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- Daily horoscope for March 2, 2021
- Ask Amy: Mom steals stories, and then shares
- Column: Cancel Culture is coming for you. What’s next, Fact-Boarding? We need congressional hearings.
- Cactus League report: Will the White Sox be the top team in Chicago? And David Ross is ‘very optimistic’ about Cubs fans returning to Wrigley Field.
- Arlington Heights leaders hear recommendations for making town, staff more diverse and inclusive
- Daywatch: U. of I. saliva COVID-19 test approved, thousands of CPS students return and the plight of restaurant workers in the pandemic
- COVID-19 changed spring training plans for these Cubs and White Sox fans. Here’s what they’ll miss the most.
- Brookfield Zoo reopens with new polar bear, Mexican gray wolves making their debut
- This day in history, March 2: Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks
- Who is Kevin Lankinen? 5 things to know about the Chicago Blackhawks goaltender, including his friend turned rival and his book club
- Chicago blues master Corky Siegel is feeling good and ready to jam with you — even if that’s via livestream
- Oak Park Avenue sewer projects to begin this month, resurfacing to start this summer
- League of Women Voters to host forum for Park Ridge aldermanic candidates
- Sen. Mitt Romney knocked unconscious in fall, but ‘doing better’
- The Zoom boom is ebbing; what’s videoconferencing app’s post-pandemic future?
- ‘Development is the No. 1 thing with all of our players:’ Top Chicago Bulls exec Arturas Karnišovas opens up about the future of Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen
- Volvo says all its vehicles will be electric by 2030, and sold online only, not at dealerships
- My worst moment: Malcolm-Jamal Warner and the anxiety of auditions
- NBC 5 weather forecaster Andy Avalos sells Orland Park town home for $560,000
- Nearly 280 school girls kidnapped in Nigeria have been freed, official says
- Inglaterra apoya recibir el Mundial 2030 con Irlanda
- As Aurora deals with uptick in violent crime, activist alliance members say they are working to provide solutions
- Director del FBI testificará sobre el asalto al Capitolio
- Aurora approves change in redevelopment agreement for historic Hobbs Building
- Tina Turner revela secretos íntimos en documental ‘Tina’
- AMLO: EEUU dispuesto a analizar plan de visas y vacunas
- Merck ayudará a J&J a producir más vacunas COVID-19
- Thousands of meatpacking workers across US get vaccine this week
- Six GOP candidates tossed off the Naperville Township election ballot to appeal to state Supreme Court
- EEUU: Intentos de aumento al salario parecen infructuosos
- Sólo cuatro clubes aumentan su tope salarial en LaLiga
- How much caffeine is in 10 types of drinks
- Speak Out reader opinion: Why have Supreme Court if they won’t take up important cases?
- Indiana makes COVID-19 vaccine available to residents 55 and older
- En libertad provisional Bartomeu y Masferrer por el ‘Barca Gate’
- Gobernador: Liberadas 279 niñas secuestradas en Nigeria
- Hyzon Motors building nation’s largest fuel cell material facility in Bolingbrook for hydrogen-powered electric trucks
- North Chicago man charged in fatal shooting of woman
- Review: Amy Poehler’s ‘Moxie’ lacks the very courage it champions
- La pandemia provoca ataques a personal médico en todo el mundo
- Daily Southtown girls basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
- Where are you in the vaccine line? We charted out who is eligible and who is not in as much detail as we could find.
- Los programas de estímulo de COVID complicarían las declaraciones fiscales
- Libraries partner with NorthShore HealthSystem to offer COVID-19 vaccine informational meeting
- Pensilvania: Centro de detención libera a familias migrantes
- As COVID-19 rages, federal inmates stuck in Connecticut prison are ‘like sitting ducks,’ lawyer says
- 6 Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because of racist imagery
- Former city inspector pleads guilty to fraud involving company tied to Ald. Carrie Austin
- Hermano de George Floyd se suma a álbum de protesta
- Criminals stole billions in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. New relief bill won’t stop a repeat
- Girls basketball notes: Shooting star Mia Kennelly, who wants to ‘make a memory’ for the seniors, sparks Oak Lawn to a 10-0 start
- El Vaticano defiende visita de Papa a Irak: ‘es un acto de amor’
- Avoid these designer ‘don’ts’ when decorating your space
- Paper Source files for bankruptcy, stores will remain open while greeting card retailer pursues sale
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Wednesday, March 3
- Wisconsin Republicans want to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college
- Parents tear into Naperville District 203 School Board for not reopening schools full time: ‘You will all be replaced’
- Clarendon Hills Park District’s Send-a-Hug program brings care packages to seniors
- Vacunas chinas al rescate de las naciones pobres
- US manufacturers say they have enough N95 masks for every American, but CDC rules still advise against buying them
- How vacation deprived are Americans? Survey says ‘very’
- What Cubs and White Sox spring training looks like for fans, including socially-distant squares in the grass
- Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, Grammy winner and last Wailers member, dies at 73
- Orland Park sticks by ruling to pull Sky Zone business license
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, March 3
- 11-year-old girl, man seriously wounded in Chicago gas station shooting, police say
- Crown Point municipal meetings to return to in-person events in April
- Si te infectaste con una variante de COVID-19, nadie te lo va a decir
- Letter: Support Debbie Levinthal and Terri Walker for District 86 school board
- Reopening Travel: Where we stand and what you can do
- La élite política de América Latina se saltó la fila de las vacunas
- ‘The Kindest Lie’: Chicago novelist Nancy Johnson talks class, redemption and race
- Youth To The People review: Can this overnight face mask help you achieve hydrated skin?
