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- Two parents of Park Ridge-Niles District 64 students test positive for COVID-19: Superintendent
- Daily horoscope for March 24, 2020
- Ask Amy: Job Seeker is frustrated by follow-up
- Credits for unused CTA passes, $1 Divvy rides. City rolls out discounts to help residents and transportation providers cope with coronavirus.
- In the world of Chicago architecture and design, the future is female
- Tinley Park Boy Scout throws Mardi Gras party, donation drive for residents of St. Coletta’s
- Man dead, wife critically ill after taking additive found in anti-malaria drug touted by Trump as coronavirus treatment
- Home schooling due to the coronavirus? Ease up and try this instead.
- Daywatch: Illinois enlists biotech in COVID-19 fight, officials hustle to free up hospital beds and city offers transportation discounts to cope with virus impact
- 3 things the Cubs answered at spring training — and 3 looming questions for when baseball resumes
- NY Philharmonic cancels season, cuts orchestra salaries
- Man arrested, charged with robbery of US Bank in Northlake, police say; another at large
- 3 things the White Sox answered at spring training — and 3 looming questions for when baseball resumes
- Column: Trump will likely choose the health of the stock market over the health of Americans
- African jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of coronavirus
- Illinois manufacturers are switching gears to make equipment to fight COVID-19. Here’s what they’re doing.
- 2 police officers among 4 injured in Avondale crash
- ‘Chicken’ nuggets and cream ‘cheese’ grow in trays in a South Side lab. Are you ready for alternative proteins made from a volcanic microbe?
- Column: Do your bit for urban vitality. Order takeout from your local restaurant.
- Review: On ‘3.15.20,’ Childish Gambino is the anxious, freaked-out, no-chill rock star we need right now
- Niles man pleads guilty to child porn, sexual exploitation charges in federal court
- How did the national media grade the Bears’ moves in free agency? Louis Riddick loved one deal, while Michael Wilbon called the QB competition ‘rigged.’
- Hobart business loan repaid; city to drop lawsuit: city attorney
- China to lift lockdown in Hubei province, the epicenter of new coronavirus outbreak, after 2 months
- Woody Allen talks about Mia Farrow, Harvey Weinstein and writing female roles in new memoir ‘Apropos of Nothing’
- Aplazados los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio-2020
- Albert Uderzo, a creator of French hero Asterix, dies at 92
- Drive-up coronavirus testing for first responders, health care workers in high demand at Joliet, Northlake Walmart sites
- Taylor Swift says leaked Kanye West video proves she was being ‘framed’
- Chicago’s lakefront on Preservation Chicago’s annual list of endangered places
- The 606, the lakefront and Chicago harbors reopen
- Chicago woman gets 50 years for beating death of 5-year-old son in Iowa
- Fallece Albert Uderzo, el dibujante de Astérix
- California scrambling to obtain virus protection gear
- Measure seeks to address Iowa’s shortage of veterinarians
- Measure seeks to address Iowa’s shortage of veterinarians
- Service dog so much more than family pet to Wisconsin man
- Speak Out: Grocery shopping has become ridiculous
- Dog featured in Super Bowl ad dies, but ‘Scout’s legacy will live on’
- Trump has given unusual leeway to Fauci, but aides say he’s losing his patience
- Los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio serán en 2021
- How Aurora police and firefighters have changed operations amid COVID-19 outbreak
- Don’t forget about the census
- Trump has given unusual leeway to Dr. Anthony Fauci, but aides say he’s losing his patience
- Sin balón, los futbolistas se consuelan con los videojuegos
- Is marijuana an ‘essential’ like milk or bread? Some states say yes
- España registra 514 nuevas muertes por coronavirus en un día
- NFL discontinues physical exams, players and prospects still free to be checked out by ‘neutral physicians’
- With N95 masks and other medical safety gear scarce, the public is stepping up. Here’s how to help.
- Many Aurora area towns have made state of emergency declarations due to coronavirus
- Two staff members at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago test positive for coronavirus
- NYC ahoga las penas del coronavirus en ‘cuarentinis’ y las licorerías festejan
- Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau launches web resource
- ¿Qué impacto económico tiene para Japón el aplazamiento de Tokio-2020?
