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- Daily horoscope for December 23, 2020
- Ask Amy: ‘Girlfriend’ might angle for partner status
- Ask Amy: In-law grabs child’s name for email address
- Preparing for winter in 30 steps
- 100 películas muy esperadas que se estrenarán en 2021
- 100 highly anticipated movies coming out in 2021
- Column: An election-denying Trump reads ‘The Night Before Christmas’
- Here’s what to do if you get an unmarked gift this holiday season
- Beloved Logan Square Christmas House shines on, a year after the death of its creator, Frank Lopez
- ‘He meant everything’: The profound legacy of a small-town swim coach felled by COVID-19
- Black man, 71, held outside his home naked and at gunpoint by police in South Carolina who were searching for teens, he says in lawsuit
- Ranking the 30 most significant moments in GM Ryan Pace’s 6-year career with the Chicago Bears
- Daywatch: Botched CPD raid’s ripples spread, 2 Chicago nurses treating COVID-19 patients share journals and Logan Square Christmas House is back
- How much can Wendell Carter Jr. contribute on offense? And what do they have in Patrick Williams? 5 questions about the Chicago Bulls for the 2020-21 season.
- Four arrested, three guns recovered after BMW carjacked south of Grant Park
- This day in history, December 23: First successful human kidney transplant takes place
- Q&A with Chicago Bulls radio announcer Chuck Swirsky: ‘The last 9 months have given me a greater sense of just how much I love broadcasting basketball games’
- Column: Chicagoans of the Year in architecture: The team that helped revive old Cook County Hospital
- Chicago Bears Q&A: Now that the team is on a roll, are Matt Nagy, Ryan Pace and Mitch Trubisky back in 2021? What is the likelihood Allen Robinson is tagged? Who were the Pro Bowl snubs?
- Writing off more of that 3-martini lunch is causing a stir
- Michigan to allow thousands on food aid to use benefits at restaurants
- ‘Soul’ review: A jazz-fueled, witty Pixar fantasy of dreams and ambitions
- Police suspect fentanyl overdose in death of 3 people in Elmwood Park
- ‘Hood Feminism’ author Mikki Kendall is our Chicagoan of the Year for Books
- Amazon sellers say shipping delays, new warehouse rules have cut holiday payday
- Video captures fatal carjacking in Bridgeport. ‘Give me the key!’ ‘What?’ ‘Give me the key!’ Seconds later, 3 gunshots.
- Chicago man, 50, dies from gunshot in Hammond apartment
- Boeing’s discounts on 737 Max spur order from Alaska Airlines
- ‘United We Play’: Piano virtuoso Marcus Roberts in a bracing concert film
- Motormouth: Full synthetic oil?
- Tigres es el nuevo rey de la Concacaf
- Xin Xing, the world’s oldest Giant Panda in captivity with 153 descendants around the globe, dies at 38
- Se incendia un enorme campamento de migrantes en Bosnia
- US population growth smallest in 120 years, a trend that gives glimpse of COVID-19’s toll, experts say
- A man died of COVID-19 on a plane mid-flight. The Navy vet who performed CPR is sick now.
- Chicago’s police watchdog agency releases bodycam, security video of police shooting involving armed man
- La autopsia de Maradona revela grandes sorpresas
- Pfizer proveerá 100 millones de vacunas más para EEUU
- Ford recalls 2021 E-series for burn risk, 2020-21 Explorer and Aviators for power loss
- Arctic blast to hit Chicago, driving away warmth but possibly bringing dusting of snow for Christmas
- What if remote learning slows them down?
- Francia deja pasar a mercancías y pasajeros de Gran Bretaña
- Late night in 2020: The show must go home
- Farhad Manjoo column: Why should we ever return to living and working so close together?
- Travel’s endless debate: Cancel or rebook?
- The fall of the house of Belichick
- A deluge of virus victims and a funeral home’s ‘horrifying disrespect’
- Travel’s endless debate: Cancel or rebook?
