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- The Tweet of the Week poll is funnier than truck nutz. Roger that.
- Daily horoscope for July 8, 2020
- These states have the most seniors
- Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who made headlines after being jailed for raping student, then later marrying him, dies at 58
- Ask Amy: Long-married wife faces extreme surprise
- Ingredients dropped off, sewing patterns delivered: Chicago students earning stipends through online summer program
- Column: Let’s make slain 7-year-old Natalia Wallace the newest face of the social justice movement
- Demand escalates for pet food pantries during COVID-19 crisis: ‘We didn’t know how we were going to manage’
- Kanye’s Gap wall on Michigan Avenue is a block-long message to the City of Chicago. Is his ambition as big as America?
- Illinois US Sen. Tammy Duckworth fires back at Fox News host Tucker Carlson after he questions her patriotism
- Daywatch: Inside Illinois’ graduated-rate income tax fight, Sen. Tammy Duckworth fires back at Tucker Carlson and U. of I. offers saliva-based COVID-19 tests
- Tinley Park attorney gives estate planning advice in response to pandemic
- The 50 richest women in America
- When women got the right to vote in 50 countries
- Rely on antenna TV to watch Chicago baseball? Fox-32 will have a few — very few — Cubs and White Sox games.
- Movie theater chains sue New Jersey governor over closures
- Video shows 7 staffers restraining, sitting on teen before his death at Michigan youth facility
- Council member says he has the votes to stop proclamation to scuttle proposed senior center in Highland
- Fans attend the Chicago Dogs home opener
- For the 1st time since March, fans took in a live sporting event in Chicagoland with the Chicago Dogs home opener: ‘We just wanted to get on with our lives a little bit’
- Hidden gems for making restaurant-quality food at home
- The best BBQ smoker box
- The best corded electric tiller
- The best food processor of 2020
- Column: There’s a place for Trump’s proposed ‘National Garden of American Heroes’ — on the scrap heap of history
- The best gas lawn edger
- The best inflatable paddle board
- The best jar candle
- In UK libel case, Johnny Depp denies hitting ex-wife Amber Heard
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’ll recover quickly from COVID-19, thanks to unproven drug hydroxychloroquine
- Kanye West says he no longer supports Trump, had coronavirus and that ‘Drake can’t be sicker than me’ in wild interview
- With no ‘Mulan’ or ‘Tenet’ this month, Classic Cinemas temporarily closes again
- Pet store owners, activists clash on Chicago proposal that would block pet stores from selling breeders’ puppies
- Walgreens will add doctor-led clinics in up to 700 drugstores, invest $1 billion in VillageMD
- Alonso tras volver a la F1: ‘Renault quiere y tiene todo, como yo, para volver al podio’
- Living with Children: Are parents responsible for how kids turn out?
- Medical marijuana, gambling likely headed to Nebraska ballot
- Troops who previously used marijuana get second chance under new provision
- Can medical marijuana help treat clinical burnout?
- Auditoria: ‘graves reveses’ en derechos civiles en Facebook
- Penthouse owned by Jackie Gleason’s widow listed for $1.165 million | Photos
- Youtuber a los 78 años: Coronavirus convierte a mexicano en sensación
- Vehicle fire in Aurora driveway damages exterior of home
- Johnny Depp accused of slapping Amber Heard for laughing at his ‘Wino Forever’ tattoo
- Allstate buying insurer National General for $4 billion, about $34.50 a share
- Man visiting Portage apartment shot; police suspect domestic issue
- Zion-Benton graduate Admiral Schofield ‘feeling really good and ready for the opportunity’ to resume his rookie season with the Washington Wizards later this month
- La gran apuesta de Patrick Mahomes
- AMLO visita monumentos a Lincoln y Juárez en Washington
- Speak Out: We shouldn’t have to choose a party in Illinois primary elections
- Northbrook Farmers Market to close early Wednesday to heat
- Column: Trump wants kids in school this fall. So do I, but not under the current COVID-19 conditions.
