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- ‘Sell them, Virginia’: Your best 3-word reviews from the Chicago Bears’ 41-25 loss to the Green Bay Packers
- 16-year-old boy grazed by bullet on Far South Side, police say
- Holiday events–real, virtual and through kits– are taking place in your town
- Daily horoscope for November 30, 2020
- Column: Aaron Rodgers once again shows the Chicago Bears what they’ve been missing
- Ask Amy: Woman wants to get out of her own way
- Editorial: Deadly veterans home outbreak needs outside review, now
- Chicago alderman who got contributions from pet store owner flips on anti-puppy mill law
- UIC to establish program for students with intellectual disabilities who often have few options after high school
- City dismissed red-light camera tickets against Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security detail
- Chicago police Superintendent David Brown in rare disagreement with oversight agency on two police discipline cases
- Letters: Have last 4 years under Trump been damaging?
- Will a 5th straight loss get someone fired? Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts after the Chicago Bears lost 41-25 to the Green Bay Packers.
- Best deals of Cyber Monday 2020
- This day in history, November 30: President Clinton signs the Brady Bill, requiring background checks for handgun purchases
- Daywatch: Illinois’ vaccine distribution plan in flux, Lightfoot security detail’s tickets dismissed and Lincoln Park’s North Pond drying up
- States with the fastest-growing rents
- Scholarship to honor legacy of St. Xavier graduate, Christ Hospital nurse killed in 2018
- Moderna to seek OK for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine in US, Europe
- Merriam-Webster’s top word of 2020 not a shocker: pandemic
- Winners and losers from the Chicago Bears’ Week 12 loss, including Jim McMahon’s pregame segment, George Halas’ legacy and Tarik Cohen’s tweet
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 13: Pick up receivers Allen Lazard and Deebo Samuel for your playoff push
- Iranian official accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist remotely with ‘electronic devices’
- Doctor says Joe Biden fractured foot while playing with his dog
- Oak Park to fund business marketing plan, studying winter outdoor dining options for restaurants
- Column: Violent death of rapper King Von reminds us how people across the country are dancing to the music of revenge and murder in Chicago
- Garth Brooks’ ‘Fun’ album caps tough year, after Detroit became unplanned last tour stop
- 2020: Strangest year of Atlantic hurricane seasons comes to an end
- Inside the long-awaited trial of the Islamic State militants accused of killing journalist James Foley, other hostages
- Terry Savage: What’s on the 2021 agenda? Alleviating college financial agony
- Great credit cards for holiday shopping
- How to handle holiday loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a therapist
- Jill On Money: Year end money moves to make amid COVID-19
- Help Them To Hope
- Therapists’ tips to create healthy boundaries at home during coronavirus
- Médico de Maradona declara ante fiscalía por causa de muerte
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s ride
- Charles M. Blow column: For Trump, past is prologue
- U.S. Justice Department alleges Hinsdale violated Fair Housing Act over effort against sober living house
- Trinity Sober Living sells its Hinsdale house
- El Dasa tras coronarse en ‘Tu Cara Me Suena’: ‘Mamá gané’
- Biden conforma equipo de prensa compuesto sólo por mujeres
- Rita Ora says sorry for lockdown-breaching birthday party
- What we learned from Week 12 of the NFL season
- Hockey off the grid and amid glaciers
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: When can we stop thinking about Trump every minute?
- David Brooks column: The rotting of the Republican mind
- Ben Smith column: The king of Trump TV thinks you’re dumb enough to buy it
- Chance the Rapper and family decamp to suburban mansion while keeping Streeterville condo
- NFL sets a tripleheader for Week 16 on Dec. 26
- Paul Krugman column: In praise of Janet Yellen the economist
- Talk of the County reader opinion: We are ‘out of our heads’ for voting in Biden
- Moderna pide a EEUU y la UE que usen su vacuna de emergencia
- Los Packers le dan paliza a los Bears, que siguen en picada con Trubisky
- Maureen Dowd column: A brother’s tears for Trump
- Advierten en EEUU de futuras vacunas fraudulentas
- When the White House was full of claws, scales, stripes and tails
- Talk of the County reader opinion: The outgoing president won’t run again, but beware of ‘the new wannabe Trumpers’ in 2024
- Coronavirus: La culpa del que conserva su trabajo
- Hollywood ha ignorado durante años a los latinos
- Bajo Trump, cientos de pequeños cambios en inmigración tienen gran impacto
- Small businesses that took PPP aid may now face a punishing tax bill
- Best products of Cyber Monday to take care of yourself or others
- Wisconsin confirma victoria de Biden tras recuento de votos
- Chance the Rapper and family decamp to suburban Chicago mansion while keeping downtown condo
- A cat is said to be joining the Bidens in the White House
- When the White House was full of claws, scales, stripes and tails
- Talk of the County reader opinion:
- Pandemic puts decades of gains over US poverty at risk of being wiped out
- Anger grows at Hong Kong’s erratic COVID-19 rules as cases mount
- Should isolation periods be shorter for people with COVID-19?
