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- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks at a Mount Greenwood rally in support of President Trump
- Column: Good defense. Sputtering offense. Stuck in the NFL’s middle tier. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2020 Chicago Bears.
- Daily horoscope for November 2, 2020
- Voter demographics by state
- Big turkeys could be rare birds at Thanksgiving dinner this year
- Trump has made double the number of campaign stops as Biden in race’s final three weeks
- Editorial: It’s the final (Election Day) countdown
- Letters: For the good of the country, let us make peace with each other after the election
- Plans for Clarendon Park Community Center are chugging along as railroad club hopes for return
- Column: Win or lose on Tuesday, those who stood against Trump can stand with their heads held high
- Ask Amy: Wake up and smell the yard signs!
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ Week 8 overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints
- ‘Fire Fauci,’ Florida rally crowd chants, and Trump suggests he’ll oblige — but ‘after the election’
- Daywatch: All Illinois regions face tighter COVID restrictions, Trump doubles Biden in campaign stops and 13 new Chicago sandwiches to take home
- Is 2-0 Northwestern legit? Are there any Jim Harbaugh believers remaining? 4 takeaways from another wild Big Ten football weekend.
- Police: Eddie Hassell, actor in ‘The Kids Are All Right’ and ‘Surface,’ dies at 30 after being shot
- Winners and losers from the Chicago Bears’ Week 8 OT loss, including an unimpressed Troy Aikman, a distracting ‘breaking news’ banner and too much SkyCam
- Britain’s Prince William had coronavirus in April, around the same time as his father, according to reports
- Lowell officer, three others from Lake County named to state all-star team for OWI arrests
- When will the race be called? Here are answers to key questions about Election Day.
- Networks pledge caution for an election night like no other
- Pandemic recession becomes ‘shecession’ as more working moms are forced to quit jobs
- Close out 2020 with a look at portraits of the year’s biggest newsmakers
- Chicago Fire enter the final week of the MLS season with a shot at the playoffs — and a lot of uncertainty
- Lake County local scores for Tuesday, Nov. 3
- Último día de histórica campaña electoral en EEUU
- Man on electronic monitoring in Cook County now wanted in Ohio, where he is accused of pulling gun on deputies
- Trump amenaza en un mitin con despedir a Fauci
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Tuesday, Nov. 3
- ‘Go out there and vote, use that right’: How the Chicago Bears are using voter education and initiatives to help their local communities
- Daily Southtown local scores and schedules for Tuesday, Nov. 3
- Vaticano explica postura del papa sobre unión civil de gays
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: It was Election Day Eve and all through the house …
- Judge Diane Gordon Cannon, longtime Cook County jurist, dies after long medical leave
- Charles M. Blow column: Our most dangerous weeks are ahead
- Charles M. Blow column: America shocked itself and the world
- Michelle Goldberg column: Four wasted years thinking about Donald Trump
- Speak Out reader opinion: Governor’s COVID-19 briefings should be translated to languages other than Spanish
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Nov. 3
- McDonald’s hires diversity chief amid corporate turmoil
- Ross Douthat column: The opportunities we lost under Trump
- ‘It’s just crazy’ in Pennsylvania as surge in mail voting heightens election anxiety
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Leslie Stahl was ‘cocky and combative from the beginning’ during Trump interview
- David Brooks column: Trump’s presidency smashed the ‘decency floor’
- Frank Bruni column: How will I ever look at America the same way again?
- Gail Collins column: The woman president who wasn’t
- Jeannie Mai withdraws from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ after being hospitalized and diagnosed with throat condition
- Candidatos de 5 partidos compiten para gobernador de Puerto Rico
- Paul Krugman column: Trump killed the Pax Americana
- Make this DIY air filter to (possibly) reduce your indoor exposure to coronavirus
- Aurora detached garage destroyed in fire
- Talk of the County reader opinion: With 200,000-plus dead, federal government dropping ball on protecting us
- Johnny Depp pierde caso de difamación en Gran Bretaña
- Tinley Park couple push through Park District’s 29th Turkey Trot
- Johnny Depp loses UK libel case over ‘wife-beater’ claims
- Jamelle Bouie column: Don’t fool yourself. Trump is not an aberration.
