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- Daily horoscope for June 17, 2021
- Ask Amy: Phone’s ‘pocket dial’ rings the wrong number
- JPMorgan Chase to invest $150M in Chicago’s South and West sides as part of effort to close ‘racial wealth divide’
- This day in history, June 17: After leading police on a chase on Southern California freeways, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman
- Gordon Ramsay, set to open first Chicago restaurant, answers 11 questions on ketchup, hot dogs, and how he perfects burgers at home
- Potential conflicts for R. Kelly’s new attorney include connections to alleged victim who participated in FBI bribery sting
- Fully vaccinated passengers venture out on one of the first Alaska cruises since 2020
- Column: A good dog story: Because we could all use one right now
- Beverly Gold Star mom leads crusade to help veterans with PTSD
- Sean Desai has the ‘swag coming back’ for the Chicago Bears defense. 4 things we learned from minicamp at Halas Hall.
- Daywatch: Lightfoot falls short on police reform, step into cicada season downstate and 32 Father’s Day specials
- Porter County property tax appeals cut in half for 2020, assessor says
- Column: The pandemic intermission is over. It’s time to return to movie theaters.
- The best e-readers and electronics for your next boring flight
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- ‘Chicago Comics’ at the MCA makes this plain: Comics should be seen as a Chicago thing
- Column: In giving $5 million to Black Ensemble and $8 million to National Museum of Mexican Art, MacKenzie Scott is good to Chicago and has a message along with her money
- Column: The documentary ‘All These Sons’ centers young Black men in Chicago who are at risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of gun violence
- COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ support group debuts, allows those with lingering symptoms a space to talk anonymously
- Kyle Hendricks leads the majors in home runs allowed. What’s behind the numbers — and why aren’t the Chicago Cubs worried about the uptick?
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- Chicago Cubs need to win the finale to avoid a 4-game sweep by the New York Mets after Robert Stock struggles in his 1st big-league start
- Is the Apple Watch a good fitness tracker?
- Alternate transportation options gain interest
- Delta strain of COVID-19 a ‘variant of concern’ in Wisconsin, health officials there say
- The best toners for dry skin
- Sergio Ramos: ‘Acepté la oferta pero ya había caducado’
- A 24-year-old woman was killed in Oak Park in 1984. A new TV special calls on someone to solve the homicide.
- ‘Fire and Fury’ author writes new Trump book ‘Landslide’
- How to bike to work in a suit
- Nadal renuncia a Wimbledon y Juegos Olímpicos
- Griffith weighs plan for solar farm on old golf course property to power sanitary plant
- México comienza su camino a Qatar 2022 frente a Jamaica
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- Eriksen llevará implantado un desfibrilador en el pecho
- ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ documentary, directed by Peter Jackson, to debut on Disney Plus over Thanksgiving
- Gary joins other municipalities in opting out of opioid lawsuit
- Rafael Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics: ‘The goal is to prolong my career’
- ‘Chicharito’ toma con calma un posible llamado al Tri
- COVID cases decrease significantly in Japan, which leads to the easing of state of emergency with the Olympics a month away
- Siguen subiendo los casos de COVID relacionados con Copa América
- Fire badly damages Elgin home on Aldine Street
- Cambio de sede y día para los Latin Grammy 2021
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- US jobless claims rise to 412,000 in first increase since April
- Speak Out reader opinion: Critical race agenda is a new low for Democrats
- Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster care agency in dispute with Philadelphia over same-sex couples
- Para quienes ven sufrir a sus seres queridos en el extranjero, la reapertura tras la pandemia no es del todo alegre
- Abierto de EEUU permitirá un aforo del 100% en 2021
- 50 delicious salad and salad dressing recipes
- ¿Quién será el nuevo presidente de Perú?
- Corte Suprema rechaza impugnación a ley de salud de Obama
- 115 degrees, and it’s only June: Climate change is battering the American West
- Invade nostalgia a Julio César Chávez previo a su pelea ante ‘Machito’ Camacho (VIDEO)
- UEFA pide a jugadores no retirar botellas de patrocinadores
- If you liked renting a scooter by the minute, how about by the month? New option rolls out in Chicago.
