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- Chicago Red Stars players kneel during the national anthem of their NWSL Challenge Cup debut — a 2-1 loss to the Washington Spirit
- Daily horoscope for June 28, 2020
- Ask Amy: Teacher should take her parents to school
- Staying home this summer? Take advantage of extra time to track your garden’s sunlight patterns
- Letters: ‘Tough on crime’ swagger isn’t helping Chicago
- South and southwest suburban United Methodist pastors changing churches on July 1
- Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs
- DaBaby, Roddy Ricch to help BET celebrate awards virtually
- New laws affecting drivers, students and workers are among the measures taking effect in Illinois Wednesday
- 10-year-old girl killed after bullet goes through Logan Square apartment window
- Heading outdoors for a socially distant getaway? Try these apps
- Your brother (or sister or mother) is asking for money. Now what?
- Snail mail is getting people through this time
- It may be time to dust off your roller skates
- Weird times call for even weirder shoes
- The last days of Pop Smoke, an ambassador of New York hip-hop
- What will happen with weddings?
- A DNA mix-up involving a washing machine kept a man in jail for 3 years
- How to help kids embrace mask-wearing
- The pool at Mitchell Park to open for lap swim, lessons
- Travel insurance: Is it worth it?
- 3rd person dies in shooting at Springfield Bunn-O-Matic warehouse; police say suspected gunman killed himself
- Hilary Decent: How are musicians coping in this pandemic?
- Elmwood Park catcher Chris Akers is ‘always working’ on his game
- Protesters call for action in 2018 police-involved shooting of Robbins security guard Jemel Roberson, say investigation taking too long
- Washington Township couple copes with COVID-19 as it sweeps through family; ‘It was getting depressing because I couldn’t hug my kids’
- Naperville Park District drops lawsuit against Gov. Pritzker over reopening plan
- Some Indiana nursing homes allowing outdoor visits; must have no new COVID-19 cases for two weeks
- Northwest Indiana hospitals, Merrillville plasma donation center participating in studies for treating COVID-19
- Chicago Red Stars’ NWSL Challenge Cup debut
- Once considered a food desert, Gary offering veggie lovers fresh produce through Faith Farms
- COVID-19 doesn’t stop fireworks sales, gives stores influx of new customers: ‘They have stimulus money they want to spend, and they’re spending it on fireworks’
- Former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to teach, do research at Notre Dame
- Appreciation: How Milton Glaser’s ‘I ?? NY’ logo taught us to talk in emoji
- Artists complete Black Lives Matter mural on Scoville Avenue in Oak Park; ‘It all came together so beautifully’
- Controversy on whether to keep Graue Mill dam or remove it heats up; ‘This is the third go-around with this issue’
- Highland Park council gives first nod to plan for five-story apartment project replacing closed Saks Fifth Avenue building
- Trump denies he was briefed about alleged Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan
- World leaders, stars including Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay unite at event aimed at fighting COVID-19
- Are the health risks worth it? And what should we expect from a quality standpoint? 5 questions about the NBA restart in Orlando.
- North Shore-based Chi-Town Cream among first travel baseball teams to hit the road again
- Ludeman Center in Park Forest, site of state’s largest long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreak, names new interim director
- Crosby: Aurora police describe tension in the department in the wake of protests
- Aurora Farmers Market reopening offers ‘a sense of normalcy’
- Algonquin District 300 condemns video posted by students; described as racist by officials
- Gunman in shooting at Walmart distribution center in California that killed 1, injured 4 was former employee, police say
- 1 dies, 1 suffers ‘life-threatening’ injuries in single-vehicle crash off I-80 in southern Cook County
- For NASCAR’s few Black fans, banning of Confederate flags may mean feeling at ease at a race
- SD113 Return to School committee to help district with plan for starting the new academic year
- Roundtable: Suburban ADs discuss plans to return to sports
- Vice President Mike Pence says he won’t say ‘Black Lives Matter’ because movement has a ‘radical left’ agenda
- Yorkville High School holds drive-in graduation ceremony
- Editorial: As Chicago’s children die, Mayor Lightfoot and Trump spar rather than collaborate
- Northwestern adds 4-star wing Casey Simmons to a 2021 basketball recruiting class that’s currently ranked 3rd in the country
- There are good MLB views to be had this season, even if ballparks don’t allow fans. You just need to know where to look.
- Kansas State football players boycotting team activities over student’s George Floyd tweet
- Trump approvingly tweets video showing supporter chanting ‘white power’; spokesman says president didn’t hear it
- Despite COVID-19 surge, fans can watch racing in Daytona on July 4
- Star-studded online BET Awards air with tributes to Kobe, big award to Beyonce
- Rick Bayless’ Topolobampo reopens July 7, serving dinner in its intimate Library room
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 27-28 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- After 3 children shot, 2 fatally, Chicago violence continues Sunday morning with 3 more homicides
- Chicago-based Boeing gets go-ahead for test flights of its troubled 737 Max
- Suspect in killing at Louisville protest over police killing of Breonna Taylor in custody
- How the Trump campaign is drawing Obama out of retirement
- Thousands march through Lakeview for Pride Without Prejudice event
- Starbucks latest to say it will pause social media ads
- Racetrack owner who posted about ‘Bubba Rope’ says he has lost all but 2 sponsors and had 7 employees quit
- MLS says 18 players, 6 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 since early June
- Chicago Cubs release a 50-player camp roster that includes top prospects Brailyn Marquez and Brennen Davis
- Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag
- Spies and commandos warned months ago of Russian bounties on U.S. troops
- 3 youngsters shot and killed in second deadly weekend in a row ahead of Fourth of July holiday
- World hits coronavirus milestones: 500,000 dead, 10 million confirmed cases
- Patriots reach a deal with Cam Newton to compete for Tom Brady’s old job
- ‘The Chi’ recap: In Episode 2 Kiesha’s moms find out she’s really missing
- Artists pay tribute to George Floyd at BET Awards