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- After the Chicago Cubs snap their 11-game losing streak, they look to build ‘little bit of momentum’ heading into the All-Star break
- Daily horoscope for July 8, 2021
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- Ask Amy: Wife’s drunken ‘truth bomb’ leads to crisis
- Tampa Bay Lightning win their 2nd straight Stanley Cup, finishing off the Montreal Canadiens in 5 games
- ‘Black Widow’ review: A Marvel showcase for Scarlett Johansson’s Russian super-assassin. And her kid sister!
- ‘I see them coming around’: After 7-year-old Natalia Wallace’s fatal shooting on another 4th of July, her siblings and family still navigate grief
- Chicago’s most secretive burger operation is mostly a one-man show. Here’s the story behind the smash success.
- Indianapolis’ Bottleworks District: A new neighborhood rises from a former Coca-Cola factory
- Illinois ends participation in Midwest Student Exchange Program, which saved students millions in college tuition
- This day in history, July 8: A New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quotes officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they recovered a ‘flying saucer’ that crashed onto a ranch
- What’s Patrick Williams’ motto for the Chicago Bulls rookie’s stint with the USA Select Team? ‘Be a sponge.’
- Everything you need for a 30-day yoga challenge
- Indiana delays unemployment benefits despite judge’s ruling
- Federal murder charge filed in shooting of Terre Haute officer
- Daywatch: Violence at forefront of Biden’s Chicago-area visit, Southport Lanes is not coming back and the story behind Chicago’s most secret burger operation
- New Rick Bayless theater show with food may be the ‘Recipe’ for Windy City Playhouse
- Column: What documentaries can tell us about this summer’s climate catastrophes
- One year after her death, Natalia Wallace’s family still navigates grief
- Gary demolitions from 2014 Hardest Hit program down to last 34; council OKs $288K to raze structures
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- After getting ‘complaints from all over the city,’ Aurora looks at tougher penalties for use of illegal fireworks
- Sergio Ramos ya luce como jugador del Paris Saint-Germain
- Fallece padre del defensa colombiano Frank Fabra
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- 2 dead, 3 seriously injured in Wednesday night shootings in Chicago
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- Los Bucks tienen que mejorar ante la solidez de los Suns
- Body of man pulled from below Elgin’s Route 20 overpass in Fox River, officials say
- Ingleses por las nubes tras avanzar a la final de la Euro
- Concluye la búsqueda de sobrevivientes en torre de Florida
- Op-ed: After holiday weekend violence, youth incarceration still not the answer
- Dos gemas del cine independiente se sumergen bajo las aguas
- Preocupa a EEUU política energética nacionalista de México
- ¿Debo tomar precauciones en hoteles si estoy vacunado?
- Haiti’s future uncertain after brazen slaying of president
- Speak Out reader opinion: Olympic team qualification rules don’t make sense
- Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio se disputarán sin público
- Column: The unjust, opaque exercise of aldermanic privilege. It needs to go.
- US jobless claims tick up to 373,000 from a pandemic low
- ¿Está tu edificio en peligro de derrumbe? Busca estas señales de advertencia
- Gary Shakespeare Company returns to live performances with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Carpentersville man charged with reckless homicide following fatal crash in West Dundee
- Record heat wave in US ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
- OPINIÓN/’No se trata de Maria contra Rachel’: ESPN debe abordar los problemas raciales que enfrenta
- México pide a empresa de EEUU deje de copiar diseño indígena
- Este chofer ha visto cosas y podría contarte historias: ‘Your Driver Has Arrived’, de Néstor Gómez
- Summer fun starts in the kitchen making creamy paletas
- Fire officials plan for $1M in new equipment in Gary: Firefighters to receive 2nd set of gear
- Franklin Park Fest to return in August
- Israel derriba la casa en Cisjordania de un sospechoso
- Con la propagación de la variante Delta, ¿qué tan preocupadas deberían estar las personas completamente vacunadas?
- Camila retoma su gira tras enseñanzas de pandemia y la vida misma
- ‘She leaves it all on the field’: Sandburg’s Kristiana Pappanastos is the 2021 Daily Southtown Girls Soccer Player of the Year
- Morton Grove may encourage new development along Lehigh, west of tracks, through new TIF district
- Introducing the 2021 Daily Southtown Girls Soccer All-Area Team
- Talk of the County: ‘Either my neighbors are really rich, or the fireworks were buy one, get 67,823 free’
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- Aviones caza interrumpen a presidentes de Lituania y España
- España y Argentina retan el trono olímpico de EEUU en basket
- Es resultado de la oferta y la demanda
- HRW pide a Bolivia reconocer unión de pareja de mujeres
- First Women’s Bank receives first new Illinois banking charter in more than a decade
- Proposed staffing cuts by Niles Library Board draw labor complaint from union
- Step right up to northwest Indiana county fairs
- After leaving Austin Peay, Andrew’s Mike Carey carries on as clutch hitter for Northwest Indiana Oilmen: ‘It’s about improving every day.’
