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Daily horoscope for August 11, 2020
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Ask Amy: Worried mom puts the cart before the carrot
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Daywatch: How a long night of unrest followed a police shooting, a derecho rips through the area and an Englewood activist goes viral
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Column: College football’s cancellation should be our final wake-up call. We messed up. Now, let’s get our act together.
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District 207 spells out police role at Maine South, East, high schools; not disciplinarians
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Englewood residents say downtown looting should not tarnish their neighborhood. ‘I don’t believe it’s fair.’
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‘It’s really refining his details and then giving him some tools that he can use’: A closer look at Eddie Jackson and the Bears safeties in 2020
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Politically charged ‘black-ish’ episode from 2017 gets belated home
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TikTok funds top creators to fend off rivals as Trump administration threatens ban
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Taking the reins of a Catholic high school during a pandemic: Shay Boyle steps into president role at Notre Dame
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Talk of the County: Obama ‘disrespectful and callous’ for making political comments at John Lewis funeral
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‘Karen’ the meme, ‘Karen’ the nickname, has become a real problem for real Karens
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After weighing the COVID-19 risks, these college students are heading to campus. ‘I hope it doesn’t get worse.’
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Talk of the County: Crowded Waukegan beach is ‘breeding ground for the virus’
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Bears training camp storylines: Anthony Miller’s direct challenge, a long-awaited return to practice and John DeFilippo’s quarterback outlook
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Goose Island’s 2020 Bourbon County lineup announced — but amid coronavirus, crowds for release may be less than stout
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My worst moment: Gillian Jacobs and stairs are not a good combo
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Talk of the County: Not showing ‘common courtesy’ to Barr evidence of how Democratic Party ‘hates America’
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Sharon Stone writes memoir that doesn’t ‘pull any punches’
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Employers face payroll tax dilemma — should they withhold FICA money? — after Trump delays due date
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Talk of the County: ‘Trump is an idiot who knows nothing about democracy, honesty, religion or humanity’
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Kelly Clarkson filling in for Simon Cowell on ‘America’s Got Talent’ as he recovers from broken back
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EPA denies public comment extension for plan to delist East Chicago lead contamination superfund site
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Report: Amazon and mall developer scoping out J.C. Penney, Sears stores for fulfillment centers
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Court order halts development at Willow and Pfingsten roads in Glenview after trees improperly removed
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How many people died of COVID-19 contracted in New York nursing homes? We don’t know.
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Lake County buzzing about endangered bee discovery
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Speak Out: Looters don’t represent a movement, they’re criminals
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Teme por su vida tras poner al descubierto el programa de dopaje ruso
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La serie de animación de X-Men resucitará en Disney+
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Northfield resident, Northwestern graduate co-host kids science show coming to Disney Plus
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Contagios globales de coronavirus superan los 20 millones
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Duneland bumps school start date to Aug. 25; sets hybrid in-person plan
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Angelina Jolie asks for private judge to be removed in divorce case with Brad Pitt
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La respuesta de Trump a todos los problemas: Más Trump
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Local scores for Northwest Indiana
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Dos técnicos sudamericanos se disputan la corona de la MLS
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Lake Forest villa with coach house, wine cellar: $2.8M
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Garage fire destroys two cars in Park Ridge
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ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor still discharging excess ammonia, group says
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Rusia, el primer país en registrar oficialmente una vacuna contra el coronavirus
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Column: The Big Ten has morphed into the Wild West, giving new commissioner Kevin Warren the challenge of a lifetime
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The ‘summer slide’ was tough before COVID-19, but getting kids in back-to-school mode is extra tough this year. Here are some tips to get you started.
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Ed Perkins on travel: Force Majeure for consumers — maybe
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Beirut ante desastre humanitario por explosiones
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Opposition candidate leaves Belarus, reads prepared statement on video: In clear distress, declares herself a ‘weak woman’
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La pandemia altera el suministro de medicinas contra el sida
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A new look at a great doc: ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’ and a visit to the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival
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¿Cómo es ser mujer en el Congreso de EEUU?
