Skip to content
2020 > July > 27
- Daily horoscope for July 27, 2020
- Lake Forest’s Kevin Lamp and New Trier’s Taite Ryan among area athletes affected by college upheaval: ‘It can happen to anybody.’
- Recruiting notes: Interest in St. Viator’s Joy Bergstrom begins to heat up; Loyola’s Vaughn Pemberton commits to Ball State
- On course for a golf season? Stevenson’s Emily Duan among area players keeping the faith during summer tournaments
- Editorial: Cure for the Chicago blues: Save Muddy Waters’ house
- Letters: Troubling Kass column furthers anti-Semitic myths
- Prominent attorney accused of assault, trying to trade sex for custody favors
- Teen called a ‘main driver of violence’ on West Side charged in shooting at memorial that led to accomplice’s death
- Column: Today’s social justice movement was born out of anger, not hope. There’s nothing peaceful about it.
- Ask Anna: Why isn’t my guy into foreplay?
- ‘I see a disaster in the making.’ Professors slam reopening plans at Illinois colleges amid COVID-19 crisis, prompting some schools to reverse course.
- Resumption of federal death penalty could affect two convicted murderers from Illinois
- Ask Amy: Aunt wonders if a violent abuser can change
- Daywatch: What Illinois educators say about reopening, how disinvestment hurts Black and Latino neighborhoods and Chicago lawyer talks life after Netflix show
- Seahawks just became a guinea pig for acquiring superstars in the coronavirus cap era
- Extra weight can be a deadly complication when fighting COVID-19
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox-Twins series, including plenty of firsts for Luis Robert and a large hurdle remaining in the AL Central
- 5 takeaways from the Cubs-Brewers series, including Kyle Hendricks’ contract looking better for both sides and improvement on defense
- Lawyer claims Johnny Depp was misogynistic abuser of ex-wife Amber Heard
- Park Ridge church offers drive-in service as alternative to indoor worship
- Winners and losers from Cubs and White Sox opening weekend: Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies feel the heat, Andy Masur honors Ed Farmer and Marquee remembers Harry Caray
- Biggest question about football in a pandemic is ______. Matt Nagy’s biggest task will be _______________. Our Bears writers tackle 4 big topics entering training camp.
- Man hit and killed by Red Line train in Englewood
- Speak Out: Matteson efforts to attract business questioned
- U.S. new home sales jump 13.8% in June
- U.S. economy’s recovery is stalling, and it could get even worse
- Man critically injured when he hits head on concrete lake wall steps, falls into Lake Michigan
- Target to close on Thanksgiving, joining Walmart in ending Black Friday kickoff
- Sewage to be tested in Maine to determine prevalence of virus
- Column: Body count from Chicago’s gang wars impacts all of Illinois
- Zanies Comedy Club reopens in Chicago
- There will be a Lollapalooza of sorts after all. Here’s the virtual event lineup, with old and new content
- Asesor de seguridad nacional de Trump tiene COVID-19
- 20-year-old University Park woman killed, man wounded in Lansing shooting
- One in 50 Florida residents have tested positive for COVID-19 as death toll nears 6,000
- Baltasar Garzón denuncia ‘persecución’ por parte de EEUU
- Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson get Greek citizenship for wildfire aid
- Frank Bruni column: Donald Trump is the best ever president in the history of the cosmos
- Twitter faces backlash over handling of anti-Semitic posts on British rapper Wiley’s social media
- MLB releases more face coverings that players are wearing
- Ross Douthat column: The ghost of Margaret Sanger
- Maureen Dowd column: AOC and the jurassic jerks
- Wheaton 5-bedroom mansion lists for $1.95 million
- Worries about COVID-19 spreading through the vents send Chicago building owners in search of cleaner air. ‘You can’t put a force field around your property.’
- Crosby: Pandemic strikes out chance for at-risk youth to play ball
- La pandemia suma 204,600 casos nuevos y supera los 648,000 muertos
- Talk of the County: Now that Columbus statues are gone, what’s next?