- Alemania inicia 4 semanas de cuarentena para frenar al virus
- Pandemic knocks Journeyman off the trail, but project still on track: ‘We signed the development agreement … and literally, a week later, the world fell apart’
- Walgreens finishes German wholesale pharmaceuticals deal; names Valerie Jarrett to board
- Bret Stephens column: Goodbye principled conservatism
- Maureen Dowd column: Sharknado goes to Washington
- What we learned from Week 8 of the NFL season
- ¿Qué pasa cuando un estadounidense desaparece en México?
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Waukegan is showing such respect’ by peacefully protesting police shooting
- What these athletes learned from their pandemic pauses
- Clarendon Hills Community Caucus sets Nov. 9 for virtual kickoff meeting for 2021 elections
- National Guard arriving Monday at some Indiana nursing homes hard hit by COVID-19 cases
- Music Review: Neil Young revisits 2003’s ‘Greendale’
- Lowell’s Karina James learned to compete on a daily basis while growing up with six other kids. Who can compete with her now?
- El Madrid juega una ‘final’ en la Champions
- Bajo Trump: reestructuración radical de agencia inmigración
- Column: Naperville native Carissa Kacmarek creates ‘(un)sociable’ web series in pursuit of Hollywood dream
- Kane County phone line announced for reporting of Election Day problems
- Cuatro microempresas que sobreviven a la pandemia
- Caregivers have witnessed the coronavirus’s pain. How will they vote?
- Islamic State attack on Kabul University in Afghanistan leaves 22 dead, 22 wounded
- Ed Perkins on Travel: Holiday travel 2020 November update
- Pope Francis’ comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in documentary, Vatican says
- Talk of the County reader opinion:’Neighbors don’t want to hear your darn dogs disturbing them all the time’
- Mount Everest empties as COVID-19 strikes tourism in Nepal
- Clarendon Hills moms make for a sweet ride as witches
- Chicago’s jazz clubs struggle to stay afloat
- Top Workplaces 2020: Explore the full list of Chicago-area winners
- The Atlantic says it was deceived by the writer of an article on niche sports
- Column: Richton Park restaurant owner understands shutdown, but businesses need another stimulus plan
- How J Balvin made his trippy, eye-popping Halloween concert in Fortnite
- How J Balvin made his trippy, eye-popping Halloween concert in Fortnite
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Pritzker ‘is doing his job and trying to protect the rest of us’ with COVID-19 restrictions
- 2020 presidential election: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden
- Joe Biden elected the 46th president of the United States
- EEUU: Centroamericanos que llegaron en masa, hoy en el limbo
- ‘He never forgot where he came from’: Before Wilton Gregory was named the first Black cardinal in the US, he got his start in the Chicago suburbs
- Eta ties 2005 for the most Atlantic storms in a single year
- New York proposes regulations for hemp-derived CBD products
- Cómo mantenerse a flote vendiendo mantequilla
- Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize hard drugs
- Libertyville jewelry store robbed of $150,000 worth of items
- Cardi B’s divorce dismissed after she gets back together with husband Offset
- Daniela Romo vuelve a la pantalla chica por Univision con ‘Vencer el Desamor’ el lunes 9 de noviembre
- Los republicanos intentan salvar su mayoría en el Senado
- ‘That ’70s Show’ star Danny Masterson says rape case ‘politically motivated’
- Historic Gray’s Mill in Montgomery may become banquet facility
- NFL COVID-19 updates: Green Bay Packers player tests positive and the Baltimore Ravens’ Marlon Humphrey tweets he ‘got the Rona’
- Howard Stern praises Taylor Swift for taking a political stand
- Texas: Corte rechaza intento republicano de desechar votos
- Column: Revolt brewing over Pritzker’s plague mandates
- Girls cross country notes: Grant’s Aly Negovetich and Lakes’ Brooke Stromsland finish IHSA state series as 3-time sectional champions
- Preocupa repunte de COVID al llegar las elecciones en EEUU
