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- Daily horoscope for January 22, 2021
- Ask Amy: Brother writes unsettling funeral home dispatches
- Column: Joe Biden is the worst president in history and he’s turning my dog into a socialist
- Flashback: A ‘Giant’ of the Negro Leagues: Founder Rube Foster sparked a revolution for elite Black ballplayers
- Column: If Mahomes plays Sunday after a concussion, will we not be entertained?
- Expressway shootings more than doubled in 2020, and victims and advocates are asking why tougher measures aren’t being taken
- What we’re watching: From ‘Walker’ reboot to Brit hit ‘The Sister’
- Daywatch: CPS families grapple with union pushback, Madigan no longer speaker but still ‘Public Official A’ and Chicago’s best hot chocolate
- Bond film ‘No Time to Die,’ other movies, delayed again because of coronavirus
- Dave Chappelle tests positive for COVID-19; shows canceled
- Indiana not yet broadening COVID-19 vaccine eligibility
- Chicago Blackhawks players past and present — including ‘the Grim Reaper’ Stu Grimson — are thrilled to resurrect their division rivalry with the Detroit Red Wings
- OMG, did you see this? A cool light that adds atmosphere with the flip of a switch.
- The Goods: If you fantasize about becoming a morning person, here are 5 great ways to wake up your routine.
- Zion approves child care center, then backtracks because it’s too close to proposed marijuana cultivation center
- This day in history, January 22: The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declares a nationwide constitutional right to abortion
- Restaurants, organizations face new fee as Hobart meets EPA requirement
- Bloomingdale man, 72, charged with sex crimes involving Glenview minor
- Column: Who leaves their car keys unattended in a public place? Someone I envy.
- Man paroled after murdering Chicago cop in 1968 gets life for Northwest Side bank robbery
- Police break up lockdown-flouting wedding with 400 guests in London
- While the Chicago Bears kept Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy, many teams made changes to their front offices. Here are the GM and head coach moves from around the NFL.
- Tim Anderson is happy to have former teammates — and opponents — come to the Chicago White Sox after an active offseason: ‘All those guys are competitive and they are definitely going to help us’
- Committees welcoming suggestions on new names for Waukegan middle schools
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Free speech in the spotlight
- From the 1870s to the 1970s, unique items added to Dunn Museum collection
- Timothy Bradley revela ‘el único problema’ que tiene con ‘Canelo’
- Biden destituye a la cúpula de la Voz de América
- Column: Aurora University grad shows hard work pays off
- No punishment for Chicago cops who handcuffed 10-year-old in 2018
- Un Real Madrid en crisis busca soluciones tras positivo de Zidane
- Schumer: Pelosi enviará acusación a Trump a Senado el lunes
- Jamelle Bouie column: Democracy ‘prevailed’? Survived is more like it.
- David Brooks column: The case for Biden optimism
- Las mejores fotos de la semana en América Latina 15-22 Ene./2021
- Paul Krugman column: The corrupt, the clueless and Joe Biden
- Metropolitan Family Services’ Adoption Support and Preservation program keeps families together
- La pandemia azota a la última entrega de ‘James Bond’
- Speak Out reader opinion: Inauguration made people feel part of history
- Timothy Egan column: A president can govern in poetry
- Ezra Klein column: Democrats, repeat after me: Help people fast
- ‘Muy probablemente’ costó vidas la falta de sinceridad sobre la pandemia bajo Trump: Fauci
- Organizadores ratifican que habrá Juegos en Tokio
- Auto review: Electric or gas? Audi e-tron vs. Audi SQ5
- Theragun Elite review: Can this massage gun provide relief for desk workers and athletes?
- 11 things you didn’t know you could cook in an air fryer
- Senate confirms retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead Pentagon, making him the nation’s first Black secretary of defense
- Best Valentine’s Day presents for him
- District 70 students go back to hybrid
- Best Valentine’s Day presents for your spouse
- Ways to stay motivated during the winter months
- The best UGG slippers for women
- Baseball great Henry “Hank:” Aaron dies at 86
- The best ice hockey stick
- The best survival candle
- The best face mask
- Biden ordena medidas económicas de emergencia
- The best outdoor dog chain
- Chicago police release videos in recent string of carjackings, drive-thru robberies and shootings
- How long does wine last unopened?
