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- Daily horoscope for February 3, 2021
- Ask Amy: Mom is mad when sister gives weed to son
- After 52 years at WBBM-AM, Len Walter lists Flossmoor ranch for $365,000 en route to Florida
- Column: Skyrocketing crime and closed schools. Is this Mayor Lightfoot’s snowpocalypse?
- Column: Stacey Abrams deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Black Lives Matter does not.
- Column: One measure of COVID-19: Almost every living American has had a pandemic birthday
- How a fight over slot machines led state investigators to probe two Illinois video gambling kings
- Capitol Police officer who died after riot lies in honor before departure for Arlington National Cemetery
- Daywatch: New way to sign up for COVID vaccine, what to know about the CPS-CTU talks and how a can shortage has left Chicago breweries scrambling
- Chicago Bears Q&A: What could the trade compensation for Deshaun Watson look like? Is Mitch Trubisky still the best option at QB in 2021? Would Alabama’s Mac Jones be a reach with the No. 20 pick?
- Former Chicago rapper Chief Keef hospitalized with mystery medical issue
- How to watch the 2021 Golden Globes nominations announcement Wednesday morning
- This day in history, February 3: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson die in small plane crash in Iowa
- Gary towing firms removed 30 vehicles breaking snow parking law over weekend
- Review: In the Netflix film ‘Malcolm & Marie’ a young Hollywood couple stops being polite and starts getting real
- The last laugh? Zanies’ Bert Haas takes a bow after decades as the man in charge
- Don’t let the Super Bowl become a super spreader, Dr. Anthony Fauci warns
- 4 takeaways from Illinois’ win at Indiana — the 1st since 2010 — in OT, including Trent Frazier taking over on Ayo Dosunmu’s off night
- ‘Bliss’ review: Salma Hayek introduces Owen Wilson to ‘Matrix’-adjacent living
- What’s next for GameStop: ‘You can’t escape gravity’
- Candace Parker talks of her love for Portillo’s and Harold’s Chicken Shack on TNT. So fellow Chicagoan Dwyane Wade ensures the new Sky star doesn’t go hungry.
- As the ‘first line of defense,’ school custodians say their work is receiving increased appreciation during the pandemic
- ‘Mank’ leads Golden Globe nominees with 6; Netflix dominates
- Statehouse file
- 5 home repairs you can DIY — and 5 you should always hire a pro to do
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away
- Controversial homegrown vaccine risks derailing India’s rollout
- Woman stabbed ex-boyfriend, critically wounding him in fight, Chicago police say
- The Weeknd reveals the significance of his full-face bandages, ahead of Super Bowl
- Notable Chicago artists among a record number of USA Fellows, with each receiving $50,000
- COVID-19 data in New York raises doubts about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to allow return to indoor dining
- Golden Globes make history nominating three female directors
- Biden firma nuevas órdenes ejecutivas en materia migratoria
- Soup and a sandwich, the classic combo, becomes so much more with a warming hit of spice
- Dominicana aplasta a Panamá y sigue invicta en Serie del Caribe
- Black Navy sailor finds noose on warship, sparking investigation
- Detienen a 12 policías acusados de matar a 19 en México
- Halibut puttanesca adds big flavor to mild fish fillets
- More than 60 seek to review Gary referendum spending
- Twitter, Facebook had even more deceptive news in 2020, study says
- New COVID-19 case at an Australian Open quarantine hotel cancels play at 6 tuneup events
- Column: Elected officials can no longer afford to ignore the migration of residents out of Illinois
- Walgreens en Illinois recibirá miles de vacunas COVID-19 para ‘áreas vulnerables’
- Some doctors are stopping COVID-19 tests after being burned by low reimbursements from insurers
- Speak Out reader opinion: Teachers need to be back in the classroom
- Did you get the coronavirus vaccine? Tell us how it went.
