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- Big Ten Tournament Day 2: Rutgers eliminates Indiana 61-50, advancing to face Illinois in the quarterfinals
- DePaul’s season comes to an end with a 94-60 loss to UConn in the Big East Tournament
- Daily horoscope for March 12, 2021
- Ask Amy: Teen forces gay friend out of the closet
- Looking for Chicago’s best new restaurants? They’re popping up where you’d least expect during COVID-19: the Loop.
- Column: Biden signs popular American Rescue Plan, making GOP look bad. That’s cancel culture!
- Column: Teachers unions meet their match as parents say, ‘Open our schools’
- One year after the St. Patrick’s party raged, Chicago bars say they can’t risk bending the rules: ‘The challenging part will be turning people away’
- Flashback: Irish Americans invaded Canada in a plot to liberate Ireland. The far-fetched plan got its start in Chicago.
- Fully vaccinated but scared to remove your mask? Experts say getting back to a mask-free norm may take time for some.
- This day in history, March 12: Stock market has biggest drop since Black Monday crash of 1987 as economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis deepens
- Guest column: What’s plan B if you’re reluctant to receive COVID-19 vaccination?
- Cactus League report: Dallas Keuchel finds his sweet spot for the White Sox — and Joc Pederson is walking around with confidence for the Cubs
- Column: What we’ve learned about ourselves a year after sports stood still because of COVID-19
- Column: Mitch Trubisky’s time as a Chicago Bears quarterback is nearing the end after only 4 seasons. Where did the time go?
- Naperville District 203, Indian Prairie District 204 students can return to in-person classes 5 days a week in April
- The debate over a proposed mosque in Naperville could span months if all 470 people signed up to speak do so
- Daywatch: Biden sets May 1 target to have all adults vaccine-eligible, Illinois’ biggest nursing home not vaccinated and Chicago’s best new restaurants
- Grammys ready pandemic show, as the Weeknd boycotts future awards?
- Get ready to ride. Bikes are back in stock.
- Column: Some TV shows tried to incorporate COVID-19 into their fictional worlds. Was it worth it?
- What to watch: Netflix’s ‘Ginny & Georgia’, catch up on ‘Good Girls’ before new season and a ‘Real World’ reunion
- Dutch inventor of audio cassette dies at age 94
- 3 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls’ clunker to start the NBA’s 2nd half — a 127-105 loss to the shorthanded Philadelphia 76ers: ‘A huge step backward for our basketball team’
- Shots fired by police, gun recovered
- City investigators cite 8 businesses for COVID-19 violations
- Storage facility OK’d for former grocery store in Merrillville
- ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ adds Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney to cast
- Another round of stimulus payments is coming: Here’s what experts think you’ll do with the money
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Wolves need to be protected
- Column: One Shining Asterisk? Duke bowing out is an ominous reminder that COVID-19 is still here — and a risk to physical health and athletic dreams.
- Edgar Ramírez se suma a la terapia del ‘Yes Day’
- Ulta Beauty pauses Teen Vogue ad spending after outcry over editor
- How did life change during the last year of the pandemic? Here’s what readers told us, in 7 charts.
- Libertyville teen struggles to maintain focus in COVID era with first real job, virtual schooling: ‘I have lost a lot of work ethic’
- After coronavirus derails careers, Lake Villa couple forges ahead with revised plan
- Round Lake couple had to wait a few days to meet new granddaughter due to COVID-19 restrictions
- El fútbol sobrevive a la pandemia
- Guatemala: llegan restos de migrantes asesinados en México
- Finances, impact of pandemic among issues in Waubonsee board election
- Las mejores fotos de la semana en América Latina 4-11 Mar./2021
- La pandemia crea una ‘epidemia internacional’ entre menores
- Speak Out reader opinion: It’s unfair to limit vaccinations at United Center
- Almodóvar regresa al universo femenino con Penélope Cruz
- Estudio: En EEUU, las viviendas más baratas pagan más impuestos
- Taylor Swift previews her upcoming Grammy performance
- En medio de acusaciones de agresión sexual, la Fundación Logan dejará de financiar YCA y Free Write
- Arrestan a mujer que atacó a conductor de Uber
- Selena Gómez adoptó su herencia mexicana como ‘fuente de curación’
- Yellen: Los cheques de ayuda comenzarán a llegar este fin de semana
- Motormouth: Reader suggestions for frozen fuel door
- Several European countries stick with AstraZeneca vaccine as others pause over sporadic reports of blood clots
- Obama in upcoming podcast credits his mother for his path
- Franklin Park, Northlake police: Harley Davidson motorcycle vandalized in home’s garage
- Work to begin soon on Deerpath Road Bridge over I-88 in Aurora
- ‘He must resign’: Majority of N.Y. House Dems call on Cuomo to step down over sexual harassment claims
- Column: Nothing is more dangerous than sincere ignorance. Meyers Leonard is a perfect example of that after the Miami Heat center used an anti-Semitic slur.
