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Ask Amy: Spouse considers leaving alcoholic wife
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Daily horoscope for June 17, 2020
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Column: You really gotta go. But go where? The trials of finding a bathroom in the pandemic
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Column: One lesson of Juneteenth: Each step forward for African Americans has been followed by a step back.
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Column: With coronavirus cases rising and Trump’s reelection chances falling, it’s clear: The president needs to attack numbers
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Column: Talking about social justice reform without affirmative action is just hot air
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Two days before a hearing that could have set him free, the courthouse shut down. Now inmates like LaRon Warren wait, as they try to dodge coronavirus.
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Daywatch: COVID-19 delays inmates’ chance at freedom, thousands in Chicago to get Juneteenth as paid day off and airlines threaten to ban face mask scofflaws
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Nebraska Democrats call on US Senate nominee Chris Janicek to quit race over lewd comments to female staffer
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Park Ridge aldermen rejected proposals for adding lower-cost housing. Some residents are urging them to reconsider.
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As Italian Americans in Boston debate the legacy of Christopher Columbus, some want his statue – recently beheaded – permanently gone
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Coronavirus liability waivers: Businesses want customers and workers to give up their right to sue over COVID-19. Can they do that?
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A shortened season could benefit the Chicago White Sox’s playoff chances. Here’s how.
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The Chicago Bears are scheduled to report to training camp in 6 weeks — but the coronavirus still looms. So how is this all going to work?
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A challenge for the new Chicago Bulls front office? Figure out what went wrong with Lauri Markkanen in his puzzling 3rd season.
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African Americans have gone by many names in the US. Lately, the term BIPOC is spreading on social media. Here’s where it comes from.
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Tyler Perry says he’s ‘exhausted’ by all the hate, division
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The 8 most alluring classical recordings of the year, so far
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Column: Eisenhower’s enduring legacy
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Indiana casino operators say business was ‘like a busy weekend’ on first day of reopening
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The best and worst states to work from home
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NHL players will be tested daily, but won’t be required to wear full face shields when games return
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Letter to the Editor
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Father’s Day TV: Shows and films to watch with your dad
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Jordan Nwogu nearly didn’t make Michigan’s baseball team. Now he’s 1 of the Chicago Cubs’ top draft picks: ‘There is no finish line with his growth and improvement.’
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Gobierno colombiano confirma reanudación del fútbol
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Dining in the street? As restaurants reopen, seating moves outdoors
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Supreme Court decision reveals the GOP divide over LGBT rights
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Muere el gato que inspiró ‘A Street Cat Named Bob’
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Body found in ditch in NW Indiana identified as missing Chicago woman
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El presidente de Honduras y su esposa tienen coronavirus
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A top Chicago restaurant messaged its virtue. Then workers spoke up.
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Three people killed when driver loses control on South Side
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A sweet, citrusy, mostly make-ahead finish to your Father’s Day meal
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Is there an AIDS vaccine? No. You would have heard about that.
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Suspendido campeón mundial de 100m por faltar a test antidoping
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Black filmmakers and executives get honest about their experiences in Hollywood
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Dining in the street? As restaurants reopen, seating moves outdoors
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A top Chicago restaurant messaged its virtue. Then workers spoke up.
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Serena Williams will play in the 2020 US Open, which will be held without fans on Aug. 31-Sept. 13
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As coronavirus returns to Beijing, schools shut and flights are halted
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Trump demanda para postergar publicación de libro de exasesor Bolton
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More than 70 black-owned Chicago restaurants celebrate Juneteenth with $6.19 specials
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A mad scramble to stock millions of malaria pills, likely for nothing
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Dr. Anthony Fauci dice que MLB no debería jugar en octubre
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Swabs and sensors: Memos offer details of life in NBA ‘bubble’
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Welcome back to football (terms and conditions apply)
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Europe rolls out contact tracing apps, with hope and trepidation
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Variance for Valparaiso affordable housing project ends in tie vote; project may get another chance in July
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Column: Army posts don’t need reminders of the ‘Lost Cause’
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Coronavirus cases rise sharply in prisons even as they plateau nationwide
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Now you can opt out of seeing political ads on Facebook
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Confederate symbols are coming down. Should Dolly Parton go up instead?
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Quaker Oats dice adiós a Aunt Jemima
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UEFA define fechas y formatos de todas sus competiciones internacionales
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Column: Is Trump trying to spread COVID-19?
