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- Eloy Jiménez provides late-game heroics with a 3-run homer as the Chicago White Sox rally to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3: ‘I was waiting for this moment for almost four months’
- Daily horoscope for July 28, 2021
- Ask Amy: A broken couple pretends to be ‘whole’
- Katie Ledecky bounces back to pick up the 1st-ever Olympic gold medal in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle
- Simone Biles won’t compete in Thursday’s all-around gymnastics competition at the Olympics in order to focus on her mental health
- US men’s basketball bounces back from its Olympic-opening loss with a 120-66 rout. Next up: Czech Republic on Saturday to close pool play.
- Editor’s note: Changes to Chicago Tribune print editions
- The US women’s volleyball team hasn’t won Olympic gold in 57 years. Bartlett’s Kelsey Robinson is out to change that.
- 2 innocent bystanders, 16-year-old among 7 shot in Chicago overnight, 1 fatally
- Kris Bryant weighs in on his uncertain future with the Chicago Cubs, as well as his mental health: ‘I’m constantly working on the mental aspects of this game’
- ‘I’m built for this’: A closer look at Andy Dalton, Justin Fields and the revamped Chicago Bears quarterback room
- This day in history, July 28: Earthquake devastates northern China, killing at least 242,000 people
- Daywatch: What the CDC mask guidelines mean for Chicago, city expands travel advisory to 14 states and unprecedented passport delays stifle travelers
- Comings & Goings: Waterworks Pizza reopens after fire, Orland Park boutique closing, and more
- Could big roster changes be on the way? A look at the Chicago Bulls’ predicted busy offseason, which starts Thursday with the NBA draft.
- ‘We Are Lady Parts’ review: They’re British. They’re funny. They’re Muslim. And they’re punk. Peacock series brings the chaos of a fledgling all-girl punk band to life.
- ‘Stillwater’ review: Matt Damon makes French connections as the American outsider in a frustrating drama
- He joked on TikTok about dinosaur bones found on an Illinois farm. Then thousands of people started to believe him.
- Commentary: Simone Biles stepped back from the Olympics for her own self-care. The world should pay attention.
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- Warming rivers in the Western US are killing fish and imperiling an industry
- Column: Space exploration returns to center stage
- Speak Out reader opinions
- State officials pressure IDOT over noisy rumble strips on Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park
- ‘I can finish the match but I can die’: Daniil Medvedev survives extreme heat — 99 degrees — on the tennis courts at the Tokyo Games
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Simone Biles también se retira de concurso individual de gimnasia
- The best photos from Day 5 at the Tokyo Olympics
- Biden sopesa vacunación obligatoria para empleados federales
- Lágrimas para Argentina y Honduras y festejos para Brasil y España en los Juegos
- U.S. wins gold in Olympic 3×3 women’s basketball
- Boeing, for first time since 2019, has a profitable quarter
- Column: Brace yourself for the battle over masks in the classroom, including misinformation from nutballs
- Medvedev: ‘Si me muero, ¿tu vas a ser el responsable?’
- México acaricia podio en trampolín de 3 metros
- ¿Pueden los empleadores en EEUU exigir vacunación?
- US women win gold in the Olympic debut of 3×3 basketball, led by the Chicago Sky’s Stefanie Dolson: ‘It feels surreal. Hopefully we started something.’
- Béisbol olímpico es un regreso a otra era
- Wilmette’s Maggie Shea hits the water for Team USA in Olympic sailing
- Guardia Nacional de Texas ayudará en arrestos en la frontera
- Casio vs. Texas Instruments graphing calculators: Which is better?
- Want a vaccine reservation in South Korea? Try waiting 111 hours.
- Speak Out reader opinion: Olympic appearance endangers tennis player Novak Djokovic’s shot at record
- Las mejores fotos del Día 5 de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
- Ever feel your skin crawling? Maybe you can thank evolution.
- Mascarillas regresan a la Casa Blanca tras repunte de COVID
- Lake County affordable housing units to be renovated through federal grant program
- Will the delta variant wreck the recovery?
- Djokovic disfruta de la experiencia en la Villa Olímpica
- Theaster Gates is transforming a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side one project at a time. Next up? The $4.5M Kenwood Gardens.
- Bob Odenkirk hospitalized after collapsing on ‘Better Call Saul’ set
- Fox Lake officials hoping improvements will lure shoppers downtown this fall; ‘It’s an exciting time to try this’
- McDonald’s aims to reopen nearly all US restaurant dining rooms by Labor Day as hiring struggles improve
- Análisis/Para Biles, la calma tiene un precio: el oro
- Arrestan a otro dirigente opositor nicaragüense
- ‘Fractal’ muestra con realismo la fiesta en el México actual
- Wilmette’s Maggie Shea sails into Olympic competition with her childhood friend. Here’s how the Midwesterners balance their working — and personal — relationship.
