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- Ask Amy: Husband worries about wife’s male friendship
- Daily horoscope for May 31, 2020
- George Floyd fallout: Unrest overshadows peaceful protests for another night; no apparent injuries after semitruck drives into Minneapolis demonstrators
- Garden experts can help identify your plants — but first, get the right photo angles and details ready
- Letters: Take governor to court over dine-in ban
- Landmarks: Former reporter recalls Tiger King’s visit to Lincoln Mall — ‘Was I drunk when I wrote this?’
- Virtual town hall brought Highland Park residents up to speed on current conditions, as Pritzker’s stay-home restriction lifts
- George Floyd updates: Tear gas, burning police cars in another night of unrest in US cities
- Now on Netflix: Portraits of grief with unplanned relevance
- 15 summer TV shows we’re looking forward to
- National Geographic plan to dismantle granite sculpture hits snag
- Pandemic forces car dealers to do the unthinkable: Sell online
- Coronavirus continues to disrupt prescription drug supplies
- A composer and her (very) long string instrument
- Practicing architecture in a pandemic
- Mayor imposes curfew after chaotic scenes unfold in Loop, Near North Side as protesters clash with police during demonstration over death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
- Should we fear post-pandemic inflation?
- Roman villa’s mosaics are unearthed, again, a century after last dig
- As day care centers reopen, will parents send their children?
- Campuses open Monday for voluntary workouts. What does this mean for college football at Notre Dame, Northwestern, Illinois and Northern Illinois?
- Testing is key to beating coronavirus, right? Japan has other ideas.
- Roger Goodell says ‘there remains an urgent need for action’, while NFLPA president JC Tretter tweets ‘racism is something that we all must take responsibility to end’
- Getting back to school: Students will wear masks, but what do you do about buses?
- Massive protests, reopening of beaches and businesses worldwide raise fears of new COVID-19 outbreaks
- Target temporarily closing 7 Chicago stores after George Floyd demonstrations turn violent
- Animals at university research labs still get care during the pandemic — but scores have been euthanized to conserve ‘critical resources’
- Shoppers and diners return to downtown Naperville as businesses reopen
- College Football Hall of Fame is damaged in Atlanta protests
- John Cusack tweets video of Chicago protests and police coming ‘at me with batons’
- Wisconsin governor authorizes National Guard to be called in after Madison protest turns violent
- New ‘Laurel Canyon’ doc will make boomers swoon over the scene all over again
- NASA astronauts arrive at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX vehicle for the first time
- Weary Black Americans have a message for Joe Biden, Democrats: Just not being Donald Trump isn’t enough
- 17 misconduct complaints did little to derail Minneapolis officer’s career. That’s not unusual in police departments nationwide.
- Column: Stick to sports? Not now. It’s time for all Chicagoans to speak out against the violence of Saturday night.
- Demonstrations turn violent Saturday as mayor enacts curfew
- YouTuber Jake Paul seen among looters at Arizona mall
- Editorial: Zero tolerance for rioting in the fight for police reform
- Businesses close near Orland Square, retail areas; south suburban towns implement curfews
- Michael Jordan calls for ‘systemic change’ in his statement on the death of George Floyd: ‘Every one of us needs to be part of the solution’
- Christo, artist known for massive, fleeting displays, dies
- Southlake Mall protest shuts down businesses: ‘I don’t want to see my son choked to death on a video’
- ‘Got to do better!’ Chicago athletes — from Zach LaVine to Tim Anderson to Thad Young — speak out in response to the death of George Floyd
- Recruiting notes: Glenbrook North TE Drayton Charlton-Perrin commits to Ball State
- Herb Stempel, quiz show whistleblower in the 1950s, dies at 93
- Central Camera, iconic Loop business for 121 years, vows to rebuild as building burns during unrest over George Floyd death
- Suburban golf courses celebrate busy month: ‘They are just elated to be out of the house.’
- Naperville rally protesting George Floyd death peaceful, but puts spotlight on cop abuse: ‘Welcome to the revolution’
- Commentary: What the George Floyd unrest and COVID-19 are revealing
- Rochelle Zell’s Ari Rosen achieves dream of playing college baseball
- Column: After the riots in Chicago, all that broken glass like shattered dreams
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 30-31 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Hundreds gather for peaceful protest in Arlington Heights: ‘I’ve been protesting for 50 years. They should have fixed this by now’
- Multi-sport athlete Athan Huelskamp honored for leadership at St. Viator
- Northbrook Court mall closed Sunday as police guard entrances in ‘proactive stance’
- Column: White America, if you want to know who’s responsible for racism, look in the mirror
- Protests in Chicago in response to the killing of George Floyd
- Protests and unrest in Chicago in response to the killing of George Floyd
- MLS players union agrees to salary cuts and proposed tournament in Orlando. Next step is approval by team owners.
- George Floyd protests: Josh Heupel, Alex Morgan, Alex Martins and more sports leaders call for change
- George Floyd fallout in Chicago: Downtown locked down, unrest spreads to South, West sides and some suburbs
- Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged
- Prosecutors: Mentally ill man shoved stranger in front of oncoming Red Line train
- Officials see extremist groups, disinformation in George Floyd protests
- MLB players’ latest proposal: 114-game schedule, no additional pay cuts and a November postseason