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- White Sox lead in AL Central back down to 2 games after Twins hit 3 homers in a 5-1 victory
- Daily horoscope for September 17, 2020
- Javier Baez’s bases-loaded single in the 10th gives the Cubs a 3-2 win over the Indians in what might have been Jon Lester’s final start at Wrigley Field
- Trump and Biden: Two profiles in cowardice on marijuana
- Elijah Cummings endured ‘pure pain’ from Trump’s Twitter attacks, Maryland congressman writes in posthumous book
- Some like it not. A Rosh Hashanah honey cake for the less enthusiastic
- Column: If the little things get to you, then you’re probably a voter
- New ‘Wish’ program brings memories of Old World to life at Tinley Park facility
- Ask Amy: Husband speaks Welsh, wife says “na”
- Remote learning, in school? Some suburban public schools closed by COVID-19 have reopened for e-learning supervision — at a price to taxpaying parents.
- Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett tie for top prize at ACM awards, Taylor Swift performs
- Daywatch: Trump clashes with CDC on vaccine timeline, some schools open for e-learning supervision and the city’s most Instagrammable rentals
- Aurora’s approval of new riot gear further energizes the city’s political debate over police reform
- ‘The Nest’ review: a marriage story from the Greed Is Good era, fiercely acted by Carrie Coon and Jude Law
- Oak Lawn Library employees cite safety concerns in forming union
- Deerfield High School worker tests COVID-19 positive days after district extended remote learning
- Man charged after Markham family members find severed head, body parts in his duffel bags
- Stanley Crouch, contentious man of letters, dead at 74
- Chinese viewers pan Disney’s new ‘Mulan’ as inauthentic
- Behind the scenes at the ACM Awards 2020
- 10 questions about Big Ten football’s return, from the schedule to player opt-outs to the Trump factor
- Police: Chicago teens traveled to Niles and Morton Grove to steal taxi, burglarize unlocked cars
- Man shot, another stabbed in separate attacks in downtown Chicago overnight
- Pictures: Hurricane Sally
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Sept. 16 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Three men charged with sex crimes against children: Gary, Merrillville and Portage men named
- COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US, even as unemployment claims fall
- Texas man sentenced to prison for stalking Taylor Swift
- Opportunity, solidarity and stability represented in Grayslake’s new village flag
- Republican nominee for US Senate in Delaware has repeatedly promoted QAnon conspiracy theory, once called self ‘flat earther’
- New box set has trove of rare, unreleased Elton John songs
- Baby Yoda — and ‘The Mandalorian’ — won an Emmy
- Look but don’t touch rules pandemic precautions for St. John farmers market: ‘We just have to be more clean’
- From savory to sweet, 45 amazing apple recipes
- Chicago Tribune Print Books
- Chicago designer Sheila Rashid collaborates with H&M on collection to highlight the importance of voting
- El Bayern confirma el traspaso de Thiago Alcántara al Liverpool
- Lincoln Park ZooLights will go on, but with a new, $5 charge
- Will the Pac-12 follow the Big Ten in a return to playing college football this season?
- After Hurricane Sally, rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers
- Film ‘Antebellum’ se centra en los horrores de la esclavitud
- Hallan restos de Novichok donde se hospedó Navalny
- Outdoors column: ‘Tis the season of yellow
- The Kitchn: Warm, gooey caprese pizza rolls are a dinner win
- Beyoncé’s mother says spelling of daughter’s name came from a birth certificate error – which was not fixed due to racism
- Big Ten battlegrounds: With football reversal, will Trump score with Midwest voters?
- Put down the box mix and make tall, fluffy pancakes in minutes
- Chicago’s Dr. Ian Smith is the new solo host of ‘The Doctors’ TV show
- An end-of-the-season sweet, savory and showstopping watermelon salad
- Amazon plans to put 1,000 warehouses in neighborhoods
- Trump contradice a expertos y dice que habrá vacunas pronto
- How does a PA announcer address an empty stadium? The new Chicago Bears voice will try to ‘make it feel pretty normal for those watching on TV.’
- Lake County local scores for Friday, Sept. 18
- Gail Collins column: Presidentially, two parties is plenty
- ‘Los Vengadores’: así se juega al nuevo videojuego de superhéroes
- NFL Week 2 predictions: NYT’s picks against the spread
- Speak Out reader opinion: Kneeling and protests at Bears game was wrong
- Austriacos responden a Trump: No, no vivimos en bosques
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Friday, Sept. 18
- Misma pregunta en Italia: ¿alguien que pare a la Juve?
- So you moved during the pandemic. Now how do you vote?
