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- Stephen Curry scores a career-high 62 in Golden State Warriors’ win over Portland Trail Blazers
- Daily horoscope for January 4, 2021
- Ask Amy: Angry letter may provoke unintended response
- The Chicago Bears are going to the playoffs — but are changes still possible at Halas Hall? Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts after the 35-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
- Social Graces: You like using the speakerphone when talking with friends. Do you need to tell them?
- Letters: Mascot idea for the U. of I.: The Tully Monster
- Editorial: Joe Biden and the reality of climate change
- General Iron closes North Side facility; shredder awaits final permit to start operations on the Southeast Side
- Chicago native breaks state birding record: ‘It’s like playing the lottery but with nature’
- Eli Lilly, other Big Pharma firms are making it harder for low-income patients to get discount drugs under federal program, doctors say
- Cop fired a decade after letting a fellow officer who allegedly beat pair leave the scene of the incident
- Zach LaVine scored 39 points, but his contribution in the Chicago Bulls’ 118-108 win went beyond scoring: ‘He made the right plays coming down the stretch’
- The NFL playoff field is set. And it includes powerhouses, pretenders — and a 7-9 team.
- COVID-19 vaccines move back-to-the-office plans closer to reality. Here are some key challenges for 2021.
- Winners and losers from the Chicago Bears’ Week 17 loss, including a baffling Green Bay Packers’ play clock and Terry Bradshaw’s encouraging words for Mitch Trubisky
- Daywatch: Some CPS teachers won’t return to schools, Bears back into the playoffs and old railroad corridors transformed into trails
- Jacob Blake police shooting: Kenosha officials prepare for more protests when charging decision announced within next two weeks
- Trump plans to award Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan, two of his biggest supporters in Congress
- This day in history, January 4: President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers State of the Union address outlining his “Great Society.”
- Iran begins enriching uranium at underground site, seizes South Korean oil tanker in escalation of tensions with West
- Judge in Britain rejects US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
- Food Network judge Kerry Vincent dead at 75
- Apparent bullet hole found in 14th floor window of Rush University Medical Center
- Man dead after police shooting in Jefferson City, Missouri; police release little information
- Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot shareholders approve automaker merger, forming Stellantis
- Review: Poignant and funny, ‘Cobra Kai’ vividly captures a man stuck in the Valley of the ’80s
- La novedad al quedar definidos los playoffs de NFL
- Orlando Pride stars Marta, Toni Pressley get engaged
- Leila Rahimi is now Dan Bernstein’s full-time co-host weekdays on The Score: ‘It’s a hard road for women in sports media in general and in radio even more so’
- How COVID-19, rallies, various village changes affected Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills in 2020
- ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ sigue sumando millones de dólares en EEUU
- Jueza británica rechaza extraditar a Assange a EEUU
- Charles M. Blow column: Supreme leader of voter suppression
- Glenview, Northbrook candidates file nominating petitions for village, library, park boards
- Venezuela: Maduro a horas de retomar control de la Asamblea
- Messi podría venir a jugar a la MLS
- Trump planea entregar medalla a congresistas Nunes y Jordan
- Nicholas Kristof column: Starving children don’t cry
- Timothy Egan column: After five centuries, a Native American with real power
- Trump presiona a funcionario de Georgia que le ‘encuentre’ votos
- Ted Danson and Holly Hunter combine for comedy ‘Mr. Mayor’
- Los nuevos retos de hacer películas de superhéroes
- Ex secretarios de defensa de EEUU le llaman la atención a Trump
- Los Juegos de Tokio están a 200 días
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Immigrants are only OK with Trump at the altar
- Fauci: ‘Luz de esperanza’ al aumentar vacunación, pero lejos de la meta
- New PBS docuseries follows Plano man’s post-prison struggles
- Speak Out reader opinion: If we rename schools named for slave owners, what about those named for politicians?
