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Northbrook bans group sports and exercise programs, Glenview Park District closes park amenities
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Ask Amy: Canine custody keeps former spouses in doghouse
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Column: ‘Bloom where you’re planted’ can mean your backyard
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MLB open to possibility of playing all games in Arizona this season
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Rabbis to celebrate Passover Seder with virtual crowds and small family gatherings amid coronavirus social distancing
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Man, 51, dies after exchanging gunfire on West Side, police say
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13-year-old boy shot in Englewood, police say
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Rabbit rescue overflowing with bunnies shares adoption tips ahead of Easter
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Daywatch: Black Chicagoans are dying from virus at highest rate, intensive care beds are filling up and Mayor Lightfoot defends getting a haircut
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Celebrities — including Pink, Madonna, Justin Bieber — reveal new sides during virus, but face backlash
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Coronavirus keeps TV news anchors at home but not off the air
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Merrillville woman shot to death: coroner
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Cook County Jail detainee dies of COVID-19
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Looking for wiggle room in your social distancing habits? There isn’t much.
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Family of Evergreen Park Walmart employee who died of COVID-19 complications files wrongful death lawsuit
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Trade adviser Peter Navarro warned Trump of coronavirus epidemic in January as president downplayed threat
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Niles Animal Hospital reopens after owner’s death: ‘We just need to put our family back together’
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Winnetka schools get ‘Zoombombed’ with pornography, racist rants during online meetings with students; police investigating
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Bunny brings candy-filled eggs to kids for ‘socially-distanced Easter egg hunts’
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Column: Her father died alone in a hospital with no presence of family during the pandemic. ‘It will forever be one of my greatest regrets.’
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Bears Q&A: Does Nick Foles’ low salary-cap number make room for more free agents? Could Mitch Trubisky regain his 2018 form? Why hasn’t the Jimmy Graham signing been panned more?
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Steelers GM Kevin Colbert proposed three more rounds for 2020 NFL Draft to offset coronavirus restrictions: sources
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10 ways to get cozy and de-stress while you stay at home
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The hectic lives of college basketball coaches have suddenly changed. Instead of spring recruiting, they are tackling the ‘honey-do list’ and Peloton workouts.
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Boeing to extend Seattle-area coronavirus shutdown indefinitely, pause S.C. plant too
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The cruise ship industry, now a symbol of the coronavirus pandemic, struggles to survive
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Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation launches Strike Out Hunger campaign with $100,000 donation during coronavirus pandemic
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Suburban coroners, funeral directors brace for jump in COVID-19 deaths
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Churches turn to technology to offer Holy Week, Easter services
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Oprah Winfrey chooses “Hidden Valley Road” for book club
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Pandemia paraliza el mundo de las apuestas deportivas
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Ruling may give state’s case new life against ex-Munster school administrators
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My worst moment: ‘True Blood’ and ‘Homeland’s’ Sam Trammell on being encased in plastic wrap for hours on end
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Speak Out: Shoppers crowd into stores that are open
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Sportsbooks are dark and the odds are long in Las Vegas: ‘Russian pingpong has stolen the show’
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MLB analiza jugar todos sus partidos en Arizona
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What’s on TV Tuesday, April 7: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ finale, ‘Empire’ 100th episode
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Best desk chairs for working from home
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Conoce la plataforma Quibi con producciones exclusivas para teléfonos celulares
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Beloved ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ending at its peak
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3 charged in October shooting death of Hammond man
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The best cornhole bag
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La Liga española pone fechas para retomar el campeonato
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The best Oster waffle maker
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Chicago’s coronavirus disparity: Black Chicagoans are dying at nearly six times the rate of white residents, data show
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The best Ergobaby carrier
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The best dinosaur toy
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The best home spray tanning kit
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Seriously Simple: Cheer up with a delicious banana chocolate quick bread
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Bunbury adelanta el lanzamiento de su nuevo disco
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Wisconsin election back on for Tuesday after state Supreme Court overrules governor’s order to postpone it
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Spotty Wi-Fi? Interruptions from the kids? Conducting the NFL draft from home will be a bit of a circus.
