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- Northwestern snaps its 13-game losing streak with a 67-59 win over Minnesota
- 3 takeaways from No. 5 Illinois’ 86-70 victory against Nebraska, including the injured Ayo Dosunmu’s court kiss and Kofi Cockburn’s big night
- Daily horoscope for February 26, 2021
- Ask Amy: Honeymoon ended before it began
- More Illinois residents are turning to Lake Michigan for their drinking water. Climate change could add volatility to the supply.
- Flashback: A crisis of conscience over slavery gave birth to a formidable political force: The Republican Party
- Just 50 miles from Lake Michigan, groundwater is running out, leaving Illinois towns with a tough choice to make
- Column: The sun is out. The air feels almost warm. There’s a word for that: Apricity.
- Reliever Codi Heuer is eager to build on a stellar rookie season for the Chicago White Sox: ‘I wouldn’t want to catch him, and I wouldn’t want to hit against him’
- Daywatch: State sets vaccine record, Illinois towns on the verge of water shortage and Ms. Biscuit is reopening
- Column: Church pastor offers a sermon toward others’ political preachiness: ‘I ache at how divided we are’
- This day in history, February 26: A truck bomb built by Islamic extremists explodes in parking garage of the North Tower of World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others
- Still no takers with financial muscle for Gary Roosevelt
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, including Patrick Kane’s march toward a milestone and Malcolm Subban’s 1st Hawks shutout
- Nike’s incredible hands-free shoe just might make bending over to lace up extinct. OMG, did you see this?
- Column: No shortage of candidates for baseball’s biggest dope of 2021
- What we’re watching: Stanley Tucci adventures to Italy, ‘When Calls the Heart’ and the friendly Muppets
- A lover of Chicago books launches the wiki site Chicago Literary Archive. Fellow fans welcome.
- Liberal orthodoxy, race and power: How an accusation of racism, and resulting lack of evidence, is riling Smith College
- McPlant and more: Beyond Meat signs deals with McDonald’s and parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut
- Black Chicago police officers band together for new voice during reckoning over racism in law enforcement
- Chicago performers who fled to Mexico for opportunities continue to make a go of it as they await a revived local scene
- Waukegan’s award-winning water plant renovation will allow city to sell water to neighboring communities
- CTA work vehicle stolen after left running at 95th Street Red Line terminal
- German radio station apologizes for comment on K-pop’s BTS
- Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton lead ACM Awards nominations
- Prince Harry raps ‘Fresh Prince,’ says he didn’t walk away
- Boeing will pay $6.6 million to settle FAA allegations
- Where does your town get its water? Search our map.
- Ebony, the voice of Black America for 75+ years, set for digital relaunch Monday
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: President’s executive orders questioned
- ‘Caja negra’ en camioneta de Woods arrojaría pistas
- Cámara baja de EEUU vota sobre paquete de rescate de Biden
- Las mejores fotos de la semana en América Latina 18-24 Feb./2021
- Once a model of the mainstream, the Michigan Republican Party flanks right
- Letters to the editor
- 2021 Toyota 4Runner offers Trail Special Edition
- Ford adds STX Package to 2021 Expedition XL
- Ed Perkins on Travel: Handicapping Consumer Reports’ agenda for aviation consumer protection
- Rick Steves: The back road to Mostar: Off the beaten path in Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 100 best documentaries of all time, according to critics
- Los 100 mejores documentales de todos los tiempos
- Down to Business: Obsession with new camera spurs Naperville woman’s profession: ‘I love the idea of seeing things differently’
- Gata extraviada hace 15 años se reencuentra con su dueño
- OPINIÓN/Britney Spears y yo vivimos las mentiras que Hollywood cuenta sobre las niñas
- Speak Out reader opinion: Differering views on Black History Month
- Style at Home: Embracing color
- Perú recibirá 1,960 toneladas de oxígeno de Chile para COVID
- Speak Out reader opinions: Small signs that spring will get here eventually; no justification for hate crimes against Asians; impeachment trial was no scam
- Motorist shot on Dan Ryan Expressway
- Motormouth: Trouble? The car will let you know
- ‘What do I do?’ Waukegan parents taught how to keep up with their children on computers
- ‘Canelo’ busca imponer su favoritismo ante el turco Yildirim
- Vaccine digital ‘passports’ may get pre-COVID-19 life back, allow travel — but equity is a major concern
- EEUU ha aplicado 50 millones de dosis de vacuna contra COVID
- Portage attorney files suit to stop Little League consolidation in city
- Outdoor recreation surged during pandemic, but will funding follow?