- How NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert became a golden ticket to the Grammys
- Michigan: All adults will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5; Detroit to get mass vaccination site
- Global rise in childhood mental health issues amid pandemic
- Column: ‘From 11 to 2 on Sundays I was straight’: After Harvard, young Chicagoan has new campaign to change Black Church attitudes toward LGBTQ people
- Derek Chauvin trial in death of George Floyd: 6 seated for jury so far; 3rd-degree murder charge added
- Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media
- Man shot Thursday night on Aurora’s West Side
- How do you fill the high school yearbook in a pandemic? Get creative
- Philadelphia to dim city lights to make it safer for millions of migrating birds: ‘We get to conserve energy at the same time’
- Florecen en redes sociales las sospechas contra las vacunas
- Governors State teachers, president donate $20,000 to help nontraditional students stay enrolled amid pandemic
- Watch: Minneapolis bowling alley drone video takes off online
- Minor-league baseball will experiment with automated strike zones and larger bases this season
- Iglesias y grupos comunitarios ayudan a los estados a vacunar a los inmigrantes
- Naperville Police Beat
- Amazon Fire tablet vs. iPad
- Puros cubanos se imponen a la crisis y el COVID-19
- How to use an inversion table
- Essential cold weather commuting gear
- How to winterize your pool
- How to delete apps on iPad
- How to make carrot juice
- How to get rid of hiccups
- How electric vehicle buyers can save buying used — if they can find one
- How to reset your Chromebook
- The best plate compactor
- The best plus-size workout top for women
- New pastor in Mokena first met his congregation virtually during pandemic
- Frankfort mother faced struggles, but also enjoyed family time during the pandemic
- When is daylight saving time? No need to lose any sleep this weekend when you ‘spring forward’ in time.
- How to sell a car in a pandemic, and do it safely
- Barrera antisuicidios evitaría más pérdidas
- Man arrested in Mississippi on murder warrant in January killing in Calumet Heights neighborhood
- Ramos se reincorpora al Real Madrid con su futuro en duda
- Bad Bunny llega a los Grammy con dos nominaciones
- WHO grants emergency use of J&J vaccine, saying ‘ample data’ shows it is effective
- Lake County local scores for Saturday, March 13
- El jardinero Nick Markakis dice adiós al béisbol
- ‘The Bachelor’s’ first season with a Black lead is swept into a firestorm over race
- Personas no blancas sufren más la carga de la pandemia
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Column: A good start: Evanston takes on racial reparations
- La Grange Park man accused of carjacking a van he was test driving, then crashing it on I-80
- Bulls coach Billy Donovan buys Lincoln Park-area mansion for $3.5 million
- Netflix tests out a crackdown on password-sharing, asking some users to verify their account
- Eat. Watch. Do: Best new food in Chicago is in … the Loop? Plus COVID at 1 year and bars prep for pandemic St. Patty’s Day
- East Aurora student working to realize dream of a quinceanera which was put on hold by pandemic
- GiveaShirt aims to help Streetwise vendors
- Chivas y América chocan en Clásico de contradicciones
- Five Willis Towers worth of office space is empty in downtown Chicago, and it’s going to get worse
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Girls basketball notes: A college offer. A captain’s role. Lincoln-Way Central’s Haley Stoklosa flips the senior leadership switch to ‘on.’