- Melania Trump announces White House Rose Garden ‘renewal’ project
- Kyrie Irving commits $1.5 million for WNBA players who are skipping the season
- Project moving forward to turn North Aurora silo into community landmark
- Regis Philbin funeral service, burial to be held on Notre Dame campus
- Bears backup QB Tyler Bray sells Highland Park condo at a loss for $464,000
- Talk of the County: Trump’s job ‘is to help Americans, not dominate them’
- Bret Stephens column: The two China fires
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: A Trumpless future is hard to get your head around
- Youth baseball ramps up in Chicago’s suburbs, with coronavirus restrictions in place: ‘Once they were on the field, they were kids again.’
- Olivia de Havilland appreciation: the golden-age Hollywood star who remade the industry
- Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: All 16 songs, ranked
- Cierre de consulados, punto crítico para China y EEUU
- Charles M. Blow column: Trump’s nakedly political pandemic pivot
- The lives of transit workers: Trauma and constant dread
- Talk of the County: After all Trump’s coronavirus changes of heart, ‘I could sue him for whiplash’
- Posey moving from Naperville North principal to interim assistant superintendent post; Wachtel tapped to take her place
- Robert O’Brien, Trump’s national security adviser, tests positive for COVID-19, the highest-ranking official to get coronavirus
- Hawaii prepares for Hurricane Douglas
- Hawaii braces for ‘triple threat’ of Hurricane Douglas
- Walgreens CEO stepping down, search begins ‘to transform the business for the future’
- Virtual concerts: CSO and Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center excel online
- Taylor Swift, a pop star done with pop
- The lives of transit workers: Trauma and constant dread
- Prueban vacuna para el coronavirus en 30,000 voluntarios
- Talk of the County: If Biden wins, late-night hosts will have nothing to talk about
- Gold vs. salmon: An Alaska mine project just got a boost
- Kildeer 4-bedroom home with floor-to-ceiling fireplace: $1.1M
- ‘He’s the perfect guy for this team’: Munster graduate Mike Madura gets in a groove for pitching-rich Northwest Indiana Oilmen
- Talk of the County: If Biden wins, U.S. might become the next Hong Kong
- Wealthy donors pour over $100 million into fight over mail-in voting
- Put safety first at the spa or hair salon
- Quickly
- Gold vs. salmon: An Alaska mine project just got a boost
- Fatigue with social distancing poses virus containment challenge
- Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas welcome baby girl
- Column: 95.1 FM’s Tracey Bell is in a league of her own
- Confiesa que mató, desmembró y arrojó el cuerpo de su esposa al desagüe
- Cheryl Hryn is a winner at Grundy on the track and with the fans: ‘When 1,000 kids stop by — and it seems like that at times — there is nothing more satisfying.’
- Mexico says death toll rose 55% for March-June amid outbreak
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces $33 million in housing assistance grants, including mortgage and rent relief, from federal coronavirus relief funds
- MLB mascots sit all alone in empty ballparks this season
- Deer Park woman charged in machete attack on boyfriend
- ‘A hoax, a prank, an internet scam or an act of agricultural bio-terrorism’: Agriculture officials in multiple states warn of unsolicited seed shipments
- Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are officially ‘proud’ Greek citizens
- Marian Catholic grad Angelo Cantelo making most of chance with Oilmen before returning to Lewis: ‘Playing every day is the best thing.’
- Ohio girl, 14, killed in Interstate 65 crash near Crown Point
- Chloe Zhoe’s ‘Nomadland’ to premiere across fall festivals
- Constellation returns with online music – live concerts coming soon
- Octavia Spencer: Cast more actors with disabilities
- Responding to conflict, Greenhouse Theater will no longer create shows — though rental stages remain
- World’s largest COVID-19 vaccine study begins in US with 30,000 volunteers
- Parents wondering about play dates during pandemic as kids miss out on socialization
- Se quedó casi sin dedos por el covid-19; pide tomar en serio al coronavirus
- ‘A total class act’; U.S. Rep. John Lewis was a mentor to many in Lake County and beyond
- South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases
- Minnesota woman creates a life-sized Monopoly game board: ‘This was a fun project’
- 10-month-old girl wounded in Bishop Ford Freeway shooting, state police say
- Oprah’s O Mag to end regular print editions after 20 years
- Oak Park police: Masked men steal cash, Amazon packages from driver at gunpoint
- Minnesota Vikings’ infection control officer tests positive for COVID-19: ‘It is clear this virus does not discriminate’
- Donnie Wahlberg offers sneak peek into new Wahlburgers restaurant opening Tuesday in St. Charles
- Evanston sees 3 fatal shootings over 4 days, first homicides in more than a year
- Lenta, la venta de la rifa del avión presidencial en México
- Police: Two men rob pedestrians at gunpoint in eastern Oak Park
- Buncich petitions court for early prison release due to COVID-19, seeks home detention
- South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases
- Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021
- Fallece hija de dos años del golfista colombiano Camilo Villegas
- Oswego museum to reopen on Saturday
- Sledding athletes are taking their lives. Did brain-rattling rides and high-speed crashes damage their brains?
