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- Daily horoscope for June 1, 2021
- Ask Amy: Wife is riding the tilt-a-whirl of husband’s addiction
- Letters: City turns blind eye to fireworks show in Winnemac Park
- Travelers are returning to O’Hare, but ‘people mover’ still closed: ‘A headache and an embarrassment’
- Review: Andros Taverna adds Chicago’s most exciting Greek restaurant to Logan Square
- Boystown, the nickname dropped by business leaders in Chicago’s premier gay neighborhood last year, is still going strong: ‘It’s always going to be Boystown to me’
- ‘A prince of a man’: After the untimely death of NFL writer Vaughn McClure, a quest has begun to pay his generosity forward
- Daywatch: State lawmakers go into overtime, the Boystown nickname still going strong and a review of Chicago’s most exciting new Greek restaurant
- ‘Let’s see if we can make this bigger’: Black college basketball coaches are encouraged by a significant uptick in hires — including 51% of offseason vacancies
- Community news
- This day in history, June 1: General Motors files for Chapter 11, becoming largest US industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Who are ‘lily-livered Republicans’ protecting in blocking Jan. 6 investigation?
- Illinois lawmakers go into overtime, approve $42 billion budget, elections changes and an ethics package
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Waukegan has been ‘multicultural and multi-peopled’ for a long time
- My worst moment: ‘House’ and ‘The Kominsky Method’ star Lisa Edelstein on an early taste of fame thanks to a NYT profile of her college nightlife
- 7 apple varieties thought to be extinct found in western US
- Many Americans are celebrating a return to normal life, while others are mourning loved ones lost recently to COVID-19
- Naomi Osaka withdraws from the French Open and will take a break from competition: ‘Best thing for the tournament, the other players and my well-being’
- With summer movie nights on the garage door, Aurora family continues new pandemic tradition
- Blair Underwood, wife Desiree DaCosta ending marriage
- After meme stock rally, AMC to sell 8.5 million shares, raise $230.5M
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Conviction and denial of bail for Bill Cosby is a ‘sham’
- Japan’s vaccine push ahead of the Olympics looks to be too late and could ‘trigger a global spread of different variants of the virus’
- Talk of the County reader opinion: President Biden is a ‘freakazoid,’ ‘bonehead’ and ‘bumbling fool’
- Copa América se jugará en Brasil
- Dr. June: Communication problems call for assessment of relationships
- Ask Mister Manners: Can a grandparent dictate how grandson spends his graduation money?
- Kelly Osbourne opens up about drug and alcohol addictions
- Agüero ficha con el Barcelona de su amigo Messi
- Candidatos militares, experimento en México
- Michigan eases mask rules outdoors, capacity limits in bars and restaurants
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Wednesday, June 2
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, June 2
- El duro precio que pagan los niños por la guerra Israel – Hamas
- La guerra entre Israel y Hamas cobró un duro precio a los niños
- Daily Southtown softball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, June 2, 2021
- ‘Friends’ reunion: 5 fun things we learned from the long-awaited special
- 6 países de la UE ofrecen certificados de vacunación COVID
- Sudamérica retoma camino hacia Qatar entre COVID y lesiones
- Romy Walthall, ‘Face/Off’ and ‘The House of Usher’ actor, dies at 57
- Softball notes: Just call her ‘Rocket Girl.’ Sophomore outfielder Isabel Cunnea clears the fences by plenty for powerful Marist.
- Florida woman donates kidney to her new husband’s ex-wife just 2 days after their wedding
- Eric García vuelve a Barcelona tras paso por el City
- 20 music festivals in the Western US this summer
- Motorcycles roar through Lake County to raise awareness about military POWs and MIAs
- Robert Williams, one of Chicago’s house music gems, recognized for his staying power and finally gets his day
- Got a teen driver? Follow these 7 guidelines
- New owner takes over Bronzeville’s Mercy Hospital, agrees with the city to run it as full-service hospital until at least 2029
- Indiana University giving students option on vaccine proof; GOP legislators called initial plan ‘heavy-handed mandate’
- Picnic potluck: 6 simple, classic recipes
- Dramas del COVID-19: ¿Causé la muerte de mi padre?
- Column: Sandburg’s now the men of Troy. A new day dawns for the Eagles with the hiring of Phillips’ McAllister as head football coach.
