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Daily horoscope for March 27, 2020
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Ask Amy: Middle son sends folks on guilt trip
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Person killed, another injured in Roseland fire
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Column: As Andrew Cuomo ascends during coronavirus pandemic, Joe Biden fades
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‘We’re going to see some horsemen struggle to feed themselves and feed their horses.’ Coronavirus threatens to devastate Illinois’ equine industry.
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How the actors of NBC’s One Chicago franchise are spending their days during the coronavirus lockdown
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South suburban suds called best in Illinois by prominent beer rating website
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Daywatch: Lightfoot bans parks and contact sports, loans give small businesses uncertain lifeline and how to see Chicago’s empty streets from above
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As Illinois sees largest daily increase in coronavirus cases, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot bans contact sports; closes popular city parks, beaches and trails
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Coronavirus case confirmed at Naval Station Great Lakes
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UIC engineers pitch in to ease shortage of protective gear for health workers: A face shield that can be made in 20 seconds
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Naperville residents adjust to the rules governing stay-at-home life, but not everyone is complying
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Some Chicagoans report lengthy delays on coronavirus test results: More than a week later, ‘I still have nothing’
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On storm-damaged parts of the Lakefront Trail, city ponders repairs as high lake levels still threaten
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A St. Charles man dreamed of visiting Machu Picchu since childhood. Now he is stuck in Peru due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Griffith considering town’s entry into new township; North Township expects town, but St. John Township still has voice
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‘A dangerous path’: Zion City Council approves short-term borrowing to pay bills, make payroll
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Can I get a refund on my Airbnb after the coronavirus outbreak? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
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4 things Cubs fans are missing with the MLB season on hold for at least 2 months
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Changes in lifestyle seen as teachers, other professions work from home
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Lake Zurich couple with no development experience invests $1.3 million to redevelop vacant downtown building
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What’s on TV Friday, March 27: ‘MacGyver’ on CBS; Coronavirus specials and more
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Taylor Swift surprises some of her fans with money donations
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Speak Out: America will survive coronavirus outbreak
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Lake County gardeners offer tips for beginners to grow vegetables from seed at home as coronavirus distraction
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Like most of us, this packaging designer is staying home for now. But the 91-year-old hopes to be back on the job soon, working ‘as long as I can draw a straight line.’
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Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears
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Column: Our kids will always remember living through a coronavirus pandemic. We don’t have to make it normal for them.
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Virus changes menus, operations as restaurants struggle
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Where to get seeds, soil, info on vegetable gardening
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España bate su récord diario con 769 decesos en un día por coronavirus
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How to care for someone with COVID-19
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Cómo cuidar a alguien con COVID-19
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How do Chicago-area residents plan to spend their coronavirus emergency stimulus money?
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Q&A: A search for coronavirus answers in 17-year-old boy’s death
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How to care for over-washed, over-sanitized skin
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Productor de uniformes de MLB crea ahora mascarillas
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The best youth baseball bat
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The best LEGO Ninjago set
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The best combustible gas detector
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The best eyewear retainer
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The best wrapping paper
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The best salicylic acid face wash
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Yatra busca la esperanza con Ricky Martin en ‘Falta amor’ (VIDEO)
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Seattle is living your coronavirus future
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EEUU: Tropieza plan de rescate de 2,2 billones de dólares
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How to create a home office that inspires both mind and body
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When your restaurant’s star dish is blamed for spreading coronavirus
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‘Hamilton’ creates video of #Hamilfans singing ‘Non-Stop’
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Should we still go shopping (online)?
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Primer ministro de Gran Bretaña, positivo por coronavirus
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Onetime relic, then hipster fad, milkmen embrace flood of clients
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GoFundMe confronts coronavirus demand
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Cómo cuidar de alguien con coronavirus
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What to know about making a will in the age of coronavirus
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In coronavirus, industry sees chance to undo plastic bag bans
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Column: 10 useful tips for reducing stress in the age of coronavirus
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Una pareja correrá un maratón en el balcón de su casa
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How to stay in touch with friends and family during the coronavirus pandemic
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Too much stress? Therapist says crying, even in public, might be the best way to feel better
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Querían derrocar a Maduro, habrían matado para poder hacerlo
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Bob Dylan lanza nueva canción después de ocho años (VIDEO)
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Woman wounded in Hammond shooting: police
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The least our freeloading son could do is practice social distancing
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She’s 10, homeless and eager to learn. But she has no internet.
