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- Daily horoscope for October 2, 2020
- Debate in Ohio, rally in Minnesota, fundraiser in New Jersey: A timeline of Trump’s activities the week the coronavirus hit home
- On Monday, Trump updated the nation on coronavirus strategy. By Friday, he tested positive.
- Shares, oil prices sink after Trump tests positive for COVID-19
- ‘One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear’: What Trump has said about the pandemic and masks
- Column: The year of voting nervously, very, very nervously
- House Speaker Michael Madigan says it’s not ‘ethically improper’ to find government jobs for people. Here’s what he’s failing to mention.
- Editorial: Dan Patlak for Cook County Board of Review
- Editorial: Final endorsements for the Illinois Senate
- Flashback: ‘Waiting for the waves to give up their dead’: Lady Elgin disaster sent hundreds to their deaths
- Column: Once we had comedy. Now we’ve got ‘This is Us In Space.’
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker vows to fight climate change with clean energy. Only three other states mined more climate-changing coal than Illinois last year.
- Ask Amy: Mother-in-law’s questions go too deep
- Trump joins a growing list of world leaders infected with COVID-19. Here’s a look at some others.
- Highwood Design Week ends with auction of luxe, ‘paradise’ dog house that fetches $900
- Daywatch: Trump tests positive for COVID-19, inside Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan’s job machine and a guide to the Midwest’s fall foliage
- Shock, sympathy, mockery: How the world reacted to news of Trump’s COVID-19 infection
- Plans to build hotel in Park Ridge scrapped; site on market again
- Lake Zurich trustees approve $12M duplex development plans, say no to reduction of an impact fee
- Column: Rick Renteria isn’t going anywhere, but can he regain the faith of White Sox fans after the Game 3 loss to the Athletics?
- Last month was deadliest September since 1993, but Chicago police point to decreases in other violence crimes
- Panel to discuss market impact of lake erosion in Porter County
- Column: With Election Day around the corner, activists say ‘everyone needs to vote’
- Amazon: Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive for coronavirus
- Who is Sean Conley? Following Donald Trump’s positive coronavirus test, his personal physician – a Bucks County native – will be in the spotlight
- Nick Foles’ transition to the Chicago Bears began with a July throwing session with Vernon Hills High School players: ‘My dad still doesn’t believe me that I threw with Nick’
- 25 recipes to use up leftover chicken
- US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%
- A dedicated cult of growers look to grow the biggest giant pumpkin in Illinois, aiming for 2,000 pounds. And the winner is …
- ‘Fargo,’ ‘Utopia,’ ‘NeXt.’ One Steppenwolf ensemble member has roles on all 3 of these new Chicago-filmed TV shows
- Review: BLACKPINK in your area, and they’re here to stay
- Lake County recorder candidates running for office they hope is eliminated
- Trump y su esposa dan positivo al COVID-19
- Melania Trump recorded by former aide dissing White House Christmas decorations, boasting about triggering the libs
- 10 best political impressions in ‘Saturday Night Live’ history
- Congress passes bill establishing three-digit suicide hotline; act ‘will save lives’
- Trump experimenta síntomas ‘leves’ de coronavirus
- You can’t kill ‘The Walking Dead’ that easy. TV’s zombie empire plots its next move
- El vicepresidente Mike Pence dio negativo a COVID-19
- Prince Harry had an ‘awakening’ learning about systemic racism
- Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Witches’ heads to HBO Max for Halloween
- The all-Chicago World Series: How the ‘Hitless Wonders’ pulled off the upset as the Spuds (Cubs) and the White Stockings (White Sox) reached the Fall Classic in 1906
- Best deals on luxury beauty products that help support people battling breast cancer
- Chrissy Teigen’s mom says ‘heart aches’ after model’s miscarriage
- Review: ‘CSO Sessions’ from Orchestra Hall opens with exquisite winds
- The best gaming headset of 2020
- The best iPhone of 2020
- The best heart rate monitor
- The best mini projector of 2020
- The best scanner
- Conmoción, simpatía, burla; así reaccionó el mundo a la noticia de la infección por COVID-19 de Trump
- President Trump tests positive for COVID-19
- Kenny Ortega, encantador de adolescentes
- Chiefs buscan ratificar su supremacía ante Patriots
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Aurora resident says ordinances on fireworks need to be enforced
- Lake County local scores for Saturday, Oct. 3
- Dest, el primer estadounidense en jugar con el Barcelona
- Protest outside Canada Goose store on Mag Mile
- Frank Bruni column: Defiant, now infected: Trump is a morality tale
- David Brooks column: At his core, Trump is an immoralist
- Paul Krugman column: The very strong case for Bidenomics
- 2 more Titans reportedly test positive for COVID-19, raising the team’s total to 14 in the last week
- Outbreak at Secret Service training center in Maryland underlines proximity of COVID-19 to White House
- Response resources, mutual aid among topics addressed in outside analysis of Glenview Fire Department operations
- Las mejores fotos en América Latina 25 Sept-1 Oct/2020
- Oprah holds conversation with ‘Caste’ author on Apple TV+
- Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance
- Community news
- Colleges learn how to suppress coronavirus: Extensive testing
- Airbnb blocking some rentals over Halloween to halt parties
- Una mirada a las ‘fake news’ de la semana
- Porter County sites open Tuesday for early voting
- Good grief! ‘Peanuts’ celebrates 70th anniversary with art
- Companies ditch plans for rapid spit tests at home
- ‘Me dan ganas de llorar’: la cancelación del carnaval conmociona a Río de Janeiro
- Colleges learn how to suppress coronavirus: Extensive testing
- En esta recesión, las mujeres quedan rezagadas
- Letters to the Editor: Support for tax amendment; Kifowit and Madigan discussed
- Russians were urged to return to normal life. Except for Putin.