- How to winterize a camper
- How to winterize an aboveground pool
- Vida y carrera de Hank Aaron, el verdadero rey de los jonrones de MLB
- The life and career of Hank Aaron, MLB’s true Home Run King
- At least 500 in quarantine across NWI schools; more than 60 active COVID-19 cases reported
- New in-vehicle technology shows we’re using cars ‘as much for living as traveling
- Column: Please stop comparing Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki to ‘The West Wing’s’ C.J. Cregg
- Brady vs. Rodgers: duelo de titanes por un boleto al Super Bowl
- Tyson to settle allegations of chicken price-fixing for $221.5 million
- Busto de César Chávez en despacho de Biden sorprende al hijo del líder sindical
- Preocupa mutación del coronavirus hallada en Washington
- Wisconsin Republicans propose getting rid of mask mandate
- Cinco razones para usar el tapabocas incluso después de ser vacunado
- Senado confirma a general retirado Lloyd Austin al frente del Pentágono
- Teen steals nearly $1 million from Georgia supermarket over two weeks and buys cars and guns, police say
- En ensayos recibieron el placebo; ahora quieren la vacuna real
- Fallece Hank Aaron, leyenda del béisbol
- Amid one pandemic, students train for the next
- Op-ed: The shot heard ’round the world: The polio vaccine relieved our terrified nation
- Amid one pandemic, students train for the next
- Andy Murray pulls out of the Australian Open, saying he’s ‘gutted’ to miss the tournament a little more than a week after testing positive for COVID-19
- America’s salad bowl becomes fertile ground for COVID-19
- Naciones Unidas piden que se garantice inclusión de migrantes en la vacunación
- A killer preyed on older women. Police say he was their neighbor.
- Chicago cop charged in gambling scheme ordered jailed after he allegedly attacked girlfriend
- This week in Naperville
- When will pregnant women have access to the COVID-19 vaccine? Despite their risk, they’re limited by data
- Psaki tries to strike a new tone in the White House briefing room
- He called his song ‘American Anthem.’ It actually became one.
- Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies at 83
- NFL says it is giving free Super Bowl tickets to 7,500 health care workers
- With nod to changing times, new effort seeks to retire Valparaiso University’s Crusader mascot
- Traveling with a purpose: For some, it’s a 2021 resolution
- Traveling with a purpose: For some, it’s a 2021 resolution
- Boston Globe, citing racial equity, may remove names from old stories about ’embarrassments, mistakes or minor crimes’
- Tokyo Olympics officials are ‘focused on hosting’ the Games after a report says the Japanese government is considering cancellation
- Players in a new super league would be barred from the World Cup
- Two teens, 22-year-old man face charges in North Side robberies, Northwest Side car theft, police say
- Op-ed: Still not sure COVID-19 is horrifying? I imagine what it would have been like for my ill parents to die alone.
- $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize a result of long odds, slow sales
- Google’s hot-air balloon project, providing cell service, is closing down
- Pfizer to supply 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for poor countries
- Tormenta invernal en el área de Chicago dejaría 6 pulgadas de nieve o más
- Coronavirus guidelines now the rule at White House
- Nearly 200 seniors, staff at Belmont Village in Oak Park receive COVID-19 vaccine
- MCA Chicago makes first layoffs of the pandemic
- Suburban Cook County moves to ‘extremely limited’ phase 1b of vaccinations on Monday
- Aurora set to delay water, sewer rate hike
- Maine Township Electoral Board removes Republican candidates from ballot after ruling they violated election code
- Most US home sales in 14 years: 6.5 million existing homes changed hands in 2020
- Eat. Watch. Do: Your weekend streaming recs, our favorite hot chocolate and more ways to make life more pleasant
- ‘The King’s Man,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers’ among latest Disney film delays
- ¿Cuán seguro es comer al aire libre este invierno?