- Development continues in Oak Brook, village still hoping for removal of red-light cameras
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Un insulto racial, un video viral y un ajuste de cuentas
- Ed Perkins on Travel: Happy New Year, 2021 — I hope
- First babies of 2021 born at Hinsdale, Elmhurst hospitals
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Biden, Harris promising all kinds of ‘horrific things’
- NCAA to play all 67 men’s basketball tournament games in Indiana
- Empresas de minorías en EEUU al final de la fila
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I don’t believe in COVID,’ or wearing masks
- Discovery Plus launches on multiple platforms, including Roku and Amazon Fire TV
- Incoming ‘The Crown’ Queen Imelda Staunton talks role challenges, Netflix disclaimer
- OPINIÓN/Ryan García tiene mucho trabajo por hacer tras épica victoria
- Flash floods, the warmest summer on record and 15 tornadoes spawned in one day: Chicago’s extreme weather during 2020
- La estrategia de Biden para un predecesor que no se irá: ignorarlo
- Read the transcript of President Trump’s call with Georgia secretary of state
- Recruiting notes: Even without a season, Providence graduate Adam Taylor finds his way from Joliet Junior College to Governors State
- What we learned from Week 17 of the NFL season
- Con un millón de hispanos, crece el poder latino en Georgia
- North Aurora church may see up to $2 million expansion project
- México ofrece asilo y protección al fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange
- Column: Politics — and watching a Cooper’s hawk feast — provide diversions in stressful times
- As rollout falters, scientists debate new vaccination tactics
- Elmhurst teen receives childhood cancer sibling scholarship
- As rollout falters, scientists debate new vaccination tactics
- Slack suffers global outage as 2021 work year begins
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: Is it too late to impeach Trump again?
- The college football champion not in the title game
- Washington D.C. mayor calls in National Guard as city prepares for protests when Congress votes to affirm Joe Biden’s win
- Astérix regresa en 2021 con nuevo viaje y personaje
- A COVID-19 relief fund was only for Black residents. Then came the lawsuits.
- A COVID-19 relief fund was only for Black residents. Then came the lawsuits.
- 9 sisters at New York convent die of COVID-19 in December
- ‘He’s an icon in this neighborhood’: Injuries kept Michael Holmes from the NFL. His head, and his heart, brought him back to Leo.
- Trump in phone call pleads with Georgia secretary of state to ‘find’ votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win
- Clarendon Hills makes its way through coronavirus challenges in 2020
- Amanda Kloots reflects on ‘tough’ year, husband Nick Cordero’s death
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Democrats should leave country, and ‘leave the real Americans here alone to live and work’
- A timeout for the NBA’s halftime performers is costing them big
- Futbolistas uruguayos reclaman levantar sanción a Cavani
- Archdiocese considers mergers, closures of Niles, Morton Grove, Skokie Catholic churches
- From Fenwick to Northwestern to the G League, Scottie Lindsey reached the cusp. A torn ACL slowed him down but was ‘a blessing in disguise.’
- Maestros y alumnos, sin descanso en invierno por malas calificaciones
- Ted Danson y Holly Hunter unen fuerzas en la nueva comedia de NBC
- Illinois’ coronavirus positivity rate reaches highest level since mid-December; 5,059 new and probable cases, 79 additional deaths reported
- Decades revisited: Valparaiso woman hopeful for relaxed COVID-19 restrictions in ’21
- Kane County Health Department opens registration for COVID-19 vaccine information
- Speak Out reader opinions: Elgin can’t afford to new employees; you get what you deserve if you break the rules; no city benefit with one house for 7 families
- Las mañaneras, o cómo informar según el presidente de México
- ‘Do not cancel,’ Alex Trebek said before final ‘Jeopardy!’ episodes. ‘I will be there’
- Op-ed: The conservatives’ case against presidential self-pardons
- Unlicensed driver rear-ends squad car on Eisenhower, is charged with drunken driving, violating Scott’s Law after failing to move over, cops say
- ‘A slap in the face’: The pandemic disrupts young oil careers
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Trump deserves no credit for fast vaccine development
- White Sox VP Ken Williams sells Gold Coast mansion to restaurant magnate R.J. Melman for $4.8 million
- La CIA busca diversificar su fuerza laboral
- Help Them To Hope
- Fact check: Trump offers up false claims, fuzzy accounting in phone call pleading with Georgia secretary of state to ‘find’ votes
- Muere Tanya Roberts, chica Bond y angel de Charlie
- Column: After reading about fire that destroyed Evanston family’s home, he gave them his paycheck
- Indiana leaders stress mental health awareness amid pandemic
- Starting in March, speed camera tickets will be issued in Chicago for drivers 6 mph over limit
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Se aceleran vacunaciones contra COVID-19 en todo el mundo
- Love in the air: Geneva graduate Loudon Love realizes ‘how special it truly is’ to be playing basketball again at Wright State
- Woman accused of stealing $2.3 million from blasting company to fund Bourbonnais horse farm called Bit O’Luck
- Hammond veterans Reggie Abram, Darrell Reed and Harold Woods fuel victory at Mac Jelks Invitational: ‘They get dressed expecting to win.’
