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- NCAA Tournament roundup: Michigan, Gonzaga and USC reach the Elite Eight with blowouts while UCLA advances in OT
- Daily horoscope for March 29, 2021
- Ask Amy: Sibling rivalry buffets sib in the middle
- Letters: Evanston’s approach to reparations is wise, measured
- Editorial: The boondoggle of giant infrastructure packages (can you say Peotone?)
- Cancel proof? Activists are trying to get Nick Fuentes, a far-right video streamer from the western suburbs, kicked off the internet. It might be impossible.
- Column: A diversity czar for the royal family? They already squandered their chance to diversify by driving Meghan Markle away.
- The endangered rusty patched bumblebee is at the center of a legal challenge over habitat that conservationists say it needs to survive
- Reopening schools became a rallying cry for parents. Now it’s a campaign issue in suburban school board races: ‘This is a lot bigger than COVID’
- Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of Barack Obama, who promoted education for girls in her Kenyan village, dies at 99
- WHO-China study says animal transmission, not lab leak, most likely cause of COVID-19
- Column: So what is it like to campaign during a pandemic? ‘There is definitely a lot more door-slamming.’
- Cactus League report: 4 moves get the Cubs closer to their 26-man roster — while Andrew Vaughn tries to keep his defense out of the batter’s box for the White Sox
- Daywatch: The race between vaccines and variants, school reopenings become a campaign issue and 24 must-try corned beef sandwiches in Chicago
- At Aurora charity rummage sale, ‘it is all about the hunt’ for unique items
- Column: A surprise team or the beginning of the end? The Chicago Cubs are embarking on a season that could go in many different directions.
- This day in history, March 29: 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted on federal charges stemming from shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University
- Once a cornerstone of the rebuild, Wendell Carter Jr.’s stay with the Chicago Bulls ends with a lot of promise — and ultimately not enough return
- Federal judge denies Hinsdale motion to dismiss lawsuits related to Trinity Sober Living
- Notre Dame says it can vaccinate all students for COVID-19 by end of spring semester
- Oak Park to commit $400k in sustainability funds to proposed rec center’s green initiatives
- Dr. Deborah Birx, Trump’s COVID-19 response coordinator, suggests thousands died needlessly during pandemic
- Teacher heard making long, racist rant on Zoom, California mother says
- ‘Captain Underpants’ spin-off pulled for ‘passive racism’
- Adam Toledo, 13, fatally shot by Chicago police
- Jeep’s Belvidere assembly plant among 5 Stellantis facilities shut down Monday because of chip shortage
- Piers Morgan slams CBS over Sharon Osbourne controversy, Woody Allen interview
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Tuesday, March 30
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators, including Kirby Dach’s bad pass and the updated playoff picture
- California vs. Florida: Who handled COVID-19 better?
- Tribeca plans in-person, outdoor film festival for June
- México y Honduras sellan boleto a Tokio, EEUU fuera
- Indiana Republicans resolute for school voucher expansion
- Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, March 30, 2021
- Girls volleyball notes: After a long delay due to reconstructive knee surgery, sophomore Ava Nepkin cleans up for Lincoln-Way East
- Luis Enrique, DT de España, estuvo a punto del infarto
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Any 3-year-old could see that the press conference … was staged’
- Investigan muerte de mujer a manos de policías en México
- Problemas en devoluciones de boletos de Tokio 2020
- Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, March 30, 2021
- NordicTrack vs. Peloton: Which treadmill is better?
- Best cheap smartwatches
- More Illinois residents are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. Here are some of the best tweets from happy post-vaxxers
- Yorkville OKs agreement for regional study of water supply
- How to fix a toilet that won’t flush
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Despite scary size of vaccine needles, ‘It does not hurt’
- What is the best laptop for elementary students?
- How to ripen avocados
- Is coffee healthy?
