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- Zanies in Chicago closes due to COVID regulations
- Daily horoscope for October 28, 2020
- Dodgers’ Justin Turner removed from the World Series clincher after a positive COVID-19 test
- Los Angeles Dodgers win their 1st World Series title since 1988 with a 3-1 Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays
- Man, 51, injured after falling from train tracks onto street on West Side, police say
- Column: What to do about Thanksgiving?
- After their mom died from COVID-19, her kids give a final toast with a beloved, hard-to-find token of her youth: Tab diet soda
- Ask Amy: First cancer hits, then heartbreak follows
- UIC historian Barbara Ransby wants to change the world, and now is her moment
- For special education families, an agonizing choice on returning to school: Risk COVID-19 exposure or accept ‘heartbreaking’ limits of remote learning
- Column: Trump’s claim that he has done more for Black people than any president since Lincoln makes me sick
- Column: How to preserve the American republic? The Constitution and originalist justices like Amy Coney Barrett.
- Zeta, a hurricane once again, moves to center of Gulf, to strike US coast Wednesday night
- Daywatch: Pritzker and Lightfoot clash over Chicago COVID-19 restrictions, special education parents’ tough choice and meet the maker of city’s best apple fritters
- 3 observations from rewatching the Chicago Bears’ Week 7 loss, including Brandon Staley’s plan to dominate the offensive line and the play that turned the game
- Chicago Bears QB rewind: In a season full of offensive struggles, Monday night’s face plant might have left Matt Nagy without obvious answers
- Indiana governor won’t back mandatory COVID-19 vaccine
- Jon Stewart will be back in the host’s chair for Apple TV Plus
- ‘Holidate’ review: When ‘plus one’ adds up to a D-minus
- Beck, Olthoff in House seat rematch: Candidates approve of Holcomb’s COVID-19 response
- Navy Pier taps Blue Door’s Art Smith, former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey, for new restaurant to replace Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
- Merrillville couple charged with murder in death of 10-year-old boy whose wounds were covered with makeup, court records say
- ‘The Craft: Legacy’ review: Conjuring the right elements but losing the magic in the end
- Family of Philadelphia man killed by officers sought ambulance, not police, lawyer says
- COVID-19 has affected the Chicago Cubs’ finances — but they still face key decisions on Anthony Rizzo, Jon Lester and other free agents
- Sisters, 18 and 21, accused of attacking store security guard, stabbing him 27 times after they refused to wear face masks
- What if a state can’t agree which presidential candidate won? It’s happened before and voters don’t necessarily get the final word.
- 4 inmates have died from COVID-19 at East Moline Correctional Center, out of 29 in state prisons
- From tech town to candy kingdom: With Foxconn deal on rocks, Pleasant Prairie goes gummy with Haribo
- Man shot to death before dawn Wednesday while standing on sidewalk in Back of the Yards
- Frank Mrvan raises $479K in 1st Congressional District race, outraising GOP, Libertarian candidates
- Chrissy Teigen delivers heartfelt essay on miscarriage
- ‘Halloween cannot be canceled by the government’: Connecticut residents plan to go ahead with trick-or-treating despite official guidance
- Whitney Houston makes history with 3rd diamond album
- UPS delivers again in 3rd quarter as profits and revenue surge
- Chicago 7 prosecutor: ‘They were going to try to destroy our trial. And they did a damn good job.’
- Los Dodgers acaban con una frustrante sequía en la Serie Mundial
- Blueair Blue Pure 211+ review: Can this air purifier improve air quality in large spaces?
- Column: Monopoly power is less dangerous today than in the past
- Roberts guía por fin a los Dodgers al título
- Lake County local scores and schedules for Thursday, Oct. 29
- From spooky to silly, popular movies perfect for Halloween viewing
- Dr. Ngozi Ezike’s emotional moment shows health care workers feel COVID-19 fatigue too. ‘We feel trapped in many ways.’
- Jennifer Lopez y Armie Hammer protagonizarán una comedia
- Letters to the Editor
- ‘Politicians ran Chicago into the ground.’ When Trump talks about Chicago — and the state of Illinois — we track it.
- Last chance! Just 2 days left to enter the cookie contest.
