to Gary Hughes, the former Chicago Cubs scout who died last month
- COVID-19 infection closes Lake Station City Hall
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Pritzker and the corrupt Illinois politicians are coming to the middle class for their tax money’
- Stressed by the pandemic? 1 in 4 workers have thought about quitting.
- Man who dangled from Trump Tower for more than 13 hours is pulled to safety by cops who ‘literally saved this young man’s life’
- CVS to hire 250 workers in Chicago area — and 15,000 nationwide — to handle flu and COVID-19
- AMLO pide ‘se castigue’ a Cienfuegos si es culpable
- Elmhurst School District 205 will shift back to all-remote learning due to rise in DuPage COVID-19 cases
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Pelosi ‘is a disgrace to the government’
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: Has Trump drawn the water for a ‘Republican bloodbath’?
- Impact of pandemic big issue in Kane County Board chairman race
- Charles M. Blow column: Democrats dare to believe
- Ross Douthat column: Where liberal power lies
- Pandemic travel, with another family or maybe 3
- Clarendon Hills library closed after staff member is exposed to COVID-19
- How to have a safe and still spooky Halloween
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Oct. 20
- Facebook rechazó anuncios que buscaban impedir votar en EEUU
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Supreme Court may outlaw abortion, but evangelicals ‘are slowly going to whither away … and everything will be fine with the world’
- Traffic shifts scheduled on Interstate 88 in Aurora
- A courtside NBA fan gave him insight. Would that be possible in the age of COVID?
- UPS poised for cargo service launch in Gary
- What we learned from Week 6 of the NFL season
- Speak Out reader opinion: Will County wrong on using cannabis tax for reparations
- ‘They just get it’: How women in MLB found support in a group text
- Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, for decades the voice of NHL and Olympic hockey memories, announces his play-by-play retirement
- How the most socially progressive pro league got that way
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Our garbage collector is more qualified to run for office’ than Kamala Harris
- Analysis: How prepared are these 7 battleground states for the election? A readiness report
- Koeman no ve favorito al Barcelona en la Champions
- Wisconsin judge reimposes Gov. Tony Evers’ coronavirus order limiting bar, restaurant capacity
- Restricciones más estrictas al coronavirus en Chicago si los casos continúan aumentando
- What the NBA’s east teams need: Playmakers and trade partners
- Round Lake man killed in crash
- House committee won’t recommend defining consent, but area officials want to see it addressed in Indiana law
- With COVID-19 under control, China’s economy surges ahead
- Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm to miss Big Ten season opener after a 2nd positive COVID-19 test
- SCOTUS attracts special attention to 2020 Women’s March in Washington, D.C.
- The Chicago 7 trial onscreen: An interpretation for every era
- Disney prefaces some older films with warning of ‘racist’ stereotypes
- Sin empleos, los inmigrantes dejaron California. Pero, ¿cuántos son?
- Impact of 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball loss remains deep, focus of new book by Lake Forest author
- What do you get when you punctuate a Chicago Bears road win with some Meek Mill in Club Dub? An absolutely caffeinated Nick Foles.
- Evo Morales regresará a Bolivia, pide respeto a Washington
- How to talk to children about a relative diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
- Robots make Waukegan water main work less intrusive, more effective
- El álbum póstumo de Ennio Morricone incluirá siete temas inéditos
- Davion Cherwin averaged over 14 yards per carry for South Elgin last season but waits for college offers: ‘He’ll be a steal for somebody.’
- Eligen al mejor ‘Artista Latino de Todos los Tiempos’
- Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas emerges anew on ‘American Masters’
- Supreme Court to review Trump cases on Mexico border wall funding, asylum seekers
- Column: Health officials expect increase in Affordable Care Act enrollment due to unemployment
- Surge of COVID-19 cases across the state prompts New Trier High School to again postpone anticipated return to campus
- Column: Catching up with the life and times (and COVID battle) of comic Tom Dreesen, who has written a memoir ‘Still Standing’
- México pedirá a EEUU información sobre Cienfuegos
- Lake County local scores for Tuesday, Oct. 20
- American Airlines plans to fly Boeing 737 Max by year-end
- West Town 4-bedroom home with 12-foot kitchen island: $1.5M
- ‘Sesame Street’ launches a podcast to help educate kids
- Man injured in hit-and-run crash in Glenview
- First-place Chicago Bears’ Week 6 win over the Carolina Panthers is the highest-rated game in the home TV market in more than a year
- Commentary: A graduated income tax will draw future business leaders to Illinois
- Column: I wore Trump and Biden shirts in public for one month. Reactions were as different as their supporters.