- How to fall asleep fast
- The best infusion water bottle
- The best indoor folding table
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, March 30
- Southwest Airlines orders 100 Boeing 737 Max planes
- Boys soccer notes: Mohammad Mizyed makes noteworthy comeback by scoring five goals in five games for surprising Oak Lawn
- ‘Enfrentamiento armado’ con la policía deja un muerto en Chicago
- Sígale mariachi: la música no termina ni con el duelo
- Make an Easter feast using fresh spring ingredients
- ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Rosebud motel for sale in Ontario
- ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Disney Plus series adds 10 to cast, including O’Shea Jackson Jr., Joel Edgerton, Kumail Nanjiani
- Column: We will get past this health crisis one arm at a time
- How 2020 changed cooking for the better
- Renovated Lincoln Park mansion listed for $4.25M
- Una vez más, los Medias Rojas quieren resurgir
- Abuso de menores más difíciles de detectar durante pandemia
- People are hugging llamas as pandemic pick-me-up
- Renovated Lincoln Park mansion listed for $4.25M
- Harwood Heights gets festive with Easter parade, bunny and baskets
- Waukegan school board resuming in-person meetings: ‘It was only right for the Board of Education to lead by example’
- Astronomía y paisaje reflejados en el urbanismo más antiguo de América
- Fallece Sarah Obama, abuela keniana del expresidente Obama
- ‘COVID put me out of business’: Mario’s Barber Shop closes after 50 years in Park Ridge
- COVID-19 keeps spreading death where vaccines haven’t reached
- Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines prove highly effective in real-world use, CDC says
- Gary Roosevelt to become mass COVID-19 vaccination site
- Speak Out reader opinion: Bridgeview shooting shows little regard for life
- OMS ve probable que el COVID venga de animales
- Holi 2021 celebrations: The festival of colors ushers in spring
- CDC extends ban on tenant evictions during the pandemic through end of June
- Waukegan city clerk race features candidates with public-service backgrounds
- Indians gather for Holi celebrations as virus cases surge
- Football notes: As Libertyville starts strong behind quarterback Blake Ellingson and its offensive line, Warren’s defense maintains dominance
- For those in need, pop-up Aurora food pantry events ‘helping a lot’
- Autopsia: policía partió el cuello de salvadoreña en México
- Lil Nas X’s controversial ‘Satan’ shoes sell out in less than a minute
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Not right to change name of Thomas Jefferson Middle School
- Venezuela: Maduro desafía a Facebook por bloquear su cuenta
- Arranca la BAL, la nueva Liga Africana de Básquetbol de la NBA
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Democrats, not Trump, ‘are fueling the hatred between different races’
- Biden expands offshore wind farms along East Coast, hoping to generate energy for 10 million homes
- Body of a 2nd Iowa State student recovered in rowing accident after a crew club boat capsized
- Opinion: Want to know what ails America? Read ‘Hospital’ by Brian Alexander
- City to team with Chicago Federation of Labor to vaccinate up to 1,200 eligible union workers per week
- Talk of the County reader opinion: If Dr. Fauci ‘tells me to wear a full mask, I’m going to wear it’
- Erik Teran is making a lot of plays. The senior linebacker credits his teammates upfront. The end result: Kaneland’s defense is stout.
- Viejos Lada en Cuba, un legado soviético que desata pasiones
- Hinsdale fifth-grader qualifies for Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Biden presentará 1a parte del paquete de rescate económico
- Chicago police fatally shoot 1 person during ‘armed confrontation’ in Little Village, officials say
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Editorial: Get fired up, Illinois. Redistricting is underway. Your future depends on it.
- Fox News hires Lara Trump
- Lollapalooza co-founder wants fest to be held in Chicago this year ‘in one capacity or another’
- The Tribune’s classical music coverage to be funded by the Rubin Institute
- Alientan creación de clubes exclusivamente femeninos
- Equity director resigns after two years with Oak Park and River Forest High School
- Review: A musical plea for justice in Chicago Sinfonietta’s first virtual MLK concert
- Nissan Safety Shield system standard on 2021 Murano
- Column: Springtime is the ideal season for purging the pandemic blues, cleaning the soul
- Op-ed: What the vaccine rollout teaches about market dominance
- College notes: Rachel Bontrager didn’t get the start she wanted for her senior season at Western Michigan. The Valparaiso graduate eyes a better ending.
- Park Ridge police: Package stolen from multi-family building
- EEUU: Estudio confirma efectividad de vacuna contra COVID-19
- Rescue Plan Act funds to go toward South Shore Line projects; line president says $65.5M expected
- Empleados de Amazon en EEUU deciden sobre formar sindicato
- Ship stuck in Suez Canal set free with help of high tide, flotilla of tugboats
- Marist student’s recyclable shoe design puts him in national design competition
- Allstate to take $4 billion net loss this quarter on life sales
- The Rock desvela nueva fecha del estreno de Black Adam en épico vídeo
- Column: After the COVID-19 horror movie ends, what comes next?
- Guatemala en ‘estado de prevención’ ante formación de nueva caravana
- Column: Anthony Rizzo — in what might be his farewell tour with the Chicago Cubs — vows to enjoy the ride
- Op-ed: Your child wants to be a pro athlete? Be realistic.
- Column: Fight vaccine hesitancy, not line crashers. Vaccination for one is vaccination for all.
- Art on theMart reopens for spring 2021
- Column: Park Forest elections wind down without traditional grunts, snorts and hoots from forum audiences
- Más niños migrantes cruzan peligrosa jungla rumbo a EEUU
- Canadian panel is recommending a pause on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations for people under 55 for safety reasons
- With pandemic-weary consumers ready to spend, ‘the roaring 20s and celebratory times ahead may be very real’
- Vanessa Bryant cita viejo testimonio de su madre para desestimar su demanda
- Western Springs asks for resident reaction to sidewalk feasibility study in Forest Hills neighborhood
- Letter: Please Support, and Pay, your Mayors
- Parson’s Chicken & Fish
- Otra mujer acusa a gobernador de NY de conducta inapropiada
- Florida investor offers $100 million to help Maryland hotel exec buy Tribune Publishing
- President Biden and CDC director warn of virus rebound if nation lets up
- Art on theMart reopens with spacey ‘Astrographics’ from the Adler
- Letters: CPS could come up with a better solution for high school graduation this year
- Chicago White Sox reportedly sign infielder Jake Lamb and release catcher Jonathan Lucroy
- JPMorgan Institute: Biden’s student debt forgiveness needs ‘aggressive’ income targeting
- US eyes additional United Nations action on North Korea after missile tests
- Sergio Agüero busca equipo para la próxima temporada
- Naperville childhood set Tamara Wilson on the path toward becoming an opera singer
- Cubs and White Sox fans, what are your favorite memories from opening day? We want to hear from you.
