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- Kiana Oelling scores 18 points and ‘takes advantage of things’ as Valparaiso forces 27 turnovers in a DAC win against LaPorte
- Daily horoscope for January 27, 2021
- Ask Amy: Wanting to weigh in about sister’s obesity
- State of Illinois to purchase Near West Side office building as part of long-term plan to leave Thompson Center
- Column: In praise of good neighbors
- Every Illinois police officer would be required to wear a body camera by 2025 under bill awaiting Pritzker’s signature. But without penalties, will departments comply?
- Column: As institutions fade, a key question: ‘Who charts Chicago’s future and what does it look like?’
- Column: Charging teens as adults won’t stop carjackings. It will create tougher criminals.
- Biden to reopen ACA insurance markets to aid those who need coverage during COVID-19 pandemic
- Daywatch: CPS halts in-person learning, Illinois told to expect boost in vaccine shipments and Chicago pizza boom expands
- With Netflix, Amazon and others hungry for content, Sundance festival market heats up before Thursday opening
- This day in history, January 27: Hillary Clinton says the sexual misconduct allegations against her husband, President Bill Clinton, are the work of a ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’
- ‘Penguin Bloom’ review: A bird inspires Naomi Watts in family drama
- How did a former Navy SEAL trained to identify misinformation end up as part of the angry mob outside the US Capitol?
- Walgreens taps Starbucks executive as its new CEO; first Black woman to lead the drugstore chain
- Chicago Bears Q&A: Why not go all-in on a rebuild? How many assistants does Matt Nagy need to hire? And what are the Bears’ plans for safety?
- Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove firefighters got COVID-19 shots, police awaiting vaccination: Officials
- Assailant asks for the time, stabs stranger with a box cutter and steals wallet on CTA Red Line train in Uptown, police say
- Column: The nuclear genie and averting Armageddon
- Lake and Porter pharmacies not yet offering COVID-19 vaccine for public
- Letters to the Editor
- Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again in Europe; jet already approved by US, Canada, Brazil
- Are all 33 sports federations — from archery to wrestling — moving forward with their Olympic planning? ‘All of them. It’s unanimous. They want the games.’
- GM teaming with Lisle-based Navistar to build hydrogen-powered trucks
- Biden: la ciencia volverá a tener la palabra sobre pandemia
- América regresa a la senda del triunfo en el Clausura
- Las ideologías extremistas pueden provocar otro Holocausto: Papa
- Salón de la Fama de béisbol no tendrá clase 2021
- Wow Bao takes its buns to the national stage with delivery strategy
- Disminuye en EEUU la renuencia a vacunarse
- Cook County could get another 3 inches of lake-effect snow, forecasters issue winter weather advisory
- Con pocos datos y de prisa, México está por aprobar vacuna rusa
- Reddit bludgeons hedge fund Melvin Capital, forcing Illinois’ Ken Griffin and Mets owner to ride to rescue
- Los Premios Oscar están listos para un gran cambio
- Speak Out reader opinion: Politicians shouldn’t get vaccination ahead of others
- Air bag recall to cost $610 million, Ford Motor Co. says
- Intimo Lounge in Tinley Park to remain closed pending business license hearing
- Target announces $500 employee bonuses after busy holidays
- Neonazis y extrema derecha aumentan su presencia en América Latina
- Wealthy Vancouver couple fined for flying to remote Canadian town to get COVID vaccines, claiming to work at local motel
- Column: There’s a catch-22 for those awaiting COVID-19 shots
- 20 tips for protecting your skin in harsh winter weather
- La delincuencia en México aprovecha la alta demanda de oxígeno
- Chicago composer’s We Have Loved memorial lets us remember those lost to COVID-19 with words and music
- Historic gift of $75 million will go to University of Chicago social work school from Crown family
- Allstate to sell life insurance business to Blackstone for $2.8 billion
- España dice que se está quedando sin vacunas para COVID-19
- Memorable Super Bowl ads throughout the years
- Meet the man behind the meme: The guy who took that photo of a cold Bernie Sanders and his mittens
- Corredor diseña sus propios circuitos con forma de animales
- Meet Amanda Gorman’s mentors: The teachers who nurtured the inauguration poet
- Column: Why parents shouldn’t tune out the Claudia and Kellyanne Conway story. (Hint: Our kids aren’t.)
