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- Despite foul trouble, Loyola recruit Ben Schwieger scores 16 points as Waubonsie Valley loses to Wheaton Warrenville South in OT
- Behind Amar Augillard’s 27 points, including a putback with 17 seconds left, Zion-Benton overcomes slow start for season-opening win at Warren
- Grace Sullivan welcomes a larger role in Carmel’s offense, scoring 18 points in a season-opening loss to Nazareth
- Daily horoscope for February 11, 2021
- Police: Oak Park resident attempts to fend off would-be carjacker on Roosevelt Road
- Ask Amy: Trauma survivor struggles to cope
- ‘We’re in survival mode,’ says Virtue’s Erick Williams. Here’s how Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants are faring during the pandemic.
- Chicago-area Catholic school students exceed expectations on standardized assessments
- Column: As CPS resumes in-person classes, an assignment: Let students grade adults on COVID-19 response
- Column: US Attorney John Lausch and those laughing hyenas of Illinois
- Cave Point dazzles in winter with ever-changing ice formations along Lake Michigan
- Home Bodies: Zumba with Martha Patricia Montes of Chicago Latin Fitness
- Home Bodies: Kickboxing with Seobia Rivers of Healthy Hood
- How did every Chicago Bears player perform in 2020? And who will return — or won’t — in 2021? Breaking down the entire roster.
- Daywatch: Pritzker expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, CPS reopens after union fight and Paczki Day is coming
- This day in history, February 11: Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots and wounds a companion during a weekend quail-hunting trip
- ‘Mandalorian’ star Gina Carano fired after social media post
- Rare downtown liquor license opens up in Valparaiso; Sage license goes back to city
- Fox News abruptly cuts off impeachment manager during testimony
- Review: In ‘Minari,’ the American dream is held up to the light and examined for cracks
- Column: New York just announced a pop-up arts fest with Chris Rock, Amy Schumer and other celebs: 5 things Chicago could learn
- Dr. Fauci predicts ‘open season’ for COVID-19 vaccines by April
- Chicago-area Catholic school students exceed expectations on standardized assessments
- Indiana expanding COVID-19 vaccines to Hoosiers 60 and up
- Countdown to college: February is the time to plan ahead
- Where are these former Trump officials now?
- Chicago Bulls’ ‘explosive’ backcourt of Zach LaVine and Coby White make NBA history as the 1st teammates to make at least 8 3-pointers each in a game
- Survey: Leave these Valentine’s Day gifts at the store
- Chicago Public Schools is reopening after a bitter union fight. Now the hard part begins: Rebuilding trust, and making good on COVID-19 protection vows.
- ‘Chicago Fire’ star Joe Miñoso’s personal epiphany … and his Epiphany Project for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ screenwriters
- A doctor had 6 hours to use a vial of COVID-19 vaccine before it expired, so he gave the shots to 10 people. For that, he was fired.
- When do salaried employees deserve overtime? Hundreds of Jewel-Osco workers are eligible to join lawsuit after ruling.
- Amazon Fresh opens in Oak Lawn
- Woman blames pattern of police corruption as she tries to have drug conviction tossed
- Bruce Springsteen blew 0.02 – quarter of legal limit, source says
- Home Bodies: Take your fitness routine virtual in 2021. Watch our online video series and see which workouts work for you.
- US jobless claims fall slightly to 793,000 with layoffs high
- Waukegan officials stunned by bill that would put school district finances under state control
- Fauci: habrá vacunas para todos en EEUU en abril
- CDC says quarantine from COVID-19 exposure not necessary for vaccinated people
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Friday, Feb. 12
- Despiden a Gina Carano de ‘The Mandalorian’ tras un post
- Cook County joins Chicago in rejecting Pritzker’s expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to people with preexisting health conditions
- Editorial: President Biden, make John Lausch exception No. 3
- México: Policía en muerte de migrantes tiene un negro historial
- Kraft Heinz sells Planters peanuts to Hormel for $3.35 billion
- How the Lincoln Project, a Republican anti-Trump group, ignored a growing crisis in its ranks
- De #LiberenaBritney a #LoSentimosBritney: el caso de tutela vuelve a la corte
- Chicago Cubs sign center fielder Jake Marisnick to a 1-year deal
- CPS students return to school
- United says it will buy up to 200 small electric aircraft to zip people to airports, avoid traffic
- Wisconsin driver whose truck plunged off exit ramp thankful to be alive: ‘There was just too much snow on the side of the road’
- Charisma Carpenter alleges Joss Whedon ‘abused his power’ on ‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’: ‘Joss was the vampire’
- Honduras: desesperación, promesas y más ansias de migrar
- Speak Out reader opinion: Super Bowl ratings reflect fan reaction to political messages
- Ecuador: exbanquero le saca mínima ventaja a rival indígena
- Valentine’s Day 2021: How to celebrate in Chicago, whether you’re cuddled up at home or dining out
- Caleb Plant espera en la cola para enfrentar a ‘Canelo’
