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- Gavin Sheets’ walk-off 3-run homer gives the Chicago White Sox a doubleheader split against the Minnesota Twins: ‘It’s a huge momentum swing’
- Rabbi Schechter celebrating 40 years with Skokie congregation
- Chicago Cubs make 4 errors — 3 in one inning — to drop the series opener vs. the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3
- Lincolnwood Fest returns July 22-25 after cancellation last year
- Daily horoscope for July 20, 2021
- Former Montgomery County police chief named chief of U.S. Capitol Police after Jan. 6 insurrection
- Ask Amy: Bad chemistry leads to awkward visits
- Column: Biden is ‘rightfully and respectfully’ president, Capitol rioter says at sentencing as consequences bring truth
- Climbing will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Here’s what to know.
- Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Here’s what to know.
- Karate will make its Olympic debut — but only temporary basis — at the Tokyo Games. Here’s what to know.
- Surfing will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Here’s what to know.
- This day in history, July 20: Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon
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- Which Chicago Blackhawks might get taken in the expansion draft — and who are some players on the team’s NHL draft radar?
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- Ear Taxi Festival is coming back to Chicago, free and bigger and bolder than before
- Foxtrot accelerates expansion to open 50 stores in two years, including some in the Loop
- My worst moment: ‘Gossip Girl’ star Laura Benanti on revealing more than she intended on the Broadway stage
- Daywatch: Illinois’ least vaccinated county struggles, Pritzker announces widely anticipated reelection bid, and the wonderfully Chicago pizza at George’s Deep Dish
- Team of area middle school students win top prizes in national science competition — despite challenges COVID-19 presented
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- Merrillville makes deal to bring Boys & Girls Club back to town
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- Olympics Q&A: What was the travel process like from Chicago to Tokyo — and now to quarantine for 3 days? And … what does aloe-flavored yogurt taste like?
- Tokyo Olympics: Life inside the bubble
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- She said she married for love. Her parents called it coercion.
- She hates Biden. Some of her neighbors hate the way she shows it.
- These restaurateurs want everyone in America eating Indian food
- NBA pros on the big screen: Can these stars act?
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- Facebook’s dispute with White House over COVID misinformation exposes blind spot at company
- Chevrolet confirms new Corvette coming to market in 2023
- ¿Está realmente seguro?: No comparta fotos de vacaciones de sus hijos
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- Homan Square shootings: Girl, 15, shot hours before unrelated shooting that left 4 men injured
- New XSE grade on 2021 Toyota Highlander
- 2022 Subaru Ascent offers new Onyx Edition
- Hongo causa deformación a serpientes en el este de EEUU, dicen expertos
- Bezos llega al espacio a bordo del Blue Origin
- El ‘león’ de Koeman ya entrena con el Barca
- 4 companies on verge of settling US opioid lawsuits
- Edith M. Smith’s legacy in Waukegan school desegregation recalled at renaming ceremony
- Fauci: Sigamos a academia de pediatría para proteger a niños
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Las camas de la Villa Olímpica no son ‘antisexo’
- Empresas a punto de resolver demandas por opioides en EEUU
- Aaron Rodgers declined two-year extension offer from Green Bay Packers: report
- Pandemia y gastos legales afectan a deporte colegial de EEUU
- Castillo, el profesor que llega ‘muy débil’ a la presidencia de Perú
- Column: Lauren Meister loved playing against Sandburg at Downers Grove South. Now, she wants to take the Eagles to ‘new heights.’
- Medallas: EEUU, otra vez favorito para dominar podios
- Próxima Miss Universo se coronará en Israel
- India: Reporte multiplica la estimación de muertos por virus
- Bright, sweet and tart raspberries add pops of flavor and color to these muffins
- Aumenta construcción de viviendas en EEUU
- Chicago’s ‘Astro Joe’ hosts free skygazing events across the city to ‘connect people to the cosmos’
- Carla Fried: Will you need long-term care? And what’ll it cost?
- La Grange theater group comes back to live stage performances with production of Little Women
- Kane County coroner believes rise in overdose deaths tied to COVID-19 pandemic
- ‘He’s pretty special’: Marian Catholic’s Donovan McIntyre was all set on Kent State before being drafted by San Francisco Giants. Still?
- Oak Park to resume in-person public meetings and also continue to livestream them
- The Kitchn: Your air fryer is the secret to the easiest homemade potato chips
- Bucktown 5-bedroom home with three outdoor spaces: $1.8M
- Edward-Elmhurst Health starting neuro care clinic for those suffering long-term effects of COVID-19
- En México detectan remdesivir falso en hospital y en la web
- El despegue de Bezos pone a un pueblito de Texas en el mapa
- Orland Park backs police therapy dog program, body cameras
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- Haití espera nuevo líder e inicia el duelo oficial por Moise
- Escasez de vuelos y problemas de visado complican planes de estudiantes para llegar a EEUU
- Forecasters: Cold front may bring hazardous swimming conditions to Chicago area Tuesday, then warm weather to return
- Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month
- ¿Es el envejecimiento una enfermedad? Tratarlo como si lo fuera valdría billones, dice un estudio
- Elgin News Digest: Judson alum chosen as school’s new diversity director; two COVID clinics in Elgin this week; Kane County planning kids’ story times
- Column: Jimmy Morton repeated as the Aurora City Tournament champion. But it’s more about ‘a special group of guys’ from Marmion.
