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- Hanover Central plays first game in four weeks and ‘just couldn’t contain’ Laila Rogers, who scores 19 points in Lake Station’s win
- Daily horoscope for January 28, 2021
- Norwegian American Hospital changing name to reflect diverse West Side community: ‘There are not many Norwegians’
- Ask Amy: Judged person wants to learn not to judge
- Column: If Biden and Democrats truly support ‘equity,’ why are they silent on school choice?
- A senior year class put an Oak Lawn graduate on the path to ‘dream program’ in biomedicine
- Spring break plans abroad? Here’s how to get that COVID-19 test you’ll need to come back home.
- Rashawn Slater could be Northwestern’s highest NFL draft pick in 38 years, making the Wildcats pro day March 9 a major draw
- Daywatch: CPS impasse continues, COVID-19 shrinks downtown offices and why everyone is talking about GameStop
- Wendell Carter Jr. calls his latest injury ‘frustrating.’ Here’s how the Chicago Bulls plan to replace their starting center by committee.
- Health care workers stuck in Oregon snowstorm give stranded drivers COVID-19 vaccines before the doses could expire
- This day in history, January 28: Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members
- Stevenson, Round Lake high schools to be COVID-19 vaccination sites for Lake County educators
- While Illinois lost population over the past decade, four suburban counties grew, study shows
- ‘Ida B. the Queen’ author has dedicated much of her life to her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ legacy — but is ready to be known by her own name too
- 120 years ago, the American League formed in Chicago with the White Sox as a charter member — putting the wheels in motion for what would become MLB
- Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Hersey Hawkins … and Cameron Krutwig. The Loyola senior is in elite company and looking to go out the way he started as a freshman — on a Final Four team.
- New Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch signals pandemic housing, ethics, restorative justice are among legislative priorities
- Mel Brooks, Ed Asner, others pay tribute to Cloris Leachman
- Ask Anna: Some friendly advice for man attracted to lesbians
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Fine living and perfect picnics at Rue Cler
- Interest continues to grow in inaugural poet Amanda Gorman
- David Culley will be the next Houston Texans coach. It’s the 1st head coaching job for the 65-year-old, longtime NFL assistant.
- American Airlines lost nearly $9 billion last year, yet its stock is surging
- With or without Curt Schilling, the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot figures to produce plenty of debate
- Indiana still gets failing grades on tobacco use, report shows
- Video surfaces showing QAnon-promoting congresswoman harassing Stoneman Douglas student after massacre
- COVID-19 hands Southwest its first full-year loss since 1972
- Review: Managing celebrity egos and scandals on ‘Flack’ and ‘Call My Agent’
- Report shows Indiana flunking lung association ratings; call renewed to eliminate vaping products, increase taxes
- Golden Globes to honor legendary TV producer Norman Lear
- Michael Strahan tests positive for COVID-19
- CPS calls off in-person classes again Thursday as only 14% of teachers report to schools; Board of Ed president says another strike ‘would be devastating’
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- Internet puppy sale proves to be a scam: Porter resident loses $1,700
- Return of Waukegan students to the classroom put off until at least March to allow more staff to receive vaccinations
- Marcus, AMC, Studio Movie Grill movie theaters reopen suburban locations; Cinemark reopens Friday
- Tampa’s mayor issues an outdoor mask order for Super Bowl LV
- Biden tomará medidas para ampliar el seguro médico en EEUU
- El talento de Moisés Caicedo fue descubierto, falta descifrar cómo ficharlo
- Brookfield Zoo tiger gets ‘bionic hip’ replacement
- Levi’s to offer exclusive home collection at Target
- Amazon seeks to block proposal calling for greater diversity in hiring
- Speak Out reader opinion: Dr. Birx should have spoken out about her concerns
- Duelo de dos ‘viejos zorros’ estrategas en el Super Bowl
- Israel amplía vacunación contra COVID-19 a los mayores de 35
- Reddit vs. Wall Street: 4 things to know about the stock market squeeze
- 10,000 CPS students who chose in-person classes later opted out; racial disparities seen in attendance rates
- Machu Picchu y líneas de Nazca cierran por COVID-19 en Perú
- Chicago police, firefighters called to 4 fires overnight, including at least 2 two arsons, but officials won’t say if they’re connected
- Tesla posts 1st annual profit but misses analysts’ estimates
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Friday, Jan. 29
- El plan de vacunación de México decae justo en lo peor de la pandemia
- Highland man’s charge upgraded to murder in fatal Lowell shooting
- Apple plans new privacy control, spars with Facebook over tracking iPhone users
- Vaccine supply questions, answered: Why can’t we just make more, and faster?