- La lista completa de nominados a los Globos de Oro
- La vacuna COVID-19 no causa infertilidad. Es un mito de las redes sociales
- Highland Park, Deerfield high schools set return date for in-person learning
- Los Biden llevan un mueble inesperado a la Casa Blanca
- ‘Mank’ y Netflix dominan nominaciones a Globos de Oro
- Kate Hudson in, Spike Lee out and more Golden Globe chaos
- Supreme Court sides with Germany in multimillion-dollar Nazi-era art dispute
- No nació en Haití. Pero eso no impidió que ICE lo deportara allí, dice un abogado
- Young reader’s edition of Michelle Obama’s book out in March
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, Feb. 4
- Corte EEUU pospone audiencias del muro fronterizo, migrantes
- New Wheaties box honors athlete-activist Tommie Smith’s iconic 1968 Olympics protest
- Trucos para no perder la motivación en el teletrabajo
- Netflix, HBO and Beyoncé lead 2021 NAACP Image Award nominations
- Bucs coaching staff leads in diversity as the NFL lags behind
- CDC: Schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated for the coronavirus
- En peligro el Abierto de Australia de tenis
- Illinois-Michigan basketball game next week will be postponed, reports say, as the Wolverines extend their athletic department pause due to COVID-19 issues
- Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi charged, giving legal basis to detain her
- Chicago’s West Town Bakery is spreading Valentine’s Day cheer with “Love”, “Lust” and “Infatuation” Cakeballs. Plus 14 other great Valentine’s Day gifts.
- 3 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout, including Alex DeBrincat’s good return and not being ready for a fast start
- Demandan a exempleador por despidos tras plantear preocupaciones sobre el COVID-19
- Rinden homenaje a policía que murió defendiendo al Capitolio
- States with the most active players in Super Bowl 55
- Estados con más jugadores en el Super Bowl LV
- Laura Pausini se acerca al Oscar tras ser nominada al Golden Globe
- Schererville teacher says she was turned away from vaccine appointment: ‘If we’re essential workers, I would like to be treated like one’
- He made sure the bodies of the Muslim dead faced Mecca. COVID-19 claimed his life
- Chivas busca su primer triunfo del año ante un campeón en crisis
- What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine second dose: timely appointments, adequate supplies, knowledge of side effects
- Cien millones de vacunas contra covid en 100 días no nos hará volver a la normalidad
- She’s only 11. But Tinley Park’s Mia Rybarski is already making some noise on the Midwest Junior Super Series in drag racing.
- As COVID-19 pandemic lingers, Yorkville working to help ‘get more vaccines out’ in Kendall County
- Expresidente Altos Hornos de México extraditado desde España
- Chicago Restaurant Week returns with an updated look — and dates — during COVID-19 pandemic
- Morgan Wallen’s record label contract ‘suspended indefinitely’ after racial slur
- ‘Maremoto’ de desalojos y corte de servicios públicos pone a prueba a legisladores
- Biden al Congreso: piensen ‘en grande’ sobre el rescate
- Column: Golden Globes nominations take two steps forward, three steps sideways
- Retrial in ex-Portage Mayor James Snyder’s case set for March 8 as judge denies motion to dismiss soliciting bribes charge
- Police arrest 16-year-old for robbing two women at gunpoint in Niles and Morton Grove, attempting to carjack Bentley
- Lake Forest senior James Gildersleeve received a community award from the Chicago Bears last week. Now he’s ready to play.
- Canadá designa como entidad terrorista a los ‘Proud Boys’
- Naperville News Digest: 95th Street Plaza wins state award; design, bid process for new Will County morgue wins first OK; library seating, computers back
- Column: Hillcrest coach Don Houston says his boys basketball team will be ready. ‘If you don’t appreciate this opportunity, shame on you. Play hard and have fun.’
- Vernon Hills approves business relief
- Puerto Rico fija prioridades para nuevo presupuesto
- Pritzker adds Illinois legislators to the list of those eligible for COVID-19 shots in phase 1b, but says he’s not getting in line
- Movie review: ‘Little Fish’ heartbreaking, relevant rumination on collective grief, loss
- Column: Hospitals are helping cancer patients with COVID-19 continue chemo, even as they fight the deadly virus
- Schumer, McConnell end standoff to organize 50-50 Senate
- El coronavirus pulveriza la industria turística de España
- Los strip-tease de Tampa listos para el Super Bowl
- Slain Capitol Police officer honored in the building he died defending: ‘We will never forget’
- US extends sole remaining nuclear arms treaty with Russia, two days before the pact was set to expire
- Why US hiring may rebound faster than you might expect
- Tokio y COI presentan primer manual para los Juegos de Tokio
- How did Elgin’s Chelsey Vambute go from throwing the shot put and discus to signing with Michigan State for rowing? It started in gym.
- Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler to spin off truck and bus unit
- Lake Zurich SD95 looking to expand number of students attending classes in person
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Editorial: The bromance is over. Biden must make ‘Vlad the Poisoner’ keenly aware of that.
