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- Dallas Keuchel’s ‘artistic’ performance shuts down the Toronto Blue Jays in a 5-2 Chicago White Sox win: ‘I’m liking where I’m headed’
- Daily horoscope for June 11, 2021
- Ask Amy: Affair that didn’t go well, didn’t end well
- ‘We’re not ready for it’: As bars in Chicago reopen Friday, some say labor shortage makes full capacity impossible
- Column: I don’t know the route to peace in the Holy Land — I only hope there is one.
- Chicago domestic violence killings, state helpline calls spike in pandemic, even as 911 calls drop. Black, Latino victims most at risk, new report shows.
- Reopening anxiety: As Illinois celebrates the milestone start of phase five, some are uneasy about dropping pandemic protocols
- Flashback: Unrest on Division Street: A 1966 police shooting was a tipping point for Puerto Rican Chicagoans.
- Instead of a highway, how about a nature trail? Land once proposed for Route 53 extension in Lake County now eyed as greenway
- Column: GOPs ‘critical race theory’ alarmism is nothing more than ‘favorable ignorance conjecture’
- A 5 años de Pulse, continúan luchando por la igualdad e inclusión como legado de los “49 ángeles”
- Unvaccinated? Beware: As state loosens restrictions, the risk of a serious COVID-19 infection may be higher than it was last summer.
- Daywatch: Chicago and Illinois fully reopen today. Here’s what you need to know.
- This day in history, June 11: Supreme Court unanimously rules that people who commit hate crimes motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment
- China’s children may be next in line for COVID-19 vaccines
- Kane Animal Control sets drive-thru rabies vaccine clinic
- Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of George Floyd
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- Earthquakes on record-breaking pace in US shale, study finds
- Which basketball hoop is best for your yard?
- Which briefcase should I get?
- Dolphin pool cleaner vs. Polaris pool cleaner: Which is better?
- Romance lives on at Love’s Sweet Arrow: Tinley Park bookshop celebrates 2nd anniversary
- Nickelodeon at Replay Lincoln Park, North Avenue beach party: Things to do this weekend in Chicago
- ‘Censor’ review: A bold artistic statement, inspired by horror genre itself
- ‘Obama Portraits’ is opening at the Art Institute of Chicago: Expect long waits, and 44 other things to know
- Obama portrait painters Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley talk about their paintings — and how they’ve been misunderstood
- What to watch: ‘Loki’ superhero power vs. ‘The Bold Type’ girl power
- Levi’s and Clarks team up to create summer’s hottest shoes. OMG, did you see this?
- Column: With COVID restrictions lifted, will Chicago come back to the movies?
- Are Calphalon nonstick pans worth it?
- Jabra Elite 75t vs. Jabra Elite 85t: Which is better?
- Is the new Apple TV 4K worth it?
- With one of the highest vaccination rates in the state, Naperville residents ready to embrace new ‘normal’
- Best gas grill of 2021
- Column: Philippines native finds her higher purpose in Northwest Indiana: ‘I was born poor so I have a heart for the poor’
- Griffith teacher one of nine in nation to receive leader impact award
- Is a Roomba worth it?
- As Aurora businesses prepare to fully reopen, many say they are struggling to find workers
- Pit Boss vs. Camp Chef vs. Traeger pellet grill
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- Two men in custody after woman’s killing spurs SWAT standoff on Far South Side; 2 others killed early Friday in unrelated Chicago attacks
- For new Chicago band Course, the pandemic was the mother of invention
- Vin Diesel says ‘Fast and Furious’ saga planning an ending
- Former state rep moves on with DC-based policy institute: ‘I’m passionate about public policy’
- American Airlines plans $1 billion order for small, electric-powered aircraft
- Now it’s Hertz’s turn to try harder as it prepares to exit bankruptcy
- Nini’s Deli announces plan to reopen, 1 year after its homophobic, anti-Black Lives Matter messaging drew outrage
- Starbucks supply shortage: Plenty of customers, but it’s running low on ingredients
- LGBTQ couples would get fertility coverage under Illinois bill headed to governor’s desk. ‘Yes, you can become a parent.’
