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- MLB season opener includes zero fans, umpires wearing masks and a storm-shortened Yankees victory over the reigning champ Nationals
- Daily horoscope for July 24, 2020
- Need rent relief? Here’s how to apply
- NBA scores high marks in race, gender report card
- MLB players get tested for COVID-19 every other day. Is that enough to prevent outbreaks?
- Chinatown, the first Chicago neighborhood closed by coronavirus fears, struggles to reopen. Here’s why, and where you can eat outdoors.
- Column: South Siders and North Siders together bring paint, plants and hope to a Chicago block
- Flashback: 19,500 arrests and dozens of gunfights? The legendary claims — and ego — of Clifton R. Wooldridge, the ‘Sherlock Holmes of Chicago’
- Ask Amy: Father-in-law’s rudeness might be medical
- Work continues on county’s Lincoln Highway Industrial Corridor plan
- Black-owned restaurants offering week-long specials in Chicago as part of national campaign
- Daywatch: Columbus statue gone, racial disparity in CPS remote participation and the Tamale Guy is opening a restaurant soon
- For special education students in Highland Park SD113, officials vow to ‘match services with needs’ as plans for starting new academic year are worked out
- Joe Biden calls Donald Trump the country’s ‘first’ racist president (he’s not)
- Column: Will the Cubs and White Sox both play into October, assuming baseball makes it that far?
- Kyle Hendricks’ dedication to his craft — rather than obsessing about velocity — has taken the Cubs pitcher from trade throw-in to opening-day starter
- Marquee Sports Network secures a ‘multiple year deal’ with Comcast to carry the Cubs’ TV channel
- Racing resumes at Arlington racecourse with no spectators, but jockeys grateful to be riding
- Millennium Park At Home series roiled by artist protests, censorship allegations after a scheduled performance was abruptly canceled
- NBC Sports Chicago to unveil its new studio set today before the White Sox season opener
- 6 shot, 2 fatally, in overnight West Pullman attack
- Prince William, Kate donate for pandemic mental health work
- Harry and Meghan sue over photo of son at California home
- Optimism fades that jobs lost during pandemic will return
- ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV’: Trump slams Biden on mental sharpness in a presidential battle of septuagenarians
- Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama’s podcast debut
- Goldman Sachs owes Malaysia nearly $4 billion for sovereign wealth scheme led by ex-prime minister now on trial
- Column: Can architects help revive Chicago’s South and West Sides? Maybe. Just don’t expect miracles.
- Judge blocks federal agents from arresting journalists, legal observers in Portland
- China orders United States to close consulate in Chengdu as diplomatic fight deepens
- District 117 plans to rotate students between in-person classes and remote learning
- Anthony Fauci’s first pitch was a well-intentioned disaster
- Trump y Mariano Rivera celebran día inaugural del béisbol (VIDEO)
- Review: Another dull go-around with ‘The Kissing Booth 2’
- Column: Lakeview’s Agassiz Elementary parents, alums push for school to remove name of racist scientist. ‘It’s now or never.’
- Nominan a ‘Ya no estoy aquí’ y ‘Esto no es Berlín’ al Ariel
- Gloves may do more harm than good when it comes to protecting you from COVID-19
- Johnny Depp’s lawyers play video showing Amber Heard ‘attacked’ sister
- Bob Uecker’s 50th year in the Brewers’ broadcast booth will be totally different for the 86-year-old — including calling road games from home
- Beidelman Furniture in Naperville, one of the oldest businesses in the suburbs, staying put despite ‘for lease’ sign in window
- Rafa Nadal: ‘Mi rival favorito es a quien gano’
- Warren Township High School to start year with remote learning
- Down to Business: Fox Valley Filter
- Guardiola: ‘No he visto a nadie moverse entre líneas como David Silva’
- Speak Out: Column about Black Lives Matter blames one side for racial tensions
- Decomposed body discovered in South Shore apartment
- Regresa Zanardi a cuidados intensivos por salud inestable
- Best headphones for virtual meetings
- The best binocular of 2020
- What is the best colon cleanse system of 2020?
- The best electric razor of 2020
- The best espresso machine of 2020
- The best ice maker of 2020
- En medio de la noche fueron retiradas las estatuas de Cristóbal Colón de Chicago
- Colapsa sistema sanitario en Arequipa y gobierno peruano toma control
- Column: Opening day is finally here — and the Cubs already are making a lot of news
- Paramount pone fecha a la secuela de ‘Sonic’ y retrasa ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ y ‘Un lugar tranquilo 2’
- Two Hinsdale projects — one for senior housing, another for single-family homes — proposed near Ogden and Route 83
- Florida: preocupa aumento de contagios en asilos de ancianos
- AP-NORC poll: Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff believe those jobs lost to coronavirus are gone forever
- F1 cancela GPs de México, Brasil, EEUU y Canadá por pandemia
- Rebrotes en EEUU podrían afectar la recuperación económica
- Community news
- EEUU ‘no tiene autoridad’ para sancionar, dice hijo de Maduro
- Take coronavirus more seriously, say Olympic rowers who got it
- David Brooks column: The future of nonconformity
- Paul Krugman column: Why can’t Trump’s America be like Italy?