- My worst moment: When ‘One Day at a Time’ star Stephen Tobolowsky lost his pants on stage
- Curbside Critic: Steak, fish and more from Gibsons
- ‘This Is Us’ season finale, plus what else is on TV Tuesday, March 24
- Tracking QBs in NFL free agency: Panthers release Cam Newton after failing to find a trade partner
- Dua Lipa aplaza su gira y adelanta el lanzamiento de su nuevo disco
- Koval distillery makes hand sanitizer
- How much did you pay for hand sanitizer? Illinois consumers file 700 coronavirus price gouging complaints.
- Mundelein mayor announces COVID-19 diagnosis
- Get a better at-home workout during the coronavirus quarantine with these free classes and tutorials
- Wondering why Lollapalooza tix aren’t on sale yet? Also, Milwaukee’s Summerfest postponed until September — no word yet on other Chicago fests
- Tras los ‘Juegos Fantasma’ de Tokio-1940, la historia se repite
- Voluntarios cosen mascarillas de tela para personal médico
- How Chicago TV journalists are broadcasting live from home during coronavirus: ‘We’re making do with the best we have’
- ‘Tiger King’: Big cats and big drama; this crazy show on Netflix is your next binge-watch during coronavirus quarantine
- Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggests elderly should die to save economy from coronavirus
- Frozen tavern-style pizzas and Negroni slushies to go: Chicago-style restaurant family meals and kits to pick up now
- Timeline: How the debate over postponing the Tokyo Olympics shifted from January to today
- Brady en Tampa Bay es apenas uno de los cambios en la NFL
- Illinois enlists manufacturers, biotech companies in fight against coronavirus as state death toll reaches 12
- Texas: gente debe volver a trabajar, dice vicegobernador
- NFL tackle Donald Penn takes another pass at selling his Encino estate
- Forget bourbon and gin — in the era of coronavirus, distilleries (and even some breweries) go all in on hand sanitizer
- Liberty University students returning to campus dorms amid coronavirus shutdowns
- Llega la cuarta temporada de ‘La casa de papel’ por Netflix (VIDEO)
- España: Hallan cadáveres en hogares de ancianos
- Closed stores along the Magnificent Mile
- As coronavirus took hold, golf rounds surged. That has stopped
- At Kobe Bryant’s high school, coronavirus suspends already tough basketball season
- Welcome to the virosphere, the unimaginably vast world of virus diversity
- Is marijuana an ‘essential’ like milk or bread? Some states are saying yes in wake of coronavirus outbreak.
- After a successful freshman season, Grayslake North’s Peyton Gerdes trains with a pro — her father — amid statewide coronavirus restrictions: ‘The sky is the limit for her.’
- Column: Laughter is no vaccine, but in tough times it can be the best medicine
- A medical class ‘minted by the pandemic’
- Late charges suspended in Highland for utilities payments due to coronavirus crisis
- ‘To save India,’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi institutes the world’s largest ‘total lockdown’ to curb coronavirus
- How South Korea flattened the curve
- Congreso de EEUU cerca de un acuerdo de rescate económico
- Shouting, finger-pointing and threats in a Florida city on edge
- Startups jump the gun on home kits for coronavirus testing
- Mourinho y Ancelotti combaten el aislamiento de los fans por el coronavirus
- Empty windows, boarded-up storefronts dot the Magnificent Mile during coronavirus shutdown
- Niles man accused of coughing in police officer’s face, yelling, ‘now you have the corona’
- Chicago Board of Education to vote on $75 million coronavirus response measure during first remote meeting
- Quality sleep is the foundation of health, here’s how to maximize the benefits of rest
- The best dog flea and tick prevention
- The best De’Longhi espresso machine
- The best Cuisinart toaster oven
- The best Christmas light
- The best car escape tool
- What to do when ordered to stay home? Well-spaced jaunts to the lakefront: ‘It’s like a sanctuary.’
- México pasa de la contención a la mitigación en su estrategia ante COVID-19
- Teams, toddlers and cabinets: The joys of working from home
- Mexicana Valeria Luiselli gana Premio Folio de literatura
- Niles North High School junior dies in single-vehicle crash
- How to date during coronavirus
- Glut of jet fuel is on brink of overwhelming global storage
- Morton Grove, Lincolnwood prep to fight coronavirus; ask residents to support local restaurants
- Amazon focus on essentials sows panic, confusion among merchants
- Porter County has two COVID-19 cases, officials say
- ‘A relief to me’: With knee surgery behind her, Homewood-Flossmoor’s Grace Hall takes aim at comeback for next season
- Column: Social distancing goes against human nature. But we need to practice it now more than ever.
