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- Daily horoscope for January 31, 2021
- Ask Amy: Adopted sister keeps birth family a secret
- Landmarks: Dungeons & Dragons goes mainstream, offers a way to use imagination to conquer the pandemic doldrums
- Letters: A baby boomer’s advice to restaurants reopening for indoor dining
- Those cracks in tree bark are called frost cracks. Here’s how to lessen the damage.
- As COVID rages, Loretto Hospital employee scraps his own dreams to help the West Side
- This day in history, January 31: US enters Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1
- ‘Our work is never done:’ Q&A with Chicago Sky’s Gabby Williams on adding Candace Parker, the WNBA’s impact on Georgia Senate runoffs and getting more games on TV
- Since 1608, Virginia has executed more people than any other state. It may now abolish the death penalty.
- How to get Bernie Sanders inauguration day ‘grumpy chic’ look
- Hilton Valentine, founding Animals guitarist behind ‘House of the Rising Sun’ riff, dies at 77
- Daywatch special edition: Weekend snow blankets Chicago area, 10 years since ‘Snowmageddon’ and how to stay safe while shoveling
- Best face covers for cold weather
- Air fryers vs. deep fryers
- How to winterize a jet ski
- How to train a kitten
- How much to feed a kitten
- The best juicer for celery
- The best LED table lamp
- The best LG range
- The best military folding shovel
- The best telescope for beginners
- Even if Biden’s plan to reopen schools by late April is successful, millions of students may still need to learn remotely
- Column: Former ‘Ripper Crew’ member Thomas Kokoraleis moving out of Wayside Cross in Aurora — and into a new home just a few blocks away
- After record voter turnout, Republican-led states that flipped for Biden are working to change voting rules
- ‘Missed Connections’ show with magic is coming to A Red Orchid Theatre, thanks to a chance connection
- Naperville North teens rebuild Mustang into race car while maintaining social distancing
- Indiana’s Republican lawmakers push for school choice, voucher expansion
- How to support Black-owned businesses
- Report: ‘Riverdale’ actress Vanessa Morgan welcomes son with estranged husband, White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech
- Lionel Messi’s contract with Barcelona is reportedly worth up to 555 million euros — that’s $673 million — over 4 seasons
- Catholic schools on South and West sides hit hard by pandemic get $1.8 million donation
- Column: What did an epic Chicago Bulls loss during a snowstorm in a pandemic sound like? No audible groans — just silence.
- Wisconsin sees snow totals not seen in 10 years with up to 10 inches in some areas
- Oswego hopes to bring Middle East Conflicts Wall of Honor to village in May
- As new variants of COVID-19 spread and vaccine rollout is slow around the globe, ‘no one is safe until everyone is safe’
- Even with COVID-19 protocols sidelining 5 players, the Chicago Blackhawks are more focused on the next game than outbreak concerns: ‘It’s going to find a way to get to some people’
- Column: A critic’s ‘Snowmaggedon’ memoir: Was ‘Burn the Floor’ worth risking my life?
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 30-31 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Getting out of the zone: St. Viator grad Trey Calvin working on becoming a more vocal leader at Wright State
- UConn women avoid consecutive losses for 1,005 games and counting, throttle No. 17 DePaul, 100-67
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger launches ‘country first’ movement as Trump criticism puts focus on Illinois GOP divide amid search for new leadership
- After the success of Logan Square’s Dill Pickle, residents across the Chicago area are looking to launch food co-ops. ‘There is an outcry for a different system.’
- Chicago moves to phase 4 of COVID-19 regulations, indoor dining restrictions remain
- Mike Pettine and Bob Sutton are potential candidates if the Chicago Bears hire a senior defensive assistant to aid first-time coordinator Sean Desai
- Corrections and clarifications
- More than 5,100 arrested in Russia as tens of thousands of protesters demand release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny
- Trump raised $255.4 million in 8 weeks as he sought to overturn election result
- No varsity snaps? No problem. New Trier’s Finn Cohan gets college interest despite only having played sophomore football
- MLB Players Association will reject MLB’s proposal for a 154-game schedule and a delayed start to the 2021 season, report says
- 21 men accuse co-founder of anti-Trump Lincoln Project of online harassment
- Cheerleader sues Northwestern University, says she was groped and harassed by drunken fans and that officials tried to ‘cover up’ her complaints, lawsuit alleges
- TSA workers now have authority to enforce mask mandates at airport security checkpoints
- Glenbrook South’s Caitlin Schneider goes from state champion to winning an NCAA hockey title with Wisconsin: ‘It’s crazy to think how far I’ve come’
- Loyola wins its 7th straight, throttling Missouri State 72-46
- Allan Burns, co-creator of ‘The Munsters’ and ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ dies age 85
- Jordan Mosley, a 4-star wide receiver and former Tennessee commitment, commits to Northwestern 3 days before signing day
- Fox Valley area digs out from winter storm
- Prosecutors: Chicago woman who works for Aldi shatters window at different grocery store after being told to wear a face mask
- Crews hit the streets and residents hit the playgrounds as second snowstorm in a week drops more than a foot of snow on the Chicago area
- Skiers compete in the junior national qualifier at the Norge Ski Jump
- Republicano lanza comité contra apoyo del partido a Trump
- Photos: Chicago Blackhawks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1
- Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team
- Hank Aaron’s death not related to COVID-19 vaccine
- Third stimulus check updates: Biden invites GOP lawmakers to White House for virus relief talks
- Myanmar military says it is taking control of the country
- Northwestern losing streak reaches 8 games with a 64-56 loss to Rutgers
- School district and union talks fall apart as Lightfoot pushes reopening to Tuesday
- USMNT routs Trinidad and Tobago; 2 Lions make debuts
- Renovations shaping up at Maine East, Maine South high schools