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- Daily horoscope for May 14, 2020
- Ask Amy: Dating confidence can’t be faked
- ComEd offers grants to people, non-profit groups struggling to pay power bills
- Column: Maybe African American youths would listen to Mayor Lightfoot if she listened to them
- Column: A cop invokes the Constitution to urge #coronavirus resistance
- Cooking with CBD oil can help with anxiety, sleep issues, other conditions, proponents say
- Beckett Cypher, 21-year-old son of Melissa Etheridge, dies
- How to bring back Chicago arts and entertainment faster: Take it outside?
- Daywatch: Lakefront to remain closed, Wisconsin now without COVID-19 restrictions and Chicago braces for Mexican beer shortage
- 13-year-old boy shot in his home in Washington Park on South Side
- With religious services now online, music helps keep worshipers at home connected to their churches
- 1918 in Chicago sports: Despite World War I and the Spanish flu, George Halas thrived — and the Chicago Cubs may have dodged a fate worse than losing the World Series
- Wisconsin now without COVID-19 restrictions after state Supreme Court strikes down Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order
- Chicago’s lakefront will remain closed, but here are the industries that Mayor Lori Lightfoot says are on track to expand or reopen during next phase
- Chicago’s legendary Tamale Guy is shut down during pandemic, but community rallies to support him
- ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we are not Cook County.’ Pritzker’s geographical grouping in COVID-19 fight rankles many officials.
- Many cities around the globe saw cleaner air after being shut down for COVID-19. But not Chicago.
- Summer camp files for bankruptcy as parents clamor for refunds: ‘I think it’s going to be like getting blood from a stone’
- New inflammatory condition in children probably linked to COVID-19, new study finds
- Nearly 3 million more seek US jobless aid; coronavirus layoff toll now 36 million
- Professional golf is back. Here’s what you should know about Sunday’s skins game, Tiger Woods’ return and new PGA Tour safety guidelines.
- Study estimates 2.8% coronavirus infection rate for Indiana
- Construction continues on the ‘Field of Dreams’ ballpark in Iowa. But will the Aug. 13 White Sox-Yankees game go on as planned?
- Indiana legislator accused of racist Facebook post, again
- Popular TikTok app is latest target of biometric privacy case as four Illinois teens file suit
- Counting on birds and a legacy
- FBI serves warrant on Sen. Richard Burr in investigation of stocks trades linked to coronavirus
- Farming tractor returns to family after 68 years of service and memories: ‘I’ve been tracking it down most of my life’
- Meat plant closures mean pigs bound for slaughter are gassed, shot in the head instead
- Looking for a swing set to occupy the kids during the pandemic? You might be out of luck.
- Justin Willman says his Netflix series ‘Magic for Humans’ is a perfect escape
- Rays ace Blake Snell has a message for MLB owners who want 50-50 revenue split: ‘Pay cut is not happening’
- Heat’s Udonis Haslem says Michael Jordan crossed line with fighting words
- Turkish soccer player Cevher Toktas confesses to killing 5-year-old son in hospital
- Biography of Ida B. Wells coming out in 2021, publisher says
- El efecto dominó tras la llegada de Carlos Sainz a Ferrari
- Column: Lightfoot says lakefront will remain closed, Lake Michigan responds: ‘Oh, thank God’
- How to stay safe as restaurants, salons and shops reopen
- Thousands are headed to Alaska’s fishing towns. So is the virus.
- They are not doctors or nurses. But they share the same elevated exposure to coronavirus, and they feel forgotten.
- Raddish Kids review: Does this cooking education service help occupy bored children?
- Vacuna contra coronavirus podría estar lista en un año
- When will live music return? Kenny Chesney says fans are ‘horny for it’
- La MLS examina reanudar en una ‘burbuja’ en Disney World
- The best salicylic acid face wash
- The best Rachael Ray dog food
- The best Blue Buffalo dog food
- Americans keep clicking to buy, minting new e-commerce winners
- Elmo the Muppet readies for his own starry HBO talk show
- Michael Jordan’s relentless competitiveness, and onetime accessibility, were captured during quiet moment in Deerfield in April 1993
- EEUU: 36 millones de desempleados durante la pandemia
- Extra pay for many essential workers is expiring, even as COVID-19 deaths mount. Labor groups fight to keep ‘hero pay.’
