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- Jen Tomasic excels on both ends of the floor as Lake Central rolls past Munster despite the absence of two starters: ‘I kept attacking.’
- The mysterious monolith does not want you to participate in the Tweet of the Week poll.
- Joakim Noah is expected to retire after the Los Angeles Clippers waived the former Chicago Bulls star
- Daily horoscope for December 2, 2020
- Column: A viral COVID-19 photo shows the best of humanity in the worst of times
- Ask Amy: Generous man was played for a pinata
- Column: Rahm Emanuel doesn’t care about ideological purity tests as he seeks political resurrection from Joe Biden
- Fluffernutters for the win: Meet the 2020 Holiday Cookie Contest winners
- The coronavirus pandemic has forced mourners to think of different ways to honor the dead and say goodbye
- Column: Trump and his ‘rigged election’ liars are going to get someone killed
- It is OK to give anti-racism books this holiday season?
- Column: The story behind ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and other tales from author Walter Tevis
- Chicago Bears Q&A: Would the McCaskeys consider hiring a ‘football guy’ to run the entire operation? How tight is the 2021 salary-cap situation? What does the crystal ball say about next year’s quarterback?
- Daywatch: Chicago could get vaccines this month, support for Madigan further erodes and meet our Holiday Cookie Contest winners
- Ayo Dosunmu and No. 5 Illinois are looking ‘to put the country on notice’ tonight against No. 2 Baylor — a high-profile opportunity ‘you don’t get a lot of’
- This day in history, December 3: Gas leak in India kills thousands
- 24 best deals on the internet: A popular air fryer and other must-have home appliances on sale
- Pets (and their owners) will love these top gifts for animal lovers
- After silence, ‘Big Sky’ producers now say ‘eyes opened’ to Native American criticism
- Column: 9 things we know to be true about sports in 2020, including the Sportsperson of the Year and women breaking barriers everywhere
- Why is Ravens vs. Steelers on Wednesday and how did we get here? What you need to know about the game upended by COVID-19.
- Walmart, taking on Amazon, drops $35 minimum for Plus members’ online orders
- 4 takeaways from the start of Chicago Bulls training camp, including Billy Donovan’s offense and early Patrick Williams impressions
- Glimmers of hope: Gold coin, gold bar dropped in Salvation Army kettles in season of rising need and dwindling donations
- Drivers busted going 100 mph-plus on I-72 part of Illinois ‘trend,’ state police say
- Dazzling holiday light displays across the country
- Small businesses often hit by PPP loan scams; program has few built-in safeguards
- People magazine reveals its ‘2020 People of the Year’
- A year in 60 secs: TikTok lists top videos, creators of 2020
- Help Them To Hope
- Tokyo Olympic fans from abroad may have their health tracked by an app
- European lawmakers back ‘right to disconnect’ from work at home. ‘The pressure to always be reachable, always available, is mounting.’
- It’s time to end ‘war on nature’: UN chief urges steps to curb climate change as year of extreme weather comes to close
- La Russa cambiaría declaración acerca de si conducía ebrio
- Colombia busca técnico tras la destitución de Queiroz
- Naperville rejects mask mandate in split council vote
- How COVID-19 is impacting American seniors
- Farhad Manjoo column: We’ve got a vaccine. How do we get people to take it?
- How to pack and mail holiday cookies
- Lake County small businesses using grant and loan programs to help them through pandemic
- Lettuce Entertain You launches Coastal Soups, new virtual soup to-go spot
- Funcionario de Georgia pide a Trump controlar a seguidores
- As another fair goes virtual, Art Basel finds its footing
- No identificarían a testigos en el caso García Luna
- Speak Out reader opinion: Pastors wrong to ask certain communities to be vaccinated first
- Biden shows off a new accessory: a walking boot
- OEA critica inacción de Corte Internacional sobre Venezuela
- ‘There’s always an increase of charity fraud this time of year’: Holiday donations can bring scammers; the pandemic makes it worse.