- 5 Chicago restaurants and bars cited and 2 parties shut down for coronavirus violations after weekend sweep
- ‘Home Alone 2’ actress who played ‘pigeon lady’ says Christmas will be ‘very dark’ for her and others living alone
- Make this walk-away boneless prime rib your holiday centerpiece
- Second stimulus checks would be first for some: New bill says families with mixed immigration status eligible for payments
- Speak Out reader opinion: McConnell criticized by both sides for recognizing Biden’s win
- El miedo marca una Navidad en tiempos de pandemia
- US layoffs remain elevated as 803,000 seek jobless aid
- For Europe, it’s wave after wave
- NBA evalúa duelos internacionales para la campaña 2021-22
- Five Kwanzaa celebrations around the country
- Pfizer reaches deal with US to provide 100 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Padilla al Senado: algarabía hispana, enfado afroamericano
- Make your holidays sparkle with these bubbly wines
- Got a gift and it’s not love? Retailers teaming up with FedEx, UPS, Whole Foods and others to make returns easier.
- Beloved swim coach falls to COVID-19
- México, primer país latinoamericano en recibir vacuna COVID
- Indiana nursing home COVID-19 vaccinations to start Dec. 28
- As impact of pandemic continues, food distribution in Aurora works to help those in need during holidays
- Travel guide with 2021 twist: Writers laud American places
- Season’s greetings: Cards solicited for COVID-19 patients
- Naperville People News
- ‘A point to prove’: Crown Point sophomore Cody Goodwin remains unbeaten after defeating nationally ranked wrestler from Ohio
- Woman charged with making threats against Michigan election official who received photos of mutilated body
- A deluge of virus victims and a funeral home’s ‘horrifying disrespect’
- Isolation helps homeless population escape worst of virus
- New distribution center planned for Ameriplex at the Crossroads in Merrillville
- For Europe, it’s wave after wave
- NFL players take leading role on social justice front
- Experts are skeptical that travel bans can stop the spread of new coronavirus variants
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Cockcrow on Hydra
- The virus that stole most of 2020 now steals Christmas, too
- Five Kwanzaa celebrations around the country
- For millions of jobless, Christmas is a season to endure, not celebrate
- Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Jesse Palter
- Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team and its sponsors have a primary goal: Diversity
- Gold coin dropped in St. Charles Salvation Army kettle
- McGrath: One small act of kindness becomes the gift of a lifetime for someone usually left on sidelines
- Guide to the December holidays in Chicago: Here’s how to plan for travel, staying home, food, entertainment and gifts
- Alex Nylander could miss the entire 2021 season for Chicago Blackhawks after left knee surgery
- Cancelado Sudamericano sub20 de Colombia
- Trump commutes 20-year sentence of former Chicago-area nursing home mogul convicted in massive Medicaid fraud
- Editorial: Obama center: Four years, five months and counting. Time to break ground.
- ‘Bruja Escarlata y Visión’ se inspiró en Friends
- Elgin Civic Center Plaza reopening delayed till June to allow time for landscaping work
- Mundelein Seminary to power on new solar array starting on Christmas
- A Zillow for the uber-rich? Luxury real estate veteran thinks he can sell it
- Yorkville ends incentive program designed to spur construction of homes
- Op-ed: Black police officers like me are poised to play a critical role in reform
- Op-ed: Toni Preckwinkle: Why I will take the COVID-19 vaccine
- Sexo en Nueva York regresará sin Samantha
- Holiday retail jobs drive improvement in area unemployment; Lake County leads Indiana with unemployment rate of 7.4%
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Op-ed: A Christmas confession: Stretched and desperate, I broke the law to make my family’s holiday special
- Fantasy football lineups for Week 16: Start Jarvis Landry and sit Jared Goff
- ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges
- Pet World: Age shouldn’t prevent senior from adopting older pet
- Plasma de convalecientes para enfermos de covid no es ‘milagroso’
- Some of the good news that came out of 2020
- Commissioners OK 9 new sheriff’s department squad cars; discuss oversight in Porter County
- Holiday travel surges during pandemic: ‘God’s got me’
- Stimulus checks, marijuana and Trump’s loss all come back to one thing: How will it play in Georgia?