- Cats can transmit the coronavirus to each other, but they probably won’t get sick from it
- Column: States keep failing black people
- Anti-lockdown protesters get in reporters’ (masked) faces
- Campus life in the fall? A test with no clear answer
- Prohibido besar la pelota en Sudamérica
- Classes canceled at Cal State colleges, but football may not follow
- Elgin council agrees to give charter school land to EMSA but won’t pay for demolition or repair work
- The promotion will be virtual for new ‘Hunger Games’ novel
- Rome’s greatest little-known pasta dish is porky-peppery goodness and only 5 ingredients
- This was supposed to be the year driverless cars went mainstream
- South American soccer bans kissing the ball due to coronavirus
- NBA lookback: Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen come together to take down Knicks
- Buffalo Grove opens tennis courts, but the public pool won’t operate at all this summer
- Venezuela tacha de ‘cínico’ a EEUU tras ‘Operación Gedeón’
- OPINIÓN/La dieta del coronavirus
- TikTok broke privacy promises, children’s groups say
- This was supposed to be the year driverless cars went mainstream
- Michigan barber has licenses suspended after defying shutdown orders
- Federal court revives emoluments lawsuit alleging Trump illegally profited from his Washington hotel
- Virus survivors could suffer severe health effects for years
- Wisconsin stay-at-home order struck down
- There’s plenty of meat in America — for those who can afford it
- Craft brewers upended by COVID-19 closure of tap rooms, bars
- La barredora retoma su calendario de limpieza de calles en Chicago
- Gary, Food Bank sponsor no-contact food giveaway: ‘These are difficult times for so many of our neighbors and friends,’ mayor says
- Column: By spurning a protective mask, President Trump elevates a symbol
- ¿Por qué no preocuparse por una auditoría del IRS?
- Former President Barack Obama emerges as a central figure in 2020 presidential race
- High school and college seniors are petitioning their schools to hold in-person graduation ceremonies later rather than never
- As House readies vote on coronavirus package with second stimulus checks, some lawmakers push for guaranteed income programs
- ‘The New Mutants’ finally gets a new 2020 theatrical release date
- Bill Murray reflects on ‘The Last Dance’ and making ‘Space Jam’ with Michael Jordan: ‘People forget I got the assist on the game-winning basket’
- Adler Planetarium lays off 120 staffers during coronavirus closure
- Marginado productor Dr. Luke regresa con un No. 1
- Hutton: Munster baseball coach Bob Shinkan takes extra precautions while he’s treated for cancer during the pandemic. But the dugout beckons.
- Fact check: Altered video shared online falsely suggests Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot supports ‘New World Order’ conspiracy
- Speak Out: Tale of Bears season will be told in first four games
- Indiana jobless claims reach 640,000 since coronavirus hit
- Plans to build homes on Little Friends’ Naperville land contingent on $562K from city to save Kroehler mansion
- Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson says L.A. Rams new jersey looks like two bananas
- Climate change is looming. But America has lost 600,000 clean energy jobs
- Futbolista admite que mató a su hijo de 5 años
- George Takei to judge: stay-at-home orders don’t compare to WW2 Japanese internment camps
- What makes the wind?
- These famous celebrities played sports in college
- Escasez de cerveza mexicana a punto de llegar a Chicago
- Tribune Publishing and union agree to three-week furloughs for Chicago Tribune newsroom employees
- Baranek: Em’ and Em’ fit together like a glove for Oak Forest during 2009 run to Class 3A softball state championship
- Wuhan plans to test all 11 million of its people for coronavirus. Here’s what we know about the plan.
- The Trump White House rewrites history, this time it’s about Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI
- Panel talks economic effects of COVID-19 on Northwest Indiana: ‘This is very much a self-inflicted economic crisis’
- Chicago’s most anticipated restaurants of 2020 face a coronavirus-battered industry and an uncertain future. Here’s how their opening plans have changed.
- OPRF High School cancels in-person graduation, will host virtual ceremony in June
- Indiana Dunes offers virtual hikes to keep in touch with nature
- Cervecerías artesanales son golpeadas por la pandemia
- La NBA tendrá nuevo balón a partir de la temporada 2021-22
- $2.25 million settlement proposed in Chicago police shooting of unarmed teen with developmental disabilities
- Head of World Trade Organization to step down early amid lingering US-China tensions
- Will County Republicans, businesses sue state for coronavirus closure losses
- Hinsdale boy and friend doing big things with personal protective equipment donation effort
- Kane County sheriff joins nearby counties and will not enforce governor’s COVID-19 orders for businesses and residents
- Partería, práctica ancestral que la pandemia valoriza en México
- Illinois, Nebraska or Toledo? Brother Rice running back Willie Shaw wanted to make the decision on Mother’s Day: ‘It was a special moment.’
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- Community news: Free baby bibs mark Nurses Week in Olympia Fields
- Glenview square dance club takes activities online
- Commentary: Who’s left out of the pandemic-era debate about school reopenings? Parents.
