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- DeMar DeRozan delivers the knockout blow for the Chicago Bulls in his return from a COVID-19 absence: ‘It’s an honor to be trusted in those moments’
- NBA postpones 5 more games as COVID-19 numbers surge around the league
- Daily horoscope for December 20, 2021
- Ask Amy: This year, put ‘A Book on Every Bed’
- Editorial: Get rid of Cook County Democratic Party’s loyalty pledge. It’s anachronistic, silly and undemocratic.
- Illinois — a major feeder to the Gulf of Mexico dead zone — falls behind federal goal to reduce phosphorus and nitrogen flowing into its waterways
- Op-ed: New motherhood in a ‘new normal’ world
- Op-ed: Clean energy will create Illinois’ next jobs boom. The US is following its lead
- Op-ed: A reform of the National Labor Relations Act is needed to save the struggling game of baseball
- Letters: Why December is the best month of the year
- Op-ed: One way to tackle America’s youth mental health challenge: Change billing
- Column: Little Village group works with Greater Chicago Food Depository to feed thousands each week
- Review: Claudia is a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ of food nostalgia
- Aurora eyes master plan ‘to design the park of the future’ at Phillips Park
- Moderna says booster data shows good protection against omicron
- This day in history, December 20: More than 4,300 people dead after Philippine passenger ship collides with tanker off Mindoro island
- Help Them To Hope
- Daywatch: Booster shots urged as space in Illinois hospitals hits all-time pandemic low | State falls behind federal waterways goal | Ambassador Rahm Emanuel
- Oak Park Village Hall restricts public visits due to COVID-19; online services available
- Rafael Nadal tests positive for COVID after playing in an exhibition tennis tournament in Abu Dhabi
- Average US gas price fell 6 cents to $3.41 per gallon; Chicago area at $3.65
- 5 things to watch for as the Chicago Bears host the Minnesota Vikings on ‘Monday Night Football’ — plus our Week 15 predictions
- Gary venue comes alive with Christmas cartoons: ‘It’s important to support our local community’
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Waukegan library officials ‘need to straighten out their own house, and are in no way capable of’ handling Bradbury Collection
- Foundation helps Merrillville Police with first toy giveaway: department had about 500 toys to pass out
- Apuñalan de muerte al rapero Drakeo the Ruler
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘How will we ever move forward as a nation with a good portion of our population being brainwashed by Fox?’
- ‘Spider-Man’ registra el tercer mejor estreno de todos los tiempos
- Round Lake Beach man expected to survive after being struck by car near Grayslake
- Peng Shuai dice que nunca escribió haber sido agredida sexualmente
- Con la Navidad en juego, países están atentos a la ómicron
- Las mejores fotos del deporte en 2021
- El deporte recuperó su esencia en 2021
- Speak Out reader opinion: Would be nice if unvaccinated, unmasked patients considered those they infected
- OPINIÓN / Cuentos Políticos: Un Miami multibillonario
- Carlos Marín, del grupo Il Divo, muere a los 53 años
- Juanes recibirá Premio Internacional de la Paz en 2022
- Column: Goodbye 2021, a year to forget
- Trump sues New York attorney general, seeking to end civil probe
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Everybody who voted for Joe Biden was a moron, and now they have buyer’s remorse’
- Rafa Nadal da positivo por COVID tras regresar de Abu Dhabi
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘We really upgraded in class and character on Nov. 3, 2020’
- Otro mundo está viendo
- Clinic at East Aurora High School offers ‘convenience factor’ for those looking to get COVID-19 vaccine
- De la pantalla al lienzo: Sylvester Stallone como pintor
- Feds: Top U. of C. doctor used insider knowledge of cancer drug to make stock market windfall
- La Navidad puede ser difícil si alguien de la familia tiene demencia. Los expertos comparten consejos
- Insult-A-Columnist Holiday Food Drive Sweepstakes Official Rules
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I hope by the grace of God that Trump returns in 2024 and saves this country’
- Moderna dice que su refuerzo es efectivo contra la ómicron
- Many Americans are on edge about holiday travel as the latest COVID surge brings ‘a lot of uncertainty’
- Column: Christmas plums come early for mass transit leaders
- Oswego, Yorkville and Montgomery to bring in Lake Michigan water with connection through DuPage Water Commission
- Spider-Man asciende a segundo mejor estreno de la historia
- Trump demanda a la fiscal general de NY para detener las causas abiertas por irregularidades fiscales
- Over 100 years after its founding, Parker House Sausage Co. keeps its legacy alive
- Area military members remembered during national group’s wreath event; 567 veterans honored at Crown Point cemetery
- Venezolanos aprovechan el TPS en EEUU
- District 64 scraps mobile classrooms during Field School construction, approves $176,700 contract for Jefferson
- Cómo Taylor Swift recuperó el 2012 para ganar el 2021
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Biden boosts fuel-economy standards to fight climate change
- The 1960s will be the focus of upcoming Buffalo Grove Dining Through the Decades event
- Geneva man charged with attempted murder of family member
- Chuck Schumer will try to change Senate rules if GOP stalls voting rights bill
- Aurora police investigating second fatal shooting over the weekend
- Jussie Smollett report: Read how Cook County prosecutors and Chicago police handled the investigation
- Lizzadro cameo exhibit examines the myth of Faust
- Inflation squeezes holiday budgets for low-income shoppers
- Manhattan dog rescue for up to 25 dogs gets green light from Will County Board
- Feds investigating Loretto Hospital COVID-19 vaccinations at suburban church, subpoena city for records
- Crecen decomisos de droga durante gobierno de AMLO
- Aurora City Council to vote on pay hike for City Hall employees
- Aurora looks at expanding lobbying efforts
- Column: Formerly homeless, this marketing yeti revamped a resource website to help those seeking shelter
- Bess Bower Dunn Museum showcases work of Ansel Adams
- Letters: Health care workers are at risk of burnout during this stressful time
- Op-ed: Illinoisians need not wait to start fixing pension problems
- Northwestern neurosurgery resident Dr. Aaron Palmer is here to tell Black and brown youth that perseverance matters when it comes to chasing your dream
- Commissioner, county council redistricting maps approved
- Las 100 mejores fotos del Chicago Tribune en 2021
- Does the tradition end this year? Salvation Army still waiting to find gold coin in kettle outside Casey’s
- Piden liberar a mexicano tras casi un año bajo custodia de ICE
- Former Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel sells Lakeview home for $2.55M
- ‘Everyone Absolutely Deserves A Good Holiday’ North Shore Helpers Volunteers Deliver Holiday Cheer to Englewood
- BMO Financial Group buying Bank of the West for $16 billion
- Reseña: ‘Nightmare Alley’ es un lujoso film noir moderno
- Chicago Heights students eye possible futures in urban farming
- Leonardo DiCaprio y Adam McKay te retan a mirar hacia arriba
- La Grange Park planning commission considering proposal for a frozen custard business in the community
- Exigen investigación por masacre de indígenas en Guatemala
- Campeones destacan en fase preliminar de Copa Libertadores
- Op-ed: I play Scrooge. Sometimes my work stays with me long after the curtain drops.
- Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Dan Hampton had blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when he was stopped Nov. 20
- ‘Volver’, una reconstrucción del Charro de Huentitán
- Shots fired at a vehicle on North Elm Avenue in Elmhurst Friday
- Wall Street joins global slump for stocks on omicron jitters
- Cuentas de huevo revelan ‘redes sociales’ hace 50,000 años en África
- Woman, 36, dies after SUV plunges into Big Maple Lake: ‘We’ve shed a lot of tears today’
- Speak Out: GOP needs to regain lost respect; Bears owners want to fill seats, not field good team; today’s movies can’t compare to those of years’ past
- Waukegan Mayor Taylor, state Rep. Mayfield not satisfied with NRG’s plans for closing coal ash ponds
- 5 things do in Lake County with the family over winter break
- American cities with the most unusual weather
- Raiola no elimina al Barca: ‘Haaland puede esperar a cualquiera’
- Man fleeing from domestic dispute in New Lenox shot dead by Will County sheriff’s deputy
- 10 billion-dollar disasters of 2021
- Man transported to hospital after Waukegan shooting
- Elmwood Park residents coordinate lighted arches for more than a block in display of holiday cheer
- How long you need to exercise to burn off the calories from your favorite foods
- Xiomara Castro es oficialmente presidenta electa de Honduras
- Los Chicago Bears recuperan a su coordinador defensivo
- Vaivenes en mercados chilenos tras elección de Gabriel Boric
- Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s rejection of President Biden’s $2 trillion bill sparks a redo
- Isabel II cancela viaje de Navidad ante auge de ómicron
- Blanchett y Del Toro crean femme fatale en ‘Nightmare Alley’
- Waukegan firefighters deliver gifts and more for hospitalized children; ‘It brings some holiday joy’
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum holds first-ever holiday open house, featuring Christmas trees with German trimmings
- Northwestern temporarily closes Orland Park immediate care site to shift staff to Palos Hospital
- Friday night fire displaces four Evanston residents
- Chicago police investigating arson after fire in East Chatham apartments forces about 2 dozen residents to evacuate building
- Still no snow in the forecast. Tuesday Chicago will likely pass the mark for the latest 1st measurable snow of the season.
- ‘Cocoa Classic’ 5K takes off at Deer Park Town Center, featuring miniature therapy horses and lots of hot chocolate
- Niles police: Woman activated stun gun after security denied her entry into club
- COVID-19 testing demand is up as holiday looms and Illinois sees most single-day cases since Dec. 1, 2020
- Week 15 photos: Chicago Bears lose 17-9 to the Minnesota Vikings
- At end of another violent year Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for more help from feds, assures residents: ‘Keeping you safe is my priority’
- Jury in Daunte Wright killing begins deliberations; prosecutor says cop Kim Potter made a ‘blunder of epic proportions’
- Special prosecutor’s report on handling of Jussie Smollett matter outlines ‘major failure’ in Kim Foxx’s office
- Chicago Bears’ Robert Quinn and Jakeem Grant are named to the NFC Pro Bowl team — but not Roquan Smith
- Omicron variant makes up over 70 percent of new COVID-19 cases in US, health officials say
- U. of I.’s Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses to start next semester remotely. Students will need negative COVID tests before returning to classroom.
- With experience comes solutions. Erin Stack says St. Charles North needs ‘something to get us going’ to finish big games. And this time?
- Wave of closures for Chicago restaurants, bars amid COVID-19 spike puts industry on edge: ‘This was an absolute rug pull’
- Jordan Lishman develops into linchpin at heavyweight for West Aurora. And he loves to compete. ‘You are the greater man when you win.’
- DePaul has to forfeit a 2nd straight Big East game Thursday vs. Seton Hall because of COVID-19 issues
- Girls basketball notes: With ‘ice in her veins,’ freshman Alaina Peetz flashes MVP style in varsity debut as Christmas comes early for Lockport.
- Week 15 recap: Chicago Bears fall 17-9 to the Minnesota Vikings, committing 3 turnovers and failing in the red zone 4 times
- DeMar DeRozan continues to carry the scoring load for the Chicago Bulls with Zach LaVine out: ‘The midrange game is a lost art, and DeMar (has) mastered that’
- With 10 of the NHL’s 32 teams already shut down amid COVID-19 outbreaks, the league will begin its holiday break 2 days early