- Daily Southtown local scores and schedules for Friday, Sept. 18
- In the Big Ten, football gets to play by its own rules
- Después de Sally: rescate, recuperación y ríos crecidos
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Friday, Sept. 18
- Concept plan for senior living project approved in Oswego
- Best Halloween costumes of 2020
- The best bonsai starter kit
- The best eye drop for pink eye
- Elton John anuncia amplia colección de canciones inéditas
- The best men’s sun shirts
- The best smart light switch
- The best women’s soccer cleat
- Candace Parker wants you to know she’s not done yet
- Hobart votes against 2021 raises for municipal workers, elected officials
- No Charmin, but Petalo: Pandemic shortages put Mexican toilet paper in US stores
- 42 Wisconsin football players and staff members — 29 since Sept. 1 — test positive for COVID-19 as the Big Ten prepares for its season
- Wilson y Newton ponen en juego su paso perfecto
- Gig work is risky for apps, too
- ‘Melrose Place’ actress headed back to prison for 2010 crash
- AMLO considera un ‘éxito’ el sorteo del avión
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Today’s Berlin: Freedom’s victory dance
- Motormouth: An elusive owner’s manual
- Obama publicará su libro de memorias en noviembre
- Warren Township High School tweaking plans for limited November return of students to class
- Girls swimming notes: Returning state qualifier Hayley Bogdan calls it ‘a good bar to set,’ wants to come up big again for Lockport
- Americans keep spending, but growth of retail sales slows
- GM’s Barra talks flying cars and transforming the automaker
- Car sales need more than just a tax reform push
- Which NFL teams will have fans attending games in 2020? A team-by-team look at the policies.
- Americans keep spending, but growth of retail sales slows
- ¿Cuáles son las normas para mascarillas en las escuelas?
- A zooming career makes a new stop
- Column: McAninch Arts Center streaming fall season, Jim Brickman NCC show offer something new to see
- Martha Stewart, blissed out on CBD, is doing just fine
- Girls tennis notes: Homewood-Flossmoor plays it safe and sound with senior Lauren Legardy behind the wheel at No. 1 singles
- A zooming career makes a new stop
- Martha Stewart, blissed out on CBD, is doing just fine
- First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming after Nov. 3 election: ‘My take on what I got right and the mistakes I made’
- Nevada no le cobrará 25 millones de dólares a Google
- It might be virtual, but it’s another music festival: presenting Cold Waves
- Exmodelo acusa a Trump de agresión sexual en 1997
- Column: Why it’s so hard — and so important — to stop bugging kids about chores and snacks while they’re ‘at’ school … in their bedrooms
- Blazes scorch habitats for endangered species
- Aurora set to delay water rate hike
- Her husband abused her. But getting a divorce was an ordeal.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- América abre contra Chivas una apasionante tanda de clásicos
- Recruiting notes: Mundelein senior guard Trey Baker has ’40-year plan,’ and that includes college basketball
- A Civil War political movement reawakens — complete with capes
- With future in place at the University of Alabama, Campbell Petersen renews focus on present for Naperville North: ‘I am happy to race again.’
- At least 3 staff members at school corporations across NWI test positive for COVID-19; students, staff quarantined
- Flowers, fairies and purple peppers highlight Beverly group’s tour of area gardens
- Speak Out reader opinions: Panhandling has to end, teachers are not COVID-19 heroes, politics makes coronavirus vaccine untrustworthy
- Underwood y Rhett comparten el máximo honor en los ACM
- Post-Tribune football rankings and player of the week for Friday, Sept. 18, 2020
- Más de 200 reos desnudos se fugan de una prisión en Uganda
- Coronavirus updates: Infection rates soar in college towns as students return
- Blazes scorch habitats for endangered species
- Her husband abused her. But getting a divorce was an ordeal.
