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- Daily horoscope for January 1, 2021
- Ask Amy: ‘Stella’s’ groove brings out the family creep
- After 2020, New Year’s resolutions might look different for 2021. Experts suggest taking it a little easier on yourself.
- At Palos Heights school, an everyday hero ensures student safety, fiscal responsibility
- A pandemic’s cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor, people of color
- Flashback: ‘What’s on the other side?’ The Tribune’s New Year’s editions reflect the many mood swings of a city.
- When will you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Illinois health systems may use electronic medical records to reach patients in next phases.
- ‘A great run’: Northwestern hopes to send defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz out on a winning note after 51 years in college football. The Wildcats face Auburn eyeing a 4th straight bowl victory.
- Column: Notre Dame has won a long list of legendary bowl games in Texas, but a Rose Bowl win over Alabama might top them all
- Phyllis McGuire, last of singing McGuire Sisters, dies in Vegas at 89
- This day in history, January 1: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
- Week 17 predictions: Can the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers and punch their ticket to the playoffs?
- How to pick the right portable heater for your space so you can save on your energy bill
- ‘Not a lot of sleep this week’: For Chuck Pagano and the Chicago Bears defense, slowing Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers will be a monumental challenge
- Hollywood steps up its role in Georgia Senate races. Will it help or hurt?
- A history of the Cheetah in ‘Wonder Woman’
- The secret to longevity? 4-minute bursts of intense exercise may help
- The gospel of hydrogen power
- Is this the end of the mink coat?
- Life without Amazon (well, almost)
- Hit hard by the pandemic, Mexico’s drug cartels tweaked their playbook
- Can Jeff Koons teach me to paint?
- From Kobe to LeBron: Tragedy and triumph in the NBA
- 25 days that changed the world: How COVID-19 slipped China’s grasp
- Working from bed is actually great
- Speak Out reader opinion: People in need would make good use of $2,000 check
- Darvish se enteró por Twitter que se va de los Cubs
- La dura batalla por más ética en los sitios de sexo en la red
- Naperville council to consider allowing more marijuana-related businesses
- NFL se enfila a imponer récord de puntos en temporada 2020
- AMLO busca en consulta popular despenalizar el aborto en México
- ‘Inexcusable’: Sen. Mitt Romney slams fed’s COVID vaccine rollout
- Janet Yellen, Biden’s pick to lead Treasury, made over $7 million in speaking fees from companies she could regulate
- Guest column: State of the City address needed to embrace reality of the many issues Gary faces
- Holiday party for elderly leads to 27 COVID-19 deaths in Belgium nursing home
- Freezing rain, ice, possible snow in store for New Year’s Day weather: ‘Everybody needs to be careful out there.’
- Ohio governor signs bill requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains
- Ambulances wait for hours, gift shops become overflow wards as California hospitals buckle under COVID-19’s weight
- Latino Muslim group works to bridge communities in Chicago. ‘We need as a city to remember what it is to be human.’
- While ringing in the New Year, Mariah Carey flubs lyrics to ‘Auld Lang Syne’
- Column: George McCaskey’s voice is the only one that matters when it comes to Ryan Pace’s and Matt Nagy’s futures. Will Sunday’s result factor into the Chicago Bears chairman’s thinking?
- Off-duty Chicago cop involved in shooting on the city’s West Side
- Column: 2021 New Year Predictions: Trump forms his own country (Scamsylvania) and pants are outlawed.
- Georgia hands Cincinnati its 1st loss with a 53-yard field goal to win the Peach Bowl 24-21
- Appeals court vacates order delaying execution for only woman on federal death row
- EEUU alcanza los 20 millones de casos de coronavirus
- México: Se complica conseguir oxígeno ante repunte de COVID
- Embattled Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan gets backing for reelection from majority of Latinx Caucus
- David Bakhtiari, the Green Bay Packers’ Pro Bowl left tackle, suffers a season-ending knee injury in practice
- Se prohíbe en México uso de recipientes y otros desechables
- Silencio en Times Square para recibir el nuevo año
- Congress overrode Trump’s veto. The president’s response? ‘Pathetic!!!’
- ‘The other half of my soul’: Widows of COVID-19 bond over sudden loss
- Oklahoma begins Tulsa race massacre centennial remembrance
- Citrus Bowl photos: Northwestern 35, Auburn 19
- 58-year-old man fatally shot in Bronzeville
- Fourth person arrested in connection to slain retired Chicago firefighter
- Prosecutors allege Midlothian man beat mail carrier he accused of pepper-spraying stepson
- Maverick and Madelyn: Newborn babies greet the new year at Chicago-area hospitals
- Chandler Hutchison tests positive for COVID-19 and remains in Washington, while three other Bulls players head back to Chicago to quarantine
- Cook County recorded more gun homicides in 2020 than any other year
- 1 killed, 2 injured in South Austin drive-by shooting; at least 11 shot so far in New Year
- Northwestern beats Auburn 35-19 in the Citrus Bowl for its 4th straight bowl victory — and win No. 400 for retiring defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz
- GOP torn over Trump’s Electoral College challenge of Biden
- Man killed, another wounded in shooting on Aurora’s East Side
- Britain opts for mix-and-match vaccinations, confounding experts
- Alvin Kamara goes on the reserve/COVID-19 list and might have to sit out the New Orleans Saints’ playoff opener
- In scathing Facebook post, GOP senator calls colleagues ‘arsonists’ over plot to challenge election, accuses Trump of bilking supporters