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- Dominican University president Glena Temple takes reins, plans to be hands-on
- Daily horoscope for August 16, 2021
- Ask Amy: Couple can’t cope with feelings of guilt
- Leyden students say they’re pumped for start of in-person school year
- Op-ed: Hospitals need to comply with price transparency
- Column: The best al pastor tacos in Chicago can be found at … Asian Cuisine Express? You better believe it.
- Editorial: As a city grieves, readers weigh in on the death of CPD officer Ella French
- GOP state lawmakers say plan for spending $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus relief is loaded with Democratic pork
- Oak Forest eyes warehouse development similar to neighboring city
- Op-ed: Proximity deprivation and how COVID-19 diminishes relationships
- Op-ed: School choice has a less-than-choice history
- What was Justin Fields’ most impressive play? What’s behind the Jason Peters signing? 4 questions for the Chicago Bears after their preseason opener.
- 4 takeaways from the Chicago White Sox-New York Yankees series, including Tony La Russa displaying confidence — ‘long story short, he’s fine’ — in closer Liam Hendriks
- This day in history, August 16: Elvis Presley dies at his Graceland estate in Memphis
- The best red bodycon dress
- Aurora may grant more federal coronavirus funds for local programs
- Column: While pillars from historic Aurora building await new home, part of downtown sculpture set to be repaired
- Column: Tips for helping Chicago Bears fans get in and out of Soldier Field so they don’t miss a Justin Fields down — or miss a photo op with George McCaskey
- Who is trending up — and down — as the Chicago Cubs reach another 11-game losing streak
- Daywatch: Census to fuel Black-Latino power struggle over ward map, GOP state lawmakers criticize coronavirus relief spending plan and a promising start for Justin Fields
- Girl, 7, killed, younger sister injured in Northwest Side shooting
- Best self-care gifts for women
- Presto! Magic Lounge and other magic shows reopen in Chicago, putting the illusions right in front live audiences again
- Column: Road trip shows return to human interaction and highway repairs
- Texas Supreme Court blocks local mask mandates that defied governor’s order
- Actress Nora Dunn pays $238,500 for Evanston condo
- A new source of COVID misinformation: your local government’s public comment session
- Chicago Bulls at NBA Summer League: Patrick Williams is done after 3 games, while Ayo Dosunmu steps up and scores 26 points
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I’d vote for putting all unvaccinated people in one state’
- Chicago area housing market still booming
- There will be no fans at the Paralympics in Tokyo, which start Aug. 24 during an extended state of emergency in the country
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘It’s a shame’ Thomas Jefferson Junior High’s name was changed
- Laporta: ‘Lo de Messi es una lástima pero era necesario’
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Cuomo resigned because ‘someone must have threatened him with taking away his pension’
- Reclaman presencia de atletas con Síndrome de Down en Juegos Paralímpicos
- Back-to-School Bash gets Aurora students ready for start of school year
- Piqué: Veteranos del Barcelona aceptan recortes de sueldo
- Casi 1,300 muertos y 2,800 heridos por el sismo en Haití
- Many Bible Belt preachers stay silent on vaccines as COVID-19 surges
- Caos en Afganistán con miles tratando de escapar del país
- Fair event participants take leap of faith in annual frog jump
- ‘What type of animal could do this?’ asks grandmother of 6- and 7-year-old girls shot Sunday
- Speak Out reader opinion: Chicago should cut the number of aldermen by half
- How many people are still alive from the year you were born
- Exitoso debut profesional del nieto de Muhammad Ali
- México y Chile envían toneladas de ayuda a Haití
- Rally held in Yorkville against mask mandate for schools
- Speak Out reader opinions: New growth draining too much water; Field of Dreams game something to see; enough with the criticism of Simone Biles
- US probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles
- 72% of millennials say social media impacts their buying choices
- Wisconsin football preview: Experience could help the Badgers return to form this season
- Minnesota football preview: Experienced Gophers talking unfinished business this season
- ‘No quiero arriesgar mi vida por un sueldo’
- Carla Fried: If you can do without, now’s a great time to sell your car
- Some doctors write mask exemptions for students who don’t need them
- Indiana football preview: Tom Allen challenges the Hoosiers to stay focused on taking next step — their 1st Big Ten title since 1967
- 15 easy after-school snack recipes
- Chicago Blackhawks reach a 1-year deal with Alex Nylander: ‘Important season for him to perform consistently and contribute offensively’
- Al pastor taco excellence at Asian Cuisine Express
- Laporta detalla la situación ‘dramática’ en la que está el Barca
- Iowa football preview: Tyler Linderbaum is the centerpiece for a Hawkeyes team on a 6-game winning streak to start the season
- Northwest Indiana high school scores and schedules
- El EEUU rural depende de los inmigrantes
- Illinois Senate President Don Harmon contracts breakthrough case of COVID-19, says symptoms are mild
- Juegos Paralímpicos se quedan sin espectadores por pandemia
- Chicago housing market is still booming, but a ‘relative cooling’ could be here
- Purdue football preview: Boilermakers are pinning their turnaround hopes on a revamped defense
- Nebraska football preview: QB Adrian Martinez set to play like he has nothing to lose this season
- Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rate
- Duro revés para la Superliga: Nueve equipos vuelven a la Asociación de Clubes Europeos
- Climate change hits sushi supply chain amid California water war
- More Lake school districts mandating masks as virus spikes
- Niles police: Park Ridge man, angry store was closing for the day, threatened to return with gun
- Five things to do in Lake County and the suburbs Aug. 20-26
- Countdown to football: Albert Kunickis, who was born without a right hand and forearm, aims to carry the load for No. 9 Lemont
- ¿Por qué Haití sufre sismos devastadores?