- Business park interest continues in Merrillville; community center hiring, training started
- Naperville News Digest
- Policías implicados en caso Blake regresan al servicio
- El COVID-19 se cuadruplica entre los latinos de Washington
- General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035
- Strong US sales give McDonald’s a boost in 4th quarter, as drive-thru comes through for chain
- Column: Biden, who’s been around the block with Putin, takes a balanced approach to Russia
- Ecuador: asesinan a presentador de TV en Guayaquil
- Tras los disturbios en el Capitolio, piden proteger a los veteranos de la desinformación
- Sigue creciendo el interés por la joven poeta Amanda Gorman
- WHO researchers are hunting COVID-19’s origins in Wuhan. Here’s what they hope to learn.
- Gary considers renaming Columbus Day after Richard Hatcher, the city’s first Black mayor
- Column: A change in coaches. A change in styles. A canceled season. None of that will stop Mother McAuley graduate Grace Hynes.
- Biden hereda la singular agenda de salud de Trump
- Fischer Paper Products looks to expand in new Antioch facility after weathering COVID-19 crisis
- Pamela Anderson se casa con su guardaespaldas en plena pandemia
- Nueva variante de coronavirus llega a EEUU
- Cold weather grips Chicago
- Joe Arroyo was a state champion at Grayslake North. At Parkside, he has his sights set on becoming a national champion.
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders release of man accused in 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- With more working remotely, here’s how to keep workplace communication free from internet troll behavior
- Vaccination day at Dodger Stadium: Hours of traffic and 7,730 shots
- 4 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 2-1 shootout loss to the Nashville Predators, including Kevin Lankinen’s ‘swagger’ and ‘relentless’ play by Brandon Hagel and the 4th line
- GameStop staff, paid $11 an hour, find day traders tone-deaf
- Cinemark joins other cinemas and reopens 7 Illinois movie theaters on Friday
- Column: It’s not Michigan. But no snow, no problem for H-F product Tré Hondras. He’s swinging away for College of Central Florida.
- Vaccination day at Dodger Stadium: 7,730 shots given out for free in 15 hours, all in the stadium parking lot
- Best sales to finish the week (including a discounted Ninja Foodi blender)
- Trinity High School junior’s team takes first at international service competition
- Air fryer vs. convection oven — which is better?
- Sube venta de viviendas nuevas en EEUU, tras fuerte caída
- Evanston police release camera footage showing fatal shooting of gunman who went on killing spree that left 4 dead, 3 wounded
- How to winterize a motorcycle
- No Mardi Gras parades, so thousands make ‘house floats’
- What is a pillow top mattress?
- How to bike in the snow
- The best auto-darkening welding helmet
- The best headphone jack adapter
- The best blanket for winter camping
- Nuevos casos de covid caen 25% o más conforme cambian conductas
- The best webcam for working from home
- The best blanket for car emergency kits
- Reward offered in April beating of man in Valparaiso
- Deshaun Watson requests a trade from the Houston Texans. Where will the star QB land?
- Post-Tribune boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
- Review: In Steppenwolf Theatre’s ‘Red Folder,’ Carrie Coon battles with school supplies
- Fenwick High School senior earns full-ride scholarship to Duke University
- De Jong al fin brilla en el mediocampo del Barca
- Nace ‘DueloCovid’ plataforma para afrontar el duelo
- Oak Park scientist and ‘Forgotten Genius’ Percy Julian the subject of ‘Nova’ documentary on PBS
- Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s reimagined season continues with virtual Coleman & Mozart concert
- Column: Recycling in America is a mess. A new bill could clean it up.
