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- Franklin Park-raised screenwriter to release first film, featuring ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor
- Daily horoscope for February 1, 2021
- Ask Amy: Cancer treatment brings on odd requests
- Editorial: Another reason to keep Chicago’s Larry Hoover in his supermax prison
- Column: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is dangerously kooky. Apparently, that’s just what her voters want.
- Letters: Climate change is our biggest concern
- Daywatch: CPS and union talks fall apart, second storm in a week drops more than a foot of snow and residents look to launch food co-ops across the city
- Most expensive military weapons and programs
- The Chicago Bears aren’t the only team in need of a new starting QB. Here’s where each NFL team stands with a wild offseason of musical chairs under way.
- Biggest box office bombs of all time
- Anonymous donor gives $560,000 to diverse Chicago art spaces via Hyde Park Art Center
- COVID-19 vaccine skepticism runs deep in home of the infamous ‘Tuskegee syphilis study’: ‘It hangs on the minds of people’
- Illinois man sentenced in 2014 bank robberies in Indiana
- Renovations underway at Maine East, Maine South High Schools in Park Ridge
- This day in history, February 1: Space shuttle Columbia breaks up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members
- Wisconsin to let residents sign up online to get coronavirus vaccines
- Chicago’s convention industry readies for a summer rebound, but challenges remain even with the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine
- Toys R Us comeback fizzles as revived brand closes its only 2 stores in US
- 9 top New York health officials resign as Gov. Andrew Cuomo scorns COVID-19 advice from experts
- GameStop surge is latest proof of online crowd’s sheer power
- Prince Harry accepts apology, damages in UK libel suit
- 4 Big Ten basketball takeaways, including if the conference tournament should be played and what Trent Frazier means to Illinois now
- Westchester Township home destroyed in Sunday blaze; no injuries reported
- Easy smart home upgrades
- Nevadas en EEUU obligan a cerrar centros de vacunación COVID
- How to dress for skiing
- How to winterize an RV
- El Barca emprenderá ‘acciones legales’ contra ‘El Mundo’ por la publicación del contrato de Leo Messi
- What to feed a newborn kitten
- How to switch dog food
- The best Travelpro carry-on luggage
- The best USB headset
- The best USB fan
- The best wig
- The best 5-person tent
- Sonic the Hedgehog series coming to Netflix in 2022
- Golpe de estado en Myanmar; arrestan a políticos
- Super Bowl takeout: 42 Chicago-area spots for game day snacks and full meals
- Laporta: ‘Leo Messi genera mucho más de lo que cobra’
- 10-year-old who got $60 in GameStop stock for Kwanzaa sells gift for $3,200 — about 5,000% gain
- Biden se reunirá con republicanos sobre paquete de ayuda
- Right-wing extremists emboldened by Trump flex their power in a leaderless GOP
- Nearly 80 community groups now calling for ouster of controversial president of Chicago’s police union John Catanzara
- Autoridades alertan de certificados falsos de COVID-19
- Dejaron su país por un futuro mejor, pero fueron asesinados en México
- La música ayuda a Tony Bennett a batallar el Alzheimer
- Printers Row Lit Fest sets new Sept. 11-12 dates after pandemic cancels 2020 event
- Millennials are changing the luxury real estate market
- México aplasta a Colombia en apertura de la Serie del Caribe
- Here’s a way to learn if facial recognition systems used your photos
- Speak Out reader opinion: There’s a lack of etiquette in clearing snow
- The ‘Dr. Fauci’ of the Texas border is counting the dead
- Talk of the County reader opinion: U.S. Rep. Greene ‘does nothing for the democracy of the United States and only divides us further’
- Tom Brady ha guiado a más de 200 compañeros al Super Bowl
- Desafíos que esperan a nuevo líder en Ecuador
- The military, citing election fraud claims, staged a coup in Myanmar, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi
- How older people looking for COVID-19 vaccines struggle with and conquer a digital divide
- 3 men charged in Chicago carjackings, police say
- United warns 14,000 employees their jobs are at risk in April, as airline unions push for third stimulus
- Quick Fix: Beer-spiced chili makes a perfect Super Bowl supper
- Can Super Bowl food be too fancy?
- GameStop investors’ motives: Take a YOLO bet. ‘Ruin a billionaire’s life.’
