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- Ask Amy: Boyfriend sees jealousy as a dare to cheat
- Daily horoscope for June 15, 2020
- Ridgewood High School grads cope with lockdown, look to future
- 50 statistics to explain America’s economy during coronavirus
- Letters: City should hold police supervisors accountable
- Editorial: Licensing cops is not the answer to police misconduct
- Column: Donald Trump is using America’s fear of black men to destroy the anti-racism coalition
- Beyoncé wants officers charged in Breonna Taylor’s death in Louisville
- Book Critics Circle officials resign, citing privacy breach
- Commentary: Why Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series ‘The Eddy’ atones for the sins of ‘Whiplash’
- Police try to identify suspect in killing of 15-year-old on Far South Side
- Daywatch: Video shows cops told woman to drop complaint or face arrest, how COVID-19 made carryout crucial for restaurants and new CTA tool warns of crowded buses
- Indiana Democrats prepare to choose attorney general nominee
- Kyler Murray is destined to be an NFL star
- FIFA urges ‘tolerance’ after Donald Trump’s ‘I won’t be watching much anymore’ tweet because of kneeling during the national anthem
- Truck driver charged with pushing police officer who stopped him for driving toward crowd of protesters, authorities say
- Explosive device set off near Lakeview ATM, police say
- Chicago’s Arab American store owners face reckoning in wake of George Floyd killing
- CTA launches online tool to let passengers know when buses are too crowded
- River Forest leaders join neighboring towns in ‘March on Washington Boulevard’ to support racial justice
- Barbra Streisand gives Disney stock to George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter
- Burl Carraway put in the work to earn his bachelor’s degree in 3 years. Now the lefty reliever hopes to take the fast track to the Chicago Cubs bullpen.
- There’s more to Garrett Crochet, the Chicago White Sox’s No. 11 pick, than a 100 mph fastball — just ask his high school and college coaches
- As Europe reopens, a new COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing shows the need for vigilance
- Juneteenth holiday: Nike, NFL, more companies are making June 19 a paid day off
- Talk of the County: ‘I will not watch any sporting event where the athletes kneel during our national anthem’
- Lake Station dam changes on deck along Deep River
- Video shows police gave CTA supervisor a choice: Drop complaint against Chicago officer or face arrest
- After ‘Long Gone Summer’ and ‘The Last Dance,’ here are 8 Chicago sports documentaries we’d like to see next
- Supreme Court passes up several challenges to state and federal gun control laws
- Senate Republicans to propose restrictions on police chokeholds, other use-of-force changes
- Casillas renuncia a competir por la presidencia de la Federación Española de Fútbol
- Glenbrook high school officials plan to resume e-learning in August
- 10 ways to celebrate Pride in style following landmark Supreme Court ruling
- The pandemic claims new victims: Prestigious medical journals
- Florida celebra el cumpleaños de Trump con caravanas
- Encuentran sin vida al actor indio Sushant Singh Rajput
- A nerve-racking final round adds drama to golf’s fan-free return
- Chicago’s Millennium Park reopens from coronavirus shutdown with restrictions
- Desperate for any coronavirus care, Afghans flock to herbalist’s ‘vaccine’
- We went inside a sports ‘bubble.’ Here’s what we saw.
- La FIFA se enfrenta a Donald Trump
- El coronavirus sigue imparable en Latinoamérica
- We went inside a sports ‘bubble.’ Here’s what we saw.
- Trading sportsbooks for brokerages, bored bettors wager on stocks
- American Paul Whelan sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia on spying charges
- Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland… el feliz regreso de una cierta normalidad
- Breanna Stewart pushes for change on and off the court
- Phone and video interview tips for entering the job market during coronavirus
- Review: Neil Young’s long-shelved ‘Homegrown’ a missing link
- Some tribes reopen their casinos despite state opposition
- Carla Fried: Huge inventory of unsold cars — deals for the well-informed buyer
- México desesperado por reactivar su industria turística
- BP writes down oil and gas assets by $17.5B as pandemic cuts energy demand
- Spike Lee defiende a Woody Allen… y luego pide perdón
- Talk of the County: Everything Trump does ‘is for his own self-interest, and his ridiculous need to be worshiped and obeyed’
- Beware of the bugs: 24 dangerous insects around the world
- Don’t cheer too soon. Keep an eye on the core jobless rate.