- Column: A barrier to abortion can be deadly in a pandemic
- Salma Hayek sobre Hilaria Baldwin: ‘Es inteligente por querer ser española, somos geniales’
- Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin taking gavel of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee
- Escuelas de EEUU pueden reabrir sin maestros vacunados
- Editorial: Biden, a congresswoman and a new domestic terrorism agenda
- Hito contra el cáncer: Quimioterapia en el hogar, incluso si viajas
- Auto review: Boxy Mercedes GLB vs. sexy Mercedes CLA
- Archaeologists find a mummy with a golden tongue, meant to help the deceased ‘speak in the afterlife’
- Justice Department drops Yale admissions discrimination suit
- Nadal: ‘No entiendo el debate, Messi cobra lo que el club ha estado dispuesto a pagar’
- Sobra la nieve, pero no hay esquiadores por pandemia
- Acura’s sleek and sporty 2022 MDX gets luxury brand’s SUV back on track
- Golden Globe nominations 2021: TV, film snubs and surprises
- South Elgin to fund new playground equipment, shelter in Lion’s Park with $404,000 county grant
- Column: Fans of fresh produce cheer opening of Pete’s Market grocery store in Matteson
- Des Plaines police investigating after man dies following fight outside bar
- When trailblazing Black judge Albert Porter Jr. died last month, ‘Chicago lost a giant’
- Snow sculptures in Chicago neighborhoods
- Obama Presidential Center groundbreaking could happen in August, after 4 years of delays
- Organizing hacks you can do over the weekend
- A beginner’s guide to supplements and vitamins
- Park district to spend $45,000 to replace flagpoles and lights in Naperville’s Veterans Park
- The best Panasonic microwaves
- Letters: What has the Republican Party become?
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- Gary approves replacing Columbus Day with new honor for the late Richard Hatcher, city’s first Black mayor
- What are the health benefits of beets?
- The best cheap headphones
- ‘Happy just getting his stuff back,’ man won’t press charges after carjacked while digging out parking spot in Noble Square, police say
- Appellate court upholds life sentence that man is serving for 1995 double murder in Glendale Heights when he was 17
- Milicia de ultraderecha ‘Oath Keepers’ avisó que habría ‘sangrienta guerra civil’
- Rozalén llega a los premios Goya con banda mexicana
- Guest commentary: Criminal justice reform package will ‘make our streets safer and our system fairer’
- Column: The GOP is all too happy to accommodate QAnon
- Speak Out reader opinions: Romney’s actions worthy of respect; snowplows make shoveling work harder; Biden acting like ‘king’ with executive orders
- Hammond man charged with stabbing father in chest; mother says son is ‘mentally unstable’
- 15-year-old girl is 5th to die after Chicago-to-Evanston shooting spree: ‘I gave her back to the Lord,’ her mother says
- T.J. Osborne, of country music’s Brothers Osborne, comes out as gay
- Indiana Gaming Commission trying to revoke former Spectacle CEO’s license; complaint cites lack of high standards of character, reputation
- Keyontae Johnson’s family says the Florida forward’s collpase was unrelated to COVID-19
- White House offers ‘full support’ for the Space Force, a Trump-era addition to the US military
- Secuelas de la insurrección: Empleados lidian con el trauma, la culpa y el miedo
- Missouri state lawmaker asked to resign after charged for falsely promoting a COVID-19 stem cell treatment
- Lena Waithe kicks off DePaul University’s Courier 12 screenwriting conference. The weekend event is ‘a shot in the arm for all of those aspiring writers out there.’