- ¿Debo recibir la vacuna contra el COVID si tengo cáncer, demencia o esclerosis múltiple?
- How the movie ‘Groundhog Day’ can help us move forward during COVID-19
- Incertidumbre sobre si reabrirán escuelas de Chicago
- Estafadores usan la vacuna COVID-19 para robar dinero e información
- Wrestling notes: Kankakee Valley’s Aiden Sneed sacrificed football to take his best shot at the state meet and gets started with a sectional title
- Migrante mexicano detenido en EEUU fallece por coronavirus
- Anti-vaccine activists peddle theories that COVID-19 shots are deadly, undermining vaccination
- How well do you know COVID-19 terminology?
- Casi imposible saber quién se vacunó
- Talk of the County reader opinion: If you don’t like ‘our diverse, vibrant city’ of Waukegan, ‘get the heck out’
- Trump afronta la batalla por el control del Partido Republicano con 25.5 millones de dólares en el bolsillo
- Príncipe Enrique acepta disculpa y compensación por difamación
- Wisconsin is for lovers: Secluded, romantic getaways are only a few hours’ drive away
- Pandemic’s deadliest month in US ends with signs of progress
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Feb. 2
- El empleo no se recuperará hasta 2024 en EEUU
- Speak Out reader opinions: QAnon has no place in Congress; returning to ‘normalcy’ a welcome change; reject the haters and bring GOP and Dems together
- Environmental Nutrition: Spotlight on supplements: Elderberry
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I sure pity those ladies that have to follow Melania’
- School District 86 and its teachers agree to new two-year contract
- Aurora Township clerk candidates discuss communication, budget
- Olivia Newton-John dice que no se vacunará contra el coronavirus
- Seriously Simple: Turn cabbage into a comforting dish with ease
- Column: My hate-hate relationship with snowblowers; candidate forums commence in Park Forest
- Best albums of all time by Black artists
- President Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar after military coup
- The Kitchn: No time? No problem! A 5-minute brownie in a mug will satisfy your sweet tooth.
- Comienza la lucha de cada década por la redistribución de distritos en EEUU
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-1 win that snapped a 3-game losing streak, including big plays by Philipp Kurashev, Pius Suter and Kevin Lankinen
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Buy a My Pillow to support freedom of speech
- Theo Epstein has another new job. The former Chicago Cubs president is joining Arctos Sports Partners as an Executive-in-Residence.
- Huge gaps in vaccine data make it next to impossible to know who got the shots
- EatingWell: Shrimp and pesto bowls are the ultimate weeknight dinner
- The Kitchn: Your air fryer is the secret to perfect homemade french fries
- Kane clerk stresses applications needed to vote by mail
- Niño ambientalista es amenazado en Colombia
- Gran joya de los Medias Rojas anuncia su retiro
- Worth Township trustee pleads guilty to tax charge stemming from ongoing political corruption probe
- Jamie Tarses, trailblazing TV exec, dies at 56
- Indiana lawmakers discuss 1st cigarette tax hike since 2007
- Column: Against a backdrop of anti-Semitism and discord, Jewish group hosts a series on civil discourse: ‘We have to try.’
- Lynwood man charged with attempted murder in Orland Park shooting
- Major storm hits Northeast, more than foot of snow forecast
- El altercado Ibra-Lukaku todavía no ha terminado
- Chicago records highest number of January homicides in 4 years
- Talk of the County reader opinion: The discovery of pipe bombs the night before Capitol attack ‘almost clears’ Trump
- Why you shouldn’t put medical debt on credit cards
- Green Bay Packers say their long-term future includes QB Aaron Rodgers: ‘He’s such a part of what we’re doing right now and certainly in the future’
- Puerto Rico enfoca campaña de vacunación en adultos mayores
- With no state title to pursue, Nick Schwind and the Vernon Hills boys bowling team get the season started with other goals
- Post-Tribune girls basketball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
- CBO predicts hiring will lag, with employment not back at pre-pandemic levels until 2024
- What did you spend your stimulus money on? Tell us in a Tribune survey
- ‘It clicked for us right away’: Marist graduates Aaron Kummer and Jake McClain form star setter-hitter combo for St. Xavier
- What’s that college degree worth — $2 million or $248,000?
