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- Ask Amy: Courtesy questions in the time of COVID-19
- Daily horoscope for June 8, 2020
- Video series looks at life in Morton Grove during pandemic, isolation, Floyd fallout
- Midwestern cities continue to lose population. Two of the fastest-shrinking are in Illinois.
- Letters: Social studies teaches us how to put thought into action
- Column: It’s time to weed out criminals who hide behind a badge
- Editorial: Absentee voting expansion coming to Illinois. Should we be worried?
- Football notes: Lafayette Jefferson quarterback Maximus Grimes transfers to Class 5A runner-up Valparaiso
- Ask Anna: How do I become less insecure about my relationship?
- Commentary: Listen up, Class of 2020! The Obamas, Beyoncé and others have something to say
- Arlington Heights village board approves event cancellations, development delays related to COVID-19 crisis
- Pictures: Tropical Storm Cristobal
- Pride still plentiful in Southland despite Mokena fest postponement to 2021
- Highland Park High School graduates, virtually
- Overnight violence in Chicago: Man shot dead in Englewood, six wounded in Bronzeville attack
- Arlington Heights restaurants welcome outdoor diners for Arlington Al Fresco
- Aurora social service agencies looking to aid those who ‘don’t know where to turn’ for help
- North Shore park districts prepare for a summer unlike any other: ‘Our focus is entirely on safety’
- Daywatch: Wide array of criminal charges emerge amid George Floyd fallout, Latino leaders fear reopening impact and closed lakefront still draws Chicagoans
- North Aurora looks at removing dam on Fox River
- CEO’s comments cost CPI Security partnerships with Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets and other teams
- Officer struck in protective vest during gunfire
- Talk of the County: Pritzker ‘has taxed, taxed and taxed’ and ‘destroyed this state’
- Tracy Abrams learned the power of positivity while rehabbing from season-ending injuries at Illinois. Now, his mentorship program is teaching those lessons to Chicago youths.
- ESPN’s ‘Long Gone Summer’ revisits the Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire home run chase of 1998. The task for the director was ‘can we go back and show what that summer really felt like?’
- ‘Long Gone Summer’: How to watch and stream ESPN’s documentary on the Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire home run chase from 1998
- Rare stock tweak during pandemic adds millions to a CEO’s potential payout
- Police back off as peaceful protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death push for deep reforms
- Virus y protestas obligan a redirigir la campaña de Trump
- Speak Out: Questioning calls for defunding police
- México: Alto funcionario del gobierno da positivo a COVID-19
- Fraudsters targeting unemployment benefits as claims surge during pandemic
- España investiga presuntos sobornos al exrey Juan Carlos
- China denies cover-up, rejects ‘politicization’ of coronavirus
- Tuits de JK Rowling sobre personas transgénero desatan ira
- La estatua de un negrero derribada probablemente no será reinstalada
- D-Day by the numbers
- BP to cut 1 in 7 jobs — 10,000 positions worldwide — as COVID-19 slashes oil demand
- How does tear gas work? Can it cause permanent harm?
