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- Ex-Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95
- ‘Just keep shooting it if it’s going in’: Raquel Radermacher heats up with 18 points to lift Huntley past Jacobs
- Boys basketball notes: Jake Lenschow finds out ‘so much of a change’ in conference is good for Burlington Central
- Ask Amy: Couple faces a big city problem
- Daily horoscope for February 4, 2020
- Analysis: Here are 5 key takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
- Lincoln Park home with remodel by noted architect lists for $1.9 million
- This Chicago charter school is the state’s first and only mostly online public school. Here’s why it may be on the verge of closing.
- Daywatch: Caucus chaos in Iowa, Lincoln Park HS investigations detail claims of misconduct and Chicago hotels rank No. 2 and 3 in US
- MHz Worldview on public television will cease broadcasting March 1. Here’s what will replace it in Chicago
- Niles mayor identifies ‘drivers’ for boosting village economy during annual leadership lunch
- World Long Drive Championship is coming to Cog Hill in September — thanks to a Wheaton man who can drive a golf ball 442 yards
- Winnetka-Northfield library director resigns after months of turmoil; officials mum on details: ‘This brings up more questions than it answers’
- Customers bought nearly $40 million in recreational marijuana during the first month of sales in Illinois
- Chicago is home to 2 of the country’s top 3 hotels, report says
- 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with Near North Side robberies
- Lincoln Park High School investigations include claims of sexual misconduct, retaliation, recruiting violations: CPS
- ‘She’s been saying for 40 years she was going to live to be 100’: Betty Dermer of Matteson’s Applewood Center achieves her goal
- ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ marks Chicago novelist Michael Zapata’s strong debut
- Best unique Valentine’s Day gifts
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- Want all the good aspects of Facebook without the politics? Try this smart picture frame
- Ken Griffin’s team at Citadel to give $7.5 million to aid coronavirus relief in China
- Instacart in-store shoppers in Skokie vote to unionize, a first for the online grocery delivery company
- Pharmacist at Walgreens wasn’t really a pharmacist. Now the company is paying $7.5M to settle a consumer protection lawsuit.
- Jordan Moser chose to walk on to the women’s basketball team at Loyola — where her father, Porter, is the best-known man on campus: ‘Going far away is overrated’
- Coronavirus ha infectado a más de 20,600 personas
- Meijer opposition could block proposed site for Aurora marijuana dispensary on Route 59
- My worst moment: ‘Criminal Minds’ star Paget Brewster and the clothing snafu
- ‘McMillions’ on HBO: How the McDonald’s Monopoly promotion became a target for scammers
- Revés demócrata: resultados de caucus en Iowa se demoran
- Shaken and stirred: A signature drink for all 50 states
- Casi 100 millones de personas vieron el Super Bowl LIV
- Will Oscar’s top prize signal a retreat with ‘1917,’ or an advance with ‘Parasite’?
- Speak Out: McConnell looked like a little kid with candy
- Iowa was already at risk of losing its first-in-the-nation status. With the caucus debacle, ‘it may be the end.’
