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- Kofi Cockburn dominates after a slow start as Illinois beats Notre Dame 82-72 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
- Daily horoscope for November 30, 2021
- Ask Amy: ‘Bestie’ worries about her role in friend’s affair
- 5 key developments coming out of the Chicago Bears mini-bye weekend as they wait for Justin Fields to heal — including Darnell Mooney’s focus, Kindle Vildor’s benching and Roquan Smith’s injury
- ‘Wicked’ is coming back to Chicago for a long run next fall
- My worst moment: Melissa Gilbert and the perils of being on the set of ‘Little House on the Prairie’ with cowboys and their spit cups
- Best stocking stuffers for cat lovers
- Ezra Hendrickson wants to see the Chicago Fire ‘fill the trophy case’ — but the MLS team’s new coach warns of ‘growing pains’ in 2022
- College football’s championship week: What’s at stake in each conference, including Northern Illinois playing for the MAC title
- Best budget gifts for cat lovers
- This day in history, November 30: President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill
- From the Art Institute lions to music, some sights and sounds to put you in the holiday spirit
- ‘Fire Nagy!’ chants are likely to continue around the city — but at least one Chicago Bears player hopes they won’t: ‘I feel like it’s just making it worse’
- Best Captain America shields you can buy online now
- The best modern Christmas stocking
- The best Disney Christmas stocking
- The best Christmas tree topper
- The best Harry Potter Christmas sweater
- Daywatch: Tensions between Black, Latino aldermen go public over city’s ward map | Allstate to sell Northbrook campus for $232 million | Best books of 2021
- The best Disney princess dollhouse
- The best Disney princess toy
- The best whiskey gift set
- Help Them To Hope
- Christmas Express opens series of Waukegan Park District holiday events
- Decorado de Casa Blanca honra a personal de primera línea
- Critic feedback: Answering your bagel questions
- Aurora museum set to reopen after being closed since 2019 due to pandemic
- Deer processors swamped as interest in hunting, demand for local meat increases
- Speak Out reader opinion: Arbery verdict correct, but Wisconsin driver should be charged with hate crime
- Víctimas de violencia sexual en México buscan alternativas
- Supply chain problems have some small retailers gambling on hoarding
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Emma Coronel, esposa de ‘El Chapo’ espera sentencia
- This company got its start helping farmers markets deliver. Now it’s planning two dozen retail stores in Chicago.
- Castro podría presentar oportunidades para EEUU en Honduras
- Sharpshooting guard Drew Adzia finds his voice for Crown Point: ‘He is everything you want in a player.’
- ¿Será California un centro de abortos? Cómo una decisión de la Corte Suprema afectaría al estado
- Variante ómicron llegó a Holanda antes de lo que se pensaba
- Appeals court to weigh Trump arguments to withhold records
- El aura de Fidel Castro se desvanece entre luchas por el poder y la creciente oposición en Cuba
- EEUU mejora capacidad de rastreo de variantes de coronavirus
- Javier Baez agrees to deal with Detroit Tigers: report
- Desde entrevistas dramáticas hasta llamar a ambulancias, el rastreo de contactos ‘tiene un precio emocional y psicológico’
- NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses
- Inside the last abortion clinic in Mississippi — busier than ever — at the center of the massive Supreme Court case
- Rick Armstrong’s Beacon-News/Courier-News girls basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021
- Let your voice ring out at Waukegan ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Messiah
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021
- Presidente de México anuncia tercera dosis contra COVID-19v
- Productor de Sputnik V trabaja en adaptarla para ómicron
- Boys basketball notes: Division I recruit Christian Meeks inherits leadership role for H-F. ‘There’s a lot of pressure, but it’s fun.’