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Burr Ridge cycling studio rents bikes for home use during coronavirus shutdown
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Remote learning in a rural Illinois district doesn’t include an internet option. School superintendent leans on paper, copy machine. ‘There is a huge inequity.’
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NFL realizará el draft en abril, como estaba previsto
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Five additional COVID-19 cases in Oak Park confirmed, village total now at nine residents
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In some Illinois towns, internet shortfalls and lack of computers putting students at a disadvantage during an extended period away from the classroom. ‘A poverty issue, pure and simple.’
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Venezuela’s only telecommunications satellite is lost in space
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Chicago craft breweries scramble amid coronavirus downturn, trying to react to a crisis they don’t quite understand
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for new coronavirus, will run nation from isolation
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Demasiada gente está muriendo sola
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Texas man jailed for online threats against Nancy Pelosi
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Reward offered for information related to attack of jogger in Naperville
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Cami apoya cuarentena mientras promueve su nuevo disco
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Highland woman alleges youth pastor at First Baptist Church of Hammond raped her in 1970s: ‘He knew exactly what he was doing’
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Isolated but not alone: How Chicagoans are living through the COVID-19 pandemic Friday
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Speak Out: Suspended sports puts jobs of tradesmen in perspective
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Column: Coronavirus means many of us are stuck at home. It’s the perfect time to start writing letters.
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Editorial: Coronavirus enables a less tribal, more ingenious America. Let’s not backslide.
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Coronavirus es un riesgo para diabéticos y obesos en México
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Fresh bread, grass-fed meat and locally grown produce delivered to your door? It’s happening, as farmers markets turn virtual to help growers hurt by coronovirus shutdowns.
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Kristen Bell hosts Nickelodeon pandemic special for kids, families
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Couples have a working-from-home revelation: That’s what you do all day?
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Chance of severe thunderstorms in Chicago area Friday night, greater threat late Saturday
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Stars of ‘Contagion’ reunite to offer coronavirus advice
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Glenview home with mature trees: $950K
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¿La cloroquina podría curar el coronavirus?
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Italy, the epicenter of Europe’s pandemic, fears coronavirus cases are still silently spreading
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Equipo mexicano ajusta salarios de su plantel por coronavirus
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Blue Goose Market in St. Charles evolving in the coronavirus era: ‘There are no rules for how to deal with this’
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Introducing the 2019-20 News-Sun Boys Basketball All-Area Team
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Maduro amenaza a Trump tras acusación
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Mundelein’s Conor Enright is the 2019-20 News-Sun Boys Basketball Player of the Year
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Illinois small businesses scramble for grants, loans to endure coronavirus. ‘We’re pursuing everything because we need it.’
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Demandan para liberar migrantes detenidos
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Council OKs two requests for increased IT security in Porter County
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Leaders at Glenview church say dozens showing COVID-19 symptoms in days following a worship service
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Sheffield Neighbors home with custom staircase: $1.8M
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North Shore communities have highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lake County, new data shows
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West Aurora student registration fees to cover technology insurance
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Elgin man charged with aggravated DUI after fleeing police, striking pole, prosecutors say
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2 south suburban school districts suspend ‘grab and go’ meals sites as precaution after workers test positive for COVID-19
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Couples in quarantine: Stress, anxiety, fear of the unknown
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Yorkville may reinstate electrical aggregation program
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Paraísos turísticos convertidos en pesadilla por coronavirus
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McDaniel-Hale: Olympic flame a beacon of hope in coronavirus crisis
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Letters to the Editor
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Chicago joins New York, Los Angeles with drops in crime as coronavirus and shelter order take hold
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Hinsdale High School District 86 skips spring break to continue remote learning and end school year a week earlier
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La vida de un extranjero en la MLS en pleno encierro por coronavirus
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Glenview home with full-floor master suite: $950K
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Patient at Arlington Heights hospital dies of COVID-19 days after being admitted
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What we’re ordering in today: The most exciting new pizza in Chicago this year
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Quickly
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Editorial: The other coronavirus symptoms: Couch time and weight gain
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Camila Sodi dice que ella y su hija tienen coronavirus
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Change made to Gary schools meal drop-off
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Letters to the Editor
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EEUU: Congreso aprueba paquete de 2,2 billones, pasa a Trump
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Quickly
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‘We’re just kind of holding our breath right now’: Private clubs in Illinois shut down as the golf community struggles with the effects of coronavirus
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John Bross, Art Institute supporter who wrote book about an ancestor’s Civil War letters, dies at 80
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Online spring break camps running during the coronavirus pandemic
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Down to Business: Learning how things work leads to electronics ‘ER’
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Tourists stranded in Asia by canceled flights, shut borders finding dream vacations turned into travel nightmares
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Join the #bearhunt in your neighborhood with this bear from editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis
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Letters: Essential workers are heroes to us all during these trying times
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Column: Why we must keep Dr. Fauci at the lectern during this coronavirus fight
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As life moves online, an older generation faces a digital divide
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Porter County declaration spells out county’s new coronavirus emergency response
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Is living near a top hospital a retirement goal?