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Uber, Lyft drivers are employees, not independent contractors, California judge rules
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WMVP-AM 1000 puts David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood in the morning drive and picks up Mike Greenberg’s new ESPN radio show
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Column: Dallas Keuchel called out his White Sox teammates for lax play. And if they want to contend, they had better heed his words.
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Countdown to football: Blaze Cano-led Hanover Central ranked No. 10 in the preseason by the Post-Tribune
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Gary girl, 4, shot herself in the foot: police
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Here’s how colleges across Chicago are preparing for the school year
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Demandarán a la policía por arrestar a un niño
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Marvel reanuda los rodajes de Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier y Hawkeye
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Sharon Stone ‘no se guarda nada’ en libro de memorias
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Column: A runaway pug, a new privacy fence and a neighborly realization
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Girl, 11, had ‘devastating terminal illness.’ Her dad killed her in murder-suicide, cops say.
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Community news
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Chicago firefighters, Lightfoot agree on tentative short-term contract with $95 million in back pay
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Macy’s hit with privacy lawsuit over alleged use of controversial facial recognition software
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Southtowners: Father Perez Knights of Columbus awards scholarships
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Trump teases a Gettysburg convention speech. Experts say it’s an ethics breach.
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Russia says it has registered a COVID-19 vaccine and one of Vladimir Putin’s daughters has been inoculated
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Commentary: What’s a derecho? All about the storm that hit the Chicago area
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What to stream: Horror films perfect for the Zoom era
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Crisis respite center, hospital transition program coming to Leyden Family Service in Franklin Park
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Con el oro olímpico arrancó su calvario
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‘Boys State’ review: A riveting documentary introducing teenagers to politics
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Ridgewood High School students will learn remotely, with some onsite services
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Luxury townhouses to replace vacant church in Elmwood Park
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Family of 7 displaced by fire that moved from outdoor grill to house, Naperville fire official says
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Disabato: Monday turns into a whole new ballgame as Southland coaches realize ‘it’s strange without football at this time’
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Jamelle Bouie column: How to foil Trump’s election night strategy
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A Mies van der Rohe building at IIT gets a vibrant update
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Madelyn Ducre, longtime Evanston social justice activist, dead at 77
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Bret Stephens column: Susan Rice was a diplomatic disaster
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Paul Krugman column: Trump sends in the economic quacks
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Daddy Yankee rompe sus propios récords ‘Con Calma’
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Summer jobs for young people are vanishing with the pandemic
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Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: Never a dull moment in Trump world
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Peak viewing for the Perseid meteor shower is Tuesday night. Here’s how to watch.
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District 203 news: Fricke to serve as interim principal of Jefferson Junior High; math teacher, preschool win awards
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Lake Bluff Park District names new executive director
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In the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns, a troubling surge in homicides
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Trump: Some men are ‘insulted’ that Joe Biden promised to select a woman as his running mate
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Chicago’s Shonda Rhimes is telling timely new stories. This time, they’re podcasts
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DePaul narrows its search for Jean Lenti Ponsetto’s replacement as athletic director
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El formato actual de la Champions vale la pena
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College students torn between returning to campus, learning from home; many will share a room or bathroom
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Fewer airline passengers, but a higher rate of illegal guns in carry-on bags
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How Chicago chefs, even Michelin-starred ones, are embracing the walk-up window during pandemic
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Everdine’s Grilled Cheese Co. in downtown Naperville closes temporarily after employee tests positive for COVID-19
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Naperville natives Kayla Sharples and Zoey Goralski make first career pro starts for Chicago Red Stars: ‘It was great to get that experience.’
