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- Urban Meyer meets with owner after Jaguars’ shutout loss to Titans
- ‘A dream come true’: Riley Mont makes early return from ACL surgery. West Aurora whittles 22-point deficit in loss to St. Charles East.
- Daily horoscope for December 14, 2021
- Ask Amy: Minimalist wants to maximize birthday gift
- In role with ‘Chicago Strangler’ documentary, Olympia Fields resident works to ‘express the humanity’ of slain Black women
- Column: Hi, I’m Donald Trump’s failed coup. Thanks to Democrats and the media, nobody’s afraid of me!
- National Film Registry announces this year’s 25 inductees, including ‘Cooley High’ and other Chicago movies — as well as ‘Return of the Jedi’
- Appreciation: Famous for playing Scrooge, Bill Norris, dead at 75, was one of the city’s greatest and most versatile actors
- The Murders at Starved Rock: A look back into the Chicago Tribune archives on coverage of Chester Weger
- My worst moment: ‘Wonder Years’ 2021 star Dulé Hill and the time he tried to be a pint-sized Vegas comedian
- Chicago Bears QB rewind: Early fireworks. A trio of turnovers. Another patience-testing loss. Justin Fields’ rookie roller coaster continues.
- Column: Desperate times? With most of the roster in quarantine, the Chicago Bulls should sign Tim Anderson and these other celebrities to 1-day contracts.
- Pfizer confirms COVID pill’s results, says it should be potent against omicron variant
- Left tackle? Right tackle? Matt Nagy says everything is ‘on the table’ for Chicago Bears rookie Teven Jenkins after a disastrous debut in place of Jason Peters.
- Fox News hosts sent texts to Mark Meadows urging Trump to act as Jan. 6 attack unfolded
- Remembering Roland Hemond: Beloved executive was a friend to all in baseball — and helped save the Chicago White Sox from leaving town
- This day in history, December 14: Electoral College confirms Joe Biden as the nation’s next president
- Help Them To Hope
- The best Harry Potter advent calendar
- The best nursing pads
- Civil War veteran Albert Cashier
- The best champagne flute
- Daywatch: Pritzker surveys tornado damage at Amazon warehouse | Sports owners make case for stadium betting in Chicago | COVID postpones Bulls, Hawks games
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- The best hiking boots for winter
- The best digestive bitters
- The best baby toothbrush
- The best preemie diaper
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- Data from South Africa indicate omicron is milder, but better at evading vaccines
- The best gift for mobile gamers
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- Vicente Fernández, el rey de los machos y el desamor
- Naperville Police Arrests
- USA Gymnastics llega a acuerdo con víctimas de abuso sexual
- Banks slowly reconsider overdraft fees, amid public pressure
- South Dakota teachers scooped up cash at center ice in a giveaway widely criticized as demeaning
- EEUU: Miles sin servicios debido a tornados; hay 88 muertos
- Three Aurora residents displaced after house fire
- Mariano’s parent company Kroger ending some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated staff
- ‘Selena’ es incorporada al Registro Nacional de Cine de EEUU
- Los discos y películas de Vicente Fernández
- Migrantes, tema divisivo en el balotaje presidencial chileno
- 10 canciones imprescindibles de Vicente Fernández
- The best Japanese book for adults
- Migrantes accidentados en Chiapas vuelven por propios medios
- The best Jean Paul Gaultier cologne
- Speak Out reader opinion: ‘Die Hard’ has lessons 30 years later
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- El cine español llora la muerte de la actriz Verónica Forqué
- NWI casinos continue strong showing in November revenue report; Hard Rock chief says ‘extremely strong’ table games changes coming
- Opositores de Cuba, Venezuela y Nicaragua se citan en Madrid
- Kentucky safety agency to review tornado deaths at factory
- The best mini rice cooker
- Gasoline truck explodes in northern Haiti; dozens killed
- Muertes por COVID-19 se acercan a 800,000 en EEUU
- Memorial Opera House to get $5.5M upgrade with Rescue Plan Act funds
- After alcohol violations this summer, commission wants new rules for Naperville nonprofits issued liquor permits
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- Brock Marino sees the records hanging in Lakes’ gym. The junior forward wants his name there too. ‘If you don’t have any goals, what’s pushing you?’
- The best tea Advent calendar
- COVID toll in US nears 800,000 to close out year filled with death
- Abbott Labs former CEO Jack Schuler among new round of billionaires to sign Giving Pledge
- The best cake dome
- Rick Armstrong’s Beacon-News/Courier-News boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021
- A constant presence. A steady force. Tyler Helbing finds his rhythm for Waubonsie Valley. How? ‘He plays with a sense of urgency.’
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- ‘He lived an amazing life’: Joe Fedinec, who coached cross country and track for 46 years, remembered for unconditional love of Benet.
