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- Lincolnwood Human Relations Commission hears group’s presentation on possible motto
- Daily horoscope for January 5, 2021
- Ask Amy: Couple wants proof others are vaccinated
- ‘Frenzy’ in Illinois real estate means more homebuyers are putting in same-day offers. Here are 7 tips to help you prepare.
- Column: After the Trump era, this country needs a different kind of truth commission
- University of Illinois’ COVID-19 saliva test moves closer to FDA approval, but not fast enough to meet the demand: ‘Every school district in Illinois would love to have this’
- Daywatch: COVID-19 vaccine confusion in Cook County, U. of I. saliva test moves closer to FDA approval and a real estate ‘frenzy’ in Illinois
- Driver arrested after van strikes and kills pedestrian in Logan Square
- Matt Nagy’s next challenge as Chicago Bears coach? Convince his players an 8-8 season was a success — and they deserve to be in the playoffs.
- Opinion: It’s a good book, but will it last? Who cares, says John Warner.
- Worst TV show released the year you were born
- Off-duty Chicago cop carjacked by thieves who tapped on her window with a gun and yelled, ‘Get out.’
- Florida zoo euthanizes giraffe with broken foot
- Final NFL power rankings: The No. 2 Buffalo Bills are the league’s hottest team entering the postseason, while the Chicago Bears finish 14th
- Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
- Hammond police chief to step down, but will stay with the department
- For women in hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks’ historic hiring of Jaime Faulkner is just the beginning: ‘The glass ceiling has been shattered — it’s now the glass floor’
- Chicago Bulls begin a 4-game West Coast trip without 4 players: ‘Watch out for who you’re around and wash your hands’
- The Goods: Pantone picked a dynamic duo for 2021’s Color of the Year. 10 great ways to bring the colors home.
- This day in history, January 5: President Richard Nixon announces development of the space shuttle.
- Annual quest for park reservations starts; renters warned of changing COVID-19 restrictions
- Family finances: Housing market will stay strong in 2021
- Everyone should be ‘CEO’ of their job and manage as if they own that part of the business
- Column: A look back at blizzards and cold snaps of winters past
- Chicago White Sox Q&A: What would it take to acquire reliever Liam Hendriks?
- Whitmer vetoes bill to let one-time DUI offenders clear record in Michigan, despite bipartisan support
- What is Biden saying about Trump’s campaign to overturn the election? Not much, really.
- Chicago business leaders at United, West Monroe Partners, Sidley and Edelman urge Congress to certify Joe Biden’s election
- Chicago Cubs release starting pitcher Colin Rea
- Ring Video Doorbell 3 review: Does it provide peace of mind?
- Bakeware breakdown: What’s the difference, and which one should you get?
- The best lickable cat treat
- The best fireplace tong
- The best ballet shoe
- The best pillar candle
- The best braid spray
- The best desk calendar
- The best carpet shampoo
- Dreamliner defects lead to new cash risk for Boeing, even as 737 Max woes fade
- The best folding chair
- The best men’s UGG slipper
- The best adjustable kettlebell
- The best blue-light-blocking glasses
- New Girl Scout cookie debuts: How to find it and when sales start
- It was the year of baking and hoarding
- Rendezvous Arts Series presents coming attractions with collage of performers
- The words that shaped the way we ate in 2020
- Análisis: Trump muestra no tener límites para retener poder
- North Carolina teacher files copyright infringement suit against Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’
- A musical shapeshifter with universal ambitions, Kali Uchis aims ‘to show what Latin music can be’
- Northwest Indiana can accommodate your wish to ski, snowboard
- Misteriosa ausencia pública del multimillonario empresario chino Jack Ma
- Travel changed my life. But after the pandemic, who gets to go?
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, Jan. 6
- Hundreds of temps at GM’s Flint Assembly to be converted to full time
- Trebek urges support for COVID-19 victims in 1 of last shows
- El reto de ‘Chessica’ Lauser, tres veces campeona de ajedrez para ciegos
- Ross Douthat column: What Republicans might gain if they lose Georgia
- Inglaterra inicia 3ra cuarentena; durará al menos 6 semanas
- EatingWell: Dinner-worthy nachos round out a perfect game day spread
- Kary Osmond: Veggie paella perfect for plant-based eaters
- Post-Tribune girls basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
- Aliados de Maduro retoman el control de la Asamblea Nacional
- President Biden will have to deal with a precarious Iran situation. Here’s where things stand.
- Basement fire in Hobson West single-family home extinguished quickly by Naperville firefighters
- G.I. Joe action figure’s story begins in Fox Valley
- Dolor, carencia e incertidumbre, así fue 2020 en Perú
- Chicago Master Singers director creates online lecture series for anyone who loves to sing
- Jamelle Bouie column: Can only Republicans legitimately win elections?