- 1 ejected when ambulance hits car stopped on shoulder of Veterans Memorial Tollway near Lockport
- Two dead in Cicero fire
- Things to do in Chicago today | Feb. 4
- Dembélé se rompe y dice adiós a la temporada
- Chicago has the most romantic restaurants in US, according to OpenTable — and they’re not all steakhouses
- La Vinotinto ya tiene técnico y es europeo
- How to deal with the anxieties of immigration? Break into song
- Lincolnwood gets new Chamber of Commerce director
- Hong Kong medical workers strike to demand closed border with mainland China; coronavirus fatality rate stands at 2.1%
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020
- Anguilla, with its domain name, cashes in on a quirky trend
- Fireflies have a mating problem: The lights are always on
- Writer who left off Derek Jeter on the Hall of Fame ballot keeps vote private
- Tirotean negocio de videojuegos: 9 muertos
- Editorial: Iowa as the new Florida: An app embarrassment but hey, no hanging chads
- We taste Old Bay Hot Sauce — which sold out in an hour — and it’s really good
- In Humboldt Park, Chicago’s Iowans lean toward Sen. Bernie Sanders in national Democratic caucuses
- West Aurora applies for state grant for roof replacement at Hall Elementary School
- Girls basketball notes: Oswego loses junior guard McKenna Engler to knee injury that will require surgery
- Shannen Doherty says she is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four
- Buffalo Grove teen, known for bringing the suburb its first Pride parade, named Human Rights Campaign youth ambassador
- Change looming as NASCAR season arrives with Daytona 500
- ‘Getting better every week’: Struggling to find its second win, ‘startup’ Waukegan shows signs of progress
- Illinois basketball is still tops in the state, but Southern Illinois is heating up — and complicating things in the Missouri Valley
- Abusing pets and drugs, one veterinarian has left decades of despair in his wake
- Los 50 mejores agentes libres de NFL en 2020
- Top NFL free agents of 2020
- Corruption trial for Chicago Ald. Edward Burke won’t happen until at least mid-2021
- NFL 101: What’s ahead as next pro football century begins
- Change looming as NASCAR season arrives with Daytona 500
- Coronavirus isn’t bringing jobs back to America
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020
- Cabaret show focuses on ‘Barbra, Bernadette & Bette’
- Thieves chain ATM in Arlington Heights bank drive-thru to truck, then abandon the vehicle and machine: Police
- Cards Against Humanity buys parody website ClickHole
- Neanderthal genes hint at much earlier human migration from Africa
- Portillo’s still plans to open on Chicago’s Northwest Side, just a year behind schedule
- Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove among towns gearing up for census
- Tesla soars 20% after suppliers of its batteries get good news
- See skiers race in Wisconsin, tap into a Michigan beer festival and more Midwest events
- In Iraq, where beauty was long suppressed, art flowers amid protests
- In Iraq, where beauty was long suppressed, art flowers amid protests
- Vaginal Davis, a groundbreaking artist and performer, now has a groundbreaking show at the Art Institute, ‘The White to Be Angry’
- Michael, Angela Ingersoll join forces to sing the songs you know by heart
- Oswego police search for armed men who robbed Verizon store
- Post-Tribune boys swimming rankings and swimmer of the week for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020
- Cozy up with homemade slow cooker chai, plum chai pie
- Wrestling notes: Carter Maggio finds ‘matter of priority’ in carrying on state hopes for St. Charles East
- The Kitchn: The homemade Italian condiment you’ll want to put on everything
- Ozzie Guillén no da la espalda a Alex Cora: ‘Soy pana con la familia Cora’
- Plan to build new $240 million Provident Hospital put on hold after ouster of Cook County Health CEO
- What went wrong in the Iowa caucuses? New mobile app blamed for long-delayed election results.
- Jacksonville Jaguars to play consecutive home games in London next season
- There’s no place like Kangaroo Island. Can it survive Australia’s fires?
- Darien 2020 Citizen of the Year: Aleta Peknik, active church member, hospital volunteer and former teacher
- There’s no place like Kangaroo Island. Can it survive Australia’s fires?
- Lake Station taking offers on community center
- Fire destroys home but no injuries reported near Round Lake
- Little-known facts about U.S. presidents
- Dos años después ratifican a River campeón de la Libertadores 2018 pero le castigan
- Caucus chaos in Iowa drags into second day as Democrats promise at least partial results will be released
- Asesinan a otro defensor de la mariposa monarca, el segundo en menos de una semana
- Clippers guard Patrick Beverley to participate in Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Chicago
- Shout Out: Tim Hunter, helps low-income families prepare tax returns
- Boys swimming notes: Andrew Alders’ Duneland Athletic Conference record in the 100-yard breaststroke a ‘huge motivator’ as Chesterton charges toward the postseason
- Firefighter, paramedic’s Ben’s Blue Bags initiative wins Crown Point monthly award
- Boys basketball notes: Isaiah Smith showcases efficiency to ignite Waubonsie Valley’s four-guard attack
- La Grange village leaders recapped ongoing, budgeted capital projects
- La diestra de seda que golea en el Preolímpico sudamericano
- Post-Tribune wrestling rankings and wrestler of the week for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020
- Column: Is Chris Collins on the hot seat at Northwestern? Should he be?