- Los jugadores del Bayern y otros clubes alemanes aceptan reducción de salario
- With no games and no patrons, Chicago sports bars scramble to stay afloat during the coronavirus shutdown: ‘I would imagine most restaurants have a month or so, and then they shutter forever’
- Warren Township High School to lay off eight teachers, one nurse as financial struggles continue
- Cuidado con las estafas por el coronavirus: plata coloidal, remedios a base de hierbas o kits de prueba falsos
- Dayton double: Flyers’ Obi Toppin, Anthony Grant claim AP top honors
- Kids’ audiobooks offer another option for young readers during coronavirus lockdown, plus more recs for adults
- Naperville, Fox Valley restaurant owners talk about how they are coping with coronavirus concerns
- Estados de EEUU suspenden los abortos en nombre de la lucha contra el coronavirus
- West Dundee allows restaurants and bars to sell sealed beer and wine if they have on-site consumption liquor licenses
- Alivio en Latinoamérica por aplazamiento de Juegos de Tokio
- How to donate protective gear to Chicagoland hospitals
- Trump considera aliviar restricciones de aislamiento
- Column: Mr. President, don’t pit ‘the numbers’ against our lives
- Food collection effort in Dolton nets 500 bags of groceries delivered to senior citizens
- Editorial: One way to beat the coronavirus blues: Pet adoption
- Coronavirus y pobreza: madre deja de comer para alimentar a sus hijos
- Activists call for housing, health care, wage reforms to address inequality exacerbated by virus outbreak
- Importance of home exercise while being isolated
- Dayton double: Flyers’ Obi Toppin, Anthony Grant claim AP top honors
- Muere de coronavirus el saxofonista de jazz Manu Dibango
- Column: While everyone was stocking for COVID-19, my family chased single pieces of tilapia
- DIY and paint projects for spring 2020
- Zion shooting leaves two with minor injuries
- Coronavirus could postpone Oswego visit of wall that honors military members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan
- COVID-19: Exercise when ill; what’s OK and what’s not
- Munster graduate Mike Madura was within hours of his first Division I start when the season was canceled. Scheduled to pitch for the Oilmen this summer, the right-hander doesn’t know when he’ll pitch again.
- En tiempos de pandemia, la banca digital es de gran ayuda
- Why Oprah Winfrey and partner Stedman Graham are not quarantining together
- ‘There are no passengers.’ Many airline flights nearly empty as coronavirus undercuts travel
- Florida shifts coronavirus containment to outside travelers
- After party is canceled, Kouts boy receives car parade in ‘weirdest birthday ever’
- Avoid food waste with these tips to store and stretch your groceries
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot warns against misinformation about so-called cures during COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Be careful. There’s no cure for coronavirus’
- Decent: Hilary’s ready and willing to answer all your ‘important’ coronavirus questions as she learns to ‘shelter in place’
- Marist graduate John Carmody considering a fifth year of playing baseball for North Central College: ‘A lot of guys can’t afford that. It’s hard to process.’
- Coronavirus pandemic produces the inevitable for Chicago: Malort hand sanitizer
- Park Ridge library, park district employees to receive pay during closures
- Citing coronavirus, suburban Chicago Italian restaurant closes permanently
- Ciclista colombiano permanece hospitalizado en Emiratos Árabes
- After what will be a season without Tom Brady, who will be the Patriots’ starting quarterback Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season? There are odds for that.
- Dr. Bradley Langer, interventional radiologist at Stroger Hospital, dies at 64
- Brock Olivo, a former Bears assistant coach, is quarantined in Rome during Italy’s coronavirus lockdown: ‘It’s as close to apocalyptic as we have ever seen’
- Buddy, can you spare a dime? Echoes of ’30s in coronavirus crisis?
- Cristiano Ronaldo dona unidades de cuidados intensivos a hospitales
- Man charged with stealing Jeep from Hinsdale home — his second arrest in a week in DuPage County, authorities say
- Rosalía lanza nueva canción para que todos nos sintamos ‘un poco mejor’ (VIDEO)
- Southtowners: Former baseball coach Al Budding among six Moraine Valley Athletics Hall of Fame inductees
- Metea Valley goalkeeper Gandhi Cruz finds a Division I home at DePaul: ‘They always wanted me to be a part of the family.’