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Unusual ‘derecho’ storms rip through Midwest
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For doctors of color, microaggressions are all too familiar
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‘World’s Toughest Race’: Meet the Illinois athletes competing on Amazon series hosted by Bear Grylls
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Inmigración arresta a un padre y la comunidad escolar sale en apoyo
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Scenes from a biker rally, undaunted by the virus
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Scenes from a biker rally, undaunted by the virus
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District 181 Board member calls out board for not voting on in-person option for starting school
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Thousands without power in western suburbs Tuesday morning after storm
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Indianapolis warns fines coming for virus rules violations
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Stephen Curry has ‘major FOMO’ in life outside the NBA bubble
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Puerto Rico: Gobernadora demanda a la comisión electoral
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Helen Jaworski happy that her daughter Anna will follow in her volleyball footsteps at Southern Illinois: ‘It’s very special.’
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Last month Boeing sold zero airliners and customers canceled orders for 43 of its 737 Max jets
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Delta Air Lines bought an oil refinery. It didn’t go as planned.
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Speak Out reader opinion: COVID-19 being spread at churches, ruining the economy, being exaggerated and other opinions
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Column: Protesters? Sorry, they look like thieves to me
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Should a study on pesticides affect our use of them?
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Quickly
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Lake County Council approves nearly $1.5 million in overtime transfers for 3 departments due to vacancies, COVID
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Comings & Goings: Tin Fish seafood restaurant closes
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Man held on $1M bond in Englewood shooting that allegedly sparked looting in downtown Chicago
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Indian Prairie builds five days into 2020-21 calendar to give teachers time to plan for remote learning
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St. Xavier and St. Francis football coaches put positive spin on move to spring: ‘You have to make the best of a bad situation.’
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Armstrong: Oswego’s Cole Kiesewetter calls it quits after being diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome at Northern Michigan. And he has something to say about that.
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Lake County cleans up Tuesday after storm the day before topples trees, knocks out power
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Column: Mies van der Rohe’s workhorse tower gets a vibrant remake as a dorm at Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology
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30 wing recipes for football season
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Bryan Cranston explains why starring in ‘Contagion’ gave him false confidence before coronavirus crisis
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Todo listo para el ‘Final Eight’ de la Champions en Lisboa
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Spin electric scooters rolled out
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How each state is planning for the November elections
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Vuelca autobús en carretera en México, 13 muertos
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Maluma y CNCO actuarán en los Premios MTV
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Biden leads Trump by 5 points among likely voters in Wisconsin: Marquette poll
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Plans for Uptown Park Ridge apartment building withdrawn, could be resubmitted for September hearing, official says
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Más de 900 trabajadores de salud han muerto por covid-19 en EEUU
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10-year-old girl and her family know all about wearing masks and social distancing following second heart transplant
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Argentina está en el peor momento de la pandemia
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Burlington Central’s Elana Wells and Dundee-Crown’s Alyssa Crenshaw commit to college within a day of each other: ‘I’m happy for her.’
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‘The U.S. won’t be the locomotive’ as the world economy tries to recover from COVID-19
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‘Es lo más aterrador que pudo pasarnos’
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Welcome back to the Champions League. Please maintain social distance.
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Elmwood Park holds Taste and Tunes celebration
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UE no enviará observadores a elección de Venezuela
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Fire at Hunter Panels causes minimal damage, no injuries
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After a flop, Amazon makes another foray into video games
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Former Country Club Hills school administrator claims district rescinded employment offer as she battled COVID-19: lawsuit
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Ya tiene fecha Scorsese para empezar a rodar ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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November advisory referendum to give Wilmette voters a chance to weigh in on cannabis sales
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These microbes may have survived 100 million years beneath the seafloor
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Amazon satellites add to astronomers’ worries about the night sky
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Grandes Ligas ya piensa en una burbuja para los playoffs
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43% of Republicans in Wisconsin back mask mandate, compared to 93% of Democrats: Marquette poll
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Commentary: ‘Kindergarten Cop’ got yanked from a drive-in film schedule. Can ‘Naked Gun’ be safe?