- Michelle Goldberg column: To defend democracy, investigate Trump
- 50 amazing snow and ice sculptures from around the world
- Paul Krugman column: How the Republican Party went feral
- Bobby Shmurda eligible for release from prison in February
- Valparaiso woman, 29, killed in crash on Indiana 149
- A new population of blue whales was discovered hiding in the Indian Ocean
- Inside the CIA, she became a spy for planet Earth
- Inside the CIA, she became a spy for planet Earth
- Downtown revitalization project highlight of challenging 2020
- Top prospects take an unconventional path to the world juniors
- IRS relaunches Get My Payment portal for 2nd coronavirus stimulus
- El fiel soldado Pence atrapado entre Trump y la Constitución
- An Olympic dream is reborn, despite fears of brain trauma
- She’s starring opposite Tom Hanks. She’d never heard of him.
- Se avecina una semana crucial para el Man United
- Hobart building shored up by Landmarks grant
- Federally funded food box program critical for charities during the pandemic extended through April — and now with more food choices
- What happens when Congress counts Electoral College votes and someone objects?
- Column: As a running back at Brother Rice, Xazavian Valladay didn’t know very much about Wyoming. Now, it has become his home.
- Para repetir su papel de ‘Karate Kid’ en ‘Cobra Kai’, Tamlyn Tomita puso ciertas condiciones
- Protests, 5G and referenda for schools and firefighters made news in the western suburbs in 2020
- Un chavismo triunfalista y una oposición que aspira a seguir ‘de pie’ instalan sus asambleas paralelas
- Oak Park police: Buyer robbed at gunpoint after arranging to purchase gaming console
- Girls basketball notes: Jessica Carrothers and Crown Point bounce back from first regular-season loss in nearly three years
- COVID-19 testing site opens at Flick Park in Glenview
- ‘The Chase’ brings the ‘Jeopardy!’ GOATs, including Naperville native James Holzhauer, to a whole new trivia table
- Column: Lemont’s Amy Schwem called it ‘absolute chaos.’ From William & Mary to Memphis and back to William & Mary again.
- Crown Point business owners express concerns over rezoning of business location, cite potential parking issues
- Ashleigh Banfield to host nightly talk show for WGN America
- Dar prioridad a prisioneros para las vacunas genera controversia
- Help Them To Hope
- She’s starring opposite Tom Hanks. She’d never heard of him.
- School board candidates file for April 2021 election in Northbrook, Glenview
- An Olympic dream is reborn, despite fears of brain trauma
- ‘Charm City Kings,’ ‘Babyteeth’ and other hidden streaming gems
- What’s the first thing you will do when the pandemic ends?
- Ask Anna: I’m dating a married man, who is also my ex
- Un matemático advierte de que el modelo actual usado para predecir los contagios de Covid podría no servir
- Coronavirus vaccine questions: How to know when to get your 2nd shot, who’s tracking your data and more
- Los Browns pierden a su entrenador por covid
- El Congreso validará la victoria de Biden, pese a objeción de Trump
- My worst moment: Jane Levy, star of ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,’ and the perils of an unintentionally revealing audition
- Jeff Bezos’ air force: Amazon is buying 11 Boeing 767s to ship orders faster
- Cuadrado, segundo positivo en 24 horas en la Juventus
- México prepara brigadas de vacunación para zonas aisladas
- Column: St. Charles East’s Luke Schildmeyer used his senior cross country season to emerge as a star. Then Notre Dame came calling.
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: The health benefits of yoga
- Editorial: Tax hike? Don’t even think about it, Springfield lawmakers
- Woman, 2 pets found dead after Albany Park apartment fire
- How one school counselor is trying to tackle a pandemic mental health crisis
- La pandemia se agrava en todo el mundo, pese a las vacunas
- Tanya Roberts dies at 65 after premature death announcement
- ‘Nina does it all’: Neuqua Valley senior Nina Calcaterra’s plan to play soccer at University of Texas at Dallas represents only one of her interests
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Top 10 workout myths
- Trebek pide apoyo a víctimas de COVID-19
- Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing in new year; Lake County reports 13 new deaths
- Lake Forest Hospital celebrates first baby of 2021
- A 95-year-old quiltmaker beat COVID and has made about 3,000 masks
- Decades revisited: After father’s death, son finds comfort in upgrading family home
- Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows
- Objection to Drake Hotel owner’s Oak Brook Village Board candidacy dismissed by Electoral Board
- ‘History of Swear Words’: Netflix and Nicolas Cage let ‘er rip, to #$*%) results
- Trump falsely says Pence can reject electors Wednesday as he focuses attention on VP’s Electoral College role: ‘I hope Mike Pence comes through for us’
- Naperville District 203 students and staff can take weekly COVID-19 saliva tests when they go back to school this month
- Stevenson District 125 looking to buy land for parking, though officials say high school ‘still won’t have enough’
- A tribunal, Kyle Rittenhouse acusado de matar a manifestantes en Wisconsin
- Second stimulus checks go missing: Why some relief payments get deposited to wrong accounts
- ‘Redemption Day’ review: A no-frills thriller in desperate need of more thrills
- Larry King continúa hospitalizado con covid
- Column: Mike Braun joins Senate Republicans’ shameful attempt at undermining democracy
- Chicago Bears in the playoffs: How they compare with Sunday’s wild-card opponent, the New Orleans Saints
- State Rep. Didech calls for constituent input on his legislative agenda: ‘It’s going to be a very challenging year’
- Second stimulus check updates: Direct deposits issued, but some glitches; paper checks may take longer
- Bruja Escarlata y Visión tendrá más capítulos de lo previsto
- Column: Why Chrissy Teigen giving up alcohol has one sober mom supporter feeling optimistic
- Why is the president sworn in on Jan. 20, and other inauguration questions answered
- Police and state child welfare officials investigating after 4-month-old boy from West Side dies
- American Airlines bans emotional support animals. Service dogs still free, but flyers must pay for pets.