- A Civil War political movement reawakens — complete with capes
- Sweatpants are not forever
- Lincolnshire nixes talk of allowing chicken coops, citing lack of demand: ‘We’re wasting time for just a couple of people’
- Study finds dramatic increases in vaping marijuana, nicotine among young adults
- Luis Suárez aprueba examen de italiano para obtener el pasaporte
- Glenview, Northbrook park district officials examine financial losses from the coronavirus pandemic: ‘There are so many unknowns’
- Ambulancias piratas se aprovechan del coronavirus en México
- New York Fashion Week: Diversity is a movement, not a moment
- Local author, OPRF grad to discuss new book at Oak Park, River Forest public libraries
- After four years, during the worst health crisis in a century, the unkept promise of ‘a great health plan’ may be catching up to President Trump
- ‘Serious injury’ crash involving motorcycle shuts outbound Kennedy Expressway at Addison
- Miles en EEUU optan por crear una empresa en plena pandemia
- Column: Mourning amid a pandemic’s restrictions creates a cruel paradox: ‘I am slowly finding peace’
- Joliet Junior College kicks off theater season with ‘The Ulysses Blanket: A Zoom Play’
- Quique Setién denuncia al Barcelona por incumplimiento de contrato
- Lew Wallace could face wrecking ball next year
- AMLO promete pagar deuda de agua a EEUU
- One world, many voices reflected in online edition of Chicago Latino Film Festival
- Un Real Madrid intacto busca revalidar cetro español
- Duneland students begin four-day in-school week soon
- Twisted Sister singer to anti-maskers: Don’t use our song
- Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ to get U.S. release
- Townhouse plan for Little Friends land wins unanimous OK from Naperville plan commission
- Naperville natives back in the pool as Sue Welker takes over as girls swimming coach at Benet and Missy Hines steps in at Metea Valley
- Deporte universitario pudiera ayudar con regreso a Trump
- How Nick Kokonas pivoted hard at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, launching Tock to Go and other innovations
- Community news: South suburban mentoring group donates school supplies for students in need
- From 79,000 jobs lost to 48,000 cups of milk tea delivered, the numbers show coronavirus pandemic has affected Chicago dining six months in
- Health care workers remember colleague
- Lake coroner wants adjustments to ’21 budget; says COVID-19 rules bring need for more space
- Indian Head Park hosts movie in the park Saturday evening
- Netflix atrae a Japón con nueva serie sobre periodista
- NIRPC to apply for part of IU climate change study
- Attorney General William Barr under fire over comparison of coronavirus lockdown to slavery
- Legacy Foundation, Indiana Black Expo team up for COVID-19 small business grant program
- Shooting outside Wisconsin apartment complex leaves 4 hurt
- Man shot in leg during road rage dispute in Lake Forest, police say
- Liga de béisbol invernal en México vuelve con aficionados
- FBI Director Chris Wray says antifa is an ideology, not an organization — testimony that puts him at odds with President Trump
- ‘We need baseball’: Former Kane County Cougars announcer Wayne Randazzo brings road games to life for the New York Mets
- Chinese viewers pan Disney’s new ‘Mulan’ as inauthentic
- Z Proto points toward future of Nissan Z sports cars
- First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17
- Hyundai offering gas, hybrid models on 2022 Tucson
- Fact check: Joe Biden distorts President Trump’s words on coronavirus ‘hoax’
- Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Cheryl B. Engelhardt
- ‘Sigh of relief’: Sally spares a Mississippi gator ranch
- Ciudad de México ve discriminación en medidas anti COVID-19
- Under lockdown, Israel faces bitter start of Jewish New Year
- Football notes: 10 storylines from the first half of the season in Northwest Indiana
- Column: Members of the Cubs’ struggling core can decide their futures in the next few weeks — or they could face their final hurrah with no fans to salute them
- Cards Against Humanity sells Chicago Board Game Cafe; restaurant will reopen next month under new name
- Gareth Bale y Sergio Reguilón pasan reconocimiento médico con el Tottenham
- Kansas City Chiefs fan who attended season opener tests positive for COVID-19. 10 others told to quarantine.
- When will you be able to get a coronavirus vaccine? Scientists say one thing, President Trump another. Here is what we know.
- ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ with Heidi Schreck is coming to Amazon Prime
- Under lockdown, Israel faces bitter start of Jewish New Year
- Child protection supervisor pleads not guilty to child endangerment in death of 5-year-old AJ Freund
- La nueva fascinación por el ajedrez en vivo (sí, el ajedrez)
- NY vuelve a aplazar el inicio de las clases presenciales
- Editorial: Hurrah for Big Ten football (with sensible precautions)
- Mano dura contra detenidos en manifestaciones en EEUU
- Waukegan man sentenced to 60 years for killing woman who was ramming SUV into his car
- Purdue Northwest opens the David Roberts Center for Innovation and Design
- Monja corre maratón en cinta en el sótano de su convento
- Lady Gaga opens up about pressures of becoming a superstar; says she used to think about suicide ‘every day’
- Six Chicago pizzerias make Daily Meal’s list of the 101 best pizzas in America — including Pequod’s at No. 2
- Column: It’s all doom and gloom in Illinois — but we do have the power to fix some of our problems
- Striking workers accuse University of Illinois at Chicago of violating city’s minimum wage law
- Kanye West se orina sobre un Grammy
- Pandemia perturbó planes de promotor de voto latino en EEUU
- Wisconsin senator exposed to COVID-19, cancels appearance with Trump
- Commentary: The Breonna Taylor settlement is part of the solution
- Commentary: Who’s ready for a trade show? Poll shows there’s hope for McCormick Place and other halls.
- Cinéfilos chinos encuentran la nueva ‘Mulán’ poco auténtica
- Column: Jewish faithful in Fox Valley finding ways to celebrate tradition during non-traditional times
- Letters: Let’s talk taxes
- ‘Desus & Mero’ renewed for third season on Showtime
- When can I shred this check? Answers to online banking FAQ?