- Tokyo reports all-time high in COVID-19 cases just days after Olympics begin
- Woman dies after North Chicago shooting
- Walmart to pay 100% of US college tuition, books for associates
- El Tri olímpico avanza a cuartos goleando, que quedan definidos
- EEUU suspende su cooperación con la fiscalía de Guatemala
- Weightlifting was an original Olympic sport in 1896. But now the IOC is threatening to drop it from future Games.
- Senior leader Alex Art applauds Grant’s turf installation before start of football season: ‘The new field symbolizes a new beginning.’
- Modified Gurnee Days focuses on fan favorites
- ‘It is OK not to be OK’: Mental health takes a top role at these Olympics — and Simone Biles might have redefined the discussion
- México envía a Cuba el mayor apoyo humanitario en décadas
- 20 años después, EEUU cambia de sede para recibir a México en eliminatoria
- Authorities say Waukegan man’s head grazed by bullet in apparently random afternoon shooting near Wadsworth
- Sylvan Lake Dam may get $1.3 million renovation
- For 13 years, a Palos Park woman did not know she had an institutionalized sister. After reconnecting, she became both guardian and advocate.
- Council members complain about new hires in Merrillville, including wife of a member
- Former federal prosecutor named to investigate conduct of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office in Wilson case
- Chicago man dead in 3-vehicle crash on Eisenhower Expressway that caused commuter delays, state police say
- Google delays workers’ return to office, mandates vaccines
- EEUU: Policías hacen relatos emotivos de asalto al Capitolio
- What you need for fall lawn care
- Police: Indianapolis FedEx shooter not racially motivated
- Entrenador de judo abofetea a una atleta previo al combate (VIDEO)
- Republicanos temen por el futuro del partido
- Column: The Capitol riot aftermath bodes ill for democracy
- Lincolnwood appoints Martel as village board trustee
- Chicago Teachers Union protest outside CPS headquarters
- Profesor de origen campesino jura como presidente de Perú
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- Tech company that proposed smart device manufacturing in Gary defaults on $2.5M purchase of convention center
- With few homes in Park Ridge-Niles area for sale, they’re selling in days–one for $71,000 above listing price
- Russian police raid home of investigative journalist that was designated as a ‘foreign agent’
- New exhibit ‘Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture’ is now at the Chicago Architecture Center
- A look back at some of the most shocking and controversial moments of the Olympics
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- Gobiernos, empresas de EEUU vuelven a exigir mascarillas
- Elgin Symphony Goebbert’s Farm concert will be Andrew Gram’s last as music director
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Elgin News Digest: ‘News of the World’ programs at Elgin library; OrthoIllinois breaking ground on Elgin clinic; Boys & Girls Club Impact Center opens in August
- Down to Business: Opening her own bakery a goal years in the making — even it means starting at 3 a.m.
- Chicago police fatally shot a Calumet City man, 55, who pointed a gun at them, state police say
- Derecho could hit Chicago tonight, bringing strong winds and potential damage. Move that lawn furniture inside.
- Reseña/The Suicide Squad, una comedia anti Capitán América
- UK government: vaccinated visitors from US, most of Europe can enter England without quarantining
- Cast iron pan vs. stainless steel pan — which should I buy?
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- México: contagios entre jóvenes amenaza con generar estragos
- Letters: The need for no-knock warrants
- Letters to the Editor: Proposal to give SECA money to Century Walk undermines art task force
- Trial for man accused of attacking Schererville sisters pushed to September
- Credit the Chicago Blackhawks: If you can’t win the Stanley Cup, get Tyler Johnson — the guy who currently has the Stanley Cup in his possession
- Step into a fantasy land at South Elgin World of Faeries fest
- ‘Está bien no estar bien’: Los deportistas y sus fantasmas
- The efficiency behind Amazon and the idea behind HelloFresh: How one Chicago neighborhood charity is rethinking food insecurity
- Jair Bolsonaro busca apoyo en la ‘vieja política’ brasileña
- Metra awards contract to build new station in Auburn Gresham community
- Little hope for 5 missing workers at German blast site that killed 2 and injured 31, according to officials
- En marcha una nueva trilogía de El Exorcista
- Outcome of President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan could leave his entire agenda at risk
- Alumni of Guerin Prep, the shuttered River Grove high school, are trying to save a mosaic before the wrecking ball hits
- Photos: Lollapalooza 2021
- John Oliver broke down housing discrimination on the latest ‘Last Week Tonight’. Here’s how the issue affects the Chicago area.