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Pepe Le Pew es eliminado de ‘Space Jam 2’ y estalla dura polémica
- Reabre en San Juan segunda iglesia más vieja de América
- Schools in Northwest Indiana getting millions in COVID-19 relief funding
- 4 people in suburban Detroit won January’s $1.05 billion Mega Millions prize with quick stop at Kroger
- Review: On ‘Spaceman,’ Nick Jonas opens his pandemic diary
- Community news
- Editorial: Defending the lakefront for centuries of Chicagoans
- Minneapolis acuerda pagar 27 millones a familia de George Floyd
- Minneapolis reaches $27 million settlement with George Floyd’s family in police custody death lawsuit
- Guest column: Making voting safe, secure and accessible for all voters is a good idea regardless of political leanings
- Mujer pierde a 15 personas cercanas a causa del COVID
- 25 of the worst moments in NCAA Tournament history
- St. Charles woman who helps people process change deals with her own grief during pandemic
- Commentary: Awards shows are dying. Then COVID shoveled on the dirt. Cue the 2021 Grammys!
- More than 80% of District 64 students to return full time to in-person classes this month: Superintendent
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars, including the potential playoff impact and the Stars uniforms making the wrong kind of ‘highlights’
- Guest column: We still have time to make Hoosiers a priority this session
- Last summer, Disney promised change. Then the first Black ‘Bachelor’s’ season unraveled
- Chicago Heights officer who died after collapsing on duty remembered as inspirational, ‘irreplaceable’
- Portage schools team up with retailer to bring COVID-19 vaccine to employees
- Biden cambia estrategia en cuidado de la salud para evitar las dificultades del Obamacare
- Waukegan’s Mia Simpson learned from one of Lake County’s best players. The Morton College recruit’s best is yet to come, big sister Lacey says.
- Column: Inspired by a man outside Starbucks who needed money, Chicago artist turns T-shirts into funds for Streetwise vendors
- Law & Order column: Wauconda police bring new meaning to making sure residents sleep well at night
- Column: Racist remarks left on Black pastor’s voicemail amplify our need to talk, not whisper
- Will County to open vaccination clinics in Monee, Wilmington
- Indiana expanding COVID-19 vaccinations to teachers
- Column: After getting my first COVID-19 shot, vaccine ‘passports’ don’t sound so scary
- Decent: Naperville bridal store gives front-line workers a chance to have free ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ experience
- Indiana could see $5.8 billion in new COVID relief money
- Biden toma medidas ante arribo de miles de niños no acompañados
- For ‘Borat’ appearance, Rudy Giuliani scores multiple worst performance nods at this year Razzies
- Op-ed: Vegetable gardener takes fight to the Illinois Capitol
- Arlington Heights District 25 to remain with hybrid learning schedule rest of school year
- Former ‘The Talk’ host Holly Robinson Peete says Sharon Osbourne complained she was too ‘ghetto’
- Un año de clases remotas revela brecha entre estudiantes
- Un vistazo a los preparativos para los Grammy
- Speak Out reader opinions: Not everyone upset over plans for Target to move into Chicago Macy’s store; kudos for passing relief bill despite GOP opposition; drug ads too disgusting for TV
- What this craze for ‘NFTs’ is all about: ‘I’m still mystified by the prices and how high they are’
- The ultimate guide to lunch in Chicago’s Loop: These are the best spots to grab a bite
- Despite state police study, officials say they’re not aware of changes to Lincoln-Way North plans
- Barack Obama revela intimidades a ‘The Boss’
- Probe faults mayor of Rochester for keeping details of Daniel Prude’s death from the public
- Piers Morgan demands apology from CBS’ ‘The Talk’ after Sharon Osbourne clarifies racism stance
- Letters: Medical practices can vaccinate elderly patients who aren’t tech-savvy — if doses are actually supplied
- Marquette University looking to restore a 15th-century chapel where Joan of Arc once prayed
- Candidates for Arlington Heights library board trustee respond to programming, outreach questions
- Small business owners meet Hard Rock Casino execs with hopes of contracts with new Gary casino
- Presidente de Colombia rechaza xenofobia hacia venezolanos
- Looking back at chicagotribune.com over the years as the website turns 25 years old
- Doulas and postpartum home visits may be covered under Medicaid in new Illinois proposal
- Santiago Solari encara un nuevo clásico, ahora en México
- This Week in Naperville
- Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students
- Man pleads guilty to possessing two dozen illegal guns sold out of his popular Chicago food truck
- Bukele gobernará El Salvador con todo el poder en sus manos
- Still want to quench that green beer thirst while avoiding St. Patrick’s crowds? Here are 3 spots with takeout options.
