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- Actors portray famous cemetery denizens in ‘Tale of the Tombstones’
- Atlanta Braves win on a walk-off hit in the 9th inning for the 2nd night in a row to lead the NLCS 2-0 over the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Daily horoscope for October 18, 2021
- Ask Amy: New friendship takes an asexual turn
- Editorial: We have to rethink farm subsidies before they do more damage
- Op-ed: Voter confidence comes with transparency about the election process.
- Op-ed: Colleges can lead hot-button issues by pushing critical thinking
- Op-ed: The attorney general is at war with free speech
- Letters: The lessons I learned from 36 hours in the emergency room
- Op-ed: The fragile internet is a threat to the economy
- Lax regulation of Illinois nursing homes resulted in poor resident care, including in early months of pandemic, consultant finds
- Justin Fields shows some encouraging signs — but needs to cut down on the ‘Krenzels.’ Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ Week 6 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
- Love Chanel handbags? Try these 11 stylish lookalikes
- Love Louis Vuitton handbags? Try these 10 stylish lookalikes
- 11 best high-end gifts for coffee lovers
- Best Harry Potter gifts
- How to get rid of foot odor
- This day in history, October 18: James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins honored with Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA
- Best cycling gifts
- How to pack a suitcase in under 30 minutes
- The best gifts for dogs that love bones
- The best gifts for dogs that love playing fetch
- Farmers and John Deere suppliers worry about strike’s impact
- Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success
- Russia’s coronavirus infections exceed 8 million
- Best gifts for every mother-in-law
- Commerce head out to save US jobs, 1 computer chip at a time
- Crunch time: Biden faces critical next 2 weeks for agenda
- AMD vs. Intel: Which processor is best?
- Cheap exercise bike vs. expensive bike: Which should I get?
- First Tom-A-Hawk Turkey Trot will bring East and West Aurora schools together
- The best gifts for every type of sister
- Everything you need to prep for the GRE test
- The best gifts for every type of husband
- Daywatch: Chicago Sky win their 1st WNBA title | Lax regulation of Illinois nursing homes resulted in poor resident care | Who is Jesse Sullivan and why is he running for governor?
- 7 ways to ease side-of-foot pain
- Best gifts for clean freaks
- Former NHL player Jimmy Hayes died with fentanyl, cocaine in his system – ‘He never showed any signs of a struggle at home’
- Essential treadmill accessories to get the most out of your workout
- Judge issues restraining order to stop Chicago police union boss from public talk against vaccine mandate
- Hemp gummies vs. CBD gummies: What’s the difference?
- 10 essential accessories for your MacBook
- Evolution of the microwave
- Everything you need for a cross-country road trip
- Best Funko POP! horror toys
- Bushnell rangefinder vs. Vortex rangefinder: Which should I get?
- Bissell carpet cleaner vs. Hoover carpet cleaner: Which is better?
- Muere Colin Powell debido a complicaciones por COVID-19
- Fallece el cineasta mexicano Felipe Cazals
- Portion of Liberty Street in Aurora closed to traffic through Friday evening
- Dúo dinámico: Altuve y Correa tienen el mismo protagonismo
- Council continues to argue against deputy mayor position, some claim mayor overstepped statute
- ‘Halloween Kills’ arrasa en las taquillas de EEUU
- Local scores for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- As rents rise, so do pressures on people at risk of eviction
- Nuevo calendario de fútbol beneficiaría a sudamericanos
- Seattle, long ready for another pro team, embraces the Kraken
- Local scores for the Southland
- Bill Clinton regresa a su hogar en NY tras hospitalización
- Oposición venezolana pide al gobierno reanudar el diálogo
- Zoé Saldaña cambia su nombre y acaba con una gran confusión en ‘Maya and the Three’
- Speak Out reader opinion: Judge was wrong to silence police union leader
- Rusia suspende su misión en la OTAN
- Chicago Bears need to be ‘more forthcoming’ about what will keep them in the city, Mayor Lightfoot says
- Costa Rica gana premio Earthshot por programa ambiental
- EEUU y Haití tratan de liberar a 17 misioneros secuestrados
- Kourtney Kardashian se compromete con baterista de Blink-182
- Un éxito repentino contra el virus desconcierta a Japón
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Mitch McConnell is going to be our traitor in disguise … Republican or not’
- Column: Enough with the glorified exhaustion. It’s time to reclaim our rest.
- Girls volleyball notes: They call her the ‘voice.’ Cameryn DeBlecourt speaks up, takes charge, leads Lockport to Autumn Knights tourney title.