- Pantyhose and trash bags: How music programs are surviving in the pandemic
- Mooseheart Holiday Lights still shine despite pandemic
- Column: Route 41 project in Gurnee remains a bridge too far
- La serie que rompe récords en Netflix
- Pantyhose and trash bags: How music programs are surviving in the pandemic
- Review: Shawn Mendes returns with a gooey and amorous album
- La gente, el problema para las apps que rastrean la exposición al COVID-19
- Chief of staff in Aurora Aldermen’s Office retiring
- ’76 Days’ review: In early 2020, a virus spreads, and a riveting documentary examines the human factors of survival
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, Dec. 3
- EEUU convoca a subcampeón mundial juvenil mexicano
- Goodbye, blazers; Hello, ‘coatigans.’ Women adjust attire to work at home.
- All Mariah Carey wants is you to enjoy her Christmas special
- Road ahead: House takes up ‘Tiger King’ and marijuana bills while seeking spending deal
- Editorial: The voters have spoken on legalizing marijuana. Biden and Congress need to listen
- Madigan confidant, three others plead not guilty to ComEd bribery charges
- Mayo survey shows increase in alcohol use, decrease in smoking among patients early in pandemic
- Column: The enduring lessons of surprise attacks
- Gloria Estefan reveals she caught COVID-19, is now recovered
- Add parkour to the Olympics? Purists say ‘nah’
- Goodbye, blazers; Hello, ‘coatigans.’ Women adjust attire to work at home.
- Kevin Durant says he’s ready to return. ‘It’ll come naturally.’
- Perform abysmally, defend yourself vehemently: The Adam Gase way
- Con récord de internaciones por COVID, la crisis ahora es la falta de personal médico
- Masks without a face: A photo essay
- Kurt Streeter column: Do we need football in America this badly?
- Defensa brasileño se ofrece a la selección española
- NYC bar owner who defied coronavirus restrictions arrested
- Cuando el covid se adapta a todo clima
- Carnegie Library gets architect, state grant for restoration; ‘There are so many wonderful history stories to tell’
- Pet World: Training your large breed dog to use a ramp
- African American Museum of Performing Arts on Chicago’s South Side
- Sólo perros entrenados podrán acompañar a dueños en aviones
- Messi es multado por su homenaje a Maradona
- Chicago visual arts in 2020: Time to make new work and right past wrongs
- Tinley Park considers $300,000 in incentives for restaurant in new apartment building
- Column: For starters, freshmen Jenna Badali, Taylor Gugliuzza and Kathryn Schmidt ‘grow up a little bit faster’ in debut for Lewis
- Actor Harry Lennix plans to build ‘the Black version of Lincoln Center’ on Chicago’s South Side
- Commentary: Pardoning Rudy Giuliani would put Trump in legal jeopardy
- Why the pandemic has made streets more dangerous for blind people
- How COVID-19 is changing the design of a luxury Florida condo
- Help Them To Hope
- Metropolitan Brewing vows to fight eviction threat in lease dispute with landlord, claims landlord has overcharged
- Out $395 in bitcoin scam, Chesterton woman reports man’s threat to kill her: police
- Why the pandemic has made streets more dangerous for blind people
- Reinventing workers for the post-COVID economy
- Editorial: Closing schools is a political live wire. The answer? Community buy-in.
- Mask mandate debate sets record for public comments at Naperville council meeting — here’s what some residents had to say
- ‘Another Round’ review: Walking the line between drunken fun and dark threat of alcoholism that looms
- Ricky Rubio busca quitarse una ‘espinita clavada’ en su regreso a Minnesota
- Divisive North Lawndale school consolidation proposal is now on hold: ‘We took a stand as a community’
- Commentary: Who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first? Social justice must be a factor
- Wisconsin acusa a Trump de ‘asalto a la democracia’
- ¿Será el mismo Kevin Durant tras su grave lesión?
- Lake Commissioners table sheriff’s department purchases as county purchasing authority debate continues
- Gloria Estefan confiesa que tuvo coronavirus
- Indiana tracking map shows widespread COVID-19 risk remains; Lake County tops 30K cases as fatalities near 500
- ‘Shameless’ executive producer John Wells shares memories of filming in Chicago as fans say goodbye to the series
- Inside Roseland Community Hospital
- Review: Goodman’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ is an audio play this year, a familiar story to warm your family’s season
- Waiting for passengers, American Airlines puts Boeing 737 Max back in the air
- People wary of COVID-19 are avoiding the ER, and that has doctors worried. Here’s how Chicago-area hospitals keep patients safe.