- Britain hits most daily virus deaths in 4 months
- Olympic gymnastics through the years
- Indian Prairie District 204 won’t make masks mandatory but urges their continued use in school
- Halsey anuncia el nacimiento de su primer bebé
- Chance the Rapper lleva concierto secreto a la gran pantalla
- Chicago Catholic schools return to ‘near-normal’ operations this fall, with no masks required for the vaccinated
- Ecuador confirma 40 casos de la variante Delta
- Lake Zurich youth hosting no-electronic devices festival encouraging people to ‘disconnect to reconnect’
- The best co-sleeper and bassinet
- Frank Sullivan, press secretary to Mayor Richard J. Daley, dies
- After Benet’s successful summer season, senior point guard Brennan White believes ‘we could be one of the best teams in the state.’
- Oak Park proposes regulating short-term, Airbnb-type rentals
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- Tom Brady and President Biden joke about election conspiracy theories at Bucs’ White House visit
- Hallan al ugandés que huyó de campamento olímpico en Japón
- Threat of storms, lightning fuels Oregon wildfires; officials seek outside help
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Britney Spears’ conservatorship case sparks legislative push
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- Op-ed: Aldermen, give us a sign Chicago will be vibrant, not vacant
- McDonald’s restaurant coming to vacant Franklin Park lot
- Muslims mark Eid al-Adha amid shadow of COVID-19 pandemic with precautions in place
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- ‘Back to reality’: Antioch football enters a new era as star quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis begins his college career at Minnesota
- Israel actuará ‘agresivamente’ contra helados Ben & Jerry’s
- A year after transferring from Montini, Princeton recruit Taylor Charles takes over as Burlington Central’s leader: ‘I’m super excited.’
- How an unproven Alzheimer’s drug got approved
- EEUU prohíbe ingreso de expresidente hondureño Lobo Sosa
- Harvey Weinstein’s extradition fight ends with transfer to California; will face more sexual assault charges
- American English will rock the park in Rosemont
- ‘Do I really sound like that?’ you wonder, wincing. Yes, you do. Here’s why.
- Crown Point man charged in 3 a.m. highway shooting
- Biden desea aumentar personal de embajada en Cuba
- Liquor license sought by Japanese restaurant set to open along Route 59 in Aurora
- Northbrook students to collect donations for local kids this weekend
- Belgium’s king, queen lead day of mourning for flood victims; overall death toll hits 201
- Federal appeals court nixes Indiana’s voter registration purge law
- Merrillville man charged with shooting co-worker’s husband 11 times in car parts store parking lot
- Elgin’s U-46 district making masks mandatory for kindergarten, elementary school children, optional for older students
- A house race in Cleveland captures the Democrats’ generational divide
- Laura Pausini protagonizará su propia película
- El tirador de la sinagoga de Poway se declara culpable de asesinato e intento de asesinato
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- Fugitive suspected in slaying of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams outside a West Side McDonald’s arrested by FBI
- Woman rescued by Naperville firefighters after her car veered into a retention pond
- Jalen Washington ready to ‘lock in’ for West Side after committing to North Carolina
- ‘No queremos remesas, queremos libertad’: Cubanos reaccionan a anuncio de Biden
- Se espera regreso de activismo a Juegos Olímpicos
- India’s coronavirus pandemic death toll could be in the millions, making it India’s worst human tragedy since Partition
- Wilmette Historical Museum garden walk highlights the town’s history, evolution of local landscapes
- The best cheap 4K monitors
- Waukegan officials taking serious look at ShotSpotter technology to help curb gun violence
- Comings & Goings: Downtown Lemont welcomes I&M Canal bike share, groundbreaking for Oak Forest hotel, and more
- Naperville Central alum playing for Team USA soccer in Tokyo Olympics
- Memories abound as Trinity High School memorializes Sister Michelle, its longtime leader
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- How to be a post-lockdown host, from Illinois’ most hospitable Airbnb host
- Rivian pushes production launch back to September as startup EV truck maker grapples with chip shortage
- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vows to ‘act aggressively’ against Ben & Jerry’s decision not to sell its ice cream in occupied areas
- As in-person meetings resume, Skokie Village Board will allow members to participate virtually under certain circumstances
- Caso de Spears impulsa iniciativa legislativa sobre tutelas
- Case dropped against dead woman in Indiana hit-and-run case
- Column: Privately funded toll road will reduce truck traffic on Will County roads, officials say
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- Morton Grove Library mourns loss of Trustee Erich Monzon
- Foxtrot set to open 50 stores in two years
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- Harvey Weinstein finalmente es extraditado a California
- Letters: How do we beat COVID-19? Masks and vaccines.
