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- ‘Meaningful Living’ group to offer online support for local seniors
- Daily horoscope for October 30, 2020
- Recycling Halloween: 3 fun recipes for your leftover candy
- Flashback: 75 years of Ebony: Magazine was an essential voice for Black America
- From Zoom office hours to drive-thru celebrations, CASE focuses on communication amid pandemic education challenges
- Confronting 2020’s workplace challenges takes creativity, compassion, courage
- Ask Amy: The office seems more toxic than ever
- Ace Hardware’s concern for employees starts at the top
- Column: White House of Horrors: A Halloween-themed poem about Donald Trump
- Flexibility, employee engagement key to Assurance’s appeal
- Vote-dry referendum could spell the end for late-night Lakeview bar
- Top Workplaces faced a new set of challenges this year. Here’s how winners were selected.
- Column: What are Pritzker and Democrats really telling Illinois taxpayers?
- Homer Glen native teaming up with ex-Bears linebacker Lance Briggs on sci-fi graphic novel
- Column: Trump may well beat Biden. Why? Trumpism is a cult, and cult members show up.
- What’s the college football season like for players who opted out because of COVID-19? For some, emotional. For others, surreal.
- Netflix raises prices on U.S. subscriptions as content spending grows
- Spotify faces new scrutiny after Joe Rogan’s Alex Jones interview
- Chicago Bears Week 8 storylines: The search for an offensive identity, a dispiriting anniversary and a silver lining from Monday night
- Daywatch: Restaurants dealt another blow with indoor dining ban, Chicago’s top workplaces for 2020 and we try Wendy’s new fried chicken sandwich
- Paris Jackson on how she mined her heartache for solo debut album
- IUN to begin new psychiatry residency program, will assist NWI with need for physicians
- Can the Chicago Bears rebound and beat Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints? Our Week 8 predictions.
- Keith Richards on catching COVID-19: ‘I’m impervious … like Donald Trump’
- Column: For the graduating class of 1960, the year 2020 would be a ‘banner year.’ And then, well, you know.
- Area unemployment rate shows slight improvement in September: ‘We won’t be out of this any time soon’
- Number of quarantined individuals in schools continue to rise; some districts move to virtual learning
- Highland passes 2021 budget with 3% raises
- Hurricane center says disturbance has 70% chance of forming in the next 48 hours
- Wisconsin to open 71 more free COVID-19 testing sites
- College football picks: Michigan and Indiana are among the teams looking to validate big wins
- Man pelted by paintballs in Streeterville, latest in burst of such attacks across city this fall
- He was shot to death at a CTA station in Rogers Park, a neighborhood he loved and always came back to, even when it became dangerous for him
- Mother of Black man killed by Waukegan police alleges in lawsuit that medical response took 8 minutes after he was shot
- ‘His House’ and more of the best new horror movies to watch this Halloween at home
- Things to do, watch, stream this Halloween
- Tony La Russa returns at 76, ready to combine old wisdom and new data
- Charges against Illinois man in Terre Haute child’s death now include murder
- Rueda la cabeza de Barros Schelotto en el Galaxy
- Trump and Biden do agree on one thing: sobriety
- 16 new books to watch for in November
- Aurora police review board ordinance making its way to City Council
- New Zealanders vote to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana
- ‘We’re not going to control the pandemic’: Divide between government’s health advisers and President Trump is apparent
- Ricky Martin calls Latino support for Trump ‘really scary’; says Biden is ‘the only option we have’
- Mike Tyson y Roy Jones prometen dar pelea en su retorno
- Ramp connecting Farnsworth to eastbound I-88 in Aurora to close Monday for toll plaza work
- Paul Krugman column: Lies, damned lies and Trump rallies
- David Brooks column: Five great things Biden has already done
- Amid a local outbreak, a historically Black university cancels basketball season
- Nectar Lush review: Can this mattress help anyone who shares a bed with a restless sleeper?
- Naperville residents homeless after early morning fire tears through garage, attic on far north side
- Las mejores fotos de la semana en América Latina 23-29 Oct./2020
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Pandemic’s impact on businesses a concern
- Speak Out reader opinion: Early voting attempt proves checks and balances in effect
- Believers tell stories of their Lake County ghost encounters: ‘Some souls are not willing to move on’
- Lake County local scores and schedules for Saturday, Oct. 31
- Zidane pone paz en el desencuentro entre Benzema y Vinicius
- Trump’s order targeting diversity training draws civil rights lawsuit
- More than 20 million Americans to relocate amid rise in telework
- NHL team drops a drafted player over a court case tied to racist bullying
- Your next vehicle might cost more. Here’s why
- Walmart retira armas y municiones como precaución antes de las elecciones
- Can I tell my friend her Halloween costume is problematic?
