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- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 16-17 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Ask Amy: Worn-out partner faces a tough choice
- Daily horoscope for May 18, 2020
- Column: Look out Trump. Obama’s anger translator, Luther, has taken over.
- Chicago hospital on the financial brink: St. Anthony’s fights for survival, sues state for money owed
- Ask Anna: Clitoris enlargement pros and cons
- Letters: Why Americans love conspiracy theories
- Speak Out: Blue Angels were nice, but social distancing would be better
- Editorial: How the pandemic unmasks Illinois’ feeble finances
- Heavy rain leaves flooded streets in Chicago area
- Inside St. Anthony Hospital
- Appreciation: Fred Willard, beloved American weirdo, was the special sauce in satire comedy
- Crosby: During shelter in place, some of these kids are just trying to survive
- B.J. Armstrong’s last word on ‘The Last Dance’: Michael Jordan ‘made the game look easy’
- As researchers at Northwestern and elsewhere scramble to find a treatment for COVID-19, they hope this time the money won’t run out before the next threat hits
- Daywatch: Churchgoers defy stay-at-home order, Cook County gets a D in social distancing and how shopping will look when stores reopen
- ‘The Last Dance’ Episode 9 recap: Michael Jordan eats some bad pizza and is ‘lightly’ shoved by Reggie Miller
- ESPN will air a film about Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals — with Michael Jordan hitting the game-winning shot — on Wednesday
- Chicago Sinfonietta extends music director Mei-Ann Chen’s contract
- Man angry over coronavirus shutdowns attacks couple with machete, Nashville police say
- ‘Scarface’ actor Geno Silva dead at 72 from dementia complications
- American Airlines canceled my flight after the pandemic — where’s my refund?
- Republicans are recruiting thousands of poll watchers for November to fight a baseless charge of widespread voter fraud
- ‘It’s like a keg of dynamite:’ Oak Lawn volcano expert remembered on 40th ‘Eruptiversary’ of Mount St. Helens
- After ending extra hazard ‘hero’ pay, Kroger to give bonus to front-line workers
- Mitch Trubisky and Nick Foles can’t compete to be the Chicago Bears starting quarterback — yet. Instead, they’re focusing on mental hurdles they need to clear.
- For Heat’s Andre Iguodala, NBA return must include ‘peace of mind’
- St. Mary Catholic School drive-in graduation
- ‘The Last Dance’ Episode 10 recap: ‘We could have won seven,’ Michael Jordan says after the Chicago Bulls break up
- Who won ‘American Idol’ season 18?
- Big Cat Rescue founder now selling coronavirus masks
- Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising early results, it says
- Despite spring and coronavirus, Aurora still plans for winter
- ‘Real Housewives’ star Joe Giudice signs celebrity boxing deal and is set to fight in October
- Appreciation: Lynn Shelton, director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Sword of Trust,’ found beauty in human imperfection
- Talk of the County: If Wisconsin opening up leads to virus spike, ‘that’s sad but it’s only Packer fans’
- SoftBank racks up losses, including WeWork investment; Alibaba’s Jack Ma quits board
- ‘Married at First Sight’ couple from Chicago area returns for coronavirus quarantine spinoff
- Agencia migratoria de EEUU se queda sin fondos por pandemia
- Chicago seniors share their 2020 graduation songs
- `This Is Us’ stars Mandy Moore, Justin Hartley co-host Red Nose special
- Talk of the County: Government assistance allows people to ‘spend all of the extra money on marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes and gambling’
- Ribfest canceled for first time in event’s 33-year history due to coronavirus pandemic; would have been held in Romeoville
- Compañía de EEUU anuncia resultados positivos en vacuna contra coronavirus
- Q&A with Craig Anderson: Football in spring? Overlap with club? Getting back to business? IHSA executive director discusses possibilities.
- ‘He’s got to instill a sense of urgency’: Fed chair Jerome Powell expected to bring spend-more message to Congress
- Aurora photographer focuses on life during the pandemic
- Más de 315,000 muertos en el mundo por coronavirus
- Fire up the grill to make these easy recipes for steak, chicken, pizza and more
- Nascar returns with Real Heroes 400 NASCAR Cup Series
- Obama critica indirectamente a Trump durante acto público virtual
- Grilled steaks make Memorial Day a celebration, especially when hit with an herb rub and horseradish sauce
- La Casa Blanca alude a teoría conspirativa para justificar despido de inspector
- Yorkville City Council to discuss grant program for businesses
- The pandemic is boosting a stagnant meal kit industry. But will interest persist when people are no longer stuck at home?