- Home cooks are hot for outdoor grills, gizmos and pizza ovens
- Activista bielorruso intenta suicidarse en tribunal
- A piece of an $8 billion pie: Groups that run kids’ after-school programs don’t want to be left out of districts’ COVID-19 relief windfall
- Flashback: Mercy Hospital’s major milestones
- Beacon-News/Courier-News baseball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, June 2, 2021
- Cómo aliviar las infecciones de oído recurrentes en los niños
- Speak Out reader opinion: Lack of flags Memorial Day shows shifting culture
- Barrington High School holds first outdoor graduation in 40 years with live commencement for ‘resilient’ Class of 2021
- Con su rumba cubana, Okuté sería un bálsamo en la pandemia
- Presionan para que deportados regresen a EEUU
- Presionan para que inmigrantes deportados regresen a EEUU
- Kiese Laymon’s ‘Long Division’ reissued: Here’s why you should buy it again.
- Great ambassador for La Grange retires
- El Real Madrid presenta su nueva piel
- Más estados consideran la eliminación automática de antecedentes penales
- ‘Joe Exotic’ Peacock series casts Sam Keeley as John Finlay
- Firma privada asume control de electricidad en Puerto Rico
- Baseball notes: Eastern Illinois recruit Tyler Conklin comes up with ‘something special’ for Kaneland by pitching no-hitter on senior day
- Michigan City home on the National Register of Historic Places sells for $850,000
- Una ‘diezmada’ infraestructura para refugiados amenaza promesa clave de Biden
- Your guide to when the major cruise lines are starting up again
- Kelly Osbourne habla de su adicción a drogas y alcohol
- Michigan City home on National Register of Historic Places sells for $850,000
- ‘Am I tall enough yet?’ Orlando-area theme park ride height restrictions
- How the world ran out of everything during the pandemic
- The best dog carriers for bike riding
- Best dog carriers for air travel
- ‘No les importaría si hubiera muerto’
- Evanston to consult with community members and nonprofits on how to spend federal COVID-19 relief funds
- How to charge a fitness tracker
- Best affordable cameras
- Aurora honors fallen heroes and their families on Memorial Day
- ‘The most dominant team’: Honors for state player of the year Max Floriani and coach of the year Jason Ahonen reflect success of Warren boys soccer
- Pensilvania: ciudad apoyará a hispanos que no hablan inglés
- Does a memory foam mattress need a box spring?
- Chicago’s travel order has no restricted states for first time since July 2020
- La perra ‘parlante’ de TikTok
- Special delivery: Signed paper making Cancun and Naperville Sister Cities presented by Cancun fire chief
- Alanis Morissette unveils new dates for ‘Jagged Little Pill’ 25th anniversary tour, with a stop in Chicago area
- Best cold brew coffee maker of 2021
- Five things to do in the suburbs June 4-10
- What is squalane?
- Catholic schools in Summit, Lansing and South Holland to say goodbye for good as the final bell sounds
- Five things to do in the Southland, northwest Indiana June 4-10
- Evanston City Council considers requiring stores to fund retroactive pandemic hazard pay
- Rainbow flag raised at Daley Plaza in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, to be flown for all of June for first time
- How to make a dirty chai
- A splash of history: Grace Raquel and Anna Tarantino lead Naperville North girls to first water polo state title; Neuqua Valley boys take 3rd
- Park Ridge veterans mark Memorial Day with ceremonies
- Column: The future is now for Adbert Alzolay, the exuberant Chicago Cubs pitcher fast becoming a fan favorite
- Which Fitbit is best for runners?
- Pese al virus, Bolsonaro insiste en la Copa América en Brasil
- Coachella announces 2022 dates
- Best automatic dog ball launchers of 2021
- Evanston launches community solar program
- Kentucky man pardoned by then-Gov. Matt Bevin after family held campaign fundraiser faces new federal charges in 2014 home invasion death
- Which interior house paint should I buy?
