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