- ‘Because she’s a girl’: Lockdown exposes gender gap in UK sports
- Meet Chicago-area native Drew Sidora, the newest cast member of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’
- Biden se fractura pie derecho cuando jugaba con su perro
- Speak Out reader opinion: Bears continue to perform miserably
- Today is Cyber Monday: $12.7 billion in online sales is a very big deal, even if every day feels like Cyber Monday
- Indiana teacher, substitute shortage worsened by COVID-19
- ‘Macho: The Hector Camacho Story’ exhibe los demonios del ídolo del boxeo boricua (VIDEO)
- Cannabis stocks surge as US election opens new markets
- The lost days that made Bergamo a coronavirus tragedy
- Legislador da positivo durante reunión con Trump
- Chicago police search for gunman who killed 16-year-old boy in South Loop parking garage
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘All he had to do was tell the truth, not demonize the other party and divide the country’
- Fauci: EEUU podría ver “repunte sobre repunte” del virus
- The lost days that made Bergamo a coronavirus tragedy
- Food delivery apps are booming. Their workers are often struggling.
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Stupid Democrats supported Biden because they were too busy ‘destroying property … waiting for the welfare check to come’
- This year, use that leftover Thanksgiving turkey for these spicy nachos
- Green Bay transfer Trevian Bell takes control in opener, rings in a new season for Lewis: ‘He’s going to be a really good player for us.’
- Jed Hoyer puts his stamp on his Chicago Cubs front office with 15 promotions, led by new assistant GMs Jeff Greenberg and Craig Breslow
- Big waves pound lakefront
- How to have a socially distanced cookie exchange this holiday season
- Northwestern’s Saturday football game at Minnesota is canceled — likely clinching the Big Ten West for the Wildcats — after the Gophers reported 47 COVID-19 cases since Nov. 19
- The best hot chocolate of all time. Seriously.
- Influx of Republican voters stands out in traditionally Democratic Lake County
- Wind, not snow, the main event of weather system battering Chicago, forecasters say
- Best Cyber Monday deals on gadgets, games, and toys for people of all ages
- Highland Park, Deerfield high schools to keep with all-remote learning into second half of academic year: ‘At this point…students are getting good with the e-learning’
- Bolsonaro alega que hubo fraude en las elecciones de EEUU
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Dec. 1
- GM walks away from stake in Nikola, days after electric vehicle maker accused of ‘intricate fraud’
- Grosjean ya tiene sustituto tras salvar la vida milagrosamente (VIDEO)
- México quiere que EEUU le regrese al exsecretario Genaro García Luna
- The luxury e-commerce wars heat up
- The college athletes who are allowed to make big bucks: Cheerleaders
- Ed Perkins on Travel: Will IATA’s new travel pass get you going again?
- Feds allege Mokena woman defrauded state child care assistance program
- Raúl Jiménez es operado tras fractura de cráneo (VIDEO)
- The college athletes who are allowed to make big bucks: Cheerleaders
- Column: She joined the women’s pro tour. She started coaching in college. And now, a new ball leads to a state record for Brandi Branka.
- Offices of Diego Maradona’s doctor raided over his death
- Para atraer a hispanos, demócratas deben ampliar esfuerzos
- College basketball rankings: Gonzaga and Baylor stay 1-2, with Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois rounding out the top 5
- Ryan Seacrest’s $85 million Beverly Hills home hits the market
- Highland Park waiving some business fees amid COVID-19 pandemic, as they ‘have faced enormous challenges this year’
- Indiana starting QB Michael Penix Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL
- Holiday songs to make your playlist more festive
- Cartoonist Rich Sparks
- A gymnastics coach accused of emotional abuse speaks out: ‘I cared too much’
- Timmothy Pitzen’s family recalls his disappearance on ‘Real Life Nightmare’ TV series
- Hardworking seniors Julia Schutz and Bri Houpt are among the reasons Andrean is unbeaten. Both also are finalists for the Lilly scholarship.