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Flip the script on your Easter brunch drinks with a Bunny Mary
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Supermarkets shut floral sections. Brides cancel weddings. Coronavirus hits flower farms at the worst possible time.
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Lake County reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths, officials say; Indiana death toll rises to 173
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¿Reanudación de los partidos? La prioridad son los entrenamientos
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Daily horoscope for April 7, 2020
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Wisconsin primary election
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Elenco y creadores de ‘Modern Family’ comparten recuerdos
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Airbnb raises $1 billion to stockpile cash in pandemic
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Trump, 3M reach ‘amicable’ deal on N95 mask supply
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How gig workers are weathering the virus shutdown
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‘Modern Family’ cast shares memories as series finale nears
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Using shelter-in-place time to foster better family food habits
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With restaurants closed, chefs reinvent their food service methods
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Go Away With … Johnny Iguana of The Claudettes
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Coronavirus pandemic forces many Lake County school districts to devise remote learning plans on the fly
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Earth Day: What good has it done in the last 50 years?
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Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again. It’s getting more widespread.
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Easter Bunny and tooth fairy deemed ‘essential workers’ in New Zealand
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Here’s how they found the California ‘murder houses’ of Quibi’s ‘Murder House Flip’
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¿Ni Modelo, ni Dos Equis? No hay problema, todavía, ya que la producción de cerveza mexicana está detenida por el coronavirus
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Fringe sports like platform tennis get their chance to shine on TV during coronavirus pandemic
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Travel patterns show sharp split, swayed by stay-at-home orders
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Struggling Napa wineries offer deep discounts and virtual tastings
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Acusan de sobornos en votación de Mundial 2022
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With mobile morgues and delayed burials, suburban coroners and funeral directors brace for jump in COVID-19 deaths
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Virus puts event planning industry on brink of devastation
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Column: Red states are exploiting coronavirus to ban abortion
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Cities that went all in on social distancing in 1918 emerged stronger for it
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Inglés, obstáculo para clases online de inmigrantes en EEUU
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Charli XCX anuncia nuevo álbum compuesto en tiempos de aislamiento
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A new COVID-19 crisis: Domestic abuse rises worldwide
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Homer Glen religious publishing company focuses on Catholic writings from before Vatican II
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Museums scramble to document the pandemic, even as it unfolds
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Amid coronavirus crisis, Mayor Lori Lightfoot signs order ensuring city benefits for immigrants living in US without legal permission
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‘Positivity in our household’ helps David Vales and his dad wait and hope for a boys volleyball season
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Dealing with isolation while working from home
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Entrepreneur building on success of satin-lined caps
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‘No es el fin del mundo, es una advertencia’
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Brookfield Zoo furloughs nearly third of employees after coronavirus-related financial pressures
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16-year-old pilot flies medical supplies to rural hospitals
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U of I Extension Office holding more than a dozen webinar programs on planting, cooking and health
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Sex. Drugs. Virus. Venezuela elites still party in pandemic
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Disabato: After hitting ‘rock bottom,’ Mount Carmel graduate A.J. Lewis bounces back in baseball at Eastern Kentucky
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Clarendon Hills extends emergency declaration, ponders fate of summer concerts and Daisy Days festival
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Ocho maneras de lidiar con la nueva normalidad
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot responds to Trump comment that she’s ‘happy’ with feds: ‘I’m not going to take the bait’
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Aurora women work to make masks for health care workers, senior citizens
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‘Sorry We Missed You’ review: The human toll of that one-click buy
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NBA matchups if league resumes season with postseason play
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DeKalb principal hired to take helm at Ranch View Elementary in Naperville
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Big Shoulders Coffee
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New Holcomb order brings some clarity to essential and non-essential debate in COVID-19 response
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El coronavirus, más letal que los atentados del 9/11 en NY
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Column: 9 reasons baseball’s plan to play games in Arizona won’t work — and 1 reason it could
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‘Holding out hope’: RailCats manager Greg Tagert not giving up that American Association season begins in late May
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Second Elgin Police Department civilian employee tests positive for coronavirus
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‘Darling Rose Gold’ review: Stephanie Wrobel’s debut is an edgy page-turner
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Chris Erskine: The latest shortage? Dogs and cats, as folks foster and adopt pets during quarantine
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La alcaldesa de Chicago firma una orden que garantiza beneficios a indocumentados
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Matt LeBlanc (Joey) revela lo más extraño que le pasó en Friends (VIDEO)
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How to make the most out of staying at home with your pet
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Fox-32 hires Milwaukee’s Kaitlin Sharkey as its new Bears reporter, replacing Shae Peppler
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The Bears have a QB competition on their hands. And how good can Jimmy Graham be? The Bear Download podcast dives in.