- Northwest Indiana local scores and schedules for Thursday, Oct. 29
- Kendall County coroner race sees incumbent against third party candidate
- Celebrate the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers championships with these face coverings
- Missing the visits from the children
- Speak Out reader opinion: Unfair some businesses ignore COVID-19 guidelines
- Mexicano Julio Urías se gradúa a lo grande en los Dodgers
- U.S. voters agree on one thing: They’d feel better owning a gun
- U.S. voters agree on one thing: They’d feel better owning a gun
- De ganar, Biden enfrenta retos para combatir al covid-19
- Airbnb fights its ‘party house problem’
- Airbnb fights its ‘party house problem’
- Voters report some cramped spaces, lack of social distancing at Deerfield, Lake Forest early voting sites
- 10 New Year’s recipes that will bring you good luck
- Zeta avanza hacia la castigada costa de EEUU
- Column: Fear and loathing triggers Illinois as election nears
- Junior midfielder Liam Grimes proves ‘absolutely essential’ in first season as starter for state finalist Chesterton
- Recession’s silver lining: American households are doing better than expected
- Harris, cerca de hacer historia en EEUU
- Whitney Houston hace historia después de muerta
- Recession’s silver lining: American households are doing better than expected
- For Highland Park’s Gerald Field, life is all about the violin
- Houston Texans close their practice facility after a player tests positive for COVID-19
- Merrillville accepts $10M gift for naming rights to community center
- Chiquis se visualiza con el Latin Grammy
- Scabby the Rat
- National labor board invites public to weigh in on whether to ban Scabby, the giant inflatable protest rat
- How to cook without a net: Watch, practice, learn and embrace the flops
- Lake County judge rules Indiana can sue former Munster school leaders
- Fantasy football lineups for Week 8: Start Travis Fulgham and sit DeVante Parker
- Munster’s Holly Kaim and Lauren Wallace welcome challenge posed by McCutcheon star at semistate: ‘We’re used to it. It gets us excited.’
- 2 critically ill from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, fire officials say
- Daily Southtown local schedules and scores for Thursday, Oct. 29
- The Great American Songbook opens La Porte County Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 season
- Heightened unrest in Philadelphia after police kill Black man authorities say ignored orders to drop a knife
- Arrestan a jugador de los Toronto Raptors por agredir a su novia
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Thursday, Oct. 29
- QAnon’s ‘Save the Children’ morphs into popular slogan, complicating efforts of nonprofits working to help the world’s needy children
- Tensiones pocas veces vistas en EEUU marcan las elecciones
- Southwest Airlines to offer 20 flights a day from O’Hare
- Sí, está bien volver a usar efectivo
- Column: From Wisconsin football to Justin Turner, sports celebrations are halted by stark reminders of COVID-19. And we should all take notice.
- Column: Biden closing campaign on note of unity, while Trump sticks with sound and fury, signifying hate
- Pink Floyd tribute band Echoes of Pompeii returns to Hobart stage
- Tinley Park man, 18, charged after accidentally shooting friend, police say
- Ozuna y el hombre más pequeño del mundo celebran su inclusión en el libro Guinness
- Photos show Chicago area Halloween decorations and candy chutes are inspired this year
- Duquesa de Sussex busca posponer el juicio en su caso de privacidad
- Cozy up on the couch with these 6 paperbacks as weather gets cooler
- Election night’s most-crucial number is votes yet to be counted
- Ask Anna: Why we should get rid of the ‘girl code’
- Pet World: Dog’s excessive thirst of concern to pet owner
- Living with Children: The cure for ‘moodiness’
- Kamala Harris’ LA neighborhood of Brentwood feels less insulated after a year of turbulence
- Kamala Harris’ LA neighborhood of Brentwood feels less insulated after a year of turbulence
- Western Springs’ Halloween Hoopla switches to drive-through event due to tighter COVID-19 limits
- Cristiano Ronaldo asegura que ‘las PCR son una mierda’
- Vintage Alfa Romeos to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
- Cómo combatir los síntomas del resfrío
- ‘City So Real’ review: A stirring Chicago symphony in five movements, on Hulu and National Geo
- Canada’s game struggles to return. And to still look like hockey.
- Watch what happens when real housewives don’t wear masks
- En tiempos de pandemia, los hoteles se vuelven creativos
- Township High School District 113 putting plans for projects, renovations on hold to focus on COVID-19 response
- Peaceful protest brings together parents supporting return of in-person learning in District 205
- Facing referendum hurdle, Gary backs new West Side track
- Naperville News Digest
- Suburban voters weighing in on cannabis, school building projects and other issues
- COVID home improvement comes to California’s most famous mansion
- Mississippi mayor challenges medical marijuana initiative
- Ameriplex business growth plan could bring 700-plus jobs to Merrillville, planners say
- Why can’t Illinois sports bettors wager on in-state college football and basketball?