- Membership of anti-mask Facebook groups jumps sharply
- The Army rolls out a new weapon: Strategic napping
- In graphic Mag Mile protest, PETA calls out Canada Goose for using down and fur to make its pricey parkas
- Commentary: It’s you, voters, Springfield politicians don’t trust
- 6 movies to watch before Halloween
- Gary church food giveaway grows as weekly event reaches 12th week
- Speak Out reader opinion: Kim Foxx is wrong not to debate in state’s attorney’s race
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Culpan a ‘Chicharito’ de mala racha del Galaxy y él se defiende
- Only a sophomore, Nick Steinhilber establishes reputation as more than top golfer for Warren: ‘He’s been our leader all year.’
- ‘The Witches’ se estrena en HBO Max para Halloween
- Column: COVID hits the White House that played it down. Don’t gloat — vote.
- Airbnb bloquea casas para evitar fiestas no autorizadas
- To secure elections, paper ballots, risk-limiting audits and fighting misinformation are required: IU study
- David Ross douses criticism of MLB’s decision to postpone Game 2 of the Cubs-Marlins series: ‘I’m not a weatherman, but there’s a lot more that goes into that’
- The carnival parade is canceled, and Rio is reeling
- With Halloween activities still in demand, here’s how some western suburbs are preparing
- Coronavirus burnout? Work from home burnout? Steps to take to address it with your boss
- OPINIÓN: Donald Trump falló en proteger a EEUU y a sí mismo
- Where are they now? COVID-19 victims, family members and heroes reflect on their new normal.
- El mejor jugador de mes de septiembre en la MLS es español
- Calvin McMurtrey’s ‘harder, more accurate and more powerful’ serve gives Valparaiso edge against Chesterton in Portage Sectional final
- Kane election in District 18 pits incumbent against former candidate for county board chairman
- Biden, su esposa; y también su compañera de fórmula Kamala Harris dan negativo a prueba del coronavirus
- Column: Trump’s COVID-19 infection an opportunity for American unity
- Man charged with rape, confinement in March incident: police
- Post-Tribune girls soccer rankings and player of the week for Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020
- Put that Malort face away! Malort Spritz is an accessible entry to Chicago’s most notorious spirit.
- Illinois State athletic director Larry Lyons retires after 33 years at the university and 7 years in the role
- Column: The price of Trump’s reckless COVID-19 conduct
- Guatemala promete detener y regresar a migrantes en caravana
- Advocate Aurora Health ends merger talks with Michigan’s largest health system
- Kyle Schwarber’s COVID-19 fear increases after news of Trump’s positive test spreads: ‘It’s a showing to the world that this is real’
- EEUU: Juez bloquea partes de veto a visas de trabajo
- Disabato: Mask up to tip off? Contact days show upcoming boys basketball season can be played as scheduled with precautions in place.
- 20 essential Latino films since 2000
- The carnival parade is canceled, and Rio is reeling
- Do politics belong in retirement planning?
- The Oakland A’s conquer one demon. Could the Astros be next?
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Actor Rick Moranis sucker punched while walking in NYC
- Review: From the Nazis to RBG, how Richard Wagner changed the world
- Review: ‘A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear’ reads like a Coen brothers movie — but it’s true
- Illinois and Arizona postpone their college basketball game scheduled for Dec. 12 to next season
- Jewel wants you to be present
- Women’s wellness: Is it safe to get a flu vaccination during pregnancy?