- ‘We have some unfinished business’: Notre Dame recruit Nick DeMarco raring to go but plays waiting game for St. Charles North in baseball
- Letters: Truck drivers are working through this crisis to keep supply lines going
- Temporary coronavirus testing site set up outside Burr Ridge medical practice
- Mexicana Ana Guevara aplaude postergación de Juegos
- ‘Time Enough at Last.’ When ‘The Twilight Zone’ feels eerily familiar to our self-quarantined moment
- Folks stuck at home due to coronavirus crisis offer to foster animals, while shelters brace for a flood of surrendered pets
- Crosby: From toilet paper to thermometers to Tylenol, empty shelves bare our vulnerabilities
- Weary of coronavirus? Canine Companions presents live puppy cam
- Social distancing during the coronavirus? Try banking online
- Area restaurants face major challenge with no inside dining allowed amid coronavirus concerns
- Naperville People in the News
- NPR journalist calls on hospitals to revise visitor policy after being asked to leave Merrillville hospital amid COVID-19 concerns days before mom died
- Venezolanos buscan en hierbas una defensa contra coronavirus
- Livestock in Chicago
- Aunque cancelado, SXSW entrega sus premios de cine
- Recipes to use all the food you stocked in your freezer
- Coronavirus closure prompts Winnetka-Northfield library to expand online services to non-card holders
- Ford, which employs about 6,000 in Chicago, will delay reopening shuttered auto plants
- Seriously Simple: Spring pasta is easy to make with pantry staples
- For athletes, Olympic delay brings relief but new challenges
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- Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem coronavirus spread
- Zoos and aquariums stream footage during closures
- Playwright Terrence McNally, 81, dies of coronavirus complications
- With global blood supply running 86,000 units short, Valparaiso drive participants see need to help
- Midway air traffic control tower reopens after coronavirus test results forced its closure
- Don’t flush disposable wipes, Naperville wastewater official warns
- Pets of the week
- Dogs running around a park? Unclogging the shower? Sports announcers are getting in their reps on Twitter during the shutdown.
- Instagram revela opción de video compartido para aliviar el aislamiento
- MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island will reopen to house coronavirus patients
- Valparaiso boy, 14, dies from skateboarding accident injuries; investigation continues
- Las reacciones del mundo del deporte al aplazamiento de Tokio-2020
- Blue Island aldermen dilute mayor’s power after he shut down Police Department over COVID-19 concerns
- Los chinoestadounidenses temen por su seguridad
- Column: Ronald McDonald House, a port in the storm for families with sick kids, asks public to fill coronavirus-prompted gap where volunteers used to be
- All the notable NFL moves during free agency period
- Online shopping won’t get you hard-to-find items during coronavirus. ‘They’re not going to have any more success getting toilet paper than you are.’
- Commentary: A region-specific strategy could slow the coronavirus and protect the U.S. economy
- Safari en auto por Wild Florida
- Pictures: Wild Florida’s drive-thru safari
- Gary/Chicago Airport now home to COVID-19 command center as officials try to acquire resources
- Elmhurst mayor uses emergency powers to allow temporary daycare center for hospital employees
- Our world can’t stop’: Animal shelters are also severely affected by COVID-19
- Coronavirus restrictions create problems for independent and third-party candidates seeking a place on the fall ballot
- ‘Packed churches’: Trump says he wants the country open by Easter. Others in the government aren’t echoing agreement.
- Lincoln Park home with two outdoor fireplaces: $3.8M
- Go Away With … Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman
- Neuqua Valley’s Riley Ammenhauser, a two-time state champion in the triple jump, keeps focus on breaking barriers: ‘The main thing that jumpers have to work on is their explosiveness.’
- Chicago Symphony concerts canceled through May 10 due to coronavirus outbreak
- Column: As coronavirus robs students of experiences, what if Rich East High School never reopens?
- ‘Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!’ now records at a safe social distance, without studio audience
- Fitness specialist finds himself on Edward Hospital emergency room frontlines
- Dow surges more than 2,100 points, its biggest-ever point gain, as hopes grow for coronavirus stimulus package
- Famosos piden a mexicanos quedarse en casa
- Commentary: During this pandemic, light a candle of sweet kindness
- Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
- Indiana bill mandating lead testing for schools signed into law
- Panthers se desprenden de Cam Newton
- Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
- North suburban school districts working to provide meals for students during school closings
- Illinois: 4 muertes y 250 nuevos casos en un día
- La Grange to celebrate women’s suffrage with focus on prominent female community members
- DuPage County may provide grant money to shelter, feed homeless population after PADS locations in Naperville close
- Aurora resident dies of COVID-19, marking the city’s first known coronavirus death
- Se postergan estrenos de Wonder Woman 1984 e In The Heights
- Oak Park homeless shelter quickly shuts after employee tests positive for COVID-19
- Police answer a different call, assisting food pantry fighting to serve during coronavirus threat
- Holcomb signs Gary school relief bill
- Column: Health care workers are battling against COVID-19 and they need more equipment
- GM, Ford and FCA fight for customers with increased service and deals
- Malaysia makes 3 out of 4 of the world’s medical gloves. The factories are operating at half capacity.