- Enero fue el más mortífero para EEUU por el coronavirus
- Muere Dustin Diamond, Screech en ‘Salvado por la campana’
- Heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs
- Column: Upcoming cicada invasion may create a buzz in Lake County
- Robinhood raises $3.4 billion to cope with Gamestop trading surge, ‘incredible growth’
- El América se refuerza con un canterano merengue
- GameStop stock film in the works with script by Mark Boal, Noah Centineo attached, Scott Galloway to consult
- 1 person killed, 1 injured in shooting at shopping mall in northern Wisconsin
- New Walgreens CEO to get nearly $25 million signing bonus
- Girls basketball notes: Leading the state in scoring, Courtney Blakely leads Bishop Noll back to the top in the Greater South Shore Conference
- Elmhurst man, arrested last year for series of alleged home repair fraud schemes, faces additional charges in Niles
- ACLU elige por 1ra vez a persona de raza negra como líder
- Máxima precaución sanitaria en eliminatorias mundialistas
- Waukegan schools to bring in consultants to better understand equity, cultural differences in educating students
- Their mail carrier planned to retire and put his feet up, so a group of neighbors raised money to buy him a recliner
- Madre deportada de un oficial del Ejército se aferra a la esperanza de regresar con su familia
- Denuncian favoritismo en vacunación de personas contra COVID
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Casi 7,000 mexicanos reportados como desaparecidos en 2020
- Op-ed: Social reformer Ada S. McKinley deserves recognition in Chicago
- Cuando el coronavirus invadió su pequeño apartamento, los hijos trataron desesperadamente de proteger a su padre
- Op-ed: Can boring Biden be as compelling as outrageous Trump?
- What winter was like the year you were born
- Nick Moore is out as Lighthouse’s boys basketball coach after throwing a chair during a game
- The case of the serial sperm donor
- Mundelein to approve updated comprehensive plan after residential input
- McDonald’s to pay employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine
- Recruiting notes: A sprained ankle and a position change to goalkeeper end up bringing Marist’s Maddie Drebing to Duke
- Column: Shadowing a COVID-19 vaccinator from patient to patient, shot after shot: ‘We try to put them at ease’
- Judge sets trial for Wisconsin man charged with 18th OWI
- Man charged in robbing of a La Grange 7-11 store Sunday morning
- Parkland area, Sandy Hook lawmakers demand action on Marjorie Taylor Greene
- South suburban Chicago men face charges after security cam finds them inside company’s fence: police
- El Liverpool sorprende fichando central de segunda
- President Biden asks high court to put off arguments over two controversial Trump administration policies
- Elmhurst senior living community residents get to watch chef prepare special meal on TV while eating the same food
- ‘Saved by the Bell’ actor Dustin Diamond remembered as ‘true comedic genius’
- ‘The kids, the kids … I am numb’: 4 little girls and their mother dead in devastating Des Plaines fire
- Chicago’s affordable housing has a segregation problem. Here’s one plan to fix it.
- Cómo funciona la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech
- Des Plaines probes space heater as possible cause of fire that killed mom, 4 girls; family was trapped in unit with no smoke detectors, officials say
- Recruiting notes: Saying ‘I had my heart set on this,’ St. Charles North’s Jordan Nubin to join brother Tyler at Minnesota
- Investigación sobre muerte de Maradona revela nuevos datos
- Letters: Teachers should have a say on transmission risk in schools
- Despite claims of bias, conservatives thrive on social media, study shows
- Bucs, not bucks: With a pandemic Super Bowl, Tampa misses an economic windfall
- Naperville mansion sells after a decade for $3.4 million
- Op-ed: Super Bowl-bound Patrick Mahomes and the NFL’s progress on concussions
- Column: One day we will walk out of the night, through the fire and the snow
- Kansas City Chiefs put 2 players on the COVID-19 list as close contacts 6 days before the Super Bowl
- ‘No red flags’ in vaccine safety data for pregnant women, Fauci says
- Killings surge in 2020; pandemic and protests were factors, study suggests
- Terri Lyne Carrington, una pionera en el jazz instrumental
- 1 dead following Sauganash house fire, officials say
- Second teenager is charged in carjacking at Addison fast-food restaurant, authorities say
- Bill that would strip state protections for wetlands heads to Indiana House
- A pesar del encierro, no hubo un repunte de embarazos en la pandemia
- Buffalo Grove house fire prompts evacuation of 3 residents, causes $150,000 in damages: Officials
