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- Atlanta Braves hit 4 home runs in a 9-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers to take a 3-1 lead in the NLCS
- Daily horoscope for October 21, 2021
- Ask Amy: Where there is a will, there is no way
- Tattoo artists show their skills aren’t just skin deep at Thornton Distilling’s Ink Pushers Market
- How Day of the Dead ofrendas pay tribute to those lost to COVID-19: ‘People only die the day you forget them’
- Chicago’s public bathrooms: Find one near you with this searchable map
- Everybody needs access to bathrooms. Chicago doesn’t provide nearly enough of them.
- Lager Town USA: After years in the shadows, lagers leap to the forefront of Chicago’s brewing scene. Here are 12 to try.
- Baños públicos de Chicago: encuentre uno cerca de usted con este mapa en el que se pueden realizar búsquedas
- Cómo las ofrendas por el Día de Muertos rinden homenaje a los cientos que fallecieron por COVID-19: ‘La gente sólo muere cuando la olvidas’
- The best dish strainer
- The best white Christmas tree decoration
- Steppenwolf Theatre names its new theater and center after major donors
- The best wood cutting board
- ‘The Harder They Fall’ review: All-star cast and plenty of gunfights in a Black Western with a dose of history
- Analysis: Democrats search for path on voting rights amid Republican blockade
- The best Christmas home decor
- The best bathroom wall decor
- What if the Chicago Bears had been able to lure Tom Brady in 2020 — how aggressively did they pursue the QB?
- What’s on the Chicago Sky’s offseason to-do list — starting with re-signing WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper
- Column: Fear is fun (for some of us): Why we’re drawn to horror and scary movies
- The best outdoor fall decor
- The best nonslip bath mat
- Will Chicago fight to keep the Bears? And what would a new stadium cost taxpayers? Q&A about the team’s possible move to Arlington Heights.
- The best Fenty foundation
- The best flower vase
- This day in history, October 21: 144 people, 116 of them children, killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales
- The best metal straw
- What We’re Reading: The Best American series adds up, I’m trying for the complete set
- Former Redmoon Theater leader Jim Lasko has a new project: Guild Row, a coworking campus in Avondale with artful aspirations
- Daywatch: Chicago doesn’t provide nearly enough public bathrooms | Senators question Rahm Emanuel about Laquan McDonald shooting | Lagers at forefront of Chicago’s brewing scene
- The best Kat Von D palette
- The best UTI test
- The best Kuhn Rikon can opener
- The best shower cap
- Two Chicago police officers injured in Lyons shooting
- The best Funko Pop! Simpsons toy
- The best cheap cologne
- Big Ten football preview for Week 8: No. 5 Ohio State is on roll heading to Indiana
- 6 road trip annoyances and how to avoid them
- 10 handy travel products for under $30
- White Naperville Central student receives probation for posting ‘Slave for sale’ Craigslist ad with Black classmate’s photo
- Pumas sigue soñando con ir a la repesca en México
- EEUU alcanza 200 millones de vacunas donadas contra COVID-19
- Barros Schelotto, séptimo técnico argentino de Paraguay
- No hay cargos contra pasajeros que vieron violación en tren
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Boza supera una adolescencia difícil y llega al Latin Grammy
- Perú: nativos protestan por títulos y avance de narcotráfico
- Especial de Chappelle lleva a protestas frente a Netflix
- Los Dodgers pidieron demasiado al mexicano Julio Urías
- El Salvador cierra las puertas a legalizar el aborto
- Council directs Naperville task force to continue hashing out procedures for public art curation but nixes arts committee idea
- High school football leaders for Northwest Indiana
- NYC exige que policías y bomberos se vacunen contra COVID-19
- México: Magnate Carlos Slim reconstruirá línea de metro que se cayó
- High school football leaders for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Reportes de recaudación de fondos pintan un futuro turbio para los demócratas
- Vikings were in the Americas exactly 1,000 years ago
- US salmonella outbreak tied to onions sickens more than 650
- ¿Pueden seguir apareciendo nuevas variantes del coronavirus?
- Inflation, Fed action set stage for higher mortgage rates
- High school football leaders for the Southland
- Fiscalías EEUU apenas emplean mecanismo de reforma policial
- Michael Osipoff’s Post-Tribune football rankings and player of the week
- Scare up some family fun at Tinley Park Boo Bash
- Printable guide: Find a public bathroom in Chicago
- Llega el primer clásico español de la era post Messi
- Five things to do in the Chicago suburbs and northwest Indiana Oct. 22-28
- For loyal Portillo’s customers, IPO puts a new item on the menu: shares in a favorite company
- ‘The World Goes Round’ comes to Marriott stage
- Ansu Fati: ‘Nadie va a igualar a Leo, tengo que seguir mi camino’
- News-Sun football rankings and player of the week
- Reporte: EEUU debe lidiar con migración por cambios climáticos
- ‘If temperatures keep rising, it’s going to be hard to grow pumpkins in southern Illinois.’ Researcher on quest for a hybrid pumpkin.
