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- Chicago White Sox lose a classic pitchers’ duel — Lucas Giolito vs. Shane Bieber — to Cleveland Indians: ‘Hell of a battle on both sides’
- ‘That was a message sent’: Willson Contreras’ 2-run homer and Craig Kimbrel’s 4-out save give the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers
- Kyle Hendricks is scratched from his start 90 minutes before first pitch as the Chicago Cubs put a 4th player on the COVID-19 injured list
- ‘Everyone has a role’: Jakub Lassak stops two penalty kicks off bench as Lockport beats Bolingbrook in shootout to take conference title
- Daily horoscope for April 14, 2021
- Ask Amy: A house-sitting friend turns alpaca into felt
- In these times of COVID-19, how does adults wearing masks affect children’s speech development?
- Column: Chicago looks to Minnesota, awaits another police shooting video, and holds its breath
- Chicago Bears Q&A: Will GM Ryan Pace trade up to get a QB — and would George McCaskey sign off on such an ambitious move? How much would the No. 4 pick cost?
- Flurry of missteps left Capitol Police unprepared for Jan. 6 insurrection, report says
- Daywatch: What we know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Chicago’s affordable housing gap and ‘Hoop Dreams’ school announces closure
- What is Michael Kopech’s mindset as the Chicago White Sox fireballer adjusts to working out of the bullpen? ‘I’m on attack.’
- 2 men fatally shot while sitting in car in Englewood early Wednesday, police say
- Review: ‘Beforeigners’ mashes up the buddy cop genre and sci-fi time travel in this Norwegian drama
- After 10 seasons away, Paul Friedman is again the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field PA announcer — but only for a month
- Column: With ArcLight and other movie theaters closing, has it ever seemed so frivolous to predict the Oscars? Let’s reflect.
- Column: As theater returns to Chicago, messages of healing matter more than logistics
- This day in history, April 14: British liner RMS Titanic collides with iceberg in the North Atlantic
- Naperville homebuyers, due to low inventory, are seeing higher prices and heavy competition
- Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, now a top bidder for Tribune Publishing, is an influential liberal donor
- New boutique hotel opens in Lake Forest for the first time in over 90 years
- Condo Adviser: When will state guidelines allow my condo association to reopen the pool?
- Awards shows are struggling to draw TV audiences. Should the Oscars be worried?
- Column: Chicago couple undergoes state’s first kidney transplant between HIV-positive patients. ‘They are really pioneers.’
- Waukegan schools renamed for civil rights icons John Lewis and Edith M. Smith, replacing historical figures with slavery ties
- First lady Jill Biden undergoes a ‘common medical procedure’ at outpatient center
- Porchlight sings Broadway 1979 in outdoor concert in June — the theater’s return to live shows
- Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to star in ‘The Son,’ from ‘The Father’ director Florian Zeller and cowriter Christopher Hampton
- Survey: 39% of Americans say Netflix has best original content of all streaming services
- Bernie Madoff, guilty in biggest Ponzi scheme in history, dies in federal prison at 82, source says
- At least 4 Michigan Republicans test positive for COVID-19 after restaurant meeting: ‘Most of them in that room are not believers in the vaccine’
- Students at Texas high school disciplined after mock slave auction of Black classmates on Snapchat
- Fiscalía evalúa cargos contra policía blanca en Minneapolis
- Top country song from the year you graduated high school
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Thursday, April 15
- Cuatro respuestas sobre el freno a la vacuna contra covid de Johnson & Johnson
- Biden comienza a revertir políticas de Trump sobre abortos
- Letter to the Editor
- Speak Out reader opinion: People stopped by police need to cooperate
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, April 15
- Desafío de inmigración para Harris: ayudar a los centroamericanos, no a sus gobiernos
- Indiana lawmakers send abortion ‘reversal’ bill to governor
- Famous alums of St. Joseph High School in Westchester
- El Capitolio de EEUU no estaba preparado para asalto
- Yellow cards should be used to curb racial abuse during games, says soccer great Clarence Seedorf
- Column: Prince Philip’s passing part of a greater national, and international, story
- Beacon-News/Courier-News football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, April 15, 2021