- Netflix reimagina el terror para la generación del atracón
- Kankakee 5-bedroom home with horse stable and paddocks: $1.5M
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- Lake Forest Civic Orchestra stick to popular tunes for summer concerts
- Cook Forest Preserves preparing for ‘one of the largest events of the year’ as Kids Fest kicks off Saturday at Wampum Lake
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- Subscribers can purchase tickets now for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-22 live season
- Recruiting notes: Waubonsie Valley’s Isaiah Smith and Carter Langendorf look to build on combo at Oakleaf Basketball Academy
- Los defensores esperan que la promesa de Biden del combate al tráfico de armas se centre en los vendedores privados
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- Ballpark workers return to the concessions stands along with fans, and ‘everybody’s all excited to be back — to see everybody’
- ¿Por qué Brasil ganará la final de la Copa América?
- Social Graces: Should you tell your friend’s significant other that your friend is cheating on them?
- ¿Por qué Argentina ganará la final de la Copa América?
- Teatro Vista has new co-artistic director team: ‘Lolo and Wendy’
- Los árboles nos dan vida. Pero estos que son falsos nos dan TikTok en nuestros teléfonos celulares
- Letters: Fourth of July celebration came with a heavy heart
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- Column: As the Communist Party of China celebrates 100 years, US should pursue careful containment
- Colby is up for Wisconsin’s official cheese yet again
- The best 50th birthday gift ideas
- NU musicians rehearse in campus parking garage
- Veteran Dolton firefighter Robert Morgan dies while vacationing in Dominican Republic
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- Oral-B vs.Philips Sonicare electric toothbrush: Which is better?
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- Familias de acogida ofrecen atención a niños inmigrantes
- Everything you need to make the most of your Airbnb stay
- Distinctly Chicago: 16-inch softball
- Vacunas protegen contra la variante delta, dicen estudios
- Learn about Afro-Brazilian music, dance at Elgin’s Acromusical
- Running for Jennie, Sunday race gives proceeds to scholarship fund
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- Everything your kid needs to be a pretend chef
- New research shows COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against delta variant
- Colombia y Perú buscan tercer puesto en Copa América
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- Elgin News Digest: ‘News of the World’ author to speak at library program; volunteers needed for West Dundee Heritage Fest; more COVID-19 vaccine clinics
- Should I get a wired or wireless mouse?
- Olympics will be largely a TV-only event after fans are banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas
- 7 credit report items that scare lenders
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- ‘He leaves a huge legacy behind’: St. Charles North’s Nick DeMarco is the 2021 Beacon-News/Courier-News Baseball Player of the Year
- Reina Isabel II visita el set de “Coronation Street”
- Marquette Greenway proposal approved by lakefront town with one lingering caveat, paving the way for future controversy
- Reina Isabel II visita el set de ‘Coronation Street’
- Introducing the 2021 Beacon-News/Courier-News Baseball All-Area Team
- Process for top RDA job starts as resume deadline passes
- EEUU limita uso de polémico medicamento para el alzhéimer
- Go away with… Jaylen Barron
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Alsace and Colmar are where France and Germany mix it up
- Illinois weed sales remain strong at near-record $116 million in June
- Las minorías de bajos ingresos, las más afectadas por el aumento en muertes de peatones
- Dance for Life announces full lineup for August 2021 in Millennium Park
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- 2 Haitian Americans have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moise, according to officials
- Editorial: The pandemic school year was disastrous. Fall should be better — if parents get teens vaccinated.
- Acusan a un sujeto en relación con el tiroteo de 2 agentes federales y un policía de Chicago
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- President Biden says US war in Afghanistan will end August 31
- Cómo tu ADN te haría más susceptible al COVID-19
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- ‘He definitely puts in the work’: Wauconda’s Camden Janik is the 2021 News-Sun Baseball Player of the Year
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- Biden anuncia salida de tropas de Afganistán el 31 de agosto
- Introducing the 2021 News-Sun Baseball All-Area Team
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- Ald. Carrie Austin, chief of staff plead not guilty to bribery charges a week after indictment
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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- Park Ridge formalizes changes to law that banned ‘dress not belonging to (one’s) sex’
- Date rapes are hard to investigate and prosecute. A new Illinois bill would more clearly define consent in these cases.
- Indiana State Police distributing body cameras to troopers
- Column: Supporters to rally for voting rights. ‘You either fight or give up.’