- Lake County local scores for Saturday, June 12
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: National security now a political matter
- Oregon: Panel aprueba expulsar a legislador por irrupción
- Lake County officials hope survey will show how to convince people to get vaccinated: ‘We’re going to knock on doors’
- Arizona renueva cámara de gas para realizar ejecuciones
- Eden Restoration Project growing produce for the needy on small lots in and around Waukegan, North Chicago
- ‘She gets the big picture’: Aspiring kindergarten teacher Jordan August seizes opportunity to be starting catcher for state finalist Lake Central
- Para los bebedores de cafeína que vayan a cirugía, la abstinencia sería más que desagradable. Un cardiólogo cree que los hospitales deberían preocuparse más por eso
- Niña boxeadora desafía al COVID en pos de su sueño
- Niña boxeadora desafía al COVID en pos de su sueño
- Empty Bottle shows to movies, what does Friday’s big reopening mean for Chicago entertainment?
- Pulse reveló la importancia de ser bilingüe y diversos en Orlando
- Pandemia: Estadounidenses se sienten cada vez más aislados
- CTA ends capacity limits on trains, buses as Chicago reopens
- Elevators. Fitting rooms. Salad bars. Where are COVID-19 restrictions lifting, and what’s still off limits, as Illinois enters phase 5?
- Couple wants kidney transplant to be message of kindness
- ¿Cuándo terminará la pandemia? ¿Se necesitará una vacuna de refuerzo? Dónde estaremos en 2022
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- Programadores y legisladores quieren que la inteligencia artificial elimine los prejuicios, no que los promueva
- Exabogados de inmigración buscan atajar la alharaca política
- Cómo revivir las amistades interrumpidas por la pandemia
- Two entering ride-share vehicle are shot by occupant in another vehicle Friday morning in South Shore
- Brasil busca un goleador en la Copa América
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Letter: Lyons Township trustees should accept judge’s decision on lawsuit with LT High School
- Melissa Barrera le pone sabor mexicano a ‘In the Heights’
- Man found dead in Lake Michigan near Buckingham Fountain, cops say
- Senate demands Trump-era Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about data seizure
- Reputed member of violent Chicago gang faction accused of posting informant’s info, death threats on Facebook
- Leslie Grace cierra un círculo con ‘In the Heights’
- Indianapolis woman, oldest state resident, dies at age 112
- US vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom: ‘We really cannot let doses expire’
- Naperville Police Beat
- Nadadora australiana Groves denuncia ‘pervertidos misóginos’
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- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Copa América: Argentina y Uruguay los favoritos del Grupo A
- Auto review: The 2022 Nissan Pathfinder returns to its roots
- Oswego East High School graduate awarded full college scholarship through Exelon STEM Academy program
- Reopening day: Illinois on Friday to take biggest step yet back to normalcy after more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- La violencia vuelve a preocupar a los neoyorquinos
- Cabra busca un verano con profundidad
- For love of birds: Backyard sleuths boost scientists’ work
- With ‘Cruella’ in theaters, a look at the 7 best Disney classics
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- Homewood woman whose computer skills helped lure 44K visitors to Midewin lauded with National Grasslands Award
- Speak Out reader opinions: No such thing as a well-regulated militia; Biden’s buying votes; how did we forget the peace, love and understanding of the ’60s?
- Sinkhole at Mexico farm swallows more land, traps 2 dogs
- Letter: Hoosier Woman Forward programs helps prepare Democratic women for leadership roles
- Chicago Sinfonietta announces next season and ‘pay what you can’ pricing
- 50 best movies directed by a person of color
- 2022 Volkswagen Taos to arrive in dealerships this month
- 2021 Kia Niro EV offers 239 miles on single charge
- MacBook vs. Surface Go: Which is better?
- Guest column: What is and isn’t telehealth care?
- Kane County Health Department offering free ‘tick kits’ in Aurora
- Op-ed: Terminal cancer made my son suffer. I urge state lawmakers to pass death with dignity legislation.
- Difícil reclutar nuevos policías en EEUU tras el caso Floyd
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- Column: Cameron Jernigan wondered, ‘Where would I go?’ Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie had the answer for the 21st Century graduate.
- Op-ed: Finally, a full house again in the White House press briefing room
- Hallan cuerpo de una de dos hermanitas raptadas por su padre
- Illinois bridge phase metrics: Daily updates on trends in coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations — and progress toward full reopening
- Law & Order column: Mark Levitt named next Lake County Circuit Court chief judge
- Mundelein holds season grand opening for Park Street outdoor dining venue: ‘The whole street was packed’
- McDonald’s hit by data breach, customer personal data exposed in South Korea, Taiwan
- Memorial fund allows Hinsdale animal rescue group to help special needs animals quicker
- Motormouth: Blinded by the light
- Echo Buds 2 review: How do these wireless earbuds stack up?