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021
- The best pregnancy tea
- Sergio Agüero dará anuncio sobre su futuro
- Community news
- Vacuna de Pfizer reduce un 70% hospitalización por ómicron
- Cities wracked by opioids close to getting $26B settlement
- ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ review: Tom Holland is a very good Spidey as Marvel tangles with the multiverse
- Cómo Olivia Rodrigo pasó de princesa Disney a reina del pop
- What’s your religion? In US, a common reply now is ‘None’
- Los tornados invernales podrían volverse más potentes
- 3 Naperville Central students to be part of Bands of America Honor Band at Rose Parade in Pasadena
- Boys basketball notes: Lincoln-Way East transfer Khalil Ross credits new school for his boss attitude. ‘Brother Rice put that grit in me.’
- Zion Park District lights up for the holidays
- Niles-Maine Library trustee files lawsuit alleging fellow trustee was ‘illegally appointed’
- Afghan victims saddened US drone strike to go unpunished
- Biden signs disaster declaration for Illinois, allowing federal aid after deadly tornadoes swept through the Midwest
- Elgin man charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery after September stabbing in Logan Square
- Kenilworth 8-bedroom home with coach house: $5.8M
- Jugadores de la Premier deberán someterse a pruebas diarias
- Oswego student who discovers love of art during pandemic nabs four-year scholarship to Northwestern
- Illinois and 7 other states ask feds to freeze interest on loans used to pay unemployment benefits during pandemic
- Waukegan man charged in ambush-style Zion shooting death after bar confrontation
- ‘He can be scary’: Already Portage’s best player, junior guard Kamari Slaughter has Division I potential still to tap
- Mundelein school districts hold book drive in honor of late teacher; ‘I was overwhelmed at the kindness of people’
- Cuba recibe a Maduro, Ortega y Arce para cumbre del ALBA
- Figuras influyentes que murieron en 2021
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Biden firma orden para acelerar trámites burocráticos
- Un último adiós a figuras influyentes que murieron en 2021
- State agency aiding SW Indiana county amid syphilis outbreak
- Surging inflation is forcing people and businesses to adapt
- Gary park pavilion projects get helping hand from favorable weather: ‘It has extended the construction season’
- Knicks announcer Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier sidelined by COVID
- Boys basketball notes: DeVon Oregon pushes Oswego East to new heights with work ethic. His workout partner? Twin brother Darren.
- Lake County approves 19-member board for next decade over objections of GOP members
- Column: COVID-19 shuts down ‘Cinderella,’ but shows to resume Friday at Paramount in Aurora
- New York ethics board tells former Gov. Cuomo to return book money
- Chicago man faces domestic battery charges after fight with pregnant girlfriend
- The rain. The wind. The grind. North Central College’s Sharmore Clarke was made for a game like the NCAA Division III semifinals.
- Waiting list offered for those who couldn’t get tickets to see Dreezy Claus in Aurora
- El MoMA rinde homenaje a Penélope Cruz
- Letters: Persecution of Julian Assange exposes the hypocrisy of our democracy
- Editorial: Why were you not in Edwardsville on Saturday morning, Jeff Bezos and Amazon?
- Black educators who lost jobs in CPS ‘turnaround’ schools a decade ago to split $9.25 million settlement
- US stocks fall after jump in wholesale prices last month
- Autopsia: Ex NFL que mató a seis personas padecía grave lesión cerebral
- CP railroad’s $31B purchase of Kansas City Southern advances
- ¿Por qué las bebidas alcohólicas cuestan más esta Navidad?
- Former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo pleads guilty to tax charge stemming from ComEd probe
- Column: Deadly storms showed how employers value profits over worker safety, critics say
- Favela de Río busca mejorar vida de niños a través del golf
- Column: My ‘word of the year’ isn’t vaccine, vax or allyship, as dictionary companies declared. It’s ‘chaos.’
