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- Daily horoscope for December 17, 2021
- Ask Amy: Proud papa wants to stop crop top
- Found Footage Festival returns to Music Box with VHS oddities and obscurities from the ’80s and ’90s
- Column: Author describes Republican-led statehouses as ‘Laboratories of Autocracy,’ sees US democracy eroding
- Transcript reveals jury questions during deliberations in Jussie Smollett trial and lively debate among lawyers — all outside of public view
- These Chicago-area reindeer can fly (with a little help from FedEx), give kisses and draw hundreds to holiday meet-and-greets: ‘They’re like big puppies.’
- Corny’s Christmas Card Drive restarts after death of friend, continuing his mission to prevent loneliness
- Gordon Ramsay opens 1st Chicago restaurant with Hell’s Kitchen burger and ketchup on hot dogs
- Casino operator hopes to break ground in spring on Homewood-East Hazel Crest site
- Column: Another COVID-19 surge is wreaking havoc on the sports world as leagues try to keep up with updated protocols amid the omicron variant
- Speak Out: If Rodgers did ‘own’ the Bears, maybe he’d boot Nagy; ‘Die Hard’ movie 30 years old but nothing’s changed; any apologies for rush to judgment on Smollett case?
- Judge rejects Purdue Pharma’s opioid settlement over provision shielding Sacklers from litigation
- Help Them To Hope
- What’s the best way to describe Justin Fields’ rookie season? Will there be major staff changes? 4 questions for the Chicago Bears heading into the final leg of the season.
- Help Them To Hope
- This day in history, December 17: US War Department announces end of policy of excluding people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast
- Indiana lawmakers take up vaccine limits amid COVID-19 surge
- Waukegan has been named an Illinois Bird City; ‘There’s a lot of people rooting for this area and the birds that visit here’
- Best Christmas specials of all time
- Daywatch: What the public didn’t see at the Jussie Smollett trial | Another COVID surge is wreaking havoc on the sports world | The Tribune’s photos of the year
- The best Littlest Pet Shop toy
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- The best high-end office decor
- The best budget office decor
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: TV viewers buried under avalanche of commercials
- The best airtight food storage container
- The best hot chocolate gift set
- Increased police patrols in Porter County announced for holiday season
- The best Cabbage Patch doll
- The best mop bucket
- Upstart electric vehicle maker Rivian posts $1.23 billion third quarter loss
- EEUU: Parlamentaria propina revés a plan migratorio
- COVID cases continue to rise in Lake, Porter counties: ‘It’s a really grim situation’
- The best spinner luggage
- The best laptop tote bag
- Millones deberán empezar a pagar de nuevo sus préstamos estudiantiles. Presionan a Biden para extender la pausa
- Con muy pocas enfermeras, no hará falta mucho para saturar los hospitales este invierno
- Look behind good unemployment figures reflects changes in worker attitude about careers, jobs
- Speak Out reader opinion: We don’t need Pritzker running for president
- Former Illinois State Police Merit Board official charged with theft for allegedly falsifying OT now accused of filing campaign report with false information
- Column: An ‘Aurora kid’ reflects on decades of service at Marmion
- How the student loan payment restart is going to work
- Chilenos votarán entre un izquierdista y un ultraderechista
- High school basketball scores for the Southland and the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Restricciones a viajes por ómicron auguran Navidad sombría
- Republicanos aún creen en la ‘gran mentira’ de Trump
- CDC endorses schools’ coronavirus ‘test-to-stay’ policies
- México aprueba plan piloto de regularización de haitianos
- Aurora extends waste collection contract with Groot
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- New Life Centers helps to feed those in need
- Firefighter injured in Cicero blaze
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Around the Southland: New Lenox cheer teams excel at state competition, and more
- Letters to the Editor: Adults need to lead the way on wearing masks because it’s the right thing to do; urge Senate to approve paid leave for major illness
- Tornado victims include seven members of Kentucky family
- Community news
- Hundreds of seniors celebrate the holiday season at Gary lunch: ‘Now I’m living again’
- Fuerzas armadas de EEUU sancionan a no vacunados
- Recruiting notes: As other football players sign, Lake Zurich’s Aleks Popovic waits. Meanwhile, Antioch softball star Eden Echevarria swings for the fences with a video.