- Legal armies on standby as potential election legal challenges likely to stem from huge increase in absentee balloting
- Outside groups spend $8.2 million on Wisconsin legislative races, according to watchdog report
- Pandemic prompts state to keep grades the same on ISBE report card; ‘We do not have the usual data on school culture and climate’
- Hospitals scrambling to find enough nurses as US coronavirus cases surge
- Craving: Chicago’s best wings — for football watching and election results obsessing
- Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to hear arguments for the first time
- Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths increasing; Lake County reports most new cases with 366
- Tiny plasma company could get millions from feds to make coronavirus treatment, but firm exists only on paper
- Jon Lester spends $47,000 on Miller Lites for Chicago Cubs fans
- Black Lives Matter prueba su influencia de cara a elecciones
- Zeta’s toll on a Louisiana island: ‘Like a bomb was dropped’
- U.S. Rep. Sean Casten vs. Jeanne Ives
- ‘Bullets for Dead Hoods’ salvages encyclopedia of 1930s mobsters
- Boys cross country notes: Ismail Tineh and two teammates return from quarantine as Sandburg finishes fourth at sectional, eyes ShaZam event
- Chicago Bears’ overtime loss to the Saints attracts their highest local TV ratings since the 2019 prime-time opener vs. the Packers
- Chicago Bulls begin to build Billy Donovan’s coaching staff by reportedly adding Maurice Cheeks and Josh Longstaff
- Ongoing pandemic worsens schools’ substitute teacher woes
- Naperville Police Blotter
- Para latinos en EEUU, el COVID-19 pesa en el Día de Muertos
- Ante pandemia, EEUU necesita más enfermeros con urgencia
- Los centros comerciales están en serios aprietos
- Realizan exorcismos para alejar espíritus malignos en EEUU
- 20 Chicago-area voters share their ‘I voted’ stickers
- Commentary: Chicago’s police must do more to protect human rights
- Bill Nye talks about his new book and how the next generation of kids can save the world
- No matter who wins, Democrats will be split between younger progressives and a moderate old guard. And a Republican Party redefined in Trump’s image will start weighing where it goes next.
- ALLAN WERNICK: Una victoria de Joe Biden significa que las políticas antiinmigrantes de Trump podrían revertirse
- Column: Will the 2020 loser join the ranks of those who gave winning concession speeches?
- Four-star Ever restaurant pivots to carryout — get Curtis Duffy’s cooking for $55 instead of $285
- Baranek: Sandburg freshman Maia Loureiro lived up to great expectations on the tennis court. ‘My goal was to … kind of get business done.’
- UPS takes flight in Gary with express parcels
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Darien teenager charged with selling LSD to undercover officer
- Letters: IHSA’s decision to go ahead with winter sports during the pandemic is ill-advised
- Column: After an exhausting presidential campaign, we deserve this Election Day
- Naperville News Digest
- ‘Sin señas particulares’ triunfa en el Festival de Morelia
- Rural Midwestern states with few virus rules also enjoy low unemployment
- Brecha de género divide el voto en familias latinas de EEUU
- In new book, Lindy West asks bizarre questions about blockbuster films
- 8 things you should know if you’re voting with the environment in mind
- Bricks thrown at Evanston police, Northwestern University students pepper-sprayed in off-campus clash as protesters again call on university to defund its police
- Zeta’s toll on a Louisiana island: ‘Like a bomb was dropped’
- Scaled-back Thanksgiving plans leave turkey farmers in limbo
- What to expect from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on election day
- Chicago Bears’ Javon Wims gets a 2-game suspension for his punch during the Week 8 loss
- Preguntas sobre Tokio 2020
- Western Springs Halloween fun COVID-style
- Stay warm and keep your face covered with new NFL winter hoods
- Veterans Day ceremonies in Morton Grove, Park Ridge, Niles, will take place in altered form. They start Sunday.