- La temporada 3 de #Luimelia ya tiene fecha de estreno
- Column: A teacher assigned students to write letters to nursing home residents. The result: a lesson in apathy.
- Federal judge rejects lawsuit filed by two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers seeking to overturn Trump loss
- George Gerdes, singer and ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor, dead at 72
- Prominent Democratic state Sen. Andy Manar resigns to become senior adviser to Gov. J.B Pritzker
- Chicago Bears local TV ratings were down 2% this season compared with 2019
- México: Hugo López-Gatell, vocero para la pandemia no acata recomendaciones y desata controversia
- Gran Bretaña anuncia nuevo confinamiento nacional hasta mediados de febrero por el virus
- Climate change is devastating Central American coffee farms — and spurring migration
- To reduce stress, ask the right questions to get the right answers
- Coping with reminders after a loss
- Teachers on TV? Schools try creative strategy to narrow digital divide
- Op-ed: Trump’s phone call is what coup fever looks like
- ‘A slap in the face’: The pandemic disrupts young oil careers
- Elgin couple engaged for 11 years are first to be married by Cook County clerk in 2021: ‘I was just crying tears of joy’
- ‘Cobra Kai’: Strike first. Strike hard. Come back for more.
- Editorial: Biden’s Afghanistan mission: Oversee a sensible withdrawal, build lasting peace
- Cómo los cárteles mexicanos se adaptaron a la COVID-19
- Ingenieros forman sindicato en Google
- Jaguars fire Doug Marrone; owner Shad Khan to be more involved
- 2020 NFL regular season stat champions
- Round Lake Beach man charged with aggravated battery in fatal stolen-car confrontation in Volo; ‘Get on the ground or I’ll shoot you’
- NorthShore acquires 509-bed Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights
- In Georgia, pro teams dive into Senate races with different playbooks
- Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan ending joint push to solve health care
- Column: Ted Cruz, other GOP senators fight for Trump over ‘voter fraud,’ but what about ghost and demon voters?