- Man with knife takes cash from Naperville Dollar Tree store
- Law & Order column: Lake County state’s attorney’s office starting violent crimes unit
- El papa cumple 85 años mientras sus reformas ganan impulso
- McDonald’s to pay Black store owner $33.5 million to end bias suit
- Column: A plea for hope at the end of a year that tried awfully hard to squash it
- Aumenta presión contra médicos que desinforman sobre COVID
- Column: Recipient of Operation Christmas Child packages at Russian orphanage, woman now works at group’s Aurora facility to help ‘those in distress’ around the world
- Los adultos jóvenes son muchos de los pacientes con covid prolongado en una clínica neurológica
- Técnicos de la Premier discutirán rebrote de COVID en clubes
- Víctimas en Astroworld murieron asfixiadas
- Aurora annexes Bilter Road properties
- EEUU sale de negociaciones en demandas de familias separadas
- George Rosner, who’s retiring after 37 years at Streamwood, walked into the gym for the home opener. What happened next? ‘They got me.’
- Bartlett BMO Harris Bank held up by three people wearing face coverings, FBI says
- With Christmas drawing near, donations still ‘pretty far behind’ for Aurora Salvation Army
- Editorial: The Loop is suddenly roaring for the holidays. But omicron?
- Zach Carr takes over the Waukegan football program knowing he has to ‘get more kids out’ — and keep them
- Cicero firefighter hospitalized with burns after falling from 1st floor into basement while battling house fire, spokesman says
- Pfizer, in change of plans, will now test three doses of COVID vaccine for kids under 5
- Column: Biden’s belated education on turning inmates into students
- “The Play That Goes Wrong” in Chicago
- 9-year-old student to 59-year-old columnist: ‘Don’t feel bad. You’re not old. You’re just elderly’
- Elgin man arrested on charges he beat a cop in Elmhurst while trying to take his squad car and gun
- Chicago sports anchor Luke Stuckmeyer sells home in Wilmette, buys another in Arlington Heights
- Commissioners defer sheriff’s boat purchase, lease agreement until early next year
- Municipalities, county lose another round in Southlake Mall assessed value appeal
- Column: Chilling rulings in defamation suits show lying can come at a steep price
- Update: Paramount Theatre and Marriott cancel ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ performances because of COVID
- Nadal cae ante Murray en su primer juego en 4 meses
- Rod Stewart y su hijo resuelven caso de agresión en Florida
- ‘A matchup nightmare’: Eric Martin grows into versatile 6-foot-6 force for Calumet
- Local airports reap funding from fed infrastructure law
- Indiana’s largest hospital system announces price freeze
- Toughest sentence yet for any Capitol rioter: over 5 years
- Ibarra y Bracamontes celebran ‘Una Navidad no tan padre’
- Op-ed: Buying a typewriter in a parking lot taught me sometimes it’s best to pay full price
- Secretary of State Jesse White again extends deadline for driver’s license, state ID renewals
- Exdirigente estudiantil va por la presidencia de Chile
- Beds scarce at Illinois hospitals struggling with COVID-19 surge
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Chile: Mujeres, factor clave para definir nuevo presidente
- Aldermen seek to boost access to public bathrooms: ‘Really it’s for all Chicagoans’
- Guest column: Voting Rights are American rights
- Aurora event for hearing-impaired kids a holiday treat: ‘When you see Santa and the children sign language with each other there’s a special bond’
- Introducing the 2021 Post-Tribune Football All-Area Team
- Cómo hacer que los conductores se sientan seguros cuando recargan sus vehículos eléctricos
- Griffith woman accused of helping her kids pepper spray, beat teens in fight
- More than 240 Chicago police personnel have lost pay over COVID-19 vaccine rules, with 83 currently stripped of powers for noncompliance
- ‘Spider-Man’ recauda 50 millones tan sólo el jueves en EEUU
- Elon recruit Nick Martinelli isn’t juggling priorities this season. ‘It’s all about winning’ for Glenbrook South’s 6-foot-8 forward.
- Large private light display welcomes holidays near Fox Lake; 20 displays spread over 10 acres
- NFL pospone tres juegos ante brote de COVID-19
- Column: COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ suffer symptoms long after initial infection, with no answers and little hope
- Pfizer estudia tercera dosis de vacuna en menores de 5 años
- Niagara recruit Bryce Moore leverages his experience as a fourth-year varsity player to lead Carmel: ‘Bryce is as good as it gets.’
