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Daily horoscope for April 5, 2021
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Ask Amy: Child-averse couple faces kid kryptonite
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Derek Chauvin trial: Cause of George Floyd’s death at issue as prosecution questions medical examiner’s findings
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Column: A police report, a headline and a father’s pain — the long shadow of a Page 8 story
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Letters: Thoughts of the film ‘Rashomon’ during the trial of Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death
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Diversity is key in any garden or tree planning, encouraging more species to visit and lessening impact of decimating ills
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Editorial: Illinois politicians behaving badly: A never-ending series
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How white evangelicals’ vaccine refusal could prolong the pandemic
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Column: Why I’m still in pandemic mode, four weeks after my second vaccine dose
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3 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ series win against the Pittsburgh Pirates, including aggressiveness on the bases paying off
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Southland businesses, pushed to the brink during pandemic, call Cook County assistance vital
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4 takeaways from the Chicago White Sox’s opening series vs. the Los Angeles Angels, including missteps on defense and hiccups from the bullpen
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Daywatch: COVID-19 restrictions ‘may very well’ return to suburbs, 13-year-old helps Illinoisans find vaccine appointments and 32 Chicago patios and rooftops
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At least 7 people killed in shootings on Easter Sunday in Chicago, police say
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This day in history, April 5: Explosion at Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia kills 29 workers
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Indiana lawmakers amend environment bills as deadlines near
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Tim Anderson is day to day after leaving the Chicago White Sox’s 7-4 loss with a tight hamstring in the 1st inning
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Indiana Dunes National Park wildfire burns more than 300 acres
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Talk of the County reader opinion: I no longer watch the NFL, NBA or MLB due to political stands
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Inmates stage uprising at St. Louis jail dogged by unrest
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Talk of the County reader opinion: If George Floyd trial prompts violence, ‘we can thank the news media … for showing this stuff’
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Winners and losers from a busy sports weekend: White Sox on ESPN, Cubs on Marquee, Candace Parker’s latest dunk, Skip Bayless’ latest tweet and more
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At least 7 people killed in shootings on Easter Sunday
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ star Michael Keaton is first actor to be part of three best cast winners at SAG Awards
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Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘If former President Trump built some 300 miles of fencing,’ why isn’t it keeping illegal immigrants out?
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Live audiences are (hopefully) coming back. Where does that leave streaming concerts?
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Tribune Publishing confirms rival bid, says it could lead to ‘superior proposal’ for Chicago-based newspaper company
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Talk of the County reader opinion: Rename school after Obamas so ‘every bitter, angry conservative will hold their breath, stomp their feet and have their hissy fits every time they pass by’
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Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Why should anyone be allowed to own a weapon designed purposefully for killing people?’
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Supreme Court dismisses case over Trump blocking Twitter critics because he’s banned from the site
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‘Chad’ is the sitcom that fans of ‘The Office’ have been waiting for
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Yorkville movie theater gets OK to serve alcohol
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Brandi Carlile opens up about overcoming insecurities, her latest Grammy win and her new memoir
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Policía del Capitolio en crisis tras hechos de violencia
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‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ es la gran triunfadora de los SAG
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Lista de ganadores de los Premios SAG
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Loki fixes alternate timelines in new Disney Plus trailer
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Florida intenta evitar ruptura ‘catastrófica’ de estanque
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Delta, hit by staff shortages, cancels some flights and opens middle seats early
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Zidane: ‘Se ha infravalorado a este Real Madrid’
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Lake unemployment rate worst in state; jobs previously held by women lag in pandemic recovery
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EEUU: Buscan capacitar a policías para casos de salud mental
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Woman charged in slapping, biting of Lake County sheriff’s deputy
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Supreme Court sides with Google in $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over Android
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Event at a rural Illinois bar led to 46 cases of COVID-19 and school closure in February, CDC says
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How to clean your yard
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Charcoal vs. gas grills: Which should you get?
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Which bug zapper should you get?
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Best backpacks for running
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Manual espresso machine vs. semi-automatic
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Best portable oven for camping
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Do inversion tables help back pain?