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‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli wants out of prison to research coronavirus drugs
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China ends its lockdown of Wuhan, where coronavirus first emerged, but normal life is a distant dream
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‘Happy Hour,’ magic by phone or mail: Chicago magicians devise ways to appear in your quarantine
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The coronavirus inflicts its own kind of terror
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Portage man charged with violating Indiana’s at-home order: police
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Community news
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Evanston man shot by Skokie police faces felony charges
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Online sales helping Chicago roasters, but will specialty coffee survive pandemic?
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Air Force recruit Ava Gilliana ‘really sad, kind of heartbroken’ after Valparaiso’s girls track season canceled by IHSAA due to coronavirus pandemic
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Catholic parishes find new ways to observe Holy Week, Easter with churches shuttered
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UK’s Boris Johnson is stable, receiving oxygen in a hospital intensive care unit with coronavirus
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Chicago therapists are switching to teletherapy to see stressed-out patients during coronavirus pandemic
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The Detroit Auto Show’s move to June may have prevented a bigger coronavirus disaster
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Judge in New York says R. Kelly must stay behind bars despite coronavirus threat
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Which car got screwed the most by a next-generation update?
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Crown Point moves to virtual meetings; Uran hints at continuing virtual options after pandemic ends
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Toilet-paper cakes and more: Illinois museums already seeking coronavirus artifacts
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Famosos revelan otro lado durante virus, enfrentan críticas
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Cadillac wants to save the stellar Blackwing V-8 engine: report
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Testing backlog leads to processing delays at Chicago-area drive-up sites run by U.S. Health and Human Services
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Some businesses in Highland Park to receive rent relief during coronavirus pandemic
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Commentary: The key to beating the coronavirus? Innovation.
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Orland Park voters to weigh in on term limits for mayor, trustees
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Toni Kroos: ‘Una reducción de sueldo es como una donación en vano’
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Column: Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright groups seek donations as virus shuts down tours
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Correa es condenado por corrupción en Ecuador
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Mark Hamilton, a former first baseman with the Cardinals, is graduating a month early from med school: ‘I could get the call tomorrow’
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Se arruinan los planes de boda de JLo y A-Rod
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Dolton man fatally shot inside home
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McGrath: A little ‘meanness’ goes a long way when reminding us why we need to follow the rules during this pandemic
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Trump administration to seek $250 billion more for small businesses
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Column: As the pandemic rages on, what is our new normal?
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Due to coronavirus outbreak, artist to give online talk about Aurora display
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Los cheques del estímulo federal están en camino. Quién recibirá qué, cómo y cuándo:
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Rand Paul announces he’s ‘recovered’ from coronavirus
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‘There’s still hope’: St. Charles East’s Christina Hull keeps working for a girls soccer season that remains in limbo due to coronavirus pandemic
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Sexo, drogas y coronavirus en fiesta de niños ricos
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Quickly
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Glum air travel prediction from Germany’s Lufthansa: Rebound could take years
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Finding time for coping skills is crucial during this stay-at-home pandemic, mental health professionals say
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Despidos y baja salarial en equipo de la MLS
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New Trier teachers make social distancing visit to special education students’ homes with motor caravan
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Speak Out
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Cinéfilos consiguen la manera de salir juntos en pleno encierro
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Cam Newton discusses coronavirus and free agency in Instagram interview with Chris Paul
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Ex-TV commentator Kayleigh McEnany will be next White House press secretary as Stephanie Grisham exits without ever holding briefing
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Catar desmiente que sede de Mundial-2022 se lograra con sobornos
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Pulitzer Prize announcement to be postponed due to pandemic
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Sheriff defends attempts to curb coronavirus at Cook County Jail as judge mulls lawsuit seeking releases
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Cats around the world receive care amid coronavirus shutdowns
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So you want to donate to Chicago theater — here are 6 good ways to help
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Clear vision: Program provides ski goggles to medical staff
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Senate Democrats want to issue ‘hazard pay’ of up to $25K to grocery cashiers, transit operators and other essential workers
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Da positivo a COVID-19 un tercer migrante deportado a Guatemala
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Organizers cancel Park Ridge Memorial Day Parade; Morton Grove, Lincolnwood, Skokie waiting to decide
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Funeral homes on the North Shore help families grieve in the age of social distancing and stay-at-home orders
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Families protest as veterans nursing home emptied for virus
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Creative types coping with work-from-home options in the wake of the coronavirus
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A hospital worker was worried about passing COVID-19 to his family. Then a Chesterton couple loaned him their RV.