- Haití arresta 2 haitiano-estadounidenses por muerte de Moise
- El abogado Michael Avenatti pasará 30 meses en prisión por el chantaje a Nike
- Loyola Medicine to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for employees, becoming one of the first hospital systems in Chicago to require it
- Man gets 25-year prison term in Carpentersville armed robbery in which his partner was killed
- AMLO se enfrenta a privados y crea empresa estatal de gas
- Man testifies he can’t recall if brother had his car, gun around time of 1992 murders
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- México: Ordenan detención del fundador de aerolínea Interjet
- Lake sheriff eyes $770K to replace ‘aged’ boat: ‘This purchase is imperative to Lake County citizens’
- Local experts say mysterious bird disease yet to be reported in Illinois, but recommend cleaning bird feeders
- Chicago’s Divvy bikeshare expanding to Southwest, Northwest sides
- Polyphony, coexistencia a través de la música en Israel
- FDA signs off on new prescribing instructions of Alzheimer’s drug that will limit its use
- Eloy Jiménez will begin a rehab assignment Friday with Class A Winston-Salem: ‘I feel 110%, let’s say 200%,’ the Chicago White Sox slugger says
- Pfizer to seek US authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine
- Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen review: Does it go on clear and keep skin protected?
- EEUU: Se llega a un acuerdo en caso de línea para denuncias de inmigrantes
- The world’s favorite TV families
- Anthony Porter, ex-death row inmate whose case was ‘Exhibit A’ in prompting Illinois to halt executions, dies at 66
- ¿Te preocupa la variante Delta? Las vacunas son eficaces contra ella, dicen investigadores
- Man charged federally in connection with shooting of 2 ATF agents, 1 Chicago cop
- EEUU: Más cargos a cofundador de ‘We Build The Wall’
- States where the economy has recovered the most from COVID-19
- Around the Southland: New Lenox crayfish crowned champion, I-55 lane closures, and more
- Column: East Aurora School District enjoying new digs at old Copley Hospital campus
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- Celebrate Christmas in July at Waukegan Harbor
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- Chicago man, 29, charged in 2020 fatal stabbing of another man in East Chatham
- Vernon Hills bids farewell to retiring Village Manager Fleischhauer, welcomes Timony to take his place
- Meet Danno, the newest canine team member at Lake County sheriff’s office
- City’s inspector general finds Chicago Police Department struggles to keep Black candidates in hiring process
- Orland Park looks to scaled-back preservation plan for farm property
- Amputee beaten to death by drug dealer in home invasion, prosecutors say
- Michael Avenatti, lawyer who once represented Stormy Daniels, sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike
- Asbestos removal last step before Cook building demolition as Elgin neighbors push TIF idea to save it
- Pfizer solicitará aprobación de 3ra dosis de su vacuna COVID
- Visitors bureau CEO brings on own attorney in dispute with board: Batistatos questions PPP funding, while board chair defends use
- The Spin: Lightfoot in California to woo Big Tech, meet with San Francisco Mayor Breed | U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mary Miller hold fundraiser in Illinois tonight | First winners of state’s COVID-19 lottery announced
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- Toyota changes stand, says it will no longer contribute to GOP legislators who voted against certifying Biden’s election victory
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- Here’s five things to do in and near Lake County July 16-22
- NewsNation, the struggling Chicago-based cable news network, shakes up its prime-time lineup
- Boathouse Cafe remains closed
- Five things to do in Naperville, Fox Valley July 16-22
- Lemonade stand started by Aurora student when she was 7 years old has raised thousands for charity
- Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave is extended 7 days by MLB while it investigates assault allegations against the LA Dodgers pitcher
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- Big drop in Elgin fireworks complaints from last year, possibly because pandemic restrictions lifted, police chief says
- Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought
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- Tamale Guy returns: Claudio Velez feeling ‘completamente great’ as he relaunches bar route, sets up shop at Lone Wolf
- Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapse as death toll rises to 64 with 76 people unaccounted for
- Work starts on $62M apartment complex for older adults in Naperville but critics lament lack of affordable units
- ZBook review: How does this HP laptop compare to other models?
- In Lake Michigan’s first national sanctuary, nearly 100 possible shipwrecks could reveal tales of the superhighways of the Great Lakes
- 518 Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Most had underlying conditions, state data shows.
- COVID-19 infections are rising again in parts of Illinois like Blessing Hospital in Quincy
- First-generation Latina college student meets President Biden in Crystal Lake, amid pro-Trump protesters
- Illinois announces winners of first COVID-19 vaccine lottery drawing, with $1 million prize going to Chicago resident
- COVID-19 infections are rising again in parts of Illinois. Here’s where and why.
- Lincolnshire trustee laments possibly ‘feeing up’ residents as talk of possible stormwater utility charge again tabled
- Clinic to help people with ‘brain fog’ and other long-term COVID-19 symptoms opens in Naperville
- Hundreds rally in Chicago for an end to detentions and a pathway to citizenship for immigrants
- ‘This certainly is not a rebuild’: As a Chicago Cubs era is on the verge of closing, Jed Hoyer prepares for roster turnover with an eye on the future
- Column: Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer hints at impending moves while looking toward the future. ‘Life comes at you fast.’