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- Becky Hammon becomes the 1st woman to coach an NBA team in the San Antonio Spurs’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers
- Daily horoscope for December 31, 2020
- Ask Amy: A long-married couple is walking in circles
- Charges pending for assailant who stabbed Hoffman Estates snowplow driver in apparent ‘random’ attack, police say
- Pandemic, civil unrest likely contributed to more than 50% increase in Chicago homicides in 2020, experts say
- Southland students earn full-ride scholarships to prestigious universities through QuestBridge
- Daywatch: New year brings new laws, homicides increased by 50% in 2020 and Chicago takeout favorites
- The perfect way to end — or extend — Mitch Trubisky’s time in Chicago is a Bears-Packers game at Soldier Field. Can the quarterback handle the weight of the moment?
- Girl, 17, struck by bullet in possible road rage shooting near O’Hare
- Column: A New Year’s resolution for everyone, someday, when masks are not needed
- Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in US history who confessed to 93 slayings, dies at 80
- National bird returns home to roost in Indiana; Bald eagle removed from endangered list
- Top 100 songs of 2020
- Column: Aaron Rodgers is playing at an MVP level in Year 2 of Matt LaFleur’s offense. Now the QB and the Green Bay Packers stand between the Chicago Bears and the playoffs.
- This day in history, December 31: Wuhan health commission announces investigation into respiratory illness outbreak
- Decades revisited: Cedar Lake man balances physical, mental health during the pandemic
- OPRF High School board approves classroom monitors for in-person learning
- Column: Whether big or small, many Chicago sports figures who died in 2020 left a mark on fans
- Smart tech company closes on Gary land for proposed plant; hundreds of jobs planned
- Decades revisited: With library shut down, Gary man, family enjoy new closeness: ‘It just made us appreciate life so much more’
- Trump calls on Republican governor of Georgia to resign: ‘Fools!’
- Most popular dog breeds that are good for kids
- Broadcasting road games from a kitchen. Cobwebs in the seats. For Jeff Joniak, voice of the Chicago Bears, Season 20 has been unlike any other.
- Hedge fund Alden looks to buy Tribune Publishing and go private in deal valuing newspaper chain at $520 million
- Treat yourself to a heated massager to soothe sore muscles on cold days
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Becky Hammon hace historia con los Spurs
- Tiz the Law se retira, por consejo de veterinario
- An 82-year-old North Shore man lost his job during the pandemic. The community he’s served for generations helped him find a new one.
- Biden realizará ceremonia para honrar a muertos por el virus
- Estadounidenses adquieren otro equipo inglés, y van seis
- Trump skipping New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, heading back to D.C.
- Potempa: Reader’s Campbell’s Soup Christmas village has tasty history
- EEUU: Estropean 500 dosis de vacuna contra COVID-19
- With COVID-19 vaccines for teachers possible by March, Chicago Teachers Union says reopening CPS schools now ‘doesn’t make any sense’
- Neighborhood honors beloved Geneva mail carrier making her last rounds
- Multitudes no podrán acceder a Times Square para Año Nuevo
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- The small Colorado town shrugged off the pandemic. Then came the coronavirus variant.
- Speak Out reader opinion: Suburbs need to enforce parking laws during snow storms
- 2020 termina al fin, pero el coronavirus altera su despedida
- David Brooks column: 2020 taught us how to fix this
- This police union suspended 8 members. Seven are Black.
- Race to open Alaska refuge to drilling may end with a lonely winner: Alaska
- This year was a disaster. We hope the sequel is better.
- Montgomery man gets seven years in prison for sexual assault
- Spread of new virus mutation paints ‘grim’ picture for response
- The small Colorado town shrugged off the pandemic. Then came the coronavirus variant.
- La Reina de Inglaterra nombra ‘Sir’ a Lewis Hamilton
- Jill on Money: Who benefits from student loan forgiveness? It’s complicated
- Una mirada a las ‘fake news’ de esta semana
- La FA suspende a Cavani por usar término racista
- Decades revisted: New retiree looking forward to a return to normalcy
- Nashville bomb cut 911 phone lines, blacked out medical records and forced stores to go cash-only
- Northwest Indiana community news
- Trump acorta vacaciones en Florida y regresa a Washington
- How to stream New Year’s Eve: 25 shows from pop, jazz and beyond
- How cities around the world will say goodbye, at long last, to 2020
- NFL Week 17 predictions: Our picks against the spread
- The 2020 Good Tech Awards
- The 2020 Good Tech Awards
- Coronavirus vaccine rollout in US has been slower, messier than expected: ‘I’m afraid that the event was a super-spreader’
- When business as usual was turned upside down
- Vaccine memories of another time and place
- Francisco no oficiará los actos de Año Nuevo
- Letters: The rise of storefront murals in Chicago hopefully will lead to support for defiant, topical expressions
- Porter County officer honored for heroism; saved toddler after September gas explosion
- 2020, un año como ninguno para las taquillas de cine
- Go ahead. Try putting irresistible Chicago band Sonny Falls into a category. We dare ya.