- East Dundee Depot/visitors center to be staffed on weekdays under agreement approved by Village Board
- Speak Out reader opinion: There’s a delay in tax refunds but child tax credits still roll out
- Hallan a niña de 4 años deambulando por las calles a las 4 am; la policía investiga
- Park Ridge aldermen re-think funding of holiday lights; here’s how Niles, Skokie, Morton Grove do it
- Mundelein sells old fire station, which will become new brewery, restaurant
- On first full day as official candidate for reelection, Gov. J.B. Pritzker indicates he’ll sign controversial ethics bill, pledges return to ‘kitchen table’ issues in second term
- Las restricciones podrían regresar a Chicago ante aumento de casos de COVID-19
- Several west suburban districts still reviewing state’s new COVID-19 school guidelines before making decision on masking
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- Encuentran muerto a sujeto con ‘toco a niñitas’ escrito en el pecho
- A grieving mother is sharing the story of her son’s life and death on the big screen in effort to raise awareness of teen depression, suicide
- Editorial: Unvaccinated? We think you should look anew at the delta variant data.
- Accomplice charged in connection with $40 Gary pizza driver robbery avoided charges in Merrillville teen’s death: documents
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- Cuba en su peor mes de COVID, casi 300.000 casos acumulados
- Evanston to use Greenleaf Street for pilot program encouraging shared street use
- Chicago expands travel advisory again and mayor warns restrictions could return as COVID-19 numbers creep up
- Su madre nunca pudo ir a la escuela. Ahora, ella consigue una beca para la universidad de sus sueños
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- Pronóstico de todos los podios de los Juegos de Tokio 2020
- Column: Trustees say financial help needed for projects at historic West Aurora Cemetery
- Worker attempt to leave union stymied again by NLRB: defense foundation
- Joshua defenderá cetros contra Usyk en septiembre
- Speak Out reader opinions: Sometimes wallpaper is just wallpaper; gov needs to declare gun violence emergency; if people are too stupid to have an ID, they’re too stupid to vote
- Glencoe restaurant Poppy’s Social plans to open in late August as village seeks to balance neighbor concerns over patio
- Oak Brook Polo opens the 2021 season with its first match, sunshine and Lamborghinis
- Dr. Anthony Fauci confronts Sen. Rand Paul at hearing: ‘If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you’
- Children in rural areas are 3 times likely to be treated for self-inflicted gunshot wounds than those in big cities, study shows
- Lawsuit by Michigan-based company seeks to stop lotteries for new Illinois marijuana store licenses
- Festival de Cine de Toronto abrirá con ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
- One dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is ineffective against delta variant, study suggests
- Southtowners: Three earn Knights of Columbus scholarships, MVCC staffer wins state award, and more
- Oak Brook Park District gathering community input in survey
- Cook County State’s Attorney examining Niles Police Department calls; chief says he won’t release findings of investigation to public at this time
- No bail for man charged with attempted murder in shooting of 2-year-old boy and 31-year-old man
- SBA sets up temporary help center to assist tornado victims applying for federal disaster loans in Naperville, DuPage County
- After West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes, north suburban health officials urge residents to take precautions
- Tokio 2020 se suma a historia de Juegos Olímpicos inusuales
- The Spin: Lightfoot says no regrets about green-lighting Lollapalooza as COVID-19 cases rise | New report reinforces Chicago police not prepared for unrest last year | Gov. Pritzker says he’ll sign controversial ethics bill
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- Getaway driver in Hadiya Pendleton slaying sentenced to 42 years in prison
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- Bipartisan infrastructure deal senators brokered with President Biden in peril as GOP threatens filibuster
- Crowd gathers downtown for voting rights rally held in the memory of U.S. Rep. John Lewis
- La muerte de Rosario: Una madre envió a su hija al otro lado de la frontera. Ella falleció antes de que pudieran reunirse
- Chicago police again face criticism for response to unrest over George Floyd murder, as federal monitor files report
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- Don’t call them ‘shark attacks,’ scientists say
- Evanston to hire outside firm to investigate sexual misconduct allegations raised by beach workers
- EEUU: Escuelas por decidir si mascarillas serán obligatorias
- Jeff Bezos blasts off into space on his rocket company’s 1st passenger flight
- Deion Sanders walks out of SWAC media day after a reporter calls him by his 1st name: ‘Treat me like Nick’ Saban
- New COVID-19 guidance calls for all Illinois college students to be vaccinated: ‘Science is showing us that vaccines are the best way to protect our students’
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- Man charged with hate crime and battery after attacking teen in a grocery store bathroom
- While Luis Robert and Eloy Jiménez take steps toward returning, the Chicago White Sox keep getting contributions from across the board
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- Tom Barrack, chair of Trump inaugural committee, arrested on charges alleging he conspired to influence US foreign policy to benefit UAE
- Chicago White Sox sign Colson Montgomery, their 1st-round pick in last week’s MLB draft: ‘I just want to develop to be the best’
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- Column: Is there still room for Jake Arrieta on the Chicago Cubs? It’s past time to have a tough-love conversation.
- Civilian oversight plan for Chicago police narrowly advances after heated debate, criticism from FOP president
- ‘Ted Lasso’ review: An alternate version of reality where basic human decency is valued above all else. The Jason Sudeikis comedy is back for Season 2.
- Tokyo Olympics officially begin after a 1-year delay as Japan beats Australia in softball