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Infertility was a ‘blessing’ for Homer Glen woman who wanted to be a mom. 4 adopted children later, she’s thanking the Chicago-area program that helped her family flourish.
- As COVID-19 deaths increased in Northwest Indiana, so did the need for funeral services: ‘It seemed to just open up like flood gates’
- Op-ed: Who condemned the summer looting? Our university presidents mostly failed us.
- AMC, other movie theaters reopen Friday, with more to come
- Cook County’s plan to resume jury trials uncertain as coronavirus concerns persist
- Column: Trump’s 1776 Report was not the only response to the 1619 Project; pragmatism is the focus of my 1776 Unites essay
- State, Pokagon Band agree on increased gaming options; compact needs legislative, Department of Interior OK
- Column: The eviction moratorium shows the cost of good intentions
- Dry January resolutions difficult with rocky start of 2021
- President Biden orders a review of domestic extremism threat in US
- Retirement community residents in Batavia make desks to help kids learning at home during pandemic
- En México gobiernos estatales y empresas podrán comprar vacunas contra la COVID-19
- Column: ‘Windy City Nanny’ has timely advice for parents struggling to explain our fractured nation: ‘Be the example’
- Tom Brokaw says he’s retiring from NBC News after 55 years
- What is internet stalking and why do we do it?
- Amazon Fresh announces second Chicago-area grocery store opening
- Woman alleges in a lawsuit MMA star Conor McGregor assaulted her
- Un nuevo receptor llega a los Cachorros
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Michael Madigan may no longer be ‘Mr. Speaker,’ but federal corruption probe still looms despite his sidelining
- College notes: Charlie Smith won a state title in cross country at Antioch. Partway through his freshman year, Georgia Tech has won him over.
- Law & Order column: Deputies praised for quick action in treating gunshot victim
- After two-year court fight, DuPage County dog gets the chance to prove he’s not dangerous
- Choosing backgrounds for Zoom meetings can add personality, fun to meetings
- Editorial: Chicago’s other epidemic: A plague of juvenile carjackers
- Duelo de técnicos anima final argentina de la Sudamericana
- East Chicago man gets 20 years for fatal stabbing as teen
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- John Krasinski, Dan Levy, Regina King will host ‘SNL’ as new episodes return
- Community news
- Una Casa Blanca muy distinta: mascarillas y sana distancia
- Column: Longtime Naperville Municipal Band emcee adds wit and charm to her role
- Prepare for pricey burgers: Corn futures surge, pinching cattle supply
- Column: During his lifetime, baseball legend Hank Aaron overcame virulent racism few others have experienced. Billy Williams and Dusty Baker witnessed it firsthand.
- Lele Pons pasa del ojo del huracán a ‘Bubble Gum’
- Sideshow Theatre Company adds new collaborators
- Cuba detecta variante sudafricana de COVID-19
- Lowell woman gets probation after trying to leave overdosed friend’s body in church parking lot
- Chicago Cubs add depth at catcher in signing veteran Austin Romine to a 1-year deal
- With Trump’s Muslim ban revoked, families whose image from O’Hare protest went viral reflect on four years of friendship: ‘We are not so much different’
- Op-ed: A $15 federal minimum wage would be an anchor on struggling businesses
- Photos of National Guard camping in parking garage spark anger as soldiers prepare to head home following inauguration
- La NFL permitirá público en el Super Bowl
- Column: Newly hired Lake Central football coach Rick Good knows the challenge ahead. ‘We need to make our product equal or better than some that are in the building.’
- Biden executive order on immigration gives activists, legislators hope: ‘It’s going to allow for family unity’
- Jose Abreu’s 2020 AL MVP season with the White Sox commemorated with new bobblehead
- Spike in Chicago carjackings mostly due to joyriding young people, police say
- Letters: How we can grow less divisive as a nation
- Four Gurnee-area restaurants continue to defy indoor-dining ban
- City inspector general makes recommendations on search warrants in wake of botched Chicago police raid
- Madres hallan fosa clandestina de Tijuana
- Porter County Democratic Chair to step down: ‘It’s time for someone else to take over’
- With a big round at Pebble Beach, local golfers bring back prize money for St. Coletta’s
- La pandemia sigue trastocando los estrenos de 2021
- Column: ‘Parents are spinning 8 plates at a time right now.’ Stop shaming them for relying on screen time to make it through a pandemic.
