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- ‘Starting to scratch the surface,’ junior Nikki Gerodemos scores career-high 13 points as Crown Point cruises past Portage
- Recruiting notes: Highland Park’s Giovanni Volpentesta closes chapter in book by committing to Grand Valley State for football
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, Dec. 6
- Daily horoscope for December 5, 2020
- The pot is boiling: The House’s passage of marijuana decriminalization is a reminder that the nation is ready for a sea change
- Ask Amy: Family spends the holidays in fantasyland
- Burlap screens can help protect evergreens from winter, but watering matters more
- ‘Knowing we helped puts a smile on my face’: Orland Park teen raises funds, puts together gift card wreaths for Christmas Without Cancer
- This day in history, December 5: Nelson Mandela dies at age 95
- The best 28 deals on a crucial weekend for holiday shopping
- Best gifts to encourage fitness in 2020
- Column: The Detroit Lions’ coaching shake-up presents an element of surprise, but the Chicago Bears’ Mitch Trubisky has been at his best in this rivalry
- 5 things to watch for when the Chicago Bears play host to the Detroit Lions, including Akiem Hicks’ potential return and a promising offensive line combination
- Review: In Showtime’s ‘Your Honor,’ Bryan Cranston breaks bad. This time it’s not quite believable
- Warmest cities in America on Christmas
- ‘The Last Dance’: Recaps from the 10-part documentary on the Chicago Bulls
- Speak Out reader opinion: Bears need to clean house starting with management
- Len Kasper’s move from Chicago Cubs TV to White Sox radio might have come as a surprise. But to him, calling games on AM radio is the purest form of baseball broadcasting.
- Amanda Seyfried finally stakes her claim
- Living and performing ‘femme queen joy’
- How to pretend you are in Tokyo
- Smart cruise control comes to motorcycles
- Without crowds, is Times Square really Times Square?
- The stressful conclusion of a clinical trial
- The best theater of 2020, according to The New York Times
- The wedding I thought would never happen
- Alicia Keys figures out her skin
- Miley Cyrus finally embraces her rock ‘n’ roll heart
- Invest like a pro (athlete)? It could be profitable, and risky
- Could a blood test show if a COVID-19 vaccine works?
- Man in custody after throwing object through Loop store window, attempting to steal: police
- At least 11 wounded in shootings since Friday evening, police say
- Supreme Court to decide whether Nazi art case brought by musician stays in United States
- In their best show in 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will align to create a wonder: A Christmas Star
- Man taken into custody after SWAT responded to possible barricade situation in South Loop neighborhood
- CDC says people should wear masks indoors as COVID-19 infections spread at record levels in United States
- No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Baylor is called off hours before tip-off because of positive COVID-19 tests
- How a solitary cow grazing on a million-dollar property created a beef between a church and the county
- Illinois surpasses 13,000 COVID-19 deaths, just eight days after reaching 12,000
- Coal industry arguing reliability for Indiana protection
- Second stimulus check updates: Testing bipartisanship, President-elect Joe Biden urges Congress to compromise on COVID-19 pandemic relief bill
- Penn State beats Rutgers for 14th straight time, winning 23-7 for their 2nd victory of the season
- Gov. Kemp again refuses Trump’s demand to call special session of Georgia legislature to overturn presidential election result, sources say
- No. 4 Ohio State improves to 5-0 with a 52-12 rout of Michigan State — but will the Buckeyes qualify for the Big Ten title game?
- Adrian Martinez’s 3 touchdowns lift Nebraska past Purdue 37-27
- 3 takeaways from the final day of individual workouts at Chicago Bulls training camp, including Daniel Gafford clearing the air with Jim Boylen
- ‘I just can’t believe it,’ owner says after missing black Labrador dog Lola reunited with family after 3 years
- Prosecutors: Men shot two people in separate carjacking incidents, and fired dozens of shots at 2 children
- Northern Illinois falls to Toledo 41-24 for its 1st 0-5 start since 1998
- Ex-state Sen. Martin Sandoval, who pleaded guilty to political corruption, dies from COVID-19
- Man fatally shot on Eisenhower on Near West Side identified
- Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider says he’ll step down amid hard-liner push to replace him
- SEE IT: ‘Hamilton’ star Daveed Diggs releases song ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’
- Maria Lopez, wife of beloved 911 dispatcher Lupe Lopez, also dies of COVID-related issues. ‘They fought to stay here with us,’ daughter says
- Northwestern clinches the Big Ten West despite not playing Saturday — but its opponent in the conference title game is up in the air
- US coronavirus cases continue to climb during holiday season, with numbers surging after Thanksgiving
- Illinois fails to hold an early 14-point lead in a 35-21 loss to No. 19 Iowa, falling to 2-4
- Man, 53, fatally shot in Logan Square, police say
- Northwestern matches its highest scoring output since 1966 in a 111-66 win over Chicago State
- No. 12 Indiana leans on its defense to get past No. 16 Wisconsin 14-6, snapping a 10-game losing streak against the Badgers
- Dionne Warwick asks Chance the Rapper a pertinent question
- Penn State beats Rutgers for 14th straight time, winning 23-7 for their 2nd win of the season
- At Georgia rally, Trump assails vote integrity while urging turnout for GOP senators facing runoff election that will decide Senate majority
- NBA star DeMar DeRozan confirms intruder broke into his home, was seeking Kylie Jenner
- Ian Book picks up his school-record 30th victory in his home finale, and No. 2 Notre Dame improves to 10-0 with a 45-21 win over Syracuse