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Elgin’s police chief says cops now wearing protective gear on all calls, urges residents to report large groups and be aware of scams
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8 ways to switch up the new at-home normal
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Oak Park & River Forest, Leyden, Elmwood Park high schools adjusting prom, graduation dates amid COVID-19 outbreak
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What to do when you can’t pay your bills
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Lake County board member Barr fuses quarantine with karaoke for event that attracted 1,500 online
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La Bundesliga planea que entren unas 240 personas en estadios con partidos a puerta cerrada
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Column: It’s sad but, frankly, not surprising that the pandemic has caused the cancellation of Hot Dog Fest
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Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon want to remind you not to touch Grandma
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Kofi Cockburn declares for the NBA draft, and the Illinois freshman will get feedback from teams before making a final decision
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Column: Watching ‘Tiger King’ a bit like a Trump vs. Clinton rematch
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Retail thought it was facing the apocalypse. Then came the coronavirus.
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Crosby: Finding time for faith, Holy Week observances during a pandemic; ‘This is a reminder we are not in control’
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Editorial: The pandemic few saw coming: Assessing how Trump and Pritzker have responded to COVID-19
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R. Kelly debe permanecer encerrado en tiempos de coronavirus
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Brookfield Zoo union files labor complaint over worker furloughs
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Column: The Navy secretary’s subservience couldn’t save him
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Lakeview home with climbing wall: $825K
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Protesters call for inmate release due to coronavirus threat
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All brick West Town home: $1.25M
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Cook County launches $10 million loan fund to help small businesses, gig workers struggling during coronavirus pandemic
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Navy’s acting secretary resigns amid calls from Sen. Duckworth, others, for his exit after his comments about fired captain of coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt
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You can talk virtually to a therapist from Leyden Family Service
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Café Fresco creates food, hygiene pantry to help those in need during school closures
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Oak Park board waives parking fees, water payment penalties
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Augustana-bound catcher Joe Morgano an impact player behind the plate for Naperville Central: ‘He is what you want your catcher to be’
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El Santa Fe colombiano suspende pagos al equipo femenino por pandemia
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Man who didn’t want his former daughter-in-law, son to reconcile now charged in her murder: court documents
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‘It hits you.’ Lester Holt on covering the evening news amid coronavirus crisis
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Member of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s staff tested positive for COVID-19
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Is your pandemic drinking out of control? Here’s what to do about it.
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Oswego postpones Wine on the Fox due to pandemic
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La orden de quedarse en casa ‘muy lejos’ de terminar en Chicago
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Column: Officials stress safety as building trades continue working during pandemic
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Congressional candidate calls for mail-in ballots sent to all voters; Lake, Porter election officials say application shouldn’t be discarded
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Ronaldinho cambia la cárcel por una habitación de hotel
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Photos: Tampa Bay Bucs unveil new uniforms inspired by Super Bowl era
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Dr. Drew Pinsky apologizes for damaging coronavirus comments, says he ‘got it wrong’
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North Shore senior centers turn to technology to connect, entertain residents during stay-at-home order
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Six-bedroom Kildeer home with three kitchens: $900K
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Alarma número de casos de COVID-19 en minorías en EEUU
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State announces Community Crossings grant recipients
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First, Zach Smith transferred to state champion Naperville North from Kaneland. He’ll start over as Bellarmine moves up to Division I.