- Health experts told Americans to stay home, but millions flew over Thanksgiving
- Ask Anna: Accidental boyfriends, helping friend get back in dating game and an awkward roommate situation
- Michael Jordan hace millonaria donación al banco de alimentos
- Lake County’s COVID-19 numbers improve, but health officials wary of Thanksgiving impact
- Santa Claus, Indiana, is the place to be this time of year for Christmas merriment
- Here’s what you may have missed over the long Thanksgiving weekend
- How live holiday shows are adapting to COVID-19
- Column: South Holland bakery shifts to grocery marketing plan during pandemic
- ‘Sound of Metal’ review: Riz Ahmed galvanizes a tale of addiction, and the realm of the senses
- Gyros Planet and Taqueria will stay open after receiving community support
- Glenview, Northbrook offer early retirement to village staffers as suburbs look to cut costs during COVID-19 pandemic
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- Corte Suprema de EEUU sopesará caso de exclusiones del censo
- El Universo Star Wars llora a David Prowse: ‘Fue mucho más que Darth Vader’
- Aumentan viajes en EEUU pese a advertencias por pandemia
- Discapacitado enfrenta a intruso mientras la policía espera calle abajo
- Michigan nearing launch of online sports betting, other games
- Vernon Hills hosts Santa parade, virtual tree lighting over weekend
- Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations set new peak over weekend
- 49ers will play 2 upcoming home games in Arizona after COVID-19 regulations force them out of San Francisco
- Waukegan High Student Council decorates downtown, holds food drive: ‘We knew people are having a hard time right now’
- Bolivia normaliza actividades por bajo contagio de COVID-19
- Funeral for beloved Chicago 911 dispatcher
- When will kids get a COVID-19 vaccine? Experts say it may be long after adults.
- Column: Evanston students auction time and talents to save Gyros Planet, a struggling restaurant feeding thousands of hungry families
- Aurora-area libraries adjust to restrictions in place to fight pandemic
- Will Mitch Trubisky start again at QB for the Chicago Bears? ‘I don’t see why not,’ coach Matt Nagy says after reviewing the loss to the Green Bay Packers.
- NICTD projects expected to begin construction in summer
- OMS aconseja evitar reuniones en Navidad y no acudir a centros comerciales ‘abarrotados’
- How will the new post-Trump, Biden era shape TV shows and movies? We have some ideas
- Column: College football this fall is a cruel joke and a staggering failure on the part of America’s universities
- Family carjacked at gunpoint in Lincolnwood driveway: Police
- DoorDash plans to go public, pegs its worth at nearly $30B
- Commentary: In December’s darkness, the prophets and poets guide us toward the light
- North Shore butcher sentenced to a year in prison in sports betting scheme
- Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the census count
- Blueprint for change or another blow to North Lawndale? A call to close 3 schools and open another has split a Chicago community in need of rebuilding.
- Best under-the-radar buys for the end of Cyber Monday and beyond
- Recruiting notes: Speedy does it as Yorkville’s Hogan Schmitt commits to Illinois-Chicago before even playing a varsity game
- No, Georgia’s governor cannot ‘overrule’ its secretary of state on voting
- Presidente mexicano promete justicia en asesinato de francés
- Los Pumas piden perdón por austero homenaje a Maradona (VIDEO)
- Dientes que se caen y dolor en las encías: otras posibles secuelas de COVID-19
- Round 2 of Invest South/West seeks to revive Bronzeville, South Chicago, New City, North Lawndale
- Frozen iguanas possible as Florida feels ‘coldest temperatures of the season’
- After Black Lives Matter sign vandalized at Evanston church, donations and support quickly roll in
- Column: COVID-19 hasn’t infected my body. It has definitely infected my thoughts.
- La opositora María Corina Machado ve en Venezuela un proyecto ‘criminal’ para ‘desestabilizar el hemisferio’
- Pintor solidario compra obras de otros artistas
- GAO says weekly unemployment benefits report flawed
- Critics look to pressure GOP over Indiana redistricting
- Columna: Estudiantes de Evanston subastan tiempo y talentos para salvar Gyros Planet, un restaurante en dificultades que alimenta a miles de familias hambrientas
- López Obrador hace balance de sus dos primeros años de mandato: ‘No ha sido fácil’
- Malas noticias sobre la lesión de Eden Hazard
- Biden desvela su equipo económico, con Janet Yellen como primera mujer al frente del Tesoro
- Santa Claus during the coronavirus pandemic
- Letters: Effects of the Supreme Court’s decision overruling pandemic-related limits on worshippers
- Eligen la palabra del año
- La decoración navideña de la Casa Blanca 2020
- White House Christmas decor gives nod to 1st responders
- Column: Hope can be a powerful thing. Let’s gift ourselves a bit of it this holiday season.