- Tablet vs. phone: which is right for you?
- Best hard hat liners for cold weather
- Health benefits of celery
- How to get rid of dry skin
- Affordable espresso machines
- The best bedwetting underwear
- The best Samsung smart refrigerator
- The best Natural Balance dog food
- The best liquid bronzer
- Arrests made, tickets issued in speed enforcement on Routes 21 and 22 in Lincolnshire: ‘Speeding remains a significant problem’
- Column: There could be snow. There could be sleet. But a high school football season like no other is set to begin.
- U-46 to review post-pandemic scene as pathways plan moves forward, equity problems get addressed
- Muere astro de reggae Bunny Wailer, el último de los Wailers
- NY: Critican respuesta de Cuomo a denuncias de acoso sexual
- Op-ed: Chicago ordinances would hurt an already struggling hotel industry
- Oak Park third-grade teacher, Petra Choi, named a Golden Apple Award finalist
- North Shore Country Day School students return after recent COVID-19 outbreak
- Taylor Swift crítica duramente a Netflix por chiste ‘sexista’
- Aurora firefighters battle multifamily home fire near downtown
- 15 muertos, varios heridos, en accidente vial en California
- Vernon Area Public Library volunteers make blankets for patients at Heartland Hospice in Buffalo Grove
- Column: Chicago Heights retirees enjoy roles as campground hosts in Florida panhandle
- Merck will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, White House says
- Community news
- Porter County takes hard look at ambulance contract with eye on passing responsibility on to others
- Speak Out reader opinions: Limbaugh comment proves hatred prevails; Pritzker and Madigan calling the shots still; volunteer to be an impartial election judge
- Presidente ecuatoriano pide desafiliarse de su partido
- Judge balks at potential plea deal for ‘serial stowaway’ in most recent alleged try to sneak onto flight
- Propietarios de bares y sexoservidores protestan en Holanda
- 1 dead after 3 semitrailer truck crash on Tri-State Tollway near Hickory Hills
- CBS to air Emmy Awards on Sept. 19; no host yet
- Girls basketball notes: With Taylor Charles a perfect fit, Burlington Central primed to be top seed in Fox Valley Conference Tournament
- Crown Point begins soccer, lacrosse as weather warms
- Biblioracle: Dr. Seuss was canceled? Nope. The books needed to go.
- ‘Degrassi’ star Jahmil French dead at 29
- Editorial: Gov. Pritzker, protect ‘health care heroes’ from excess litigation over COVID-19
- ‘The Long Dream’ exhibit at MCA Chicago
- Hersey High School seniors in a leadership class deliver gratitude baskets to health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients: ‘We wanted to make sure they feel loved’
- Gymnastics notes: Gabi Grisafi didn’t fall. Instead, the sophomore soared, winning the all-around at the sectional and leading Valparaiso to the title.