- Bourbonnais teachers strike ends, students return to school
- College notes: Merrillville grad DJ Wilkins and his Drake teammates from Northwest Indiana dream of coming home for NCAA Tournament
- Joy Huerta anuncia el nacimiento de su hijo Nour (FOTOS)
- Third stimulus check is on the way as feds rush COVID-19 relief: $43,000 every second — and then some
- Down to Business: New Naperville-based cleaning service specializes in using only environmentally safe products
- Column: Relief money will fund services, help families and businesses, local officials say
- Dry, sunny start to Chicago weekend to give way to sloppy start to workweek
- For some women, working for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the ‘worst place to be’
- La Grange Park police charge Chicagoan with stealing a pizza delivery vehicle
- Workers at an Amazon campus in Alabama decide whether to form a union
- Zahara dedica a Taylor Swift el adelanto de su próximo disco
- Erupción volcánica deja 28,000 familias afectadas en Ecuador
- Big Ten Tournament: Maryland 85, Northwestern 52
- 2 former middle school sweethearts reconnected, but the story has a tragic ending that’s left her daughters feeling betrayed: ‘We lost our everything’
- Expresidenta Áñez denuncia que quieren detenerla en Bolivia
- Op-ed: What makes a monument ‘problematic’? Consider Chicago’s Haymarket Riot Monument
- Rechazan canción patriota en vez de himno para Tokio
- Las lecciones de uno de los peores años en la vida de EEUU
- Municipalities begin planning how to use Rescue Plan Act funds
- Two dead, one wounded in Evanston shooting
- Postponing the party: Beverly woman recounts dress shopping before COVID-19 delayed wedding
- Man killed woman he had ‘disdain’ for after blaming her for relative’s death, prosecutors say
- Presidente mexicano va contra juez que bloqueó ley de energía
- Anthony Rizzo says he is ‘very optimistic’ about his future with the Chicago Cubs, but wants to focus on the team — not contract extension talks
- Corrections and clarifications
- Founder of Talented Tenth says giving back during pandemic showed her ‘how much people cared about one another’
- Chicago executive producers of HBO’s ‘Allen v. Farrow’ weigh in on series ahead of finale
- ‘Obamacare’ boost easy for some, but others face paperwork
- Former Hebron official owes town $22K, state audit shows
- Pandemic anniversary: Hard year for South Elgin florist, who hopes the flowers she delivers ‘take away from that sorrow’ left by the pandemic
- Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have broken off engagement: report
- Column: Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s foul language was fair comment on Fox News nitwit Tucker Carlson
- Column: When will it be safe to satirize President Joe Biden?
- One year of COVID-19: How Chicago responded to the unfolding crisis, from canceled sports and events to families searching for a new normal
- Iker Casillas y Sara Carbonero anuncian su separación
- Archdiocese of Chicago to consolidate two Little Village parishes, but both churches to remain open
- ‘Biden no es el héroe de los inmigrantes’, activistas presionan, habrá marcha por legalización prometida
- Op-ed: COVID relief bigger than World War II budget? Sounds right.