- ‘There’s a huge need for it’: Van-based service in Oak Lawn provides free dental care to kids
- Abren centros para consumo de drogas en ciudad de Nueva York
- Column: Mentoring program turning Fox Valley teens into philanthropists
- La nueva variante ómicron reaviva la desinformación en redes
- Former Libertyville police Chief Herdegen dies, remembered as ‘warm personable family person with a good sense of humor’
- True Colors, historias diferentes sobre judíos de color
- ¿Quiere que sus regalos navideños lleguen a tiempo? Estos son los plazos de USPS, UPS y FedEx
- Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman to receive France’s highest honor
- With the reported addition of Yan Gomes, the Chicago Cubs address a roster weakness — and create insurance at catcher
- Omicron variant may have reached Europe earlier than thought
- EEUU: Recomiendan refuerzo de vacuna a todos los adultos
- Review: ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ at the Marriott Theatre is a musical in need of fresh ideas
- Santa, tree lightings highlight season in Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Norridge, Harwood Heights
- Ex-Trump aide Mark Meadows cooperating with House Jan. 6 panel
- Suburban Minneapolis officer who shot Daunte Wright will testify at her trial, attorney says
- Emma Coronel, esposa de ‘El Chapo’ sentenciada a tres años de cárcel
- Girls basketball notes: Oswego transfer Mia Moore scores 43 points as part of a triple-double effort for East Aurora. And there’s more.
- Column: Rich nations should help poor ones with vaccines, group says at South Side demonstration
- What’s happening: Public menorah lighting planned in Uptown Park Ridge
- Remembering Pearl Harbor
- ‘Not trying to brag,’ Terrence Hill is among North Central College’s career touchdown leaders in a backup role. His sister and the memory of his mother drive him.
- New Scrooge highlights Riverfront’s ‘Christmas Carol’
- Vero Voce’s cult hit ‘Seasonal Tags’ returns
- Supply chain problems hit charities’ holiday gifts for kids
- Cuba inaugura centro sobre la obra de Fidel Castro
- Cuentos Políticos: La estupidez
- Trust your game. Trust your shot. Trust your teammates. It all adds up right away as a senior guard for Naperville Central’s Jonah Hinton.
- Javier Báez firma con los Tigers por 140 millones
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- Pumas va por otra sorpresa, ahora ante Atlas
- Brian Kelly was such a jerk to Robert Saleh that the Jets coach remembered 15 years later
- GOP Rep. Rodney Davis will seek a sixth term in Congress, ending talk of a run for governor
- Jueces evalúan demanda de Trump sobre el asalto al Capitolio
- Corrections and clarifications
- Woods evita hablar de accidente, aún hay largo camino
- Elgin fire chief seeks funding for an EMA division chief to oversee emergency situations and focus on future readiness
- Josephine Baker es honrada en el Panteón de Francia
- Dr. Oz announces he’s running for Pennsylvania’s open US Senate seat as a Republican
- In Scotland, serving halibut for a better planet
- Niles welcomes holiday season with Holly Jolly Fest
- 38th Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot feeds the hungry, ends in rare photo finish
- Jews mark first day of Hanukkah with menorah light events and activities, including in Buffalo Grove
- Notre Dame won’t rush its search to hire Brian Kelly’s replacement, AD says
- 3 things we learned at Chicago Blackhawks practice, including Jonathan Toews’ power-play move and Marc-André Fleury’s ‘slow’ burn from Patrick Kane
- Los griegos mayores de 60 años son obligados a vacunarse
- Con el fin de las licencias pagadas por covid, empleados sienten la presión de ir a la oficina
- Letters: Retail pharmacy workload and other conditions put pharmacists and patients at risk
- Tres estudiantes mueren baleados en secundaria de Michigan
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Evanston heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who helped rescue Jews and artists in Nazi-occupied France, is the inspiration for a new novel by a bestselling author
- ‘I thought I was done for’: Victim recounts Thanksgiving Day stabbing in Niles parking lot; Skokie man charged with attempted murder
- Deerfield marks start of holiday season with tree lighting: ‘We want to encourage our residents to shop local ‘
- CVS, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announce use of time-delay safes to prevent pharmacy thefts
- Monje ruso que negó existencia de coronavirus irá a prisión
- Area legislators are pleased special session to discuss COVID-19 vaccine legislation was canceled
- Westville man wanted for shooting Hobart woman in arm: charges
- Merrillville man charged with rape
- Evanston City Council approves next year’s budget in close vote
- Evanston updates staff sexual harassment policy, will include elected officials
- Fat Kids Bar & Grill in West Dundee pulling the plug Dec. 15 after owners voluntarily give up liquor license for code violations
- Vernon Hills holds holiday tree and menorah lighting ceremony, with a crowd of onlookers for first time in 2 years; ‘It was nice to be back together again to celebrate the holiday season’
- FDA panel narrowly backs COVID-19 pill from Merck
- Editorial: A simple ask, Gov. Pritzker. Apply transparency to federal pandemic relief spending.