- United Airlines shrinking HQ space in Willis Tower in latest COVID-19 hit to downtown Chicago
- What ran through Fauci’s mind when Trump suggested injecting disinfectant?
- Auto review: 2021 Nissan Rogue is strikingly sophisticated
- Profesores renuncian al ver en riesgo su salud durante la pandemia
- 3 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-2 OT loss to the Nashville Predators, including paying dearly for their mistakes and facing ‘slap-shot regatta’
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, Jan. 28
- Holocaust Remembrance Day: Survivors observe the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where Nazi German forces killed 1.1 million
- Homewood Board OKs lawsuit settlement on Calumet Country Club: ‘We have no good choices here’
- Rioters followed a long conspiratorial road to the Capitol: ‘This is an expression of a whole worldview’
- Department heads grilled over two appropriations requests: ‘That’s not my problem,’ council member says
- Social Graces: Here’s how to handle annoying group texts
- President Biden pick for transportation, Pete Buttigieg, advances in Senate
- Republicanos se niegan a darle la espalda a Trump
- Investing: Five stocks to sell
- Retirement: The pros and cons of Roth conversions
- La vacuna COVID-19 y las alergias
- Ibrahimovic niega racismo tras gresca con Lukaku
- Intermediarios lingüísticos ayudan a estudiantes que aprenden inglés y en línea
- Indiana tracking map lowers COVID-19 risk for many counties
- Putin advierte de riesgos de mayor inestabilidad global
- 40 hobbies the whole family can get into
- Muere el actor Bruce Kirby, conocido por Colombo y La Ley de los Ángeles
- No-fail popovers, no specialty pan required
- Gangster Disciples boss Larry Hoover directed gang appointments from supermax prison, feds say
- Se viene una serie de El gran Gatsby
- Patrick and Matt Adamczyk believed Hebron could win a conference title. Then a COVID-19 outbreak benched the team. The postseason offers new hope.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Clubes europeos temen pérdidas masivas por pandemia
- Wardrobe secrets from behind the scenes of ‘Bridgerton’
- The best vacuum for every kind of mess
- Washing your car in cold weather
- From Hyde Park to ‘The Graduate’ and beyond: Terrific new Mike Nichols biography illuminates the path of a Chicago-bred improv master
- Sobrevivientes de Auschwitz marcan 76to aniversario
- Jill On Money: Why did stocks rise amid all the chaos in Washington?
- Second man charged in fatal Hammond drug robbery
- Pat Fitzgerald signs a 10-year extension with Northwestern to remain the Wildcats football coach despite interest from the NFL
- The best kids’ Timberland boot
- The best dot matrix printer
- The best anti-fog spray for glasses
- The best humidifier for winter
- NBA All-Star voting starts Thursday without final determination on if there will be an actual game this season
- The best 11-person tent
- GOP to stay ‘neutral’ should Trump decide to run again, head of the RNC says
- The best blanket for sofas
- Cannes Film Festival, canceled in 2020, is postponed to July
- How to make a mattress firmer
- How to winterize a sprinkler system
- Singer Halsey is pregnant with 1st child
- One of six men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleads guilty
- Fogo de Chao Brazilian steakhouse to open in Oak Brook as part of development at former McDonald’s Plaza site
- Eat. Watch. Do. Indoor dining is back again in Chicago, plus pizza news: 8 new spots around town
- Movilización filantrópica para defender democracia en EEUU
- GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after riot
- Alerta sobre posibles actos de terrorismo interior en EEUU
- Bank robber nabbed after allegedly filling out withdrawal slip for $10,000, handing photo ID to teller
- US issues domestic terrorism alert early in President Biden’s term, point to ‘a heightened threat environment across the United States’
- Column: $1,400 stimulus payments for most Americans would be a waste of money
- In CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides medical experts
- Update your iPhone, iPad: Apple warns of security threat
- EEUU prevé 90,000 muertes de COVID el mes próximo
- Where to get Jeni’s everything bagel ice cream — with cream cheese, garlic and onion — in Chicago
- Letters: Approach for setting up second vaccine dose needs to be uniform, not left up to chance
- Odegaard llega a la Premier en busca de la oportunidad que le negó el Real Madrid
- For Chicago Public Library’s ‘Live at the Library’ program, Matthew Broderick reads a book — which may be one more than Ferris Bueller ever did
- Cinco muertos en incendio de una casa en Des Plaines
- 5 killed in Des Plaines house fire
- Biden’s executive order on masks embraced to slow the spread of COVID-19: ‘I want my children to be able to hug their grandparents again’
- Bernie Sanders’ inauguration mittens help raise $1.8M for charity
- Denuncian desvío de fondos en agencia de vacunas de EEUU
- Ask Angie’s List: How should I plan a home gym?