- Unless challenging, remote learning gets failing grades
- México impone restricciones a las energías renovables
- Remembering the passion of Alto Madness creator Richie Cole
- Column: With apple pies and meals for doctors and nurses, Chicagoan is one example of light in the darkness
- Fire leaves Aurora home uninhabitable
- Las 45 conclusiones fascinantes del final de ‘The Last Dance’
- Mister Manners: ‘My neighbor is quarantining in the nude’
- Con 20 años, fallece jugadora del Atlético de San Luis
- Wandering a grand hotel emptied by coronavirus, and checking 1,400 taps
- Dudas por las estadísticas oficiales: ¿Cuántas personas mueren por coronavirus en México? Es difícil saberlo
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city will fine churches that violated social distancing rules
- Baker y Dunbar pagan fianza y salen de la cárcel
- Wandering a grand hotel emptied by coronavirus, and checking 1,400 taps
- Column: Dump on your office all you like. You’ll miss it when it’s gone.
- At the drive-in: Thrills, chills, popcorn and hand sanitizer
- With a new, stricter grading system — plus warmer weather — Cook County is now getting a D on social distancing
- One of the state’s top prospects, Carmel’s Ben Wiegman knows the curtailed MLB draft makes it likely he’ll pull a coveted scholarship offer out of his back pocket
- At the drive-in: Thrills, chills, popcorn and hand sanitizer
- Can the coronavirus live on clothes and shoes? And for how long?
- How Wall Street is hampering some small businesses seeking aid
- How people are grocery shopping differently during the coronavirus pandemic
- Broadway’s reopening date is just a guess at this point
- Portage, Hebron cancel Fourth of July festivities
- Endurance helps Lyons runner Maggie Abbs find classroom success
- Actor Sean Penn joins Mayor Lori Lightfoot on tour of Chicago coronavirus testing site
- These are the biggest at-home coffee trends during coronavirus quarantine
- Jordan, una figura casi mítica
- Sujeto ataca con machete a una pareja, molesto por pandemia
- Once ‘so secret,’ a queer Netflix series finally puts all its cards on the table
- Maine East, Maine South High Schools celebrate graduation with parades
- Will Cirque du Soleil rise again?
- Column: Is Ronan Farrow too good to be true?
- Will Cirque du Soleil rise again?
- ‘Like landing a person on the moon’: A reality TV powerhouse adapts to coronavirus
- Superrich stranded by lockdowns face higher tax bills
- New this week: Lady Gaga, 1975 music, a last ‘Trip to Greece,’ ‘Stargirl’
- Rory’s million dollar shot, Rickie rakes up skins, Wolff wins long drive and more TaylorMade #DrivingRelief highlights
- Fenwick senior Jacob Arquette handles pressure on and off the field
- Woodstock school’s Class of 2020 gets big-screen salute at drive-in theater
- ‘Our movement man,’ a fixture at Chicago protests, loses life to COVID-19
- A homebound Penn & Teller make magic for us during lockdown
- Convicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich officially disbarred
- Column: Hey, Tom Boerwinkle didn’t deserve that cheap shot in ‘The Last Dance’
- Rory’s million dollar shot, Rickie rakes up skins, Wolff wins long drive and more TaylorMade #DrivingRelief highlights
- Sweeping federal lawsuit seeks election changes in Wisconsin, including more poll workers and absentee ballots for all
- Una alfombra roja ‘más ancha y más corta’
- ‘I feel like a hero’: A day in the life of a grocery delivery man
- Best grilling tools for summer 2020
- Notre Dame senior Mike Jekot playing an essential role during coronavirus pandemic
- Better together: Lincoln-Way Central coach Tyrone Byrd and Lincoln-Way West coach Brian Glynn go into IWCOA Hall of Fame
- Best grilling tools for summer 2020
- Talk of the County: ‘It’s time somebody wakes this idiot up,’ and tells Pritzker he’s not ‘the monarch of Illinois’
- Chicago multará a iglesias por violar reglas de distanciamiento social
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- Talk of the County: Criticism of Bone Spur name-dropper may prompt ‘Spartacus moment’
- How France lost the weapons to fight a pandemic
- COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria is just one of Africa’s alarming hot spots
- Lemonade review: We tested an insurance company designed for people who hate to talk on the phone
- The best wig adhesive
- The best sauté pan
- The best reusable sandwich bag
- The best king bedding set
- The best center channel speaker
- Michael Jordan’s No. 23 is off limits for Mike Ellis’ basketball players: ‘It’s not a number we have.’