- Park Ridge fireworks show canceled for 2021, organizers decide
- El defraudador Bernie Madoff muere en prisión
- Tax cheats are costing the US $1 trillion a year, IRS estimates
- Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, April 15, 2021
- Wisconsin Supreme court rules governor can’t issue capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other businesses
- Unidas por muertes tras encuentros policiales, las familias de Floyd y Wright acogen el dolor público
- My Pet World: How to train dogs who don’t like being picked up
- Mass vaccination site in Gary draws Chicago-area residents — including high school students about to return to in-person classes
- Column: Lake County makes it easy-peasy to get vaccination shots
- Denmark becomes first in EU to drop AstraZeneca vaccine
- Fermilab to hold online STEM Career Expo
- México: Ratifican retiro de candidato acusado de violación y apoyado por AMLO
- Former ‘Bachelor’ and Illinois native Colton Underwood filming his own Netflix reality show after coming out
- Wisconsin Senate set to approve host of Republican-authored election changes
- Lake County’s recorder and clerk plan to face off next year to run merged office
- Loneliness is rampant. Evidence suggests it can damage health and shorten lives as much as obesity and smoking. A simple call, or hug, may be a cure
- Bronzeville Winery to add Black-owned upscale spot to historic South Side neighborhood: ‘We deserve that in our community’
- Incendio en escuela de Níger mata a 20 niños
- Homewood trustees vote to allow former golf course to leave village, but urge Hazel Crest to work against development
- Free anti-racist conference to take place online and in-person April 24 in La Grange and Indian Head Park
- Aurora again delays vote on controversial gas station project
- Rapper Mystikal breaks silence on dropped rape charge
- Dieron negativo por covid, pero tienen síntomas prolongados
- No. 2 House Republican says GOP would act against Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz
- Primer viaje de Harris sería a México y Guatemala
- Football notes: This is Darius. St. Laurence quarterback Darius Wilson delivers performance for ages with 6 TDs vs. Brother Rice.
- Baseball preview: Libertyville returns with an Illinois recruit catching a deep rotation that includes three Division I commits
- Op-ed: Police deception during interrogations too often leads to false confessions. Ban the tactic.
- The Asian Pop-Up Cinema is back at Lincoln Yards. Welcome to Year Two of the pandemic drive-in experience
- Merrillville establishes fund for American Rescue Plan monies; first half of money expected in mid-May
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent $104,000 on upgrades to her City Hall conference room, including 75-inch touch screen
- Test your Oscar genius with our trivia challenge
- Montgomery OKs water supply study
- La vacunación contra el COVID-19 avanza y el regreso a la oficina se adelantaría
- With microgrants and more, DishRoulette Kitchen is helping Chicago restaurants survive — and thrive — during COVID-19
- Más de 3,600 trabajadores de la salud de EEUU murieron en el primer año de la pandemia
- Mayor’s Awards for preservation work going to 11 Elgin recipients; 6 homeowners to receive heritage building plaques
- Downtown Clarendon Hills flower shop planning move next door to larger space
- NFL draft profile: Jayson Oweh of Penn State
- NFL draft profile: Azeez Ojulari of Georgia
- NFL draft profile: Davis Mills of Stanford
- MLB moving the mound back 12 inches in a minor-league experiment to see if it will increase offense
- NFL draft profile: Kellen Mond of Texas A&M
- ANÁLISIS: Fui una adolescente dueña de un rifle, luego médico de urgencias. Las armas de asalto no son ‘rifles’
- Chase for alleged Portage shoplifters ends with crash, minor injuries in Chicago neighborhood; police said chase reached 100 mph
- Delivery driver comes forward with new evidence in ‘Making a Murderer’ case, points finger at another one of Steven Avery’s nephews
- Familia de Adam Toledo no quiere publicación de video policial del tiroteo que le quitó la vida, pero se hará por mandato
- Review: Greta Van Fleet spread their wings gloriously
- Auto review: Infiniti QX55 brings back X-appeal to the SUV
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks to earmark nearly $1 billion in federal stimulus to pay off city’s COVID-19 borrowing
- Prosecutors: No charges for officer who shot and killed a woman during Capitol riot
- This Week in Naperville
- Comunistas cubanos: ¿Dejará Raúl Castro la dirección?