- Pullman project combines historic preservation, promotion of the arts in one project
- Man charged with early New Year’s Day shooting into Merrillville house
- Highland Park year in review: 2020 marked by deaths of 2 former mayors, recreational cannabis and election bid challenge
- Year in Preview 2021: Local elections, vaccinations, construction expected in Oak Park, River Forest
- Greek independence memorial to be placed at Aurora park
- Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi named the Chicago Cubs’ new TV play-by-play voice on Marquee Sports Network — but he’ll keep his ESPN role too
- University of Illinois wins federal approval for its COVID-19 saliva test
- Trump presenta otra demanda que busca anular las elecciones de Georgia
- El aumento de casos de coronavirus tras las celebraciones ya comenzó
- Georgia election officials reject Trump’s call to ‘find’ more votes: ‘In Georgia, we did get it right’
- Inside the Chicago Blackhawks’ first on-ice practice of training camp
- Baby born prematurely is one of first babies born in new year
- NFL wild-card weekend: Times and TV for all the AFC and NFC matchups
- Kyle Rittenhouse shootings: Negligence claims filed against City of Kenosha and county over response to protests
- Letters: Donald Trump’s phone call to Georgia secretary of state is like an absurdist play
- 53-year-old man shot on 69th Street Red Line platform
- Column: 2020 had more than its share of negatives, but it’s also worth taking note of the positives
- Illinois hits $1 billion in weed sales for 2020 with another record set in December
- 2020 Year in Review: Deerfield mayor won’t seek reelection, assault weapons ban ordinance upheld
- Indiana legislators begin ‘unique’ 2021 session with COVID-19 precautions in place
- Columna: Se contagió de COVID-19 después de trabajar para alguien que dio positivo y lo mantuvo en secreto
- More than 30,000 Will County residents register online for COVID-19 vaccine
- Fight over military careers leads to fatal shooting; Highland man held: court documents
- Vaccination drive enters a new phase of urgency in US and Britain
- Michigan woman charged with fatally shooting Merrillville man in ‘polyamorous’ relationship
- Column: Finding a little bit of optimism among the ruins of Pompeii
- Second Costco, Fair Oaks redevelopment, Central Park Place among Naperville projects coming in 2021
- Column: Captain Not-So-Serious? With Jonathan Toews out, Patrick Kane will have to pick up the slack for the rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks.
- Column: A New Year’s resolution — Rename Indian and Squaw creeks
- First female judge named to lead the Circuit Court’s Criminal Division
- Farmacéutico intentó arruinar vacunas contra COVID-19
- Worth Township trustee who has printed political material for top Dems, including Speaker Madigan, hit with federal tax charge
- The Spin: First Brady, now Manar resigning from Illinois General Assembly; Illinois’ Newman, Miller make up record number of women in Congress; U. of C. to honor Fauci
- La asignatura pendiente del Bayern Múnich
- Valerie Bertinelli having ‘rough’ time since Eddie Van Halen’s death
- Corrections and clarifications
- Waukegan schools to continue remote learning until at least mid-February
- Wisconsin pharmacist tried to destroy coronavirus vaccine doses because he believed it would mutate people’s DNA, according to court documents
- Wilmette police, FBI investigating Monday bank robbery
- Cook County Republican judicial candidate files lawsuits to overturn his Nov. 3 election loss
- Protesting CPS reopening plan
- Joe Judge blasts Eagles for tanking, disrespecting sacrifices of players, families in 2020 NFL season
- Editorial: We recognize Trump’s malfeasance. We’re from Illinois.
- Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles have been dating for ‘a few weeks,’ held hands at wedding: report
- Proud Boys leader arrested in Washington, accused of burning Black Lives Matter banner
- NBA tells teams that rules on mask-wearing will get tougher
- Naperville News Digest: Naperville woman gives birth to Edward’s first baby of new year; entries being accepted for Art League’s March competition
- As Chicago Teachers Union members refuse to return to classrooms, CPS mum on possible consequences for those who decline to give lessons in person
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 4 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- 6 things we learned from the 1st day on ice at Chicago Blackhawks training camp, including who will be Patrick Kane’s linemates and why Carl Soderberg was absent
- Roquan Smith’s potentially serious elbow injury could leave the Chicago Bears exposed against the New Orleans Saints’ Alvin Kamara in Sunday’s playoff game
- Georgia Senate runoffs: Trump, Biden warn of high stakes as candidates make final pitches
- 2020 Year in Review: Lincolnshire school districts, village finances impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, St. James sports complex approved, trustees raise property tax for first time in years
- Former Wisconsin QB Jack Coan says he’s transferring to Notre Dame
- Analysis: With Georgia call, Trump shows no limit to his power grab
- Trump says he’ll ‘fight like hell’ to hold on to presidency as he appeals to GOP lawmakers to reverse his election loss
- Confusion ensues as Cook County changes course on its online COVID-19 vaccination form, filled out by 40,000 people so far