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Friday, June 18
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- Sergio Ramos se despide entre lágrimas del Real Madrid
- Man dies in fiery SUV crash on Lake Shore Drive in Gold Coast, Chicago police say
- Empresarios de EEUU redoblan esfuerzos en favor de inmigrantes
- US to spend $3 billion to develop antiviral pills for COVID-19
- EEUU anuncia plan de desarrollo de píldoras contra COVID-19
- Cop returns fire at occupant of car pulled over for no seat belts on West Side, police say
- Bicyclist caught in crossfire in Jackson Park Highlands shooting
- Post-Tribune baseball rankings and player of the week for Friday, June 18, 2021
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- COVID-19 vaccines to be offered at several CTA ‘L’ stations on Mondays and Fridays
- Ver fútbol aumenta el riesgo de infarto
- Una huella digital, susurros e Instagram: Strippers se unen mientras la policía rastreaba a un violador en serie
- Madigan ally pleads guilty in Oak Lawn red-light camera bribery case
- Straight Outta Quarantine tour takes Faster Pussycat to places such as the Art Theater in Hobart
- ‘The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals’ on Netflix: As travel reopens, do you want to stay in an igloo?
- Chicago man on bond is charged with violating electronic monitoring conditions, possessing firearms without FOID card
- Arresto violento pone de manifiesto cómo la policía trata a los discapacitados
- Skip these 5 renovations to avoid harming your home’s value
- Thunderstorms, 60 mph winds, hail and possible tornadoes to precede heat indices of 100 degrees in Chicago, forecasters say
- Marquee Sports Network drafts Chris Myers to call the Chicago Cubs’ series vs. the Miami Marlins
- Tempel Farms resumes summer performances
- Putin: Biden es un negociador inteligente y astuto
- ‘I’m excited for what’s to come’: Neuqua Valley’s Hannah Meeks is the 2021 Naperville Sun Softball Player of the Year
- Introducing the 2021 Naperville Sun Softball All-Area Team
- And they meet again. Finally. Naperville Central’s David Pirozhnik, Naperville North’s Gavin McCormick stage another classic match.
- USO Great Lakes Center reopens
- 64 cases of COVID-19 Delta variant identified in Illinois so far, as strain is added to CDC’s ‘variants of concern’
- Watch this. Eat that: Anthony Bourdain documentary at Doc10 film festival demands a roadtrip
- Following similar moves in cities around US, Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares systemic racism a public health crisis in Chicago
- Amenazzy le canta a la sensualidad en EP ‘Santo niño’
- Juneteenth celebrations featuring Chicago performers scheduled for this weekend
- Si todos se oponen, ¿por qué se hacen los Juegos Olímpicos?
- Editorial: MLB’s tacky problem: It’s time to clean the gunk from baseballs and America’s pastime.
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- US House, with Biden’s backing, votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization
- She’s white. She’s 73. And she’s on a 40-day hunger strike for slavery reparations: ‘Am I willing to die for this?’
- Computer equity event scheduled in Aurora
- The Boy Band Night returns to CD&ME in Frankfort
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- Mayor Lori Lightfoot declines to concede defeat on elected school board bill passed by lawmakers, says there’s still time to negotiate
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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- Baseball notes: Washington Township coach Randy Roberts doesn’t believe in team MVPs. But senior shortstop Colin Majda ‘is as close as it would get.’
