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- These nonprofits in your town are collecting donations for people who need help
- Daily horoscope for December 1, 2020
- Watchdog group says 2011 smart grid legislation cited in federal bribery case put ComEd interests over public good
- Crete Country Christmas puts holiday revelers in the drivers seat, on a treasure hunt
- Chicago Park District to approve smaller budget for 2021 amid $100 million loss in revenue during the pandemic
- Column: Third annual Insult-A-Columnist Holiday Food Drive begins as coronavirus-driven food insecurity surges
- ‘Kitchens can be the Wild West, but this was just beyond.’ Former Acadia employees allege chef Ryan McCaskey fostered a sexualized culture and toxic workplace.
- Ask Amy: Friend wants to weigh in on troubled teen
- Column: To heck with your ‘common good,’ Chicago. Rules are meaningless, laws are unenforceable so I’m making up my own.
- Daywatch: City shuts down 300-person party, watchdog says legislation put ComEd over public good, and Chance the Rapper decamps to suburbs
- Column: Rich Sparks does drawings that make people laugh, and sometimes cringe. How’d you like a hand sandwich?
- 3 observations from rewatching the Chicago Bears’ Week 12 loss, including Eddie Jackson’s bad gamble and Mitch Trubisky’s old tendencies
- Chicago Bears QB rewind: Inside Mitch Trubisky’s return — turnovers, mental errors, a lopsided loss … and pity from the national broadcast
- 5 questions for the Chicago Bulls as they open training camp, including roster battles to watch and COVID-19 precautions
- Trump has raised $170 million since loss, telling supporters cash needed for ‘Election Defense Fund.’ The fine print tells a different story.
- This day in history, December 1: Rosa Parks arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat for white man
- Juice WRLD is Spotify’s most-streamed artist in U.S., Bad Bunny tops globally for 2020
- Best post-Cyber Monday deals
- The best last-minute gifts under $20
- Chicago Cubs face a Wednesday deadline to tender contracts to Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora Jr.
- Chicago bakery owner goes global in inspiring new documentary film series
- Working from home is tough, but these gifts will make it better
- Valparaiso police investigating report of man entering home; may be linked to others
- Help Them To Hope
- Waukegan’s $60 for 60 scholarship fundraising campaign underway
- Republicans need Trump’s turnout to win Georgia Senate runoff but fear his false election conspiracies will keep voters away
- Esports arena for professional video game competitions planned for Chicago’s Near South Side
- Nasdaq seeks power to mandate board diversity: Most listed companies would need at least 1 woman, 1 minority or LGBTQ member — or a good explanation
- My worst moment: Vanessa Williams and overcoming a sour stomach (yes, there was hurling)
- Ryan Gallagher mysteriously drops out of ‘The Voice’ right before the Knockout vote reveal
- Duro golpe a la F1: Hamilton da positivo al COVID-19
- Column: The despised Pilsen landmark plan gets a hearing today. Here’s how to save the treasured neighborhood.
- El artista más escuchado del año en Spotify a nivel mundial es boricua
- A Look Back column: Newton Finn lost the 2001 Waukegan mayor election by 6 votes
- Felicity Huffman will make her acting comeback in a TV baseball comedy
- OPINIÓN/El adiós a Maradona nos revela a la Argentina
- New TV docuseries shows how peregrine falcons hunt at night in Chicago: ‘A real rarity’
- Asesor científico de Trump deja su puesto en la Casa Blanca
- 2 killed, 15 injured when car strikes pedestrians in Germany, officials say
- El rebrote del virus es ‘paralizante’ para los enfermeros
- Extirparán tumor cancerígeno a Rigoberto Sánchez
- ‘Mean Girls’ star Jonathan Bennett is engaged to boyfriend, ‘Amazing Race’ alum Jaymes Vaughan
- Reporte: La pandemia retrasa a los escolares en matemáticas
- ¿Hongos mágicos para pacientes moribundos?
- The White House Christmas decorations look strikingly normal
- COVID-19 restrictions force area public libraries to revert to reduced offerings and curbside service
- Speak Out reader opinion: Hopes and concerns raised about COVID-19 vaccines
- EEUU: Inmigrantes detenidos deberán ver a un juez en 10 días
- ¿Necesitas un enfermero para COVID-19? Cuesta $8,000 a la semana
- Paul Krugman column: How will Biden deal with Republican sabotage?
- Bret Stephens column: Thank you, Justice Gorsuch
- Michelle Goldberg column: On pandemic schooling, de Blasio is actually leading
- Hugh Grant and David E. Kelley discuss the ‘Undoing’ finale
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, Dec. 2
- The White House Christmas decorations look strikingly normal
- Sephora to open hundreds of beauty shops inside Kohl’s stores
- Aurora’s top cop not chosen for Nashville police chief position
- Zoom is a pandemic success story, but will it be a ‘one-hit wonder’ after vaccine?