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Best backpacking tent for cyclists
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Best fitness trackers for swimming
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The best cell phone stand
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The best bar spoon
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The best USB audio interface
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U.S. Supreme Court nixes Alex Jones’ appeal in Sandy Hook shooting defamation case
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NFL draft profile: Kyle Pitts of Florida
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The best Bamix blender
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The best baby probiotic
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Las mujeres lideran y transforman la música latina
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Plan de rescate dará fuerte impulso al sector educativo EEUU
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The best chinois strainer
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Column: Changing Waukegan school names becomes problematic
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ acapara la taquilla en EEUU
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Football notes: Defensive lineman AJ Romero makes immediate impact in first games in Nazareth uniform
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3 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls’ 115-107 win over the Brooklyn Nets, including Troy Brown Jr.’s role and how Nikola Vucevic has changed the team’s style
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Republicanos rechazan ‘pasaportes’ de vacunación
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Months after stock frenzy, GameStop selling 3.5 million shares
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Javier Báez está cerca de la agencia libre y un gran día de pago. La ruta a este punto para el campocorto de los Chicago Cubs no estuvo libre de desafíos
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Sun shines on Easter Bunny, egg hunt and ponies in Indian Head Park
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Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Tuesday, April 6
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Column: Fan Mail: ‘Miserable, Evil’ columnist loves ‘PooPoo Pants Biden’ like typical ‘Democrat Elite Scum!’
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How much the US minimum wage was actually worth the year you were born
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Biden’s approval dips on immigration, handling of border surge, poll shows
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Looking beyond curry to kootu and korma
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Disminuye apoyo a Biden por tema de niños migrantes
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Utah dads to be required to pay half of pregnancy costs
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Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, April 6
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Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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Robot artist sells art for $688,888, now eyeing music career
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Lake County’s longtime regional superintendent of schools resigns due to COVID-19 complications
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Gobierno de Myanmar va contra famosos que apoyan protestas
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¿Cree poder mejorar los cubrebocas? La administración Biden lanza concurso de ‘innovación’ de $500,000
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Girls volleyball notes: Lincoln-Way Central’s Rachel Kolodziej cherishes moments as senior, focuses on ‘more important things’
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‘Game Of Thrones’ at 10: HBO sets month-long Iron Anniversary plans
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Nazareth Academy’s spring musical, Annie, recorded in students’ homes and on stage
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NFL draft profile: Ja’Marr Chase of LSU
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CNA website back up two weeks after insurance giant hit with ‘sophisticated ransomware attack’
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CDC director says young people driving rise in COVID-19 cases, but vaccines keeping seniors safer
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Body found by firefighters identified as Portage man, 82
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Chicago chef Beverly Kim, 44 restaurants (and counting) launch national Dough Something fundraiser following attacks on Asians
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Reward in 2017 killings of 2 Indiana teens grows to $325K
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Michigan opens COVID-19 vaccines to residents 16 and older
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Post-Tribune softball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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Avanza la vacunación de trabajadores agrícolas en California
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Futbolista acusado de racismo pide presunción de inocencia
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Electronics recycling event planned in Aurora
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Commentary: To a class of 2020 college grad, the thought of a post-pandemic ‘normal’ brings double the anxiety
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Putin firma ley con que podría seguir en el cargo hasta 2036
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NFL draft profile: DeVonta Smith of Alabama
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ casts Robert I. Mesa as first indigenous doctor on the show
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Los humanos fueron superdepredadores durante dos millones de años
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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines being administered at Hinsdale Central H.S. to those who qualify under state’s guidelines
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H.E.R. releases new ‘Fight for You’ music video from ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
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Biden agradece a nuevos ciudadanos de EEUU por ‘elegirnos’
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South Side Ald. Pat Dowell set to enter secretary of state race
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Speak Out reader opinion: Major League Baseball wrong to get involved in Georgia dispute
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Milwaukee Brewers say players and staff received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine — but don’t disclose if they hit MLB’s 85% threshold to relax protocols
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweets that Chicago would welcome MLB All-Star Game
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County foundation leaders watch bill that would level out fund highs and lows
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Crecimiento récord en el sector servicios de EEUU en marzo
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin signs law allowing him to potentially keep grip on power until 2036
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Florida ofrece vacuna contra el coronavirus a todo adulto
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El Madrid reclama respeto y Liverpool quiere revancha
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Football notes: Sophomore quarterback Ashton Gondeck looks like veteran in first games for Carmel
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NFL draft profile: Jaylen Waddle of Alabama
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Niles police investigating threat sent to Emerson Middle School administrators in D64
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Presos organizan motín en cárcel de Missouri
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East Chicago police officer loses bid to end harassment lawsuit
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A $25 million Illinois program is paying off student loans to encourage homeownership, and that’s drawing buyers to the state
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Column: Cemeteries — a refuge for the living more than for the dead
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Honoring fallen Hometown police officer
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Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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Hammond extends mask mandate, as COVID-19 hospitalizations tick upward
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Corte Suprema de EEUU rechaza caso Trump-Twitter
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The evolution of children’s book jackets
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Guardiola sobre Haaland: ‘Es algo que no se ha visto mucho en la historia’
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Chicago Children’s Hospital joins coalition to ensure supplies of drugs that often run short
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Column: That’s not my Encyclopedia Brown! Charting the generational divide in children’s book covers
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Review: HBO’s ‘The Nevers’ brings Joss Whedon’s greatest hits to Victorian London
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Column: Operator of Park Forest commercial kitchen space shifts to catering during pandemic, and thrives
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COVID-19 vaccine now available to everyone 16 and older in 84 of Illinois’ 102 counties
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Carlos Vela: ‘Lo más importante en esta vida es la familia’
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NFL draft profile: Patrick Surtain II of Alabama
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Médico: Falta de oxígeno causó muerte de George Floyd
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Boys soccer notes: Reavis has won four straight games. Senior defender Alex Froylan is a big reason. ‘He’s just a rock back there.’