- ‘The Falconeer’, un juego de acción aérea
- Op-ed: The agony and ecstasy of a Bears fan
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Ante periodo de canjes, Premier lidia con fichajes de verano
- Some businesses thrived, many lagged during pandemic in 2020
- 2020 flashback: The NBA All-Star Game comes to Chicago as one of the last major sporting events before the COVID-19 pandemic
- Column: A fearless look ahead after a dreadful year
- By the decade: What Chicago moviegoers watched on New Year’s Day
- When business as usual was turned upside down
- Vaccine memories of another time and place
- How a North Carolina kid cracked YouTube’s secret code
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Teachers should be among first to get vaccine
- Pet World: Barking and growling dog makes owner hesitant to have friends over
- The Hilaria Baldwin story: ‘I’m living my life’
- Decades revisited: Active state representative hopes event cancellations are in the past: ‘I’m a person who needs people’
- Andy Cohen had a year
- Irán acusa a Trump de buscar una excusa para “empezar una guerra” en el golfo Pérsico
- Terry Savage: Credit card euphoria will lead to nasty hangover
- Gary to make new push for food, beverage tax; administration will seek 1% to 2% citywide tax
- El año 2020 cierra con más de 300 líderes sociales asesinados en Colombia
- What do Princess Diana, Walt Disney and Al Capone have in common? The historic Drake Hotel, which is celebrating a century in Chicago with ‘100’ spelled out in in lights and 100 days of $100 rooms
- Reliever Evan Marshall and the Chicago White Sox agree to a 1-year, $2 million deal
- Kane County agencies preparing for potential wave of evictions in 2021
- Southland schools lauded for teaching ‘students about the real-world financial decisions they’ll be making every day’
- As the pandemic took lives, it also stole hopes
- Valparaiso councilman goes to state in bid for more city housing study report
- Low COVID-19 numbers reported in NWI districts over winter break
- How Netflix brought back two ’90s stars for a quirky, nostalgic ‘Sabrina’ crossover
- Appreciation: In just three seasons of ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dawn Wells left a lasting mark
- Let there be light, and art, in the Moynihan Train Hall
- Op-ed: Rep. Dan Lipinski: Why I voted ‘no’ to $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks
- Jobs, houses and cows: China’s costly drive to erase extreme poverty
- Browns enfrentan nuevos casos de virus; contagio en Falcons
- It doesn’t get any better than Bears-Packers with a shot at the playoffs at stake — and the Bear Download podcast previews all the action
- Corrections and clarifications
- Column: Remote learning takes a toll on students’ mental health. But returning to classrooms won’t be easy either.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Put a stop to loud, fast cars in Waukegan
- Help Them To Hope
- Buscan sobrevivientes tras enorme alud en Noruega
- Gran Bretaña llega a acuerdo con España sobre Gibraltar
- Why Chrissy Teigen wanted to get sober: ‘I was done with making an a– of myself’
- How the police killed Breonna Taylor
- Commentary: Theater is Hollywood’s talent incubator. It’s time Hollywood stepped up to save it
- Lake, Porter state legislators prepare for 2021 session
- Editorial: How Joe Biden can save Medicare and Social Security
- Jobless claims decrease, but still 4 times pre-pandemic level
- First year of legal marijuana in Illinois generated big bucks but no new minority license holders
- Despite traffic concerns, Aurora approves addition to gas station on Farnsworth
- With money, and waste, China fights for chip independence
- Lake County attorneys, judges conduct virtual mock jury selections
- Kary Osmond: Vegan BLTs are so good, you won’t eat just one
- El Congreso de EEUU concluye sesión caótica como pocas
- Sen. David Perdue quarantines after COVID-19 exposure, just a few days before Georgia runoff
- The pandemic’s cruel toll
- ‘Star Wars’ voice actor Tom Kane left unable to speak after suffering stroke
- New Lenox plans to break ground on $165,000 outdoor fitness court near the Village Commons
- From scathing to supportive, editorial cartoons offer Trump commentary
- Oswego museum displaying ornaments online
- No shortage of news or drama in Naperville in 2020, as our top 10 stories of the year show
- Hinsdale and La Grange hospitals, some nursing homes and first responders have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccines
- Chicago restaurants scrap New Year’s Eve plans as city pledges to keep watch: ‘I made the tough call. It’s a bummer.’
- Dog gone: Greyhound racing comes to an end in Florida
- Lightfoot meets with Anjanette Young as city inspector general opens investigation into raid case
- Washington Park celebrated its first tree-lighting ceremony this year. Then someone torched the tree
- 4 Chicago restaurants, 2 businesses cited for violating coronavirus guidelines over Christmas weekend
- Man found shot dead in McKinley Park neighborhood
- Another storm sets its sights on Chicago, bringing a glaze of snow and ice on New Year’s Day
- Mike Richardson, cornerback on the ’85 Bears, arrested on suspicion of murder in Phoenix
- The Lipinski era
- False claims about the election, Nashville bombing and COVID-19 spread on social media this week. Here are the facts.
- After giving up GOP leadership post, three-time candidate for governor Bill Brady resigns from the Illinois Senate
- Employees at suburban Milwaukee clinic unknowingly gave out 57 shots with deliberately ruined vaccine; pharmacist arrested
- Britain ends long Brexit journey with economic break from EU
- Column: Putin’s press conference in context
- Illinois expunges nearly half a million cannabis cases as part of legalization
- Yu Darvish gets emotional talking about his time with the Chicago Cubs and says he was ‘pretty shocked’ to be traded to the San Diego Padres
- Elgin’s 2020 in review: coronavirus, Black Lives Matter protests and veterans honored in death
- Candidates file for first-ever Aurora Public Library election
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Blame Trump for more than 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
- This Week in Naperville
- Help Them To Hope
- Short-handed Chicago Bulls hold off the Wizards 133-130 for a 2-game sweep in Washington
- Florida has nation’s 3rd confirmed case of coronavirus variant
- New Year’s festivities muted by coronavirus as curtain draws on 2020
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 31 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area