- New breed of hemp growers in Beecher face resurgence of the crop
- Octavia Spencer: Contraten más actores con discapacidades
- Sledding athletes are taking their lives. Did brain-rattling rides and high-speed crashes damage their brains?
- The funeral for Rep. John Lewis
- For the NBA, a long, strange road trip to the finals
- Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas greet first child
- Visitation, funerals set for Niles officers killed in motorcycle crash in Texas
- Oak Park police: Madison Street shooting victim OK after driving himself to hospital
- Aplazan audiencia de García Luna debido a pandemia
- Your coronavirus antibodies are disappearing. Should you care?
- ‘The Answer Is’: Alex Trebek was ‘ready to pack it in’ during cancer battle. He opens up in new memoir
- Conferences for Aurora University and North Central College postpone fall sports through end of the year
- Same man attacked 2 homeless men in Grant Park, killing one, police say as they release surveillance photos
- Review: Zanies reopens for COVID-19 comedy and socially-distanced crowd in need of laughs. ‘Get home safe.’
- Mbappé podría ser baja en la Champions
- Fighting false news in Ukraine, Facebook fact-checkers tread a blurry line
- An all-day journey through baseball’s weird new season
- As NFL fights racism and sexism, team owners undercut the message
- Hersey High School football camp canceled after player tests positive for COVID-19
- Black soldiers monument faces scrutiny amid racial reckoning
- 62 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago’s weekend violence; youngest wounded is 13-year-old girl
- NASA’s next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yet
- Illinois is paying KPMG $6.7 million to help it award marijuana licenses. But state delays are mounting, and applicants say they are losing money.
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says removal of Columbus statues is temporary and was ordered after city received intelligence ‘of great concern’
- Trincao y su llegada al Barca: ‘Me costará un poco’
- Chicago police create new units for crime hot spots, protests
- Full bladders, closed bathrooms. Strategies for peeing while out during coronavirus
- Whistles at NBA and WNBA games now have an extra COVID-19 safety measure: They are placed in a small black bag to collect any spittle
- Texas senator’s effort to make Juneteenth a federal holiday blocked by fellow Republican
- Will a President Biden legalize cannabis? Weed advocates don’t like the answer.
- Notre Dame withdraws as host of inaugural presidential debate amid coronavirus outbreak
- Which to choose: Pure CBD extracts or cannabis-derived CBD with some THC?
- Column: One for the ageless
- Seriously Simple: Beet borscht with sour cream is cool comfort
- The Kitchn: The untraditional formula for a better, more flavorful vinaigrette
- Commentary: How COVID-19 has added to the problem of drug-resistant antibiotics
- Interpersonal Edge: How to feel if you’re not experiencing suffering during the pandemic
- Flexibility a key commodity as offices consider re-opening
- Letters: Reassessing the Christopher Columbus statues and history
- Column: Indiana’s face mask mandate has plenty of naysayers. ‘I will not wear one unless I choose to.’