- Live Nation to require COVID vaccination or negative test at all venues and concerts
- Federer anuncia que estará ‘muchos meses’ fuera de las canchas
- Thousands flee Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
- Emma Stone protagonizará la secuela de Cruella
- Ohio State football preview: C.J. Stroud is the front-runner as freshmen battle for the Buckeyes QB job
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Editorial: With Afghanistan ending in failure and chaos, all the more reason to appreciate those who served.
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘For 500 days or more, this clown has ruled Illinois as if he’s the king’
- 55 shot, 6 killed during weekend, including 70-year-old woman and 7-year-old girl
- Pese a disminución de audiencias, ‘Free Guy’ domina taquilla
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Biden has really messed this up’
- Steamboat tour gets additional day Tuesday at Cedar Lake
- Column: Sampling plates of cake? That’s one test I thought I could get behind.
- Workshops mandatory for Naperville groups applying for block, social service and SECA grants
- Hyatt to double its international resorts with $2.7 billion Apple Leisure Group purchase
- One Gary student has COVID-19, school district tells parents; Eads student in Munster tests positive, district says
- Column: Gurnee native nearly swept away in German flood
- Camp encourages kids to care for pets, learn about animal careers
- Countdown to football: Brothers Elizjah and Isiah Wilson forged a bond on the field and ‘push each other’ to bring that strength to No. 4 Hobart’s offensive line
- Spotlight on football: Jabron Lee’s return and Antonio Torres’ transfer present Waubonsie Valley with plenty of backfield options on offense
- Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason AP football poll — the 4th time in 6 years for the defending national champs
- Deadly COVID-linked condition in kids poised for a comeback
- Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rate
- With eviction moratorium extended, Hammond woman — and millions of others — hang in the balance
- Sleek, new credit apps target a young generation already drowning in debt
- Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera blasts ‘one specific news agency’ spreading COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
- Inicia construcción de biblioteca presidencial de Obama
- Op-ed: To move forward after Ella French’s death, Chicago must address root causes of gun violence
- Northwest Indiana casinos report 12% jump in revenue in July; Horseshoe, Hard Rock top $30M
- Rusia: El presidente afgano huyó con cuatro autos y efectivo
- ‘We just feel like we’re at home’: Don Juan’s Cantina opens in Park Ridge after 37 years in Edison Park
- Las Águilas defienden liderato del Apertura mexicano
- How buy-now-pay-later apps work
- Vistazo al regreso victorioso del Talibán a Afganistán
- Adolescente estadounidense listo para un rol estelar con el Dortmund
- Labor leaders, Secretary of Labor on hand to boost infrastructure Biden plan
- Five things to do in the suburbs Aug. 20-26
- Rutgers football preview: 20 starters back for Greg Schiano’s 2nd season with the Scarlet Knights
- Técnico del Bayern resalta los problemas para fichar
- Heces: la nueva herramienta de detección de covid y otras enfermedades
- Column: It’s easy to ignore what’s taking place in Afghanistan, unless you’ve been there: ‘I would go again in an instant’
- Column: A whole shelf-load of promising new fiction arrives in September
- Los estrenos esta semana en cine, televisión, música y streaming
- Five things to do in the Region and nearby Aug. 20-26
- Column: Whether it’s Week 1 or later, Matt Nagy’s top preseason goal is clear — preparing Justin Fields to be the Chicago Bears starting quarterback
- Letters: Responsibility for Afghanistan shouldn’t rest squarely on America’s shoulders
- Woman killed, second person injured in Lakeview after being struck in hit-and-run
- Varane: ‘He tomado una buena decisión por muchos motivos’
- Maduro es optimista sobre diálogo con opositores
- COPA investigating off-duty officer who was shot at, returned fire
- Donde las tasas de vacunación son bajas, expertos recomiendan las pruebas caseras para ayudar a prevenir la propagación del covid
- Maryland football preview: Michael Locksley says Terrapins ready for the next step forward in Year 3
- Census 2020: Did the place where you live gain or lose residents? Search Chicago-area counties by city or village.
