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- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, Dec. 27
- DePaul wins its season opener — 91-72 over Western Illinois — 28 days after the season was set to start: ‘We all were just anxious to get out there’
- Daily horoscope for December 24, 2020
- Coldest night of the year coming for Christmas in Florida
- Column: Santa Claus is real: A columnist’s case for St. Nick
- Column: Tonight is the night of new hope for the world
- It’s a whole new world of Midwest travel: What rules changed while you were in your basement?
- Chicago mariachis sing farewell to fellow players at their wakes and funerals, a ritual to honor one another through a craft that united them
- Daywatch: Reopening uncertainty for CPS parents, ‘king’ of Medicaid fraud freed by Trump and more people staying home for holidays
- Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Jared Kushner’s father in latest wave of clemency to benefit allies
- Chad Stuart, of the hit British duo Chad & Jeremy, dies at 79
- This day in history, December 24: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe
- What happened to Maria Bartiromo? The Trump election fraud story has the TV news biz asking.
- Tony La Russa says the additions of Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton raise the expectations for the Chicago White Sox in 2021: ‘It just makes us more of a serious contender.’
- Chicago Opera Theater music director Lidiya Yankovskaya championed opera before and amid the pandemic
- What’s Mitch Trubisky’s future? And can they really make the playoffs? 4 questions for the Chicago Bears before Week 16.
- Column: With a chance to sneak into the playoffs, what the Chicago Bears need now is a Christmas presence
- Column: Hammond police officers recruit 7-year-old girl to help deliver Christmas meals to food-insecure families
- American Airlines sending recall letters to furloughed workers, even though stimulus not signed yet
- Help Them To Hope
- Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, creative, charismatic, prolific and always tuned in, had an amazing 2020
- Traditional education model challenged by pandemic, new way of working: ‘Teachers are just very good at adapting to changes’
- New front office. New coaching staff. Same roster. 3 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls’ 124-104 loss in their season opener — a dose of reality after months of optimism.
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Elected officials should stop fighting, put people first
- ‘We are struggling’: A bleak Christmas for America’s jobless
- 2020 Chicagoans of the Year
- Party ban: Here’s what Airbnb is doing to discourage large holiday gatherings
- 2020 Chicagoans of the Year: The artists who thrived amid the impossible
- Fire Tablet vs. Kindle
- Why George Clooney wanted his apocalyptic drama ‘The Midnight Sky’ to end with a sense of hope
- Got new kitchen gadgets for the holidays? Here are the recipes you should use them for first
- 25 New Year’s resolutions that are actually achievable
- El Real Madrid felicita la Navidad a sus seguidores (VIDEO)
- Black doctor dies of COVID-19 complications weeks after complaining about racist treatment at Indiana hospital
- Tormenta invernal castiga a centro-norte de EEUU
- Mortgage rates hit another record low: 2.66% for 30-year fixed-rate loan
- Rafa Nadal: ‘Ha sido un año para olvidar’
- Candidate with too few petition signatures says he will launch write-in campaign for Oak Lawn mayor
- How—and why—to craft an elevator pitch for your job search
- Western Springs police investigate shooting on Ogden Avenue east of Interstate 294
- These credit card issuers rate high on service
- Kids and Money: Financial gifts that last a lifetime
- The Savings Game: IRS issues new RMD tables for IRAs
- Terry Savage: Unemployment scams will cause woe at tax time
- Help! I’m still waiting for my Vantage refund. Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- California, el 1er estado con 2 millones de casos del virus
- Speak Out reader opinion: Future of filibuster may rest with U.S. Senate races in Georgia
- Chicago native Craig Robinson talks hosting ‘The Masked Dancer’ and the character he would be on the new Fox show
- Speak Out reader opinions: No more changing expressway, road names; Trump has more losses than wins; why do the Bears always deflate in third-quarter?
- Frank Bruni column: Biden’s withering olive branch
- Holiday light show puts Batavia house in the spotlight
- Ross Douthat column: A middle-aged Christmas
- 8 great Chinese restaurants open on Christmas Day — with holiday specials — in Chinatown and beyond
- Tenants, landlords watch calendar over rent payments as eviction moratorium waits for Trump signature for January extension
- Republicanos frustran intento demócrata de ayuda económica
- Op-ed: Pandemic blues? Look out your window.