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Matt Gaetz showed off images of nude women from parties with Joel Greenberg: report
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Electric van production planned at former Hummer factory in NW Indiana
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Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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Now on YouTube: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ as you’ve never seen it. Unless you were in Russia in 1991.
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Jaziel Enriquez played outside midfielder for West Aurora last season. ‘He couldn’t break into our top three or four up top.’ Now he has 20 goals.
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Vancouver Canucks’ COVID-19 outbreak — 16 of their 22 active players are on the protocol list — is called ‘concerning’ by an NHL official, but he expects them to complete their schedule
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El Chicago Fire saca las entradas a la venta
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As climbers return to Everest, an already dangerous ascent becomes extra perilous
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Column: Why aren’t Chicago’s mass shootings included in the outcry over recent violence in Atlanta, Colorado and California?
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The final season of ‘The Walking Dead’ will premiere in August
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Softball notes: Yes, it was Crown Point’s first game in nearly two years. But Notre Dame recruit Anna Holloway kept calm in a season-opening win against Andrean.
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Easter food giveaway finds people in their finest embracing spiritual renewal
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NFL draft profile: Micah Parsons of Penn State
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Alleged drunken driver clips ambulance in South Shore, flees, police and fire officials say
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COLUMNA / Cuentos Políticos: Los miedos de AMLO
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A virus races through the horse world. No, not that virus.
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Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax in speech to Chicago group
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Mitch McConnell says it’s a ‘big lie’ to call new Georgia voting law racist, warns big business to ‘stay out of politics’
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La nueva generación del tenis sigue sin despegar
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Presidente argentino dio positivo en COVID-19 a pesar de recibir la vacuna rusa
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Op-ed: MLB can honor Negro Leagues by moving All-Star Game to Kansas City
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‘No soy un monje’: Gaetz se defiende de las acusaciones sexuales mientras un exempleado le ofrece apoyo
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Editorial: Yes, gentrification is a problem. But rent control isn’t the right remedy.
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Cher apologizes to Black community for ‘NOT Appropriate’ tweet about George Floyd
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CDC asks Walgreens to give Pfizer vaccine doses three weeks apart, not four
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‘You can put your mask on or you can leave’: As states drop mandates, some businesses keep mask rules
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‘Kung Fu’ llega en un momento crucial para asiáticos en EEUU
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Sponsor steps up with funding for immersive theater in downtown Aurora
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Op-ed: Chicago’s next ward map can change a neighborhood’s fate. Let the people draw the lines.
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Tienen permiso de residencia, pero pueden ser deportados
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No egg roll again, but mask-wearing Easter Bunny still visits White House
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Op-ed: Democrats, don’t give up on rural Illinoisans
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Column: If you’re ever looking for tips on lying, ask an expert — a parent
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs firefighter pension bill Mayor Lori Lightfoot says could lead to higher property taxes
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Regé-Jean Page deja la temporada 2 de ‘Los Bridgerton’
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Officials expect weather to contribute to strong turnout for Tuesday’s 345 Lake County municipal election contests
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Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68
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Area law enforcement officials, leaders praise new police reform law signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb as ‘good first step’
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Chicago White Sox announce 26-player alternate site roster and 9 games against Chicago Cubs alternate team
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Naperville People in the News
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Arkansas governor vetoes legislation that bans gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth
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CTU’s bargaining rights expand to include class size, assignments under bill signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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Grand jury called to investigate 2019 shooting of 83-year old man by Gary police officers
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Alaska snowstorm dumps up to 3 feet of snow, strands 5 people on North America’s tallest peak
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NFL draft profile: Greg Rousseau of Miami
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Letters: Offenders at the Capitol can show their remorse by contributing to society
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Hikers scramble to evacuate as new fissure opens up at Icelandic volcano: ‘This could be the beginning of second stage’
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Mayor Lightfoot calls for immediate creation of new police foot-pursuit policy in wake of 13-year-old’s shooting by officer
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Travis Goff, Northwestern’s deputy athletic director, is reportedly expected to be the new AD at Kansas
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Gol agónico de Dembélé deja al Barca a tiro del Atleti
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Gaetz says he will not leave congress and denied that he ‘slept with’ an underage girl
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Mass vaccination centers open at Wrigley Field, Chicago State University
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Tuesday’s suburban elections feature controversial figures, strange party names and Flossmoor’s first woman as mayor
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Florida dismisses 2nd breach risk at phosphate reservoir
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Waiting for your $345 from the Illinois Facebook privacy settlement? Here’s why it’s delayed.