- Chicago Heights police officer charged, accused of battering juvenile arrestee
- Column: When attending funeral services over Zoom, there are a few protocols to keep in mind
- As a mother who was critically injured in Aurora carjacking begins long recovery, a brewery creates a beer in her honor
- Hate groups migrate online, making tracking more difficult
- Carlos Rodon is officially back as the Chicago White Sox announce a 1-year, $3 million deal with the left-handed pitcher
- Y tras la nevada, un blanco Chicago
- Corrections and clarifications
- Tom Brady consideraría jugar después de los 45 años
- Naperville News Digest
- Aurora panel supports changes to River Street Plaza plan
- Alex Morgan called up for SheBelieves Cup; Harris, Krieger left off roster
- Naperville digs out from 7 inches of snow in advance of more wintry weather at week’s end
- Spacewalkers complete 4 years of power upgrades to modernize station
- Snowstorm hampers Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccination effort, less than 15,000 shots administered on Sunday
- Elmwood Park, Franklin Park trying to help residents get COVID-19 vaccinations
- Chicago digs out from snowiest storm in 5 years, some closures persist Monday as arctic weekend looms
- Hinsdale District 86 partners with Osco to vaccinate staff, feeder schools against COVID-19
- DePaul has 2 of its next 3 Big East basketball games postponed, including Wednesday’s home game vs. Xavier
- Here’s the latest on GameStop saga: Silver is rallying, but is it a trap?
- Rochester officers who pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old suspended
- Asian Carp defense on Des Plaines River
- Will County teacher vaccination begins at Joliet West field house clinic
- Candace Parker officially signs with the Chicago Sky — making them an instant favorite for the WNBA title: ‘Nobody has ever signed a free agent like this’
- With COVID-19 vaccines in short supply, these Park Ridge and Niles residents shared how they secured appointments
- The Spin: CPS, CTU ‘cooling off,’ making progress | Kinzinger starts PAC aimed at returning Republicans to pre-Trump era | Rev. Jackson hospitalized, recovering from surgery
- Editorial: Teachers stay home due to science, then ignore science when it’s time to go back
- Mexican government helping family of mom, 4 daughters who died in Des Plaines fire to obtain visas to attend funeral services
- US billionaire buys entire SpaceX flight to circle the globe
- Oswego woman rescued after falling through ice while searching for her dog
- Elgin man who sexually assaulted, killed toddler to be freed from prison after serving half of 48-year term
- US awards $231 million contract to scale up production of at-home COVID-19 test that provides results in about 20 minutes
- Uber driver carjacked at gunpoint by juvenile in Oak Park, police say; car recovered near Detroit
- OPRF High School gets $9,000 from alumni to produce spring musical
- Elgin News Digest: Kane County starts online vaccine appointment page and schedules COVID testing; free ice cream and pancakes in South Elgin
- Oak Park District 97 reopens schools for first time during pandemic; administration, teachers’ union work to address issues
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Feb. 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- McConnell denounces Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calls her embrace of ‘loony lies’ a ‘cancer’ for GOP
- CPS calls for 2 days of ‘cooling off’ as it reports progress in averting a CTU strike; remote learning continues Tuesday and Wednesday
- NASA deputy director holds virtual leadership forum from post in Russia with students at Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest
- Third stimulus check updates: Biden meets with GOP senators who want smaller COVID-19 aid package, but no quick deal reached
- Chicago copywriter sent home on ‘The Bachelor’ after sharing rumor: ‘I’m just really disappointed in myself’
- Photos: Chicago Bulls 110, New York Knicks 102
- Trump lawyer: Impeachment case ‘undemocratic,’ ill-advised
- Cameron Krutwig’s 19 points carry Loyola to its 8th straight win, 70-50 over Missouri State
- Dolly Parton reveals she turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice
- Elmwood Park D401 teacher, administrators get fanfare for their awards
- ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ review: Retelling the death of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton
- Players union declines MLB proposal for a 1-month delay to the season and will ‘instead continue preparations for an on-time start’
- Wilmette School District 39 launches COVID-19 saliva screening program