- La renta per cápita de Venezuela retrocedió a mínimos de 70 años
- Las sorpresas en las nominaciones a los Globos de Oro
- Silver Alert canceled for Griffith woman missing since May
- Worst cold snap in 2 years to freeze Chicago over weekend after cold front moves in starting Thursday night
- Aumento en decesos ejerce presión en la industria del cuidado de la muerte
- Exhibit of memorial crosses made by late Aurora resident Greg Zanis to honor victims of 2019 Pratt warehouse shooting
- ‘New chance at life’: Man gets face, hands in rare transplant surgery
- OPS pide más esfuerzos para que Venezuela reciba vacunas
- Group organizes to fight proposed warehouse development on Calumet Country Club in Homewood
- Bail denied for man facing gun charge after police find SUV allegedly linked to slaying of Chicago rapper G Herbos’ friend
- Kane, DuPage move to looser Phase 4 pandemic restrictions
- Naperville council tells CityGate West reps to work with staff to iron out kinks in development plan
- Education nominee pledges new guidance, expanded virus testing
- 3-year-old Gary boy shot: police
- México detecta aumento en tráfico de municiones desde EEUU
- Indiana bill would allow exceptions for caregivers at nursing homes during lockdowns for a virus or other public health emergency
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker allows state lawmakers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, joining Chicago city leaders and elected officials who were already allowed doses in current rollout plan
- Op-ed: Wait! Don’t share that COVID-19 link until you read this
- Fermilab extends open house and goes virtual for 2021
- Special box allows up-close visits for residents of The Birches Assisted Living as pandemic continues
- La Grange Library Board asks for applicants to fill opening on the board
- Taylor Swift sued by Utah theme park over ‘Evermore’ trademark
- Potempa: Million dollar philanthropy ranges from public radio and TV to education
- Fate of recreational marijuana sales in Wilmette up for debate this week
- Chicago White Sox set their 2021 player development staff, including a promotion for Chris Getz: ‘I’m extremely honored with the recognition’
- Historic Long Grove covered bridge crashed into for the 13th time: ‘Say bye to your truck’
- Copa América se jugaría sin público en Bogotá
- College football national signing day wrap-up: Notre Dame holds off LSU for a running back, Northwestern adds 2 wide receivers and Illinois signs Bret Bielema’s first 2 recruits
- Harvey’s police chief resigns after year on the job
- ‘QAnon Shaman,’ man who wore horns at US Capitol insurrection, to get organic food in jail
- Illinois begins rolling out another 11 weeks of unemployment benefits to gig, self-employed workers
- Round Lake Beach man who shot teens in his stolen car indicted on murder charge, prosecutors say
- National Women’s Hockey League calls off remainder of its season on eve of the playoffs, citing recent positive COVID-19 tests
- Wisconsin prosecutors seek new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse, higher bond
- ‘Thank God’; COVID-19 restrictions loosened again in Lake County
- Arrestan al ‘Gober Precioso’ en México
- Naperville agrees to begin process of updating impact fees D204 receives from house builders
- Third stimulus check updates: Biden flexible on who gets aid, tells lawmakers to ‘go big’ and ‘act fast’ on COVID-19 relief package
- NFL says concussions went down 5% and masks have helped limit the spread of COVID-19 during the 2020 season
- Triton College in River Grove opens as Cook County COVID-19 vaccination site
- Prosecutors want arrest warrant, higher bond for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse over questions about current address
- The WNBA earns high grades for diversity hiring at league and team levels, taking the top mark among professional sports leagues
- Munster’s girls basketball team withdraws from sectional due to coronavirus pandemic
- Illinois redirects 97,000 vaccine doses from federal nursing home program Pritzker has criticized for moving too slowly
- AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may reduce transmission of the virus, study finds
- District 64 teachers, staff receive COVID-19 vaccines; high school superintendent questions equity of rollout
- Peligrosa ola de frío congelará Chicago
- Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity: ‘Their escalation toward violence became quite clear’
- The Spin: Cubs’ Todd Ricketts reappointed RNC finance chair | Groundbreaking on Obama center could begin in August | As Pritzker clears lawmakers to get COVID-19 vaccine, governor says he’ll wait
- Mayor Richard Irvin pushes city, community to help battle increased violence in Aurora
- What to watch, what to eat and what to expect for Super Bowl weekend
- Analysis: 5 takeaways from the legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial
- Park Ridge City Council agrees to prohibit marijuana dispensaries in parts of Uptown, limit number citywide
- Trabajadores de restaurantes celebran acceso a vacuna
- Country star Morgan Wallen suspended indefinitely from label, removed from radio playlists after racial slur
- Police say three injured after driver fleeing Aurora traffic stop crashes car into three other vehicles
- Eat. Watch. Do. — Super Bowl snack prep and takeout | A toasty soup-and-sandwich combo
- One of the NBA schedule quirks during COVID-19? The 2-game ‘baseball style’ series.
- Photos: New York Knicks 107, Chicago Bulls 103
- Rennie Davis, one of the ‘Chicago Seven’ and a longtime peace activist, dies at 80
- As sports gambling grows, so do appetite-whetting sure bets
- Slain FBI agents worked to protect children from abusers
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Feb. 3 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- House GOP votes to keep Liz Cheney as No. 3 leader, stands by Marjorie Taylor Greene
- In-person classes delayed again as CPS and CTU still have no deal to avoid teachers strike. Here’s where they stand on key issues.