- Clarendon Hills residents express concerns to Village Board about small cell wireless facilities
- Brendan Coyle, Mr. Bates on ‘Downton Abbey,’ is to return to Chicago theater this spring
- Joaquín Sabina: 19 Días y 500 noches es un disco de coca
- Column: Iowa’s unholy mess is not what Democrats needed with so much at stake
- Metropolitan Jazz Octet will perform with singer Dee Alexander
- ¿Renace intolerancia cultural en el exilio cubano de Miami?
- Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees
- Athletes you didn’t know played in the NCAA Tournament
- Dog loved by veteran could be euthanized after biting 2
- Indivisible NWI to host 1st Congressional District candidate forums
- Wrestling notes: Wheeler senior Giovanni Diaz, a sectional champion, heads to the regional stronger than ever
- FTC says combining Schick, Harry’s would give consumers razor burn
- Glenbrook high school district ending longtime evening program, which alumni remember as a ‘safe place’
- Retiran ofrendas en memoria de Kobe Bryant
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- Michael Bloomberg plans to double ad spending to capitalize on Iowa caucus chaos
- The best Toshiba external hard drive
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- Column: This Cracker Barrel worker serves a heaping platter of hopefulness to guests, even the ‘hangry’ ones
- Ocho buscan el lugar que dejó Evo Morales
- Oaxaca, una perla en el Pacífico poco conocida por los extranjeros
- North Aurora looks to cut costs of silo project
- Accuser back on stand at Harvey Weinstein trial, tells jury ‘he is my rapist’
- Moran: Whooping cough, cannabis and coronavirus team up for a triple play of caution
- Court Theatre announces 66th season
- Naperville Central’s Ryan Silva keeps his sights on season-long goal: ‘Getting downstate is the No. 1 priority’
- Mitch McConnell blasts Trump impeachment charges as ‘constitutionally incoherent’ as trial cruises toward acquittal
- Column: From that J.Lo, Shakira halftime show to the Hallmark same-sex wedding ad, what’s family-friendly anyway?
- West Town home with 30-foot ceilings: $1.1M
- Review: Carrie Coon in ‘Bug’ is thrilling, old-school Steppenwolf — the greatest ‘Bug’ ever
- Beach Boys members split over using music at hunting convention
- Area legislators dish on policy plans that impact seniors
- Abstinencia, el plan de Bolsonaro contra embarazos precoces
- Column: Hey, Bernie Sanders brigades, don’t turn on him just because Joe Rogan likes him
- Theatre at the Center musical showcases life, music of John Denver
- Does Morton Grove pool merit a yes vote? Park district sets meetings to explain why
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- The Knicks fired Steve Mills on Tuesday, beginning their search for a new president two days before NBA trade deadline
- Changing counts reveal inexact science of calorie labels
- 4 things dermatologists want you to know about CBD lip balm
- Lincoln-Way East theater students participate in All-State festival production of ‘Aida’
- Millennial Money: You’re an online fraud target — fight back
- Community news
- Liz Weston: I travel-hacked a college tour and saved $3,000
- Should you pay for summer camp with a credit card?
- Snowmobiler who drowned in West Loon Lake identified by coroner
- Caucus tourists ask: Why should Iowans have all the fun?
- ‘Winter Scenes’ set to run at Metea Valley High School in Aurora
- At the Iowa caucuses, Indian Prairie District 204 students get a firsthand lesson in citizenship — before the confusion
- Hinsdale Public Library’s ‘After Dark’ series fills the room with jazz
- Netflix made them reality stars. Now the team from ‘Cheer’ wonders what’s next
- Peleador de UFC quería amputarse un dedo para seguir peleando
- Poster contest captures winter wonders at Wolf Lake
- Deported Army veteran Miguel Perez Jr. who got pardon, citizenship will attend State of the Union
- How many calories in almonds? Turns out, that’s a tough nut to crack.
