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- Daily horoscope for January 29, 2021
- MLS teams, players brace for possible lockout over CBA
- Ask Amy: Parents fret over daughter’s married surname
- Notable companies founded by Black entrepreneurs
- Column: CTU’s Sharkey for mayor? Why not, isn’t he already the boss?
- After 3 decades of helping out, Crisis Center award came as ‘an unexpected honor’ for longtime volunteer
- Column: In defense of Marjorie Taylor Greene: Think of all the times she HASN’T wanted to execute Democrats
- 10 years ago, it was ‘Snowmageddon’: ‘Do you understand what’s going on on Lake Shore Drive right now?’
- Column: Trying to get a COVID vaccine is like playing roulette
- FitzGerald’s in Berwyn gains a barbecue restaurant in deal with veteran chef John Manion
- Flashback: In the battle against cholera, a creative city engineer raised streets, tunneled into the lake and reversed the river
- Recalling Jerry Reinsdorf’s come-from-behind victory 40 years ago for control of the Chicago White Sox: ‘I’ve never celebrated anniversaries of this sort’
- Daywatch: CPS calls off 3rd day of in-person class, a look back at Chicago’s ‘Snowmageddon’ blizzard and ‘Troll Hunt’ sculptures to disappear
- ‘Supernova’ review: Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth excellent in drama about dementia
- Welcome to the real Chicago: A few tips for Bulls rookie Patrick Williams to ensure the rest of his winter goes a little smoother
- Chicago’s iconic buildings are brought to life with Louis Vuitton’s new puffer jacket. OMG, did you see this?
- Liam Hendriks is one of the top closers in baseball. Here are 4 stats that show what he brings to the Chicago White Sox.
- Column: Late in life, do you want to surround yourself with oldsters? Florida-set documentary ‘Some Kind of Heaven’ exposes the pitfalls
- 10 easy ways to perk up your house and make staying at home — still, almost a year later — better
- This day in history, January 29: Bomb rocks abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama
- City asks county for 100 land parcels from tax sale list; will get 97
- GameStop investors suing Robinhood over trading limits face high legal bar
- Column: Older readers take offense to ‘prejudice of ageism’ against them and President Biden
- Gurnee firm gives new meaning to ‘green beer’ by going solar
- Free solar energy virtual workshop set for March
- Caterpillar 4Q sales slip during pandemic, but results top Wall Street
- Chicago band The Deals have hung up the country hats for power pop that you need to hear now. As in, right now.
- Group of carjackers steals two vehicles at gunpoint in same Magnolia Glen block late Thursday
- How do I schedule a second COVID-19 vaccine shot? Why hasn’t my health system contacted me yet? Common Illinois vaccine questions answered.
- Once upon a time, Mike Nichols married Chicago singer Patricia Scot. Here’s their story.