- Five reasons your stimulus check may have been for less than you expected
- Beach town revolt? Seaside town weighs ignoring virus rules
- Talk of the County: ‘The entire world is laughing at us’
- Music video for ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ starring everyone from Rhymefest to Jim Belushi to Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a Chicago producer’s fundraising idea
- Elgin man charged with holding up downtown business, firing gun in residential block, police say
- Ryan Seacrest didn’t have ‘any kind of stroke’ on ‘American Idol,’ his rep says
- Aldi-owned Downers Grove 5-bedroom home drops to $925,000
- Editorial: Mayor Lightfoot, it’s time to reopen the lakefront
- Refuerzan compromiso con comunidades latina y negra fuertemente gopeadas por coronavirus en Chicago
- J.C. Penney plans to close more than 240 stores
- New ‘grocery concept’ coming to vacant Fair Oaks Ford land, Chirico announces in state of city address
- 12-year-old Chicago boy shot to death in Gary
- Libertyville Sunday school holds Kindness Parade for residents
- Column: Southland colleges offer courses for cannabis industry job seekers and aspiring entrepreneurs
- Sin afición, un estadio es ‘un mausoleo’, dice Juan Villoro
- Santiago de Chile al límite de su capacidad por COVID-19
- Nazareth quarterback J.J. McCarthy, a Michigan recruit, will attend IMG Academy as a senior ‘due to the uncertainty of fall sports’ in Illinois
- No COVID-19 related deaths reported in Lake County, but positive cases continue to rise
- Grimes’ mom pans Elon Musk’s ‘Take the red pill’ tweet, calling it Men’s Rights Activism ‘bull—t’: report
- Descarta Barr investigar a Obama o Biden
- Minor arrested in fatal shooting of Elgin teen
- ‘DC’s Stargirl’ pays tribute to its creator’s late sister
- Uber elimina otros 3,000 empleos
- Commentary: Illinois can safely start to reopen, if we follow these measures
- Medicaid providers at the end of the line for federal COVID-19 funding
- Just a chat: Calls offered for older adults staying home
- Recent vandalism, car break-ins in Wilmette, Glenview, contrary to overall decline in reports amid COVID-19 pandemic, police say
- Editorial: Why churches, for now, should remain closed
- The most important do’s and don’ts when first using CBD
- Sign o’ the times: Yard signs urging Naperville residents to ‘stay strong’ snapped up
- This is what happens to your body when you consume CBD
- Two projects are filming again. Here’s how they’re doing it.
- The hidden language of masks
- Researchers say this is the optimal age for using marijuana
- Speak Out: Trump didn’t write stimulus checks on his own accounts
- Autoworkers are returning as carmakers gradually crank up factories
- Muchos estadounidenses sobrellevan la pandemia en México
- Streets and golf courses in western suburbs soaked after weekend rains
- Without fans, some college football games won’t make financial sense
- Mayo Clinic minute: Health benefits of gardening
- We have to go back into the world again. Here are solutions for how to deal with that
- Treating skin irritations from wearing face masks
- Is the COVID-19 pandemic good news or bad news for renewable energy?
- A massive landslide-caused tsunami could hit Prince William Sound in the next year, scientists warn
- Missouri State soccer recruit Katie Montgomery earns 7 varsity letters for Geneva: ‘She has the ability to make everyone around her better.’