- Laverne Cox recounts transphobic attack in LA: ‘Never fails to be shocking’
- White House Christmas decor gives nod to 1st responders
- Howard Stern would be ‘honored’ if president-elect Joe Biden adopts one of his cats
- Column: Waukegan Mayor Coulson left lasting impression
- Part of Grand Avenue to close for week during bridge demolition
- Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief — a top secret summary of US intelligence and world events
- Maduro llama a votar a los venezolanos para ‘recuperar la Asamblea Nacional’
- High waves on Porter County lakefront give recent erosion-mitigation efforts their ‘first big test’
- ‘Her Empowered Voice’ aims to give Black women community, resources to help combat infant mortality
- Donaba dinero ilegalmente a campañas, traficaba influencias
- Tyson tras pelea ante Roy Jones: ‘Esto es mejor que pelear por campeonatos’ (VIDEO)
- Carjacking in Morton Grove leads to arrest of two Chicago teens after crash on I-94
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- Cavani se disculpa por usar la palabra ‘negrito’
- ‘I’m Your Woman’ da giro moderno a drama criminal de los 70
- Three families displaced, cats die in Morton Grove apartment fire
- Commentary: The Supreme Court religion ruling is a yawner. Here’s why.
- Commentary: From HIV/AIDS to COVID-19: Public health crises underscore need for policies that don’t discriminate
- Vandals strike outdoor dining tents in Chicago’s West Loop
- Pateador mexicoamericano de los Colts revela que tiene cáncer
- Evanston gun buyback event scheduled for Dec. 5
- The Chicago Bears never have fired a coach during the season, but Matt Nagy’s job status is in the spotlight after a ‘flat-out embarrassing’ loss
- Aurora police investigating Sunday shooting on city’s East Side
- 5 Big Ten football takeaways after Week 6, including the messy league rules of playing during COVID-19 and who has a shot at the championship
- Arizona certifica triunfo de Biden sobre Trump en el estado
- Los cárteles mexicanos invaden TikTok
- At Kendall County jail, 13 additional inmates, four staff members test positive for COVID-19
- Citing confidence in saliva-based COVID-19 screening protocol, New Trier to consider expansion of in-person instruction
- Corrections and clarifications
- EEUU impone nuevas medidas tras feriado de Acción de Gracias
- Police: Car reported stolen out of DeKalb crashes, catches fire in Oak Park
- Chicago Bears’ loss to rival Green Bay Packers on ‘Sunday Night Football’ averages a 23.7 household rating in their home TV market
- Chicago police ask for help finding driver in hit-and-run that killed 86-year-old man in Little Village
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Nov. 30 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Lottery scheduled for ballot position in Aurora election
- Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game rescheduled again by COVID-19 to Wednesday
- Editorial: Enough excuses. Get to work, General Assembly.
- Second stimulus check updates: COVID-19 relief package a long-shot in lame-duck Congress session
- Americans face strict new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving as health experts brace for out-of-control surge to worsen
- Judge orders Cook County state’s attorney’s office to pay family’s legal fees in suit over handling of cab driver’s slaying
- Biden nominates Yellen for treasury secretary, names liberal economic team as pandemic threatens workers
- Illinois sees small decline in COVID-19 hospitalization numbers, but too early to tell if infection curve is bending down
- Chicago officials shut down 300-person party in Wicker Park as 9 businesses closed for at least a day since tighter COVID-19 restrictions took effect
- Shoppers head to stores in Oak Brook, Hinsdale and other towns on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, despite COVID-19 restrictions
- Oak Park District 97 students to remain fully remote through at least mid-January
- COVID-19 vaccines are coming. But first, a long and dark winter.
- Dr. Scott Atlas, a White House coronavirus adviser who was skeptical of measures to control outbreak, resigns
- Wisconsin and Arizona certify Biden’s narrow victories as Trump’s attorneys continue to make baseless claims of fraud
- Lincolnshire trustees seek more info before voting on tax levy, water and sewer increases
- Man shot near University of Chicago Law School on what is ‘usually a quiet street’
- DePaul postpones its Thursday basketball game against Northern Illinois to allow for conditioning time after pausing for COVID-19 cases