- Most expensive climate disasters in recent decades
- New Cook County property assessments continue to shift tax burden from homeowners to businesses in south suburbs
- Gary awarded $500K rebate in NIPSCO energy efficiency program
- 6 directors on the illusion of control and ‘the pitiless exposure of your weaknesses’
- México supera las 155,000 muertes por COVID-19
- Column: Time to review president’s power to pardon
- Diego Lainez da positivo en su mejor momento
- Biden abre periodo de inscripciones a ‘Obamacare’
- Un calentador habría sido la causa del incendio que mató a mamá y 4 niñas en Des Plaines
- Bill Shuey is promoted to outside linebackers coach, the Chicago Bears’ latest move as the defensive staff takes shape
- ‘Justice League’ Snyder cut to premiere in March on HBO Max
- Sweetgreen and Shake Shack are going all in on drive-thrus. And they’re not alone
- Naperville school board member the new chief of staff for former board member, state Rep. Yang Rohr
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Time for America to move on to new business
- México alberga la Serie del Caribe con el covid disparado
- EEUU cuestiona nombramiento de juez acusado en Guatemala
- Fire causes $20K in damage to Aurora garage
- Johnson & Johnson 1-dose shot prevents COVID-19, company says, but less effectively than other vaccines
- Beach Park woman uses website to find father, siblings who didn’t know she existed: ‘Wow, I think I just found my family’
- Speak Out reader opinion: Vaccine availability doesn’t follow governor’s photo ops
- Filing a complaint against a Chicago cop? You wouldn’t have to sign your name to it under proposed law
- What is ‘beef’? Texas bill would block imitations from using the term
- Driver faces charges after pursuit, crashing into Porter County house: police
- El Papa exige que las nulidades matrimoniales sean accesibles a todos, ágiles y gratuitas
- Las mejores fotos de la semana en América Latina 21-28 Ene./2021
- Former Boy Scouts chaplain sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexual abuse
- Trespassing charges dropped against activist who exposed heat slaughter of Iowa hogs
- Finances, transparency among issues in primary race for Aurora Township supervisor
- How the coronavirus turns the body against itself
- Pregnant women get conflicting advice on COVID-19 vaccines
- Chicago unemployment rate soars to 8.7% in 2020, highest in state
- What we’re watching: From ‘Promising Young Woman’ to ‘Bling Empire’
- Appreciation: Cicely Tyson rewrote Black heroism on screen, transcendently
- MLS extends CBA negotiations deadline, says 2 sides are ‘far apart’
- Sea shanties are having a moment amid isolation of pandemic
- WBBM-AM alum Len Walter lists Flossmoor house for $365,000
- Los sistemas de salud pública aún no están listos para la próxima pandemia
- NFL evita devastación financiera por la pandemia
- $750,000 for a Luka Doncic rookie card? Mavericks star helps fuel sizzling market.
- Jueces designados por Trump avivan el debate sobre el aborto en los estados
- Personal de limpieza de UCIs, héroes anónimos de la pandemia
- ‘Bridgerton: The Musical’ blew up on TikTok. Could Broadway be next?
- Alex Lasry — 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks exec and son of a billionaire — gets COVID-19 vaccine at a senior living center in Wisconsin
- How worried should you be about missing your last routine mammogram or colonoscopy due to COVID-19 fears?
- Reports of COVID cases remain steady across NWI school districts; at least 60 positive cases, 600 quarantines
- Indiana Black Legislative Caucus announces 2021 agenda focused on police reform, community empowerment
- FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted the night before Capitol riot
- Ronaldo revela las dos ‘espinitas’ de su carrera
- Letters to the Editor
- Can the US keep COVID-19 variants in check? Here’s what it takes
- Column: Complain? Let’s be excited and make the most of the IHSA coming up with a sports calendar for all teams.
- Two more Illinoisans charged with entering U.S. Capitol during riot: ‘Quincy made it inside’
- Michigan approves Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel permits
- Question of access accompany bid for oil change business in Merrillville
- Biden faces scrutiny over reliance on executive orders
- Letters to the editor
- Cutting down on plastic? Here’s how to sew your own shopping bag
- How to exfoliate your face
- WBBM anchor Jim Williams lists South Loop condo for $800,000
- What are the health benefits of bananas?
- How to stop a puppy from crying at night
- How to potty train a kitten
- ¿Cuenta Biden con suficiente apoyo republicano en el Senado para avanzar su agenda?
- Canadá suspende vuelos a México y el Caribe por pandemia
- How long is wine good after opening?
- Column: Gold on hold? No matter. With no IHSA state tournament, Richards’ Danny LaBonte decides to ‘bowl each game like it’s the last.’
- The best tablet for homeschooling
- The best outdoor fireplace
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Elmhurst Foundation 205 hosts first ever virtual fundraiser for Elmhurst schools
- Op-ed: Fed up with closed CPS schools, we’re taking our daughter out
- Column: A pandemic picture book, brought to life by 3 Chicagoans who know grief, literature and art
- Motormouth: Do I really need premium gas?