- EEUU: Corte anula fallo sobre cargadores de alta capacidad
- Evanston menorah lighting held day after fatal shooting: ‘My heart is just breaking’
- Herrera pide más oportunidades a técnicos mexicanos
- Column: Jussie Smollett case also puts hate crime law on trial
- Norridge kicks off holidays with festive tree lighting
- American Legions Post 1941’s Toys for Tots sees an increase in toys collected and a need for coats
- Detective: No se apresuró juicio en caso de Jussie Smollett
- Tinley Park kids arts group presents ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Back to the ’80s’ shows
- Firefighter injures leg, dog dies in Aurora house fire
- Op-ed: Reversing Chicago’s Black migration trend requires honesty and intentionality
- Op-ed: Faith communities have the power to get more Americans vaccinated
- Aumentan precios de viviendas en EEUU
- Glencoe once again Lights the Lights for holiday season
- Chicago Auto Show returns to McCormick Place in February
- Near North 3-bedroom home with terrace: $1.6M
- Lake County correctional officers union says in open letter there is ‘perpetual dysfunction’ at jail
- Illinois prepares for ‘likely’ arrival of omicron variant, but for now delta remains top COVID-19 concern
- The dickens, you say! Two-day Dickens in Dundee holiday fest returns this weekend, complete with ‘live’ window displays
- Maine South Hawks focus on great season after sting of championship loss
- Robbins police hope doorbell cameras aid in probe of double homicide; two dead in separate Dolton shootings
- Leonard Sherman, real estate exec, movie theater owner and forceful advocate for Israel and Jewish causes, dies at 97
- Site of proposed One Winnetka development may see new life after legal settlements approved
- Comings & Goings: Nutrition shop opens in Alsip, oil change shop coming to Palos Heights, and more
- Unión Europea está preparada para lidiar con ómicron
- Brian Kelly leaves Notre Dame after 12 seasons to become LSU’s football coach on a 10-year deal worth at least $95M. No previous coach has left the Irish to take a job at another school.
- Cut to the Chase: Bonder focuses on Libertyville’s success and ‘not having any regrets’ in the final season of his basketball career
- Skokie teen finds money blowing in the wind from nearby armored truck
- Tour of ‘A Very Electric Christmas’ takes Lightwire Theater to University Park
- Children’s Theatre of Western Springs stages ‘Shrek the Musical’
- Op-ed: The real miracle of Hanukkah is finding light in darkness.
- Woman charged after shot fired outside Gizmo’s Fun Factory in Orland Park
- Speak Out: Hate crime charges should be filed against man who plowed into parade; too many holiday decorations make house look tacky; free breakfast made woman’s day
- River Grove Village Board approves huge development on Guerin Prep site, despite complaints from residents
- Crash sends 3 to hospital, snarls traffic on Route 59 in Naperville most of Tuesday afternoon
- CNN suspends anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely for helping brother, Andrew, in harassment scandal
- Here we come a-caroling
- Once-a-decade Chicago ward remap still in flux; city has yet to release a favored proposal despite Wednesday deadline
- Stocks sink as omicron, rate worries rattle Wall Street
- Unvaccinated students can test their way out of COVID-19 quarantine in new Chicago Public Schools pilot program
- Final open house for public to offer input on the 248th Avenue widening project set for Dec. 8
- NorthShore may take action against workers with religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine mandate as case is underway, judge decides
- Small explosion ignites fires at steel plant in Burns Harbor
- ‘I am making this statement so everyone else knows. They will not get away with this.’ Text from Jussie Smollett a focus on second day of his trial
- Michigan climbs to No. 2 in the 2nd-to-last College Football Playoff rankings — while No. 6 Notre Dame could be docked for not having a head coach
- There’s only one ball. Lemont twins Rokas and Matas Castillo learned that a long time ago. Who would take the big shot against Sandburg?
- Sheriff: Dad of 15-year-old Michigan school shooting suspect bought gun; attack leaves 3 students dead, 8 wounded
- The focus for Andrean’s opponents, Tori Allen ‘still manages to get it done.’ The junior guard shows how against West Side.
- The crowd. The noise. The atmosphere. Geneva’s Mick Lawrence loves it. ‘It just gets you going.’ His 17 points, 6 assists stymie Bartlett.