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- Daily horoscope for June 25, 2020
- Aspiring bakery owners can sell from home kitchens after former attorney champions River Forest ordinance
- ‘Guns are flying off the shelf.’ Permit applications up more than 500% amid coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd fallout.
- Can Jimmy Kimmel and Tina Fey keep their hosting gigs after blackface scandals? Should they?
- Ask Amy: Dad needs to rewrite his father’s old scripts
- Column: Today’s cultural revolution needs a new statue. She’s French, but is she woke enough?
- Column: ‘Hamilton’ on Disney Plus is dropping into a very different America. How will it land?
- Florida still deadliest state for lightning as storms roll into busiest time of year
- Hillcrest students test career possibility in architecture, construction and engineering
- Daywatch: Chicago Board of Education keeps CPD contract, Illinois gun permit applications up 500% and ‘Queertopia’ installation comes to Chicago
- Protests peaceful in Wisconsin on Wednesday night after violent protest, statue toppling outside state Capitol
- Off-duty Chicago police sergeant rescues 3 who fell off jet ski into Lake Michigan near 63rd Street Beach
- 12-year-old girl shot while playing with friends on West Englewood street
- River Forest approves five-year contract with new red-light camera vendor
- Chicago restaurants can now reopen at 25% capacity, but will they? Here’s what we found when we asked.
- Man who threatened woman with gun taken into custody after hours-long standoff with SWAT team at South Side apartment
- A to-do list for the Chicago White Sox in a shortened 60-game season
- 5 Chicago Cubs players who need to get off to hot starts in the shortened 2020 season
- Column: Sammy Sosa shouldn’t wait for an invitation to Wrigley Field, Ken Williams should buy an MLB team and other unsolicited advice
- The new rules for the 2020 Major League Baseball season, including COVID-19 testing, DH for all and wet rags for pitchers
- Sports lookback: Best forgotten moments in NFL history
- Review: In ‘Athlete A,’ an abuse scandal at USA Gymnastics
- Updated 2020 World Series odds for a shortened 60-game MLB season
- Keep your immune system boosted with these easy steps
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- The best women’s TOMS shoe
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- The best gong
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- Chicago-area McDonald’s workers score a court victory, as judge orders some local restaurants to do better on COVID-19 protections
- J.J. McCarthy — the top high school QB in Illinois — is transferring to Florida’s IMG Academy: ‘If there’s not a full season here, how will that prepare me and make me better?’
- Trump’s unpopularity is dragging down Republican US Senate candidates in swing states, New York Times poll shows
- El ‘Messi mexicano’ hace historia en La Liga
- Applications for jobless aid fall to still-high 1.48 million, the 12th straight weekly drop
- Native American groups to protest Trump’s July 3 visit to Mount Rushmore, calling monument a ‘symbol of white supremacy’
- Cultura online: Descubra el Museo Británico desde casa
- MLB’s return to the field has been anything but smooth. Here’s a timeline of events since spring training was paused on March 12
- The new escapism: Isolationist travel
- El duro impacto del Covid-19 en el deporte mexicano
- President Trump returns to Wisconsin today – and a lot has changed since his raucous rally in January
- What to do when you need to use a public bathroom during a pandemic
- Speak Out: Orland Park mayor wasting taypayer money with lawsuit
- ‘The city fumbled it’: How 4 families took on the virus
- OPINIÓN/Un punto de quiebre en el periodismo: los reporteros negros alzan la voz
- Chicago companies preach diversity and inclusion, but there’s plenty of work to do. ‘Lip service is not going to hold water.’
- Rayos matan a más de 100 personas en India
- Wisconsin 3-day ‘COVID Herd Immunity’ music festival confirmed for July
- Frontier League suspends entire season, dashing ThunderBolts’ hopes, but Slammers ‘proud and excited’ to go it alone with City of Champions Cup
- Cops: Concealed carry holder shoots man who fired shots at him outside West Side home
- Avianca propone no pagar a sus empleados entre 6 y 12 meses
- Se retira una leyenda de la NBA
- MLB mascots will now be permitted in ballparks under revised 2020 rules: ‘They had said we were nonessential, but that’s not true’
- Column: As coronavirus cases surge, don’t blame Trump. Nobody could have predicted a highly contagious virus would spread!