- John Kerr didn’t have many basketball options when he was a Grant senior. Much has changed for the St. Ambrose forward.
- Column: The Chicago Bears’ offensive shortcomings have been all too obvious. With or without Deshaun Watson, the repairs will be challenging.
- Park Forest police say woman shot at in vehicle
- Actor Colin Egglesfield talks his new Chicago thriller and his work as a house flipper on the South Side
- ‘La gente temía hablar conmigo’. Mujer quiere promover conversaciones para quienes pierden a alguien por suicidio
- No credit score cutoff, no collateral needed: Nonprofit lender making big changes to expand small-business loans on South and West sides
- Castigan a Ibra y Lukaku por riña
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Scaled down Loomis Lake development wins panel approval: ‘The code is the code. It’s zoned already.’
- Lucid Motors set to go public thanks to Saudi money and blank-check-shell-company mania
- Canada to quarantine travelers at their own expense, suspend some flights in response to new coronavirus variants
- Filme de ‘dreamer’ compite por nominación al Globo de Oro
- Law & Order column: Virtual event aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse
- 15 ways doctors are now treating COVID-19
- What team will Deshaun Watson play for in 2021? Here are the odds
- Rich Central’s Chance Love among several transfers looking to make a difference at South Suburban College: ‘It’s definitely exciting.’
- Op-ed: A view from Chicago for the Illinois Republican Party
- Eat. Watch. Do: Everything bagel ice cream, how to wear the Chicago skyline to stay warm this winter and what to binge watch this weekend
- EEUU espera iniciar la vacunación de niños a mediados de año
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Interest shown in former union building for sale in Aurora
- 2 customers sue Subway, claiming its tuna salad contains ‘anything but tuna’
- The sweat. The work. The details. Video shows how Benet graduate Lauren Barnes puts in the time to become Wisconsin’s next libero.
- One woman’s journey out of QAnon: ‘Trump just used us and our fear’
- Junta: Puerto Rico pagó millones a exempleados sin trabajar
- John Chaney, Temple University basketball coach, dies at 89
- Joliet picks Chicago over Hammond as water provider
- Republican ties to extremist groups under scrutiny
- Columna: El dueño de un café compra todos los tamales de los vendedores y los regala a desamparados. ‘Sólo intento ayudar a quienes necesitan comida’
- Raul Montes Sr., longtime Little Village activist who also worked for Chuy Garcia, dies
- Referendum on tax hike for Oswego Fire Protection District set for spring ballot
- How an eight-sided ‘egg’ ended up in a robin’s nest on an Illinois tree farm
- Community news
- Susan Tompor: Fake jobless claims now trigger tax troubles for victims
- ‘Simple is beautiful’: One-shot vaccine proves effective
- Column: Impeachment will fail, but here’s another way to punish Trump
- Former Hammond pastor convicted in sex crime asks again for compassionate release to care for parents
- Steve Dolinsky, the Hungry Hound, leaving ABC 7 News after 17 years
- Comerciantes protestan en Bogotá por cuarentena
- Colombiana Pilar Quintana se reconecta con la infancia para ganar premio
- Murder conviction tossed in death of man helping dig secret tunnels for Maryland stock trader’s nuclear bunker
- Auto review: Corvette Stingray may be too fast and furious for mere mortals
- GameStop Reddit battle also boosts American Airlines, so it’s issuing more stock
- Sin límite de calificación crediticia, sin necesidad de garantías: prestamista sin fines de lucro hace grandes cambios para ampliar préstamos a microempresas en el sur y oeste
- 15 inspiring women to celebrate this Black History Month
- Column: New website shares resources for ‘everything Calumet Region,’ with users welcomed to contribute
- Titanes ficha a su tercer Robin para su tercera temporada
- The automakers that have won big or lost ground going into 2021
- Column: No, the GameStop frenzy is not a ‘populist’ uprising, but it rhymes
- Naperville Park Board calls for governor to veto of criminal justice reform bill
- OPRF High School senior, CYSO violist takes the stage on Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’
- As next stage of vaccinations begins, Southland educators say they ‘just want the opportunity’
- Guaynaa dedica sencillo a Monterrey, su ‘epicentro mexicano’
- The strong side: A growth spurt of 4 inches and 30 pounds will allow Waubonsie safety Jake Strater to play bigger role on defense
- Column: Buzz begins for Crown Point football with the hiring of Craig Buzea
- ¿Cómo programo una segunda vacuna COVID-19? ¿Por qué aún no me llama mi sistema de salud? Respuestas a preguntas comunes sobre vacunas en Illinois
- Former FBI lawyer gets probation for altering email during investigation into ties between Russia, 2016 Trump campaign
- V-8 to volts: How do American muscle brands transition to EVs?