- Are you a Biden supporter or a Trump fan? Make your vote heard with election-themed fried chicken sandwiches
- Commissioners urge Porter County residents to ‘be more vigilant’ managing COVID-19
- Crushed by the coronavirus, 2 mall operators file for bankruptcy
- Cross country notes: St. Charles East and Yorkville among teams forced to adjust to flights in postseason races
- Senior Assistance Center in Norridge sees increase in need, appeals to public for help
- Estás enfermo. Pero, ¿qué es, covid, gripe o resfriado?
- Taylor Swift fans celebrate singer being able to re-record her old albums with #TaylorIsFree
- Feeling disoriented by the election, pandemic and everything else? It’s called ‘zozobra,’ and Mexican philosophers have some advice
- The late Don Drysdale, a former Chicago White Sox TV announcer, is among 8 finalists for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2021 Frick Award
- University of Chicago Medicine looking for 2,000 participants for COVID-19 vaccine trial
- Cozy gifts that crank up the comfort — even in a pandemic
- Column: Since it seems that New Yorkers like to boss people around, we called over there and asked for some advice.
- 12 seriously cool gifts for guys (and yes, one is a bike)
- Storm water system visual inspection planned for South Haven
- Commentary: That anxiety brought on by the election, pandemic, economy, all of 2020? It’s called ‘zozobra’
- Conteo de votos podría tardar más de lo normal
- Taxes, heroin and statehood: A glimpse into this election’s ballot measures slated across the country
- Gifts for the millennials who are, unsurprisingly, still broke
- Gifts to make the sheer awfulness of 2020 a tiny bit less awful
- Hinsdale Bank granted variance to open branch in Oak Park’s Hemingway District
- For the cook who’s in the kitchen now more than ever
- Stocking stuffers for $10 or less that might surprise you
- Teachers want you to keep it simple. Here are a few ideas to make them feel appreciated.
- 12 cheap and very chic gifts for your style-obsessed loved one
- Illinois football: No new positive COVID-19 tests after QB Brandon Peters and tight end Griffin Moore sat out last week’s game
- Gifts that will make your teens say, ‘How did you know?’
- Portillo’s superfans line up for hours on opening day at newest Chicago location
- Pandemia causa quiebra de empresas de centros comerciales
- 17 gifts from Black-owned Chicago businesses
- No, you can’t just give your bae the gift of love again
- Franklin Park holds trick-or-treat at North Park
- Visually impaired voters casting ballots in presidential election face formidable challenges, local nonprofit says
- Gifts for those who need a drink now more than ever
- Veterans Day ceremony to be held outside, with social distancing, in Franklin Park
- Here’s what you need to make awesome DIY gifts on a budget
- Wall Street rallies ahead of a potentially turbulent week
- Composer Jake Heggie celebrates vocalists with ‘Sing LOUDER’ podcast
- Last-minute ideas for the people you need a gift for in a hurry
- Los niños vuelven a las clases presenciales en La Habana
- The essential 2020 stocking stuffer? A new face mask.
- Pants may be optional when working from home. These gifts are not.
- In Lake County, 97.6K people vote early in-person, more than doubling previous record set in 2016
- No one will know if you secretly keep these gifts for yourself
- Exercise your options: Shape up your home workout routine with these items
- Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx challenged by Republican candidate Patrick O’Brien
- COVID-19 has changed how Americans give
- We need to talk about the bias against childless employees
- EatingWell: Healthy fall salad adds seasonal flair to Thanksgiving table
- Kary Osmond: Barbecue jackfruit sandwiches are easy and delicious
- Shawn’s Hemp: Former NBA All-Star Kemp opens cannabis dispensary
- Illinois is nearing its contact tracing hiring goal. Is it too late?
- COVID: La aprensión de inmigrantes ante rastreo de contactos
- Bolivianos despiden las almas de los muertos en la pandemia
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 9: Pick up Zack Moss and Jalen Reagor at the halfway mark
- Lo bueno y lo malo de la economía de EEUU previo a las elecciones
- Chicago businesses board up windows, brace for possible Election Day unrest
- Aurora man charged with murder after Elgin man found dead in house being renovated
- Editorial: Democracy is messy. Be patient with election returns.