- Editorial: After this Senate verdict but before voters decide: Another call to censure Trump
- China coronavirus outbreak taking a toll on businesses worldwide, from high-tech factories to luxury retailers
- East Dundee says no, again, to granting liquor license so gas station can have video gaming
- Comings & Goings: Anytime Fitness coming to Tinley Park
- Bundesliga autoriza uso de bengalas antes de partido
- Letters: Taiwan has politicized outbreak
- Flu a bigger threat in U.S. than coronavirus, Mayo expert says
- Filis inmortalizarán a Halladay esta temporada
- With a twist: Creative cocktail bars to visit in all 50 states
- Kris Dunn needs 6 starts to trigger a $2.5 million increase to his qualifying offer, but the Bulls guard will be out at least the next 2 weeks
- Hand-washing: do’s and don’ts
- Ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo pleads not guilty to federal bribery charge
- Improvements planned for Green Bay Road in Evanston as part of long-term project
- Speak Out
- Why researchers say term ‘bad cholesterol’ might be misleading
- ‘Entonces, ¿por qué no te quedaste en México?’: Un padre latino fue interrumpido por un hombre blanco en una reunión sobre el racismo en las escuelas
- New York Stock Exchange owner seeking to buy eBay, report says
- Lincolnshire-Prairie View district family who recently returned from China sparking concern among some parents over coronavirus
- Church news
- River Forest to launch task force to study deer population management
- Who spends the most on Valentine’s Day?
- LeBron elige número de Gianna Bryant para Juego de las Estrellas
- The joy of cooking naked
- Glencoe Caucus now accepting applications for nominating committees
- Southtowners: Area college students earn scholarly honors
- FBI Chicago searching for man who robbed River Forest bank
- Más violencia, menos reos: la reforma judicial de México
- Groups call on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to ban city’s use of facial recognition technology
- Service for baseball coach John Altobelli and his family — who died in the helicopter crash with Kobe and Gianna Bryant — to be held at Angel Stadium of Anaheim
- Outdoors come indoors at weekend fishing, golf shows in Tinley Park
- Trinity students get haircuts, donate locks to cancer charity in honor of loved ones
- More than 50 programs to receive $934,000 in funding from Hanover Township’s Mental Health Board
- Second City is coming back, and they’ve brought their best work
- Three anonymous Oscar voters share their super-secret ballots in key categories
- High waves, Chicago lakefront flooding Tuesday, early Wednesday before another round of snow hits, forecasters say
- The chaos of Iowa shifts focus to other states set to caucus this election
- DJ Khaled cuts price on South Florida home by $600,000
- Indiana Jones 5 será una ‘continuación’, no un reboot
- Shout Out: Mildred Villasenor, seller of accessories
- Wilmette fathers, daughters create memories at annual dance
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Classic Film Series presents ‘Moonstruck;’ financial aid night planned
- Shout Out: Jen Kramer, who returns to her alma mater in Mundelein to talk about her #yearoflove
- MLB unveils new collection of batting practice hats for 2020 season
- MLB presenta la nueva colección de gorras de práctica de bateo para 2020
- Zach LaVine picks the 3-Point Contest over Slam Dunk, eyeing a chance to become the first player to win both: ‘I think I have a shot to do it’
- Luis Fernando Tena, DT Chivas: ‘El Tuca acá es el puto amo’ (VIDEO)
- China’s coronavirus outbreak generates economic backlash in US oil industry
- Yorkville man indicted on 34 additional counts of sexual abuse and sexual assault
- NWI Dems in Iowa express frustration with caucus system as they work for Sanders
- Maine South play ‘Rose and the Rime’ enters a mythological world of perpetual winter
- The Spin: Iowa, indecision and the repercussions | Axelrod, Sen. Durbin on what to expect from Trump’s SOTU address | DNC boss, Lightfoot to host March election event
- ‘Precaución, tengo coronavirus’ decía el letrero en la espalda de un sujeto que roció mercancía con Lysol en un Walmart, lo buscan
- Estalla nueva polémica en el Barca con el choque Abidal-Messi
- Shout Out: Jon Kehren, pastor of Jerusalem Lutheran Church
- Man dies after crashing into tree in Hammond: police
- Shout Out: Anami Patel, Maine East senior recognized for academics, work as Motorola intern
- Column: Homeowners expect property tax relief as state gives $26.5 million in grants to 20 south suburban schools
- Carrascal, el niño terrible de Colombia en el Preolímpico sudamericano
- As a 52-year employee of Ace Hardware, Mark Schoenwolf is a downtown Skokie fixture
- Senator drops push to force Indiana marijuana prosecutions
- Commentary: The age of impeachment and the death of shame
- Shout Out: Dale Fisher, human resources administrator at Deerfield Public Schools District 109
- Aumentan los rumores de canjes importantes en la NBA
- Blackhawks rookies Kirby Dach and Adam Boqvist are here to stay and helping lead the charge to the playoffs: ‘They’re getting better all the time’
- Veterano deportado asistirá al discurso del Estado de la Unión de Trump
- Delinquent Illinois taxpayers paid up $237 million during amnesty period
- Maine South High School student diagnosed with whooping cough
- Column: Aiming high won’t get the job done for state ethics reformers. They need to aim highest.