- ‘Chon’ Zepeda acaba con ‘Tremendo’ Castaneda en Las Vegas
- Demandan a gobierno de Trump por norma sobre estudiantes
- Ryder Cup, scheduled to take place in Wisconsin in September, has been postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic
- With pandemic keeping them apart, runners embrace virtual races
- Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule that would force many international students to leave US if they take classes entirely online
- Chicago White Sox lefty Carlos Rodon is healthy and eager to contribute — in any role — after Tommy John surgery cut short his 2019 season
- Speak Out
- Virginia has eliminated backlog of more than 2,000 rape kits, attorney general says
- NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson can race again after he tests negative twice for COVID-19: ‘It’s been an emotional journey’
- Churches were eager to reopen. Now they are a major source of coronavirus cases.
- For cross-border couples, plans to reunite are still on hold
- Hostels try to adapt for the COVID-19 era
- The Last Kingdom tendrá quinta temporada
- New data sheds light on who is moving because of the pandemic
- Layoffs at Siskel Film Center: 5 staff, 8 part-time staff out; executive director assures ‘we’ll get through this’
- Should racial and ethnic slurs count in Scrabble tournaments?
- Drivers are hitting protesters as memes of car attacks spread
- Intense Arctic wildfires set a pollution record
- Hostels try to adapt for the COVID-19 era
- Travel restrictions on Americans erode a sense of passport privilege
- Puerto Rico, still reeling from old disasters, is slammed by COVID-19
- Ronaldo avisa: ‘Vamos a sufrir bastante el impacto de la COVID-19’
- As NBA teams arrive at Disney, focus turns to keeping the virus out
- Facebook fails to appease organizers of ad boycott
- Andrew’s Dillon Peters, the great-grandson of late blues legend Koko Taylor, hits all the right notes in boys track: ‘I am working harder now.’
- Rock Island service stopped near Mokena after train hits pedestrian
- Defensa español es suspendido por morder a rival en Italia (VIDEO)
- Column: Trump demands schools reopen or funds might be cut — our (expendable) kids must face the virus!
- Cómo la crisis del coronavirus interrumpe el tratamiento de otra epidemia: la adicción
- Hollywood catches up to ‘The Old Guard’ director Gina Prince-Bythewood
- A woman without a country: Adopted at birth and deportable at 30
- Paolo Sorrentino dirigirá ‘Ha sido la mano de Dios’ para Netflix
- Merrillville developer defends drainage plan for new addition for Savannah Ridge
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to broadcast induction special in place of live ceremony amid coronavirus
- A man is shot 19 times. And his young assailant laughs, prosecutors say.
- Black Lives Matter mural in Oak Park vandalized overnight; talks planned to restore it
- La Copa Ryder se pospone hasta 2021
- EEUU: confiscan carros destinados ilegalmente a Venezuela
- 20-year-old Andrew alumnus Jon Zaghloul making name for himself in sports broadcasting
- ‘Tiny Guide’ a love letter and fundraiser that’s helping Chicago’s music venues
- Disney quiere a Jude Law como Capitán Garfio en el remake de Peter Pan
- Disney World: What to know before you go back
- Northwestern football won’t play Wisconsin at Wrigley Field this November ‘in consideration of the myriad of challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic’
- Coronavirus: Duro golpe a hispanos de dos iglesias de NY
- How ‘Palm Springs’ arrived for the Groundhog Days of COVID-19 quarantine
- For some suburban theaters, reopening not feasible with fraction of audience capacity
- Sin Vela ni Dallas, con Nashville en duda y con mucha preocupación, regresa la MLS
- Taste of Chicago To-Go launches today — here’s how to take part
- This is the secret to the crunchiest fruit crumble
- Workers across US plan to stage mass walkout in ‘Strike for Black Lives’ on July 20
- A shot to protect against HIV
- The pandemic’s economic damage is growing
- In Russia, they tore down lots of statues, but little changed
- Nurses who battled virus in New York confront friends back home who say it’s a hoax
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls for national mask mandate and COVID-19 containment strategy in congressional testimony
- Waukegan Park District rolls out free art program with COVID-19 precautions
- Taste of Chicago To-Go 2020
- ‘Wonder Years’ revival about black family picked up by ABC from Lee Daniels
- Commentary: Pregnancy risks rise with extreme heat, but public health info is lacking
- Lawsuit challenges Indiana limits on voting site extensions
- Ex-Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan in care facility with Alzheimer’s
- Trump amenaza con dejar sin fondos a escuelas que no reabran
- Body found after swimmer becomes separated from boat near Monroe Harbor when weather kicks up, officials say
- 24 students from three area high schools chosen to work on research with Argonne scientists
- 30 foods that help support a healthy gut
- Quickly
- Jane Lynch to host ‘The Weakest Link’ revival for NBC
- Encuentro Trump-AMLO es sobre economía y también política
- Illinois man faces new charges in 2019 killing of McHenry County deputy
- Editorial: Supreme Court gets it right in Little Sisters case
- Greeicy lleva tatuado el mejor consejo de su madre
- Shepard Smith gets new show at CNBC less than a year after leaving Fox News
- Which parts of the Chicago area got the most PPP loans? Check out this ZIP code analysis.