- Florida coronavirus infections pass 400,000 with 12,444 new cases
- Jamelle Bouie column: Trump doesn’t speak for the ‘silent majority’
- With officials’ backing, dubious virus remedies surge in Latin America
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- Waukegan schools to start with remote learning, uncertain when in-person classes will resume: ‘We’re not going to rush’
- With COVID-19, a seismic quiet like no other
- Virginia retira de capitolio monumentos vistos como racistas
- Red vs. red in Texas, with Republicans battling one another after mask order
- Why some mosquitoes prefer humans
- Francisca Valenzuela celebra la fortaleza femenina sin alejarse del compromiso social
- Michelle Wie West on motherhood, pain and a possible return to golf
- Speak out: Aurora police and Copley development
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- What will happen to all the faces?
- What will happen to all the faces?
- México construirá obras como reparación por masacre de Acteal
- ‘It’s emotional whiplash’: California is once again at the center of the virus crisis
- Speak out: Politics and advice for license renewal
- ‘It’s emotional whiplash’: California is once again at the center of the virus crisis
- In picking up work here and there, many miss out on unemployment check
- Convent in Michigan loses 13 sisters to COVID-19
- In picking up work here and there, many miss out on unemployment check
- Wauconda District 118 passes tuition waiver for non-resident school employees
- Preschooler parents face the toughest choice as offices reopen
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra cancels fall 2020 season; smaller performances planned
- How one of America’s whitest cities became the center of BLM protests
- Los guantes, más dañinos que benéficos contra el covid-19
- Se desvanece optimismo sobre recuperación de empleos en EEUU
- Police in Bali arrest DuPage County man wanted in an investment fraud case brought in Chicago, saying he escaped on bogus passport
- Aurora landlord charged with sexually assaulting tenant pleads guilty to unlawful restraint
- Bears cancel all season-ticket packages for 2020 season because of COVID-19 concerns
- La Premier cierra la temporada con muchos frentes abiertos
- Food hall in Cook County Hospital development to open with roster of minority-owned vendors
- Blue Jays finally find a home as team announces games to be held at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field
- Medical marijuana sales in Rhode Island climb again
- Mounting virus cases spark concern in Florida nursing homes
- How long does CBD stay in your body?
- Health care, gun control, policing, student debt, green energy, the nation’s infrastructure: Joe Biden has a long to-do list if he wins the White House
- Newport State Park
- Rare leopard frog found beyond its known range in Southwest
- South Elgin to continue live-streaming as in-person village board meetings resume
- Puerto Rico: miles siguen sin casa desde el huracán María
- Do we need to tell our son that his dad has coronavirus?
- The WNBA is out to reclaim ‘tremendous momentum’ in new season
- Well-preserved woolly mammoth skeleton found in Siberian lake, massive bone fragments protrude from the silt
- Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen again leaves prison after judge rules reincarceration was retaliation for critical book
- Elgin will form task force to look at police reforms
- Iran slams interception of passenger plane by US fighter jet over Syria as ‘illegal’
- Google takes aim at Amazon. Again.
- Blazing speed: Ford says electric Mustang prototype can hit 1,400 horsepower with 7 motors
- Porter County 4-H members use online livestock auction to benefit their educational plans
- IOC apologizes and deletes a tweet about the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Blue Jays will play home games this season at their Triple-A stadium in Buffalo
- Los Azulejos encuentran casa en Buffalo
- Sugar, spice and everything nice: 50 sweet and satisfying cookie recipes
- Todavía no existe inmunidad de grupo contra coronavirus: OMS:
- Bob Costas joins CNN to talk on intersection of news and sports
- Anthony Stanford: Mary Trump offers her uncle a way out
- Medios de Michigan dejarán de publicar fotos policiales
- The doctor from Nazi Germany and the roots of the hunt for life on Mars
- For theatergoers, a #SaveYourCinema campaign to secure federal relief money
- Elmhurst aldermen approve two appointments to join them on city council
- Los Chicago Bears cancelan los paquetes de entradas de temporada para 2020
- Commentary: Back to church: The weird, comforting feeling of being together again in the COVID-19 era
- Garmin fitness tracking service goes down, frustrating users trying to upload data from their latest workout
- Japan blamed its nightlife for coronavirus outbreaks. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
- Lake County school districts begin announcing plans for upcoming school year
- Experts search for ways to revive Northwest Indiana tourism amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- Virus-shadowed Emmy nods could bring surprises, diversity
- A climate plan in Texas focuses on minorities. Not everyone likes it.