- Cuba declara pandemia ‘bajo control’ y prepara el desconfinamiento
- ‘Pie house’ in Deerfield sells for $260,000
- ‘Pie house’ in Deerfield lists for $300,000
- When the office is like a biohazard lab
- Amid unrest, songs continue to voice the black experience
- Naperville man charged with reckless homicide and DUI in fatal car crash
- Column: Inside the revolts erupting in America’s big newsrooms
- Hospitals got bailouts and furloughed thousands while paying CEOs millions
- Lewis Hamilton critica a pilotos que no denuncian el racismo
- A nursing home’s 64-day COVID siege: ‘They’re all going to die’
- Column: Finding hope amid coronavirus in D-Day anniversary and protests
- La Serie A irá a playoffs si se suspende de nuevo por covid-19
- Policía acusado de muerte de Floyd tiene primera audiencia
- Talk of the County: Right-wingers should remember first trillion-dollar deficit run up by ‘your all-time favorite hero, Ronny Reagan’
- FDA says some masks made in China shouldn’t be reused
- Michael Jordan’s old furniture is up for auction — but it’s too late to get a love letter of his from 1989
- Donald Trump le pregunta a la NFL si ahora estaría ‘bien’ arrodillarse durante el himno
- Concejo municipal de Minneapolis quiere disolver la policía
- Chicago police officer hit in vest by gunfire on West Side, officers fired at in Englewood
- Giving your number to strangers? It’s not flirting; it’s a rule
- Remembering trumpeter Art Hoyle: A Chicago jazz master
- Giving your number to strangers? It’s not flirting; it’s a rule
- Artistas denuncian la brutalidad policial en Latinoamérica
- ‘The King of Staten Island’ review: Pete Davidson’s charisma carries the day in story of a young burnout
- Music Institute adapts to online teaching, recitals
- Viewers refute myth that black US films, TV are poor exports
- Talk of the County: Floyd killing no excuse ‘to start rioting and looting’
- ‘Chicago Tonight’ co-anchor Brandis Friedman hosting WTTW special about race and inequity
- McGrath: Remote learning couldn’t be worse than the way school used to be, so why rush back to the classroom?
- Drug trial planned for synthetic cannabinoid coronavirus treatment
- Rapid changes to health system spurred by COVID-19 might be here to stay
- Renuncia editor del New York Times tras polémico editorial
- Farmers get billions in virus aid, and Democrats are wary
- New pro sports venture puts women’s sports in the players’ hands
- Talk of the County: Cut pay for politicians like Lightfoot and Pritzker when ‘they don’t do jack’
- Siete ‘diablos rojos’ tienen coronavirus
- YouTuber, former ‘X Factor’ contestant comes out as transgender
- White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s mission: Stand by, defend, punch back for President Trump
- West Side lawmaker picks up rallying cry to defund police, asks for meeting with Chicago mayor and top cop
- AMLO no se hará test de COVID-19 pese a contagio en su equipo
- Talk of the County: ‘President Trump didn’t burn churches, or break windows, or steal from businesses’
- The shirts were red. The fans were all white.
- ‘Cruise ships on land’: As Las Vegas reopens, a huge test for casinos
- With real-life games halted, betting world puts action on Esports
- China vowed to keep wildlife off the menu, a tough promise to keep
- New Zealand lifts lockdown as it declares virus eliminated, for now
- China vowed to keep wildlife off the menu, a tough promise to keep
- Indiana officials report additional 14 coronavirus deaths; Lake County death toll up to 215
- Despite big promises, U.S. has delivered limited aid in global virus response
- ¿Qué sigue para la NBA?
- ‘We’re going to go forward’: Large crowds join in downtown Evanston to push for racial justice, police reform
- The idea: Build it, and they can find coronavirus tests
- Sellers of sex toys capitalized on all that alone time
- Llegan restos de George Floyd a iglesia en Houston
- Sellers of sex toys capitalized on all that alone time
- From Ryne Sandberg to Nolan Ryan to Albert Pujols: Plenty of top MLB players were drafted after the fifth round
- Column: A woman was racially taunted a block from her Portage home. ‘All the hurt and all the names, looks and rejections … came rushing back.’
- Denise Winfrey sworn in as Will County executive; visitation set for Lawrence Walsh
- Terry Crews says black men often aren’t viewed as victims ‘until we’re dead’
- He graduated from West Aurora, his third high school. He’s on his second college. But Marquise Walker feels he’s on the right track.