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Most Americans won’t be able to get a coronavirus vaccine until well into 2021
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Additional safety procedures await staff, students when Concordia and Dominican universities reopen this month
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Thousands in Northwest Indiana with widespread power outages after storm; Sparta Dome flattened
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Glencoe District 35 students will attend half days under approved school reopening plan
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EEUU, el eslabón débil contra el coronavirus
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El destierro o vivir con miedo, la única salida de las familias acosadas por el narco en Michoacán
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Auto review: Despite its name, 2021 Kia K5 is one superb sedan
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Biden selecciona a Kamala Harris como compañera de fórmula para elección presidencial
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In the wake of controversial Englewood shooting, Mayor Lightfoot says all Chicago police officers dealing with public need to have body cameras
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Batalla campal entre Astros y Atléticos ya tiene duras sanciones (VIDEO)
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Republican candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s 2nd District abruptly drops out following his domestic violence arrest late Monday; arrest warrant details alleged assault of ex-girlfriend
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Emilio Lozoya señala a Peña Nieto por sobornos
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Despite the coronavirus, the Blackwell family reunion continues — 112 years and counting
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Pac-12 joins Big Ten in pulling the plug on its fall football season
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Auto review: Despite its name, 2021 Kia K5 is one superb sedan
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What to do when retiring during the coronavirus pandemic
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Cadillac debuts all-electric Lyriq crossover
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Aurora looks at fixing drainage issues
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Pets of the week
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Does the Singer Heavy Duty Sewing Machine live up to its name?
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The best BBQ grill of 2020
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The best Bluetooth speaker of 2020
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The best breakfast sandwich maker
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Stevenson grad Jack Sorenson and Deerfield grad Josh Maize react to ‘crushing blow’ after Mid-American Conference cancels football season; Big Ten, Pac-12 follow
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The best drug test of 2020
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The best educational poster
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Traffic on Porter County’s website increases in times of COVID-19; ‘The public is watching very closely’
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What is the best hemorrhoid cream of 2020?
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Cadillac debuts all-electric Lyriq crossover
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This project is trying to reverse gentrification by bringing people back to Seattle’s Central District
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Top 10 highest paid actors of 2020 revealed, with No. 1 earning eye-popping $87.5 million
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‘Zurdo’ López, extécnico de Maradona, sufre infarto
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Millennial Money: How we renegotiated our bills to cut costs
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New Trier alumni ask high school to move to remote learning, say in-person classes are ‘too great a gamble’ given COVID-19 risk
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Column: There is no ‘other side’ to looting. It hurts everyone and should be condemned by all.
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Column: Black Lives Matter’s racial justice message vs. ‘law and order’
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Bears waive kicker Ramiz Ahmed — an indication Eddy Pineiro’s job appears safe
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Letters: Outrage doesn’t justify looting and destruction
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Aldermen criticize slow pace of Chicago police reform, want cops to answer for future moves
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‘I was expecting it to be worse’: Storm largely spares area
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Cedar bridge house in Connecticut hovers 50 feet above ground
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Growth of new COVID-19 cases trending downward in some suburbs, increasing in others, new data shows
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Column: What Kamala Harris reveals about Joe Biden
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College-bound freshmen ready to have atypical experience in a COVID-19 world: ‘I don’t want to start an outbreak’
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Kane County emergency director takes photo of funnel cloud off Interstate 88
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What is a pandemic pod?