- Across the nation, political rage is on the rise. ‘This is as bad as I’ve ever seen,’ says one Chicagoan.
- ‘Non-scalable’ fence going up around White House as election protests loom
- Debate sobre mascarillas llega a centros de votación de EEUU
- ‘The Simpsons’ showed us the fiery dystopia we could cause if we don’t vote
- Chicago labor unions say a general strike is an option if there are threats to a free and fair election Tuesday
- Corrections and clarifications
- Election Day 2020 in Chicago
- Kane County surpasses 2016 vote total before Election Day
- Get Avec’s famed chorizo-stuffed dates — and other One Off faves — shipped to you for making at home
- Boys cross country notes: Grayslake Central’s Bryan Vale gives it ‘my all’ to edge Grayslake North’s Armani Diaz for second in 2A sectional
- Kyle Rittenhouse’s bail remains at $2 million as dead man’s father makes emotional plea for higher amount
- Numerous businesses in Burr Ridge and Willowbrook report mail theft and check fraud
- Speak Out reader opinions: Athletes not wearing masks are no role models; Cook Building suggestion; Schumer wrong to chastise Feinstein for hug
- In Russia’s idyllic wine country, dark tales of dreams dashed
- Waukegan man killed in crash
- Aurora approves money for program to help underserved youths
- Agency increases NICTD cost of Double Track project to $454.7M
- Tras cierre de panteones, en solidaridad compran flores a vendedores
- As Election Day arrives, Lake County officials expect record voter turnout
- Pritzker urges patience with election results, has Illinois National Guard ‘in a state of readiness’ in event of unrest
- Will County on pace for record voter turnout this election
- Pilsen mural honors essential workers, residents
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Nov. 2 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- City watchdog says lack of civilian oversight could lower public trust in Chicago Police Department reforms
- Cal City man, Lynwood juvenile held in carjacking that started in Munster: police
- The Spin: Final countdown to Trump vs. Biden begins tomorrow | Biden’s big Chicago fundraisers | Pritzker has Illinois National Guard ‘in state of readiness’ in case of election unrest
- Judge scolds 2 men allegedly caught with paintball gun in car. ‘(Police) don’t know if what they’re seeing is a real firearm … and it’d just get worse from there.’
- Immigrant-focused coalition canvasses in Little Village ahead of Election Day: ‘We left it all out there’
- Chicago Cubs’ Yu Darvish and David Ross are finalists for NL Cy Young and Manager of the Year awards
- Actress Carol Arthur, of ‘Blazing Saddles’ and widow of Dom DeLuise, dies at 85
- Oak-Leyden leaders re-think how to serve developmentally disabled clients during COVID
- General Iron scrap shredder pays $18,000 fine for explosion, noxious air pollution on the North Side
- Chicago White Sox have finalists for 3 AL awards — with former manager Rick Renteria joining Jose Abreu (MVP) and Luis Robert (Rookie of the Year)
- Using ribbons, Park Ridge church creates memorial for Illinois victims of COVID-19
- 2 dead, 15 wounded in Vienna terror attack, authorities say
- With thousands completing ballots from home because of the pandemic, voters engage in new ways to discuss election issues
- Chicago’s Election Day should be ‘no different’ from past years and most results should be in by 10 p.m., election official says
- Election Day across America
- Six ‘gutsy’ Winnetka women featured in historical society’s Nov. 12 virtual presentation
- Glenview woman, 84, and dog die in house fire
- Park Ridge restaurants fined for defying Gov. Pritzker’s order and continuing indoor dining as COVID-19 cases rise
- In campaign’s closing hours, Trump threatens legal action as Biden stays on offense
- In return to Kenosha, Trump warns of ‘war on police,’ but doesn’t mention Jacob Blake or Kyle Rittenhouse
- Glencoe’s South School to open back up for some in-person learning after closing due to COVID-19 cases
- Federal judge rejects efforts by GOP activists to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes cast at drive-thru polling centers in Houston