- Secretario de Justicia de EEUU compara encierros por pandemia con esclavitud
- Presidente del Barcelona afronta moción de censura
- Gary mayor appoints 14 to commission on police reform; Black Lives Matter rep gets seat at the table
- Jill On Money: Six financial lessons from six months of COVID-19
- Salvation Army’s Red Kettle drive in Elgin starts 2 months early as officials brace for huge need increase
- Interpersonal Edge: How do I start solving big problems?
- Grayling Gordon hired as boys basketball coach at East Chicago Central: ‘It’s always exciting to be back home.’
- Daniel Biss, former state senator and gubernatorial candidate, announces run for Evanston mayor
- ‘If someone with experience can’t get this license, who can?’ Pritzker’s team to meet with critics of marijuana licensing process
- Ask Anna: On dating ruts, reading between the lines, and dealing with annoying exes
- Facing gaping city budget hole, Lightfoot administration may consider leaving some Chicago police jobs unfilled next year
- Column: Taxing bodies should spend money locally, Frankfort business owner tells village, school boards
- En marcha la serie sobre el rodaje de El Padrino
- ‘If someone with experience can’t get this license, who can?’ Illinois governor’s team to meet with critics of marijuana licensing process.
- Denuncian esterilizaciones a mujeres bajo custodia de ICE
- Rosh Hashanah celebrations in NWI differ amid pandemic
- Do you actually need to wipe down everything to protect yourself from COVID-19?
- Goodman’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ one of many holiday shows to be streamed, not live this season
- Florence Pugh: ‘Viuda Negra es una película sobre el abuso a las mujeres’
- Sept. 17, 2020: White Sox clinch first playoff spot since 2008 with 4-3 win against the Twins
- Gulf between President Trump and doctors on mask wearing gets wider
- Juez bloquea cambios que lentifican al correo en EEUU
- OPINIÓN/La ‘Maldición de los Clippers’ sigue viva
- EEUU: Medio millón de hogares son de matrimonios gay
- ‘Abortion is healthcare’ billboards across Chicagoland remind people that Medicaid covers the medical procedure
- Read the child pornography charges against Netflix star Jerry Harris of ‘Cheer’
- Lev Parnas, Rudy Giuliani associate, faces new federal fraud charges
- Tour historic La Grange homes online
- Naperville ATM ripped open and cash stolen: police
- Justice Dept. explored whether feds could bring charges against Portland, Oregon officials over unrest during protests
- Kesha leads ‘Team Joe Sings’ concert series in support of Biden/Harris ticket
- Aurora tennis facility looks to build outdoor courts
- US attorney John Lausch issues guidance for House committee investigating Speaker Michael Madigan
- Jerry Harris, star of Netflix show ‘Cheer,’ appears in federal court in Chicago on charges of producing child pornography
- Cook County Board of Ethics appoints new chair after previous two ousted amid earlier shakeups
- DuPage coroner reports 23% increase in suicides in first 6 months of 2020, suggests link to isolation during pandemic
- When time and need collide, a Naperville Christmas ornament business results
- Man killed in Albany Park, seventh person shot within blocks of one another in last three days
- 4 things we learned from Chicago Bears coordinators, including Chuck Pagano saying the defense didn’t do its job against the Lions and Akiem Hicks missing practice with an illness
- Former Northwestern All-American Joe Ruklick, who assisted Wilt Chamberlain’s basket that gave him 100 points in an NBA game, dies at 82
- The Chicago Bears’ running back committee performed with purpose in Week 1. Tarik Cohen — a self-described ‘bruising back’ — expects the same against the Giants.
- Column: No champagne spraying for the White Sox after clinching their 1st playoff berth in 12 years, but they deserve to take a bow
- The Spin: Pritzker administration to meet with pot stakeholders | White Sox clinch playoffs, Mayor Lightfoot tweets support | Biss running for Evanston mayor
- White Sox clinch their 1st postseason berth since 2008 with a 4-3 win over the Twins: ‘This moment is really special’
- COVID-19 testing guidance was published against CDC scientists’ objections, officials say
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Sept. 17 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- At town hall, Biden blasts Trump’s downplaying of COVID-19: ‘He knew it and did nothing. It’s close to criminal.’
- Southport Lanes has been a speak-easy, brothel, gambling den and bowling alley. One thing the Lakeview institution is not: A COVID-19 survivor.
- Maple School all-abilities playground completed after input from students
- Federal judge rules against Cook County GOP’s effort to prevent expanded vote-by-mail
- Southport Lanes closes permanently
- Chrissy Teigen accidentally reveals gender of her next baby