- El juicio político de Trump pone a prueba los límites de la libertad de expresión
- A scaled-down breakfast casserole that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day
- Senadores reviven el horror del asalto al Capitolio
- El PSG pierde a Neymar para enfrentar al Barcelona
- Watch this. Eat that: Celebrate Lunar New Year with ‘Over the Moon’ and Chiu Quon mooncakes
- UK judge rules that newspaper invaded Meghan Markle’s privacy
- Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease
- In historic first, women begin boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
- Muere la modelo Kasia Lenhardt tras separarse del futbolista Jerome Boateng
- How Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants have fared during the pandemic: 8 owners tell their stories
- Joliet Road will be one lane in each direction by I-294 bridge, west of Wolf Road
- Post-Tribune boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Friday, Feb. 12, 2021
- Videos del asalto al Capitolio son clave en juicio a Trump
- LaKeith Stanfield on ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: ‘I should’ve done some meditation, and some therapy, to prepare for something like this’
- Speak Out reader opinions: Releasing Elgin man who murdered toddler a ‘travesty’; use old Sherman Hospital to give COVID vaccines; hypocritical GOP
- Homer Glen extends garbage collection contract, OKs surveillance cameras at Heritage Park
- Column: Kira Chivers came close to missing Marist’s opener last season. It taught her how to keep her chin up. Now, about that …
- ‘Primo, no me dejes morir’
- Autoworkers face dimmer future in a new era of electric cars
- No hay ‘puertas abiertas’ a EEUU, advierte México
- First slave freed by Abraham Lincoln, an Illinois woman, rests under a tombstone of pavement
- Motormouth: Is ethanol-free gas worth the price?
- Texas: Cinco muertos por choque masivo causado por tormenta
- Valparaiso University drops Crusader mascot; incoming president expected to lead quest for replacement
- Column: As a Big Ten referee, Calumet Park’s Ed Maracich even earned praise from Bobby Knight. ‘I didn’t know a college coach who didn’t like him.’
- ‘Land’ review: A moving story of grief in the wild, Robin Wright’s directing debut doesn’t fully ‘Land’
- Tecnología elimina errores y berrinches en el tenis
- A Pilsen basement turned into a warming space is a ‘blessing’ for homeless neighbors during frigid weather, but more help is needed
- 50 photos of the sports world showing support for Black lives
- Pumas busca salir de crisis de gol en sexta fecha del Clausura mexicano
- Boys basketball notes: Bryce Schaum finds his 3-point stroke, and Munster starts winning
- Bombardier to end Learjet production, cut 1,600 jobs
- California supera a NY en cifra de muertos por coronavirus
- Unbeatable deals on tech and home goods that will make your life easier
- Millions of counterfeit N95 masks were bought by hospitals and others in 5 states, US says
- Arranca liga argentina con cinturón apretado por pandemia
- Column: Of all the terrible moments on display at Trump’s impeachment, a trapped, panicked Rep. Susan Wild calling her kids stands out
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- Dictan sentencia en juicio por privacidad de la duquesa de Sussex
- How Merck, a vaccine titan, lost the COVID race
- Amazon Fire Tablet vs. Kindle: What’s the difference?
- UNCF breakfast offers virtual menu, strong appeal
- How to layer for skiing
- How to get rid of fruit flies
- What are the safest infant car seats?
- Best cheap sewing machines
- The best commercial deep fryer
- Does your family have a connection to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871? Tell us about it.
- The best snowmobile cover
- The best vacuum for pet hair
- The best Whirlpool refrigerator
- Study: Smaller cars may be why crashes injure women more
- Ethan Sturm transferred to Benet for academics and to play volleyball. And then he waited. And waited. ‘It was very frustrating.’
- Veteran suburban journalist James Pluta ‘cared about the communities he covered’
- ‘Schitt’s Creek’-inspired pop-up comes to Replay bar in Chicago’s Lincoln Park
- Representantes de Maduro y Guaidó coordinan la llegada de vacunas
- Images capture Europe in a deep freeze
- Budweiser teams with Mitchell & Ness, releases NBA inspired cans
- Biden cree que algunos republicanos ‘podrían cambiar de opinión’ tras las imágenes del asalto al Capitolio
- What to watch: February
- Stevenson SD125 board gives green light for property tax abatement, student fee refund following ‘challenging year’ of COVID-19
- Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network sets July digital debut
- Diabetes drug Semaglutide brings significant weight loss in obese patients, according to Northwestern study
- Stimulus check updates: GOP attacks Dems’ $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill as costly and overtly partisan
- Column: How we decided to send our daughter back to school
- Eagles and blue herons won’t be affected by new houses going on Nokia property in Naperville, federal expert says
- Girls basketball notes: Youthful Kouts gallops to regional after winning first sectional title since 2015
- Autoworkers face uncertain future in an era of electric cars
- Op-ed: Want a romantic Valentine’s Day? Learn how to fight fair.