- 3 things we learned from Chicago Cubs spring training, including Joc Pederson receiving a warm welcome and the pitching staff adding more depth at reliever
- Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer review: Does this face primer work for all skin types?
- Sainz: ‘Mi objetivo a cinco años es ser campeón mundial’
- Which is better: using a treadmill or walking outside?
- What is cross-country skiing?
- Can dogs eat cat food?
- Law & Order column: Lake County officials comment on state’s criminal justice reform act
- What are the health benefits of pineapple?
- Letter: Pandemic has shown need for health care changes
- The best cheap grills
- Doctors under stress from COVID-19 say they need mental health services: ‘We’re human beings, just like everyone else’
- Essential kitchen equipment for Whole30
- The best Makita impact driver
- The best in-line vent fan
- The best live center
- At pivotal moment in Afghanistan war, President Biden weighs a dilemma
- Fiscal que investiga a Trump pide tener paciencia
- Column: Marjorie Taylor Greene wants us to ‘trust the science’ on transgender rights. Here’s the science.
- El IRS aún no procesa millones de declaraciones fiscales de 2019
- University of Chicago names alumnus, renowned chemist from UC Berkeley as next president
- US airstrike in Syria kills Iran-backed militiaman, a retaliation for deadly rocket attack in Iraq
- Las mujeres logran un poder récord en las legislaturas estatales
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Search for new leader for RDA to start in April
- Venezuela: terapias alternas combaten secuelas del COVID-19
- For longtime Gary legislator, being booed on Indiana House floor ‘opened up the wounds’ from a lifetime of racism
- Las juntas escolares entran en la política polarizada
- Isabel II: la vacuna es rápida, indolora y ayuda a otros
- Big snow melt hasn’t changed flooding outlook for the spring
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Minnesota budget swings from $1.3 billion deficit to $1.6 billion surplus
- US Army crowdsources ideas to combat sexual assault crisis: ‘This needs to be a priority’
- Élite tendrá quinta temporada en Netflix con dos nuevos fichajes
- Batter up, fish fry fans: 9 bars and restaurants in Chicago where you can get your Friday Lenten fix — including all-you-can-eat options
- 7 meatless recipes for Fridays during lent
- Aurora hopes for more federal stimulus money
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Mike Tyson contraataca a Hulu por la miniserie planeada sobre él
- ‘She was the voice that we needed’: Logan Square community activist Tami Love dies
- En United Center aplicarán unas 6,000 dosis de la vacuna COVID-19 diariamente
- Cambios del PPP ayudan a microempresas de minorías a obtener préstamos
- WNBA approves new ownership of the Atlanta Dream following pressure on former Sen. Kelly Loeffler to sell her share in the team
- Blacks taking a new interest in gun ownership
- Sen. Cruz mocks AOC, trip to Cancun and bellows ‘FREEDOM’ to cheering CPAC crowd
- ‘Being the Dream’: Online project collects expressions of south suburban Black experience through crowdsourced performances
- Op-ed: Speaker Welch, help restore our faith in government
- Northbrook man charged with stealing cash from Naperville bakery in 2020 break-in, police say
- Lake County local scores for Saturday, Feb. 27
- Homer Glen formalizes request for township road district assets
- CDC: Avances contra el COVID-19 podrían estar frenándose
- Netflix presenta sus logros en cuanto a diversidad
- Birkenstock, Germany’s famed family-owned sandal-maker, selling majority stake to private equity
- Quarterback Chris Duncan and the Valparaiso University football team are ready for launch. The season begins March 13.