- Citing new data, Pfizer makes case for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
- Oposición de Nicaragua proclama a ex ‘contra’ como candidato
- School bus companies step up driver recruitment efforts as shortage continues
- American Airlines crews say lodging is lacking on the road
- ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dies at 72
- Arlington Heights clears way for microbrewery, tap room to open near village’s downtown
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- Roach: ‘Pacquiao eligió al rival más difícil y yo lo llamé para felicitarlo’
- Little Village residents hold street Masses, pray for an end to violence
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- Judge finds probable cause to charge Wisconsin cop in the 2016 death of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car
- Reserva Federal señala avances económicos; un paso para aliviar apoyo
- Pottery class for kids adds art to summer experience
- Angélica Vale dedica su estrella en Hollywood a México
- Local governments, health facilities approach vaccine mandates differently – like most of the country
- Lightfoot, fire commissioner slam decision to allow Chicago firefighter charged with sexual assault to return to work duties
- Don’t let space go to waste: Everything you need for kitchen corner storage
- Taste of Orland Park welcomes some new activities
- Column: Elected Calumet City clerk claims city hall is a hostile workplace, so she’s working in a park across the street
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- HRW insta a Chile a suspender deportaciones de migrantes
- Op-ed: Bipartisan bill could end our casual relationship with war
- 6-year-old girl dies in suspected DUI crash in Kendall County
- Editorial: How Joe Biden and Illinois should deal with post-Castro Cuba
- 626 groups now qualify for upcoming lottery to win marijuana store licenses in Illinois after applications are rescored
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- Return of the county fair gives 4-H kids a chance to show their best
- Illinois warns patients who got mammograms at Hoffman Estates business to get second opinions, after problems
- Aurora to hold events to replace Fiestas Patrias
- Arresto tras tiroteo mortal en función de la película de terror ‘The Forever Purge’
- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell downplays delta variant’s threat to the economy
- Man armed with a semi-automatic rifle charged with trying to rob delivery driver at a Naperville Jewel
- Aurora celebrates career of retiring police chief
- New CDC guidelines set off rush to reimpose mask mandates across the US
- Column: Inside the GOP response to the Jan. 6 hearings: If all else fails, start chanting ‘LOCK HER UP!’
- Water, sewer rates to increase in Niles; Village Board approves $11.3 million flood mitigation project
- La historia del Versailles, el restaurante que es el epicentro de las protestas cubanas en EEUU
- Potempa: Branson Belle Showboat includes unique dining with special stage talent
- FDA allows automatic ‘generic’ swap for brand-name insulin, making it easier and cheaper to get insulin at the drugstore
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- Eddie Goldman returns to ‘love’ from his Chicago Bears teammates after a challenging year away: ‘Any time you’ve got Eddie G., he’s going to make life easier for you.’
- Interim Libertyville police chief Roncone appointed permanently to the role, replacing Herdegen who retired after being on leave for last 7 months
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- Bob Odenkirk condition stable after ‘heart-related incident’ that caused actor to collapse on set of ‘Better Call Saul’
- Column: Khalil Mack won’t blame injuries for what happened in 2020. Now it’s on the Chicago Bears to bring out his best.
- Senate votes to start work on $1 trillion infrastructure package
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- DuPage and McHenry counties now under indoor-masking-for-all guidance as COVID-19 spread deemed ‘substantial’ by CDC
- Dash compact air fryer review: How does this budget model perform?
- Residentes de La Villita protestan: Almacén de Target generará más contaminación en el barrio
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- Violence spike of 2020 widened familiar safety gap between city neighborhoods, University of Chicago Crime Lab analysis shows
- ‘This is not a bluff’: Exelon moves to shut down 2 nuclear power plants in Illinois as parent company of scandal-plagued ComEd seeks more state subsidies
- Will the Chicago White Sox make a move? Here’s a look at needs and potential options as Friday’s trade deadline nears.
- 3 things we learned at the Chicago Bears’ first training camp practice, including Eddie Jackson being placed on the non-football injury list
- Historians urge state lawmakers who are weighing the fate of controversial monuments to make their task a ‘teaching moment’
- CPS will get more than $2 billion in COVID-19 relief. But a financial ‘cliff’ is ‘staring us in the face,’ Board of Ed president says
- Bobby Finke surges on the final lap to take gold in the Olympic debut of the 800-meter freestyle