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- Detroit Lions fire coach Matt Patricia — who went 13-29-1 in two-plus seasons — and GM Bob Quinn
- Daily horoscope for November 29, 2020
- Invasive buckthorn crowding out plants in your garden? Here’s how to get rid of it.
- Illinois teachers say COVID-19 struggles are mounting and they’re ‘acutely worried about the safety and well-being’ of students
- Letters: A nurse thanks her patients during a difficult 2020
- Editorial: How Illinois can mimic, or exploit, a ‘transaction tax’ fiasco
- From food pantries to parking lot Wi-Fi, public libraries evolve during COVID-19 pandemic
- Ask Amy: Friend favors exclusive group over friendships
- Lincoln Park’s North Pond is drying up and in ‘dire need’ of restoration
- Stagg grad who ‘singlehandedly’ organized huge conservation expos rewarded with scholarship
- This day in history, November 29: First flight over the South Pole completed
- The best pre-Cyber Monday deals
- David Prowse, actor who played Darth Vader, dies at 85
- Crisis Line of Will and Grundy Counties takes last calls as United Way begins effort to fill void
- The pomegranate harvest is life here. The Taliban shattered it.
- Newly tightened virus regulations challenge Vermont’s ski season
- ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ review: Holiday winks
- 9 ways to support small businesses
- Is Margaret Thatcher’s hometown ready to put her on a pedestal?
- Latinos, long dismissed in Hollywood, push to make voices heard
- James Bond actor Sean Connery’s causes of death released
- Mike Tyson draws in his exhibition with Roy Jones Jr., while YouTube star Jake Paul knocks out former NBA player Nate Robinson
- Joe Biden plans quick moves to boost protections for LGBTQ Americans, including lifting Trump’s ban on transgender military service
- Holly Days campaign, Small Business Saturday try to revive Elgin shops during COVID-19 pandemic; ‘Everyone’s hurting right now’
- Naper Settlement planning slew of new events for next year to lure back visitors post-pandemic
- Column: Safe house for sex trafficking survivors in East Chicago will be new cornerstone of support
- Former IU-Northwest prof’s death from COVID-19 angers his widow: ‘I was ready to lead an army of COVID widows to Washington’
- Waubonsee Community College announces partnership with UIC College of Nursing
- Ravens’ Mark Andrews, Matthew Judon test positive for COVID-19; game vs. Steelers still on
- Renters still being kicked out during COVID-19 pandemic despite nationwide eviction ban
- Geneva’s iconic Little Traveler closes for in-store shopping due to pandemic
- Inmate from Arizona dies at Thomson prison in Illinois after fight with another inmate, officials say
- That mysterious ‘2001’-like monolith in the Utah desert? It’s gone, officials say
- Aurora creates police Civilian Review Board in response to calls for reform: ‘We heard the public loud and clear’
- Testing new release strategy, ‘The Croods’ opens to $14.2M at box office
- Homewood’s new two-day Small Business Saturday draws shoppers committed to supporting local merchants
- Rapper Lil Yase shot and killed at age 25
- Second to one: Lopsided loss by Hobart in Class 4A state championship game doesn’t leave Zach Vode discouraged
- Trump casts more baseless conspiracy theories in his first one-on-one post-election loss interview
- Small Business Saturday the shot in the arm many Naperville store owners say was much needed
- Snoop Dogg impresses with his boxing commentary as YouTube star Jake Paul KOs ex-NBA player Nate Robinson: ‘Good night, Irene’
- Alabama is No. 1 again as the top 8 teams in the college football rankings hold steady for a 4th week
- Chicago area in for winter weather overnight with 5 inches of lake-effect snow possible in Indiana, flood advisory issued
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Nov. 26-29 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- College basketball begins during COVID-19 pandemic, while four standouts from New Trier, Nazareth sit out Ivy League season
- Wisconsin recount confirms Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump
- Sarah Fuller will stick with Vanderbilt football after her historic kick: ‘I’ll stay around as long as they want me, till they like, kick me off’
- Prosecutors: GPS and video captured teen at fatal shooting scene outside Northwest Side bar
- Police: West Rogers Park man charged after trading shots with officer on city’s Northwest Side
- Dr. Anthony Fauci says US may see ‘surge upon a surge’ of coronavirus in coming weeks
- Vikings rally for a 28-27 win over the Panthers after a wild and mistake-filled 2nd half
- Jill Biden, Joe’s chief protector, to step up as first lady
- Phoenix Suns forward Abdel Nader commiserates with Niles North players on how to cope without basketball during COVID-19 pandemic
- Unique gifts, warm weather add up to good weekend for Lake County’s local merchants
- St. Demetrios volunteers prepare meals for families of Waukegan’s homeless students
- Prosecutor: Holiday partygoer who dug hands into leftovers fatally stabbed man who tried to force him out
- Chicagoans collect hundreds of donations to aid victims of hurricanes in Honduras: ‘Only the people can save each other’
- Denver Broncos start rookie receiver Kendall Hinton — who completes just 1 pass — at quarterback in a 31-3 loss to the New Orleans Saints
- Joe Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team
- CPS apologizes for inappropriate messages sent from school accounts
- President-elect Joe Biden expected to name top economic officials this week
- Charles Leno returns as the Chicago Bears shuffle the offensive line again, but Akiem Hicks misses the Week 12 game vs. the Green Bay Packers
- Developers reduce proposed Oak Park building’s height, but not enough for historic commission
- A 1-year-old disappeared when his mother and uncle were killed in Riverdale. Now police are searching for the child’s father.
- Week 12 photos: Green Bay Packers 41, Chicago Bears 25
- Week 12 recap: Mitch Trubisky has 3 turnovers in his return as Chicago Bears lose their 5th straight, 41-25 to Green Bay Packers