- Grosjean: ‘Vi venir la muerte’
- The best last-minute gifts gifts under $20
- Buffalo Grove Park District recognized as ‘best of the best’
- ‘Prisión secreta dentro de una prisión’ de ICE
- United Airlines charged an extra $386 for a Thanksgiving flight. Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- Day after Thanksgiving picnic in the park
- Who will get the coronavirus vaccine first?
- North Shore area authorities issue beware notice following rash of vehicle thefts, burglaries
- Prisons are COVID-19 hotbeds. When should inmates get the vaccine?
- Hombres armados invaden ciudad, asaltan banco en Brasil
- Column: Thanksgiving week wasn’t the same without football state finals, with St. Rita, Mount Carmel and H-F as title favorites
- Los Angeles reverses decision to close virus testing site for a film shoot
- State COVID-19 testing sites where anyone can get a test: Search our map for one near you
- Speak Out reader opinions: Sad to have Santa behind protective shield; GOP needs to follow oath, not Trump; let’s save money by consolidating counties
- EEUU: Militar baja a un niño de su auto y lo atropellan
- A break in the action: Windy City ThunderBolts announcer Terry Bonadonna writes a book and completes an audio documentary
- Berry-flavored HIV medication is ready for babies
- London AI lab claims breakthrough that could accelerate drug discovery
- Biden se dispone a dar a conocer su equipo económico
- ‘World’s loneliest elephant’ arrives safely in Cambodia
- Evanston passes budget with 1% property tax levy increase
- Column: A parting love letter to City Lit, my favorite bookstore in Chicago, on its final day of business
- Trump presenta demanda contra votación en Wisconsin
- Positive test rate of 11%? France’s schools remain open.
- Puppy pipeline runs from Georgia northward to adoptive homes
- Winnetka District 36 names veteran administrator to new inclusion, diversity post
- Insulina oral revolucionaría la vida de millones de hispanos diabéticos
- Why school districts have decided to bring only younger children back
- Libertyville seniors and longtime batterymates Gavin Bennett and Connor Lockwood see end of line as teammates after signing with D-I programs
- Why school districts have decided to bring only younger children back
- Woodstock man killed in Antioch Township crash
- Column: Republicans need to find a way out of this mess
- Maradona, el jugador que ocupó el trono de Dios
- Group seeking equality for women in tech raises $11 million
- COVID combat fatigue: ‘I would come home with tears in my eyes.’
- El Barca sigue sin contar con Messi en la Champions
- La alimentación, el mayor riesgo del coronavirus del que no se habla
- Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper, halted by COVID-19, could be revived as apartment tower in 2021
- Helmut Jahn skyscraper 1000M
- ‘I’m Your Woman’ review: Rachel Brosnahan stars in a gangster movie with a difference
- The Book Stall in Winnetka temporarily shuttered this week due to COVID-19
- Holiday parade in Franklin Park will feature a socially distant Santa on route through residential streets
- Oswego holiday events aim to create ‘as much normalcy as we can’
- After transferring from Oak Park-River Forest, Jaden McGill makes adjustments at Naperville Central: ‘They all welcomed me in so fast.’
- Editorial: Team Lightfoot’s lead foot a bad (and avoidable) look
- Teaching in the pandemic: ‘This is not sustainable’
- Illinois coronavirus daily case tally jumps back above 12,000, with 125 more deaths also reported
- Indiana’s COVID-19 deaths nearly double during November; Gov. Holcomb extends public health emergency 30 days
- Elgin applying for $4M state grant to help fund lead pipe replacement work through end of 2021
- Police: Morton Grove hotel robbed at gunpoint hours before armed carjacking
- Column: Legacy of Rensselaer man with brittle bone disorder lives on through his mother, who is in Lafayette hospice facility
- What to stream: Movies to match any vacation mood
- Comings & Goings: New Tinley Gas N Wash to offer Do-Rite Donuts, more
- Paul Raci grew up in Chicago, the hearing son of deaf parents. For Amazon’s ‘Sound of Metal,’ his course was clear: No acting allowed
- Column: Aurora Christian and NIU product Chad Beebe goes ‘from a muff to a memory’ in leading Minnesota Vikings to comeback win
- Commentary: We are failing our children by keeping them out of the classroom
- Publishing world’s annual BookExpo event may be finished, another blow to convention industry
- Edith Rockefeller McCormick reigned as queen of Chicago’s elite
- ‘Billie’ documentary offers eyes-wide-open look at the darker side of singer Holiday’s life
- Joe Biden unveils economic team declaring, ‘Help is on the way’
- Barr: No hemos detectado fraude que pueda cambiar resultado
- 4 muertos y 15 heridos tras atropellamiento en Alemania
- Naperville tightening the the belt on grant money for cultural and special events in 2021
- Local police departments host Toys for Tots collections
- Drinking at bars might never recover from COVID-19, says Molson Coors CEO
- Column: Numbers tell the unusual story of the 2020 high school football season in Northwest Indiana
- Inside the TV networks’ battle for Christmas movie supremacy
- Southtowners: Educators from Lemont, Flossmoor honored, and more
- Futbolista amenazada por protestar en homenaje a Maradona
- EEUU sanciona a presunto narco colombiano del Clan del Golfo
- Attorney General William Barr gives authority of a special counsel to prosecutor in Russia probe investigation
- Kevin Durant denies trying to get James Harden to Nets: ‘I don’t know where that came from’
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- COVID combat fatigue: ‘I would come home with tears in my eyes.’