- At a glance: President Biden’s executive actions aimed at offering a quick dose of relief
- Ask Anna: Will taking birth control pills help me grow breasts?
- EEUU detiene deportaciones durante cien días
- Nominations being sought for Waubonsee awards
- Port of Indiana Burns Harbor director announces departure: Ian Hirt led port for four years
- President Biden signs executive orders aimed at offering a quick dose of financial relief as talks start on $1.9 trillion aid package
- Column: The whole world is now a shanty town as sea songs blow up online
- Whiting man charged after stabbing girlfriend’s housemate: police
- Dos películas sobre Wuhan llegan para aniversario de brote
- Colorful coats stole the show on Inauguration Day 2021. Here are the best tweets.
- Chicago Bulls’ Thad Young purchasing stake in Brisbane Bullets, becoming the latest player to buy into the NBL
- Kirby Dach maintains a ‘pep in his step’ despite a broken wrist keeping him out of Chicago Blackhawks action
- Restaurant with robot chef to open at Mall of India in Naperville
- Bail denied for suspect who lost shoe while fleeing fatal shooting of retired Chicago firefighter Dwain Williams in botched carjacking
- Barrington School District 220 expands hybrid instruction, invites seniors to attend classes at the school full-time
- Do suspended dividends mean trouble for investors?
- Column: Bob Voss left an indelible imprint on Southland sports … and everyone he met. ‘He was a tough guy and a leader.’
- Why emergency savings is the financial resolution you should be prioritizing in 2021
- How can I heal from the trauma of 2020 in 2021?
- Man living at O’Hare for 3 months without detection posts bail, ordered on electronic monitoring
- Streamwood author Art Baltazar’s work, including new ‘ArkhaManiacs,’ comes from a lifetime of comics reading and drawing
- Terry Savage: Will inflation ever return?
- Column: Silver Cross Hospital workers share devastating accounts of treating COVID-19 patients. ‘We’ve all seen it too much.’
- Candidate forums for La Grange and LTHS school boards and Indian Head Park Village Board start in February
- Mahomes recibe luz verde para liderar a Chiefs ante Bills
- Illinois National Guard administers COVID-19 vacccine
- Gail Borden library buildings to reopen Monday
- Texas presenta demanda contra moratoria a deportaciones
- Carjacking reported in Niles unrelated to earlier robberies in the village and Morton Grove, police say
- What defines domestic abuse? Survivors say it’s more than assault.
- From ‘Baked Alaska’ to a guy with horns and fur, here’s a wrap-up of notable Capitol riot arrests
- Op-ed: The COVID-19 vaccine is our path to being together again
- Lurie Children’s and Rush form partnership to expand pediatric care in Chicago
- Runaway ‘Bachelorette’ Clare Crawley was just as surprised about ‘mutual’ breakup from Dale Moss
- Vernon Hills to restrict parking on part of West End Lane
- New Arlington Heights waste hauling contract with Groot includes lowered fees, some expanded services
- Chicago-area restaurants ready to reopen for indoor service again, some with tempered expectations, while others will stay closed
- Illinois awards $31 million in grants funded by pot taxes for violence prevention, reentry and development in areas hurt by the war on drugs
- Griffith, waste company reach contract agreement; rates to jump $1.32 per month
- Subscriber exclusive: Chicago Tribune Photos of the Year 2020 virtual event
- Column: Both sides need to ditch whataboutism and condemn bad actors
- Content with Contant: Stagg graduate John Contant works way into being a leader scorer for Olivet Nazerene and in the CCAC
- Potempa: Meals on Wheels NWI making volunteer plea, adds frozen entrees
- Eclectic sounds from arias to musical theater featured in stream of Governors State’s Opera Cabaret
- Patience urged as COVID-19 vaccinations open to millions in Illinois on Monday; limited indoor dining could resume in Chicago and suburban Cook County on Saturday
- COVID-19 cases are falling across the US, but more contagious variants could ‘throw us a curveball’ and erase all that progress
- Reina confusión e incertidumbre entre venezolanos en EEUU
- Albert’s Diamond Jewelers donates $50,000 to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana
- 1.3 million essential workers in Illinois are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine today. Here’s why they may have to wait.