- Officer who helped restrain George Floyd seeks dismissal from charges on account of rookie status
- Zverev contrata al español David Ferrer como entrenador
- Oprah y Lionsgate ayudan a llevar Proyecto 1619 a la pantalla
- Despite risks, 74-year-old President Donald Trump invests big in attacks on 77-year-old Democratic rival Joe Biden’s age
- Editorial: Go after gangs, CPD, but prioritize public trust
- Column: The Chicago Blackhawks are keeping their nickname. The decision walks — in the team’s own words — ‘a fine line between respect and disrespect.’
- Judge dismisses GM’s bribery lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler
- Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs during COVID-19 pandemic, including wrestling, volleyball and rowing
- Illinois National Guard coronavirus testing mission to wind down, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces
- Fallece Wayne Mixson; gobernó Florida durante tres días
- NorthShore to acquire one of the Chicago area’s few remaining independent hospitals
- Disney World draws excitement and incredulity as reopening nears
- Supreme Court sides with Trump, allowing employers with religious objections to opt out of Obamacare birth control requirement
- Minnesota health officials warn against ‘COVID parties’ as a way to share exposure to virus: ‘This is a really, really bad idea’
- Arizona, Florida and South Carolina home to fastest growing coronavirus case counts in the world
- Nick Cordero’s fans petition to rename a Broadway theater in his honor
- Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman retires from Army, accuses Trump of ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’ for Russia testimony
- Elgin News Digest
- EatingWell: This smoothie bowl is a cool summer treat
- Kary Osmond: Summer salad a perfect place for asparagus
- Missing Valparaiso man with dementia found dead: Rod Moore, 75, former Valparaiso U. trainer, went missing June 30
- Despite President Donald Trump’s push for nation’s schools to reopen this fall, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the decision should be local
- Aurora police searching for hit-and-run car that struck boy riding his bike
- Column: Black Lives Matter changes everything, including the abortion debate
- Community news
- Brooks Brothers, famed men’s clothier, files for bankruptcy
- Uptown, Garfield Park artists Eliza Myrie and Caroline Kent win $10K from national arts nonprofit Artadia
- Hundreds of Aurora businesses, non-profits, private schools and nursing homes received federal PPP loans of at least $150,000
- Park District of Oak Park to host virtual scavenger hunt July 11
- El atletismo se reinventa: una justa en 7 sedes simultáneas
- ‘First Cow’ director Kelly Reichardt: ‘This is the time for more art, not less.’