- Carlo Ancelotti regresa al Real Madrid
- Cyberattack hits meat supplier JBS, halts some meatpacking operations
- Column: ‘Mob mentality’ lurks behind the insurrection of our own better judgment at times
- Yorkville OKs new development agreement for Grande Reserve subdivision
- Northbrook 5-bedroom home with floating fireplace and custom-built chandeliers: $2.9M
- Theater Wit will reopen with ‘Mr. Burns’ in August
- Israel y latinoamericanos tensionados por investigación ONU
- Johnson & Johnson must pay $2.1 billion talc baby powder award as Supreme Court rejects appeal
- Pitchfork 3-day passes sold out; Lollapalooza daily lineup and single day tickets coming Wednesday
- The mystery of ‘Mare of Easttown’: HBO show’s appeal, explained
- Speak Out reader opinions: Do not change the LSD name; foraging deserves punishment but looting does not; Biden administration is nothing but ‘inept’
- Colin Barczi throws out two runners at second base as Naperville Central grinds out win over North for DVC Tournament title
- ‘iCarly’ revisits influencer culture in revival trailer
- Estudio: los estadounidenses que confían en detectar ‘noticias falsas’ serían los más vulnerables a ellas
- Mi familia está dividida acerca de las vacunas contra el COVID-19, pero así es como lo manejamos
- Nadal no da tregua en Roland Garros
- Elmwood Park $165,000 grant expected to help relieve flooding
- Baja la tasa de homicidios en Chicago durante mayo
- Fabricantes de palés, afectados por la escasez de suministros conforme la demanda aumenta
- Column: Let’s not forget: Chicago had a ‘Black Wall Street’ too
- Florida prohíbe niñas transgénero en deportes escolares
- Ancelotti, en busca de acabar el proyecto seis años después
- Family of late Norridge veteran attends Memorial Day services
- Review: In ‘Swing Low’ by the Joffrey Ballet, angels arrive to save a dancer
- LTHS Class of 2021 celebrates their successes amidst a pandemic
- Six families displaced by Hainesville townhouse fire
- El narco ahora los busca en sus casas
- Column: Chicago doctor needs a liver to stay alive. His family friend, a young dad of 2, is donating 60% of his.
- Muere la actriz Romy Windsor
- Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal as Pfizer and Moderna vaccines remain scarce
- Editorial: Lift Chicago’s 10 p.m. curfew on liquor sales: ‘We are not Wheaton’
- Students from Oak Lawn delve into nature during volunteering trip to Indiana Dunes National Park
- Dancin’ in the Street summer concerts return to Clarendon Hills
- Hammond man sentenced in fatal Thanksgiving stabbing over food
- Fundraising 5K race planned at Waubonsee Community College
- National Museum of Mexican Art to reopen in July 1: New exhibits, plus parking coming soon
- EEUU limita uso de drones chinos por temor a espionaje
- Automotive chip-maker says it’s nearly recovered from blaze
- New Faces Sing Broadway 1979 takes on eclectic musical year
- Cotton the pig allowed to stay in Morton Grove home
- ¿Cuándo, dónde y por cuánto ver el Mayweather vs. Logan Paul?
- First Midwest Bank name to vanish in $6.5 billion merger with Indiana-based Old National
- Businesses year after unrest
- What MLB games looked like 100 years ago
- Fallen veterans honored at Memorial Day services in Western Springs, La Grange and La Grange Park
- Big Bus Tours operating again
- Hurricane season is here. Here’s a forecast, what you should do and where to get answers
- Biden to suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it reviews environmental impacts of drilling
- Aurora man charged with attempted murder stemming from shooting in Naperville shopping mall parking lot
- Naperville Police Beat
- Naomi Osaka y sus batallas contra la depresión
- In fallout from last year’s unrest, man pleads guilty to breaking into pharmacies; trio sue alleging police brutality at another looting scene
- Evanston beaches open for the summer with free weekend access for residents
- Letters to the Editor: Let Cotton the pig stay
- Comings & Goings: Moraine Valley opens new baseball field, banks merge, and more
- Estudio señala recovecos en ley santuario de Chicago
- Cara y cruz tras sorteo de octavos de la Libertadores
- José Abreu is named the American League Player of the Week after the Chicago White Sox first baseman had 10 RBIs in 7 games
- Will County Health to offer one-dose COVID-19 vaccination clinics
- Sailor museum reopens with new exhibits on tattoos, the Navy’s early years
- Niles VFW, Vietnam Veterans of America chapter mark Memorial Day in Niles
- Medios: muere bombero tras tiroteo en su estación
- Gary airport celebrates $3.5 million federal grant: ‘When you invest, great things can happen’
- Con castillos inflables y granadas, las pandillas debilitan el control de Maduro en Caracas
- Miami Beach police questioning rapper DaBaby about shooting
- 50 years of Pride: Celebrations through the years
- Southtowners: Students ace ACT, earn college honors, and more
- NCAA athletes in Illinois could sign endorsement deals under bill passed by state lawmakers
- Editor-in-chief at JAMA resigns after colleague’s comments about racism during podcast
- Glenview, Northbrook mark Memorial Day: ‘It’s very important we take the opportunity to honor our fallen’
- DeSantis signs transgender sports ban on first day of LGBTQ Pride Month
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- EEUU extiende plazo de permanencia de Chevron en Venezuela
- Letters: Lightfoot’s decision and minority representation in newsrooms
- Crime roundup: ‘Racial’ graffiti found at Lowrie school; man runs over sister-in-law fleeing fight; Elgin man gets 25 years for armed robbery; third suspect in deadly Judson crash arrested
- Selección española reparte sus dorsales para la Euro
- Column: Ominous GOP state legislatures around the country justify heavy-handed partisanship of Illinois Democrats
- Stevenson High School holds live graduation for 2021 ‘class of perseverance and grit’
- Traveling this summer? TSA’s screening tips can help you zip through packed airports
- US ends Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in immigration court
- Biden marks 100th anniversary of Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech: ‘Some injustices are so heinous … they cannot be buried’
- After virtual ceremony last year, Memorial Day in Skokie marks return to tradition
- Una salida impactante y un día triste para el tenis
- Vandalism takes place at Park Ridge’s skate park, Hinkley Park
- Pets of the week
- Candidatos militares, un experimento en México
- At least 3 dead, 34 wounded in Chicago’s Memorial Day weekend violence
- Lawyers for 4 charged in ComEd bribery case say no quid pro quo with Madigan, ask for charges to be dismissed
- Gulf War vet urges Elgin Memorial Day attendees to focus on ‘dash’ separating birth and death dates; ‘Does that dash represent our whole life?’
