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- US women’s basketball team wins its 7th consecutive gold medal — and Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi win their 5th
- Daily horoscope for August 8, 2021
- Ask Amy: Beach house vacay could take a toll
- Two police officers shot in West Englewood
- Letter to the editor: Century Walk finances deserve more scrutiny
- Do the Prairie State proud by adding these native prairie plants to your garden
- Letters: Marijuana advertising violates Illinois’ rules and puts youths at risk
- Column: Sandra Vasquez case continues to evoke strong emotions
- How a missed field goal brought Cairo Santos to the cliff of his NFL career — and got the Chicago Bears kicker in a franchise record-setting groove
- Tokyo Olympics: All the 113 medal winners from the United States
- Catholic churches in Orland area join together to build walls for Habitat house
- US women’s volleyball wins its 1st Olympic gold medal — thanks to a ‘special connection’ in Illini alumni Jordyn Poulter and Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
- This day in history, August 8: President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announces that he will resign the following day
- An emotional Lionel Messi says he ‘wasn’t prepared’ to leave Barcelona: ‘This is the end and now a new story begins’
- Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Jimbo Covert
- US women’s volleyball wins first-ever gold medal at Olympics
- Legendary Florida State coach Bobby Bowden dies at 91
- Chicago Bears roster breakdown: A position-by-position look at the offense, defense and special teams
- Tokyo Olympics: More than 60 athletes have connections to Illinois. See how they performed at the 2020 Games.
- Messi: ‘No estaba preparado para marcharme’ (VIDEO)
- Los Juegos Pandémicos de Tokio acaban con balance ambiguo
- ‘Night Court,’ ‘The Fall Guy’ actress Markie Post dead at 70
- Speak Out reader opinion: Labor leader Richard Trumka fought for the workers
- Photos: A look at the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony
- 10 things to know about tonight’s closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics — even if you don’t plan to watch it
- Music Box at Ravinia
- Anthony Rizzo tests positive for COVID-19 — he’s the 4th New York Yankees player to be sidelined. The ex-Chicago Cub said in June he was not vaccinated.
- Music Box is now open at Ravinia Festival, a new space with ‘Bernstein’s Answer’ theater experience
- Fauci hopeful COVID-19 vaccines will get full approval by FDA within weeks
- 13-year-old boy in critical condition after shooting near Garfield Park that also injured 19-year-old
- After 6 interceptions in Alec Ogletree’s 1st 4 practices with the Chicago Bears, what are the veteran inside linebacker’s chances to make the roster?
- Landmarks: Community bands march to the beat of an old drum, and they’re ‘getting stronger and stronger,’ fostering community on stage and off
- 4 things we learned at Chicago Bears training camp, including Desmond Trufant’s motivation, Sean Desai’s game-day preference and Dazz Newsome’s recovery
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo digs in, shows no sign of heeding calls to resign
- Man shot to death in Lockport, sheriff investigating
- Late nights, early mornings await Senate on infrastructure
- Luis Robert is scheduled to return to the Chicago White Sox on Monday in Minnesota: ‘We’re all fired up’
- Referees get some training before the high school football season
- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said it ‘was an error’ to ban mask mandates
- Luka Stojanovic scores twice in the Chicago Fire’s 2-1 win over the New York Red Bulls
- Two Chicago police officers among 47 people shot in weekend violence that left one cop dead
- ‘God took the wrong kid.’ Brother of slain officer Ella French speaks about younger sister; second cop fighting for his life
- Chicago Cubs are going with a 6-man rotation as left-hander Justin Steele makes his 1st big-league start Tuesday
- Column: Why keep watching the Chicago Cubs? The reasons may be hard to find, but young players can be worth keeping an eye on.
- Photos: White Sox beat Cubs 9-3 in Game 3 to sweep the City Series
- Eloy Jiménez and Dylan Cease haunt the Cubs as the White Sox sweep the City Series with a 9-3 win