- Oregon nurse is placed on leave over TikTok video mocking masks
- A support group for women on the front lines of the caregiving crisis
- Teaching in the pandemic: ‘This is not sustainable’
- Community news
- How Christmas is celebrated around the world
- 2021 Heisman Trophy odds tracker
- Consternación por la repentina muerte de Jerry Demara ¿Qué pasó?
- 5 small-batch cocktails to toast the holidays even if you aren’t gathering
- Western Springs and Hinsdale choose design for pedestrian bridge over I-294
- Tesla suspension problems prompt NHTSA probe of 115,000 cars
- Pets of the week
- Naperville council weighing expansion of cannabis ordinance to include production-related companies
- Brothers write a love letter to a food we all love — pizza
- Ronaldo Nazario expresa su tristeza por muerte de Maradona
- Crown Point ice rink opening on hold, new city website, trash can delivery coming soon, officials say
- Highland Park shines spotlight on its women-owned small businesses, as part of state and national focus
- Public forums reveal Arlington Heights residents’ concerns over intolerance, lack of diversity: Officials
- New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to mysteriously melt away
- Coronavirus robs biblical Bethlehem of Christmas cheer
- Village of Skokie keeps property tax levy flat for 30th consecutive year, officials say
- Méndez y Del Río resuenan con personajes en ‘Half Brothers’
- Elmwood Park D401 asks for $25.3 million in 2020 property tax levy
- Blinkist promises readers shortcuts to buzzy books, but can you digest all those big ideas in just 15 minutes? John Warner gave it a try.
- Toy Drive Dec. 8 at Hinsdale South High School in honor of Joey Ventimiglia of Darien
- Tony La Russa is expected to plead guilty at a Dec. 21 hearing in the Chicago White Sox manager’s DUI case
- Longtime Porter Lakes teacher Steve Tafflinger dead at 64
- Letters: Chicago’s 2021 budget is a disaster
- Abogado de campaña de Trump dice que el exjefe de ciberseguridad de la Casa Blanca debería ‘recibir un tiro’
- 8 states including Ohio added to ‘red’ category in Chicago’s travel quarantine order
- Zidane, tras la derrota ante el Shakhtar: ‘Para nada voy a dimitir’
- Man charged with striking pedestrian in Franklin Park hit-and-run; report shows that police searched for a second vehicle
- Evanston approves new 16-story apartment building downtown with 34 units of affordable housing
- Venezuela denuncia una ‘obsesión’ de EEUU por ‘desestabilizar’ el país en vísperas de las elecciones
- With COVID-19 precautions, Skokie Park District plans holiday events
- Immigrants tell of ‘Coming to America’ in virtual series at Vernon Area library: ‘When you read the stories, they’re really inspiring’
- La Grange’s Secret Santa program enters its fourth holiday season
- El coronavirus agudiza los problemas con el alcohol
- Obama to Biden: Give Dolly Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Canadá prorroga restricciones a viajes en frontera con EEUU
- Area legislators, women’s group leaders praise Biden cabinet picks: ‘Government works better when you bring different perspectives’
- Rebel Wilson has reached her goal weight in ‘Year of Health’ journey
- Madison Street Theatre seeking community’s help in fundraising for new HVAC system
- As Biden seeks to boost working class, Fed chair Powell may be key ally
- Actor Elliot Page se declara transgénero
- Family finances: Trim your tax bill
- Column: Finally, belatedly, I put our once-beloved landline phone out of its misery
- Column: Crash claims life of Frankfort native Zac Plantz, 27, political aide for Rep. Dan Lipinski. ‘It’s an incredible loss.’