- Neuqua Valley graduate Blaise Meredith fired up by chance to carry more of an offensive load for North Central College
- Chicago style: Hot dog vendor goes from Oak Lawn library to Netflix series ‘Tiny Pretty Things’
- Pool of 7 seeking to fill 4 seats on the Township High School District 214 board in April election
- Se acaba el tiempo para animales de apoyo en los vuelos
- Column: Chicago Public Schools teachers aren’t showing up for in-person classes — and I don’t blame them a bit
- Pochettino pone el punto de mira en el PSG-Barca
- Kyle Rittenhouse se declara inocente de matar a dos manifestantes en Kenosha
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot again tries to pass civilian oversight of Police Department
- Lake County Historian Bruce Woods dead at 78; former Merrillville teacher ‘was always around when people needed him’
- Op-ed: Counting the Chicago homeless: ‘I will never forget the inhumanity of that moment’
- Tanya Roberts falleció varias horas después de que fuera reportada muerta por error
- Naper Settlement seeks code changes to allow smaller setbacks and for new fencing, landscaping
- España: 352 muertes confirmadas por coronavirus en un día
- Rev. Thomas Dore, former pastor in Oak Park, Niles, River Grove, Chicago, remembered after dying of COVID-19
- Tanya Roberts dies at 65, a day after premature death announcement
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss team’s 1st playoff game since 2002
- Community news
- Gobierno de Trump reduce protecciones para aves silvestres
- El Galaxy ya tiene nuevo técnico, y es un viejo conocido
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she apologized to Anjanette Young during their private meeting
- Letters: CPS buildings are not ready for safe in-school teaching during the pandemic
- Macy’s closing Water Tower Place flagship store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
- Alemania extiende el encierro por la pandemia
- Koeman: ‘Con los jugadores que tenemos debemos ser más efectivos’
- La OMS pide a los países vacunar ‘lo más rápido posible’
- Comings & Goings: Duluth Trading arrives in Orland Park, and more
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of December 2020
- ‘Lazarus,’ the musical, made no sense. Then David Bowie died. Now you can see for yourself.
- Skokie looks to expand urban farming in industrial areas of the village
- Premios Grammy se aplazan por coronavirus
- Identifican en El Salvador nueve variantes de COVID-19
- Hinsdale High School District 86 considers saliva-based COVID-19 tests and how to pay for them
- Column: Curiously, there is almost nothing to admire about our nation’s ‘most-admired man’
- Where will Cam Newton play to start the 2021 regular season?
- El policía blanco de Wisconsin que baleó al afroamericano Jacob Blake en Kenosha no enfrentará cargos criminales
- Gary Common Council President William Godwin keeps position for 2021 as council reorganizes
- High-speed crash in Gresham neighborhood sends 3 to hospitals with serious injuries
- Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions
- Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59
- Walks in Kane forest preserves set for seniors
- Elmwood Park’s crystal ball for 2021: commercial developments, upgraded recreation facilities, summer events
- Elgin manufacturing company having boon year after tapping into the demand for acrylic shields
- Biden ‘muy optimista’ sobre posibilidades de candidatos demócratas al Senado en Georgia
- Park Ridge projects flood relief, thriving restaurants, vaccines, recreation – and hugs – in 2021
- Proud Boys leader challenged cops to arrest him, and now he’s banned from the nation’s capital
- Economic challenges for Water Tower Place
- Lincoln Park, Brookfield Zoos now closed for extraordinary two-month breaks
- Will County officials begin clearing low-level marijuana possession cases from court records
- Early MLB mock draft has Chicago Cubs picking a Louisville catcher and Chicago White Sox selecting a Wake Forest pitcher
- 50 car companies that no longer exist
- Illinois county officials begin clearing low-level marijuana possession cases from court records
- Indiana House to consider GOP rep’s resolution to end COVID-19 health emergency; Lake County leader wonders ‘what world he lives in’
- Column: A teacher assigned students to write letters to nursing home residents. The result: A lesson in apathy.