- Column: More people will be fired in the pandemic. Let’s talk about it.
- Grandes Ligas afronta meses de conflictos e incertidumbre
- Talk of the County: Democrats kneeling was as much a photo-op as Trump holding the Bible
- Miller Beach author gives new life to the man behind ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’
- Muere por coronavirus leyenda de Pumas y del Tri
- Police chiefs are finding job security is hard to come by
- Talk of the County: Pritzker more concerned ‘about me using my First Amendment right of going to church’ than protesters spreading coronavirus
- Nate Cole among standout students who helped Buffalo Grove boys basketball earn prestigious award
- GOP candidates balance the pros and cons of running with President Trump
- Colleges dole out scholarships to Naperville area National Merit winners
- Speak Out: America has gone from being proud to being sad
- St. Viator hires Michael O’Keeffe as boys basketball coach
- Supreme Court for now stays out of police immunity debate
- Talk of the County: ‘Bone Spur’s lapdog attorney general Billy Barr’ lied saying pepper spray not chemical agent
- Atlanta man killed in scuffle with police was shot in the back, autopsy finds
- Diplomático EEUU encuentra un acceso virtual a Venezuela
- New DuPage County COVID-19 testing sites open
- Considering a road trip? 23 amazing RV resorts across the country
- Agente baleado en protestas queda paralizado
- Column: Newsrooms are in revolt. The bosses are in their country houses.
- Police chiefs are finding job security is hard to come by
- 5 dishes to cook for Juneteenth
- Chicago aldermen advance $200,000 settlement for sister of man who died after paramedics didn’t treat him
- Se desconoce la precisión de muchas pruebas para coronavirus
- United taps frequent flyer program for $5 billion loan, warns fall furloughs possible
- Ravens QB Lamar Jackson goes for a run on the beach, ends up jumping over a Jet Ski
- Baranek: Lincoln-Way East winning the state title in its first year of existence was the ‘greatest example of kids believing in something’
- Corte Suprema de EEUU prohíbe despidos por orientación sexual
- ESPN’s ‘Long Gone Summer’ lacks ratings juice with Chicago viewers
- Judge calls for lawyers to prepare for a plea or a trial in South Haven animal abuse case
- 2nd man charged in death of retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn
- How to deal with depression in tough times
- Break the China habit? Lobsters, lights and toilets show how hard it is
- Are we all OCD now, with obsessive hand-washing and technology addiction?
- Prairie-style Maywood home designed by John Van Bergen sells for $860,000
- Don’t plan on summer holidays in US, Fauci tells the British
- ABC News suspende a una alta ejecutiva por presuntos comentarios racistas
- Contagios al alza y AMLO llama a mexicanos a salir para reactivar economía
- New this week: Neil Young, ‘Miss Juneteenth,’ Padma Lakshmi
- Sports lookback: 1998 Home Run Race: McGwire vs Sosa
- Pilot of US Air Force fighter jet that crashed in the North Sea is dead
- Lightfoot says assertion that Chicago cops were asked to protect U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s office amid unrest is ‘simply not true’
- Sports figures who have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus
- Quickly
- 24 stunning sea caves around the world
- Aguirre, previo al partido ante el Barca: ‘Hay que intentar ganar, otra cosa es cómo’
- Habrá 400 millones más de pobres por coronavirus
- Ben Carson thinks Donald Trump will ‘get there’ on athletes kneeling
- Drake lidera la lista de nominados a los Premios BET
- Portage woman charged with animal cruelty after trying to neuter dog at home, police say
- Hutton: Ranking the 10 best boys golfers from Northwest Indiana since 1997 is no easy task
- Supreme Court rules LGBTQ workers are protected from job discrimination under landmark civil rights law
- Column: Canine support group unleashed for ‘community heroes’
- Commentary: DCFS should lift its ban on parent-child visits
- PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc
- Oscars move to April 2021 after coronavirus delay
- Column: ‘Mary the Moviegoer’ remembered as a pioneer film critic
- Farmers markets in northwest suburbs to be ‘in and out’ instead of social community meeting places, organizers say
- Firmas comparten lemas antirracistas, ¿es real el apoyo?
