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- Column: Northwestern brings its own juice to the season opener — and gives Pat Fitzgerald his 100th career win with a 43-3 rout of Maryland
- 100 facts about Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald as he earns win No. 100
- Man, 30, fatally shot on South Side; 60-year-old man taken into custody, police say
- Man shot while sitting in vehicle in Gold Coast, police say
- Tampa Bay Rays rally in the 9th for a wild 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers to even the World Series at 2-2
- Daily horoscope for October 25, 2020
- Ask Amy: Cull those diaries of the ‘icky bits’
- Shredded leaves have plenty of uses in gardens, from nurturing soil for spring vegetables to feeding the lawn
- Letters: Still deciding on president? Pretend you’re a hiring manager
- Landmarks: Ghosts haunt the remains of abandoned Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, but they’re not the kind you’d suspect
- Can Tim Anderson take his game to another level? 4 questions about the Chicago White Sox shortstop heading into 2021.
- Column: Difficult roster — and salary cap — decisions await the Chicago Bears. But the Los Angeles Rams offer a blueprint for how to work the math.
- 5 things to watch for in the Chicago Bears’ Week 7 game, including stopping Aaron Donald and a reunion with Leonard Floyd
- Woman injured in fatal Waukegan police shooting tells protesters: ‘No one should be allowed to do this to us’
- Will the Chicago Bears continue to win ugly for the remainder of 2020? ‘Monday Night Football’ analyst Louis Riddick weighs in: ‘Get used to it. That’s how it’s going to be.’
- Column: Two Norwegian journalists share their first impressions of Gary. ‘What happened here?’
- Derrick Henry and the art of the stiff arm
- With IHSA decision looming, Chicagoland basketball coaches and players say they are willing to do ‘whatever it takes to play safely’
- Winter sports athletes are crisscrossing Europe for races. Is that a good idea?
- 5 observations from Game 4 of the World Series, including an unlikely hero in Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena’s unconventional trip around the bases
- The elimination diet for skin
- Sausage rolls: A childhood favorite reimagined
- Shhh. It’s breakfast time.
- These winged dinosaurs hurtled through the trees like haywire hang gliders
- The highs and lows of superhero uniforms
- Grateful for a wedding in prison
- She was in labor. Floodwaters were rising. Then the boat tipped over.
- For Italy’s masked rap diva, an era of face coverings poses a dilemma
- Republicans complain Democrats may expand Supreme Court, but GOP has done it at state level in recent years
- Lake Forest’s Kiley Rabjohns leaves a legacy on Lake County courts; ‘I didn’t expect it to be this fun’
- Keith Jarrett confronts a future without the piano after a stroke
- Second stimulus check updates: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s not giving up on COVID-19 relief before election
- ‘Brian’s Song,’ ‘Roots,’ ‘Purple Rain’ writer William Blinn dies at 83
- Pace seeking public comments on plans to cut 21 bus routes serving Naperville commuters in 2021
- Voting by mail skyrockets in suburban Chicago collar counties
- ‘Nothing has changed’: Aurora residents weigh in during listening session on race relations and police
- Kanye West says his ‘calling is to be the leader of the free world’ in Joe Rogan interview
- Column: Paula Aiardo, convicted in connection with murder of disabled woman, hoping for leniency: ‘I cannot undo my many wrongs’
- With performances by Yo-Yo Ma and many others, CSO raises $910K via ‘Sounds of Celebration’
- A Park Ridge family and neighbors were looking for something to do during the pandemic. So they painted a garage mural.
- Vice President Mike Pence to stay on campaign trail despite outbreak of COVID-19 among his senior aides
- Let’s get this party started: Carmel’s Grace Sullivan waits for her first offer and a celebration; Evanston’s Sebastian Cheeks nets an offer from Stanford
- Two square off in Kendall County circuit clerk race
- NFL fines Tennessee Titans $350,000 for violating protocols leading to the league’s 1st COVID-19 outbreak
- After girls golf team disbands at North Shore Country Day, senior Caroline Gray finds success competing as individual
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Oct. 24-25 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Senate Republicans clear way for final vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination
- Home Team Valpo gets start doing cleanup, raking leaves and helping those who can’t: ‘I can’t do things like I used to’
- Conservative news sites are misleading millions of readers about voter fraud, pushing debunked conspiracy theories amplified by President Trump
- Organizations throughout Indiana awarded in arts, cultural and destination marketing organization support grants
- Indiana jumps into the college football Top 25 poll at No. 17 after its OT stunner
- Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, including Archbishop Wilton Gregory, the first US Black prelate chosen for the honor
- Column: The Chicago Bears are the latest team labeled as ‘winning ugly.’ But should we care how a team wins as long as it wins?
- Corrections and clarifications
- Chicago native Wilton Gregory named first Black cardinal in US
- Lions stun the Falcons 23-22 with a last-second touchdown pass — after letting them score a late TD
- Packers improve to 5-1 as Aaron Rodgers throws 4 touchdown passes in a 35-20 win over the Texans
- Man, 25, faces attempted murder charge in shooting that ended in police chasing, fatally shooting armed man
- Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Dems’ advantage
- Waukegan mayor: Video of fatal police shooting of Marcellis Stinnette will be released after family views it
- Wisconsin QB Graham Mertz reportedly tests positive for COVID-19 — 2 days after throwing 5 touchdown passes vs. Illinois
- Pandemic, online shopping trends force Lake Zurich boutique’s closure, even as village welcomes other businesses and expansions
- Trump aide says ‘we’re not going to control the pandemic’ while president scoffs at COVID-19 case numbers
- Pavement surfacing may wait until mid-November on Howard Street reconstruction project in Niles
- Inclusion preschool lottery for 2021-21 school year now open to River Forest District 90 families
- Arizona basketball is accused of 5 Level I NCAA violations, including lack of institutional and head coach control
- World Series Game 5: Dodgers are 1 win from their 1st title in 32 years after beating the Rays 4-2