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Fighting the coronavirus with innovative tech
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Social distance in style at your own private resort for $23.5 million | Photos
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Column: New boss may test voice of America’s credibility
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Locker rooms are petri dishes. Can the NFL clean up before training camp?
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Así se ve un eclipse solar desde el espacio
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El éxito planetario de un grupo aborigen australiano en pleno confinamiento
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Rejoining the world, Chicago? We have a four-star guide for your day as you stumble back into the light
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Lakefront mansion in Kenilworth with private beach: $8.75M
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Most coronavirus tests cost about $100. Why did one cost $2,315?
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Column: Three futures for the police
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Despite coronavirus concerns, 125,000 tickets have been requested for Mount Rushmore fireworks which President Trump plans to attend
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Deadline is Friday to nominate your company as a Top Workplace
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Royal ascot continues, with face masks instead of top hats
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Shakespeare goes virtual via CLC, University of Wisconsin theater programs
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Protesting alone: Chicagoan Aiden Kelley, age 9, is among the solo George Floyd demonstrators who are taking a stand
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Carriage Court Pizza has served a slice of home for more than 30 years
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Coronavirus frena sueños futbolísticos de argentinos
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John Legend and the musical superheroes behind his new album
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Review: Black Chicago history, on the screen and the ‘Killing Floor’
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Former athletic director Morgan Burke is remembered in Northwest Indiana as ‘the most engaged Purdue fan I ever knew’
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Pugna gobierno-oposición complica la crisis en Venezuela
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El coronavirus azota el sueño futbolístico de argentinos
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When should baseball return? Dr. Anthony Fauci says MLB should wrap up play in September.
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México recupera 17 cuerpos de migrantes en Río Bravo entre enero y mayo
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New Disney Fairy Tale Weddings dresses now on sale
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Scott Boras calls MLB owners’ $3 billion TV contract a ‘rectal thermometer’
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Wisconsin recruit Jack Finnegan named Gatorade Illinois Boys Soccer Player of the Year: ‘This isn’t just an award for me, but it’s an award for Brother Rice.’
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Asesinato de juez en México sería represalia del crimen organizado, según el gobierno
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¿Cómo se transformaron las postales?
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Drive-in concerts come to Lake County Fairgrounds
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Lawmakers say FAA stonewalling on Boeing 737 Max documents
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Protesters gather at Rosalind Franklin University with ‘the common goal to dismantle racism at its core’
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Commentary: Lesson from Wisconsin: Reopening didn’t doom its coronavirus efforts
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Kristen Stewart to star as Princess Diana in upcoming film ‘Spencer’
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Pablo Alborán: ‘Estoy aquí para contaros que soy homosexual’ (VIDEO)
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Activists push for plan that would give community panel the power to fire Chicago cops
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Senate Republicans unveil ‘Justice Act’ proposal to change police procedures, accountability
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Speak Out: Defining police by the worst of them is blatant prejudice
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1516 N. Lake Shore Drive
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Pet World: Dog shadows owner everywhere she goes
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COVID-19 has interrupted STD screenings. Sexual health centers are concerned.
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El tenis está de vuelta
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Down to Business: New Naperville clinic helps young girls overcome eating disorders in world that ‘glamorizes thinness’
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Hinsdale Village Board begins discussing incentives to save historic houses
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Best foods to eat to increase collagen production
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Telemedicine may be the new normal in a post-coronavirus world. Here’s how it works in six common specialties
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Ethylene oxide testing around two Lake County plants concluded
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On the road again: COVID-19 safety tips for commuters
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Los ecos del movimiento #BlackLivesMatter, del deporte al cine
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Tyler Perry says he’s ‘exhausted’ by all the hate, division
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New ‘Windy City Rehab’ lawsuit: Investors suing host, Season 1 contractor
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Sports lookback: The New York Yankees’ history of drafting NFL stars
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Stories behind every NBA team name
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Steep Theatre Co. is losing its longtime Edgewater home
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En avionetas privadas socorren zonas apartadas y golpeadas por pandemia en Colombia
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Quickly
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Chicago’s cocktails-to-go measure gets the go-ahead
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Naperville man pursuing online idea to connect people to addiction recovery programs anytime, anywhere
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A look back at iconic American fairs through the years
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Lake council votes to rescind solar panel farm resolution
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Car caravan protest
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi requiring House members wear masks when attending committee hearings
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Exlugarteniente de ‘El Chapo’ se declara no culpable tras extradición a Chicago
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Speak Out
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The timely lessons of Juneteenth: The struggle continues | COMMENTARY
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Fire damages Hobart tan salon
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Police respond after man interrupts outdoor fitness class in Aurora
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Replacing a legend: Russell Lanehart ready to take over for Don Davidson as Parkview Christian’s boys basketball head coach
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Brian Piccolo’s Beverly ties, commitment to racial harmony relived on 50th anniversary of his death
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Auditor: nadie supervisa a la DEA en lavado de dinero
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Bruce Springsteen to ‘national disgrace’ Trump: Put on a f—ing mask
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St. Louis police officer accused of striking man with SUV is charged with assault
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Letters: No time to cut school police
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Black Lives Matter network establishes a $12 million grant fund to aid organizations fighting institutional racism
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Los Grammy, el ingrediente secreto en álbum de John Legend
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¿Será posible recuperarse totalmente del covid-19?