- Column: The Black String Triage Ensemble, which brings music to scenes of violence, is recruiting Chicago players
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- Op-ed: With sights on China, America declares a new Cold War
- Aumentan en EEUU los llamados a investigar la pandemia
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- 16 Latinos in Hollywood sound off on the industry’s representation problem
- Victim of gun violence to be remembered with Logan Square street
- Opioids rip through US workforce, with deaths at record level
- Ask Anna: The real ‘trick’ to getting closure
- Indiana unions sue over yearly hurdle on teacher union dues
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- Ring of catalpa trees planted in Elgin’s Wing Park to create overstory project, a place of ‘calm and quiet’
- Naperville Police Beat
- Take a look back at celebrity weddings of the 1950s and ’60s
- Oswego police say no charges will be filed for fight in Portillo’s drive-thru lane
- Intenta readaptarse tras vivir al borde de la deportación
- Juneteenth 2021 in Chicago
- Henry Golding adelanta las claves de ‘Snake Eyes: El Origen’
- Dolan, Frasier sworn in to new terms on Mundelein Park and Recreation District board, and leadership positions filled
- Investigators cannot rule out arson as cause of Steger apartment complex fire
- Naperville Woman’s Club Fine Art and Artisan Fair comes back to Naper Settlement
- Timeline: A brutally honest history of Latinos in Hollywood
- Trouble sleeping on vacation? Try these travel sleep aids
- St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters plead guilty to misdemeanors
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- Lake County opts out of state opioid settlement
- Motormouth: Cleaning a steering wheel
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s midnight curfew on packaged liquor sales advances to full City Council
- Naomi Osaka is skipping Wimbledon but will compete in the Tokyo Olympics
- De Bruyne mete a Bélgica en octavos de la Euro
- How to make stickers with a Cricut
- Chile no quiere fiarse de Bolivia… otra vez
- Op-ed: Father’s Day, and the difference 24 years can make
- Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines?
- ‘The whole town was here’: Joe Martin holds off Father McGivney for 4 innings, but Newark lets early lead slip away in 1A state semifinals
- Western Springs seeks accountants, teachers, contractors and others to train as firefighters
- H.E.R., Tyler the Creator, Lil Baby among 2021 BET Awards performers
- Column: Subtitles — not just for foreign movies and the hearing-impaired anymore!
- Self-driving car pioneer Waymo gets $2.5B to fuel ambitions
- Oak Park village manager to be appointed next manager of Northbrook, pending final board vote
- Hinsdale’s outdoor dining tents staying put through rest of year
- Ferrari enters luxury fashion, targeting uninitiated youth
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- A magnitude 3.8 earthquake in Indiana felt in Chicago area
- Letters: YWCA provides a safe place for survivors of domestic abuse
- Trails to mark back story of Gary’s Marquette Park: ‘We wanted to enhance the park and look to its history’
- Brasil convoca al veterano Dani Alves a selección olímpica
- Column: A new documentary suggests there’s a lot more to Rita Moreno than what she told Stephen Colbert this week, before apologizing for it
- Forget the condos. Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper gets OK for 738 apartments.
- Op-ed: Why we should let children go maskless outdoors this summer
- Auto review: BMW M4 has big grille, big power — and big identity crisis
- Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
- ‘It’s exciting to just be back out there again’: Summer basketball is back for Lake County’s high school teams
- Column: Organic grower may lose farm due to unpaid taxes. ‘I can’t believe this has happened to me.’
- Judge wants R. Kelly brought to New York before deciding on attorney’s potential conflicts
- ‘Sparks Brothers’ review: Doc celebrates the greatest band you’ve never heard of
- Estrella mexicana no irá a sus quintos Juegos Olímpicos
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- College students pulled from car while they were in traffic by Atlanta police sue city
- USO Great Lakes Center gets makeover, complete with a gaming room, music mixing station
- Pierogi on the go: Organizers say annual parade will return to 119th Street and expand into Hammond
- The Spin: Illinois launches vaccine lottery | Lightfoot continues to fight elected school board bill | Racism declared a public health crisis in Chicago
- Woman who has stabbed 3 people at random on North Side being sought by Chicago police
- No bail for man charged with murder in December shooting of 20-year-old in East Garfield Park
- Local Juneteenth events get boost from national holiday designation: ‘It’s about time’
- Dos galácticas duplas goleadoras chocarán en el Argentina-Uruguay
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- Forensics expert says DNA ‘strongly supports’ link to defendant in deaths of Lake County teens
- What workers want from customers: Don’t be a jerk, say if you’re vaccinated, and please keep masking
- Will County five-year transportation plan would improve 20 miles of road
- Tropical storm warning issued for parts of the northern Gulf Coast; heavy rainfall expected
- Poder y peligro: cinco conclusiones sobre los empleos de Amazon
- ‘It feels amazing’: Marist and Lincoln-Way Central win Class 4A semifinal games to set up Southland showdown for state title
- Immigrants crucial to vaccinating US, but gaps remain
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- ‘Biggest demand in 46 years’ for addictions, anxiety, depression treatment; local therapists stepping up
- Column: Blame being volleyed around over Aurora tennis controversy
- Another juvenile, 15, accused of breaking into high-end Hinsdale dealerships in May, in police custody
- Vintage photos: Soldier Field
- 13-year-old riding his bike is injured in West Pullman shooting, police say
- OPINIÓN/Hay que dejar de relanzar las series blancas con elencos latinos. He aquí por qué
- ‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court rejects major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law
- Social Graces: Is it rude to make sure unvaccinated family members follow COVID-19 precautions?