- Oswego OKs agreement for street sweeping
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- A delicate balance: Weighing protest against the risks of the coronavirus
- AP poll: Pandemic does little to alter U.S. views on health care
- Fury-Wilder III by end of the year, promoter says
- Chicago cocktails-to-go rule for bars and restaurants now 1 step away
- Hayden building 3-bedroom condo sells for $2.56 million
- Boy, 3, found walking near busy Park Ridge streets, reunited with family
- Skokie Farmers Market reopens in new location
- Lake County Fair canceled because of COVID-19
- Estadounidenses blancos en masa contra el racismo
- Column: Booze to-go law a perilous turn for state’s highways
- La música aún canta la experiencia negra
- Central Florida weekend tornado tally: 3 for sure, 2 more possible
- Fijan en 1 millón la fianza para policía acusado de la muerte de Floyd
- A delicate balance: Weighing protest against the risks of the coronavirus
- Munster has senior send-off, gives students closure after virtual graduation ceremony
- Hotels compete on cleanliness as business trickles back
- Disabato: Cornelius Crossley says ‘this could be something special’ about being the head coach of the new Rich Township boys basketball program
- La Grange officials estimate more than 500 participate in peaceful Black Lives Matter protest Saturday
- 3-bedroom condo in the Hayden building sells for $2.56 million — netting owner an impressive 26% return
- Date night ideas for social distancing couples
- Left out: More workers now losing hope of getting back jobs
- 21 best Father’s Day gifts 2020
- Best Father’s Day gifts 2020
- Aurora GreenFest canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Lawsuit filed against CTA
- Hinsdale Central students, alumni, localize Black Lives Matter efforts
- Issa Rae is confused after Trump likes an ‘Insecure’ tweet
- Minneapolis reform plan would require liability insurance for police officers
- Bus driver sues CTA, says he was suspended after discussing concerns about transporting cops during George Floyd protests
- With streaming version of ‘Infinite Wrench,’ the nimble Neo-Futurists respond fast to a week like no other
- Surveillance camera catches heroin dropping from man’s pocket at Hebron store; police use Facebook post to ask man to come pick it up
- With her heart transplant on pause, Glenwood woman and her family spend pandemic advocating for organ donation
- Safely inviting in repairmen during the pandemic
- State Farm says Illinois drivers get nearly 14% rate cut — more than 11% national average — as part of $2.2 billion rate reduction
- Cristobal weakens to tropical depression, rains persist
- La pandemia de coronavirus está ’empeorando’ en el mundo
- It’s official: US recession began in February, ending record-long expansion
- 10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia; beaches cleared after ‘dreadful’ situation
- Spike and the Spitwads miss bringing nostalgic hits to Blue Chip crowds
- Waukegan lifts curfew following weekend of peaceful protests
- Pandemic can’t stop pomp for Edison seniors
- NFL gives teams planner for total reopening of facilities
- Editorial: On middle fingers and police conduct: Mayor Lightfoot should keep her cool too
- Is flying safe amid coronavirus outbreak? Guess what airlines say
- Former president and co-founder of Cresco Labs resigns from Chicago cannabis firm’s board
- 3 Barrington young adults support Black Lives Matter, hold demonstrations to ‘stand up for my friends and peers that are struggling and fighting suppression’
- Lexie Pitter, activist and poet, shows up at protests across the city
- Demócratas se arrodillan en el Congreso de EEUU en homenaje a George Floyd
- US prosecutors spar with Prince Andrew in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking probe
- Pilot dies after single-engine plane crash near Monee
- Commentary: Remove Chicago police from CPS schools
- $1 million bail set for Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd’s death
- Commentary: The GOP needs a contract with black America
- Illinois Tollway installing giant beams on Mile Long Bridge
- Sports lookback: Winning moments from the 2019-20 PGA Tour season through March
- Most Indiana casinos can reopen next week under virus plans
- Repatriar mexicanos muertos por COVID-19 en EEUU es casi imposible
- Calumet Films series tells the stories — good and bad — of the Calumet River
- 1-year-old Homewood girl seriously injured in Dan Ryan crash
- 150 to 200 people march from downtown Naperville to city police station, taking a knee in several intersections
- Doctors heavily overprescribed antibiotics early in the coronavirus pandemic
- First-time gun owners at risk for suicide, major study confirms
- Construction picks up on Buffalo Grove Road project, which will widen corridor to four lanes
- Women who broke the glass ceiling in sports
- Rain plays a surprising role in making some restored prairies healthier than others
- Invest Aurora, chambers of commerce to establish fund to help businesses damaged during unrest
- Naperville People in the News
- Current and former NHL players — including 2007 Chicago Blackhawks draft pick Akim Aliu — form Hockey Diversity Alliance
- Letters: Higher ed in Illinois needs lawmakers’ support during this time of crisis
- Theo Epstein wants to improve diversity within the Chicago Cubs: ‘The majority of people I’ve hired have similar backgrounds as me and look a lot like me’
- Column: Activists’ call to ‘defund the police’ is a confusing message that could backfire
- Open letter to Second City calls for investigation of racial discrimination, sexual assault
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker suggests ‘defund the police’ is a messaging obstacle to get police reforms
- Following protests, Erica Daniels to exit Victory Gardens Theater
- Joe Biden does not want to defund the police, spokesman says
- Editorial: Colin Kaepernick took a knee and paid a price. Now NFL encourages players to ‘peacefully protest.’