- McCarthy, Wahlberg join fundraiser for Marklund
- Otra fuerte nevada rumbo a Chicago
- Wendy Williams subject of juicy new biopic and a documentary
- The ‘Roaring Kitty’ rally: How a Reddit user and his friends roiled the markets
- Op-ed: Nonprofits need to catch up on diversifying their boards
- ‘Operation Safe Pump’: Chicago aldermen creating safe spaces to pump gas due to carjacking spike
- Rod Stewart se declara culpable de golpear a guardia de seguridad
- Elon Musk, GameStop and the CEO as internet troll
- Editorial: Three ways Illinois can move past the Michael Madigan years
- Valparaiso official leaves panel with call to denounce hate, white supremacy
- Police tighten Congress security in era of rising threats
- Joe Biden defiende su andanada de decretos presidenciales
- Snowman contest in Aurora offers cool chance to be creative
- Elgin crime at a 49-year low in 2020, but gunfire cases nearly doubled, annual report shows
- Funny, heartwarming or serious: Will Super Bowl ads be super boring this year as brands skirt controversy?
- Op-ed: Children need to be back in school
- Column: An ambitious network of local podcasts is set to debut in Chicago
- Chicago police fear retaliation following fatal shooting of ‘very close associate’ of rapper G Herbo
- Financial donations grow as Vernon Hills woman’s food pantry becomes more well-known
- Indoor dining limits for Chicago restaurants will remain in place for now, Lightfoot says
- Archdiocese to close Oak Lawn church, combine two others in Southland by July 1
- GameStop shares soar again Friday after purchasing ban on trading apps forces price drop
- Biden visits wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, where son died
- Letters: Don’t ban use of prone restraint in Illinois
- Aurora proposes programs to help businesses impacted by pandemic
- Merriam-Webster adds over 520 new words to dictionary, including ‘COVID-19,’ ‘second gentleman,’ and ‘sapiosexual’
- Hold those skates, Burns Field Ice Rink will be closed a little while longer
- EEUU a migrantes centroamericanos: No lleguen a la frontera
- State allows indoor dining just in time for Black Lung Brewing Company’s opening in Round Lake Beach
- Merrillville putting finishing touches on community center ahead of March opening
- By the numbers: Who is planning to get the coronavirus vaccine in the US
- Dr. Anthony Fauci sees vaccination for kids by late spring or the summer
- Column: Here are the deets on West Aurora’s Caleb Dietlin. He’s bigger. He’s stronger. He’s faster. And he’s ready to play some football.
- How lung restoration improves organ availability
- The Savings Game: Investing in 2021
- Kids and Money: Pandemic relief law simplifies FAFSA
- Indiana’s poor health factors don’t help its COVID-19 fight, but some health outcomes are improving
- Meet Keith Gill, the man who drove the GameStop Reddit mania and made millions
- Potempa: Gov. Bowen’s cook long-gone, but not forgotten
- With cellars overflowing, American Airlines plans to sell wine to consumers
- Travel industry reacts to President Biden’s new executive orders
- What to order in or cook up when the snow piles high this weekend
- Online sports wagering takes off as Chicagoans bet legally on the Super Bowl for the first time
- Op-ed: The police jumped to protect my white teen daughter and her friends. If only Black girls received the same care.