- Auto review: The 2021 Kia Sorento is one you’ll remember
- Longtime Nike executive Ann Hebert resigns after article details her son’s sneaker business
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame plans October induction before live audience
- Target hits another bull’s-eye: Sales up $15 billion during pandemic
- Evanston-Skokie District 65 launches committee to modernize district, address inequities
- Mercedes presenta modelo con el que Hamilton irá por récord (VIDEO)
- Illinois set to receive more than 100,000 doses of new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine by midweek
- Evanston, Skokie teachers named finalists for Golden Apple teaching award
- Column: One family’s weekly trips to fill Chicago’s Love Fridges are a reminder of our capacity to care for one another
- Guatemala: Sobrevivientes de masacre de Tamaulipas están protegidos
- Candidates for Lyons Township High School Board talk about saliva tests, vaccines and how to bring all students back in school
- Salón de la Fama del Rock planea ceremonia con público
- Column: Remembering Vernon Jordan, a different kind of civil rights leader
- Fate of centuries-old Waukegan oak tree unclear after being pruned in the name of progress
- Column: Require proof of a COVID vaccine to get into a show in Chicago? It’s a very tricky issue
- Shepard graduate Rob Marinec, a mainstay at catcher for North Central College, ponders next move with invite to MLB Draft League
- Where to watch Golden Globe winners 2021
- Rayos X revelan detalles de la vida de ‘Little Foot’
- Registration for United Center COVID-19 vaccinations to open Thursday, site will open a day earlier than previously announced
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Dejaron Chicago y se fueron a México ‘para mantener el talento y la creatividad’
- Indira Varma (Juego de tronos) ficha por la serie de Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Column: The latest conspiracy: Trump is returning as president on Thursday. Friday’s reality won’t dissuade his zealots.
- Girls basketball notes: Senior guard Daniella Jarrell needed to score more for Vernon Hills. Points made.
- Great offerings in the Tweet of the Week poll. But are they art?
- Niles Library board member resigns after learning he has not lived in district long enough
- ‘Hockey guys’ get approval for alcohol sales to help turn Gurnee Mills rink into sports destination
- J Balvin y Karol G lideran lista de nominados a Latin AMAs
- Biden’s SEC pick says GameStop saga raises questions about trading apps like Robinhood
- Elgin’s July 4 parade, Nightmare on Chicago Street may be scratched by COVID-19 again this year, officials say
- Chicago man arrested on federal charges of inciting looting during unrest in August, allegedly put out call on social media
- Evanston Township High School students will return for limited in-person learning after spring break
- ‘Bachelor’ producers condemn ‘unimaginable amount of hate’ toward Rachel Lindsay
- Tribune photos of the famous Mister Kelly’s
- Ernest Hemingway Museum reopens in Oak Park for tours, virtual events
- Lista de nominados a los Latin American Music Awards
- NY: Piden vacunas para zona hispana con variante de COVID-19
- La mayoría de los homicidios transexuales en EEUU no se resuelven
- Candidate forums for elections in La Grange Park, School districts 105 and 106, and Indian Head Park
- Letters: RMG chief: The metal recycling facility on the Southeast Side will not be another General Iron
- Los dolores de cabeza de Argentina en eliminatorias
- Mobile Rosalind Franklin University medical team brings COVID-19 vaccine to the underserved and marginalized
- Oak Lawn teacher, students drawn into book about using comics in education
- Franklin Park companies compete in ‘coolest product’ contest
- US sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s poisoning
- Florida: Suspendido policía por mensaje antiislámico
- Laird Funeral Home crematory wins OK from Elgin City Council
- Students at John Hancock College Prep in Chicago say the school should be renamed because Hancock owned slaves: ‘It’s something we really want to fight for’
- Concordia University sets up Gard fund to provide grants to struggling students
- Lincolnshire eateries among ones taking part in Lake County Restaurant Rally: ‘We encourage all who can … support your local restaurant’
- Amazon strikes $45 million deal to buy SW Side steel plant; it could become site of its biggest warehouse in Chicago
- Giving singers a chance to perform, Skokie Idol goes virtual this year
- Candidates for Park Ridge city clerk plan revamps to office if elected
- Texas suspende orden de portar mascarilla en público
- Pelé recibe primera dosis de vacuna contra el COVID-19
- Column: ‘Thug’ is a problem word — even if it didn’t used to be
- Valparaiso University shows COVID-19 spike; classes return to online and campus activities canceled through March 14
- Mark Gronowski had a great first game for South Dakota State. The Neuqua Valley graduate wants more: ‘He has a bright, bright future.’
- Miami officials release upbeat plan on adapting to sea-level rise. Not everyone is convinced.