- Diversity wall mural brings positive message: ‘It brings some positivity to a tough time’
- Nueva ola de contagios de COVID por bares atestados
- NFL cancels Hall of Fame game that opens the preseason and delays inductions for their 2020 class
- Breakthrough drug for COVID-19 may be risky for mild cases
- Decades-old Soviet studies hint at coronavirus strategy
- ‘The city fumbled it’: How 4 families took on the virus
- Hit hard by coronavirus, Russia holds a mostly mask-free victory parade
- Charles Blow column: The inevitable outcome of Trump’s actions: More Americans get sick and die
- Gail Collins column: Trump speaks! And speaks. And speaks …
- Study raises concerns for pregnant women with the coronavirus
- Disney posterga apertura de parques temáticos en California
- Virus cases are soaring in Texas. But closing down again is a ‘last option.’
- Tabloid’s lawyers seek to get Johnny Depp lawsuit thrown out
- Illinois Tollway slashes late fees on unpaid tolls to $3 from $20
- Elizabeth Banks to drive ‘Magic School Bus’ onto big screens
- AMLO defiende su viaje a EEUU; lo desmarca de las elecciones
- Dixie Chicks drop ‘dixie’ from name, now will be The Chicks
- Boys basketball notes: Oak Forest rising star Robbie Avila receives offers from DePaul and Toledo, but those could be just the beginning
- Photos: Scenes from the spectator-free 2020 Travelers Championship
- Las nuevas reglas, protocolos y rarezas de la temporada de MLB durante la pandemia
- La pandemia se ceba en EEUU y Brasil
- Bunbury estrena nuevo videoclip rodado en una iglesia (VIDEO)
- Youth activist organization sues Chicago police, city officials over cease-and-desist order during protests
- Read the Chicago Freedom School’s lawsuit vs. the city
- Guaidó, Maduro y el oro de Venezuela
- Community news: Oak Lawn High School recognized for work with engineering program
- Commentary: These crises demand a radical rethinking of how philanthropy works
- Virus cases are soaring in Texas. But closing down again is a ‘last option.’
- Former Drew Peterson attorney should be suspended for 2 years for misconduct, panel says
- El vuelco demográfico de EEUU es ya una realidad
- Tribe in South Dakota seeks court ruling over standoff on blocking virus
- Australia y Nueva Zelanda derrotan a Colombia
- Apple rejects Facebook’s gaming app, for at least the fifth time
- NBA ironmen cling to routine during the load management era
- Baseball’s new rules: No spitting, no arguing and lots of testing
- ‘The noose was real:’ NASCAR releases photo from Bubba Wallace’s garage
- It has all come together at the right moment for Chicago artist Thair Thompson, as even the weather aligns for his bright, irresistible sounds
- Mister Manners: Help! I’m Karen — not a ‘Karen’
- Social media giants support racial justice. Their products undermine it.
- Calls rise inside Amazon to address racial inequity
- Vince Carter, 43, officially retires from the NBA after record 22 seasons
- Newly hired Wauconda baseball coach Clay Kovac spent 12 years as an assistant at Warren and his alma mater, Mundelein, but knows ‘you keep learning’
- Video game industry rocked by outpouring of sexual misconduct allegations
- Near North Side neighbors ready to fight 43-story apartment tower plan
- Con reapertura de cines, Hollywood ensaya su futuro
- Dentists are reopening for common procedures, but is it safe for patients go back yet?
- Mueren siete durante persecución de Patrulla Fronteriza
- Sugar Grove woman charged with DUI after multiple calls from other drivers
- El polvo del Sahara llegó a Cuba
- Most anticipated TV shows for the summer of 2020
- Manfred: ‘Estamos en deuda con nuestros fanáticos’
- Car club gatherings in Naperville turn loud, illegal, police say. ‘It’s evolved from a fun activity to breaking the law.’