- ‘Nozzle tov:’ Hobart pumped up over new fire engines
- La mascarilla, una historia de pestilencia
- Commentary: Some want the economy flung open. Wake up. COVID-19’s no hoax.
- Uber, Lyft, airlines add face mask rules, but enforcement is tricky
- Virus coordination center to wind down at Gary airport, city says
- Will college sports and campus life resume in the fall? Not ‘as normal,’ University of Illinois president says
- With nothing to do, what do you do? DoStuff is finding a useful way to keep going through quarantine, while also helping indie venues
- Ex-Northwestern professor charged in sex killing again cites immunology expertise in bid to leave jail and fight COVID-19
- Naperville Central senior Bo Turner makes connections as slot receiver and Army recruit
- Goodman Theatre cancels remainder of 2019-20 season, including ‘The Outsiders’
- AMLO: ‘Aunque me critiquen’ los militares deben estar en las calles de México
- Harley, el perro terapeuta que alivia el estrés de médicos mexicanos
- Senador republicano renuncia acusado de tráfico de información privilegiada sobre la pandemia
- Tribune Overdue Film Festival: ‘Athena’ and other ’50s MGM musical oddities
- Speak Out
- ‘I’m really taking this in as a fan’: What ‘The Last Dance’ has taught Jasmine Jordan about her famous father, Michael
- How to reopen an art museum: James Rondeau, Art Institute director, on the plans for, perhaps, July 1st
- Some Illinois Facebook users could get $300 under massive biometric privacy settlement
- Los debates sobre el confinamiento se tiñen de un oscuro tono partidista
- ‘Live from the Library.’ The Obamas read a story as part of a daily series as city’s 81 branches remain closed
- Bill Murray reflexiona con humor sobre ‘The Last Dance’ y hacer ‘Space Jam’ con Michael Jordan
- Familiarity with coach Don Beebe brings Aurora Christian’s Trey Madsen and Oswego’s Troy Warner into the fold for AU football
- ‘Scarface’ reboot finds third director in Luca Guadagnino
- Queen comparte en YouTube el macroconcierto de homenaje a Freddie Mercury de 1992
- Updated MLB win totals for a shortened 82-game season
- Naperville North graduate Chris Sullivan’s success continues at Bowling Green, where he is the male junior scholar athlete of the year: ‘He’s a special kid.’
- Beloved restaurants across the country that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic
- U-46 to celebrate milestone Friday: 1 million meals given to students during COVID-19 school closure
- La bancarrota amenaza a muchos clubes del fútbol mundial
- ‘Frozen’ closes on Broadway, a popular show iced by COVID-19
- ‘It wasn’t really sudden’: Former Bartlett quarterback Michael Priami ready to make himself at home with St. Charles North
- Artist says Englewood mural a ‘time capsule’ of how people fought to save their community ‘during dire times’
- La región de Chicago cumple con los criterios de reapertura de Fase 3
- One hospital was besieged by the virus. Nearby was ‘plenty of space.’
- No Aurora library furloughs or layoffs — for now
- Column: Eight-week format helped Ivy Tech pivot during COVID-19 outbreak
- One hospital was besieged by the virus. Nearby was ‘plenty of space.’
- CBD might not cause you to fail a drug test, but CBN might
- Hotels vs. Airbnb: Has COVID-19 disrupted the disrupter?
- Why that CBD oil you just bought might be fake
- Waukegan District 60 picks Clearview Elementary principal as new Waukegan High School co-principal
- Her estranged husband killed her 18-month-old son. Amid fears of increasing domestic violence, she wants victims to know they have options.
- Silvio Rodríguez anuncia nuevo disco en recuerdo a amigos fallecidos
- Two climbers. Best friends. Only one ticket to the Olympics.
- Hundreds gather in the rain outside Michigan Capitol to rally against stay-at-home orders: ‘You will kill the state. You just will.’