- Op-ed: Joliet-area residents have good reason to oppose NorthPoint development
- SEE IT: First official trailer of Season 4 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
- Distribución desigual de vacunas preocupa a países del G20
- Cooper recalls 430K light truck tires at risk of failing
- This Week in Naperville
- Zion man charged with hitting officer at scene of crash involving his mother
- Review: ‘The Father’ showcases Anthony Hopkins at his devastating best
- Gary business leader calls on legislators to consider blind community in employment requirement
- Woman who sued DuPage County to receive methadone in jail as treatment for opioid addiction will get her meds
- ‘It’s a Sin’ review: London calls, and a generation faces the AIDS crisis head-on. It’s the best thing I’ve seen this year.
- Las nuevas reglas de multas por exceso de velocidad de 6 mph de Chicago comienzan el lunes, y parecen lucrativas para la ciudad
- Eat. Watch. Do: ‘Behind Her Eyes’ and fish fry finds, plus McDonald’s new sandwich, ‘Windy City Rehab’ updates and brunch
- Laying out data, Netflix touts its record on inclusivity
- Ta-Nehisi Coates to write new ‘Superman’ film
- Column: Fight for transgender rights gets a boost from the Newman-Greene feud in Congress
- Column: How Americans rose to the COVID-19 challenge
- Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress — including $1,400 checks for most Americans
- Creador no ve final para ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
- Some Kane County officials say changes needed to recently signed criminal justice reform bill
- La CIA crea grupo de trabajo sobre el ‘síndrome de La Habana’ en medio de un nuevo escrutinio del equipo de Biden
- Northwest Indiana Little Leagues hoping for bounce-back year
- Chicago White Sox continue spring training workouts
- EEUU: Apoyo por desempleo en su nivel más bajo en 3 meses
- Black News Channel reloads with talk focus, morning show
- Community news
- Migrantes cantan corrido dedicado a Joe Biden (VIDEO)
- Trinidad y Tobago pide a EEUU no más sanciones a Venezuela
- COVID-19 patients are testing wearable sensors to catch worsening symptoms before it’s too late
- Column: What happened to the ‘famously cautious’ Michael Madigan when it came time to pick a successor?
- Feds: Addison man with basement arsenal allegedly sold military gear, ammunition and gas-canister launcher
- Downtown Aurora scavenger hunt to begin Monday
- ‘We been caught’: United will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud case
- President Biden surveys Texas storm damage, thanks emergency workers for doing ‘God’s work’
- Dónde, precio y cómo ver la pelea de ‘Canelo’ vs Yildirim
- Website that hooks up high schoolers with college student mentors launched by former Naperville man
- Editorial: Former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s pension illustrates the broken system
- Governors State University to house display of inductees for new Illinois Black Hall of Fame
- House Democrats move to protect more public lands, pass bill that would create about 1.5 million acres of new wilderness
- Billie Eilish sin filtros en nuevo documental
- Letters to the editor: Booing, threatening Black legislators requires action from the Governor
- Contra el sobrepeso: ¿es mejor ejercitarse o hacer dieta?
- Feds charge four more in alleged $31 million embezzlement scheme preceding 2017 failure of Washington Federal Bank in Bridgeport
- ‘Canelo’ Álvarez: ‘Sé lo que tiene Yildirim’
- As daughter recovers from brain injury, Grayslake couple receives community support: ‘People have wrapped their arms around us’
- Schererville man charged with attempted murder after police say he tortured victim for 48 hours
- Column: Predicting the winners of the boys basketball sectionals in Northwest Indiana never gets old. Here’s to perfection.
- Chicago area to see ‘splendid’ weekend, with temps cooler where there’s still snow cover
- Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant will miss the 2021 NBA All-Star Game with a left hamstring injury
- Muere Ronald Pickup, actor de The Crown
- Letters: Measure would protect Illinoisans from predatory loan costs
- Evanston schools officials hear from community members on both sides of the in-person debate
- Will County hits 100,000 mark in COVID-19 vaccinations
- Seeing rise in suicides among Black Cook County residents, city officials and mental health experts work on outreach
- Traveling nurse charged with raping woman in Gary hospital room after car wreck
- At the COVID-19 vaccination site at Ivy Tech in East Chicago, feelings of a ‘burden lifted’
- Bustamante ignora advertencias y triunfa con ‘La Llorona’
- CPAC Orlando: DeSantis calls Florida an ‘oasis of freedom’ as some resist COVID-19 mask rule
- An ‘old men’s club’ dominates Japan. The young just put them on notice.