- Naperville man receives the ultimate gift from his wife: a new kidney and a new lease on life
- Waukegan alderman Ann Taylor to challenge winner of Democratic primary
- Jugador del At. Madrid suspendido por apuestas
- Oak Park and River Forest High School board passes flat tax levy to provide tax relief
- ¿Ha renovado Downey Jr. su contrato con Marvel?
- Help Them To Hope
- Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Reptiles in Winter Live! features snakes, turtles
- Naperville teen’s memory of Christmas Eve hospital stay helps drive her collection effort; ‘The only thing that made me happy was picking out a cool Band-Aid’
- Season’s appreciations: Colleagues salute retiring Shepard teacher with daily gifts, surprise singalong with Santa
- Chicago Blackhawks to begin the abbreviated 2021 season on the road vs. the Stanley Cup champs and then host the Detroit Red Wings in their home opener
- Column: How America shaped Christmas, and how Christmas shapes us
- Races for mayor, trustees in Niles and Morton Grove uncontested in 2021 election
- What to look for when deciding on a used car
- Suburbs can accommodate your wish to ski, snowboard
- Fate of ‘Dreamers’ remains in limbo as judge delays DACA ruling
- Giro de guión en la historia de los primeros pobladores del Caribe
- Orland Park OKs lower tax levy and budget, but approves water rate hike for 2021
- Chrissy Teigen ‘sad I never will be’ pregnant again but moving on after losing her baby
- ‘A domino effect’: MLB’s reorganization of minor leagues initiates new era for Kane County Cougars, Frontier League and American Association
- Second stimulus check updates: COVID relief bill morphs into a test of GOP loyalty to Trump
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Federal lawsuit filed by woman who claims Chicago police dragged her from car by her hair and placed knee on her neck
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra channels Latin vibe for latest liverstreamed concert
- Read the lawsuit filed against Chicago, police officers in Brickyard Mall arrest
- Jerry Seinfeld amends the Festivus holiday for 2020
- Ask Anna: How do I stop feeling guilty about my foot kink?
- Year 2020: The disorientation of grief
- Second stimulus check: If Trump signs the COVID-19 relief package, here’s what you get
- How to take a social media break in 15 steps
- Holiday travelers arrive to O’Hare airport
- California is short on Spanish-speaking physicians. Why that’s a big problem in a pandemic
- A quarter of Indiana counties keep higher-risk status for COVID-19 spread; Lake, Porter show improvement
- Great Lakes advocates look to Biden administration to take on climate change: ‘A breath of fresh air’
- Mirroring healthy behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
- A child so sick they feared the worst, now they urge change
- Fraudulent ‘dead voter’ in Pennsylvania was a vote for Trump, officials say
- Column: Wishful bettors joyfully placing record sports wagers
- A child so sick they feared the worst, now they urge change
- How to spend your FSA money before the end of the year
- Letters: Mitch McConnell doesn’t mind debt if it helps those he favors
- Trump pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater employees stir international outcry
- ¿Será 2021 otro ‘annus horribilis’ para la corona británica?
- Descalabro de las cadenas de abastecimiento por la pandemia
- Grasso, Schaus running unopposed for mayor, clerk of Burr Ridge; three trustees up for re-election
- Column: In some neighborhoods, Santa is a volunteer kids see every day
- More people staying home for the holidays, but air travel still the highest it’s been since early days of pandemic
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 23 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up possible first override vote of his presidency
- Trump veta proyecto de ley de políticas de defensa
- Cline Avenue, the quickest way to get to Chicago from Northwest Indiana, reopens as a toll road
- Hollywood slams Golden Globes for dubbing US-made ‘Minari’ a foreign-language film
- Oakton Community College partners with nonprofit to offer technology classes for pandemic job seekers
- The Great Lakes
- Indiana gaming officials forcing out longtime casino executive Spectacle Entertainment CEO Rod Ratcliff
- ¿Cómo era Beethoven de niño?