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Big Ten postpones the 2020 football season — becoming the first Power Five conference to suspend fall sports
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For the custodial staff in High School District 218, cleaning procedures take on renewed importance
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White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson returns from the injured list while infielder Leury Garcia is shelved with a sprained left thumb
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Corrections and clarifications
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Gary to reopen beaches Friday at reduced capacity
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Lake County to see census enumerators increased as count approaches last six weeks
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Elgin to offer Kids Club for parents who need daytime child care, e-learning assistance when U-46 school starts
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Hammond elementary teachers demonstrate against state’s planned funding cuts over in-person learning
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Skokie Public Library renovation slightly delayed due to COVID-19 closures; curbside pickups continue
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Funeral services announced for Elias Valdez, 15, as investigation into his Glenview stabbing death continues
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Police: Chicago man facing attempted murder charges after accusations he shot father, son during May home invasion in Oak Park
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Fiscal no procesará arrestos menores por protestas en Portland
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Elgin Bike Hub opens downtown shop to sell refurbished bicycles and make repairs
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Commentary: The high-tech Jim Crow era: How your data is being weaponized
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Elgin News Digest
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After COVID-19 delay, Chris Rock-led season of FX’s ‘Fargo’ to premiere Sept. 27
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Kane County records another 507 COVID-19 cases in the last week
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Mbappé llega entre algodones al duelo ante Atalanta
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Chicago police boss David Brown’s time in Dallas included defusing a tense city after a police shooting, something he did not repeat Sunday
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Column: Study Circles returning next month to put focus on race relations
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Getting pickled: 7 recipes that don’t use cucumbers
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Editorial: After Chicago’s latest crisis, a request: Support local businesses. They need you.
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Lake Forest mansion of philanthropist Nancy Hughes, late wife of filmmaker John Hughes, sells for $2.9 million
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‘A smoking gun’: Scientists have confirmation of infectious coronavirus retrieved from hospital air
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With festival canceled due to COVID-19, Northbrook Days raffle carries on
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District 204 moving to remote learning block schedules for middle and high schools this fall
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CPS will reduce funding for school resource officers by half and won’t pay for police while schools are closed for remote learning
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Body found in Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor identified as 15-year-old from DePaul College Prep
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State police investigating wrong-way fatal crash on Interstate 80/94
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Column: No more ‘Bachelor’ analogies and other hopes for the media’s Kamala Harris coverage
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Illinois Supreme Court consolidates lawsuits challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus orders
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After Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s ‘quite shocked’ President Trump hadn’t weighed in on Chicago looting, he repeats offer to send federal help
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Jason Kipnis has to ‘keep it safe’ in his return to Cleveland with the Cubs, especially after 2 Indians pitchers broke COVID-19 protocols
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Standing up for himself, ‘Hamilton’ star Leslie Odom Jr. reveals he almost walked away from movie version over pay equity
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Worldwide coronavirus cases top 20 million, doubling in six weeks
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Second stimulus check updates: What’s keeping Washington from a coronavirus relief deal, explained
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Pritzker’s rule to penalize businesses that don’t enforce face mask rule withstands GOP challenge in legislative panel vote
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The Spin: Biden bypasses Tammy Duckworth, picks Kamala Harris as his veep | Gov. Pritzker wins legislative, court battles over COVID-19 orders | Cook County GOP sues over mail-in ballot expansion
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Cubs manager David Ross stretches his acting legs in new Jim Beam commercial: ‘It was just a good opportunity’
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Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, passes over Sen. Tammy Duckworth
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened on Aug. 11 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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White Sox teammates embrace Dallas Keuchel’s message as a ‘full-team kind of gut check’
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Downtown Chicago access restricted from 9 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday
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Column: The Big Ten’s difficult — but wise decision — to postpone the football season is a victory for science and for compassion
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: Ex-VP and California senator are Democrats who will take on Trump and Pence
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Photos: White Sox 8, Tigers 4
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5 overtimes. 146 saves — including a playoff-record 85 by 1 goaltender. It added up to a 3-2 Game 1 win for the Lightning against the Blue Jackets.
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Here’s how to make sure your mail-in ballot gets counted in South Florida
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Photos: Cubs 7, Indians 1
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Ilhan Omar defeats well-funded primary challenger in Minnesota primary
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Residents and protesters clash at rally in Englewood
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on California Sen. Kamala Harris as VP pick: ‘This is not a woman to be trifled with’
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Eloy Jimenez drives in 4 as the White Sox beat the Tigers 8-4 to snap a 3-game losing streak
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Cubs return from layoff with a 7-1 victory over the Indians behind Jason Heyward’s 4 RBIs