- Candace Parker is expecting a baby with her wife, Anna Petrakova, and the Chicago Sky star publicly announces her 2019 marriage
- Chicago affordable housing project headed to council vote despite alderman’s objection to ‘complete overstep’
- Richards students in court as bailiffs, witnesses, attorneys as part of mock trial program
- Some Lake County residents can use federal funds to cut internet costs by up to $30 per month
- CTA Holiday Train makes North Shore stops: ‘It’s a family tradition’
- Op-ed: Why we need a bold, new approach to college scholarships
- Gary tax preparer sentenced for defrauding $1M from IRS
- Resale is making gains in December holiday gift shopping
- Vicente Fernández es despedido con una emotiva misa y un funeral marcado por la dignidad, el amor y respeto
- Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, Associated Press finds
- La Grange trustees promote 20-year police department veteran to chief
- Speak Out: U.S. Capitol cop ‘man of year’ for his actions on Jan. 6; too late for shot regrets when you’re on deathbed; crime needs to be top priority for gov
- Divided appeals court rejects United employees’ bid for emergency appeal in case over vaccine mandate
- Santa rides around Park Ridge in a Studebaker during 2nd annual holiday parade
- Haití: explota camión cisterna, hay decenas de muertos
- Lyons Township dispatch center has named a new executive director
- Plans for new One Winnetka development draw concerns about building height, parking from trustees
- 61-year-old woman killed in 3-vehicle Winnetka crash Monday night
- Christmas wishes do come true for Dundee, Carpentersville kids who got to ‘shop with a cop’
- Chicago Bears add 3 more players — including Eddie Goldman and Artie Burns — to the reserve/COVID-19 list, bringing their total to 5
- At the first-ever Clarendon Hills SantaCon, a Santa suit walk leads to a food drive on Dec. 18
- How climate change impacts extreme weather across America
- Comings & Goings: Smashburger opens in Orland Park, Traverso’s closing in Tinley, and more
- ‘Zola’ lidera nominaciones al Spirit del Cine Independiente
- Stories behind holidays around the world
- Corrections and clarifications
- Glencoe 15-year-old starts sports site for kids and teens: ‘Everyone always wants to talk about sports’
- Real Salt Lake nombra a Mastroeni técnico permanente
- Condenan a ‘El Nariz’, mandadero de El Chapo, clave en la captura del capo
- Park Ridge planning commission considers request for city’s first marijuana dispensary
- Op-ed: Insurance industry must make difficult business decisions for the unvaccinated
- Council approves Juneteenth as county holiday for 2022, will discuss further holiday recognition in ’23 budget meetings
- Crown Point gives school chief new contract
- New Lenox reconsiders ban on recreational marijuana sales
- Park Ridge Park Board divided on $31.7 million referendum to upgrade Oakton Park with new sports building
- Man with legally concealed handgun shoots another man in the head outside Jewel-Osco in West Elsdon neighborhood, Chicago police say
- La Grange Trustees approve 2.6 % increase for 2021 tax levy
- Piloto mexicano Pato O’Ward finalmente tiene prueba de F1
- Senate votes to raise debt limit by $2.5T, avoiding default
- Compañeros de Verónica Forqué dan último adiós a la actriz
- Cost of swimming and golf, water and garbage pickup to increase in 2022 under new Elgin budget
- Burr Ridge raises taxes on new buildings, pays off bond debt
- ‘Curious Incident’ play takes stage at West Leyden High School Dec. 17-18
- Column: With each day, the probe into Jan. 6 gets more bizarre
- Cook County Democrats narrowly endorse Alexi Giannoulias for secretary of state
- UConn women’s star Paige Bueckers out eight weeks after undergoing successful surgery on left knee
- Oswego man found guilty of double murder outside Aurora restaurant
- 5 things we learned at Chicago Blackhawks practice, including Lukas Reichel’s return from a concussion, penalty-kill problems and the ‘Huddy and Coffey’ of the Hawks
- Elgin students learn a lesson in charity by filling fence with bags of gloves and mittens free to anyone in need
- Kane County Board members say they felt blindsided by decision to close county’s COVID-19 vaccination hub
- Op-ed: COVID-19 passports have worked for other countries. Maybe the US needs them.
- EEUU: Corte deja en vigor política ‘Permanecer en México’
- CPS says new ‘boys+’ and ‘girls+’ bathroom signs are gender inclusive; petition seeks to rescind policy
- Biden: Estamos en deuda con víctimas de tiroteos escolares
- Great Lakes governors request federal funding for Brandon Road project to deter invasive carp
- Police: Gage Park man was hanging Christmas lights when fatally beaten. 14-year-old daughter heard his screams.
- Park district to use man’s $100K donation to fund pickleball court at Naperville’s Frontier Sports Complex
- US death toll from COVID-19 hits 800,000
- Naperville News Digest: Teens win Youth Service Awards, assessment event to review post-tornado needs; Islamic Center holding Muslim showcase
- Man injured in DuSable Lake Shore Drive shooting
- A power forward who can hit the 3-pointer. Hillcrest’s Darrion Baker knows he can do it. He did that and more against Eisenhower.
- New bookshops bring representation to South Side residents
- More dunks from Morez Johnson? St. Rita says, ‘Yes, please.’ Illinois recruit finishes with five dunks as Mustangs pull away from Marist.
- Warren’s Drew Dolan is more than an outside shooter now. The senior guard will do whatever is needed for ‘the underdogs’ he believes the Blue Devils are this season.
- DePaul holds off UIC 72-66 to improve to 9-1 ahead of trip to Northwestern
- East Aurora’s Anastasia Bellamy, ‘day and night’ better from last year, continues breakout season with double-double against Streamwood