- Discapacitados esperan que su momento en los Oscar dé frutos
- Several investigations underway into brush fire near Homer Glen, Lemont
- Waukegan house fire forces 7 people to evacuate, kills 2 dogs and injures 2 firefighters
- Think you paid more to fill up the gas tank last month? You did — and the price hikes may not be over.
- Policía que mató a asaltante de Capitolio no será procesado
- With Chicago help, Buffalo officer earns court win in claim she was fired for stopping another cop from using chokehold
- Football notes: Batavia defensive coordinator Matt Holm calls senior corner Evan Kopf his ‘battle unicorn.’ And that’s a very good thing.
- La reina regresa a sus deberes reales tras deceso de Felipe
- 4 Muncie officers charged in excessive force allegations
- Plea deal accepted in East Chicago beauty store stabbing: Highland man faces up to 7 years
- Naperville People in the News
- An additional 138,538 COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Illinois and more than 3 million residents have been fully vaccinated
- ¿Será Afganistán nuevamente un paraíso del terrorismo?
- Marihuana legal, tabla de salvación para agricultores de NY
- Eat. Watch. Do. — New Bronzeville wine bar | Cherry blossoms in Chicago | Oscars 2021: Do we still care?
- Conmebol: Copa América se juega con o sin público
- Maker of Huggies and Kleenex to bring 250 jobs here, open Fulton Market office
- Op-ed: The ‘arms race’ in college sports is out of control. Here’s how to stop it.
- Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari sued after pet dog allegedly bites man
- Honoring Chicago firefighter who died from COVID-19
- López Obrador visitará frontera de México con Guatemala
- Alejandro Fernández: ‘Se me adelantó el postre’
- NFL draft profile: Nick Bolton of Missouri
- NFL draft profile: Asante Samuel Jr. of Florida State
- Column: Hank Azaria’s apology for voicing Indian character Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ should lead to an honest reckoning on our bias against accents
- NFL draft profile: Rondale Moore of Purdue
- NFL draft profile: Landon Dickerson of Alabama
- The Original Rainbow Cone, a 95-year-old Chicago legend, is opening its 1st suburban shop in Lombard
- Chicago man, 21, is accused of pulling cop into vehicle during investigation, driving off and then crashing
- Lake Zurich woman appointed to fill vacancy on County Board
- Judge accepts plea for Missouri man accused of killing former Hammond girlfriend
- OPS y OEA piden solidaridad para acceso a vacunas
- Column: Cook County touts safety measures as courthouses prepare to resume jury trials
- COVID-19 uncertainties — and ‘different perspectives’ on getting the vaccine — pose a daily challenge for the Chicago Cubs
- 7 landscape design tips for beginners
- El ‘Vasco’ Aguirre se disculpa tras ser pillado bailando sin mascarilla (VIDEO)
- Expansion of Human Rights Commission complaints eyed in two Gary amendments to civil rights ordinance
- Best garden tools
- Easy flowers to grow in a home garden
- From almond butter aspirations to classical recordings on cassette tapes, Chicago label Parlour Tapes is ready for its next chapter
- Create a patio that you love
- Charcoal grills vs. electric grills: Which is better?
- Best kitchen essentials 2021
- The best tie-dye sweatshirt
- The best mattress for pregnancy
- The best keyboard stand
- Minnesota Twins SS Andrelton Simmons — who said he doesn’t plan to take the vaccine — tests positive for COVID-19
- The best air fryer for two people
- The best Logitech wireless mouse
- Samsung tablet vs. iPad: Which is better?
- How to juice with a blender
- Best hiking backpacks 2021
- What are the health benefits of organic virgin coconut oil?
- How much are PODS moving containers?