- Illinois LGBTQ workers, already protected by state law, gain federal options under U.S. Supreme Court ruling
- ‘Look at all these people. They’re here for your future.’ Chicago mom attends first protest with her 7-month-old son
- Seriously Simple: Grilled skirt steak with guacamole salsa will light up your Fourth of July
- Rescuers relieved after legendary $2M treasure found
- IHSA moves boys basketball state finals back to Champaign after 25 years in Peoria
- Firefighters grapple with triple-digit heat against wildfire
- WNBA plans to play a reduced season — 22-game schedule without fans — in Florida starting in late July
- Six former eBay workers sent live spiders, roaches, prosecutors say, in ‘determined, systematic effort by senior employees of a major company to destroy … lives’
- Kevin Durant pone un pie en la MLS
- Boys basketball notes: Jacques Kelly knows that ‘when I dunk, everyone’s into it,’ but he wants to bring more to his game for East Aurora
- Returning soon to HBO Max, after a furlough: ‘Gone With the Wind,’ with intro by Jacqueline Stewart of U of Chicago and Turner Classic Movies
- La Academia y ABC aplanzan los Oscar 2021
- Aurora police release video of traffic stop to address concerns on social media about arrests
- Column: Quest for meaningful reform coming not just from this moment, but from sustained movement
- More than 7 tons of medical marijuana sold in Arkansas
- Letters: Even under scrutiny, police failed in Atlanta
- What is a derecho? An atmospheric scientist explains these rare but dangerous storm systems
- Black Americans are most likely to know a COVID-19 victim, according to a series of new surveys
- Lake County expected to reverse solar panel farm resolution to align with consultants’ recommendation
- Firefighters grapple with triple-digit heat against wildfire
- Study finds Denver’s marijuana businesses need to diversify
- Mountain landslides, coastal floods, heat everywhere: Climate report shows risk across North Carolina
- Kevin Durant joins ownership group of MLS’ Philadelphia Union
- Doctors’ prescription for a safer summer: masks, off-peak beach visits, lots of hand washing
- Nevada Governor to pardon tens of thousands of marijuana convictions
- Amusement parks — including Wisconsin Dells, Cedar Point, Holiday World — cautiously reopen with face masks, social distancing
- Cristiano Ronaldo busca revancha en final de Copa de Italia
- Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren starts voter registration initiative
- México dispuesto a vender gasolina a Venezuela
- Gary YWCA reopens with safeguards in place: ‘You don’t get to be 100 years old by accident’
- Column: The church of Wrigley Field sits silent, but I’ll always remember my first service
- Social distancing can be dangerous for people in addiction. Can a knock on the door help?
- Can you get fired for protesting? Or spouting off on social media?
