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- Daily horoscope for August 27, 2021
- Ask Amy: Traumatized friend now causes more concern
- Op-ed: Disinformation sowed our failure in Afghanistan
- Column: As the Cubs and White Sox meet in Round 2 of the City Series — this time on the South Side — the key matchups are one-sided
- Feds propose $14.5 million levee project in Calumet City, Lansing that will require homeowners to cede some property
- 5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears preseason finale against the Tennessee Titans, including Justin Fields’ progress and Jason Peters’ debut
- Column: Music teacher’s final words to his life partner librarian: ‘I love you, Ingrid’
- South Shore extends mask mandate after recent COVID-19 surge
- Kanye West gives fans a remarkable, bonkers experience at Soldier Field ‘Donda’ listening party with Marilyn Manson, DaBaby and Kim Kardashian
- For Chicago Bears players on the roster bubble, a ‘high stress’ time — the preseason finale followed by 3 days of cuts — awaits before Tuesday’s deadline
- As Lake Tahoe suffocates with smoke, residents dread: Is this the future?
- Daywatch: How Illinois’ vaccine and mask mandates will work | How one company designed its Chicago office for a hybrid work model | Kanye West’s bonkers listening party
- This day in history, August 27: The Battle of Long Island begins during the Revolutionary War
- ‘Murder hornet’ nest destroyed in Washington state
- Rosalind Franklin University’s Innovation and Research Park to welcome second tenant
- Buried bodies investigation in Lyons
- Duckworth updates Lake County municipal leaders on federal funds that may be headed their way
- Elgin News Digest: 9/11 survivor speaking at East Dundee pub fundraiser; volunteers needed for Elgin forest preserve tree planting work; document shredding event in Carpentersville
- Michigan truck hauling bee hives crashes, unleashing ‘very large swarm’
- Triton College faculty protest board’s lack of attention to diversity issues, vote no confidence on vice president
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: TV has crossed the line into indecency
- Kanye West’s Chicago: 25 formative locations around the city and suburbs
- Retoman evacuación de Kabul; ataques superan los 100 muertos
- Tennessee helicopter pilot and fiancee, alone in the sky, rescue flooding victims
- Peloton acknowledges subpoenas, SEC investigation
- XS Tennis hosts the Chicago’s Women’s Open on the South Side
- ‘Checo’ Pérez se queda en Red Bull para 2022
- México ayudó a The New York Times a sacar a sus periodistas de Afganistán. Así lo hizo
- Speak Out reader opinion: Tony LaRussa’s decisions causing unrest for White Sox
- Kamau Murray brings the Chicago Women’s Open — the only Black-produced event on the WTA Tour — to XS Tennis on the South Side: ‘Chicago has a great tennis community’
- Campagna Academy, other nonprofits asking state to restore 3% cut in funding: ‘There seems to be a misunderstanding of what a 501C3 designation is…’
- Donations to food bank expected to get nutrition information to Lake, Porter residents
- Olvidan datos sobre afganos en embajada británica en Kabul
- Tormenta tropical Ida avanza a Cuba, amenaza Nueva Orleans
- Embargos y venta de casas ante el fin de la indulgencia hipotecaria
- California builds a ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat
- Time’s Up CEO, Chicago attorney Tina Tchen resigns in wake of Cuomo scandal
- Biden promete concluir evacuación tras ataques en Afganistán
- Here’s the French dispatch: Chicago film fest head Mimi Plauche receives award from the Ministry of Culture’s Order of Arts and Letters
- ¿Te imaginas financiar una campaña política con criptomonedas?
- Electric truck startup Rivian files for IPO ahead of September production launch
- La mejor estudiante de Afganistán teme por su futuro
- Estas son las 20 giras mundiales más lucrativas
- Waubonsee to host program on 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
- Ohmme’s Macie Stewart steps into spotlight with spectacular solo album ‘Mouth Full of Glass’
- ‘I did as he asked’: NY jury hears from more alleged R. Kelly victims, ex-employees as feds seek to bolster RICO case
- Ryan Mauder got his chance when Lake Central was shorthanded in the sectional last season. The senior forward is making the most of it.