- ‘Historic moment’ as first Aurora Library District board members sworn in
- Derek Chauvin makes initial appearance in federal court to face charges alleging he violated George Floyd’s civil rights
- Mundelein ‘Community Days’ festival to run Fourth of July weekend
- Uber driver critically wounded in shooting Monday evening in Cicero
- Highland Park, Deerfield high schools celebrate Class of 2021
- Corrections and clarifications
- Police seize $22 million in marijuana in warehouse in Wood Dale, arrest a man they say shot at them during a chase
- Biden calls out 2 Democrats in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda
- Column: No parade this year, but Pride Drive will keep support of LGBTQ going in Aurora
- Elgin police urging people to not drop off donations for the homeless at downtown Carleton Rogers Park
- Poll: You can’t spell ‘Tweet of the Week’ without ‘we’
- Off-duty Los Angeles County firefighter fatally shot a fellow firefighter and wounded another at fire station near Santa Clarita
- Best kids’ summer clothes of 2021
- Best family board games of 2021
- Which headphones are best for walking?
- How to choose an outdoor ceiling fan
- Best tape-in hair extensions
- Best camping chairs of 2021
- How to slow cook in an Instant Pot
- Glencoe gives landmark designation to St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
- How to make a drone
- Top beach essentials for 2021
- Leather messenger bags vs. canvas messenger bags
- World Health Organization issues emergency use listing for the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for adults 18 and over
- Which dog carrier for bikes is best for hot weather?
- Best mud tires for trucks
- Best wooden outdoor dining sets
- What is a VR headset?
- The Spin: Springfield in OT | Pritzker back before the cameras | US Rep. Danny Davis will have at least one Democratic opponent if he runs again
- Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s supervised release ends early, marking an official end to his corruption case
- Man dies in Oak Forest fire despite attempt by son to save him
- Hundreds line Jackson Avenue for Memorial Day parade, Naperville’s first public event since pandemic started
- Archdiocese of Chicago to reopen long-shuttered Little Village school
- Police: Two shot outside North Aurora store
- Two months into the Chicago White Sox season, the ‘strength of this entire clubhouse’ stands out to GM Rick Hahn
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker touts ‘fiscal discipline’ of $42 billion budget passed by Democrats as debate over energy policy and subsidies to ComEd parent drags on
- Illinois General Assembly spring session recap: Here’s a look at the legislation passed by state lawmakers
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rules out having President Biden create commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol
- Loyola recruit Peyton Pepkowski shut down Crown Point’s final shot at a rally with two strikeouts. And then semistate-bound Lake Central’s celebration began.
- Photos: Cubs 4, Padres 3
- Due to COVID-19, Gema Garibay transferred to De La Salle for in-person learning. She plays soccer, too. She scored 5 goals to beat Lindblom.
- Red Cross, American Cancer Society urge blood, platelet donations as cancer treatments resume
- Two Chicago police officers being investigated after alleged beating of teenager
- Mitch Reeves knows what he’s looking for playing with Kane County Cougars: ‘The right team with the right need at the right time.’
- Christina Quarles new show is open at the MCA
- Illinois Senate passes elected school board for Chicago, over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot
- Texas GOP to revive voting bill, Democrats plot next move
- Chicago White Sox can’t complete a 9th-inning comeback vs. the Cleveland Indians as their division lead falls to 21/2 games
- Home runs again power the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres in Anthony Rizzo’s return to the lineup
- Chicago Sky lose their 5th straight on a 3-point buzzer-beater as Candace Parker sits out again with a lingering ankle sprain