- Harry Styles eats a banana while wearing a ruffled blouse to clap back at Candace Owens: ‘Bring back manly men’
- Party slate to challenge incumbents for Homer Glen Village Board
- Our critic’s picks: The best mystery books of 2020
- Michigan cancels Saturday’s Big Ten football game against Maryland after COVID-19 outbreak. So what does it mean now for Ohio State?
- ‘Lincoln is Crying’ review: A blur of political sleaze, delivered by a glib documentary
- Grant’s Chad Kiesgen, Randal Holm and Carter Kaye experienced 21 losses as underclassmen last season. But coach Wayne Bosworth has been here before.
- Trump teases 2024 run for president at White House Christmas party: ‘I’ll see you in four years’
- Column: Blue Island hot rod club seeks donations for Saturday food, toy drive
- Column: Elliot Page’s trans announcement makes me grateful to be raising kids in 2020, flawed and chaotic as it may be
- Did Lori Lightfoot bet on Chicago teachers strike? Email lays out scotch-and-cigars wager, but mayor and top aide deny bet.
- Chicago Cubs claim reliever Robert Stock off waivers from the Boston Red Sox
- Casi 48 millones de personas pasan hambre en América Latina
- Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine gets OK for emergency use in Britain, first shots expected within days
- Paul Aguilar dice adiós al América
- Need to get tested for COVID-19 during the post-Thanksgiving rush? Here’s how to find the most convenient and affordable options.
- Some Munster health care workers could see COVID-19 vaccine later this month, official says
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Discovery’s reality-heavy streaming service launches in Jan.
- Beatriz Rivas escribe sobre duelo y memoria en nueva novela
- López Obrador dice que encierros por virus son ‘dictaduras’
- The Sundance Film Festival goes largely virtual for 2021
- Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate won’t take up any COVID-19 relief measures before January
- Firings of two officers in Laquan McDonald case upheld in Cook County court
- Should pregnant women get a COVID-19 vaccine? What about women considering pregnancy? Guidance is hard to find because trials exclude pregnancy.
- EatingWell: Enjoy a full dinner (with sides!) in less than an hour
- Kary Osmond: Vegan Caesar salad dressing is easy to make at home
- Todo lo que debes saber sobre las ‘semis’ de la Liga MX
- China successfully lands robotic craft on the moon: ‘Very precise and exciting’
- Crown Point OKs $600K in new equipment; OKs some special events
- Column: Donald Trump is the superspreader president
- Lake County prepared for winter ahead: ‘It’s Northwest Indiana, you never know what’s going to happen’
- The job of school custodians has changed massively in a short time because of COVID-19, but their efforts haven’t gone unappreciated
- ‘Sing We Joyous!’ adds film, puppets for online performance
- Search takes Valparaiso University to Colorado to find new president
- City releases summary of possible Chicago casino operators’ responses
- La gala de los Oscar 2021 no será virtual
- ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ star Braunwyn Windham-Burke comes out: ‘I like women, I’m gay’
- No in-person classes till January, School District U-46 superintendent says
- Mariah Carey launches virtual cookie line for National Cookie Day
- Detenido Rafael Amargo por organización criminal y tráfico de drogas
- Joe Biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense
- Column: Bright lights, outdoor events offer safer ways to celebrate the holiday season
- Ask Anna: When should you meet your girlfriend’s children?
- Several California politicians called out for restaurant visits that violate state’s rules aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus
- Letters: Houses of worship need to do right thing on their own and limit in-person gatherings
- The best theater of 2020, according to The New York Times
- Chris Paul no llega a los Suns como sabio veterano
- Illinois hospitals likely won’t make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for their workers, but still working out who gets shots first
- How did your neighbors vote for president, Senate and the graduated-rate income tax amendment? Search our city and suburban map to find out.