- Pets of the week
- Evanston Public Library launches podcast featuring interviews with locals ‘who are doing great things’
- Oak Park OKs seven-story building with 174 senior units for Madison Street
- Six-bedroom Riverwoods home: $1.15M
- NFL 101: Lo que viene antes de la próxima temporada
- Nominations of notable Naperville women sought for Settlement’s HERstory celebration
- We promise no snafus or delays in tallying the results of the Tweet of the Week survey.
- Here are the guests for tonight’s State of the Union
- Man charged with robbing people he met through Grindr dating app
- México avanza en Serie del Caribe y le quita invicto a Venezuela
- St. Barnabas School in Beverly will reopen Wednesday after being closed Tuesday because about 140 students had flu-like symptoms, officials say
- Winnetka Cub Scout Pack 18 holds annual Pinewood Derby
- Crosby: Lessons in empowerment from 5-year old granddaughter during leg treatments at Lurie Children’s Hospital take center stage day after Super Bowl
- Molesta a colegas la austeridad de diputada guatemalteca
- English brothers’ compositions celebrated at early music concert in February
- In letter, Illinois U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth want steelmaker ArcelorMittal to ‘clean up its act’ following toxic spill
- Commentary: Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean marijuana is safe for everyone
- Arrest made in Hammond after gas station shooting: police
- If Iowa, N.H. are too white to vote first, then who? ‘Look no further than Illinois,’ Gov. J.B. Pritzker says
- MLBPA will fight service-time manipulation after Kris Bryant’s loss in his grievance case against the Cubs
- Corrections and clarifications
- Elgin commission recommends time extension for never-built residential care center on Chicago Street
- Ford profit plunges and CEO blames flubbed launch of new Explorer SUV, made in Chicago
- Naperville axe throwing lounge seeking license to serve beer and wine
- Can Mitch Trubisky follow Patrick Mahomes’ lead? The Bear Download podcast breaks down the Super Bowl and talks quarterbacks.
- Wayside sex offenders ask appellate court for restraining order to let them keep living at Aurora facility
- The NBA is changing the 3-point contest format to include 2 deep shots worth 3 points each and more time on the clock
- Yorkville man accused of killing woman in Grundy County then setting her house on fire
- State of the Union: Illinois’ Congressional delegation invite delegation Mayor Lightfoot and a once-deported veteran, among others. As for U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush? He’s boycotting.
- Man convicted of quintuple murder says his confession to Gary police was a lie to protect family
- President Trump gives his State of the Union address tonight. Here’s what to watch for.
- Column: Jimmy Butler must be laughing about Karl-Anthony Towns being ‘disrespected’
- Death toll from coronavirus rises to 490 in China as Japan confirms 10 new cases on cruise ship
- Column: After the Iowa caucuses disaster, let’s bring back the smoke-filled room
- After 24 hours of chaos in Iowa, partial caucus results show a close race between Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. Here’s a recap.
- Mark Dantonio says lawsuit has ‘zero’ to do with his retiring as Michigan State football coach, while AD calls claim of NCAA violations ‘patently false’
- Trump presents Rush Limbaugh with Presidential Medal of Freedom during State of the Union
- Archdiocese, Big Shoulders Fund money to benefit Oak Park’s St. Catherine, St. Lucy school
- 2 leaders of Milwaukee’s Democratic convention host committee fired amid allegations they oversaw toxic work environment
- Naperville City Council votes 5-4 to ban sale of commercially bred dogs at pet stores
- Red Sox trading Mookie Betts and David Price to the Dodgers
- ‘It’s like riding a bike’: Clemson golf recruit Sean Curran lifts Lincoln-Way Central past Andrew in basketball
- ‘I just keep shooting’: Freshman guard Dominic Jankowski hits four 3-pointers in the third quarter and scores a career-high 30 as Grayslake North knocks off rival Grayslake Central