- Tony Baranek’s Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021
- St. Charles dog wins People Magazine’s World’s Cutest Rescue Dog contest
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Some of us elderly are being left behind, pushed aside or forgotten’ in no-cash-accepted world
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021
- Patrick Z. McGavin’s Beacon-News/Courier-News boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021
- Irak: Arrestan a autor intelectual de ataque mortal de 2016
- Masked thieves rob jewelry merchants outside Naperville hotel after a private showing
- Massive One Central development plans call for concert venue, retail and restaurants near Soldier Field
- Activistas irrumpen en encendido de la llama olímpica
- Men’s college basketball preseason poll: Big Ten has 5 teams ranked in the Top 25 — including Illinois at No. 11
- Fotógrafo recluta a 300 personas para desnudo colectivo en Israel
- Los casos de coronavirus en Rusia superan los 8 millones
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Let’s call him Joe Submarine. He can only hit rock bottom’
- Giannis promete mejorar con los Bucks
- Boys soccer notes: As a child, Mount Carmel’s Irving Moreno went to the doctor. He was diagnosed with ADHD. ‘And the rest is history.’
- Zion woman dies after being struck by stray bullet inside home
- Cómo San Diego se convirtió en un imán para el talento científico de calidad Nobel
- Far from closed: Mercury Theater on Southport is back, both its mainstage and cabaret, and first up is ‘Sister Act’
- Indiana state news
- Acusan a pandilla haitiana de raptar a misioneros de EEUU
- Chicago’s Gwen Hotel ranked top in city by Conde Nast Traveler
- Oak Park Library hires anti-racism director; supporters herald him as example of redemption after a criminal past
- ¿Probar la vacuna contra el COVID? ¿Luchar contra el cáncer? Esta niña de 6 años hace ambas cosas
- Oak Lawn Stony Creek Flooding project already showing results, trustee says
- Talk of the County reader opinion: God is disappointed Superman is now bisexual
- Speak Out: Chicago Sky deserve every accolade but Sox’s Tony La Russo deserves nothing; I’m older than everyone in the b-day column; history slanted to besmirch Columbus’ reputation
- Expresidente Toledo lucha contra pedido de envío a cárcel
- Álbum en vivo de Chuck Berry se lanzará en diciembre
- Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner removed from Democratic Party posts for ‘abhorrent and despicable’ behavior
- Jury convicts ex-DePaul student of attempting to aid Islamic State terrorist group
- Northwestern Interfraternity Council votes to extend social ban
- Klopp: ‘Jugar contra el Atlético es casi una guerra’
- Editorial: Colin Powell preached decency and integrity. And he was strong enough to admit he’d made mistakes.
- Talk of the County reader opinion: With NFL stadiums full, ‘where are the superspreaders?’
- Ancelotti: ‘Este equipo tiene que jugar con un 4-3-3, no hay otra manera’
- Former racehorse that served Chicago police earns award in third career of therapy riding
- Indiana utility dealing with 6-month shutdown of power plant
- Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies at 84 of COVID-19 complications
- Memories of dead former classmates remind us that every life eventually graduates to death
- NewHope Academy in Arlington Heights gets OK to expand staffing, number of students with disabilities served
- Column: Down the road, Route 60/83 project will ease traffic gridlock
- Two weeks into the season, Johnny Rodriguez moved to Oswego from Mexico. A new country. A new language. A fresh start.
- Op-ed: Before launching more crime bills, Springfield Republicans should better understand gun violence
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Lake Superior is among the fastest-warming lakes on the planet. Climate change may be the culprit behind its algae blooms, too.
- La pandemia obligó a mi esposa transgénero a pelear con nuestra aseguradora por las hormonas
- 23 people shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence
- Cuba Gooding Jr. irá a juicio en caso de manoseo
- Ley de aborto en Texas cierra vías para muchas adolescentes
- Review: At ‘Recipe for Disaster’ by Windy City Playhouse, chaos engulfs a Rick Bayless kitchen
- Column: We can’t let ongoing election lies become political white noise. A Jan. 6 defendant’s words show why.
- Michael Caine desmiente su retirada del cine
- ¿Qué destino tendrá el coronavirus? ¿Y nosotros?
- DuPage County man sentenced to 33 years after pleading guilty to 2019 sexual assault
- Toda la previa de la jornada del martes en Champions
- Letter to the editor: Oak Park announced parking ban with little notice, no plans for alternate parking
- Ciudad de México reduce nivel de alerta por COVID al mínimo
- Un nuevo videojuego FIFA… pero sin la FIFA
- Glenbrook North Homecoming week steps off with a parade
- Column: The Chicago Bears go from facing 1 elite QB to another. To hang with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they’ll have to turn rookie Justin Fields loose.