- Biden: Vacunas contra COVID-19 para todos los adultos para finales de mayo
- MCA reopens with show featuring Chicago artists, with MSI and Chicago History Museum to follow
- Hilaria Baldwin revela el nombre de su nuevo bebé
- CMA Fest canceled for 2nd year in a row due to COVID-19
- Comings & Goings: Crestwood business joins Operation Blessing; 5 Guys closes in Chicago Ridge, and more
- 16-year-old charged after carjacking, attempted Eisenhower Expressway escape that left another teen dead
- Pandemic Golden Globes ratings plunge 64% to 6.9M viewers
- Alligator Records marks 50th anniversary with livestreamed show from GSU
- Column: Military takeover of Myanmar is news, not new
- Vernon Jordan, civil rights activist and former President Clinton adviser, has died
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 2 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Lincolnwood police chief says department pursuing more transparency and training
- Mister Kelly’s archive at Newberry Library
- Tras veredicto, Sarkozy descarta buscar presidencia de nuevo
- Romance away from home: The 6 sexiest cities in America
- Legislators exchange bills, from the state budget to police reform, as the second half of the 2021 session starts
- 33 años después, Murphy y Hall regresan a Zamunda
- Presidente de LaLiga no prevé los fichajes de Mbappé o Haaland
- Advocate Aurora Health working on mass vaccination site at conference center next to Wrigley Field
- Stevenson High School Dist. 125 allowing more students on campus for in-person learning
- Corrections and clarifications
- Fans in stands? Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she thinks Chicago Cubs, White Sox will host live spectators ‘sometime this season’
- Two Norridge independent candidates knocked off ballot decide not to pursue further appeals
- Cardinals utilizó todo para fichar a J.J. Watt
- ‘Ciudad de Piedra’ se queda sin turistas
- Action Ridge to host online forum for candidates running in Park Ridge races
- Naperville’s Schmaltz Deli may be headed to larger space in former Lisle restaurant on Ogden Avenue
- The pandemic is crushing sleep. Here are 5 tips to help you get better shut-eye.
- El partido de López Obrador, dividido por acusaciones de ataque sexual
- Southtowners: Area residents lauded during Crisis Center gala, and more
- Cubs beat the Royals 3-2 in their Cactus League home opener
- After Deerfield Public Library was forced to close for in-person visits, a new ‘lifeline’ has been a perfect pandemic resource for some
- Black and Latino directors largely missing from Illinois corporate boards, first-of-its-kind diversity report finds
- After second dose, 99% of Hinsdale High School District 86 faculty will be vaccinated against COVID-19
- Column: ‘Games’ or ‘scrimmages’? Spring training or spring break? Whatever you call it, some of MLB’s spring rule changes have purists shaking their heads.
- Aurora mayor names his selections for new Police Civilian Review Board
- Downtown East Dundee’s River Street Collective given license to sell beer and wine to shoppers
- Mueren 7 universitarios al caer de un cuarto piso
- Pets of the week
- The Spin: Lightfoot reflects on workplace harassment she’s faced amid New York Gov. Cuomo scandal | Cubs, White Sox may welcome spectators | Line of Democrats eyeing secretary of state bid grows
- S Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Op-ed: Why Gen Z isn’t freaking out about jobs: The side hustle
- Illinois Democrats set to choose chairman to succeed Madigan as legal question hovers around one contender
- Aurora event promotes equity in vaccinations to fight COVID-19
- Glencoe District 35 has spent nearly $800,000 on pandemic expenses
- 13 people killed after truck hits SUV carrying 25 people in Southern California: ‘It was an unusual number of people in an SUV’
- Village board releases portion of funds to Oak Park Regional Housing Center, awaiting 2019 audit
- Chicago bars and restaurants can stay open until 1 a.m., boost capacity to 50%, Lightfoot announces
- Kenosha woman killed in Sunday Waukegan crash
- Deadline Wednesday for businesses to apply for Aurora’s Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund
- Embattled Homewood employee resigns following hot mic comments about Calumet Country Club development opponents
- Chicago Bears haven’t made ‘a firm decision’ on using the franchise tag on Allen Robinson, but GM Ryan Pace says ‘we want to keep our good players’
- President Biden says US expects enough COVID vaccine for all adult Americans by the end of May — 2 months earlier than anticipated
- FBI Director Chris Wray warns violent ‘domestic terrorism’ growing in US
- Neera Tanden withdraws her nomination to head White House budget office amid bipartisan opposition over tweets
- Texas becomes largest US state to lift COVID-19 mask mandate, allows businesses to open at 100%
- 3 takeaways from Chicago White Sox spring training Tuesday, including Lucas Giolito working on his slider and Jose Abreu on his preparation for opening day
- Stimulus check updates: Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package
- Column: The Chicago Bears have a plan — multiple plans, in fact — to attack their quarterback dilemma. But how many of them inspire confidence?
- 3 things we learned from the Chicago Cubs spring training home opener Tuesday, including strong debuts from Adbert Alzolay and Nico Hoerner
- Chicago Bears GM Ryan Pace can’t promise a headline-grabbing roster move in the coming months: ‘It depends on the opportunity’
- Zach LaVine to represent the Chicago Bulls in the All-Star 3-point contest
- Column: Illinois stamps itself as a legitimate Final Four contender with a 76-53 road blowout of No. 2 Michigan — without the injured Ayo Dosunmu
- Drawing the tough assignment, Oak Forest’s Drew Pagnusat scores 17 points and plays lockdown defense in win over Evergreen Park