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Comings & Goings: Tinley Park restaurant closes for pandemic
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Actividades en línea para la Semana Santa en confinamiento
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No one could have predicted another double-length Tweet of the Week poll!
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MLB rebaja expectativas de comenzar pronto la temporada
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Communities respond to COVID-19: First responders applaud hospital workers; teachers create 3D masks
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Athletes already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics get to keep their spots
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Desestiman en EEUU caso contra líder de La Luz del Mundo
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About 30% of Naperville households earn too much to receive COVID-19 stimulus money, study says
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Southtowners: Morgan Park’s Ta’liyah Robinson wins theater award
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ICE podría liberar a detenidos vulnerables
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Commentary: What will post-pandemic GOP politics look like?
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Bronco le devuelve el favor a Zoé con esta versión de ensueño (VIDEOS)
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Pets of the week
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Lockport Township barn fire kills 20 sheep
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Lightfoot says Illinois’ stay-at-home order ‘a long way away’ from being phased out in the city; Pritzker says ‘solution isn’t coming tomorrow, or next week or next month’
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Kane County state’s attorney says criminal cases changing a bit during coronavirus pandemic
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Letter: I’ve been intubated and put on a ventilator before. It traumatizes the body.
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Letter: Release more information about where people with COVID-19 are living so police, paramedics are forewarned
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The Spin: A game of telephone with Trump, Lightfoot and Pritzker | Mayor, governor warn of COVID-19 long haul | Navy boss resigns amid Duckworth, Schneider’s criticism
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Travel nurses head to Illinois to aid hospitals amid coronavirus crisis. ‘It’s your duty to help.’
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Servicio migratorio de EEUU detecta 19 casos de COVID en centros de detención
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Waukegan City Council to vote on budget developed before coronavirus hit, video gambling ‘push tax’ proposal
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To bring her neighborhood together (but not too close!), Aurora woman organizes a scavenger hunt
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Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Chicago area with large hail and strong winds possible
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Positive COVID-19 test for youth at juvenile detention center sparks alarm among lawyers and advocates
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Another spring ritual delayed because of the coronavirus: Chicago’s bridge lifts
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Column: A lamentation for churches closed at Easter by the coronavirus pandemic
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Skokie reports largest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases within Cook County suburbs
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Four more coronavirus deaths in DuPage County — including 8th from Willowbrook long-term care home — bring overall total to 26
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FAQ on coronavirus relief for small businesses, freelancers and more
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New research links air pollution to higher coronavirus death rates
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Trump removes inspector general who was to oversee $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus spending as president continues to upend agency watchdogs
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Acting Navy boss submits resignation amid uproar over firing captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier
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In battleground Wisconsin, long voter lines, no election results and a missed opportunity to build toward November
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Microsoft engineer adapts football fan-tracking app for coronavirus use
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Trump threatens to freeze funding to WHO, plays down January memos that warned of possible coronavirus pandemic
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‘It’s gorgeous outside but please behave.’ No end in sight for stay-at-home order as Chicagoans fight summer weather temptations.
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Lightfoot on high rate of African Americans in Chicago dying from coronavirus: ‘As a black woman … that’s a hard thing to come to terms with’
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Recruiting notes: Zion-Benton’s Damontae Taylor makes ‘right decision’ by committing to Green Bay in basketball
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Baseball in the Arizona heat? Eloy Jimenez is on board: ‘If that’s the plan, I’m going to do it. I just want to play.’
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Column: Americans were naive to think the coronavirus was colorblind
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Man charged in death of alleged accomplice in brazen daytime home invasion, Arlington Heights police say
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Funeral for Jose Vazquez
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New battle for those on coronavirus front lines: Child custody
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New York coronavirus deaths exceed 4,000, eclipsing the number of people killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11
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FDA approves first U.S. trial of Japanese coronavirus drug
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 7 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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Los Angeles air is dramatically cleaner since the coronavirus pandemic
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Oilers forward Colby Cave is out of emergency surgery but remains in a coma after suffering a brain bleed