- A brief history of taxes
- 5 ways to be a better work-from-home coworker
- 17 regular-season games? Decreasing the preseason? NFL owners to meet — virtually — about the upcoming season.
- MLB will relax COVID-19 protocols when 85% of players and primary field staff are vaccinated
- Longtime political operative for Ald. Edward Burke, former state Sen. Martin Sandoval charged with deceiving FBI
- Letter to the Editor: assessing Oak Park candidates in April 6 election
- Anthony Rizzo is ‘at peace’ with starting the season without a contract extension from the Chicago Cubs: ‘I think everyone knows where I stand’
- EEUU prorroga moratoria a desalojo de inquilinos en pandemia
- 2 killed in head-on collision on Eisenhower Expressway in Forest Park caused by wrong-way driver
- Call of the wildflowers: Where, when and how to see beautiful blooms across the country
- Go away with … Lexie Duncan
- Neil Diamond tribute to be shown virtually through James Lumber Center
- Ozuna, Tainy y Edgar Barrera son premiados por BMI
- Live from March Madness: Photos of the 2021 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament
- El cerco de Nueva York al presidente de Honduras
- Aurora accepts donation of frames to Art and History Center
- Racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic memes shared with Jones College Prep students prompt school to contact police
- Chicago police move to prevent cops from stopping man who alleged he was detained more than 60 times in 15 years over mistaken identity
- Biden urges states to reinstate mask mandates as CDC director says she has feeling of ‘impending doom’ amid new COVID spike
- Illinois close to having 70% of residents 65 and older vaccinated, but rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases will prevent state from opening up further
- The Spin: Duckworth’s ‘disappointment’ over not being Biden’s VP | Biden, Lightfoot plead with public as COVID-19 cases rise | School board elections and the pandemic
- Los 5 puntos de cómo Drummond encaja en los Lakers
- Just in time for patio season, Parson’s Chicken & Fish opening 2 new locations after COVID-19 turned expansion plans upside down
- ‘Sleepy race’ in Orland Township highlighted by attack ads, Blagojevich video
- Biden advierte de repunte en COVID
- 3 killed in fiery wrong-way crash at east end of Eisenhower downtown
- Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination. Will his museum survive a pandemic?
- Police chief plays role in Dolton and Dixmoor mayoral elections
- GM Stan Bowman is ‘doing a lot of listening,’ but the Chicago Blackhawks’ abundant cap space and playoff prospects won’t affect his trade deadline strategy
- North Aurora man charged in fatal Aurora hit-and-run was using iPhone when crash happened, police say
- Chicago-based marijuana giant part of federal pay-to-play investigation
- Derek Chauvin trial: George Floyd’s life ‘was squeezed out of him,’ prosecutor says; protesters gather court after proceedings
- Ready to hit the Riverwalk?
- Column: Looking for some long-distance bonding time? Turn on the TV.
- Rally in Arlington Heights calls for end to violence, racism against Asians: ‘All of this is unacceptable’
- Four men in one car shot on Interstate 57 near 127th Street late Sunday morning, police say
- Rehab of downtown Naperville parking deck on East Chicago Avenue begins this week
- The Easter bunny hopped around to homes in Barrington as part of visits through Park District program
- The Easter bunny waved at families, passed out candy during drive-through visit at St. Matthew church in Hawthorn Woods
- Letter to editor: Praise for new predatory loan law
- Hanover Central pitcher Sydney Kuzma had Munster off balance for four innings. Paige Vukadinovich and Mia Adamus turned the tables in the fifth.
- Pharrell says man shot by police at Oceanfront is his cousin, calls for transparency
- Barrington reviving drive-in concerts and planning spring art festival but caution vigilance as pandemic continues
- Couple says they dropped off coffee and doughnuts to co-workers, only to have their vehicle stolen in Belmont Cragin neighborhood
- Baltimore County man fatally shot his parents, then two Royal Farms customers, before killing himself, police say
- Caroline Macander watched last season. She obviously learned too. The junior setter had 28 assists, 8 digs and 2 kills as Mother McAuley swept Marist.
- Houston holds off Oregon State 67-61 to reach 1st Final Four since 1984
- Letter to the Editor: Four great Niles-Maine Library candidates on April 6 ballot
- Nick Roe got knocked down. But he got back up again. And again. He also scored his first career goal as Benet rolled past St. Viator.
- Hynes, Golf Middle School students volunteer at drop-off donation drive
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 29 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Pharrell says man shot dead by police in Virginia Beach is his cousin
- Adam Critchett is the apple of Shepard’s defensive eye. He also scored the winning goal as the Astros held off Argo in a 1-0 shutout.