- Six people to vie for three seats on Indian Head Park Village Board in 2021
- A COVID Christmas comes to Bethlehem
- A COVID Christmas comes to Bethlehem
- The evictions are coming. Housing activists are ready.
- Coronavirus da un tono apagado a celebraciones navideñas
- Police took their son away. Then the merchants of hope showed up.
- Woman, 12-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run in Gage Park neighborhood, Chicago police say
- Candidates file for spots on La Grange 2021 municipal election ballot
- Portage couple comes to the rescue three times for disabled pets: ‘Our lives revolve around the dogs’
- Los 25 mejores temas de música clásica de 2020
- As COVID-19 eviction crisis looms, $5,000 housing grants come from unlikely source: Beyonce
- Bank robber hits BMO Harris Bank in La Grange
- Aurora police say two found dead in apparent murder-suicide on city’s West Side
- La gente viaja, quieren ver a sus seres queridos pese a coronavirus
- Mississippi prisons to allow smoking, since some inmates have been lighting up anyway, corrections commissioner says
- EEUU extiende protección a Citgo de acreedores de Venezuela
- How much herd immunity is enough?
- E-commerce giant Alibaba facing anti-monopoly probe in China
- Musician and producer Matt LeGrand is big on Spotify and other streaming spaces, but not so much in his hometown
- NFL Week 16 predictions: NYT’s picks against the spread
- Muere Frankie Randall, el verdugo de Julio César Chávez
- Amar’e Stoudemire is a coach now. But don’t call him that.
- European soccer learns a new virtue: Patience
- Latinoamérica cierra 2020 aplicando sus primeras vacunas
- Carles Puyol: ‘Tenemos Messi para rato’
- Pakistan court orders release of man charged in 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- What books should Joe Biden read? We asked 22 writers
- How mink, like humans, were slammed by the coronavirus
- Glass window no deterrent for kids who want to tell Santa their Christmas wishes at his Naperville ‘workshop’
- A Christmas Eve ‘travel nightmare’: Snow, flooding, maybe tornadoes
- Koeman: ‘Si pierdo, perderé por mis cosas y por mi filosofía’
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger through the years
- Despite pandemic, Gary dance studio doesn’t miss a beat: ‘It’s a hidden gem’
- Firefighters deliver gifts to brighten holidays for children at Vista Medical Center East
- Britney Spears’ boyfriend Sam Asghari says he had COVID
- How will we eat in 2021? 11 predictions to chew on.
- World War II first aid kit box discovered containing a Nazi flag in old farmhouse | PHOTOS
- Una mirada a las ‘fake news’ de esta semana
- More than a dozen earthquakes reported in Puerto Rico on Christmas Eve including one measuring 4.8
- ‘Free Kyle’ Rittenhouse merchandise supporting teen charged in Kenosha shootings no longer for sale at online retailer Printify
- George Clooney on ‘The Midnight Sky’ and Donald Trump
- Cannabis gifts becoming the hottest 2020 trend
- Western Springs caucus candidates unchallenged in April elections
- Aurora City Council OKs agreement on vacant schools eyed for redevelopment
- Column: Is the glass half empty or half full? Some Napervillians say 2020 has had many positives
- The tech that was fixed in 2020 and the tech that still needs fixing
- Letters: Let’s try to remember the meaning of Christmas
- A flying elephant, a teacher’s hugs: 12 tales of pandemic resilience
- Guest column: Thankful 2020 PNW graduates power onward
- Trump pardoned his son-in-law’s dad. Here’s what Charles Kushner did.
- Subdued celebrations as global Christmas festivities modified due to COVID: ‘We want to offer hope’
- Sharing the spirit of Christ… and chili and hot dogs
- 5 ways to ring in the New Year at home
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Politicians shouldn’t be among first to get vaccine
- Chaos averted: UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade deal
- ‘Nietos’ de Santa reparten alegría en residencias italianas
- Chicago Blackhawks center Kirby Dach reportedly suffers a fracture at World Junior Championships
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- El primer entrenador en jefe de la NFL en perderse un partido por protocolo Covid
- Eight candidates file to run for Lyons Township High School Board
- Top 11 financial New Year’s resolutions and how to fulfill them
- Community news
- Column: Readers and I actually did OK predicting the news of the unexpectedly awful 2020
- Column: The ‘Dreamers’ are still waiting for their nightmare to end
- ‘They mean a lot’: Students create over 600 cards and letters to send to Southland senior citizens
- What is the presidential line of succession in the U.S.?