- Fiat Chrysler agrees to plead guilty, pay $30M in UAW corruption probe
- Pantone’s 2021 colors send home a message of strength and joy
- Robert Rodríguez prepara el remake de Spy Kids
- Use video games to help you stay on track with your fitness goals this year, no gym required
- Op-ed: Solutions to carjacking epidemic can come from the Black community too
- Sold-out sewing machines and quilt subscriptions: Sewing rockets ‘off the charts’ during the pandemic
- Financial exploitation a menace as pandemic isolates elders
- 26 creative at-home Valentine’s date ideas to try this year
- ‘People were afraid to talk to me’: Chicago woman wants to promote conversations for those who lose someone to suicide.
- Las mujeres gobiernan las películas esta temporada
- Lincolnshire trustees want St. James developers to enclose the construction site they say currently looks like a ‘war zone’
- ‘Un día trágico’, cuatro niñas y una mujer murieron en devastador incendio
- Error opens 3 seats on Gary school board: failure to send certifying paperwork to Crown Point blamed
- Update: Museum of Science and Industry joins list of museums reopening this winter
- 2 shot in apparent ‘targeted attack’ in Orland Park, police chief says
- White House renews coronavirus briefings: Many more still will die
- A dying teacher, worrying over students to his last breaths
- Abundan fallas de seguridad contra el covid en escuelas de todo EEUU
- Annual count keeps track of area’s homeless: Data used to inform policy makers
- Jared Leto espera que su Oscar perdido ‘esté en buenas manos’
- How to prevent injuries when shoveling snow and walking on ice
- Boeing lost a record $11.9 billion in 2020, and now its 777X is years behind schedule
- ‘COP House’ plan gets go-ahead on Chicago’s Far South Side
- Bernie Sanders vende como pan caliente su imagen de meme
- A concerned Lake Zurich Village Board called on Life Time Fitness owners to explain construction halt of Old Rand Road facility
- Pritzker says earlier federal notice on COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should make it easier for providers to schedule appointments
- Off-duty cop carjacked in North Kenwood neighborhood
- Funcionarios de Biden intentan enfrentar las mutaciones del virus y buscan más ayuda
- Eli Manning quiere volver con los Giants
- Aurora Electoral Board removes alderman candidate Joseph Grisson III from ballot
- For Trump’s aggrieved defenders, this impeachment confirms everything
- Improductions builds ‘Hard Times of Northwest Indiana’ show around online comments
- 8 over-the-top hotel experiences for the cheesiest Valentine’s Day getaway ever
- Gov. Pritzker marvels at size, efficiency of Lake County Fairgrounds vaccination site: ‘It’s amazing how this works’
- Aurora delays water rate increase
- Recibir más refugiados, como quiere Biden, no será sencillo
- High school basketball to begin ‘ASAP,’ the IHSA says, but not all regions cleared to play
- ‘Supernova’ es una estrella que arde discretamente
- Naperville named among Best Places to Live if You Work From Home by Money Magazine
- Hearing on food-beverage tax bill proposal for Hobart, Merrillville runs out of time; sponsor hopes for more time next week
- Column: Set our vaccination goals higher, President Biden
- Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar winner, dies at 94
- Op-ed: Ending cash bail will improve public safety
- Side Street art exhibit celebrates Black history from slavery to now
- La realidad detrás del plan de Biden para legalizar a 11 millones de inmigrantes
- Potempa: Actress Goodrich’s memoir turns the page on the complicated matter of her mother
- Flap over lawyer vaccinations at Cook County Jail highlights confusion over rollout of shots for court staffers
- Counting Chicago’s homeless
- Barrington public library now mails books, other checked-out items to patrons ? free of charge
- Candace Parker has a deal to play for the Chicago Sky next season, a report says, bringing the Naperville Central grad and 2-time WNBA MVP back home
- A high school student from Harvey felt society undervalues Black girls, so she wrote a book to give them a boost
- Sale of former South School in Niles on hold after development proposals fizzle