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Yelp and GoFundMe launch fundraiser for restaurants, without telling them. Owners not amused.
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‘Prisons are bacteria factories’; elderly inmates are at most at risk of illness
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Breweries switch missions; hand sanitizers newest vintage in COVID-19 effort
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A fabricar respiradores ‘inmediatamente’ exhorta Trump a GM y Ford
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MLB and its players have agreed to a service-time deal if the 2020 season is shortened or canceled. Here’s what that means for the Cubs and White Sox.
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Field trip penguins and more: 5 visits to Chicago zoos, museums during the coronavirus pandemic
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Northfield home with walnut encased library: $3.5M
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April Fools’ Day: Elaborate hoaxes once involved fancy cats and the ‘robbery’ of the U.S. Mint
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Will extra screen time during the coronavirus pandemic hurt our kids? Experts say probably not, but parents should be careful.
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As coronavirus toll mounts in New York, more hospitals sought, state’s civil servants stricken
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Down to Business: Getting the word out about a business’ or nonprofit’s mission is this media company’s ‘mission’
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Coronavirus test results in minutes? Scientists question its accuracy.
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Oak Brook will help hotels with local tax rebate
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Imprisoned ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic is ‘over the moon’ to be famous, directors say
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$747 million: That’s the hit Chicago’s economy has taken from the 33 conventions canceled so far
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Staying afloat: $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package offers an economic lifeline
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Can I get a refund if my flight was canceled due to coronavirus? And other COVID-19 travel questions, answered
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Chicago shutdown: Scenes of a silent city during coronavirus
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Decent: Seeing the census through the eyes of the person charged with getting info puts things in a different light
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Introducing the 2019-20 Post-Tribune Girls Swimming All-Area Team
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Kane County drop-off site to accept donations of personal protective gear during pandemic
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Chicago bars and restaurants boarding up doors, locking down liquor to weather COVID-19 shutdown
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FIFPro pide frenar cese de jugadores y reducción salarial
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Quickly
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Naperville helping meet the demand for blood through Park District drive
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Column: No, this is not the time for fiscal restraint
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Muere el actor Mark Blum por coronavirus a los 69 años
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Indocumentados de Chicago son elegibles para subvención de $1,000 para pagar renta o hipoteca
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Ranking the top 30 sports movies of all time
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Commentary: ‘Moral profiteers’ crusade to close abortion clinics during pandemic
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Elgin to allow sale of alcohol in curbside pickup, delivery services of local establishments
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Maine sail-maintenance shop turns to sewing medical masks
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Elgin council holds its first meeting with members being teleconferenced for other locations to avoid in-person gathering
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U-46 foundation launches fundraiser to provide toiletries and supplies to families during shutdown
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Arrestan a asistente de selección peruana y un exjugador por no respetar cuarentena
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Experiencing Europe’s timeless traditions from home
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North Suburban YMCA to share community-made cards, messages of support with residents of retirement home
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Crosby: From Kokoraleis to coronavirus, it’s been quite a year at Wayside in Aurora
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Community news
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Indiana’s COVID-19 cases rise to nearly 1,000; Lake County has 47
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Juanes se vuelve ‘Loco’ en plena cuarentena (VIDEO)
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Face masks, thermometers are among the supplies Illinois manufacturers are racing to produce amid coronavirus outbreak
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Denied pews and Friday prayers by coronavirus, Chicago-area believers gather for online services, Bible study
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Column: Faith communities offer online messages of comfort during coronavirus crisis
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Hoping to escape coronavirus, city dwellers are fleeing to California’s deserts and mountains
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Community news
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Disabato: Mount Carmel graduate Bobby Seymour says ‘we’ll never know’ what rest of baseball season would have been like at Wake Forest
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Column: This is the perfect time to focus our thoughts, experiences and observations in the ‘Plague Journals’
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Northbrook SD28 substitute teacher tests positive for COVID-19
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Illinois’ stay-at-home order likely to extend ‘deep into April,’ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says; Pritzker doesn’t rule it out