- COVID-19 vaccinations to begin at shelter
- NBC Sports Network — home to national NHL and Premier League games — is shutting down at the end of the year. Here’s how that affects you in Chicago.
- Michigan restaurants to reopen for indoor dining at 25% capacity, with a 10 p.m. curfew
- Lake County health officials urge patience as COVID-19 vaccination effort expands
- Corrections and clarifications
- Chicago Public Schools announces COVID-19 vaccination for teachers will begin in February, but union is still prepping for a possible walkout
- The Spin: Biden, Fauci offer COVID-19 warnings as Chicago bars, restaurants set to reopen | CPS announces teacher vaccination plan | $31M in pot revenues go to communities hurt by war on drugs
- Oklahoma lawmaker proposes ‘Bigfoot’ hunting season
- Conflicto político complica llegada de vacunas a Venezuela
- United Airlines CEO wants to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees — if other companies go along
- Deerfield District 109 staff members to receive COVID-19 vaccine through pilot partnership with Walgreens
- Allstate cuts auto insurance rates by 5% in Illinois as driving remains depressed almost a year into the pandemic
- After announcements by IHSA and state officials, the return of high school football, basketball and volleyball just a matter of ‘when’
- Southland police offer advice following surge in carjackings
- Hank Aaron, legendary baseball Hall of Famer who broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, dies at 86
- Shooting at Tinley Park bar prompts business license review
- Would a Chicago teachers action to stay remote be an ‘illegal strike?’ What you need to know about the fight over reopening CPS schools
- Column: With an eye on Vice President Harris, women see ‘things are attainable’
- Column: Former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks out on city crime and his ‘moral mistake’
- Column: A new affliction in the pandemic: Vaccine envy
- Trump impeachment trial will start week of Feb. 8, Senate leader Chuck Schumer says
- Illinois National Guard member says serving in Washington, D.C, on Inauguration Day ‘an honor’
- In Illinois nursing homes, tens of thousands still waiting for COVID-19 vaccinations: ‘This is beyond an emergency’
- Chicago Bears name Sean Desai their new defensive coordinator, staying in house by promoting their safeties coach
- Column: The beat goes on? For West Aurora’s Hannah Beatus, a second injury at Grand Valley State leads to another question.
- Cook County judge tosses case of man who spent decades behind bars for double murder of two 13-year-old girls in 1995
- Aurora near top of apartment trend in Illinois
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 22 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Remote learning to continue until end of school year for Joliet School District 86
- Schumer: Juicio político de Trump iniciará en febrero
- Pandemic doesn’t keep new restaurant from opening in downtown Oswego
- Alissa Gorzak graduated from Naperville Central. She played club for the Eclipse. Now, the Virginia forward will be coming home.
- 2 victims fatally wounded in separate shootings Friday afternoon while sitting in vehicles on West Side
- Trump and Justice Department lawyer said to have plotted to oust acting attorney general to try to advance election claims
- Two Blue Island mayoral candidates on ballot for now following board rulings
- Gregory Sierra of ‘Sanford and Son’ and ‘Barney Miller’ dead at 83
- Recruiting notes: Olivet Nazarene-bound Jack Busch depends on ‘mental game’ to lead Naperville Central in baseball and golf
- One in 5 eligible CPS students attended in-person classes the first week schools reopened
- Chris Mullen’s pass of a different sort on a hustle play gives Chesterton the edge in a Duneland Athletic Conference win against rival Crown Point
- Photos: Chicago Blackhawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 1
- Andrew Shaw’s 1st goal since 2019 — and some strong goaltending — help the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings for their 1st win of the season
- Rose Fuentes delivers her ‘bread and butter’ in Bishop Noll’s key conference win against Griffith
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, Jan. 24