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- Marcus Stroman, the top available free-agent starting pitcher, signs with the Chicago Cubs: ‘I knew how much I would love pitching in Chicago and pitching at Wrigley’
- MLB owners impose a lockout of players — baseball’s 9th work stoppage and the 1st since 1995 — as the collective bargaining agreement expires
- Daily horoscope for December 2, 2021
- Ask Amy: Overwhelmed mom wants to pack it in
- 7 must-visit restaurants for superb Southern cuisine
- Chicago still has 42 ‘L’ stations that aren’t accessible to the disabled. The federal infrastructure bill could help fix that sooner than expected.
- Video gaming not just a diversion as Southland esports athletes display their skills on NIU’s varsity team
- The best roll-up dish drying rack
- The best probiotic for babies
- The best probiotic for toddlers
- The best potty chair
- Max Scherzer and Scott Boras want tanking reform now: ‘A real attack on the integrity of the game’
- The best elephant toy
- The best horse toy
- 5 things we’ve learned from the Chicago Bulls’ 14-8 start to the season, including DeMar DeRozan’s perfect fit and the challenges of small ball
- ‘Single All the Way’ review: Warmed over holiday movie tropes with a twist are still warmed over holiday movie tropes
- Chicago’s Art Institute fired its volunteer docents and caused a furor heard nationwide. The fight is really about the future of museums.
- The best piping bag
- The best pour over coffee maker
- The best flushable cat litter
- The best purple Care Bear toy
- Does theater have to be on a stage? Teatro Vista’s new co-leaders challenge themselves and the company to think different
- What We’re Reading: Help, I’m lost in a maze of books about books
- This day in history, December 2: Militant abolitionist John Brown hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October
- Daywatch: Illinois faces hospitalization surge among unvaccinated | Supreme Court hears arguments in abortion case | What to know about the MLB lockout
- The most colorful natural wonders on Earth
- US jobless claims rise by 28,000, but still low at 222,000
- Dollar General opening more $5 or less Popshelf stores
- Help Them To Hope
- Armed man fatally shot by Buffalo Grove police
- MLB: Fichajes por 1,400 millones antes de inminente paro
- ¿Cuál es el estatus del requisito de vacunación en EEUU?
- La MLB inicia su primer paro patronal desde 1995
- ‘That’s when I proceeded to punch him in the face’: Key witness in Jussie Smollett trial testifies about actor’s alleged plot to stage hate crime
- GivingTuesday: Record $2.7B raised during day of generosity
- El mexicano Carlos Vela podría dejar el LAFC en enero
- Illinois school report cards 2021: Search for your high school’s results on the SAT state assessment
- Illinois school report cards 2021: Search for elementary and middle school results
- Settlement reached in ‘Windy City Rehab’ lawsuit over work on Lincoln Square home
- Operan del corazón al guitarrista Carlos Santana
- High school basketball scores for the Southland
- High school basketball scores for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Serrat se despedirá en 2022 de los escenarios con una última gira
- Illinois releases district-level data for school report cards showing declines across all demographics. Many students didn’t take the test.
- Las promociones navideñas para vehículos aún te harían pagar por encima del precio de factura
- High school basketball scores for Northwest Indiana
- Arzobispo de París renuncia tras una relación con una mujer
- One of two victims of Zion shooting not expected to survive, authorities say
- Speak Out reader opinion: Not surprising Brian Kelly is leaving Notre Dame
- EEUU restablece medida de que migrantes esperen en México
- ‘Bad Luck Banging’ review: At the Gene Siskel Film Center, a Romanian sex comedy for the COVID age
- Chicago drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate lawsuit against police union but fight far from over
- New five-year contract approved for Park Ridge-Niles District 64 teachers
- Naperville Police Arrests
- After record-setting year in 2020, Mooseheart officials say Holiday Lights Show has become ‘a holiday tradition’ for many
- News-Sun boys basketball rankings and player of the week
- Ketamina, una ‘nueva frontera’ para entender las enfermedades mentales
- El técnico Pedro Caixinha regresa a la Liga MX
- Gary mayor, deputy mayor test positive for COVID-19
- Valdano: ‘Hay que movilizarse para que la Superliga no siga adelante’
- Gary officials concerned about budget cuts to gas purchases, animal control
- After Michigan killings, students praised shooter drills. But do they really work?
- Las variantes ómicron y delta complican toma de decisiones
- Cutting a Banksy into 10,000 (digital) pieces
- Every object was a canvas
- Rick Armstrong’s Beacon-News/Courier-News boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Friday, Dec. 3, 2021
- Omicron and delta COVID-19 variants spell return of unpopular restrictions
- Grayslake fire leaves seven apartments uninhabitable
- A game designer in Beijing bought toy guns. China imprisoned him.