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Washington city helps residents, merchants get through the economic fallout of the pandemic — with wooden money: ‘This is one of the ways we could keep the money here in the community’
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Commentary: Should WarnerMedia give up the copyright to ‘Gone with the Wind’ and put the film into the public domain? What about Disney and ‘Song of the South’?
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Música en vivo, golf, ping-pong y barbería: la vida en la ‘burbuja’ de la NBA
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Juneteenth honors the end of slavery. Here’s how you can join the celebration.
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Cargos contra policía que agredió a hombre negro en Missouri
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Best backyard water toys and games
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The best wedding cake topper
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Chicago cops-out-of-schools plan potentially blocked by Mayor Lori Lightfoot ally
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The best steering wheel lock
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The best RC helicopter
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The best Pioneer car stereo
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The best motherboard
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The best mountain bike fork
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The best mini desktop
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The best leg machine
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The best Bosch impact driver
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Chicago Police Department’s first deputy superintendent announces upcoming retirement
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The best Black + Decker replacement battery
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UW-Madison to reopen with in-person, online classes
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Michael Cimino da vida a joven gay latino en ‘Love, Victor’
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How to raise anti-racist kids
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Should we take free stuff intended for those who need it?
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Trump golf club asks Florida county for rent relief
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K-pop star Yohan of boy band TST dies at age 28
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US Open: menos jueces, recogepelotas y cuadros
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot moves to put security detail chief in charge of cops at City Hall, outside her home; FOP head tells officers ‘to not sign up for that detail’
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Former legislator, horse racing lobbyist Robert Molaro dies
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ABC’s fall TV schedule is set, but virus has say on timing
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March from Waukegan High School to City Hall, CLC online program planned to commemorate Juneteenth
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Developer sees future for retail and residential development on Broadway in Gary
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Advocate in talks to merge with large Michigan hospital chain, may form $17 billion health system, official says
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Lemmy Kilmister tendrá su propio biopic
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38 picnic recipes perfect for your basket and blanket
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Merrillville High School graduates have day in sun: The Class of 2020 ‘answered the bell’
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and wife donate $120M to ‘invest in the education of black youth’
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MLB presenta cuarta oferta a los jugadores
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20 safe and easy workouts for seniors
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Chicago Cubs’ Jason Kipnis puts Northbrook home on the market for $1.375 million
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Hinsdale Village Board gives OK to open community pool
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Commentary: Would we be better off with a President Pence in these turbulent times?
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Metra says coronavirus will cost it $605 million in lost revenues — $70 million more than expected — through 2021
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Illinois man, 30, is believed to be 1st lung transplant survivor to receive COVID-19 plasma and recover
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Column: Some drivers are ‘going expressway speeds’ on LaGrange Road in Orland Park, police say
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Vuelve aislamiento en Argentina por nuevos contagios
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Affordable housing units would be mandatory for all new home developments under changes sought by Naperville commission
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White House weighs coronavirus tourism tax break to encourage vacations
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Column: MLB’s Texas Rangers should give up their name, which honors police force with brutal, racist history
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New quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo sees ‘juice’ as a key ingredient in the Chicago Bears’ offensive turnaround: ‘Passion, energy and swagger, baby’
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Indiana Dunes beaches, with an influx of Illinois residents, are seeing large crowds. ‘Every day is like the Fourth of July.’