- Muere el novelista Eric Jerome Dickey a los 59 años
- College football’s national championship game still set for Monday despite Ohio State’s reported COVID-19 issues
- Buffalo Grove breadcrumb company seeks special use permit to relocate its operations to Elgin
- Column: Electoral boards race clock to settle disputes and meet voting deadlines
- Southtowners: Area music students excel at state level, and more
- Georgia decide qué partido tendrá el control del Senado
- México creará 10,000 brigadas para vacunar a ancianos contra el COVID-19
- Incertidumbre por el virus inquieta al tenis
- Ralph Bishop, lifelong Park Ridge resident and former fire captain, dies
- Glencoe shopping center owner plans to build two-story office building in place of shuttered Walgreens
- District 128 formally approves new superintendent set to take over July 1
- Speak Out reader opinion: Assumption of party loyalty shows inability to compromise
- EEUU tilda de ‘ilegítima’ la Asamblea Nacional ‘chavista’ y reitera apoyo a Guaidó
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens first ruling party congress in 5 years with an admission of policy failures
- Looking to 2021 in Northbrook, Glenview: Developments, lawsuits, staff turnover and vaccines
- El ‘March Madness’ se jugará en Indiana
- Dr. Anthony Fauci: US could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day
- Pets of the week
- Alleging voting irregularities, state Sen. Jim Oberweis contests Rep. Lauren Underwood’s reelection in U.S. House
- Puerto Rico reabre playas y acorta toque de queda
- Aurora works on filling new Planning and Zoning Commission
- Elgin News Digest: Free COVID testing in Elgin area; shirts, hats, masks being sold for city’s MLK scholarship, food causes; Elgin Christmas tree pickup
- EEUU podría vacunar a un millón de personas al día: Fauci
- Franklin Park looks forward to 2021: Construction to begin on Franklin Avenue, Quiet Zone to be completed and more
- US national security agencies say hack of federal government and corporations ‘likely Russian in origin’
- Former Naperville City Council member David Wentz, a longtime community volunteer, dies at 57
- Op-ed: Open Chicago schools. City Hall and CPS, do not back down.
- Elmwood Park firefighters, paramedics receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Longtime Hobart minister John Barley dies at age 86
- Expresidente salvadoreño cupable por enriquecimiento ilicito
- The Spin: Mayor Lightfoot says she apologized to Anjanette Young | Kenosha cop won’t face charges in Blake shooting | Today’s Georgia special elections to determine balance of power in U.S. Senate
- The Chicago Bears — somehow — are back in the playoffs. The Bear Download podcast previews the matchup with the New Orleans Saints.
- Yang Rohr to resign Naperville D203 seat next week, giving school board 45 days to fill vacancy
- COVID-19 tests offered at St. John Brebeuf Jan. 8-9; will benefit parish’s fund for the needy
- Former Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim appointed to judgeship
- Half of CPS teachers expected to return to schools Monday failed to show up, as CEO calls out aldermen who oppose reopening plan: ‘Why the concern now?’
- Column: ‘Red the Barber,’ who cut hair in Aurora for generations, dies of COVID-19
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 5 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Men who tried to rob a Naperville bank Monday suspected in two other bank robberies on same day
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says ‘exponential increase’ of COVID-19 vaccines needed to fight spread of coronavirus
- Alabama’s DeVonta Smith wins the Heisman Trophy, the 1st wide receiver to win it in 29 years
- VP Mike Pence said to have told Trump he lacks power to change election result
- Newsroom union wants Alden representatives off Tribune Publishing board following buyout offer
- Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested under national security law, reports say
- As need for shelter explodes during pandemic, Evanston-based agency receives $80K from public, private sectors to feed households
- Police officer won’t face charges in Jacob Blake police shooting, Kenosha prosecutor says; Rittenhouse pleads not guilty
- Poll: Against all odds, we have another 20-entry Tweet of the Week survey!
- Kim Kardashian planning to divorce Kanye West: reports
- Centenares de seguidores de Trump se reúnen en Washington para protestar contra la victoria de Biden
- Rally capped: Ethan Osowski beats the buzzer with 3-pointer as LaPorte makes 20-point comeback to edge Lowell
- Cailynn Dilosa scores 23 points and keeps pressure on Michigan City as Merrillville remains unbeaten in DAC