- Exabogado de Trump recupera libertad por segunda vez
- A massive Facebook privacy settlement just got bigger. Illinois users could split $650 million.
- Wilmette library treasurer named trustee of the year by Illinois library association
- Ai Weiwei on activism in the US, his art response to COVID-19 and a secret Wuhan film
- Recruiting notes: Vernon Hills’ Ryan Mann comes back with a vengeance from broken leg, earns offers from Denison and Roosevelt
- Judge rejects plea deal in mother’s neglect of toddler daughter, calling probation ‘too lenient’
- Purdue Northwest to require face coverings on campus
- Donnie Rudd, convicted of killing wife in ’73, back in the TV spotlight
- Retired meteorologist Jerry Taft, ‘the face of ABC 7 weather’ for more than 3 decades, dies at 77
- Chicago lawyer talks life after Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’
- AMLO duda que tapabocas impida contagios de covid-19
- What channel is the Cubs game on? Your complete guide to watching games this season.
- Danna Paola y Yatra entran a videojuego con ‘No bailes sola’
- McDonald’s to require masks at restaurants, delays reopenings another month
- Sheriff’s deputy in McHenry County placed on leave amid allegation excessive force was used during arrest of suspected lawn mower thieves
- Notre Dame could play as a member of the ACC for the 2020 college football season
- COI ofrece disculpas y borra tuit de Juegos de Berlín 1936
- France-born man in Mexico dies in bid to save his dog’s life
- Disabato: Fred Gandy says ‘failure is not an option,’ gets ready to tackle the challenges of being Thornton’s head football coach
- Kary Osmond: When life gives you lemons, make Greek potatoes
- Old-fashioned buttermilk bar donuts are crispy, fluffy perfection
- OPINIÓN/Walter Mercado después del amor
- México confirma un récord de más de 8.000 casos de coronavirus en las últimas 24 horas
- Eligen al futbolista del año en Inglaterra
- Retired WLS-Ch. 7 meteorologist Jerry Taft dies at 77
- Taking cue from group in Portland, Wall of Moms forms in Chicago to protect protesters
- Filarmónica de Bogotá brinda concierto callejero
- Seahawks QB Russell Wilson, wife Ciara welcome baby boy
- As districts make back-to-school plans, Northwest Indiana parents are ‘going back and forth’ whether to keep their kids home
- 4 counties put on ‘warning’ after outbreaks as Illinois announces 1,532 new coronavirus cases, 19 deaths
- Column: President Trump’s focus on Chicago violence could be helpful, but will he stay committed to real assistance?
- Fact check: President Trump tailors exaggerations and false claims to crucial election battlegrounds
- Former Harvey detective pleads guilty to falsifying police report to protect acquaintances from gun charges
- Ben and Will Giblin leave a running legacy at Sandburg that’s tough to top. Siblings Grant, Ava and Ella, however, hope to be well on their way.
- Stressed-out parents navigate back-to-school shopping, unsure if kids are learning in the classroom or on the couch
- At least 18 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago shootings Thursday night into Friday morning
- ‘We’re just scared’: Teachers express fears over returning to the classroom
- Hinsdale District 86 back-to-school options: hybrid schedule or all online
- Column: Are ‘COVID gardens’ a thing? Yard work seems more popular this summer.
- Ex-campaign worker in Speaker Madigan’s political operation launches PAC in response to alleged ComEd bribery scheme
- Bears training camp, set to be held in Lake Forest for first time in decades, will not be open to spectators
- Another man stabbed in Chicago’s Grant Park
- Column: Will Joe Biden destroy the suburbs?
- Man digs up WWII artillery shell in Brighton Park backyard
- Armstrong: It’s time for the IHSA to stop kicking the ball around, develop a plan of action for the fall sports season. Or step up, Gov. Pritzker.
- Letters: Let’s look past Christopher Columbus and pay tribute to all explorers
- What channel is the White Sox game on? Your complete guide to watching games this season.
- Desapareció con sus hijas. Hallaron muertas a las tres en un parqueadero
- Seeking to ‘protect public safety,’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot removes Christopher Columbus statues overnight from Chicago parks ‘until further notice’
- Health officials warns of new coronavirus risks to parts of the Midwest and South as unemployment aid that helped millions set to expire
- Migrantes y coronavirus: menos remesas, más miedos
- Offered a scholarship by DePaul in eighth grade, Benet sophomore Lenee Beaumont prepares for bigger things: ‘She has such a great future.’