- Motor scooter rider seriously injured in Lake Zurich crash
- Column: Why I’m not (very) worried about inflation
- COVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a weekly update on cases, positivity rate and hospital data in your area
- New noise walls being built along I-294 in Burr Ridge and Indian Head Park
- Column: Chicago native moves to Gary, regrets it, then embraces it: ‘This city is my home now’
- EEUU cierra oficina de era Trump para víctimas de migrantes
- What you need to host a tailgate party
- COVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code: Search for your neighborhood
- Speak Out reader opinion: Will end of pandemic restrictions accelerate investigation into Madigan?
- Strange car rental scams overheat as summer travel picks up
- Editorial: You can’t vote on pensions. But expanding union power, coming right up.
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- ‘We all bleed the same.’ Naperville couple wants kidney transplant to be message of kindness.
- Pulitzers Prizes: Coronavirus pandemic, US protest coverage honored
- Column: Vice President Kamala Harris’ charm offensive turned mostly offensive
- EEUU: Baja la demanda y sobran vacunas contra el COVID-19
- Tsitsipas vence a Zverev logra pase a la final en Francia
- The best Dyson stick vacuum of 2021
- Teen who recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes
- Boys track notes: Evanston’s Kalil Johnson loves ‘having a target on my back’ in both hurdles events heading into the state meet
- Six Flags Great America season pass holders could get up to $200 each in $36 million class-action privacy settlement
- Copa América: Brasil intenta repetir en casa
- The best paddle ball set of 2021
- FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks: ‘We mean it’
- A journalist with ties to Chicago was detained in Myanmar on May 24. His family hasn’t heard from him since.
- OEA se reunirá para analizar situación en Nicaragua
- This Week in Naperville
- The American Way is doomed. The airline in-flight magazine, that is.
- Vin Diesel dice que ‘Fast and Furious’ se acerca a su final
- Why some urge adopters to give older pets a second chance at life
- Why ‘In the Heights’ made these 5 major changes to the story
- Column: Instead of cleaning up an abandoned Tinley Park eyesore years ago, the state has wasted $1M on security
- Is the HP OMEN laptop worth it?
- GB registra máximo de infecciones de COVID-19 desde febrero
- Read: Chicago police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk arrested on federal charges of breaching US Capitol on Jan. 6 (Warning: graphic language)
- Down to Business: Making people feel better about themselves is name of the game for liposuction/cosmetic surgery biz in Naperville
- As lawmakers scramble to avoid threatened nukes shutdown, Pritzker pitches plan that would cost ComEd ratepayers nearly $3 more a month
- Letters: CPS should use federal assistance to provide support for students’ mental health
- Becas del Legado de Pulse dan vida a sueños de una nueva generación
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- As the Chicago Cubs keep winning, Jed Hoyer envisions adding — not subtracting — at trade deadline: ‘I want to be on the buy side’
- Chicago suburbs mark Juneteenth with celebrations
- El Covid pausó a Ricardo Celis como periodista deportivo, pero se reinventó y escribió una novela
- Column: Above and beyond: How one school superintendent has helped protect his whole community from COVID
- Op-ed: Street outreach or investments in children? We need both
- Diaper giveaway at Gary Health Department
- Mexican American civil rights group sues to block Illinois Democratic-drawn legislative maps
- Decent: New director of Naperville’s KidsMatter says she’s spent a lifetime working to get there
- With retail trends changing, the future of Southlake Mall could look different
- Column: You can take them with you: The long-term fate of childhood love objects
- How much harm can a little excess salt do? Plenty
- Chicago cop charged in US Capitol breach, accused of entering a senator’s office
- Boy, 14, fatally shot in Lawndale as family was moving from neighborhood to escape conflict, cops say
- Judge orders rare hearing in New York for R. Kelly to decide on potential attorney conflicts
- Celebrate Schererville enjoys big start in return to business; sidelined in 2020 and mostly rained out in 2019, festival drawing crowds
- Europe’s summer of pandemic recovery is more fragile than it looks
- Park district cranking up the tunes with Sunday family concerts, lunchtime entertainment for kids
- Second special prosecutor in two years adds to turbulence for State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office
- Temperatures hit 90s Friday; weekend temps to drop but still be above average for early June
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- Photos: Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 as Wrigley Field opens to 100% capacity
- Asesinatos por violencia doméstica en Chicago y llamadas a las líneas de ayuda estatales aumentaron en la pandemia
- Gary’s Junteenth event to kick off summer season
- Op-ed: Reports of QAnon’s death aren’t exaggerated
- El regreso de Rafael Amaya al horario estelar es un hecho y se inicia con ‘Malverde: El Santo Patrón’
- Nadal hinca la rodilla ante Djokovic, legendario duelo en París
- The Spin: Lightfoot does media tour as COVID-19 restrictions lift; Pritzker out of sight | Mayor, top cop denounce extremism as Chicago cop charged in Capitol riot | New lawsuit over Democrat-drawn map
- Italia arrolla a Turquía en inauguración de Euro aplazada
- Op-ed: ‘Buy the car’ and other ways we talk about cancer and survival
- Justicia chilena ordena indemnizar a 33 mineros atrapados
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- OPRF High School presents preliminary reopening plans; in line for $1.4 million in federal money
- Oak Park and River Forest High School board approves additional administrative hires
- Pandemic shows risk of obesity, and challenge of weight loss
- Olive oil or coconut oil: Which is worthy of kitchen-staple status?