- Northbrook’s Prairie Grass Cafe partners with nonprofit to offer free weekly meals for furloughed, unemployed restaurant workers
- ‘I’m grateful for anything’: Possibility of season a relief for Libertyville senior Adam Pressley and other wrestlers in Illinois
- Chicago State suspends remainder of men’s basketball season as injury issues deplete roster: ‘It was a difficult decision, but a necessary decision’
- Candidates file for City Council, school and park district seats in Elmhurst
- Chofer de UPS muere tras agresión, buscan a sospechoso
- Letter: Thankful Tinley Park trustees put brakes on video gaming push tax
- Potempa: High School journalism teacher Mr. Stewart leaves a lasting word
- Pritzker says more than 100,000 people have received COVID-19 vaccination in Illinois
- Joliet police shoot, kill Naperville man, 19, after he made 911 call, then threatened them with what turned out to be BB gun, authorities say
- A video filmed in secret, a tweet, a scrap with his own GOP: Trump keeps up the chaos as term winds down
- HP OMEN Spacer Wireless TKL Keyboard review: Does it offer a reliable, high-speed connection?
- The best hoodie for men
- The best kids’ desk and chair set
- México acusa a la Luz del Mundo por lavar dinero
- The best Merrick dog food
- The best popover pan
- The best salt
- The best sidewalk chalk
- The best taper candle
- The best women’s plus-sized sweater
- The best Timberland boot for women
- The best fireplace screen
- Glencoe looks to annex unincorporated portions of Chicago Botanic Garden, nearby county land
- Candidates file to run in Aurora area school board elections
- 3 things we learned from the Chicago Bears, including a potential matchup with QB Mike Glennon and Matt Nagy’s disappointment at Roquan Smith’s Pro Bowl snub
- Uncovering lost Black history, stone by stone
- Lawry’s says goodbye after 46 years
- Campus renovation continues at OPRF High School, despite closure
- Five women’s works featured in Christopher Art Gallery’s online exhibit titled Threads
- Letters to the Editor
- Glenview, Northbrook moms star in Aldi holiday commercial inspired by their real lives
- Park Ridge City Council approves 2020 property tax levy reflecting 5% increase
- The Spin: Duckworth pushes back on Trump’s threat to hold up COVID-19 relief package | Two on Trump clemency list have Chicago ties | Pritzker: 100K vaccinated so far in Illinois
- Down to Business: Getting clients to see their own beauty the goal for Naperville makeup/skin care store
- Rail-trails near Chicago
- Top stories of 2020: Park Ridge responds to pandemic, holds rallies to fight racial injustice, and more
- Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder becomes the 1st NBA game postponed this season because of COVID-19 issues
- ‘Whirlwind of emotions’: Donors give more than $10,000 to pay off student’s tuition debt and help others during pandemic at Dominican University
- Column: An audit accuses former Chicago Heights library director of ‘potential misuse’ of funds. She says political rivals are trying to smear her.
- Year 2020: Peachy, our rescue dog, lit up our lives
- Trump indulta a su exjefe de campaña Paul Manafort
- Moderna vaccine debuts at Lovell Health Care Center in North Chicago
- Valparaiso University men’s basketball pauses team activities following positive COVID-19 test results
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Why are politicians the first to get vaccinated?
- Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn combine for 53 points in Illinois’ 98-81 win over Penn State
- Photos: Chicago Bulls lose season opener to Atlanta Hawks 124-104
- Column: The Chicago Bulls have a chance to change their underachieving narrative — but it has to start now
- Northwestern beats Indiana 74-67 behind Chase Audige’s 17 second-half points
- Chicago Bulls return to an empty United Center — ‘you gotta bring your own energy’ — for their season opener, a 124-104 loss to the Atlanta Hawks