- Omicron confirmed in Minnesota man who traveled to NYC
- Music of Kate Bush becomes theater with Ohmme at Constellation this weekend
- Hobart Police Chief Zormier retires after 31 years in law enforcement
- Guide to 2021 Illinois Report Card: What’s new and where to find results
- Reparaciones que vienen con facturas inesperadas
- Op-ed: Omicron proves the world fails to face global threats with global solutions
- Michael Patrick Thornton is stepping down at Gift Theatre
- Parents of Michigan teen accused of killing students were summoned to school hours before attack, officials say
- Boys basketball notes: Gavin Cartwright is a defensive stalwart for Warren. His grandfather Bill Cartwright, the former Chicago Bulls center, gives him tips.
- Brennan White made his first 10 shots of the season. Perfect, right? Point guards are supposed to pass, but it’s perfectly fine for Benet.
- Desaparición y reaparición de explosivos militares de EEUU
- Steve Millar’s final Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Friday, Dec. 3, 2021
- One for the Books: Disabled may mean facing challenges but, as these books show, there’s no limit to living a full life
- Elgin man killed by Buffalo Grove police after authorities say he ‘advanced’ at officers pointing 2 guns
- William Leavy, innovative West Side economic development leader, dies
- Biden develará nueva estrategia para combatir el COVID
- Corte británica respalda a Meghan en caso sobre privacidad
- Shock then resolve after the attack on Pearl Harbor: ‘We’ll whip ’em, but it’ll take a few months.’
- Rush investigating potential misappropriation of funds by former executive at Rush Oak Park Hospital
- Las mejores aplicaciones de la App Store en 2021
- EEUU: Acusado de tiroteo escolar tenía conducta preocupante
- Officials say Aurora Financial Empowerment Center ‘something people needed’
- Corte desestima apelación en caso por privacidad de Meghan
- As omicron looms, US is still battling the delta wave
- Estudio: Tel Aviv es la ciudad más cara del mundo
- First gold coin of the Salvation Army holiday fundraising season found in a Red Kettle in downtown St. Charles
- BP settles another lawsuit over lung-damaging soot from Whiting refinery
- Asistente apoya afirmación de Baldwin sobre tiroteo
- Justicia española rechaza llevar partidos de fútbol a Miami
- Companies tired of Zooming with clients expected to drive a resurgence in business travel, but omicron variant looms. ‘Everyone’s in COVID-19 risk management mode.’
- China dice que 85% de sus ciudadanos usará mandarín en 2025
- A parent from the other team wanted to meet Alex Knaperek after Lincoln-Way East lost to Loyola. It was none other than Olin Kreutz.
- Introducing the 2021 Post-Tribune Girls Soccer All-Area Team
- Column: Abortion foes pray at Flossmoor Planned Parenthood as Supreme Court hears case that could overturn Roe v. Wade
- Chicago Red Stars trade 6 players — including Julie Ertz and Sarah Gorden — but several questions remain less than 2 weeks after Rory Dames’ resignation amid abuse allegations
- Dinosaurio hallado en Chile tenía una cola cortante única
- Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., wounded in shooting that killed Ella French, attends court hearing for the first time: ‘This was not easy for him to be here’
- Chicago Blackhawks trade goalie Malcolm Subban to the Buffalo Sabres for future considerations
- Op-ed: The US gives billions to Big Pharma. But we need more nonprofit drugmakers.
- Maine Township prepares to raise tax levies more than $1.8 million after three years of reductions, tax abatements
- New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autism
- Boys basketball notes: Sean Kavanaugh embraces leadership role for Marmion. East Aurora cancels games due to COVID-19 mitigations.
- City of Elgin to hire a Spanish translator to help residents who need help with city services but aren’t proficient in English
- Valparaiso’s Sophia Jaime is the 2021 Post-Tribune Girls Soccer Player of the Year
- Encienden luces de árbol de Navidad del Rockefeller Center
- Big Ten championship game: 11-1 Michigan chases a playoff bid — and the conference title — vs. 10-2 Iowa
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- De vuelta en España, Ancelotti enchufa al Madrid
- Editorial: Auf Wiedersehen, Angela Merkel. Until we meet again
- What’s next after MLB owners imposed a lockout of players? ‘We’re here, they’re there. We need to find a way to bridge the gap,’ Rob Manfred says.