- As Indiana’s legislature considers redistricting this year, experts look back on the impact of gerrymandering
- Libertyville holds town hall on stormwater utility fees
- West Side vaccine champion
- Extraditan a EEUU a expresidente de la Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
- Joc Pederson reportedly signs a 1-year, $7 million deal with the Chicago Cubs — their biggest move of the offseason
- Vistazo a las vacunas contra COVID-19 en uso y en desarrollo
- Questlove dedica documental a ‘Woodstock negro’
- Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Gloria Reuben
- Dream of entertainment-focused complex in Naperville ‘on the cusp’ of reality after 25 years, developer says
- Travel advisers guardedly optimistic about travel’s comeback in 2021
- Guest column: The picture of health in America is not so rosy
- ¿Deberíamos usar 2 máscaras en lugar de 1? Respuestas a preguntas sobre coronavirus
- Water affordability proposal hits City Council again in bid for long-term debt, shut-off solution: ‘Our mayors in Chicago, they come and go’
- Mundelein takes steps to create tool library in town
- Francia cierra fronteras a quienes llegan de fuera de UE
- Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin faces controversy involving Wall Street chat rooms, Robinhood trading app and GameStop’s stock
- Aurora to award grants to community organizations
- Unión Europea endurece normas para exportar vacunas
- Column: Chicago Heights library audit impacts race for Bloom Township offices
- Dunkin’ on Randall Road moving to new location in Elgin so larger drive-thru lane can be built
- Column: After 40 years of service, grief group wants Fox Valley to know ‘we are still here’
- There are dozens of coronavirus vaccines in development around the globe. Here are the vaccines already in use, or getting close.
- Joc Pederson firma contrato millonario con los Cachorros, según fuente
- Liberty’s Layshia Clarendon has breasts removed: ‘freedom at last’
- The Spin: Chicago aldermen launch ‘Operation Safe Pump’ amid carjacking spike | Kinzinger and Illinois’ fractured GOP | Lightfoot, Pritzker on what it means to govern after George Floyd’s death
- The Chicago Blackhawks keeps chugging along despite a reshuffled power play: ‘Whatever works,’ Patrick Kane says
- Decent: Sacrifice of families who lost loved ones in war to be honored with new Naperville memorial
- Communication, flooding topics in Aurora Township highway commissioner race
- Column: Erasing classic literature for kids
- Third stimulus check updates: President Biden taking ‘creative steps’ to push for $1.9 trillion aid plan
- Column: Fresh snow, ‘Bridgerton’ and taking down the Christmas tree: 9 things I’ve liked lately
- Illinois expands options for dentists to administer COVID-19 shots as vaccination effort lags behind other states
- ‘These delays are lethal.’ Advocates urge Illinois to get more pharmacies involved in vaccinating residents at assisted living sites.
- Photos: Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 29 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- This Week in Naperville
- Joint boards of Lake Forest public schools discuss timeline, process for picking next superintendent
- Tyler VanderWoude bounces back with 12 points as Chesterton tops Lake Central: ‘I have to do what I know I’m capable of doing.’
- Down to Business: Hiring a professional to do ads and marketing can pay off, Naperville PR specialist says
- Grant Comstock’s dunks in the fourth quarter punctuate Valparaiso’s lopsided win against Merrillville
- North Central partners with IIT to fast track students to engineering grad degrees
- Op-ed: The global gag rule has been imposed and repealed 7 times. That’s the problem with executive orders.
- No deal on CPS schools reopening, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot insists in-person classes will resume Monday; CTU claims district put safety ‘dead last’
- Jordan Barnes scores a game-high 18 points, including 2 free throws with 10.9 seconds left, to lift Portage over Lake Central
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, Jan. 31