- Tara Lachapelle column: We have learned to live without movie theaters
- Auto review: 2021 Mercedes GLA250 is a good small SUV, but is that good enough?
- Auto review: 2021 Mercedes GLA250 is a good small SUV, but is that good enough?
- Votación anticipada en Texas supera cifras totales de 2016
- Paris Jackson convierte su dolor en su primer álbum solista
- Northwest Indiana local scores and schedules for Saturday, Oct. 31
- No selfies or hugs, but Biden is sneaking in meet and greets
- Michelle Goldberg column: Biden hopes to fight autocracy abroad. He’ll have to start at home.
- Display of skeletons takes over Highwood, replaces annual Pumpkinfest amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Auto review: The Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid is fine, as long as you’re not in a hurry
- Temporary COVID-19 testing-sites schedule released
- AMLO propone a fiel colaboradora al mando de la seguridad
- Koeman habla sobre el nivel de Ansu Fati y Pedri
- Column: In a shift, city will take first steps to grant landmark status to Pilsen’s shuttered St. Adalbert Catholic Church
- Auto review: The Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid is fine, as long as you’re not in a hurry
- Dating in the run-up to the election
- Procure estas ideas para un Thanksgiving virtual y seguro
- Private buyer paying $14.4 million for 2 acres of lakefront land in Winnetka park deal
- Developer proposes 8-story, 191-unit residential development at site of Drechsler funeral home in Oak Park
- Denver Broncos postpone practice after player tests positive for COVID-19
- Your child wants to go trick-or-treating this Halloween with friends. What should you do?
- Libertyville accident sees three fire departments, three ambulances called to scene
- Gary councilman accused of taking teen from crime scene could avoid criminal trial, attorney says
- 13 new sandwiches to take home today: How Chicago restaurants are cramming deliciousness between slices of bread to survive the pandemic economy
- Tents, domes are new must-haves for restaurants during pandemic winter, but will outdoor dining work at 20 degrees?
- Boricua Bryant Myers lanza ‘Bendecido’, su segundo disco
- In Madagascar, endangered lemurs find a private refuge
- Chicago student took 17,000 photos at 37 events of people fighting for social justice after George Floyd’s killing. Now, there’s a book. ‘I want to give you the whole story.’
- September housing report shows market strength; sellers continue to see prices rise
- Fungie, Ireland’s missing dolphin, ‘goes with the tide’
- Recruiting notes: Antioch junior infielder Gabby Debevec excited about ‘representing my home state’ after committing to Illinois
- Familias recuerdan a sus seres queridos fallecidos por el covid-19 con ofrendas y altares para el Día de Muertos
- Award-winning Andrew High School principal named next superintendent of District 230
- The eyes have it: Eye makeup that has pop for the mask-wearing era
- Is a 96% attendance rate a bright spot in a pandemic stricken school year? Not exactly, as remote learning skews annual report card.
- iLe lanza tema contra los abusos de poder de cara a las elecciones
- Loading up on squash in all its varieties? You’ll want some new recipes.
- Shifts in mail-in ballot count date may have little impact on voters, experts say, but results likely unknown Tuesday
- Yorkville may move City Hall to building on northeast side of city
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Lake Forest High School, despite outcry from teachers and county advice, moves forward with plans to bring more students back to campus
- More than 44 percent of DuPage County voters have already cast their ballots
- Zoe Lister-Jones on ‘The Craft’ and women’s power
- Survey: Seven questions soliciting your best guesses about Tuesday’s results
- More Texans have already voted than cast ballots in 2016 election
- Jon Lester is buying the 1st round of beer at 4 bars this weekend as a salute to Chicago Cubs fans
- Aurora OKs sales tax rebate for company intending to move to old Cub Foods site
- He played football for a season. He tried out for soccer. Then Grayslake North’s Armani Diaz discovered cross country.
- Still deciding whether to trick or treat? Here’s what to consider.
- Column: Who’s afraid of Scabby the Rat?
- Eight Lake County Board seats up for grabs in election
- Wisconsin says Foxconn can’t have its tax credits. Foxconn isn’t taking that lying down.
- Column: Tony La Russa is the wrong fit for this Chicago White Sox team — a young, diverse roster that plays with joy and flouts baseball’s conventions and unwritten rules
- Wisconsin Obama-Trump pivot county
- Aurora approves extension for downtown marijuana facility
- Second stimulus check updates: What if we kicked out politicians with economic relief that kicks in automatically?
- ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ review: Irresistible coming-of-age drama. No prior chess expertise required.
- Law & Order column: Medline donates hand sanitizer to Lake County Sheriff’s Office
- Tippy, Scheub in commissioners’ race rematch: GOP incumbent upended 20-year veteran in ’16
- Fed to expand Main Street Lending Program to smaller firms, back loans as low as $100K
- Park Ridge church’s Blanket of Dreams for the homeless goes remote this year; volunteers asked to create at home
- A.J. Hinch takes over as Detroit Tigers manager, his first MLB job since serving a 1-year suspension for the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Carjacker enters vehicle, points handgun at driver during North Avenue hijacking: Oak Park police
- Steve Cohen officially approved as owner of Mets; Mayor de Blasio signs off on deal
- Hall of Famer Herb Adderley, who won 6 NFL titles with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, dies at 81
- McRib returns Dec. 2 to McDonald’s restaurants nationwide
- 27 Chicago stage actors you’ve seen on ‘Fargo’
- NJ legal marijuana advocates beat rivals in fundraising
- 7 bodies, nothing stolen: Were killings at California marijuana grow ‘a message’?
- Exposing the ‘disguise’: UChicago historian Kathleen Belew spotlights the rising white power movement
- Cristiano Ronaldo está de vuelta con la Juve
- These comedians made their names poking fun at Trump. The election may change that
- Tony La Russa’s first order of business? Completing his Chicago White Sox coaching staff.
- Lori Loughlin se reporta en prisión para cumplir sentencia
- 22 years ago, ‘Halloweentown’ became a spooky classic. Its stars still feel the love
- Column: President Trump may be most memorable for his lies
- Siete cosas que debes saber antes de ir al cine en la era covid
- Harley-Davidson jumps into electric bicycle market
- At night it’s a downtown Naperville restaurant and bar, but by day it’s workspace for those without offices
- Letters: Organ procurement organizations are in need of serious reforms to save lives, prevent abuses
- Wetlands helped stop flooding from Sandy. Now a BJ’s may move in.
- 2 men die in crash after pickup truck hits large pig
- Lori Loughlin shows up to prison, can’t seek early release due to COVID
- Column: Races I’ll be watching Tuesday night, and what I expect to see
- Community news
- Guardiola: ‘Ojalá pueda quedarme más tiempo en el City’
- Global travel and tourism projected to shed 174 million jobs
- Ice Castles in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, will open this season with coronavirus safety precautions
- Schubas Tavern to close temporarily following new city COVID rules restrictions
- Commissioners veto ordinances that give council authority over purchasing, data processing
- A crime revisited: Ex-prosecutor’s role in decades-old wrongful conviction of ‘Roscetti 4’ takes spotlight in Foxx-O’Brien race
- Oak Park police: Shooting damages CTA vans, Blue Line entrance
- Schubas Tavern temporarily closes due to COVID: The latest coronavirus entertainment news in Chicago
- Tras cumplir suspensión, Hinch firma como manager de Tigres
- Millones en EEUU se mudarán ante aumento del teletrabajo
- Commentary: The need for reconciliation on Nov. 4
- Column: I was wrong. Trump will never have a ‘Dead Zone’ moment that ends his political career.
- Despite dropping temperatures, some Chicago farmers markets extending outdoor season
- Oak Park police: Three teens exit SUV, rob pedestrian at gunpoint along Roosevelt Road
- Pair arrested after chase; carjacking charges expected: police
- Coin circulation is improving, but Chicago stores reeling from a summer of few coins still ask customers for spare change
- Lake County restaurants scramble to survive as indoor dining is prohibited
- Muere Herb Adderley, esquinero de Salón de la Fama
- More than 3,500 Naperville electric customers owe the city nearly $3 million in back payments
- Orioles se llevan al patipálido Yolmer Sánchez
- Editorial: In conclusion: Vote No on the Pritzker Tax. Politicians have offered you no reform.
- Reputed gang leader shot to death in Humboldt Park neighborhood
- Curious about going to a movie theater? 7 things to know
- Netflix raising U.S. streaming prices amid booming growth
- Column: Restaurant restriction rebels have a cause — survival
- Savvy patient fought for the price she was quoted — and didn’t give up
- New DuPage fairgrounds lease prohibits events — other than the fair — in which animals are used or sold
- At least 19 dead, more than 700 injured after strong earthquake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island
- Commentary: Beyond abortion: The ‘pro-life’ issues for our future
- ‘¿Por qué es importante para usted votar en estas elecciones?’
- ‘Why is it important for you to vote in this election?’