- Column: Lynwood mayor discusses village finances, opposition to casino, in advance of town hall
- Former EC church convent destroyed in fire; no injuries reported
- Photos: Chicago Cubs introduce new GM Carter Hawkins
- Saab comparece en tribunal de Miami; queda detenido
- Reseña: Elton John convoca amigos talentosos en nuevo álbum
- Descarrilamiento del metro de Washington es una advertencia para otras ciudades en EEUU
- Man dies 10 days after Matteson shooting
- Higher tax levy for Northfield school district likely as Allstate leaves campus
- Gary man files lawsuit against sheriff, county for brutality at Southlake Mall 2020 protest
- Infantino descarta cambios en eliminatorias sudamericanas
- Descubren fosas comunes de judíos asesinados en Polonia
- Indiana school COVID cases continue to drop
- LA County wants Vanessa Bryant to undergo psychiatric exam to determine emotional distress from graphic photos of the 2020 helicopter crash
- Oak Park sees 73 businesses open this year; some owners may be bailing on their pre-pandemic jobs
- FIFA prefiere que se juegue el suspendido Brasil-Argentina
- Chicago man, woman killed in Hammond shooting Sunday; police search for silver Charger
- Argentina: repudian ataque a monumento a víctimas de COVID
- Letters: Colin Powell inspired other leaders
- Hobart woman robbed by man posing as utility worker
- Tacos hechos con amor
- Tacos made with love
- Details announced for Tuesday’s parade and rally for the WNBA champion Chicago Sky
- Piden a Corte Suprema suspender ley contra aborto de Texas
- Project improves sidewalks, drainage and safety near Henking Elementary School
- Gary men charged with killing Crown Point Lyft driver
- Evanston Fall Fest celebrates local artists, businesses
- ‘Jaripeo sin fronteras’ une generaciones y saca brillo a la música mexicana
- Officials say historic artwork will be saved during project to put apartments into old Aurora school buildings
- New briefs: Muntu Dance Theatre, ‘Justice and Mercy’ concert and more coming up
- Elgin News Digest: Graphic artist’s modern take on old Elgin spotlighted in museum display; Carpentersville starts process of ‘reimagining’ village; registration starts for Thanksgiving meals
- ¿Aló? Esta es la línea de ayuda antimachista de Colombia
- Vernon Township pool renamed in homage to ‘superhero’ man and Stevenson High school alum who loved to swim, died of rare blood disease
- Contreras, Rivera y Sánchez conducirán los Latin Grammy
- Barrington White House hosts monthly jazz cabaret
- Mueren seis personas en ataque armado en Morelia, México
- Aurora to hold open house on proposed Public Works facility
- Fans search in vain for Chicago Sky merchandise: ‘When a team wins the Super Bowl, they have it. They’re doing the ladies a disservice here.’
- Trump sues to block release of Jan. 6 insurrection documents
- Quieren que Vanessa Bryant se someta a prueba psiquiátrica
- Chicago has begun to put officers on no-pay leave if they haven’t reported their COVID-19 vaccine status
- Aurora plans listening sessions focusing on seniors
- Sweet smell of success; Belle Aire Creations expands into Round Lake Park facility
- Op-ed: Climate change is a superpower. Mobilizing all nations to fight it is the only viable resistance.
- In 2021, Music Theater Works’ production of ‘Ragtime’ is more relevant than ever
- North suburban fire departments use downtown Evanston high-rise building as training site: ‘You have to be prepared’
- Strikers protest Haiti’s lack of security after kidnappings of US-based missionaries
- Escasez de juguetes para Navidad: ¿Problema o una bendición?
- Chicago police officer shot on Near North Side, injuries not life-threatening, suspect in custody, authorities say
- Gov. Pritzker lays out 6-year timeline for $1.2B I-80 reconstruction project through Will County
- Evander Kane suspended 21 games for fake vaccine card
- ‘My life is horrible right now.’ People in south suburban Dixmoor left without water after another pipe breaks in neighboring Harvey
- Congressional maps at center of Illinois legislature’s fall session but action also possible on abortion notification, vaccine mandates
- Murder trial begins for man allegedly part of drug and robbery crew authorities have said exalted ‘Santa Muerte’
- Chicago police officer shot on Near North Side
- Why Carter Hawkins’ background in player development — and a 5-hour dinner conversation — made him Jed Hoyer’s choice as the new Chicago Cubs GM
- Kanye West changes his name and is now just Ye
- Worden up! Alyssa Worden gets crowd going with 10 kills as South Elgin holds off Burlington Central. ‘It’s just extremely exciting.’
- Going to a Chicago Blackhawks home game? Here are 3 things to know, including a new policy banning almost all purses and bags.
- Washington State fires football coach Nick Rolovich for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine
- North Korea fires another missile into sea as it continues tests
- Local scores for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Local scores for the Southland
- Local scores for Northwest Indiana
- Kyle Schwarber’s 2nd-inning grand slam sends the Boston Red Sox to a 12-3 rout of the Houston Astros and a 2-1 lead in the ALCS
- Volunteers walk in La Grange Highlands to raise awareness of genetic kidney disease