- ‘Get back in the swing of things’: Crown Point graduate Maddie Banter returns to Grand Canyon, eager to resume her beach volleyball career
- School Districts 203, 204 say they need time to work out logistics for reopening in August
- ‘The noose was real’: NASCAR releases photo from Black driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama
- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issues rule steering more coronavirus relief aid to private schools
- Los negocios reabren y las infecciones suben
- En EEUU, 20 millones han padecido COVID-19
- Column: COVID-19, economic crisis and George Floyd trifecta is Chicago’s wake-up call, says Rush health exec
- ‘A five-tool player’ in softball, Katlyn Allen a defensive whiz in two sports during her three years at Naperville Central but also her toughest critic
- Protesters call for the removal of statues that show freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet
- Biden y Trump sostienen inusual duelo en era de la pandemia
- District 203 pledges to work to undo inequities, address systemic racism
- Column: Early summer dragons and damsels: jewelwings and whitetails
- Macy’s cuts corporate headcount by 3,900 as virus takes toll
- 30 easy salsa and dip recipes perfect for summer
- Pool at Peterson Park to open for the season, with limited activities and public health safety protocols
- Pandemic takes a bite, Chuck E. Cheese files for bankruptcy
- Dixie Chicks cambia oficialmente de nombre a The Chicks
- We’ve lowered the paywall on this essential coverage of coronavirus in Illinois
- Congestión de eliminatorias retrasará sorteo de Mundial 2022
- NFL cancela juego y ceromonia del Salón de la Fama
- Chicago Cubs sign 3 more draft picks — pitchers Burl Carraway, Luke Little and Koen Moreno — leaving 1 player unsigned
- River Forest, Maywood hope twin village covenant leads to more collaboration between towns
- ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ dumps new episodes after George Floyd’s death
- Football notes: Batavia linebacker Matthew Weerts picks Arizona and the Pac-12 from ‘a bunch of great possibilities’
- Talk of the County: Defund police? You are out of your mind
- Commentary: What Jimmy Kimmel’s lame apology for blackface reveals about the comedy world
- $13,000 reward offered for information leading to the arrest of 3-year-old boy’s killer
- Aurora library set to become its own district
- Glenview home with custom upgrades: $990K
- Column: What if we talked up masks the way we talk up condoms? Sex educator has some ideas.
- Column: Sisters seek prayers for ‘fighter’ father, 97, recovering from COVID-19
- Disney remodela atracción por posible interpretación racista
- Northbrook officials lay out goals to improve diversity practices
- Fans stop by Jackson family home in Gary on 11th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death: “You couldn’t stop me from coming”
- Supreme Court rules Trump can deport some people seeking asylum without a hearing
- Chicago had mix of COVID-19 strains early in pandemic, researchers say
- US sent $1.4 billion in stimulus checks to dead people, watchdog says
- Aurora library schedules return dates for materials
- El Derby de Kentucky se correrá con público
- Lake and Porter report no new COVID-19 deaths for second day
- Column: Amazon doesn’t need a Peotone airport, despite what the politicians say
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- Letters: Grant citizenship to DACA recipients
- As Chicago reopens, questions remain about how COVID-19 spreads. Hospital researchers are looking for answers.
- Dixie Chicks dropping ‘Dixie’ from their name, will now be known as The Chicks
- Lake Central students rename publications to remove references to Native Americans
- Column: Cancel-palooza is on! But now, team, it’s getting out of hand
- Homer Glen plans 18-basket disc golf course designed for high caliber players
- Arranca el rodaje de temporada 5 de ‘La casa de papel’
- Protest group shares list of six demands for Elgin city, police leaders
- Chicago Cubs are ‘close’ to getting their Marquee Sports Network on Comcast, Crane Kenney says
- Commentary: Trump can’t decide how to attack Biden
- Column: Chicago Blackhawks great Marian Hossa didn’t get the credit he deserved during his Hall of Fame career
- Retiran un Bin Laden de cartón en el estadio del Leeds
- 52 Chicago-area farmers markets and their COVID-19 restrictions
- Brothers at center of Jussie Smollett case change minds again, say they will cooperate with authorities
- Hugh Jackman’s COVID-delayed Broadway return in ‘The Music Man’ now slated for April 2021 start
- Mayor Lightfoot praises vote keeping police in Chicago Public Schools, talks defund movement
- Aurora library issues statement ‘to support racial justice’
- US job market’s modest improvement may be stalling
- Corrections and clarifications
- Why are Black and Latino people still kept out of the tech industry?