- La Santa Cecilia busca animar a la gente en nuevo álbum
- Football notes: Tyler Wilms on film. That’s the ticket. Lemont coach Bret Kooi says ‘flip on his tape’ to appreciate senior lineman/fullback.
- Op-ed: Don’t ignore the war in Ethiopia
- Glenwood to mark 150th anniversary with Saturday festivities
- Workshops aim to link CLC to Waukegan art community; ‘The purpose is to mentor and encourage youth’
- ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ review: Benedict Cumberbatch is the cat’s whiskers
- Humane Indiana Wildlife expands Valparaiso’s Festival of Owls
- Arlington Heights fire, police and Public Works ‘open house’ to community, explain services and functions
- Los migrantes realizan viajes cada vez más peligrosos para ingresar a California por la costa
- Padre de víctima de matanza en Florida se vuelve activista
- 22% of Indian Prairie’s new teacher hires were educators of color but the district still lags in matching student diversity
- Op-ed: Should flyers feel safer when the TSA finds more firearms at airport checkpoints?
- A bigger Ben Ludlum leads to better things with 11 straight 100-yard rushing games for playoff-bound Jacobs: ‘He just looks the part.’
- Ravens y Bengals se disputan la supremacía en la AFC Norte
- Frustración de los jóvenes alimenta conflicto en el Sahara
- ‘La gente está acaparando’: La escasez de alimentos es la próxima crisis en la cadena de suministro
- Gwyneth Paltrow aborda tabúes en la cama en serie de Netflix
- Expertos de EEUU deciden cómo ampliar vacunación de refuerzo
- Reseña: 4 historias extravagantes en ‘The French Dispatch’
- Dylan Strome will see his 1st action of the season tonight for the Chicago Blackhawks: ‘We all need that spark. It can come from anyone and hopefully it comes from him.’
- Sopesan relajar uso de mascarillas en escuelas de Miami
- Fiscalía cubana advierte a dramaturgo que organiza marcha
- School district and law enforcement officials tell parents to talk to their kids about ramifications of making school threats
- History of vaccine mandates in the US
- Second careers of 15 athletes
- Blinken busca impulsar la democracia, respalda a Colombia
- Football notes: Trying to stop Kurt Heerdegen? Playoff-bound Grayslake Central’s senior tight end will make you pay anyway.
- Police make arrest in 1992 cold case strangulation murder, sexual assault of woman in Niles
- Column: Chicago cops are welcomed to relocate to Indiana, but be forewarned about politics that need to be policed
- Haití: Líder de pandilla amenaza con asesinar a misioneros
- How one school board recall in suburban Milwaukee represents Republicans’ larger strategy to energize voters
- Tristen Hall said it was ‘cool’ and ‘hard’ to move to Cincinnati for his junior year, but he’s back at Naperville Central … better than ever.
- Naperville News Digest: Online survey collecting info for DuPage trail system plan; volunteers collect 1,700 pounds of produce for Loaves & Fishes; Naperville people win Healthy Driven half marathon
- 7 best minerals and vitamins to support your immune system
- Sugar Moon Bakery in Logan Square
- Gary council member pushes colleagues to OK business rezoning request
- Amita Health splitting up, as organizations decide to go separate ways
- Best gifts for Apple loyalists
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- NFL dejará de ajustar por raza análisis cerebrales
- Football notes: Kyle Simmons was a longtime ball boy for Lowell. ‘Now I’m here,’ leading the Red Devils in tackles and sacks.
- ‘Passing’ director Rebecca Hall: ‘You’ll never get this made,’ industry insiders told her. She didn’t listen.
- Hobart candy company wins initial approval for expansion plan
- Will County Board delays remap vote, giving time for possible compromise
- Corrections and clarifications
- Residents get look at revised plan for new Public Works building on far East Side of Aurora
- El Clásico español se verá como nunca antes
- One for the Books: Precariousness of mental health and its effect on others explored in books at Naperville Public Library
- Too Faced Born This Way foundation vs. Too Faced Peach Perfect foundation
- Business casual vs. business professional: How to dress for the office
- EEUU frena importación de tomate mexicano por abuso a trabajadores
- Column: Marc Kersting is Oswego’s offensive coordinator. His son, Blake, is an outside linebacker for Yorkville. This week, it’s a house divided.
- Area municipalities using federal Rescue funds to shore up operations, finance capital projects, offer assistance and more; ‘There’s certainly a lot of needs’
- Letter to the editor: Niles Library Board president Drblik should resign or be removed for appalling behavior
- Simone Biles todavía tiene miedo de hacer gimnasia
- Vernon Hills changes panhandling rules after a court deemed a similar policy, in another town, unconstitutional
- Documental se sumerge en las profundidades de Cousteau
- Purdue Northwest students get midterm release with annual pumpkin toss from garage roof: ‘It’s literally a beautiful day, so why not smash a pumpkin?’