- Letters to the editor: OPRF teachers, political yard signs
- Activistas viajan de NY a México con cenizas de migrantes
- 25 money saving methods to start trying today
- Better disagreements, according to Deepak Chopra
- Advice for decorating your home
- Baranek: New Lenox resident Mike Lanigan reaches ‘one of the hills we’ve wanted to climb’ as the car owner of an Indy 500 winner
- Pandemic boosts marijuana legalization support in New Jersey
- Early voting starts Tuesday, with extended hours, limited mask requirement
- This Week in Naperville
- Feng shui lessons from a design master who has your back
- Girls soccer notes: Senior goalkeeper Bri Houpt and Andrean aim to not ‘leave that regret on the field’ in sectional
- ‘A battle for the souls of Black girls’
- Gardening goes online with lecture series in Oak Lawn
- After split vote, Porter County employees to get 2021 raises
- Column: When the president has COVID-19 and all the news is scary and you don’t know what to believe: Call a therapist. (I have extra if you need one.)
- Column: Candidates in 3rd District congressional race stay classy during forum, with a few exceptions
- Potempa: October arrival ideal time to try ‘new’ fall squash recipes
- Chicago to give $1.2 million in grants to up to 120 arts venues
- Column: Diagnosed with cancer, then infused with an appreciation for life
- Boys cross country notes: After being ‘swallowed up’ by a bad diet, Bremen’s Zach Casper turns change into a winning surge
- Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says President Trump, newly diagnosed with COVID-19, should sympathize with those who have preexisting conditions
- Letters: The military reflects the importance of a clearly defined value system
- The Walnut Room at Macy’s on State Street
- Hutton: Crown Point baseball coach Steve Strayer and wife experience ‘good kind of stress’ as adoptive parents of girl left in Safe Haven Baby Box
- Column: Naperville man uses his hearing loss as chance to reinvent his life with new business
- Trump call for ‘patriotic education’ panned: ‘History is not there to make people feel good’
- Don’t unfriend someone who isn’t going to vote. Here’s how to engage them
- Doc Rivers takes over as 76ers coach with 1 goal in mind: Finish the Process by leading them to an NBA title
- Honda anuncia que deja la Fórmula Uno
- Illinois puts 28 counties on latest coronavirus warning list; daily death toll of 47 is highest since late June as total cases climb toward 300,000
- The only music critic who matters (if you’re under 25)
- No keepsake boot mug, no problem: Make your own mulled wine without Christkindlmarket this season
- ‘Our building fails our students’: Pennoyer School asking voters to approve $10.9 million facilities referendum
- Girls tennis notes: Do-it-all Alex Klein smoothly makes transition from doubles to No. 1 singles for unbeaten Batavia
- A museum puts its fakes on show
- Dwight Howard habla sobre su depresión en la burbuja de la NBA
- Lake County’s mail-in votes won’t be counted until polls close on Election Day
- Amenazan a familia en EEUU por enarbolar bandera mexicana, los vecinos se solidarizan
- St. Charles bike rides help raise money for charity
- Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett had coronavirus earlier this year, officials say
- Law & Order column: Gurnee police officers honored for service above and beyond
- Cubanos de Miami apoyan a Trump… y acercamiento a la isla
- Commentary: How the Breonna Taylor decision traumatizes Black women
- El actor Rick Moranis recibe puñetazo en la cara por un desconocido (VIDEO)
- Boy killed in Toll Road crash: police
- Trump recibió coctel experimental de anticuerpos, sigue ‘fatigado’ tras diagnóstico de COVID-19
- French bulldog pups rescued from O’Hare warehouse given reprieve by CDC: ‘All the stars were aligned’
- Weinstein es acusado de más violaciones en California
- Auto industry rebounding, but it’s slim pickings at Chicago-area new car dealerships
- Prosecutors won’t file charges against Midlothian officer in 2018 killing of security guard Jemel Roberson outside nightclub
- Copa Sudamericana cambia formato para 2021
- Naperville Park District credits pandemic for record-setting year for golf and watercraft rentals
- St. John elementary school wins National Blue Ribbon: ‘a great honor and a humbling experience’
- Diagnóstico de Trump estremece recta final de campaña
- Will County changes COVID-19 jury rules as a defense attorney seeks to have murder charges dismissed
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Lincolnshire to consider what to do about parking woes near Whytegate Park: ‘It’s a nice problem to have’
- Column: Kim Foxx is taking a big risk ducking TV debates with challenger Pat O’Brien
- Subscription food service to move into old Cosmopolitan building in Aurora
- Teen accused of punching police officer in Morton Grove
- Trump hospitalizado ‘unos días’ por recomendación médica tras diagnóstico de COVID-19
- Police: Two gunman rob Oak Park convenience store early Wednesday morning
- Commentary: What happens if Trump is ‘unable’ to govern
- Valparaiso approves abatement for firm that makes metal can lids
- Commentary: Conspiracy theories are nothing new; Great Chicago Fire news was dogged by rumors
- Game 2: Marlins 2, Cubs 0
- Ken Follet: ‘Los populistas lo tienen fácil’
- Kane Animal Control to hold drive-thru clinic for pets
- Commentary: Trump’s COVID-19 transparency unusual among presidents
- Marcelo Bielsa: ‘Guardiola le hizo mucho daño al fútbol’
- How to make a succulent pumpkin centerpiece
- El informe de empleo antes de las elecciones mostraría una recuperación más lenta
- Muere a los 19 años el actor Archie Lyndhurst
- Stocks end bumpy day lower after Trump’s positive virus test
- Melania Trump estalla contra las decoraciones navideñas, los niños migrantes y sus críticos en una rabieta soez
- Commentary: Getting a flu shot this year is more important than ever because of COVID-19
- Elgin News Digest
- 5 things to watch for in the Chicago Bears’ Week 4 game, including Akiem Hicks against a tough offensive line and kicker Cairo Santos searching for consistency
- The Spin: President Trump heading to hospital, receives experimental drug after testing positive for COVID-19 | Inside Michael Madigan’s patronage playbook | Pritzker touts green energy even as his administration opens door to new coal mine
- Where are they now: Elizabeth Lumpkin Robinson won four state titles in girls tennis for Naperville Central. And that was only the beginning.