- Spotlight on football: Jahari Scott didn’t tell his mother when he started playing at Lake Forest. Neither realized then it could pave his way to college.
- Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
- Legisladores republicanos amenazan a voluntarios de registro de votantes con delitos
- Lanzan el tráiler de ‘Madres paralelas’, lo nuevo de Almodóvar
- Students at Elgin’s U-46 head back to school — at last
- Illinois football preview: Illini turn to new coach Bret Bielema to keep building in Big Ten
- Saturn’s rings are like a seismometer that reveal the planet’s core
- Pastores evangélicos se vacunan, pero no recomiendan la vacuna
- Naperville’s Last Fling announces plans for carnival and family activities
- Woman, 25, killed in crash on Interstate 55
- A woolly mammoth’s tusks reveal a map of where it roamed in life
- Golf carts are parked, walking is in and, yes, it’s exercise
- Gary school official said he was cuffed, detained at West Side
- Guarding the last likeness of a loathed dictator? It’s a thankless job.
- Surge of International students from India prompts University of Illinois to launch office in New Delhi
- Hinsdale H.S. District 86 officials unveil return-to-school plan, commit to mask mandate
- Biden defiende ‘por completo’ su decisión sobre Afganistán
- East Bank Club to require COVID-19 vaccines, starting this fall
- Naperville News Digest: New Centennial Beach hours for season’s last weeks; Will survey seeks resident input; Last Fling to have carnival, family events
- Kidman lleva a viaje interior en ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
- Aurora could build parking lot near driver’s license facility
- Basketball star Kyle Thomas has an offer from Illinois but doesn’t know where he’ll finish high school. Now that St. Joseph has closed, where will he go?
- Op-ed: In defense of ‘cancel culture,’ response to DaBaby’s rant appropriately quick
- Canje entre Clippers y Grizzlies mueve a cuatro jugadores
- GOP contends census results invalidate Illinois legislative maps; Democrats say they’re open to adjustments
- Houston Astros settle with the family of a girl hit by a foul ball during a 2019 game vs. the Chicago Cubs, attorney says
- Los Medias Blancas se quedan sin Adam Engels por 10 días
- 3 things we learned from the Chicago Bears, including Jason Peters’ potential impact after signing and Khalil Herbert and Jesse James earning trust
- NorthShore mandating COVID-19 vaccines for its 18,000 team members
- Michigan football preview: Jim Harbaugh happy to be coaching the Wolverines for a 7th season
- Delta surge drives home painful truth: COVID isn’t going away
- Bob Dylan acusado de drogar y abusar sexualmente de una niña de 12 años
- Illinois Commerce Commission announces new area code for south and west suburbs that use 708
- Jake Arrieta signs with the San Diego Padres, 4 days after the Chicago Cubs released him
- U.S. Sen. Duckworth tours Midwest Veterans Closet, promises to continue support for ‘God’s work’ it does
- Two high-ranking managers suspended after probe of sexual misconduct by Chicago lifeguards; dozens more disciplined for other infractions
- Pushback against masks greets school opening as districts weigh disciplinary options
- 7 killed in Kabul airport evacuation chaos, US officials say, as thousands flee Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
- Barrington School District 220 plans to spend about half of $6M federal ESSER money on improving HVAC systems, officials say
- Pre-school screening in La Grange-Countryside District 105 set for August 25
- Carlos Rodón and Billy Hamilton are making progress in their recoveries, while the Chicago White Sox place Adam Engel on the 10-day IL with left shoulder inflammation
- Atlanta Falcons are the 1st NFL team to have 100% of players receive the COVID-19 vaccine
- Biden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision
- Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
- Masks, weekly COVID-19 testing of students included in Park Ridge-Niles District 64 back-to-school plan
- Michigan State football preview: Spartans added 20 transfers as they try to rebound from a 2-5 season
- Billions spent by US on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban
- New daily COVID-19 cases in Chicago top 400, a metric cited a year ago when CPS decided not to reopen schools
- US declares first-ever water shortage from Colorado River reservoirs
- Northwest Indiana high school sports scores and schedules
- Column: With a comfortable division lead, it’s time for Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa to give Craig Kimbrel a chance to close games