- Family of foxes makes Elmhurst backyard a place for playtime
- Recruiting notes: Rolling Meadows senior guard Max Christie, one of the top prospects in the country, ‘didn’t want to wait it out’ and picks Michigan State
- Commentary: Illinois’ ‘fair tax’ amendment and the promises our politicians won’t keep
- Thandie Newton denuncia el racismo que la hicieron rechazar ‘Los ángeles de Charlie’
- Column: How police and prisons blocked Black progress
- 2-year degrees that can earn you the most money
- District 207 high schools propose mix of virtual and in-classroom learning this fall
- Blueberries are ripe for the picking at suburban, northwest Indiana farms
- Column: Brookfield Zoo reopens to the public, with social distancing, new lions, and dinosaurs
- U.S. consumers reduced their borrowing by $18.3 billion in May
- As businesses reopen, many Americans plan to spend less
- ‘Chucky’ Lozano comienza a lucir con Napoli (VIDEO)
- Snowmen on display for Antioch chamber’s revival of public art for charity project
- Sam Acho’s plan to convert an Austin liquor store to a food mart gets the backing of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
- Portage School Board member steps down; application deadline is Friday
- Potempa: Chesterton’s 4th Street Theater group making a plea for help
- Oprah, Lionsgate to help adapt The 1619 Project for film, TV
- After years of insults and threats, Trump calls Mexico a cherished partner in meeting with president López Obrador
- At least 4 Mississippi counties to move Confederate statues
- Letters: Mayor Lightfoot’s 14-day quarantine of visitors from some states is excessive
- La prensa deportiva en EEUU se queda con menos acceso
- Talk of the County: Follow the facts in Justus Howell case
- Lines fill school parking lot as Indiana’s free drive-through COVID-19 testing draws hundreds
- Slugger Kyle Schwarber is preparing for any role with the Chicago Cubs — including DH: ‘I’m going to be ready when I’m called on’
- EPA pitches removing 671 East Chicago homes from USS Lead Superfund listing
- Cook County to start dividing up ‘much-needed’ $51 million in federal CARES Act funding to suburbs hardest hit by coronavirus pandemic
- This Week in Naperville
- Corrections and clarifications
- Aurora panel sees no need for local campaign contribution limit
- Column: Tape tumult causes three library board members to check out
- A bird? A plane? No, it’s a Google balloon beaming the internet
- Detienen en EEUU a exgobernador mexicano
- Chicago History Museum reopens July 10 with free tickets
- Spurs’ Patty Mills donating $1 million of his salary to causes in his native Australia devoted to fighting racism
- As violence rages, Chicago police superintendent decides to create new version of swarming citywide suppression unit
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened July 8 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Pet World: ‘Cranky cat’ won’t use the litter box, and owner may know why
- Death of woman, 96, ruled homicide following stabbing on South Side: officials say
- Task forces between Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders deliver recommendations to win progressive support
- Autopsy determines boy, 2, died of child abuse in homicide after Chicago police take man into custody
- Northside College Prep school council votes to pull police from campus: ‘If you’re going to put us on a pedestal, we can at least use that opportunity to set a precedent’
- 4 takeaways from Chicago White Sox camp, including Lucas Giolito embracing the role as ace and the team putting cardboard cutouts of fans in the stands for the opening series
- Visitors flock to Wauconda beach made famous by ‘Blues Brothers’ for first time in decades
- Man who hit protestors on Seattle freeway charged with 3 felonies
- Earl Thomas, a former Chicago Bears wide receiver and tight end, dies at 71
- Aurora holds first listening session about police department’s use-of-force policy
- Lake County warns COVID-19 cases climbing among young adults, teenagers
- West Aurora linebacker Tre Johnson stays positive regarding upcoming high school football season: ‘I believe in faith, so speak it into existence.’
- United Airlines sending layoff warnings to nearly half of its US employees
- Ivy League calls off fall sports because of the COVID-19 outbreak: ‘The news is disappointing to all of us’
- The Spin: Pritzker calls for national mask mandate | Lightfoot ignores Trump’s call to fully reopen schools | Illinois National Guard coronavirus testing mission to wind down
- Lake Street construction progressing in Oak Park; Hemingway District work to begin after Labor Day
- U. of C. removes tributes to late Illinois Sen. Stephen Douglas, a slavery defender: ‘Douglas does not deserve to be honored on our campus’
- 5 takeaways from Chicago Cubs camp, including Craig Kimbrel’s comfort with his changeup and Anthony Rizzo’s continued absence with a stiff back
- Chicago Cubs release reliever Brandon Morrow after 2 injury-plagued seasons
- Police: Baseball bat used to fatally bludgeon man in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood; murder charges filed
- New Batwoman is ‘God Friended Me’ star Javicia Leslie
- Coronavirus sweeps summer camp, infects 82 campers, counselors and staff in Missouri
- Tulsa Trump rally ‘likely’ source of spike in new COVID-19 cases, Oklahoma health official says
- George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times, new transcripts show
- COVID-19 infections in US hit 3 million, though health officials say real number likely 10 times higher
- Trump threatens to hold back federal money if schools don’t reopen; Pence says CDC will issue new safety guidelines after criticism from president
- Lady Antebellum files lawsuit to ensure they can be known as ‘Lady A’