- Zoom has turned us all into David Letterman, talking in riddles and tapping on the screen
- Individualismo vs. bien común en la era del coronavirus
- Column: State legislators who defy the mask requirement should be barred from session
- Sports lookback: Why ‘His Airness’ and ‘Sweetness’ clicked
- Roscoe Village 5-bedroom home with outdoor fireplace: $1.7M
- Asian Americans lead in Internet-based TV use, study shows
- Song se fue al Barca ‘porque iba a ser millonario’ sin jugar mucho
- Asian Americans lead in internet-based TV use, study shows
- Column: Venice postpones big architecture show, putting Chicago in a bind
- An expert explains how to assess risk when reconnecting with friends and family
- Online teaching has provided challenges, benefits for jazz musician John Temmerman
- Fall classes will be mostly online at Harper community college in Palatine as other schools mull how to reopen
- Try bringing the outdoors in with these simple hacks
- Lakeview 5-bedroom home with wine room: $1.95M
- Letters: Returning kids to school can be done
- Uber laying off another 3,000 workers, raising more questions about the company’s future in Chicago
- Ryan Seacrest dismisses speculation he had a stroke during ‘American Idol’ finale
- Cook County Forest Preserves head urges residents avoid gatherings on Memorial Day weekend ahead of more parking lot closures: ‘That’s not a safe way to celebrate’
- Los trabajadores temporales son esenciales para alimentar a los estadounidenses
- Tropical Storm Arthur hits North Carolina coast with rain
- Shoes worn by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen from their 1992 Dream Team run are being auctioned
- University of Chicago Medicine receives $10M gift for research in cancer treatment
- World Health Organization bows to calls for ‘comprehensive evaluation’ into how it managed international response to the coronavirus
- Village officials agree to cancel Buffalo Grove Grove Days, Fourth of July fireworks due to ongoing pandemic concerns
- Naperville streets flood, DuPage River flows over its banks after nearly 7 inches of rain in five days
- Volo Auto Museum connects car clubs with celebrating enthusiasts
- Iran experiences new surge in coronavirus cases after reopening country
- Aurora area deals with ‘minor flooding’
- ‘The Last Dance’ ratings in the Chicago area for Episodes 9 and 10 are the 2nd-highest of the series
- Officials report uptick in vehicle break-ins in forest preserve parking lots, neighborhoods and other ‘prime spots’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Annual Northbrook Days summer festival canceled due to COVID-19; would have marked its 96th year
- Land once proposed for controversial development may be de-annexed from Sugar Grove
- Negocios que florecen en tiempos del coronavirus
- Officials deal with flooding concerns across Lake County after heavy rains
- Heavy rains force closing of streets and COVID-19 testing site in Markham
- Stevenson announces new virtual graduation plan, parents plan a week of activities to honor students
- Chicago aldermen, restaurateurs call for crackdown on delivery apps
- New Lenox police ‘determined to bring justice’ to family of local teen fatally shot outside gas station
- Año récord de asesinatos en Río
- Heavy weekend rainfall causes flooded roads, basements
- Lincolnshire Village Board approves mayor’s executive order to support local businesses and prevent large gatherings
- Mokena family of 6 expands its view of the world during trip cut short by COVID-19
- State representative candidate Brandon Dothager charged with violating protective order
- The Spin: Mayor Lightfoot, Sean Penn tour Chicago COVID-19 testing site | Blagojevich disbarred on eve of podcast launch | Trump, Obama trade jabs in early taste of fall election
- Educators adjust to hurdles of special needs students in online classroom setting during pandemic
- Coronavirus-related deaths top 200 in Lake County
- Celebrate Highwood cancels signature programs, looking at alternative ways to give back to community
- Family searches for Griffith woman who went missing
- State Farm cuts auto rates by $2.2 billion as Americans continue to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Lake County Jail employee, four inmates test positive for COVID-19 since Friday
- Trump says he fired State Department watchdog at Pompeo’s request; Democrats say inspector general was investigating Saudi arms sale
- Food should ‘not be a problem, but actually the solution,’ says chef José Andrés as he delivers meals to Chicago school and hospital
- Column: Rushing to reopen the economy won’t help American workers — it will kill them
- Amid ridership plunge, South Shore receives $73 million in federal aid
- Federal authorities urge governors to use ‘extreme caution’ when reopening nursing homes
- Pueblos mexicanos sin contagios rechazan volver a la normalidad que pide AMLO
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 18 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Aurora, Naperville set plans for Pride Month
- Gunman who killed 3 sailors at Pensacola military base linked to al-Qaida, US official says
- Puerto Rico decidirá si debe convertirse en estado de EEUU
- Election board seeks funds for COVID-19 testing for poll workers
- Se fuga ‘El Chino Ántrax’ de EEUU y el narco aparece muerto en Sinaloa
- LeBron James: ‘Definitely not giving up on the season’
- Business owners now face misdemeanor charge if they reopen in spite of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order
- Niles, Skokie July 4th parades, fireworks canceled; Park Ridge kids’ parade won’t return for 66th year
- Notre Dame plans to reopen in August, but sports are still up in the air
- Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine in case he gets coronavirus, even though drug is unproven for fighting COVID-19
- US autoworkers return, while possible vaccine shows promise; China gives $2 billion to fight COVID-19