- Gary commission, mayor outline new protocols for police: ‘We must realize it is not a quick fix’
- Aurora’s Paramount Theatre cancels performances of ‘Cinderella’ due to ‘COVID-related illness within the cast and crew’
- U-46 note about TikTok school violence meant for teachers accidentally sent to elementary students
- Hammond man gets 50 years for role in Facebook child porn ring
- Oak Brook home designed by Harry Weese Associates sells for $1M
- Gov. Pritzker OK’s repeal to law that required parents of minors to be informed when their child seeks an abortion
- Merrillville’s Kenneth Grant is the 2021 Post-Tribune Football Defensive Player of the Year
- Oak Brook home designed by Harry Weese Associates sells for $1M
- 16th annual posada for immigration rights
- Waukegan officials debate merits of nonpartisan elections, city-manager form of government; ‘I’ve never had to vote on anything along party lines’
- Space in Illinois hospitals is at an all-time pandemic low, as patients flood in and workers burn out
- Llegan Being the Ricardos, Don’t Look Up y The Mezzotint
- Cook County urges extra COVID-19 precautions ahead of holiday gatherings
- NFL moves 3 games because of COVID outbreaks, including 2 to Tuesday
- Naperville man who enslaved women and used them in his prostitution ring gets 30-year prison term
- Union objects to results of two Starbucks unionization votes
- Merrillville’s Lavarion Logan is the 2021 Post-Tribune Football Offensive Player of the Year
- A white Christmas will ‘probably not’ happen this year as Chicago nears record for latest date of first measurable snowfall
- Current, former state reps plan to run for state Senate seat held by Melinda Bush
- Entrenador de caballos conocido como ‘Juice Man’ es condenado a cinco años tras confesar dopaje
- Ex-Maryland football players settle lawsuit over toxic culture claims during coach DJ Durkin’s tenure
- Potempa: Walnut Room Great Tree at Macy’s State Street shines again
- Column: Again, I wish you a happy pandemic ‘Blursday’
- Waukegan man killed in crash near Six Flags
- California pot companies warn of impending industry collapse
- Letters: Anjanette Young case is an example of poor policing in Chicago
- Mount Prospect thin blue line police patches — ordered removed from uniforms — now being sold for charity, sparking further debate
- DEA: Cárteles usan redes sociales para traficar fentanilo
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs measure to allow betting on Illinois college teams, create sportsbook license for home of Chicago Sky
- ‘Hopefully this passes’: The Chicago Bears continue to adapt as a COVID-19 surge — 13 players and 3 coordinators — disrupts their routine
- CDC praises Lake County coronavirus study; local officials pleased with COVID fight progress on anniversary of first vaccinations
- Hinsdale police blotter: Christmas decorations stolen
- Cook County commissioner fired employee after she complained of sexual harassment, EEOC complaint says
- ‘Pretty Woman’ cancels the rest of its Chicago performances due to COVID
- Proposal for boundary changes going to the Indian Prairie board Monday with all schools remaining open
- Aurora looks at three-year contract for Fourth of July fireworks
- Sin salario más de 240 empleados de la policía de Chicago por incumplimiento a vacunación
- ComEd offers $21 million refund to customers to confront ICC probes into bribery scheme. Watchdog calls it ‘chump change.’
- Naperville cops looking for a man accused of making lewd comments to a child
- More people from Illinois will be on the go this holiday season than last year, AAA says
- New law could help shuttered MetroSouth Hospital in Blue Island reopen in long shot bid
- Themes of Mary and Joseph’s journey in Bethlehem still relevant as Chicago Archdiocese hosts 16th annual reenactment for immigration reform
- Old-fashioned Salvation Army brass band at Woodman’s get shoppers to stop, listen — and donate
- As Christmas draws near, donations still ‘pretty far behind’ for Salvation Army serving Naperville
- Kurtis Gabriel gives himself a puncher’s chance to stick with the Chicago Blackhawks: ‘Whenever the rough stuff gets going, that’s when I get going’
- This Week in Naperville — See ‘The Naperville Nutcracker,’ make a 3-D night cover; play bingo and more in the coming week
- Decent: When beauty rest escapes me, there’s plenty of nothing do during my insomniac hours
- Lincoln-Way Central’s Jack Vegter got nowhere in the first half vs. Lockport. ‘It was nice to have a breather.’ Then the second half began.
- Vickroy: COVID boredom was good for one thing: time for my husband — and lots of others — to a find a hobby
- High school basketball scores for Northwest Indiana
- Defending champion North Central College loses the Division III title game, falling to Mary Hardin-Baylor 57-24
- He missed a year and a half with a medical condition. But as Richards can attest, Nick Niego turns into a can’t-miss kid for Brother Rice.
- ‘He’s our glue’: X marks the spot for Marist as Xavier Sulaiman steps up his all-around game in comeback victory over Joliet Catholic