- Girls tennis notes: Illinois recruit Megan Heuser, the 2019 Class 1A state champion in singles, ends Lakes career with fourth sectional title
- Another chance at stimulus checks: IRS reaching out to those who haven’t received $1,200 payments yet
- Link between cannabis and the munchies is more complicated than you might think
- Naperville People in the News
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- EEUU acusa a seis militares rusos de hackeo
- Girls tennis notes: Comeback kids Mia Galassini and Camryn Mitchell win doubles title, launch Lincoln-Way East to sectional championship
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot declines to comment on sex assault allegations against ex-police Superintendent Eddie Johnson; says she wasn’t told of alleged ‘improper relationship’
- Las tensiones raciales en las ‘sundown towns’ de EEUU
- Speak Out reader opinions: Parents using election to teach kids the wrong thing; Trump learned nothing from COVID-19; wrong to blame Trump for virus spread
- How will the 2020 election affect control of Congress?
- Serie Mundial: Dodgers vs. Rays, inusual duelo de los mejores
- Trump arenga a su equipo, arremete contra científicos
- Justice Department charges six Russian military officers in hacking of Winter Olympics, US hospitals and more
- Joven que murió de cáncer es No. 1 en iTunes siete años después
- Corte Suprema de EEUU escuchará caso del muro fronterizo
- Chicago police release surveillance photos, video in 2019 homicide in South Shore neighborhood
- Family finances: Here’s how to land a job during the pandemic
- Pandemic air travel milestone: 1 million passengers screened in one day
- Finding ways to curb cyberbullying and to choose guitars over guns earns $300,000 each for Naperville, Wilmette entrepreneurs
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County District 2 election features two newcomers
- Cross country notes: Chesterton’s Bailey Ranta edges Valparaiso’s Kaylie Politza for regional title in latest encounter between new rivals
- UNC-Chapel Hill is mapping the genetics of eating disorders to develop better treatments
- Ed Perkins on Travel: Holiday travel 2020
- Column: 8 reasons to watch the World Series, even if you don’t really care about either team
- How to avoid feelings of isolation from others
- Italy governor eyeing COVID surge blasts “idiotic” Halloween
- What do Chargers have in Justin Herbert? QB testing his risk vs. reward limits.
- Program to honor passage of amendment giving women right to vote
- Puerto Rico se vuelve crucial en elecciones de EEUU
- Llegan los provocadores disfraces de Yandy para Halloween 2020 (FOTOS)
- Refrigeración, obstáculo para la vacuna contra el covid
- Editorial: COVID-19 rages on. This is no time for complacency.
- College essay help 101: The difference between advising and writing
- Commentary: Trump can’t ignore the election results without a lot of help
- Newcomer Zahra Suratwala challenges Donald E. Puchalski in DuPage County Board District 1 election
- Mujeres suburbanas, posible dolor de cabeza para Trump
- With a ‘new wave’ of coronavirus, Pritzker places southern Illinois under tighter restrictions; four counties near Chicago, including DuPage and Kane, could be next
- Behind in polls, Republicans see a silver lining in voter registrations in 3 key batteground states
- Morton Grove secures $267,000 grant toward construction of pedestrian and bike paths
- Trustee Michael Glotz to lead slate challenging Tinley Park mayor in April election
- Glenview District 34 Caucus looks for school board candidates, more members
- Caos en MORENA a la sombra de AMLO
- Tom Cruise recibe certificado de aviación naval honorífico por Top Gun
- Amid spike of COVID-19 cases, Wilmette officials urge residents to take precautions
- Letters: Old love letters are a treasure trove
- Twitter decides Pratt is the worst of the Hollywood Chris crew
- First day of expanded early voting draws lines at sites in Park Ridge, Niles
- Elmhurst celebrates architect Frank Lloyd Wright with special day and exhibits at two town museums
- Column: Trump calls Fauci an ‘idiot,’ says rallies are ‘BOFFO’ while coronavirus rages on
- Two men charged with attempted murder in Aurora
- Kamala Harris insta a poner el país ‘en el camino correcto’
- With COVID-19 on the rise, here’s what to consider before seeing friends or family indoors this winter
- Fallece el ‘Príncipe Aéreo’ en pleno combate de lucha libre mexicana (VIDEO)
- Porter County adds IT employee as 2021 budget process nears end
- R. Kelly lawyers denied chance to question inmate who attacked singer in federal lockup
- Quema de iglesias en Chile despierta repudio generalizado
- Plainfield man, juvenile arrested on home invasion charges by Naperville police