- Trump anuncia lanzamiento de red social
- Apología de la eutanasia
- Prayer Walk for Peace march in Englewood
- Finaliza el rodaje de Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Informes: Aumentan problemas de salud por cambio climático
- Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital marks its 100th birthday
- Letters: Eisenhower foresaw the possibility of Holocaust denial
- Camiones de carga congestionan vecindario de Los Ángeles
- Completion of Longmeadow bridge over the Fox River delayed by steel shortages and lead-contaminated soil removal
- More security steps taken at Gary West Side; students to return Friday
- ‘We are better together.’ Academy of St. Benedict the African School community holds walk for peace
- CTA looks to cut pass prices after steep pandemic drop in riders
- Family of victim of Waukegan police shooting renews call for charges; ‘We have no justice’
- OPINIÓN / Cuentos Políticos: El pirómano político
- House votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
- Column: Schools face unprecedented challenges, Rich Township superintendent says in response to safety concerns
- Qué pasa si combino vacunas en la dosis de refuerzo
- Laquan McDonald’s great uncle is angrily denounced by some as he defends his support of Rahm Emanuel
- Column: City of Aurora to put more focus on services for seniors, disabled
- Waukegan library board forms committee for executive director search
- Mourinho sufre la derrota más abultada de su carrera (VIDEO)
- 3 Chicago Bulls takeaways, including Patrick Williams’ new injury, Ayo Dosunmu’s ‘amazing’ debut and a tough night for the bench
- Venezolano García abrirá sexto juego de Houston con Boston
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, demasiada perfección es un error
- ‘Stay on the same page. Communicate.’ The Chicago Bears are preparing rookie QB Justin Fields to face a high volume of blitzes against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- La Fórmula Uno sigue creciendo en EEUU
- Trial opens for man accused of killing Gary woman after 2019 Tinley Park concert
- Rivian R1T truck
- Ready to get your fright on? Prepare to be scared (or have a little fun) by checking out these Halloween events in Elgin
- 8 best high-end gifts for new parents
- ‘Canelo’ se pone como un toro para enfrentar a Plant
- Aurora looking for state loan to help replace lead water lines
- The best fall candle
- Chicago comedian Gwen La Roka headlines Just for Laughs in Michigan City
- Cruz Azul se ilusiona de cara al partido ante Chivas
- Espadas, dagas, pieles de tigre y licores: los líos con los regalos recibidos por Trump
- Free movies, outdoor parties and a zoo fall fest among the Halloween happenings in East, West Dundee and Sleepy Hollow
- Cook, McHenry counties offer new program to remove lead paint hazards from homes
- Wicker Park 3-bedroom home with rooftop deck and custom stone wall: $950,000
- Around the Southland: Oak Forest High raises $850 with Pink Game, highway dedicated to fallen trooper, and more
- Morton Grove police win awards for traffic, railroad safety
- Op-ed: Now is the time to protect ourselves against the invisible threat of lead service lines
- Illinois school districts plan COVID-19 clinics as they await arrival of Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11
- Motormouth: Confused by different types of gas
- Indian Prairie D204 tries out test-to-stay at four elementary schools; changes last day of school to June 1
- Motormouth: What’s that shudder?
- Motormouth: Beware of counterfeit auto parts
- Motormouth: Can we use that charging station too?
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Esperanza in Évora
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Living history enlivens your travels
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Lago di Como: Where Italians honeymoon
- Owner of Olympia Fields company charged with defrauding Medicaid
- Editorial: America, don’t panic over rising prices
- FBI: Dental records prove remains found in Florida park are those of Gabby Petito’s fiancé, Brian Laundrie
- CPS touts record-high graduation rate, record-low dropout rate
- Op-ed: Who will answer the call from first responders who always answer the call?
- Second murder charge in days for Gary man accused of killing missing Park Forest man, Lyft driver
- Park Tower penthouse listed for $15M, making it one of the priciest condos currently on the market
- CDC panel expands COVID-19 booster rollout for Moderna, Johnson & Johnson vaccines, approves mixing shots
- She has sold tacos in Bronzeville for 40 years. Her customers keep coming back, say her food is ‘made with love.’
- Dixmoor runs dry: No end in sight for thousands in south suburban Chicago left without reliable water
- Man, woman face charges in chase that resulted in Chicago cop accidentally shooting 2 colleagues; guns, 36 pounds of pot found in car, police say
- A guide to Day of the Dead celebrations and ofrendas in Chicago: ‘Turn the pain, the grieving, into love and appreciation’
- Locally-owned, family-run costume shops Longtime Fantasy and Chicago Costume sell masks, accessories and costumes year-round
- Illinois Supreme Court tosses Cook County tax on guns and ammunition
- City seeks to fire Chicago police sergeant accused of arresting CTA employee for refusing to drop a misconduct complaint
- More than 100 city workers sue Chicago over vaccine mandate as police union, City Hall show no signs of backing down in stalemate
- Local scores for the Southland and the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Photos: Chicago Blackhawks lose to Vancouver Canucks 4-1