- Skokie School District 73.5 secretary honored by Illinois Association of School Boards
- River Forest board seeks pre-approval of taller fence for residents adjacent to new senior building
- Wisconsin election results: Trump files lawsuit seeking to disqualify hundreds of thousands of ballots
- Barr nombra fiscal especial en pesquisa sobre Rusia
- How to explain a résumé gap caused by COVID-19
- Stevenson High School officials making plans for switch to hybrid instruction in January
- Bill Kim’s latest pivot: Pizza and more Italian goodies, launching in the Western suburbs Wednesday
- Salesforce to buy work chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
- Northbrook resident starts online fundraiser to support local restaurants through holiday season
- ‘Escuelas en la acera’ para niños migrantes centroamericanos
- Three new businesses open on Naperville’s South Washington, and coffee/tea shop to follow in January
- Park Ridge plan commission to meet Dec. 8 to consider locations for future marijuana shops
- Alicia Machado asume con dolor el asesinato de su medio hermano Arturo
- Chicago Bears’ 41-25 loss to the Green Bay Packers was as bad as it gets — and the Bear Download podcast breaks it all down
- Amanda Seyfried finally stakes her claim
- EEUU: Discuten quiénes recibirían primeras vacunas contra COVID
- Column: The women of Rollins Elementary School in Aurora are retired but not forgotten
- Known for never closing, Omega Restaurant in Niles shuts down temporarily due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Glenview holiday parade retooled as drive-thru event featuring Santa, sparkling lights and plenty of good cheer
- Women’s national team settles part of its lawsuit vs. US Soccer while planning to take its dispute over unequal pay to federal appeals court
- Biden presenta a su equipo económico
- 2 kids rescued from Tinley Park apartment after fire breaks out
- Reina Isabel y príncipe Felipe definen donde pasarán la Navidad
- Triton College wins award for STEM education camps for girls, encourages minority college students in science
- Commentary: What footballer Diego Maradona’s life, game say about Britain and Latin America
- Civic Foundation looking for new Northbrook Days venue to host festival in 2021
- Gold coin found in Salvation Army Red Kettle outside Jewel-Osco store in Bartlett
- Second stimulus check updates: Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell now says he’s sticking with scaled-back COVID relief bill
- Support for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan further erodes as first member of his leadership team says he’s lost her vote
- Editorial: The right way to have a more diverse workforce
- Teen recovering from Tinley Park shooting files lawsuit against alleged shooter’s family
- Without crowds, is Times Square really Times Square?
- Lauri Markkanen wants to remain with the Chicago Bulls but says he’s focused on bouncing back in what could be a make-or-break season
- How to pretend you are in Tokyo
- Does Zach LaVine have a long-term future under the new Chicago Bulls management? He’s less concerned with trade rumors than making the playoffs for the 1st time.
- BTS members allowed to put off mandatory military service until the age of 30
- Niles invites residents to share ideas, opinions as it plans for future in 2040 process
- Aurora to study regulating sale of pets
- Pilsen landmark designation, demolition moratorium both fail in city zoning committee hearing: ‘A bittersweet win for the community’
- Residents can apply to join Aurora’s police Civilian Review Board
- Georgia elections official urges Trump to rein in supporters: ‘Someone’s going to get hurt. Someone’s going to get shot.’
- CDC to shorten guidance for quarantining after COVID-19 exposure to 10 days, 7 with a negative test
- Notre Dame clinches a spot in the ACC title game as the conference shuffles the schedule to give the Irish and Clemson open dates next week
- Chicago could get vaccines in December, give to lower-risk residents and children by next spring and summer
- John Panaligan, suspect in 2016 Northbrook murder, added to US Marshals Most Wanted list
- US panel: 1st COVID-19 vaccine shots go to health care workers, nursing homes
- Ohio State holds on at No. 4 in new College Football Playoff rankings despite canceled game
- With groundbreaking deals with McDonald’s, Nike and Fortnite, rapper Travis Scott reportedly grossed $100 million
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Pilsen faces gentrification pressures
- Attorney General William Barr says Justice Dept. hasn’t uncovered widespread voting fraud that could have changed 2020 election outcome
- CPS reopening plan so far: What you need to know about when and how Chicago schools will welcome students back
- Ethan Katz and Miguel Cairo highlight Tony La Russa’s coaching staff with the Chicago White Sox
- The Spin: Chicago could get vaccines in December | Support for Madigan continues to wane | Pilsen landmark designation voted down in committee
- Best times to buy a used car
- Trump has discussed with advisers pardons for his 3 eldest children, Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani
- Justice Department investigating potential bribery, lobbying scheme for presidential pardon
- ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit apologizes for suggesting Michigan would ‘wave the white flag’ to keep Ohio State out of the Big Ten title game
- Holiday Cookie Winners