- Republicanos descontentos con Trump trazarían un nuevo rumbo
- Lightfoot plan to turn Chicago’s Board of Health into advisory body advances
- Bumble makes its move on stock market, as dating app IPO raises $2.15 billion
- The Licking restaurant sustains its success
- ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: The HBO Max film and the Fred Hampton story
- Challenge to teen’s statement to police turned back by Porter County judge
- Popeyes hopes to strike gold again with a new fried fish sandwich. We take a taste.
- Column: Back in the game … for now. Amarion Savage and his East Aurora boys basketball teammates realize there are no guarantees.
- Los indocumentados rara vez huyen al ser liberados, según las cifras
- William Barr rejected plea deal for officer in George Floyd’s death, officials say
- Column: Nature lovers celebrate 25th anniversary of Will County’s Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
- La dura supervivencia del fútbol paraguayo en tiempos de pandemia
- Demócratas argumentan que los asaltantes del Capitolio ‘creían realmente seguir órdenes de Trump’
- Column: Our judgmental fascination with mug shot photos often incriminates us as well
- Rep. Darin LaHood of Peoria put in charge of national Republican congressional fundraising
- Fernando Alonso, hospitalizado tras ser atropellado
- Dinkel’s Bakery, which opened in 1922, wants to sell its Lakeview property. ‘Sometimes business plans have to be changed.’
- Republicanos atacan paquete de alivio económico de Biden
- Biden says he has watched impeachment trial coverage, thinks video of Capitol riots may have swayed ‘some minds’
- CPS schools reopen — again — with celebration and contention, as alderman calls CTU fight a ‘hostage takeover of our children’
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Friday, Feb. 12
- Letters: Where was the outrage in Myanmar during ethnic cleansing?
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kicked off Instagram for posting misinformation about vaccines and COVID-19
- Op-ed: How Biden can fix America’s tarnished image
- Still have a Chicago Theatre Week? Why not?
- Top prospect Andrew Vaughn and veteran catcher Jonathan Lucroy are among 21 non-roster invitees to Chicago White Sox spring training camp
- Butler 53 board member expresses concern over drop in 5Essentials survey scores
- Chicago’s Black leaders talk diversity, equity and inclusion in 2021
- El Bayern del sextete acaba con el sueño histórico de Tigres (VIDEO)
- 9 of Chicago’s most influential Black leaders are making real strides toward diversity at the city’s top institutions, from CPS to the Cubs
- Senate Dems push to overhaul unemployment system tech, pay benefits faster
- Budget office expects $2.3T deficit before Biden’s coronavirus relief package
- Victim of shootout on Bishop Ford dies of gunshot wound, officials say
- Instituto Mexicano del Sonido le canta al extinto D.F.
- Bruce Springsteen wouldn’t take breath test, court papers say
- Delays in permitting push back Harrer Pool construction in Morton Grove
- ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ to end with Season 8 on NBC
- Judge calls Hammond man’s alleged role in Capitol insurrection ‘breathtaking’ during sentencing on drug charge
- Ford Escape sought in 3-hour crime spree on Northwest Side, including armed robberies, homicide, police say
- Elgin lands $230,000 grant to tear down buildings deemed to hazardous or a nuisance
- Editorial: Obama center in Jackson Park must deliver on 3 key pledges
- Column: Line jumpers are gaming a flawed COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Casa Blanca dejará en CDC la decisión de reabrir escuelas
- Brown Sugar Bakery is ‘operating lean’
- Biden pone fin a ’emergencia’ que Trump usó para alzar muro
- FIDH denuncia ambiente de ‘terror generalizado’ en Nicaragua
- Who will build the Apple Car? Here are candidates to watch
- Self-described prophets are stars within one of the fastest-growing corners of American Christianity. What happens when they’re wrong?
- Gary man charged in 2019 shooting of girlfriend’s teen brother in woods
- La controversial serie del grupo Menudo se enfrenta a la crítica
- Suspect in 1992 Gary slayings spent time in prison on cocaine charge, officials say
- Indian Prairie evaluating possibility of expanding in-person learning to 4 days at elementary schools
- Woman extricated from SUV after Liberty Township rollover
- Los Raptors se mudan a Tampa
- Chicago weather forecast calls for sporadic snow and lows below zero through weekend. Again!