- The story behind Nini’s Deli, the trendy West Town restaurant shut down this weekend amid outcry over owners’ homophobic, anti-Black Lives Matter views
- Economistas: Recesión en EEUU comenzó en febrero
- Judge refuses to release man accused of torching Chicago cop car while wearing Joker mask, saying he’s skipped other cases
- Tatyana Chante learned a lot from organizing a George Floyd protest march in one day, from the weight of responsibility to the joy of success
- How Chicago will spend $1.1 billion in CARES Act funding
- Calls are renewed to ‘defund the police,’ but what does that mean?
- Column: The goddess and the law of unintended consequences
- Pete Davidson has no plans to leave ‘Saturday Night Live’
- Column: Don’t be fooled by Chicago’s ‘reopening’ of the lakefront west of Lake Shore Drive. Much of it was already open.
- MLB offers players a 76-game season, 10-16 playoff teams and up to 75% of their salaries
- As parks west of Lake Shore Drive, city libraries reopen, Chicago Park District announces summer day camp schedule
- Fire causes $40,000 of damage to enclosed porch of Park Ridge home
- Column: A photo of 3 CPS seniors hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., but coronavirus kept them from a trip to see it. They’re still holding out hope it might happen.
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 8 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Public defenders march around Cook County Jail in solidarity with colleagues, Black Lives Matter
- Who knew Trump was a fan of HBO’s ‘Insecure’?
- Horse racing without spectators begins at Hawthorne, but Arlington International Racecourse is stuck at the gate
- Cristobal to merge with new storm system after crashing ashore in Louisiana
- Customers return for first Park Ridge Farmers Market during COVID-19 pandemic
- Congressional Democrats unveil sweeping police reform legislation, take a knee at the Capitol for 8 minutes and 46 seconds
- Joe Biden pours nearly $5 million into Facebook ads amid protests, blowing past President Trump’s record
- Case closed in Evanston school employee accused of assaulting student; no charges, police say
- Two groups rally, march in Park Ridge for end to racial injustice; police chief joins them
- Amazon rainforest fire season starts with outlook for record burn
- ‘Do not tell anybody you’re Muslim’: ‘Ramy’ stars reflect on Hollywood’s longtime neglect
- Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform: ‘We had to come be a part of it’
- Devils and Sixers owner Josh Harris considering bid to purchase the Mets: report
- Crowds rally for black, Latino unity and ‘the power of community’
- George Floyd response: Crowds rally for black, Latino unity; public defenders march in solidarity around Cook County Jail
- Bail denied for suspect in deadly high-speed chase days after he was given $1 million bail
- Former Illinois state Sen. Arthur Berman dies at 85
- Oak Park police investigating June 2 shooting that left one injured along Chicago Avenue
- EatingWell: Veggie kebabs from your summer grill — a light delight
- Oak Park Art League receives pandemic relief grant from Landmarks Illinois
- Environmental Nutrition: The good egg?
- Developer granted extension by Oak Park board to complete South Boulevard condo project
- Police investigating armed robbery of Oak Park restaurant
- Bon Appetit editor in chief Adam Rapoport steps down after brownface photos surface
- How to prepare for a career change post-coronavirus
- Behind virus and protests: A chronic U.S. economic racial gap