- Here is how to stop micromanaging
- Why it can feel difficult to make authentic friendships at work
- Terry Savage: Protect your sensitive identity data with an IRS PIN
- Oak Brook Police Department announces 2020 officer, civilian employee of the year
- Takeout tonight? Make your favorites at home instead with these recipes
- Niles Village Board tentatively approves sales tax rebates for prospective car dealership
- Fanáticos de Bucs estarán dentro y fuera del estadio en el Super Bowl
- Speak Out reader opinions: Trump’s lack of action during riot says everything; Dems and social media aiding our enemies; no more Trump comments, please
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Op-ed: Pro: Biden should revoke Section 230 before we lose our democracy
- Coalición de estados insta restringir la venta de armas en EEUU
- Oak Lawn mayor says Kim Foxx should resign after driver out on bond was charged in crash that killed 12-year-old girl
- Editorial: Yes it’s obnoxious, but the Trump Tower sign should stay
- College basketball notes: West Aurora graduate Camron Donatlan puts football and track in his past at North Central Missouri
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene routinely expressed support for executing Democrats in Facebook posts
- Op-ed: Con: Repealing Section 230 would limit Americans’ speech
- Boys basketball notes: Brit Harris gains a starring role for Marquette, which is on a roll
- Column: My favorite late-night friends since the pandemic began: Ambien and melatonin
- Naperville woman pens protest song for YouTube video to oppose building houses on former Nokia land
- New CTA Red Line station designs
- 13 actresses who brought Princess Diana to the stage and screen
- Chris Rumph is hired to be the Chicago Bears’ new defensive line coach
- Homer Glen to consider garbage contract that will increase collection fee by 2.5%
- 10-year-old Hammond girl will shave her mayor’s head to raise funds for her leukemia treatment
- Biden orders ACA insurance markets to reopen for special sign-up window
- Four CTA North Side Red Line stations to be revamped with 100% accessibility by end of 2024, city says
- Chicago police say 14-year-old charged in multiple carjackings and robberies since July
- Milwaukee Brewers promote Sara Goodrum — she’s now the first woman to be an MLB minor league hitting coordinator
- Facebook oversight board is reviewing decision to ban Trump account
- Chicago’s yearly homeless count could help stem spread of COVID-19, officials say
- Their kind of town, Chicago is: Benet teammates Meaghan Andrews and Elisabeth Camic stay close to home for college cross country.
- Park Ridge city manager granted $3,150 pay raise retroactive to last spring
- Zach LaVine’s All-Star case is as strong as ever — and praise from his NBA peers could earn the Chicago Bulls guard his 1st selection
- El coronavirus golpea a Tigres justo antes del Mundial de Clubes
- Guest column: Purdue Northwest invites prospective students and families to virtual Preview PNW
- First US cases of South Africa COVID-19 variant found in South Carolina
- Barrington trustees give OK to special requests related to middle school addition, land annexation
- VIDEO: Policía publica tiroteo a sujeto armado que mató a 4 persona e hirió a 3
- Watch this. Eat that: Binge on the ‘Saved by the Bell’ with Big Kids takeout. It’s magic.
- Benet’s Drew Rogers has been named to a USA Volleyball Beach High Performance team. But the 16-year-old is just getting started.
- Un Maracaná vacío recibe final brasileña de la Libertadores
- Illinois warns of Real ID text messaging scam targeting state unemployment insurance system
- Letters: Keeping Trump from office in the future is the least the Senate can do
- Precinct committeemen to pick new Dem North Township trustee; winner replaces new US Rep. Mrvan
- ¿Sigue siendo un buen momento para refinanciar una hipoteca?
- Policía italiana investiga a Cristiano Ronaldo
- Liam and Kristi Hendriks donate lunches to Chicago firefighters: ‘We just want to thank you and your families’ the new White Sox closer says
- HBO prepara serie de animación de Juego de tronos
- School funding bill prompts questions about virtual learning
- Arrestan a residente de Illinois por participar en el asalto al Capitolio
- Virtual government meetings could be extended in Indiana
- Hunting trips, sex and cash: How Russia influenced biathlon’s leader
- For all the success Iowa star Luka Garza has experienced in his career, he still stews over blocked shot against Illinois
- Muere Cloris Leachman, ganadora de nueve Emmy y un Oscar
- Naperville attorney sues Robinhood after online stock brokerage restricts trading in BlackBerry, GameStop and other hot stocks
- Op-ed: Sorry, globe-trotters, but COVID-19 travel restrictions aren’t going away soon
- Aurora City Council backs bond sale for old Copley campus redevelopment incentives
- Morton Arboretum’s popular ‘Troll Hunt’ sculptures appear destined for recycling pile, despite petition drive to save them
- Ausencia pública de López Obrador genera dudas, críticas
- What is up with GameStop stock? Here’s what you need to know.