- The best cheap mascara
- President Biden details pullout plans for last troops in Afghanistan: ‘It is time to end America’s longest war’
- El jueves se publicará el video del tiroteo mortal de Adam Toledo de 13 años
- Lee Aaker, el niño de ‘Rin Tin Tin’, muere como un indigente
- Embattled country star Morgan Wallen says he needs more time to work on himself
- Gold Coast 4-bedroom home with double-door foyer: $1.9M
- Arizona conservatives propose revised sex ed rules; LGBTQ groups say legislation limits ‘fact-based education’
- How to have a pandemic-friendly dinner party
- Column: Police traffic stops are a needless danger
- At least 15 officers in the US have mistaken guns for Tasers. Three were convicted.
- No fussing allowed: 10 tips on hosting low-key dinner parties
- Juvenile justice bill heads to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk
- Letters: Minnesota officer made a tragic mistake
- Column: Downers Grove baker who ‘always looks out for people’ battles COVID-19, and community rushes in to help
- Wetlands deregulation bill advances to Indiana governor
- Washington state to order Boeing to begin multimillion cleanup of groundwater pollution
- Daunte Wright became a father while he was still a teenager, seemed to relish the role of a doting young dad
- La soledad, un serio problema agravado por la pandemia
- McGregor y Poirier pelearán en UFC 264 con casa llena
- McDonald’s to require anti-harassment training for its 2 million restaurant workers worldwide
- ‘Backyarding’ boom: How to work, study, dine and relax better outside
- April 14, 1865: How Lincoln’s assassination was reported on 156 years ago
- Sancionan al Estrella Roja por insultos racistas a Zlatan
- Hundreds of top execs and companies, including United and Mondelez, push back against voting restrictions in newspaper ad
- Elmhurst District 205 Board approves ‘transformational leader,’ veteran educator Keisha Campbell as next superintendent
- ‘F9: The Fast Saga’ trailer: Director Justin Lin on Paul Walker, wild stunts and ‘the Final Chapter’ of the franchise
- 3 teens die after ejected from car in southern Illinois crash
- Presidente electo de Ecuador incluirá en su gobierno a integrantes de otros bloques políticos
- Emerging pattern: Blue states appear to be getting vaccinated at more robust rates, while those in red states seem to be more hesitant
- Shonda Rhimes: ‘Like, we didn’t kill’ Rege-Jean Page’s ‘Bridgerton’ character
- Con los Latin AMAs, Telemundo logra su segunda premiación en vivo
- Her boss sent harassing texts. So she beat him with a mop.
- Aurora has sent 70 checks so far as part of COVID-19 relief program for businesses
- ‘The Bachelor’ has a troubled history when it comes to gay romance
- States with the highest and lowest tax rates
- They’re back! Six Flags Great America opens April 24 and Hurricane Harbor opens May 29
- Oscars to pre-record original song performances on Academy Museum rooftop
- EEUU: Improbable que estados impongan nuevos confinamientos
- Oak Park police chief named to state commission studying discrimination and hate crimes
- Corrections and clarifications
- La ‘Decimocuarta’, cada vez más cerca
- Derek Chauvin trial: Expert for the defense blames George Floyd’s death on a heart rhythm problem
- FBI: Man taken into custody after allegedly robbing North Avenue banks in Oak Park, Chicago
- 1 dead after capsized vessel caught in ‘microburst’ of bad weather off the Louisiana coast; 12 still missing, 6 rescued
- Obama Presidential Center faces new lawsuit the same day as pre-construction work in Jackson Park begins
- Springfield man charged with storming Senate floor in U.S. Capitol attack
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- “The Man Who Lived Underground” by Richard Wright
- Guardiola y el City espantan sus fantasmas en Champions
- Indian Prairie gearing up to draft school boundaries to ease overcrowding in some schools and too few students in others
- Cuba lanza medidas para impulsar sector agrícola y ganadero
- Editorial: Pause button continues with Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and that’s a good thing
- How to test-drive vehicle technology
- Dylan Cease goes on the injured list as a precautionary move after the Chicago White Sox pitcher displayed symptoms but didn’t test positive for COVID-19