- Column: For those grieving, ‘COVID deaths are just different’
- ‘Culturally responsive teaching’ or ‘woke indoctrination’? New standards for Illinois teachers in training are latest flashpoint in culture wars.
- Morton Salt’s former warehouse could be hosting concerts by next summer, after City Council OKs $50 million redevelopment
- Column: Evanston’s Gyros Planet and Taqueria will stay open after all. It raised more than its $30,000 goal in 24 hours. ‘People just showed us so much love and support.’
- Sampaoli llega a la liga francesa
- Hunting for a giant black hole, astronomers find a nest of darkness, ‘something that makes us wonder’
- President Biden revokes a Trump order seeking ‘classical’ civic architecture
- EEUU implica a príncipe saudí en muerte de periodista
- What we’re drinking this weekend: Malört spritzes (obviously), and a warm-weather favorite from Hopewell Brewing
- Chicago’s new 6 mph speeding ticket rules start Monday, and they’re looking lucrative for city
- Case of a 15-year-old Milwaukee boy charged with shooting eight people staying in juvenile court
- Aurora alderman at-large candidates tout experience
- Decent: When ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ becomes ‘now I’m 64,’ the world seems a very different place
- Everybody into the pool, for 24 straight hours, to benefit Special Olympics Illinois
- City Council passes Lightfoot COVID-19 spending package despite objections over $281.5 million in federal funds previously spent on police
- United Center vaccination site in operation
- Potempa: Paula Deen and Lady & Sons restaurant sharing birthday
- United Center parking lot could distribute up to 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day; will be open March 10 to eligible Illinois residents
- Op-ed: Who’s going to win Elon Musk’s $100 million prize and save the planet?
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Feb. 26 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Read the letter to Father Pfleger from DCFS
- The Spin: Durbin, Pritzker on whether there’s a ‘family feud’ over state Democratic Party chair | Downstate GOP lawmaker says he’s removed militia sticker from vehicle | Goodbye, toll booths
- Aurora considers new equipment for police incident center
- Column: So who brought the Viagra to Ald. Viagra?
- Column: The Democratic Party is literally the party of government
- Hindu temple in Aurora looking to expand
- As DCFS closes its investigation, the Rev. Pfleger still not allowed back at St. Sabina
- Elgin to help set up graduated payment plans for people with more than $1,000 in unpaid water bills
- Homewood staff member apologizes for ‘thoughtless and unkind’ comments about residents that were caught on hot mic
- Aurora holds off on Public Works building zoning
- US expert panel endorses Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine; FDA will make final decision soon
- US implicates Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
- Aurora Downtown group offering business grants
- Column: A lesson from the last ‘normal’ pre-pandemic weekend: We’re not as smart as we think we are
- 3 things we learned at Chicago White Sox spring training, including pitching prospect Norge Vera highlighting the latest round of international signings
- Facebook privacy settlement approved: Nearly 1.6 million Illinois users will ‘expeditiously’ get at least $345
- While the Chicago Bulls found success in February, they remain hopeful Lauri Markkanen and Otto Porter Jr. will make their roster whole after the All-Star break
- Tollway permanently ends cash toll collections
- Javier Baez expects to rebound from a subpar 2020 season — and reiterates his desire to remain with the Chicago Cubs: ‘I don’t want to play for another team’
- Photos: Phoenix Suns 106, Chicago Bulls 97
- Elgin to spend $160,000 for consultants to help with the creation of a policing task force
- El secretario de Estado de EEUU ‘visita’ México y Canadá
- Se agilizan cruces de solicitantes de asilo de México a EEUU
- Carpentersville man gets 9-year prison term in exchange for guilty plea on child sex assault charge
- Hammond coach Larry Moore Jr.’s ‘wishful thinking’ after a season-opening loss proved prophetic. The Wildcats didn’t lose again.
- ‘1000-lb Sisters’ star Amy Slaton’s baby drama includes C-section and low blood-sugar level