- Column: COVID-19 plows under holiday events at Blackberry Farm in Aurora
- Berrios son-in-law indicted in bribery scheme involving ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo
- FIL Guadalajara será virtual por pandemia
- Montgomery woman sentenced to 4 years in prison after pocketing $730K while working at Aurora Social Security office
- FBI investigating bank robbery in North Aurora
- Column: From Chicago’s South Side to a seat on the federal court: RIP to a trailblazing judge who played a sweet sax
- No state meet, no problem for Naperville North’s Maggie Gamboa: ‘I don’t feel I have anything left to prove. Our best is always good enough.’
- How does a transfer of power work under the 25th Amendment? Here are some questions and answers.
- Chicago judge accused of trying to kiss cop, propositioning court reporter in elevator, making sexually suggestive comments to assistant state’s attorney resigns
- Positive COVID-19 test linked to in-person SAT exam at Lane Tech high school last week
- Running with a purpose: Jeremy Ortiz contributes to Oswego East’s cross country team with focus on higher goal that extends to boxing ring
- CPS violated union contract by making clerks work during the pandemic in schools lacking ‘safe and healthful conditions,’ arbitrator rules
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Oct. 2 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Column: Golden Moutza doesn’t taste like apples, carrots or sugar cubes
- Trump’s COVID-19 hospitalization sends final stage of election into further chaos — and no one knows exactly what comes next
- Blessing of the Animals
- Trump’s age and health woes put him at greater risk after COVID-19 infection. Here’s what experts say about his outlook.
- Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings released; audio details moments before she was killed by police
- Secure drop boxes, extra sorting machines and a decade of experience: Here’s why Illinois election officials say voting by mail is safe
- Column: The revenge of Wrigley Field? How else can anyone explain the Cubs’ lack of offense in 2020 after another early playoff exit?
- Billionaire Ken Griffin drops extra $26.7M against Pritzker’s graduated-rate income tax amendment proposal. His total stands at more than $46.7M
- University of Notre Dame president tests positive for COVID-19 after attending White House Rose Garden ceremony with President Trump
- Daily Southtown local schedules and scores for Sunday, Oct. 4
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Sunday, Oct. 4
- Third trial of Jackie Wilson after allegations of torture at the hands of Burge ends stunningly, with judge turning ire toward prosecutors
- ‘Just numb’: Cubs eliminated from the playoffs with a 2-0 loss to the Marlins
- Chicago Cubs core — including Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez and Kris Bryant — now face an uncertain future: ‘Nobody knows what’s going to happen’
- Kellyanne Conway, 2 GOP senators test positive days after attending White House event with others who have since contracted COVID-19
- Recruiting notes: Indiana, UNLV and Cincinnati among college football teams keeping an eye on Fenwick wide receiver Eian Pugh
- Six-story, 84-unit building proposed for Oak Park historic district, but procedure delays review of plans
- Trump, stricken by COVID-19, taken to Walter Reed hospital after receiving experimental treatment at White House
- Jonathon Flemings and Gio Laurent each rush for two touchdowns as Michigan City pulls away from Portage
- An abundance of risk, not caution: Retracing Trump’s steps in the days leading up to his positive COVID-19 diagnosis
- Girls golf notes: Emily Duan undaunted by leadership role, keeps Stevenson in control by winning North Suburban Conference Meet
- Riley Johnston passes for 343 yards, rushes for 116 yards and totals five touchdowns in Hobart’s win against Kankakee Valley