- Elections in Indiana not on tap until 2022, but women’s organizations are gearing up for more involvement, engagement
- Oak Park District 97 to seek firm to assist with superintendent search, plans to hire candidate this winter
- El error de Morena, el partido del presidente mexicano fue alejarse de la clase media
- Lake County residents welcome lifting of COVID restrictions: ‘It’s kind of surreal, but it’s really good’
- Biden sells G-7 on global tax, but US Congress is a tougher hurdle. ‘America is rallying the world to make big multinational corporations pay’
- Appellate court orders mother who killed 4-year-old daughter in Bloomingdale to remain in state custody
- Which laptop tote bag should I get?
- Tinley Park man identified as bank security guard killed in Calumet Township robbery attempt; one suspect in custody, police say
- Her sister died of a brain tumor. Now she was having similar symptoms.
- Evanston names veteran member of Police Department interim chief
- No masking their relief as Southlanders welcome state’s move to phase five
- Op-ed: How to build trust: A practical guide
- Man admits to throwing explosive device through Naperville restaurant window, battering Aurora ATM
- What you need to meal prep for your kids
- Two Black students won school honors. Then came the demands for a recount.
- Anthony Rizzo draws backlash for opting not to get the COVID-19 vaccine. ‘It’s a decision I made, and I stand with it,’ says Chicago Cubs first baseman.
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- Ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster, study shows
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- One for the Books: Nichols Library’s new virtual floor embraces idea that kids learn through play
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- As Aurora reopens, ‘people are excited to get out and see each other’
- ‘Next man up’: Danny Mendick eager to step up at 2nd base for the Chicago White Sox in Nick Madrigal’s absence
- Reopening day: At the brewery, the ballpark and elsewhere, it’s a mostly cautious move back to normal
- Chicago Cubs rally to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 in front of 35,112 raucous fans at Wrigley Field: ‘Clearly those fans helped us win that game’
- Illinois announces plan to welcome full capacity at Memorial Stadium for 2021 season — and a bump in ticket sales
- East Aurora High School Class of 1970 planning reunion
- Potempa: Hard Rock Café celebrating an international 50th anniversary
- Column: Michael Phelps is gone, but it’s time for other American swimmers to have their much-deserved time in the Olympic spotlight
- Sunday’s women’s half marathon/5K in Naperville one of the first big races in the Chicago area
- Column: With Wrigley Field at full capacity, fans finally return to the stands — and Chairman Tom Ricketts takes it all in with them: ‘I think for everyone that comes here, it’s a special experience’
- Lessons were learned from last summer’s protest that ended in violence and looting, Naperville police chief says
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, June 13
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- ‘He has that swagger’: Jack Wajda closes the door with 3 innings of relief as Providence holds off H-F for Class 4A sectional title
- ‘They were fantastic’: Lucy Iverson scores goal, combines with Norah Barry on defense as Naperville North tops Central for sectional title
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- Ashley Sak scores goal, moves to defense due to injuries as Sandburg shuts out Lincoln-Way Central for 1st sectional title since 2013
- Sally Rogers scores the only goal late in the second half as Libertyville tops conference rival Stevenson to win its first sectional title since 2001
- Yorkville’s Connor Corrigan left after 6 innings with a 5-run lead. He came back. Things turned in the blink of an eye. ‘It’s hard to refocus.’