- Potempa: Macy’s Walnut Room rich in family history and now reopen
- Governors applaud President Biden’s vaccine timeline, but need supply: ‘The federal government will need to come through’
- EEUU alcanza la marca de 100 millones de dosis tres meses después del lanzamiento de la vacuna
- Water People Theater announces online international Latino theater festival with livestream performances
- Most popular baby names in every state
- Water People Theatre anuncia festival internacional de teatro latino en línea con presentaciones en vivo
- Stay or go? Fence, Guard pose Capitol security questions
- Naperville Park Board signs off on contracts to rebuild Naperbrook’s driving range, practice greens and 5 other projects
- Reina Isabel II tiene encuentro virtual con estudiantes
- Pritzker says he’s confident Illinois can meet Biden’s May 1 deadline for making all adults eligible for a coronavirus shot
- El 1 de mayo todos los adultos en Illinois serían elegibles para la vacuna, confía el Gobernador
- Column: Stocked with puns, a teen grocery store cashier brightens our routines. ‘I see them smiling through their cringe.’
- Schumer, Gillibrand call on Cuomo to resign over sexual misconduct claims amid diminishing support for governor
- Jennifer López y Alex Rodríguez rompen su compromiso
- Aliados se molestan por acumulación de vacunas en EEUU
- Aurora panel endorses new deal with Craft Urban for downtown restaurant
- Seth Rogen ‘fixed’ cannabis company’s website after crashing due to high demand
- Gurnee mayoral candidates at odds over how to deal with Vantage Specialty Chemicals emissions
- Pandemic anniversary: Man sees dream of rental properties supporting his retirement disappear when tenants stop paying rent
- More than 1,000 National Guard troops now leaving DC; others stay on
- Pandemic anniversary: Naperville musician grapples with sound of silence as he sees his jobs, music store falter
- Women once enslaved by ISIS are reunited with their children
- Like the myth Mrs. O’Leary’s cow started the Great Chicago Fire, historians now doubt the Englewood mansion was built for her — or that she ever lived there
- The Spin: Pritzker, Lightfoot confident about meeting Biden’s May 1 vaccination deadline | Democratic congressmen blast FEMA over United Center restrictions | State Dem. Party Chair Robin Kelly taps transition team
- 11 Illinois Democratic US House members sign letter ripping FEMA’s decision to limit United Center vaccine slots: ‘Pockets of vulnerability exist all across our state’
- Pandemic anniversary: Naperville restaurant manager says her older servers don’t want to return to work yet because they are afraid of COVID-19
- Longtime Aurora Foremost Liquors store seeks new look
- Northwestern runs into a buzz saw, falling 85-52 to Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals
- Last year a ‘never-ending whirlwind of adapting’ for Orland Park’s Paddy B’s
- Hundreds of immigrant children have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions
- Column: The end of Cuomo: Cui bono? Who benefits?
- Cuomo slams ‘cancel culture’ as he defiantly refuses to resign amid sexual harassment claims
- 3 takeaways from Chicago White Sox spring training Friday, including stellar pitching from Lucas Giolito, Liam Hendriks and Garrett Crochet
- Governors largely applaud Biden’s vaccine timeline, but need supply
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 12 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Elgin City Council tightens ethics rules to make conduct training mandatory, gifts banned and lobbying activity reported
- Stimulus check updates: New round of COVID relief payments to start arriving this weekend, officials say
- Elgin Fire Department given green light to seek grant that would cover the costs of hiring three new firefighters
- Kane County Bomb Squad removes old mortar found inside Elgin home
- Drunk driver who killed 2 people in Elgin crash while driving 77 mph in 30-mph zone gets 10-year prison term
- Pandemic anniversary: Vaccine gives a Naperville senior hope that he’ll dine with family at Easter and resume normal life
- 3 takeaways from Chicago Cubs spring training Friday, including Jake Arrieta’s pitching tweaks and Brailyn Marquez’s absence
- Fenwick, other private school teachers vaccinated at Oak Park clinic
- Jack Sandner, longtime Chicago Mercantile Exchange chairman, dies at 79 after suffering a stroke
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, March 14
- Big Ten Tournament: Illinois 90, Rutgers 68
- Photos: Miami Heat 101, Chicago Bulls 90
- Everybody knew it was coming. Kent State recruit Julius Rollins was going to dunk as Hillcrest beat Richards. Which one would it be?
- Daily Southtown and West Suburban local scores for Sunday, March 14
- ‘She’s amazing’: Oregon State recruit Greta Kampschroeder goes out in style as Naperville North rolls past Waubonsie Valley