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Country singer Joe Diffie tests positive for coronavirus
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Elgin’s first Pride Parade and Festival pushed back to June 2021
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Preparador Sanguinetti busca mantener a Cruz Azul en la cima
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La acusan de matar a su madrastra de 96 años
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Crown Point’s Jordan Artim is the 2019-20 Post-Tribune Girls Swimmer of the Year
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Lake Forest resident donates equipment to police amid coronavirus pandemic hoping to inspire others
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Fifth adult in School District 64 community tests positive for COVID-19
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10 ways to get a better night’s sleep
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A new mission for nonprofits during the outbreak: Survival
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Naperville’s medical pot dispensary open with new precautions during stay-at-home order
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Coronavirus stimulus package: What’s in it for you? When do checks arrive? And more answers.
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‘Baby Shark’ cambia letra por coronavirus (VIDEO)
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Sister of Illinois’ first coronavirus victim also dies from virus. Quarantine prevents family from mourning together.
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Northwestern recruit Ella Hase hopes to get back onto the field for Sandburg: ‘Soccer is a source of my happiness, and right now it has been ripped away’
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Avocados, pasta and more foods you should never freeze
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Column: President Trump’s approval rating is ticking upward. Should Joe Biden be worried?
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Brides, grooms and banquet facilities look forward to return to normal after COVID-19
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Lake, Porter county officials prepare as May property tax installment is bumped to July
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Column: Pitchman Donald Trump is trying to sell us on his ‘great,’ incredible,’ ‘tremendous’ handling of the pandemic
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Too many people on trails leads Merrillville to declare town a disaster due to coronavirus
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Portage husband dies two days after wife of 62 years, keeping his promise: ‘When she goes, I’m going’
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Postal employee among 2 wounded in shooting in Brighton Park neighborhood
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Pandemic shutdowns actually helped economic growth in 1918 flu
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Illinois’ pandemic plan anticipated shortages and surges, anxiety and death. Now the public is seeing how the state meets the test.
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Lasagna is a culinary hug, especially now
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Amid coronavirus fallout, Chicago will give $1,000 grants to help some residents with mortgage payments
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Chicago’s first week under the stay-at-home order: Worry, togetherness and new traditions
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Sewing clubs, others join effort to make new surgical masks for area health care workers
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Ejecutivos de la NBA reducirán sus salarios
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Niles-based businesses donate stock of face masks to first responders, hospitals
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Illinois’ House delegation backs coronavirus stimulus bill, but some say more will be needed
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Illinois: 8 muertes más, 488 nuevos casos de COVID-19
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Kristen Bell hará especial de Nickelodeon sobre coronavirus
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Trump issues order in effort to force General Motors to produce ventilators under Defense Production Act
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Increased demand for tortillas causes buying limits in Chicago. While some donate extras, others sell online.
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Dorms close, NWI freshmen discuss university move out plans
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Lake County reports two coronavirus-related deaths, its first of the pandemic
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Aurora mayor, police chief test positive for COVID-19
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Carlos Vela aceptó jugar con el Barca en 2019 pero LAFC se opuso
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Deaths spike in Michigan; U.S. surgeon general warns about Detroit
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Commentary: Celebrities, stay home and let the medical workers use those COVID-19 tests
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Mayor Lightfoot asking celebrities to create PSAs encouraging Chicagoans to stay home
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Small Southland theaters adjust to coronavirus closings, uncertain future
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Man accused of spraying Elgin cop, police car with flammable liquid, setting fire to store items charged with aggravated arson
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New IUN chancellor is named; coming from New York
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Estrellas de ‘Contagion’ dan consejos sobre coronavirus
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Bucktown home with floor-to-ceiling marble fireplace: $1.9M
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Coronavirus update: Kane County asking for personal protective gear donations, closes electronic and textile recycling sites
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Facing growing coronavirus threat, Illinois prison officials release moms jailed with their babies: ‘Oh my goodness, there was no words’
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Breathing polluted air may put you at greater risk of contracting the coronavirus. Here’s how to take care of your lungs.