- Elgin man shot his girlfriend during fight, prosecutors say
- Illinois’ seven-day average for COVID-19 deaths is lowest in weeks as state records 7,037 new cases, 96 more fatalities
- A new Pinocchio film returns to the tale’s dark origins
- Cerdos salvajes invaden comunidades en Puerto Rico
- Column: For Black parents, talking to their children about the police a crucial discussion
- Looking back at 2020: Residents recall successes and challenges; anticipation for a better, healthier 2021
- Rolling homes that make an RV look palatial
- Potempa: Bourbon glazed bacon and WGN farm voice Orion both celebrated this holiday
- New year, new reopening plan — and continued uncertainty for CPS parents
- COVID Christmas travel: Airports down 40% from 2019 Wednesday, but still the biggest travel day of pandemic
- An iguana wearing a bandana attacked a person in Miami because 2020 isn’t weird enough
- James Harden deberá mantener cuarentena
- Pace bus security guard charged in Harvey with punching handcuffed man in incident caught on viral video
- At risk of extinction, black-footed ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine
- Man found shot to death in parked car in Calumet Heights
- US military confirms the pandemic won’t sideline Santa Claus, who ‘knows exactly how to stay safe’
- Winter storm moving eastward leaves Dakotas, Minnesota with bitter cold: ‘It’s definitely going to be a shock to the system’
- Second stimulus check updates: Will he sign it? GOP blocks $2,000 payments for most Americans as Trump leaves D.C. with COVID deal in doubt.
- United Airlines will require negative COVID-19 test for passengers flying from UK to O’Hare, other airports
- Corrections and clarifications
- Column: As pandemic continues, Aurora educator believes ‘kids need us now more than ever’
- Hope for Hemmens: Rate adjustments, fee waivers may give Cultural Center a new lease on life
- OPINIÓN/¿Existe realmente una maldición con Cruz Azul?
- Houston Rockets star James Harden must quarantine until Friday. He could play in the team’s opener.
- Column: Lake County’s aromatic evergreens beckon in winter
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- New York hospital workers start to ‘turn against each other’ to get the COVID vaccine: ‘We feel disrespected and underappreciated’
- US says it will open a consulate in disputed Western Sahara
- Column: Aurora food pantry manager sees the faces of the desperate and grateful during pandemic
- Community news: Schools, groups and others participate in holiday giveaways
- Faith leaders offer messages to guide congregations beyond year of illness, unrest, hardship, divisiveness
- Rolling homes that make an RV look palatial: Two couples have spent years on the road with about 50 square feet or less to call home
- Drive-in Christmas Eve Mass in Libertyville sees more than 300 cars
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Malkovich just wrapped pandemic thriller ‘The Survivalist’
- Chicago Park District adds esports to its recreational program
- News analysis: For a defeated president, pardons as an expression of grievance
- Aurora Firefighters of the Year honored for rescuing girl trapped in basement during house fire
- Brad Parscale, Trump’s ex-campaign manager angry after he was demoted, wanted out of politics. Now he’s plotting a comeback.
- Column: The meaning of Christmas, past and present
- Man, 19, shot to death in East Garfield Park
- Trump golfs in Florida, rails against House GOP and election results on first day of his winter vacation as COVID relief hangs in the balance
- George Michael’s ex-boyfriend Fadi Fawaz caught trying to break into dead singer’s ritzy townhouse: cops
- Dark days: Experts fear the holidays will fuel the deadly COVID-19 outbreak across the US
- National Guardsman who works as Chicago police officer thankful to be home from Afghanistan for Christmas, even amid pandemic
- Waubonsie Valley planetarium celebrates its 45th year with virtual field trips and programming
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Pritzker’s priorities are right on COVID-19 policy
- Alabama’s Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith, Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Florida’s Kyle Trask named Heisman finalists
- Holiday lights turned on along pedestrian bridge under construction across Fox River in downtown Aurora