- Mets’ Noah Syndergaard has torn UCL, will have Tommy John surgery
- NORML gives marijuana consumption safety guidelines during coronavirus outbreak
- Canadians are panic-buying marijuana — could coronavirus cause another shortage?
- Estate planning in the time of coronavirus: ‘For most people, they’re off busy living, and not thinking about dying’
- Hijo del fallecido expresidente del Real Madrid por coronavirus da positivo
- Craft beer fans know hops. But what about yeast?
- The Spin: Lightfoot, Pritzker question Trump’s call to reopen country by mid-April | Dems debate political ads hammering Trump’s coronavirus response | How Lightfoot, family stay healthy amid COVID-19 outbreak
- Chicago Wolves are hosting a video game tournament — March Madness-style — to help hockey fans get their fix
- Judge won’t let spat over unicorns horn in during coronavirus crisis
- Oakton Community College employee tested positive for COVID-19, school says
- Messi dona un millón de dólares para lucha contra el coronavirus
- What are PPEs, N95 masks and ventilators?
- Manager at Willowbrook nursing home with 46 coronavirus cases — including DuPage County’s first death — denies claim of supply, staffing shortages
- Elgin Community College health, police departments donate carloads of protective gear to Sherman Hospital for treating coronavirus patients
- Floreciente industria de conciertos se apaga por coronavirus
- Column: Trump is not the boss of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot in coronavirus crisis
- Small central, north suburban theaters adjust to coronavirus closings, uncertain future
- ‘We weren’t getting any help from the airlines’: With students stranded abroad, colleges chartered a flight to bring them home
- Editorial: The coronavirus aid package out of Washington: Trillions and counting
- Tom Brady mira adelante con los Bucs
- ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Assistance fund run by United Way of Lake County to target ‘most basic needs’ of those hurt by coronavirus fallout
- El coronavirus les arrebató al padre, la familia mexicana pide considerar ‘lo real y peligroso’ que es el virus
- Elk Grove Village to provide $2.8 million in relief to residents and businesses to help lessen impact of coronavirus crisis
- Speak Out
- Column: COVID-19 as the ‘Boomer Remover’? Let’s talk about that.
- Small western suburban theaters adjust to coronavirus closings, uncertain future
- The face of Chicago’s fight against a pandemic, Dr. Allison Arwady, remains accessible in difficult times
- More than 115,000 grab-and-go meals distributed to students in last week, U-46 officials say
- Facebook is ‘just trying to keep the lights on’ as traffic soars during coronavirus pandemic
- Hearings start on releasing some youths from Cook County juvenile detention over COVID-19 fears
- Coronavirus roundup: First DuPage County death reported, blood drives scheduled, parking rules relaxed, more
- Chargers unveil updated lightning bolt and logotype
- Medicare is updating its coverage to help in the coronavirus crisis. Here’s what you need to know.
- Alan Griffin, Illinois’ top 3-point shooter, says he’s entering the transfer portal
- Naperville neighbors find creative ways to connect while staying at home and practicing social distancing
- For some Olympic hopefuls, a Games postponed is a dream denied: ‘There are a lot of athletes facing tough decisions right now’
- Illinois’ D.C. delegation unifies around call for federal government to pick up National Guard costs
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 24 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Illinois would have run out of hospital beds if not for stay-at-home order, Pritzker says
- Naperville officials planning ahead for buildings that can be used to house groups of coronavirus patients
- Illinois National Guard combating coronavirus
- Coronavirus infections continue to surge in Europe while US nears a economic relief bill
- Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence and his girlfriend tried to raise money for COVID-19 victims. Then the school shut them down — before the NCAA gave them the green light.
- More than 750,000 masks auctioned for huge markup in Texas while hospitals run out nationwide
- NFL general managers recommending league push back draft: report
- LA County reports first possible death of a coronavirus patient under 18 as COVID-19 cases top 660
- NFL memo from Roger Goodell mandates strict closure rules for all team facilities until April 8