- Parents group accuses Chicago Teachers Union of ‘moving the goalposts’ as it stages walkout over plan to reopen high schools Monday
- Bond set at $500,000 for Morton Grove man involved in 16-hour standoff with police
- The Spin: Lightfoot says she’s watched video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo as city braces for its release | Pritzker feeling ‘fine’ after J&J vaccine | Obama Presidential Center facing new lawsuit
- Down to Business: If you can find it at Target or Amazon, ‘I don’t want it,’ Naperville baby boutique owner says
- Jay Cutler y ex esposa demandados después que su perro supuestamente mordiera a un hombre
- Man faces murder charge after girlfriend found shot in Bishop Noll parking lot, documents allege
- Two Gary women in custody after fight involving children ends in gunfire, barricade situation; pregnant woman wounded
- México tendrá datos biométricos de usuarios de celular con padrón ‘inútil, riesgoso y autoritario’
- Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Highland Park closed after explosive material found near Fort Sheridan
- Western Springs continues to offer three hours of free charging for electric cars
- Tribune Publishing sticking with Alden offer for now over bid by Maryland businessman and Swiss billionaire
- Teenager killed by police in Maryland was honors student with political aspirations; neighbors describe hectic scene
- After a flurry of arrests, lawyers for Capitol riot suspects are homing in on what they describe as fundamental weaknesses in the government’s case
- Potempa: ‘Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet’ ready for Season 10 TV filming
- EEUU: Estados republicanos se rezagan en vacunación
- Over 50 years after Brian Robson mailed himself out of Australia, emerging 8,000 miles away, he is looking for two friends who helped
- OPS asesora a Venezuela y Haití sobre seguridad de vacuna
- Chicago Fire Department needs stronger policies against sexual harassment, racial discrimination, city watchdog says
- Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine to remain in limbo while officials seek evidence that blood clots were linked to the shot
- Latin School educators take big steps toward unionizing
- As Chicago braces for protests over fatal police shootings, CPD makes new rules for handling crowds
- Illinois Senate majority leader Kimberly Lightford diagnosed with COVID-19
- Kane County to allow recreational marijuana businesses to open in unincorporated areas
- Brad Underwood adds length and athleticism to Illinois’ roster with the signing of 2 recruits and the transfer of Florida’s Omar Payne
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 14 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Chicago Cubs bats are silent again in a 7-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, capping a 2-4 trip: ‘That’s baseball’
- Body found in trunk on NW Side identified as Portage Park neighborhood man; one person held in homicide investigation
- NWSL fines the Chicago Red Stars for a ‘violation of a league directive’ — reportedly for front-office support of Sarah Gorden, who says Houston security racially profiled her
- Daunte Wright police shooting: Former Minnesota cop Kim Potter charged with second-degree manslaughter in shooting of Black motorist
- Man whose body was found by fisherman in South Deering died of multiple gunshot wounds, officials said
- There was an Angel among them. Angel Mendez moves to forward and scores twice as Thornton co-op shuts down Bloom.
- Carlos Rodón throws a no-hitter for the Chicago White Sox
- Lake Central’s Peyton Pepkowski was nearly untouchable for six innings. When Crown Point threatened, her catcher made a timely play.
- Federal judge slaps BP for emitting too much lung-damaging soot from its Whiting refinery on Lake Michigan
- Photos: Orlando Magic 115, Chicago Bulls 106
- Baseball notes: Grant Comstock threw 54 of his 74 pitches for strikes. Valparaiso scored just enough runs to reward his efficiency.
- What’s going on with COVID-19 in Michigan? Here’s what we know.
- Three strikeouts. One run. Four innings. An ‘excellent’ effort from senior pitcher Brian Wrenn gets Geneva past Metea Valley.
- Nikola Vucevic puts up 29 points as he faces the Orlando Magic for the 1st time since the trade deadline
- ‘She’s going to do great things in life’: Keira Jannisch a leader for all seasons, pandemic or not, as Metea Valley outlasts Oswego East