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Leon Goretzka brilla en el Bayern Múnich tras pausa por la Covid-19
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Car hits Starbucks in downtown La Grange
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High water levels in Lake Michigan
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Soulful Sparrow in downtown Elgin to close at end of July
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Burr Ridge mall hosts free drive-in movies
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Jeff Ross and Dave Attell try to make each other laugh — and take the audience along for the ride
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Senate passes major bipartisan land bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation, parks
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Westville man, 27, killed in Jackson Township motorcycle crash
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After 3 months of pent-up demand, Chicago bars reopen — ‘I’m super excited,’ says Green Lady owner
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Internacional hondureño deja Europa para volver a la MLS
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Potempa: NWI nudists celebrating summer with masks optional
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Hospitalizan a presidente de Honduras después de anunciar que tiene COVID-19
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Quaker Oats getting rid of Aunt Jemima, citing ‘racial stereotype.’ Uncle Ben’s and Mrs. Butterworth’s may be next.
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The traffic is back. Cars and trucks back on city, state roads as more businesses reopen.
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Coronavirus outbreaks spur debate over personal freedoms as new COVID-19 infections spike in several US states
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Summer contact days would be allowed as early as June 26 under IHSA’s proposed Stage 2 Return to Play guidelines
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Fan mexicana con cáncer recibe aval de Sia para hacer video
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Bolivia: trabajadoras sexuales piden fin de restricciones
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Firefighter hurt in early morning blaze near Lockport
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Consumers require better education on cannabis 101 from marijuana industry according to survey
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Nápoles, sin Chucky, conquista la Copa Italia ante la Juve, con Cristiano
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Leading CBD brands still have some inaccurate dosages, even if their numbers have improved
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Colorado lawmakers let governor mass-pardon marijuana possession convictions
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Grupos de fans protestan por sonido artificial en el fútbol
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La ciudad de Nueva York dará un paso más hacia la reapertura
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Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back charged with felony murder
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Here’s what you should know before buying a former rental car from bankrupt Hertz
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Kobe Bryant helicopter pilot reportedly may have been disoriented in fog, reported he was climbing when actually descending
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Corrections and clarifications
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The Spin: George Floyd’s death looms large at Chicago City Council meeting | Police union vs. Mayor Lightfoot intensifies | Black GOP U.S. senator takes swipe at Durbin over ‘token’ comment
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Budget increases, not cuts for Indiana K-12 public schools
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Why Queen Latifah thinks ‘Gone with the Wind’ should not return to HBO
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What are new Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Bill Lazor’s duties? From evaluating the playbook, running game and QB competition, ‘You’re judged on how it all goes.’
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Column: Is baseball nearing a return? All we can do is hope for the best after the latest up-and-down negotiations.
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Chicago City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan for spending $1.1 billion in federal coronavirus relief money, over concerns it could help fund police
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Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein’s foundation to hold virtual charity concert for the 1st time
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker promotes $900 million federally funded coronavirus relief package
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Editorial: Don’t ban Chicago police from every public school
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 17 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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‘That 70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson charged in 3 rapes
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Woman who says Chicago police pulled her from car by her hair and placed knee on her neck formally asks city to drop charges against her
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Pharrell Williams and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announce Juneteenth as a paid state holiday
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In new book, John Bolton describes several episodes where President Trump expresses willingness to ‘give personal favors to dictators he liked’
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No bail for Bronzeville man accused of firing on officers before standoff with SWAT
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Keanu Reeves auctioning off Zoom date for Idaho children’s cancer charity
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Charges dropped against man accused of killing 4 in South Shore in 2017
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Justice Department asks federal judge to halt publication of John Bolton’s book, escalating legal fight as explosive details emerge
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Tiz the Law draws the No. 8 post as the early 6-5 favorite for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes — now the 1st leg in the reconfigured Triple Crown
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Field Museum scientist and ‘inspiration’ Lynika Strozier, 35, dies from coronavirus
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Lake Zurich plans to open beaches, but trustees vote ‘no’ on allowing summer camps
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K-pop group BTS breaks online viewership record with $18M in ticket sales
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MLB offers a 60-game schedule, full prorated pay and a 16-team playoff in its latest proposal to players