- Obscured by centuries of development, vestiges of Southland’s Native American heritage remain
- Glioblastomas, the aggressive brain tumors, might benefit from immunotherapy in some patients, Northwestern research suggests
- Column: Anonymous gift a holiday blessing for Aurora grandfather in need
- GlaxoSmithKline: medicamento parece eficaz contra ómicron
- Eriksen vuelve a entrenarse tras su paro cardiaco
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- The major events that have disrupted sports, from work stoppages to wars to hurricanes
- Man who’s charged with fleeing scene of police shooting was out on bond for carjacking, prosecutors say. Charges pending against 2 others.
- Schools boost pay, add bonuses to lure substitute teachers
- Former Cook County sheriff’s deputy faces charges related to trafficking cocaine from Mexico
- Column: There’s going to be another Urwiler at Northern Illinois. Quinn, former Batavia star, decides to transfer from North Dakota.
- Confirman ómicron en hombre que visitó convención en NY
- Letters: Feeling our vulnerability as a species during a persistent pandemic
- Op-ed: Vaccination mandates on domestic flights are not an omicron solution. Airport testing is a better idea.
- Cardi B es nombrada directora creativa de Playboy
- ‘The entire body of work.’ As Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey reaches a pivotal juncture, is he readying the franchise for major changes?
- MLB: Equipos chicos sufrirán por reclamo de jugadores
- Portage man charged in double slaying
- Sports betting ads: Industry weighs how much is too much?
- El Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Des Plaines da la bienvenida a los peregrinos a la fiesta anual con una nueva entrada después de una pausa pandémica
- Chicago Bears outside linebacker Robert Quinn is named NFC defensive player of the month: ‘His motor goes 1,000 miles per hour every play’
- Legionnaires outbreak reported at central Indiana prison
- Court weighs groping suit against Indiana’s ex-top lawyer
- Cenar en este bar de Pilsen con viejos amigos y música mexicana ‘es como estar en casa’
- En menos de tres meses Cuba aprueba casi 900 pymes privadas
- Tú puedes alquilar la casa de ‘Solo en casa’ en estas fiestas
- ‘This is a new adventure for us’: Southland College Prep hosts its first ever home game at new fieldhouse
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s $161K debt to the city forgiven as new CEO pledges to make ESO more community involved
- Indiana elder care providers tap lawmakers for hiring help
- Volcán de las Canarias, oportunidad única para la ciencia
- Pair wanted for shooting Gary man, 61, over food stamp card
- El COI dice que volvió a hablar con Peng Shuai
- Op-ed: Sadly, Chicago’s police accountability problem endures
- Man charged with smashing windows at Naperville’s Nichols Library during June 2020 vandalism and looting downtown
- American cities with the most unusually warm temperatures in 2021
- Fiscales: pareja llevó a su hijo al asalto al Capitolio
- Democrats hope threat to abortion rights will rouse voters
- Detienen a hombre armado frente a la ONU en Nueva York
- Elgin News Digest: Winter Fest being held at Randall Oaks Zoo every weekend in December; Hanover Township to hand out holiday meal boxes; volunteer ushers sought for ESO shows
- Crystal Lake woman found not guilty of drug-induced homicide in case that highlighted limits of Good Samaritan law
- Lake County educators say they expected pandemic-related drop in student performance
- CTA holiday train to make additional Sunday Loop runs
- Illinois reports highest daily coronavirus count of 2021, and officials say some infections tied to Thanksgiving gatherings and travel
- Former President Obama visits South Side YMCA
- Judge rejects attorney’s motion to keep items found during search out of trial for man accused in 1972 teen’s murder
- Naperville News Digest: Library winter reading program for kids starts Dec. 13; gift-wrapping services raising funds for Riverwalk Adult Day Services; Naperville Art League selling holiday gifts
- Biden launches winter COVID-19 booster campaign and plan for insurers to cover cost of at-home tests
- Itasca’s rejection of Haymarket drug treatment center draws federal investigation
- Jussie Smollett’s legal team begins defense at actor’s trial for allegedly staging and reporting a phony hate crime
- Back up the bus. Bella Finnegan scores 26 points as Mother McAuley tops Sandburg, finally, in first home game of the season.
- ‘We know he can do it’: Sophomore guard Nolan Sexton measures up, hits big 3-pointer with 1:07 left as Evergreen Park edges T.F. South.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Community news
- Chicago Bulls’ Big 3 of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic deliver in a 119-115 victory against the New York Knicks
- Haley Hayes hit eight straight shots as Naperville Central met up with Waubonsie Valley in a DVC opener. Would eight be enough?