- Thailand drops all charges against Red Bull heir in deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a police officer
- Man cleared in 1957 slaying of Sycamore girl wins $300K settlement from Seattle. Cops there arrested him after DeKalb County reopened case.
- Potempa: Noted Chef Gary Sanders became Indiana kitchen claim-to-fame
- Editorial: Another Madigan scandal and again: ‘The Silence of the Dems’
- Pro poker player’s burned body found in Michigan park
- ‘It’s something I need to do’: Chris York takes over as Calumet’s girls basketball coach nearly 15 years after coaching Hanover Central
- Editorial: Mayor Lightfoot backtracks, surrenders to violent protesters
- Plainfield teachers latest to demand remote learning for safe start to the new school year
- Indiana Gov. Holcomb signs mask mandate order without penalties
- AMLO: ‘Yo no puedo detener un proceso judicial’ sobre corrupción en gobiernos anteriores
- Rookie broadcaster Chipper Jones starts new career from home
- Arizona woman charged with trying to support al-Qaida, accused of giving $500 to buy rifle scopes to kill American military personnel
- Vice President Mike Pence says schools reopenings ‘best thing for our kids’
- Commentary: Slow internet? How digital redlining hurts people of all ages
- With no new law to curb prescription drug costs, President Trump moves on his own to allow imports of cheaper medicines
- Man killed in Evanston shooting near CTA Howard Street station identified as 20-year-old from Glenview
- Corrections and clarifications
- More legal action threatened over slow pace of Chicago police reform; hearings planned for allegations cops abused protesters
- President Trump acknowledges he has ‘often’ had regrets about his tweets: ‘It’s the retweets that get you in trouble’
- Kent State’s Josh Gilkison takes three-hole playoff over Illinois’ Brendan O’Reilly to win Northern Amateur: ‘My hands were shaking so bad on that putt.’
- FAA warns engine on Boeing 737 jets could shut down mid-flight, issues emergency order directing airlines to inspect, replace critical part
- Flick Aquatic Center in Glenview to reopen after closing twice due to lifeguards contracting COVID-19
- The Spin: Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago’s Columbus statues ‘temporarily’ removed | CPD blasted for slow pace of police reform | Ex-Madigan campaign worker seeks to change Illinois’ political climate with new PAC
- Column: Lightfoot did what she had to do by removing the Columbus statue, but it still hurts
- Second stimulus check updates: Coronavirus aid package in flux as White House floats cutting unemployment boost to as little as $100
- Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook won’t travel to Edmonton for the playoffs: ‘I just don’t feel comfortable yet’
- Commentary: Removal of the Columbus statues has left a hole in the heart of our Italian American community
- Commentary: Toni Preckwinkle: Our monuments and symbols reveal our values
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on July 24 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Commentary: Indigenous Peoples Day must now replace Columbus Day
- Commentary: The US needs a bold jobs program, not a patchwork bailout
- White Sox set up fan cutouts at Guaranteed Rate Field
- New CDC guidance adds pressure for schools to reopen in the fall, but teachers’ demands for remote learning are getting louder
- Analysis: White flight from Trump? What a decisive Joe Biden win would look like.
- Column: Thanks, A.O.C., for making it a little easier to confront the vulgar bullies
- Inside Trump’s about-face on the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville
- Bradshaw: Top notch grades, showing what makes you tick are key for entrance to elite colleges
- In 5-4 decision, Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s request to strike down coronavirus restriction on attendance as unconstitutional
- Judge denies Oregon’s request to stop federal agents from arresting people during nightly protests in Portland
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- Mrvan, Leyva share approach to addressing national issues, like COVID-19 response and policing, if elected to Indiana’s First Congressional District seat
- Black-led groups rally to defund police at site of 2016 Freedom Square Occupation while West Side prayer group urges community and police to work together to fight crime
- Cubs top Brewers 3-0 on opening day at Wrigley Field
- Wrigleyville relatively quiet on Cubs opening day
- Column: An opening statement from the Cubs and Brewers and an absolute gem from Kyle Hendricks make for a gorgeous night at Wrigley Field
- Hutton: He’s only 14 years old, but Valparaiso’s Aidan Gutierrez says, ‘I’ve been working hard to be known as one of the best players in the state.’
- Rally at site of 2016 Freedom Square Occupation
- White Sox fall 10-5 to the Twins on opening day at Guaranteed Rate Field
- Kyle Hendricks delivers on his promise, giving David Ross a win in his Cubs managerial debut — 3-0 over the Brewers