- Padre e hija, ambos médicos, mueren por coronavirus
- Cancelada la Star Wars Celebration hasta 2022
- Why it’s critical for children to get their routine health care
- Sand Ridge Juneteenth event moves online while new gathering planned in Tinley Park
- Book by Mary Trump, the president’s niece, to reveal ‘harrowing and salacious’ revelations about him, report says
- Editorial: The Supreme Court’s huge step toward equality for gay and transgender people
- Sugar Grove farmers market back in business
- ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ reanudará su rodaje
- State, FBI to oversee investigation into the death of a black man found hanging from a tree in Southern California
- Iowa cuts ties with strength coach Chris Doyle in a separation agreement that will pay him $1.1M
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker cool to hotel industry’s push for larger gatherings in next phase of reopening
- Obituary: Esperanza Ugalde, 67, remembered as supportive family and community member before she died of COVID-19
- Gary man, 81, found dead in house fire
- Corredor estrella de los Dallas Cowboys da positivo a coronavirus
- Oswego offers $20 utility bill credit for those out of work due to pandemic
- ‘When does it stop?’ The family of a black man killed by Atlanta police makes a tearful plea
- With six nominations, Drake leads pack for ‘2020 BET Awards,’ to be broadcast on CBS for very first time
- Garth Brooks show coming to drive-in theaters in Bridgeview, McHenry
- Reabrirá el sendero a lo largo del lago de Chicago, bares y cervecerías
- ‘I can’t believe he survived’: New Lenox man home after more than 2 months in hospital battling COVID-19
- La fuerza de la música afroestadouniense resuena con las protestas antirracistas
- Column: Now that the Lakefront Trail is opening, let’s reimagine biking to work in Chicago
- Aldermen plan to file ordinance seeking removal of police from Chicago Public Schools
- NYPD plainclothes unit, which has been involved in some of the city’s most notorious police shootings, to be disbanded
- Editorial: Finally, the lakefront opens. Can we keep dining in the streets too?
- Chicago sues Trump administration over refusal to allow Obamacare special enrollment period amid pandemic
- Ask Anna: What is cheating? Is she ghosting? And what is cheating, again?
- Corrections and clarifications
- Las Águilas del América renuevan al ‘Piojo’ Herrera
- President Trump says former national security adviser John Bolton could face charges if his book is released
- Commentary: Trump is thwarting bipartisan action on race relations, police reform
- Kane County reports 11 deaths from COVID-19 in last week, coroner says; weekly death, case numbers are dropping
- Ken Williams details his experiences with race and racism: ‘Black people alone cannot erase racism,’ the Chicago White Sox executive says
- Clubes mexicanos viven su nueva normalidad en entrenamientos
- Federal dollars to help North Chicago add police officers to historically understaffed department
- Analysis: Supreme Court’s surprising ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights shows how fundamentally and rapidly American views have changed
- Gary officials push back against black firefighters group in tiff with fire chief: ‘Those allegations are baseless’
- House demands to know who received billions of dollars in coronavirus aid intended for small businesses
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan for coronavirus eviction protections advances despite concerns
- US health regulators revoke emergency use of malaria drugs promoted by President Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don’t work and could cause deadly side effects
- T-Mobile says it’s working to fix widespread network issues
- COVID-19 vaccine testing to start at UIC next month
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces committee to review Chicago Police Department use of force policies
- Chicago announces Lakefront Trail set to reopen June 22, bars and breweries on Wednesday
- Crossing racial, ethnic lines in the name of activism: Different communities come together to answer the call of social justice
- Column: Baseball is edging closer to another disaster — will history repeat itself?
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 15 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Commentary: COVID-19 waivers are everywhere now — gyms, hair salons, church. Should you sign?
- Out of new episodes, ‘Jeopardy!’ resorts to running reruns with top champs
- Police watchdog agency sacks investigator accused of firing shots at car thieves on West Side
- Mike Gundy apologizes for wearing OAN shirt after Chuba Hubbard says ‘I will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE’
- The Spin: Chicago’s lakefront set for limited reopening | Aldermen look to remove CPD from CPS | Lightfoot announces use of force panel
- Las tres horas en que todo se reduce a cenizas en un crematorio en México
- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says the 2020 season is in jeopardy
- MLB acknowledges several players have tested positive for coronavirus
- Letters to the Editor: Superintendents of District 212, District 401 say they’ll make strides against racial injustice