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Gwendolyn Rogers, public education advocate and teacher, dies at 90
- Gunmen free 15 more students in Nigeria after release of 90 others in school abduction
- Beneficiarios de Medicaid se vacunan mucho menos contra covid
- Cristiano Ronaldo regresa al Manchester United
- Legacy makeup brand Fashion Fair relaunches Sept. 1, entering a growing field of companies catering to women of color
- Argentina: presidente se defiende por festejo en cuarentena
- Attendance strong for this year’s Montgomery Fest, officials say
- De la Hoya dice que su regreso al boxeo es para evitar malos hábitos
- Pregnant mom attacked by masked bikers: ‘We’re just happy to be alive and the baby’s OK’
- News-Sun’s top 5 girls volleyball teams in Lake County
- For Beverly duo, helping homeless during pandemic ‘gave us a purpose during some really dark times’
- Environmental racism, unregulated chemicals, staffing shortages among the many challenges facing whomever Biden picks to lead the EPA in the Midwest
- Conforme la investigación se alarga, los acusados del 6 de enero obtienen más libertad
- Muerte de viudo extiende dolor por masacre de El Paso
- Cristiano Ronaldo is returning to Manchester United after the club agrees to a deal with Juventus for the Portuguese forward
- Venezuela: Tovar, el poblado más afectado por las lluvias
- Cuba regula criptomonedas para operaciones en su territorio
- Long COVID’s daunting toll seen in study of pandemic’s earliest patients
- A hellish summer in Lake Tahoe: Choked in smoke with the Caldor fire closing in fast
- California builds a ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat
- Judge blocks Gov. DeSantis order banning mask mandates, ruling that the Florida governor overstepped his authority
- Op-ed: How White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson gave me back my Chicago swagger
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Lake County Board of Health advocates for public health, works to minimize transmission of disease: Chairwoman
- ¿Qué tan temible es el Estado Islámico Jorasán?
- Flashback: 600 fires sprang up in Chicago the year before the Great Fire of 1871. On the night before, came this ‘terrible’ prediction.
- South Dakota Mines recruit Hannah Benes knows ‘sometimes you have to take a risk.’ Her Antioch career is built on one.
- Gary man charged with shooting brother in chest
- Indiana court rejects bid to stall governor’s powers suit
- EEUU: Cifras históricas de hospitalizaciones por COVID
- Proposal to return Ribfest to Naperville as a two-day event at Frontier Sports Complex turned down by park board
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Editorial: Afghanistan withdrawal doesn’t mean the war on terror is over. It must continue.
- Column: Mother of young boy with rare disorder prepares for his fleeting life, looming death: ‘It’s been heartbreaking’
- Community news
- Camila Cabello y Selena Gómez protagonizan grandes estrenos
- Heated mask debate, limited space, meeting confusion confront school board in Valparaiso
- Chicago Teachers Union says ‘CPS is not ready’ for Monday’s start of school, has rolled back COVID-19 safety measures
- Column: If you’re hosting a fundraiser you need snacks, even if no one will eat them
- Dundee Township Boys & Girls Clubs unveils its new Impact Center, offering job and life skills training for teens
- Presentan cargos a Mendy por violación y agresión sexual
- Wall Street rallies back to records following Fed speech
- Bloquean orden del gobernador de Florida contra mascarillas
- Column: After many twists, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Markham’s elected mayor could hold office. It was all about power.
- Letters to the Editor: Hinterlong’s position on getting rid of Naperville’s Metra station parking permits wrong
- Chicago man gets 25 years for deadly Halloween robbery in Hammond
- Protesta bloquea a AMLO al sur de México; impide conferencia
- US intelligence agencies still divided on origins of coronavirus
- Authorities believe body pulled from lake was a homicide victim
- Gary man wanted in woman’s deadly Calumet Township beating, police say
- ‘La librería a los libros y los lectores a la librería’
- COVID-19 cases continue climbing as Illinois prepares for indoor masking and more vaccine mandates
- Column: A letter from a horse: Please stop taking ivermectin to treat COVID-19. That’s our medicine, you ninnies.
- Letters: Chicago’s lack of requirements for Kanye West event contrasts with Illinois’ COVID-19 actions
- Indiana health officials anticipate COVID spread to worsen
- Column: Was Ashli Babbitt a ‘martyr’ or just misled?