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Lightfoot administration official defends plan to ticket speeders driving 6 mph over limit
- Deporte japonés prueba tecnología para llenar estadios
- Potempa: Troll, goats’ tale and bridge pair with Chef Trama recipe
- Porter County reports nearly 50K early ballots, clerk says
- How special enrollment helps small business employees get health coverage
- Guest column: Gary school referendum crucial for children and teachers
- Evanston-Skokie District 65 will not return for in-person learning until at least January
- Chicago White Sox decline team options on designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion and pitcher Gio Gonzalez
- Fire crews put out early morning fire in abandoned Glenview house
- Hinsdale District 86 to proceed with new integrated math curriculum
- Guest column: No relief from high drug prices in the near future
- A runner fell down in front of Shepard’s Santana Garcia. Stopping could have cost him a spot in the sectional. He didn’t hesitate.
- Memory care residents create care packages through Seniors Serving Seniors program, seek item donations
- Looking to build credit without a card or big purchase? Look for “alternative” payments.
- Elgin News Digest
- Judges deny requests in McHenry, DuPage, Cook for restaurants to keep indoor service despite state order amid COVID-19 spike
- Outbound lanes remain shuttered following shooting on I-57
- The Chicago White Sox face key decisions in free agency, including whether to retain Alex Colome and James McCann
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveils security plan for election-related civil unrest, urges peaceful protests
- Baranek: Isabella Colon ‘knew her day was going to come.’ And for two years in a row, that day was in the state finals for Lockport.
- Chicago Bears defensive lineman Akiem Hicks is not making excuses on his league-leading 7 penalties: ‘It just doesn’t work. So fix it, Akiem.’
- Cuddle Bunny in Lakeview
- Commentary: Support for new teachers is crucial as Illinois shortage is exacerbated by COVID-19
- Commentary: How Illinois’ small businesses will benefit from a graduated-rate income tax
- Illinois shatters single-day COVID-19 record set a day earlier with nearly 7,000 new cases; a 10th region hit with tighter restrictions
- The Spin: Lightfoot argues again that bars and restaurants aren’t driving COVID-19 spread | Chicago’s security plan for Election Day unrest | Foxx-O’Brien nearly tied — in money race
- Candidates take different campaign approaches as Lake County voters flock to polls; ‘People are happy to be voting, but there is sadness’
- Some suburban restaurants defy indoor shutdown order, while others watch and await legal challenges: ‘It’s just us looking out for us.’
- Elgin testing site reports 28% COVID-19 positivity rate, 4 times higher than 6.5% needed to reopen restaurants
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Oct. 30 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Corrections and clarifications
- Disabato: Not. So. Fast. IHSA’s response to Gov. Pritzker’s decision to delay the basketball season is a victory for student-athletes.
- Column: Toobin, Giuliani, Big Tech … ‘there can be only one’ Golden Moutza of October!
- Can Trump hold key Midwest counties he flipped from Obama?
- Highland Park launches grant program for local restaurants, retailers to help with COVID-19-related expenses: ‘Our businesses are in survival mode’
- Chicago Cubs decline pitcher Jon Lester’s $25 million option, but haven’t closed the door on a reunion
- Column: Where were you on election night 2016? We all remember. And it makes a lot of us anxious.
- Even as US coronavirus cases surge past 9 million, officials in many hard-hit states resist taking stronger action
- Kyle Rittenhouse sent to Wisconsin to face charges in Kenosha protest shootings
- Businesses play it safe before Election Day
- Kyle Rittenhouse cried, vomited and worried about social media as he told Antioch cops, ‘I shot two white kids’
- ‘I need my eyes,’ says victim of paintball gun shooting who lost sight in one eye, as Chicago police arrest 6 in recent attacks
- It’s Election Day. Here’s everything you need to know if you still need to vote.
- Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird announce engagement
- John Daly — who has bladder cancer — shares the lead in a PGA Tour Champions tournament
- Crisscrossing Midwest states hit hard by latest COVID-19 surge, Trump pitches ‘back to normal’ as Biden warns of tough days still ahead
- Graduated-rate tax amendment rally gets sidetracked by Toni Preckwinkle pitch for Kim Foxx’s reelection
- Ethan Troy and Chris Mullen deliver sectional semifinal win for absent Chesterton coach Mark Peterson: ‘We love him to death.’
- Tommy Burbee runs for 119 yards and 2 TDs as Valparaiso holds off Michigan City in sectional semifinals: ‘We just have to stick with it.’
- Lavarion Logan scores early 42-yard touchdown and adds two more TDs as Merrillville rushes past Crown Point in a sectional semifinal
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, Nov. 1