- Commentary: Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a tradition that dates to the blues
- Editorial: Lessons from flying: Stay paranoid. Gobs of hand sanitizer. No smiles. No chitchat.
- Elgin police chief proposes revised community advisory boards, resident survey, other initiatives
- Environmental Nutrition: Alternative pastas
- Portage motorcyclist dies after hitting semi during high-speed chase
- Carlos Rivera estrena videoclip a beneficio de la infancia de México (VIDEO)
- Kary Osmond: Mango salsa adds zest to any dish
- ‘My dream school’: Deerfield’s Brandon Lieb commits to Illinois, ending a whirlwind month of recruiting for the suddenly in-demand 7-foot center
- Protesters call for Justus Howell case to be reopened; Lake County state’s attorney says officer was justified in fatal shooting
- El Liverpool vuelve a reinar en Inglaterra 30 años después (VIDEO)
- Aurora area hospitals ‘proud of our state’ but prepared for another COVID-19 surge
- US health officials believe 20 million Americans have had coronavirus, nearly 10 times as many infections as confirmed cases
- Lake County movie theaters, other businesses, ready for Friday reopening
- Jürgen Klopp, un digno heredero del mítico Bill Shankly
- Aurora reopening parks as state loosens some restrictions due to pandemic
- The Spin: Illinois sees spike in gun permit requests | About that new ad bashing Pritzker | Mayor Lightfoot on baseball fans in the seats this season
- One person dead after Griffith house fire
- ‘It’s just going to be good to have baseball back, man’: Chicago White Sox planning for training camp 2.0 — including their 1st on-field workout July 3
- Beyoncé will receive humanitarian honor during ‘2020 BET Awards’
- Leyden students planned to premiere an original play, but COVID-19 stopped that. They turned it into a radio drama in Spanish and English.
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago’s ‘not there yet’ on fans in stands at ballparks
- Australia and New Zealand to co-host the Women’s World Cup in 2023
- Go away with … Stephen Kramer Glickman
- Teens organize Black Lives Matter demonstration in Arlington Heights: ‘A revolution is happening’
- Pritzker IEPA approves move of scrap shredder to predominantly Latino neighborhood
- 6 items to make the dream of hiking with your cat a reality
- Oak Park, River Forest school districts reviewing state guidelines before committing to reopening plans
- MSNBC anchor Joy Ann Reid reportedly set to take over Chris Matthews’ former ‘Hardball’ time slot
- Mayor Lightfoot announces plan to provide free internet to 100,000 Chicago children after coronavirus reveals ‘unacceptable disparities across the city’
- Alex Trebek and wife donate $500K to California homeless outreach organization
- Column: The NFL badly wants to get back up and running. But right now there’s a whole lot of ‘We got this!’ and not a lot of ‘Here’s how.’
- Bradshaw: Many colleges dispensing with SAT requirement amid COVID-19 precautions
- Colorado reopens inquiry into 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man put into chokehold by police
- After months of limited options from the pandemic, Illinois looks to further reemerge from coronavirus restrictions on Friday
- COVID-19 cases in US near all-time high as crisis deepens in Arizona and Texas puts ‘pause’ on aggressive reopening
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 25 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Looking for something to do? Check out these virtual activities
- Looking for something to do? Check out these virtual activities.
- Looking for something to do? Check out these virtual activities.
- City Colleges of Chicago suspend sports for 2020-21 because of COVID-19 ‘caution and concern’
- House Democrats pass sweeping police overhaul but collapse of Senate GOP bill leaves final legislation in doubt
- Man, 19, charged after 2 teen boys slain Saturday
- Russian criminal group finds new hacking target: Americans working at home