- Gold Coast 3-bedroom home with oversized windows and Lake Michigan views: $4.5M
- Aurora fireworks celebrating Fourth of July weekend will be downtown after all
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- Rick Carlisle renuncia como entrenador de los Mavericks
- Illinois to offer $7 million in cash and $3 million in scholarships in lottery for residents who’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination
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- Lemont’s Sage Mardjetko pitches 12 straight shutout innings over 2 games, but Highland scores in 7th of 3A state final to win: ‘I just wish it didn’t end that way.’
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- ‘He is St. Laurence’: Evansville commit Kevin McCormick scores a pair of runs as Vikings lose in 8 innings in 3A state semifinals
- ‘I want mercy on Chicago’: Victims of Englewood shooting are remembered by families and friends
- ‘We need it in this community,’ Aurora City Council member says of new playground at McCarty Park
- Naperville News Digest: Naper Salute tickets on sale now; lymphoma fundraising walk being held in Papanos’ memory; Earth Day Fair rescheduled to June 27; food trucks coming to Whalon Lake Preserve
- Justin Fields plans to get away, but won’t take a day off before Chicago Bears training camp: ‘I have to do something to feel like I’m being productive’
- Sunscreen sprays vs. sunscreen sticks: Which is best?
- Chicago Botanic Garden to charge admission fee for first time in 50-year history
- How to get back into working out
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- The Senate is set for a key vote on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, as GOP rejects Manchin plan
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- Israel strikes Gaza for a second time since a shaky cease-fire ended last month’s 11-day war
- Pritzker signs election package that moves 2022 primary to June, makes fixtures of curbside and mail-in voting
- Black Americans rejoice after Juneteenth made a federal holiday, some say more work ahead
- Shelby Houlihan is out of the Olympic Trials after all
- 2 more coal-fired power plants shutting down amid debate over Pritzker’s clean energy plan
- Adam Eaton — the latest Chicago White Sox outfielder to be sidelined — is placed on the 10-day injured list with hopes to ‘just get him well’
- Speak Out reader opinions: Trump knew how to use ‘tough love’; no connection between gas prices and socialism; we need to reprogram and open our minds
- US Catholic bishops clash over how to address concerns about Catholic politicians, including President Biden
- Adbert Alzolay hopes to come off the IL during the Chicago Cubs’ upcoming homestand: ‘I feel ready to go’
- Column: Tony La Russa and Dusty Baker — the 2 oldest managers in the game with a legendary feud — will meet again in an important 4-game series
- Chicago Bears submit bid to buy the Arlington International Racecourse property, opening the door to a potential Soldier Field exit
- ‘What a memory for him’: Jared Slivka takes the ball and pitches Newark to third place in Class 3A with win over Mount Pulaski
- Jalen Headly has been a starter. And then he wasn’t. But he had two hits and two RBIs as St. Laurence bounced back to finish third.
- Kathryn Ponton sparks Lincoln-Way Central’s offense against Marist in 4A state championship game: ‘That one person just has to get it going.’
- Chicago Sky top Connecticut Sun 81-75 for their 4th straight win
- Cramping up, Marist’s Abby Dunning didn’t know if she could finish the Class 4A state final. She did. It wasn’t her body. It was ‘her heart.’
- Police Board votes to fire Officer Patrick Kelly, the cop involved in controversial shooting of his friend