- With tons in reserve, Porter County, municipalities have salt ready for snowy roads
- Second stimulus check updates: Joe Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan COVID aid bill in hopes of breaking monthslong logjam
- Designer puppies, private jets and a Jamaican villa: Chicago rappers charged in Massachusetts with elaborate fraud scheme
- Midday fireball, boom thrill witnesses from Ontario to Virginia
- Cardi B es la mujer del año según la revista Billboard
- Austin mayor went on vacation to Mexico while urging people to stay home amid worsening coronavirus cases in Texas
- $1 million grant to establish Chicago center named for first African American Catholic priest
- Investing in structures for outdoor dining
- Estafadores al acecho de la ayuda
- Speak Out reader opinions: You can’t force me to get a COVID vaccination; Trump needs to end crybaby stuff and stand proud; folks, we’re all in this together
- Chicago White Sox decline to tender contracts to pitcher Carlos Rodon and right fielder Nomar Mazara
- Despite pandemic, donation efforts in central Lake County mostly on track
- 3 things we heard from the Chicago Bears, including Mitch Trubisky getting another start vs. the Lions and Akiem Hicks and Khalil Mack missing practice
- Merrillville man, 22, dead after standoff in Hobart: police
- IHSA confirms winter sports will not begin until 2021. One coach says, ‘I just think they’re kicking the can down the road.’
- Carlos Vela se libra de la limpia del LAFC
- Why the UK approved a coronavirus vaccine before the US
- New Trier expected to expand in-person instruction in January 2021
- Megan Thee Stallion makes history as the first woman with three No. 1 streaming songs in single year
- Can Trump preemptively pardon his allies or himself? Here is what you need to know.
- Naperville rejects mask mandate
- Trump threatens to veto defense policy bill unless Congress repeals Section 230, a safeguard for social media companies
- Chicago Bulls expect point guard Coby White to lead with his play — and his voice — as he takes on a bigger ballhandling role
- What’s the cheapest way to save all those phone photos?
- Potempa: Giovanni’s sold, Brumm’s closing and Munchkin wife passing
- Aurora grants almost $700,000 to city businesses impacted by pandemic
- Kids and Money: Student loan watchdog bracing for change
- Hijo de Maduro sale del anonimato en su carrera al Congreso
- Illinois reports 238 COVID-19 deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began
- In video, Trump unspools unsubstantiated voter fraud charges: ‘Ballots were processed illegally and in secret’
- This Moment Productions launches with virtual world premiere of ‘A Very Covid Christmas Carol’
- Tech entrepreneur’s Fisher Island condo includes designer furniture in $19.5 million asking price | Photos
- Health care workers to be among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Kane County, health department says
- The Spin: Illinois marks highest coronavirus daily death count since the pandemic started | Did Mayor Lori Lightfoot have a bet on CTU strike? | Trump teases 2024 bid for a second term
- NFL power rankings for Week 13: Tennessee Titans surge to No. 4 after powering past the Indianapolis Colts, while the Cleveland Browns crack the top 10
- If you practice yoga, thank this man who came to the U.S. 100 years ago
- A social worker uses gardening to help youth heal from trauma
- Recount in DuPage County auditor race separated by 75 votes to start Monday
- Aurora city officials say they’re in a ‘Catch-22’ trying to enforce Tier 3 COVID-19 restrictions
- River Forest village administrator leaving to accept village manager position in Hoffman Estates
- Lottery puts Irvin at top of ballot for the spring Aurora mayoral election
- Miguel Cairo jumped at the opportunity to join the Chicago White Sox staff as bench coach: ‘It’s amazing the kind of players that they have’
- In Illinois, more than one-third of PPP funds, meant for small businesses, went to larger companies that got loans of $1M or more. Search the SBA list.
- Feds ban emotional support animals from planes; new rule allows only dogs as service animals
- 3 Eddie Van Halen guitars sell for more than $400K at auction
- Prosecutors: Chicago police officer accused of sexually assaulting teen and another young woman years before he was hired
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 2 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Number of COVID-19 patients in US hospitals more than doubles over past month to record high of nearly 100,000
- Last throes of Trump’s presidency turn ugly — even dangerous
- Jim Brickman to perform online in North Central College benefit
- Chicago Cubs will ‘keep the door open’ to re-signing Kyle Schwarber after declining to tender contracts to him and Albert Almora Jr.
- 8 memorable moments from Joakim Noah’s career with the Chicago Bulls, including his Cleveland tirade and winning Defensive Player of the Year
- Photos: No. 5 Baylor 82, No. 2 Illinois 69