- Women stunt performers are speaking out about racism and sexism in Hollywood
- 2021 Boston Marathon is postponed ‘at least’ until the fall from April
- That ‘Borat’ babysitter had no idea the film was satire. Now she feels ‘betrayed’
- Kathy Hilton to join 11th season of ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’
- Leftovers from COVID-19 home cooking, takeout turn Tupperware into an ‘it brand’
- Remembering loved ones lost to COVID-19 with ofrendas for Day of The Dead
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Speak Out reader comments: Pelosi has a hidden agenda; Trumping acting like this is all a big game; follow the rules and maybe COVID numbers go down
- 60 people charged in $300M phone scam targeting elderly victims from 14 states
- Commentary: As new COVID-19 surge hits, Illinois hospitals must coordinate resources
- Delantero del América da positivo por coronavirus
- Why you shouldn’t worry about studies showing waning coronavirus antibodies
- Kyler Murray is leading the Arizona Cardinals on a joy ride
- Why a new abortion ban in Poland is tearing the country apart
- Colon cancer screening should start earlier, at age 45, U.S. panel says
- Pumas busca el pase directo a la liguilla
- ‘Masked Singer’ begets ‘Masked Dancer,’ set for December
- Cook County launches jobs training, placement program for suburbs as stricter COVID-19 measures go into effect
- COVID home improvement comes to California’s most famous mansion
- 7 taken to hospitals after Trump supporters left out in the cold following Omaha rally
- Wilmette parents invited to virtual discussion on physical impact of digital technologies on kids
- This Week in Naperville
- Trump va por el ‘voto oculto’ de nuevos adeptos a su causa
- 5 observations from Game 6 of the World Series, including Justin Turner’s positive COVID-19 test — and postgame celebration — and Kevin Cash’s costly decision to pull Blake Snell
- Column: As we head into a winter lockdown, who will win? Netflix and DoorDash again? Don’t be so sure.
- ‘Brujita’ Verón: ‘Noto a Messi con cierta incomodidad’
- Lake County receives $15.7 million in CARES Act reimbursements, local municipalities on track to receive their allocated funds after state expands criteria
- Twitter, Facebook, Google leaders get earful, warning of new limits from GOP senators making unfounded allegations of bias
- Wendy’s hopes its new fried chicken sandwich will be an instant classic. We put it to the test.
- Biden: No haré promesas falsas sobre el virus
- Column: Religion, politics and Mark Curran
- Plantings for the people: Two Southland master gardeners honored at state level for work in community
- Boeing to cut thousands more jobs as COVID-19 slows aircraft business
- Prices to drop for Obamacare health insurance in Illinois, even as Supreme Court considers the law’s fate
- Netflix renueva ‘Narcos: México’ por una tercera temporada
- Few details released by police after man shot to death in Hoffman Estates homicide
- IHSA ignores Gov. Pritzker’s guidelines, will start boys and girls basketball seasons on time: ‘It’s been a whirlwind the last 24 hours’
- Democratic group files second complaint against Willie Wilson’s third-party bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin
- South Shore West Lake expansion project breaks ground; 4-year construction cost estimated at $945M
- Editorial: Wrong move: Gov. Pritzker digs heels into dying Illinois restaurants
- Down to Business: Home remodeling took a hit during the COVID shutdown, but it’s bouncing back
- No Limit Laughs — Virtual Improv brings comedy from players’ homes to audiences via video
- Kamala Harris pitches ‘Kim Foxx is smart on crime’ message in robocall to Cook County residents
- Neymar se lesiona en victoria del PSG
- Amazon opens a delivery station with more than 200 jobs in Pullman
- EPA says it has finished cleanup at Superfund site near Gary/Chicago International Airport
- Injuries to Allen Robinson and Cody Whitehair are a concern as the Chicago Bears try to rebound in Week 8
- Biological mom, man held after 7-year-old taken from Chesterton facility: police
- COVID-19 outbreak on Wisconsin — 12 people, including 6 players and head coach Paul Chryst — forces cancellation of Saturday’s Big Ten game vs. Nebraska
- Letters: The flat income-tax stipulation in Illinois’ constitution needs to go
- Remesas, foco de tensión entre Cuba y EEUU
- Antibody drug tested in Cook County may be helpful to some COVID-19 patients, results show
- Fauci: La ‘apariencia de normalidad’ sería hasta 2022
- Column: South suburbs urge gaming board to award license for new casino
- Aurora approves pilot program for police body cameras
- Mundelein trustees review report on possible scenarios for fire station locations
- ‘James Bond: Sin tiempo’ se ahoga en las deudas
- Matt Nagy and Nick Foles reaffirm the strength of their Chicago Bears relationship after Brian Griese’s comments create drama: ‘We’re in a really good place’
- Millions of mail ballots not yet returned in key battleground states
- Germany and France announce new lockdowns as surging coronavirus infections in Europe and US wipe out months of progress
- ‘Giving condolences is not enough.’ Hadiya Pendleton’s mom urges people to turn in guns as Chicago police announce recovery of 9,000 weapons this year.