- Storyteller takes on beloved Sherlock Holmes tale for Steel Beam livestream
- Elmhurst District 205 to expand in-person learning, add mandatory saliva testing
- La pandemia amenaza con dejar a miles de niños en situación de trabajo infantil en América Latina
- Burt Reynolds finalmente descansa en Hollywood
- Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer defends hiring former Iowa coach accused of racism
- Community news: Wiffle Ball Championship plans return to Midlothian, and more
- Search for person of interest continues in shooting death of Yale grad student Kevin Jiang
- Biden says US will have enough vaccine doses by the end of the summer to inoculate 300 million Americans
- Fat Thursday kicks off paczki craze in south, southwest suburbs
- NHL adding game-day rapid COVID-19 testing
- Bruce Springsteen se negó a prueba de alcoholemia
- Oak Park trustee candidates talk business during chamber of commerce forum
- CDC no recomienda cuarentena a personas vacunadas
- The Spin: A look at how impeachment is playing (or isn’t) beyond cable news | Lightfoot, Preckwinkle reject Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccination plan | Obama center foe takes his complaint to Biden
- Roban carroza fúnebre con cuerpo adentro
- Aurora approves $835,000 in grants to local groups
- ‘Made In Mundelein’ ad campaign geared at increasing local business, community pride, officials say
- So-called Capitol insurrection ‘Doobie Smoker’ arrested in Virginia Beach
- Trump was sicker with COVID-19 than publicly acknowledged
- Countersuit filed in Orland Park robocalls battle; mayor alleges fraudulent email
- Daywatch special edition: How to spend Valentine’s Day this year in Chicago
- Waukegan’s Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep hosts mass vaccination event
- ‘Kid cop’ no longer a kid, charged again with posing as a Chicago police officer
- Mercy Hospital, denied approval to close in Bronzeville, files for bankruptcy. Mayor Lightfoot calls it ‘devastating for that community.’
- Aurora sells $8M in bonds to finance incentives for Copley renovation
- Appellate Court puts state Rep. Thaddeus Jones back on ballot in Calumet City mayoral race
- 6 killed in icy interstate pileup involving more than 130 vehicles, police in Texas say as winter storm hits the South
- Lyons Township High School to decide amount of technology fee to charge to fund laptop rollout
- EEUU investiga al presidente de Honduras por narcotráfico
- Gunman suspected in Minnesota health clinic attack shot 5 staff members one-by-one, set off three explosive devices, authorities say
- ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ causa impacto en el elenco
- Two months after the first COVID-19 shots were administered, race to vaccinate older Americans advances in many states
- Administrators say grades, attendance remain steady at Evanston Township High School as remote learning continues
- Andrew Shaw is placed in the concussion protocol and goes on IR, and the Chicago Blackhawks lose defenseman Connor Murphy for up to 2 weeks with a hip injury
- Trump impeachment trial Day 3 highlights: ‘We were invited’ and a quick defense
- Biden wants to raise refugee admissions to 62,500, quadrupling Trump’s record-low limit
- Oswego man sentenced to 15 years in prison for arson
- Yes, it’s confusing — here’s everything we know about how to get a COVID-19 vaccination in DuPage and Will counties
- Brutal winter weather is latest snag for lagging US vaccine rollout
- Kyle Rittenhouse won’t face higher bond or arrest warrant following hearing over questions about where Kenosha protest shooter is living
- Prosecutors rest their case in impeachment trial, urge Senators to convict Trump or face dire democracy damage
- Illinois Walgreens stores today begin vaccinations using extra doses from federal program. CVS, Jewel, Walmart? Not yet.
- Egging of student apartment displaying Israeli flag prompts University of Illinois police probe; school condemns anti-Semitism
- Column: The world goes on while America sleeps
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Feb. 11 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Column: Kris Bryant is in the thick of trade rumors again. Whether he stays will be the biggest decision Jed Hoyer makes as Chicago Cubs president.
- Pritzker administration defends coronavirus vaccine rollout as local health leaders complain of poor communication
- Analysis: If convicting Trump is out of reach, managers seek a verdict from the public and history
- Appeals court throws out sentence in 1995 killings of 2 girls, ending an unusual, winding legal battle
- Chicago spent $367 million on overtime in 2020, double what Mayor Lori Lightfoot budgeted
- Review: ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,’ but Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo don’t pack enough jokes
- Column: O say can you see that ‘virtue signaling’ shouldn’t be an insult?
- Photos: Columbus Blue Jackets 6, Chicago Blackhawks 5
- Freshman Nolan Sexton has a bright future for Evergreen Park. The present, however, belongs to Kenton Wright and Hillcrest.
- Kim lays blame at officials for North Korea’s economic failures
- Lincoln Project to launch outside probe amid new revelations
- Hiring of Niles village manager will take place after April election, officials say
- Column: In fifth grade, H-F’s Alyssa Latham typed up a page of dreams. One was to play for Tony Smith. Now, she’s his leader.