- Archdiocese of Chicago removes retired pastor Daniel McCarthy from Norwood Park parish following allegation of sexual abuse
- EEUU: 24% de decesos por COVID en agosto fueron de hispanos
- DuPage County Board incumbent Krajewski and challenger Cabala-Lowry vie for votes in Hinsdale, Darien, Willowbrook, Burr Ridge and towns farther west
- Ciudad exige que republicanos le reembolsen por convención
- Dad of teen killed in Calumet Township home says son had new job, was getting started in life
- Robert Redford’s son James dies of liver cancer age 58
- Jeffrey Toobin suspended by New Yorker, steps away from CNN after reportedly exposing himself during Zoom meeting
- Randy Arozarena, la estrella cubana de los Tampa Bay que encontró en México una patria
- Waukegan school officials extend remote learning through at least Nov. 30
- More than half of mail-in ballots requested in Will County already have been returned as early voting expands
- EEUU: Corte Suprema revisará 2 casos de política migratoria
- 3 things we learned from the Chicago Bears, including the penalty on Kyle Fuller for ‘just playing football’ and the ‘rocking’ plane ride home
- Trump despotrica contra CNN y Fauci por el coronavirus
- Qué hay tras el comentario de Trump sobre QAnon
- Elected officials, community groups demand more from CPS reopening plans, say families have ‘great trepidation about returning to schools this fall’
- Commentary: Vote ‘no’ on the Illinois bait-and-switch
- For first time in nearly 20 years, Cook County opens suburban housing voucher waitlist. At least 10K people already applied.
- Northlake police to purchase body cameras, upgrade in-car cameras
- Illinois community colleges see big drop in enrollment amid the coronavirus pandemic, reflecting national declines in higher education
- School districts in central Lake County prepare to move to hybrid model in coming weeks
- Column: On Oxi Day, I’ll fly the Greek flag, and celebrate sacrifice
- Patriarch gets probation, home detention, in sports gambling scheme allegedly involving Casey Urlacher
- House GOP leader Durkin: Confused about graduated-rate tax amendment? Vote no
- Aurora hands out awards for its National Night In event
- Early voting expands with opening of more polling places in suburban counties, prompting wait times up to 5 hours long: ‘This is a moment that’s very important’
- The Spin: Pritzker, Lightfoot sound ‘alarm’ on COVID-19 surge | Lightfoot likely to face controversy over her 2021 budget | Mayor says she was not told of ex-top cop’s ‘improper relationship’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 7: Pick up D’Andre Swift and Tee Higgins
- Review: In the latest Collaboraction ‘Peacebook,’ Riad Ismat’s son puts the pain of losing his dad while quarantined on the screen. Plus other powerful stories.
- As Chicago proposes making Pilsen one of the city’s largest landmark districts, residents fear more displacement: ‘Saving buildings will not save people’
- West Dundee arrest warrant issued for man in connection with leaving scene of accident
- As COVID-19 surges, so do Illinois teacher retirements; number has jumped almost 50% over last year
- IHSA to allow athletes in spring and summer sports to play for travel teams simultaneously; details on winter season could come Oct. 28
- Amid ‘second surge’ of pandemic, state and city officials warn of further restrictions in public places, urge residents to take precautions in private settings
- River Forest budget down $418,000 due to pandemic but gets county, federal aid: ‘almost a miracle’
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatens stricter coronavirus restrictions if city’s cases continue to rise: ‘Make no mistake: We are in the second surge’
- A divided Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to 3 days after election, rejecting GOP plea
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Oct. 19 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Debate commission adopts new rules to mute mics to allow Trump and Biden 2 minutes of uninterrupted time per topic
- Second stimulus check updates: Pelosi reports some progress ahead of deadline for reaching pre-election deal, but COVID-19 relief bill may be far off
- 3 people stabbed inside McKinley Park home. Man in custody, police say.
- Leading Chicago outreach organization finds support for diverting portion of police budget to social services in survey of focus groups
- Tropical Storm Epsilon forms, expected to become Category 1 hurricane this week
- Trump attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci, says ‘people are tired of hearing’ him and ‘all these idiots’ on coronavirus
- Women march for equality, LGBTQ rights during Buffalo Grove rally: ‘We’re not giving in … instead we’re voting’