- 12th District voters have choice in two new candidates
- Miles Taylor, ex-Homeland Security official, says he wrote scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under pen name ‘Anonymous’
- Aurora health officials urge diligence against COVID-19
- American Hockey League pushes back the start of its season to Feb. 5 because of COVID-19
- Column: Analytics are spoiling the fun. And spring training games are unnecessary. Here are 7 things we learned from an unusual 2020 baseball season.
- Philadelphia police commissioner says body cam, 911 tapes in Walter Wallace killing to be released ‘in the near future’
- As state halts indoor dining in Chicago, a Pilsen restaurant tests a sidewalk enclosure. The designer aims to build more, but needs financial backing.
- The Kitchn: How to make Thanksgiving leftovers lasagna
- Kary Osmond: A taste of apple pie
- Asilo, el recurso más afectado por políticas de Trump
- Mon Laferte anuncia concierto para el mundo entero
- Verizon proposes two small cell antennas in Western Springs neighborhoods
- Potempa: Merrillville priest Maginot still fighting demons
- COVID-19 numbers prompt stoppage of indoor restaurant and bar service in Lake, McHenry counties; ‘We simply need to stay in’
- Ken Kraft, the longtime Northwestern wrestling coach and administrator who founded the Midlands Championships, dies at 85
- Column: Sleepless nights for West Aurora parents and officials as learning in District 129 goes hybrid
- Commentary: New restaurant restrictions threaten our survival
- Convicted killer of police Cmdr. Paul Bauer sentenced to life in prison for 2018 downtown shooting
- Doctors may have found a set of previously unidentified organs in the center of your head
- Aurora council raises mayoral, aldermanic salaries
- LaLiga acusa a Florentino por anuncio del Barca por Superliga
- MLB recrimina a Turner de quebrantar protocolo al festejar
- Supreme Court denies quick review to new GOP appeal to exclude Pennsylvania absentee ballots received after Election Day
- The Spin: Lightfoot, Pritzker have ‘frank’ talk on COVID-19 restrictions | Kamala Harris makes robocalls for Kim Foxx | Trump points finger at local politicians after NYT piece on Chicago tower woes
- Downstate judge orders Illinois not to rescore marijuana license applications while controversial issue plays out in court
- Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin asks state for ‘more consistent’ enforcement of pandemic restrictions
- Gov. Pritzker tied COVID-19 cases to restaurants and bars in Kane, DuPage counties. Local health department data is unclear.
- Biden holds steady lead over Trump in Wisconsin, final Marquette poll finds
- Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty announces he will not run for second term
- Waukegan police release video footage, but none of it shows fatal shooting of Marcellis Stinnette
- Yes, it’s OK to use cash again
- Loss of smell is an earlier COVID-19 symptom than fever; a sniff test for screening is in the works
- ‘All you want is to be believed’: The impacts of unconscious bias in health care
- Some Southland schools welcome back students, but with COVID-19 cases increasing, others say it’s too risky
- Supreme Court allows absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to 9 days after election
- Northwestern and Loyola plan to allow more students on campus this winter despite COVID-19 surge gripping Chicago and suburban Cook County
- In 2020 race’s final days, Biden keeps spotlight on pandemic as Trump tries to focus on anything but coronavirus
- MLB says Justin Turner violated COVID-19 protocols when he returned to field to celebrate the Dodgers’ World Series win
- Parents seek answers about masks, distancing, pods as CPS looks to reopen schools and plans for simultaneous teaching of kids who remain home
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Oct. 28 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Park Ridge extends outdoor street dining, tents, until Nov. 15; will enforce state’s rules against indoor dining
- Lightfoot drops opposition to Pritzker’s order for tighter restrictions in Chicago; Lake and McHenry counties added to list of regions where indoor bar and dining banned
- Chicago Fire lose 2-1 to Philadelphia Union in a game played hours after a Union player tested positive for COVID-19
- A vaccine may be ready by January, but a return to normal a year away. Here’s what we learned from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s virtual Chicago talk.
- FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system