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Will County sheriff warns of man posing as a deputy
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Walgreens in Oswego reopens after employee evaluated for coronavirus
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E.C. Library event celebrates Mardi Gras, Black History Month
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Commentary: Exactly how much power do we really want to give the government right now?
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Resident of Oak Forest group home for adults with developmental disabilities dies of complications from COVID-19
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Les Hunter, Loyola’s ‘Game of Change’ and national championship star, dies at 77: ‘The Loyola family has lost a true legend’
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Confronting the coronavirus, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says crisis could peak in April: ‘Popular or not, you have to do what’s right’
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Trump signs $2.2 trillion stimulus package to provide payments to most Americans, rescue coronavirus-hit businesses
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‘She knows what she wants to do’: Minnesota recruit Kaylah McCall maintains focus as H-F hopes to defend state title in girls track
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Chicagoland thrift stores are closed because of the coronavirus. But people are still dropping off their stuff.
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Church news
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Commentary: Quilters are patching together hope through mask-sewing effort
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Chicago residents join #Solidarityat8 movement, saluting first responders, health care workers while staying at home
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Three coronavirus cases reported in Franklin Park, Northlake area
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The Spin: Pritzker hasn’t ruled out extending stay-home order | President Trump’s surgeon general calls Chicago a coronavirus ‘hot spot’ | President signs $2.2 T relief package
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US tops 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus as known infections worldwide surpass a half-million
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Incrementa la demanda por tortillas en Chicago ante la pandemia
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Crosby: From kids to seniors, ‘everyone can make a difference’ during coronavirus outbreak
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Column: Unmoored amid the coronavirus
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The Greater Chicago Food Depository amid coronavirus
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Agent Scott Boras is pleased with the MLB service-time deal — draft changes aside — and maintains hope for Kris Bryant’s future with the Cubs
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Niles Park District reports case of COVID-19, village of Niles reports two cases
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Indiana State recruit Audrey Stephens shepherds West Aurora through spring stoppage, gets boost from sister Katharine:
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Potempa: Potatoes ‘sprout’ idea for simple soup during lean times
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Column: The uncertainties of having a baby during a pandemic: ‘That’s all part of her birth story now’
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Armstrong: In the driveway of neighborhood games in Plano is where it all began for Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn
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‘This is a white-collar quarantine.’ How the pandemic is magnifying America’s class divide.
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Hanover Central’s Bryon Clouse is the 2019-20 Post-Tribune Boys Basketball Coach of the Year
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12 nurses at U. of I. Hospital in Chicago test positive for coronavirus
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Instacart workers plan to strike Monday to demand safety gear and hazard pay during COVID-19
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Illinois coronavirus cases top 3,000 heading into second weekend of stay-at-home order
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Chicago woman’s family stranded on cruise ship Zaandam, where at least 4 people have died
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Questions about coronavirus testing in Illinois, answered
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Naperville’s Aidan, Nick and Pete Kramer describe abrupt ending to NCAA, IHSA basketball seasons: ‘It was a tough night for the Kramer family.’
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General venezolano acusado con Maduro se entrega en Colombia
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Resident of Joliet nursing home becomes Will County’s 4th coronavirus-related death
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Oak Park reports 8 more cases of COVID-19; brings number of confirmed cases to 17
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After week 1 of Illinois stay-at-home order, Aurora area officials implore residents to stay at home
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‘It was the best four years of my life’: Former Benet star Kathleen Doyle concentrates on WNBA draft after season canceled at Iowa
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 27 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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Column: Boris Johnson pays the price for weak leadership during the coronavirus pandemic
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Creighton recruit Nolan Clifford answers call for Neuqua Valley by switching to shortstop: ‘He absolutely loves the game and does not take anything for granted.’
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Introducing the 2019-20 Courier-News Boys Basketball All-Area Team
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St. Charles North’s Connor Linke is the 2019-20 Courier-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year: ‘When everyone’s eyes were on him, he continued to produce.’
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5 new DuPage County coronavirus-related deaths include 3 more from Willowbrook nursing home; another is from Burr Ridge facility