- Jiménez regresaría a selección mexicana para eliminatorias
- Teatros de Broadway atacan el coronavirus
- NBA establece normas de vacunación para personal de equipos
- City of Chicago sues food delivery services Grubhub and DoorDash for alleged deceptive practices during pandemic
- North Aurora man accused of battering autistic teen on a bus
- Lake school superintendents discuss COVID-19 as new year starts; county health officer says masks are the answer: ‘We have no choice except to have masking’
- Lake County still at high risk for coronavirus spread, but ‘the situation is starting to stabilize’
- Naperville News Digest: Volunteers sought to deliver meals to seniors; COD holding 20th anniversary commemoration of 9/11; World of Trucks for kids coming to Whole Foods Market
- En Florida recurren a morgues portátiles para ayudar a los hospitales a almacenar cadáveres
- ‘Pobre gente inocente’: un alguacil lidia con el aumento de muertes en la frontera
- Law & Order column: Judge urges attorneys to work out ‘sausage making’ issues as attempt to overturn Marni Yang conviction proceeds
- Corrections and clarifications
- Guest column: Transforming blighted properties to generate tax revenue is key to Gary’s future
- Op-ed: How chance and chutzpah allowed a young Tribune correspondent to tell the world about the coronation of a new king of Afghanistan
- Help still available to renters in danger of eviction despite Supreme Court decision
- US forces keep up Kabul airlift under threat of more attacks
- Guest column: Partisan gerrymandering could push Hoosiers of color further into the shadows
- Beach Park man charged with shooting two, including one fatally
- Nueva Orleans pide evacuar zonas de riesgo por huracán Ida
- Waubonsee, Aurora U. working on plans to comply with new mandate that requires students, teachers get vaccinated
- Young dad-to-be from Wyoming was among 13 US troops killed in suicide bombing at Kabul airport
- Students shot outside new Hammond Central: Police
- Elgin council OKs condemnation to obtain last bit of land needed for overhaul of Dundee/Summit intersection
- Mitad de adolescentes de EEUU están vacunados contra COVID
- Biden promise to strike extremists faces new Afghan reality
- Pritzker basing stronger mandates on science but pandemic politics also comes into play
- Si te contagias después de vacunarte, ¿puedes contraer covid prolongada?
- Lawsuit: Man killed by Chicago police in Pilsen last year was shot while running away, unarmed
- Pacifica Square mall in Aurora eyes expansion including retail and office space
- Illinois governor sends controversial anti-corruption bill back to lawmakers but calls it first step toward restoring public trust
- Triunfo del Talibán en Afganistán alienta a extremistas
- Plan would put more information on Aurora city website
- Decent: Tailor’s magic with a needle and thread has brides and beauty queens from all over heading to tiny Naperville shop
- Knoch Knolls Park to gain 40 acres thanks to donation made by Naperville man dedicated to conservation
- Hurricane Ida forecast to hit New Orleans as powerful Category 3 storm on Katrina anniversary
- Expressway shootings on rise in Chicago area. License plate cameras being installed to help, but ‘more … needs to happen,’ advocate cautions.
- CASA Kane County needs volunteers to help with increasing number of children in shelters because of abuse, neglect
- Speak Out reader comments: Cubbies need to boot Ian Happ next; dumb TV commentary accompanies Bud Billiken parade; how do I stop 800 calls before I go insane?
- Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras remains day to day, while David Bote is scratched from the lineup against the White Sox after freak pregame injury
- High school football kicks off
- RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan wins parole with support of 2 Kennedys
- Hopeful high school sports season begins despite the lingering shadow of COVID-19
- This Week in Naperville
- Down to Business: You’ve got to get into your client’s head if you’re going improve their company, business consultant says
- Man in critical condition after he was pulled from Montrose Harbor
- Rev. Jesse Jackson transferred to rehabilitation center, wife moved to ICU with COVID-19
- New Orleans Saints cancel their preseason finale against the Arizona Cardinals with Hurricane Ida set to hit the Louisiana coast
- Catcher Yasmani Grandal returns for the Chicago White Sox, who are as close to full strength as they’ve been all season: ‘The boys are fired up’
- City Series photos: White Sox 17, Cubs 13
- Jake Weinreich loves to win. Pulling out a race against drivers you grew up watching, though, is ‘an awesome feeling.’ Plus, Tony Baranek’s notes.
- Left tackle Theodore Sparks gets quarterback Angel Nelson and the rest of Merrillville’s offense rolling against Hobart: ‘The expectation is for him to be the guy.’