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- Green Bay Packers start fast, then hold off the Carolina Panthers 24-16 — and take a half-game lead in the battle for the NFC’s best record
- No. 1 Alabama rides Najee Harris’ 5 touchdowns to a 52-46 victory over No. 7 Florida in the SEC championship game
- Second stimulus check updates: Deal on Federal Reserve powers removes obstacle to agreement on COVID-19 relief plan, clearing way for votes as early as Sunday
- Daily horoscope for December 20, 2020
- Ask Amy: Sudden loss brings up awkward questions
- Letters: The tension among us is revealing — and we need to heal it
- Cabrini-Green timeline: From ‘war workers’ to ‘Good Times,’ Jane Byrne and demolition
- ‘The face of Cabrini-Green’: A lost child, a legacy of failure and a changing neighborhood
- Paperwhites are great winter flowers, but picking the right bulbs is vital to their success
- Landmarks: The pandemic has ushered in an age of virtual everything, making it an excellent time to go exploring
- This day in history, December 20: US sends troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen. Manuel Noriega.
- MLB payrolls drop nearly $2.5 billion during COVID-19 pandemic
- Barrington’s $37M budget for FY21 dips into reserves, funds several capital improvements
- These educators and activists can help you navigate intimacy now
- ‘Fantasia,’ ‘Snow White,’ Betty Boop, Popeye and the first golden age of animation
- The new influencer capital of America
- A first for Sarah Fuller, but that wasn’t the last of it
- A 1958 ‘Vette translated into modern chinese
- Best comedy of 2020
- Auctioning off a dead mall
- ‘A social species’: How kangaroos communicate with people
- I said they didn’t have to come to my wedding. But I’m still hurt.
- The receding horizon of travel’s return
- In life, she defied Alzheimer’s. In death, her brain may show how.
- Meet the man shaking up the business behind hit songs
- Christmas is coming. Cue the guilt trips and tears.
- Barrington public school students to add more in-classroom time as part of hybrid instruction plan
- COVID-19 made Buffalo Grove’s $113M budget for FY21 ‘a challenging’ one to come up with
- Today’s Chicago Cubs are still utilizing Joe Maddon’s methods. In a time of turnover, they continue to embrace positionless baseball.
- Lake Zurich trustees give early nod to development idea for odd-shaped site near Rand and Old Rand roads
- Analysis: How the ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ botched launch reveals the need for industry change
- Lake County among Indiana police departments to begin using new roadside drug detection tool
- Mayor Jerome Prince offers idea to build new Gary public safety, municipal complex in State of the City address
- Column: 21st Century grad Cameron Jernigan was delivering pizzas to survive. Then a prep school’s offer changed the course of his life.
- Daily commute turns into big check from Publishers Clearing House for Oak Forest man
- Notre Dame ranked No. 4 in AP’s college football poll behind Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State
- Column: Decades-old promise from former student finally takes flight for 88-year-old Gary educator
- Column: 56 years of homemade Christmas cards have become snapshots in time for Naperville couple
- Lake Forest linebacker Mac Uihlein won’t wait for a senior season that might not come. Northwestern’s four-star recruit has another option.
- Bursts of snow predicted in Chicago area Monday morning
- Frankfort family adapts inflatable display party raising money for CHARGE syndrome research
- Oak Lawn takes aim at private sewer connections with point-of-sale inspections beginning April 1
- Driver dies after being shot on West Side by gunman who Chicago cop fired at, officials say
- Week 15 photos: Chicago Bears 33, Minnesota Vikings 27
- College Football Playoff matchups are set: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State
- Motorist killed in Ukrainian Village crash identified
- Chicago’s top lawyer, Mark Flessner, resigns amid uproar over Anjanette Young raid, video
- Ex-Scientologist Leah Remini calls Tom Cruise’s ‘psychotic rant’ over COVID rules a publicity stunt
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Shirley Abrahamson, first woman and longest-serving justice on Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87
- Charity work continues for area athletes during COVID-19 pandemic despite postponed seasons: ‘We’re trying to be as active as possible.’
- Highland Park grad Jeremy Killeen goes from a ‘horrible’ marathoner to a record setter during Oahu Circumnavigation
- Week 15 recap: Chicago Bears keep their playoff hopes alive with a 33-27 victory over the Minnesota Vikings
- First COVID-19 vaccines given to front-line workers in Oak Park: ‘It’s such a pivotal moment’
- Police: After arranging sale of T-shirts, seller robbed at gunpoint during transaction in Oak Park
- The coronavirus is mutating. What does that mean for us?
- Aide says Biden won’t discuss investigation of his son Hunter with any attorney general candidates
- Ariana Grande announces engagement to boyfriend Dalton Gomez with giant diamond
- Federal panel says people over 75, essential workers should be next in line for COVID-19 vaccine as Moderna shots begin shipping out
- ‘Why now, please?’: Your best 3-word reviews from the Chicago Bears’ 33-27 win over the Minnesota Vikings
- Column: A college football bowl season like no other includes the usual suspects in the playoffs and the Rose Bowl in … Texas?
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 19-20 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Northwestern to face Auburn in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day: ‘Heck yeah we’re fired up to go, brother.’
- Prosecutors said medical driver ID’d former boyfriend as person who ran her over before her death: ‘It was London’
- Biden to receive COVID-19 vaccine Monday as Trump remains on sidelines
- Illinois lets a double-digit lead slip in a 91-88 loss to Rutgers
- More European nations, Canada ban flights from Britain, fearing new strain of coronavirus
- ‘He’s a beast, man’: David Montgomery’s career day sparks another big Chicago Bears victory
- Column: Chicago Bears opted to start on offense after winning the toss against the Minnesota Vikings. That shows Matt Nagy’s newfound confidence in the unit.
- Second stimulus check updates: Congress reaches deal on $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill that includes $600 direct payments
- Dr. Deborah Birx faces criticism after warning Americans to limit holiday travel, then gathering with family at her vacation home
- In 2 weeks, the talk around the Chicago Bears has changed from who’s going to lose their job to the hunt for a playoff spot. Confused? Join the club.
- Northwestern knocks off No. 4 Michigan State 79-65, its first win over a top-5 team since 1979
- A 56-game NHL season will start on Jan. 13, 2021. The Chicago Blackhawks will play only opponents from the 8-team Central division.