- Democrat floats Trump censure, an alternative to impeachment, as conviction grows unlikely
- Gang members tried to get man to admit he was rival, then shot him to death, prosecutors say
- Lucas Wallmark is the 3rd Chicago Blackhawk added to the NHL’s COVID-19 list this week
- Editorial: The frustrating, confusing, unacceptable rollout of COVID-19 vaccine
- Beach Park man charged in federal court after attempted carjacking in Glencoe Golf Club parking lot
- Niños con dificultades y padres hartos: las familias de Chicago que quieren que se abran las escuelas de CPS se dicen abrumados por el continuo rechazo del sindicato de maestros
- Carlos Sainz se estrena a los mandos del Ferrari (VIDEO)
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra plans a Sunday Serenade for Valentine’s Day
- Timeline: How COVID-19 has affected high school sports in Illinois, from cancellations in March 2020 to the IHSA setting start dates for a return for all sports in 2021
- Republican candidates, trying to get reinstated on Maine Township ballot, file court appeal
- Aurora in better financial shape than expected, might offer more help to business, residents
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says spike in carjackings ‘top of mind,’ adding 40 more police officers to carjacking unit and gathering regional mayors
- Man United se estrella contra colista de la Premier
- Coroner identifies South Elgin man fatally shot in Aurora Monday
- Iconic playwright August Wilson immortalized with new United States postage stamp
- With Chicago teachers on the brink of a second strike in 15 months, weary parents plea for a resolution: ‘Put yourselves in CPS families’ shoes’
- Column: Taxes from cannabis sales to help groups serving communities affected by war on drugs
- ‘Bridgerton’ breaks Netflix viewership records, now its biggest series ever
- Column: Curt Schilling is right for once — and the Baseball Hall of Fame should let him take his name off the 2022 ballot
- Unemployment insurance fraud is growing in Illinois. Here’s what you need to know.
- Column: Reddit, GameStop, AMC and the day traders’ stock surge: A completely useless explanation
- Mark DeLeone, the Chicago Bears inside linebackers coach, will reportedly leave for the Detroit Lions after 2 years on Matt Nagy’s staff
- Emmett Till’s Chicago home granted city landmark status
- Mayor Richard Irvin calls for end to increased violence in Aurora
- Proud Boys leader worked undercover and cooperated with law enforcement, records show
- Controversial president of Chicago police union, already under threat of firing from officer job, faces new charges at Police Board
- The Spin: State buys Near West Side building as part of Thompson Center exit plan | Lightfoot mum on chat with Vice President Kamala Harris | City landmarks Emmett Till house
- Chicago City Council closes loopholes in Welcoming City ordinance, ending police cooperation with federal immigration agents
- President Biden aims for most ambitious US effort on climate change: ‘We can’t wait any longer’
- Biden team rushes to take over government, and oust Trump loyalists
- Romantic getaways in Wisconsin
- Woman who lived at Chicago church for years goes home — for 3 days — then returns after judge bars enforcement of Biden deportation moratorium
- Here’s what happened to GameStop stock: Small investors on Reddit overwhelmed the investing pros. AMC may be the next battleground.
- Seattle Seahawks cut ties with lineman Chad Wheeler after he was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence
- Man charged with murder cut boyfriend with box cutter in fight over sex, then called 911 to say someone had broken into his apartment, prosecutors say
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 27 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Jon Lester says the Chicago Cubs did make him an offer, but the pitcher is excited to ‘dig into the minds’ of his new teammates in Washington
- Analysis: McConnell was done with Trump. His party said not so fast.
- Illinois man caught on TikTok video fighting National Guard at Capitol arrested
- Darren Roach scores 14 points as Crown Point runs with, and past, Michigan City in a DAC showdown