- Northwestern seeks 5,000 volunteers to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials
- White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech files for divorce from ‘Riverdale’ actress Vanessa Morgan
- Army National Guard officer challenges Trump administration’s account of violent clearing of protesters from Lafayette Square
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker visits downstate counties hit with COVID-19 outbreaks: ‘What’s happening here … is alarming’
- Nueva estrategia dirigida a minorías
- Editor’s note: Differentiating opinion writing from news coverage
- Column: Remember Ralph Elliott, a good man, until someone can make sense of his death
- Coast Guard finds four teen siblings in kayaks pushed 4 miles out into Lake Michigan by storm
- Sophie Turner y Joe Jonas son padres
- Vendor at Indiana Dunes State Park told to stop selling political T-shirts like ‘Trump 2020. Make Liberals Cry Again.’
- Burr Ridge Village Center owners offering ‘innovative’ entrepreneurs three months free rent
- New fiber optics ‘micro-factory’ opens in Aurora
- Arrest made in Gary double homicide that killed cop’s son, feds say
- Why the ‘super weird’ moons of Mars fascinate scientists
- Corrections and clarifications
- Concacaf cambia el hexagonal rumbo a Qatar
- Naperville People in the News
- Aurora City Council to decide on new downtown mural
- Column: A US-China confrontation is coming, no matter who is president
- Valparaiso University’s fall sports seasons to start no earlier than mid-September amid coronavirus pandemic
- The Spin: Mayor to add Wisconsin to Chicago’s quarantine list | Sign of the times: ‘Catanzara for Mayor’ | Countdown to Biden picking running mate
- Taylor Swift rompe récords con el inesperado Folklore
- Great Lakes Valley Conference postpones majority of fall sports season until second semester: ‘I’m happy they’re trying to give us something.’
- Commentary: Our brains are conditioned to blame Black people and block change — but we can change that
- White Sox place Reynaldo Lopez on the 10-day injured list, while Eloy Jimenez is being monitored — but isn’t in the concussion protocol
- ‘We have to learn how to live with COVID,’ Chicago schools chief says, but parents remain leery about fall reopening plan
- Attorney General William Barr to testify on Capitol Hill for 1st time in more than a year
- Hutton: Out of abundance of caution, IHSAA needs to delay start of high school football season
- Chicago Irish pub Cork & Kerry closed after citations for breaking COVID-19 guidelines
- Column: MLB’s worst fears are realized as the Miami Marlins’ COVID-19 outbreak forces 3 postponements — and even more questions
- The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee is happening. Attendants will be required to wear masks and get tested daily.
- US Attorney says feds will remain in Portland until ‘attacks’ end — and more officers may be on the way
- Arlington Memorial Library picks up $50K state grant for makerspace under construction
- Manager Rick Renteria is sidelined for precautionary reasons after coming down with a cough and nasal congestion as the White Sox begin their 1st road trip
- Most parents of unvaccinated teens have no intention of getting HPV vaccine for their kids, study finds
- South Barrington Park District to auction former tree nursery land once valued at $3.5M
- Westlake Hospital owners to pay Melrose Park $1.5 million to settle dispute over controversial closure
- Editorial: No congressional bailout for Illinois
- Disinvestment in Black and Latino Chicago neighborhoods is rooted in policy. Here’s how these communities continue to be held back.
- Trump announced, then canceled, a Yankees pitch. Both came as a surprise.
- Letter: Don’t visit grandma
- Cubs have ‘heightened awareness’ of COVID-19 with illnesses on the Reds and an outbreak on the Marlins. But safety measures in Cincinnati get a thumbs up.
- Glenview trustees officially adopt downtown moratorium on development projects, will consider appeals
- DuPage County board candidate withdraws from race over tweet about ‘laughing’ at officer getting hit in face
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on July 27 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- John Lewis hailed as the ‘conscience of the Congress’ as he lies in state at the Capitol
- District 64 presents back-to-school plan with mix of classroom and online learning
- Illinois running back Ra’Von Bonner is opting out of his senior season because of COVID-19 concerns: ‘The risks are greater than the reward’
- Kanye West’s campaign submits petition to appear on Missouri ballot in November
- 3 MLB games are postponed as the Marlins deal with a COVID-19 outbreak. ‘I’m going to be honest with you: I’m scared,’ Nationals manager Dave Martinez said.
- Second stimulus check updates: White House officials launch negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on new coronavirus aid package