- Wisconsin Assembly cancels vote on repeal of mask mandate in the face of broad criticism
- Cook County Board enacts suburban residential tenant, landlord ordinance strengthening renters’ rights: ‘It’s time’
- New York may have undercounted nursing home COVID-19 deaths by as much as 50%, state attorney general says
- Community news: 175th Street to get honorary designation honoring Martin Luther King Jr., and more
- Column: Rev. Michael Pfleger can’t be criminally tried on old sex abuse claims, so let’s hear from him
- Tras cuarentenas, el tenis puede empezar en Australia
- Tom Brady’s parents will attend Super Bowl 55 in Tampa despite COVID-19 scare early in the NFL season
- North Chicago treasurer candidates both offer business, political experience
- Shedd Aquarium has a new video of its otters enjoying the snow
- Bill McGovern is hired as the new Chicago Bears inside linebackers coach
- Man shot to death at South Loop business, police say
- Column: Retiring Aurora pastor lauded as a champion of ‘equality and inclusion’
- At Pentagon’s request, Gov. J.B. Pritzker sends 500 Illinois National Guard troops to Washington amid ‘heightened threat environment’
- Local libraries are reopening with limited capacity
- Illinois advierte sobre estafa por mensajes de texto supuestamente de la agencia de desempleo
- Limited-edition Javy Baez bobblehead featuring Puerto Rico flag released
- In surprise reversal, candidate Anthony Clark can remain on ballot for Oak Park trustee, board rules
- Netflix encabeza nominaciones a Premios GLAAD
- Chicago Cubs sign Kohl Stewart, a former Minnesota Twins pitcher, to a 1-year, $700,000 deal
- Crece la oposición al nacionalismo cristiano en EEUU
- Las mascarillas se apoderan del Super Bowl
- Old Elgin Commerce Building to be redeveloped into apartments, stores with economic help from city
- School news: District 207 seeks volunteers for possible COVID-19 vaccine site; Maine South Constitution Team heads to nationals
- Are 2 masks better than 1? Experts weigh in as new COVID-19 variants spread
- How to get started investing
- Checked by reality, some QAnon supporters seek a way out: ‘I just couldn’t do it anymore’
- Mundelein approves drive-thru cannabis for medical customers
- Second gentleman Doug Emhoff highlights food insecurity during first solo outing
- Frontline workers and seniors are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s what you need to know about signing up in west suburban counties.
- Orland Park police continue probe into shooting, have ‘viable leads’
- North Chicago, a longtime ‘food desert,’ is getting a grocery store
- Pelosi wants security money to face ‘enemy’ within House, says members of Congress have threatened violence on other members
- Aurora resident displaced from apartment after fire
- The Spin: Illinois population continues to drop, CMAP study finds | At Pentagon’s request, Pritzker sends Illinois guard to D.C. | Lightfoot, Pritzker to speak at racial healing virtual summit
- Novavax vaccine appears 89% effective against COVID-19. Shot also works, though not quite as well, against other strains.
- What’s happening with GameStop? Stock market buzzwords explained
- Brookfield Zoo tries ‘bionic hip’ replacement for arthritic tiger, but complications arise and second surgery is needed
- Elgin police issue dozens of tickets for vehicles parked along snow routes
- Police: Woman, 23, shoots man, 30, after Southwest Side fight; both being questioned by detectives
- El Liverpool acaba con la sequía goleadora a costa del Tottenham (VIDEO)
- Mokena police sergeants file lawsuit seeking $1.1 million in overtime pay
- Column: Sports betting venue opens in Crestwood as gaming expansion law starts to pay dividends
- La Grange hires its retired police chief as consultant, as acting police chief announces his retirement
- ‘QAnon Shaman’ who wore horns at Capitol riot willing to speak at Trump’s impeachment trial
- Market closed: Trading platforms restrict GameStop and other Reddit stock picks, sparking drop in price, outrage and lawmaker tweets
- Column: Cafe owner goes around buying all of vendors’ tamales and giving them to homeless. ‘I’m just trying to help people who need food.’
- Moroney withdraws from Oak Park village president race, leaves two candidates vying for position
- Is the COVID-19 pandemic growing or shrinking in Illinois? New website tracks a key metric.
- 6 dead, 11 hospitalized after liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant
- Third stimulus check updates: Democrats to ‘act big’ on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as GOP wants plan split
- Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking Tony award-winning actor, dead at 96
- Chicago health commissioner urges patience with teacher vaccines as some CPS principals push to get staffers shots ahead of full district rollout
- Gunshot victims crash, seek help at Home Depot
- Column: Deshaun Watson has asked out of Houston, so now the Chicago Bears must ask the Texans one question — what will it take to acquire the star QB?
- Blaming teachers union, CPS cancels Friday in-person classes as it races to reach a deal with CTU before students are due back Monday
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 28 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Suburban showdown: Arlington Heights native takes on Naperville’s James Holzhauer on ‘The Chase’
- Celebrities mourn death of Emmy and Tony winner Cicely Tyson