- Video conferencing nightmare as Connecticut councilman resigns after he’s overheard swearing during budget hearing
- Lake program for alcohol, drug offenders running out of funding; COVID-19 economic impact blamed
- Immunologist ousted by Trump tells lawmakers the US lacks a coronavirus vaccine plan, takes slight dig at president over lack of mask
- Gobernador de Illinois se disculpa por criticar a peloteros
- Hinsdale home with game room, heated sunroom: $2.35M
- Catholic bishops across Illinois announce church reopening plans as other religious groups mull way forward
- South Elgin predicts $1.5M revenue loss and $319,000 budget deficit because of COVID-19 pandemic
- Speak Out: Bloated government and house fires
- To fight waste and hunger, food banks start cooking
- ‘Stay Homas’, el inverosímil éxito de tres músicos españoles confinados (VIDEO)
- Cynthia Nixon on parenting a transgender son: ‘You should listen to what people tell you about themselves’
- Column: Advice for diners: Skip the apps, leave a big tip and help save local restaurants
- Niles church flouts governor’s order, plans to hold services even after federal judge dismissed its lawsuit
- Aurora approves plan for coffee shop and retail building to replace vacant Long John Silver’s restaurant
- EEUU publica directrices para reabrir escuelas y negocios
- Split-screen America is back: Whistleblower and ‘Obamagate’
- Column: Libraries begin offering curbside services, provide ‘solace and comfort’ to grateful patrons
- Ferentino’s sticks with the old ways of making pizza
- Letters: How quarantine is hurting the elderly
- Tagliafico: ‘¿El Barca? Uno siempre ha soñado con jugar en una gran Liga’
- Preckwinkle unveils COVID-19 recovery plan for Cook County focusing on racial equity
- Corrections and clarifications
- Editorial: A sliver of property tax relief in Cook County. A mountain of trouble ahead.
- CDC releases some of their long-delayed coronavirus reopening guidelines initially shelved by the Trump administration
- Facing uncertain retail environment, Vom Fass closes downtown Naperville shop for good
- ‘This isn’t AIDS’: Attorneys for Lake County sheriff, health department argue privacy versus public safety in coronavirus lawsuit
- Crosby: Local churches show a range of defiance, patience
- Sideline stunner: Nick Irvin resigns as boys basketball coach at Morgan Park to be an assistant for Rob Jeter at Western Illinois
- Tasas de interés hipotecario rondan mínimos históricos en EEUU
- Jersey Shore beaches will open by Memorial Day, but with restrictions
- Puerto Rico revela plan para ayudar a víctimas de pandemia
- Senate votes to extend spying provisions a day after rejecting limits on internet browser surveillance by 1 vote
- The Spin: Blago to launch podcast | Chicago region on pace to enter next phase of reopening | Kinzinger a ‘no’ vote on Dem. bailout package
- Chamber of Commerce director, who founded Wine Walk and Cruisin’ Park Ridge, to retire due to COVID concerns
- Leaders of Aurora Downtown business association urge city to reopen: ‘I fear what this downtown will look like’
- Oak Park District 97 to see cost savings after renegotiating student bus contracts
- A coach in Germany’s soccer league needed toothpaste. So he broke quarantine, and now he must miss his first game with the team.
- University of Illinois emergency ventilator project finds a manufacturer
- High school staff launch Leyden Cares fundraiser, distribute more than $10k to local organizations
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, GOP exchange barbs over new $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package
- Commentary: Moving to a ‘fair tax’ would be a very expensive mistake, especially in the midst of the pandemic
- More than 700 Southland residents have died of COVID-19
- Students sue DePaul University for tuition refunds, claim move to online classes due to coronavirus has ‘decreased value’ of their education
- Letters to the Editor
- Will County corrections officers, jail nurse failed to heed medical needs of inmate who died 47 days after being booked: lawsuit
- New York Giants, Seattle NFL players wanted on armed robbery and assault charges in Miramar
- Graduations make the big screen as McHenry drive-in offers alternative end-of-year ceremonies in COVID-19 era
- David Crosby, sperm donor for Melissa Etheridge’s late son Beckett, responds to Beckett’s death
- COVID-19 hits Chicago ZIP code with high gun violence
- Sen. Richard Burr steps aside as Senate Intelligence chairman amid FBI insider-trading investigation
- Where you can watch the best movies of all time right now
- Arrest warrant issued for Giants CB DeAndre Baker on eight counts of armed robbery and aggravated assault with firearm
- Digital theater is all the rage, but could it destroy the live stage?
- Netflix buys ‘Bad Trip’ from MGM after virus upends theater plan
- Mostly sunny and warm Friday in the works following heavy storms
- Coronavirus has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide, nearly 85,000 in the US as experts say the actual numbers are likely far higher
- Commissioner Rob Manfred is hopeful MLB can reach a deal with players to start the 2020 season — and says baseball could lose nearly $4 billion without games
- FDA investigates potential accuracy problem with Abbott’s rapid coronavirus test
- Column: Give me back my money, NBA
- Disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs podcast deal
- Lightfoot delays demolition at site of Little Village coal plant that sent dust cloud into neighborhood
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 14 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- US athletes and sports figures who have the coronavirus, including former A’s manager Art Howe