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This Week in Naperville
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Procession for fallen Hometown officer comes as charges lodged in his death
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El rapero Kodak Black es objetivo de un tiroteo en Florida
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Kirby Dach says he still feels pain in his surgically repaired wrist, but the Chicago Blackhawks dismiss the idea they might have rushed him back too soon
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‘¿Cómo puedo sacarlo de ahí?’. Jóvenes migrantes atrapados en los casos pendientes de la Patrulla Fronteriza
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Heavy metal iguana takes top spot in Will County Forest Preserves art show
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NFL draft profile: Kwity Paye of Michigan
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Former Obama Cabinet member Ray LaHood resigns Lincoln Museum post after running afoul of feds over undisclosed $50,000 loan
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 5 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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Chicago Cubs star Javier Baez believes Francisco Lindor’s $341 million deal ‘opens the door’ for other free-agent shortstops
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Waukegan schools’ youngest students return to classrooms: ‘There was joy around the building’
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Cook County releasing about 30K first dose appointments Monday across five suburban sites
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CDC says schools don’t need daily disinfection to prevent the spread of coronavirus
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Developer fees paid to D204 to go up for new town homes and apartments, down for new houses under proposal headed to Naperville council
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Wisconsin cities Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine: Trump should pay legal bills for challenge to presidential election results
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The Spin: Lightfoot calls for new Chicago police foot-chase policy after teen killed | Pritzker signs bill opposed by Lightfoot boosting firefighter pensions | Preckwinkle to greet Vice President Kamala Harris at airport tomorrow
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Metra adding service on three lines as some riders return
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Armed robbers tried holding up 3 people on Easter. They shot 2 of them — including a security guard who returned fire — and never managed to steal anything.
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Piers Morgan tells Tucker Carlson that 17 of Meghan Markle’s claims are false
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won’t throw out the first pitch at the Rangers home opener after MLB’s decision to move All-Star Game
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Controversy sells: Lil Nas X has the No. 1 song in the U.S. and U.K. with ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’
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Speak Out reader opinions:
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One of the largest sugar maple trees in the US — standing 100 feet tall — felled over safety concerns: ‘She’s just at the end of her life’
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Anthony Gaines, Northwestern basketball’s captain the last 2 seasons, reportedly enters the transfer portal
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Texas Rangers fill the stands with fans, who accept a ‘calculated risk’
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Derek Chauvin trial: Kneeling on George Floyd’s neck violated policy, Minneapolis police chief testifies. ‘It is certainly not part of our ethics.’
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Biden promotes his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan directly to Americans, summoning support to push past Republicans
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As the NCAA transfer portal keeps expanding, Illinois coach Brad Underwood is having to shift his philosophy on how to build a roster
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Drew Valentine named the new Loyola men’s basketball coach. He replaces Porter Moser, who left for Oklahoma.
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Tim Anderson might miss the Chicago White Sox’s 3-game series with a tight hamstring: ‘I don’t see him playing for a couple of days’
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Not a bad Monday for Andrean’s battery. Val Sojka caught Caleigh Doffin’s perfect game against Boone Grove and hit a grand slam too.
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Community members remember Adam Toledo; leaders demand an end to criminalization of Black and brown youth
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In beach volleyball, Sandburg’s Jordan Paddock never leaves the pit. The senior middle hitter did the same Monday vs. Chicago Christian.
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Yermin Mercedes is named AL Player of the Week after a 9-hit opening series for the Chicago White Sox DH
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Jack Walsh kept it simple. He was ‘hydrated … stretched, felt ready.’ It helped the junior forward score a pair of goals for Oswego.
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Pilot dies after ultralight aircraft crash in Huntley
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Photos: Cubs top Brewers 5-3 in series opener
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Park Ridge news briefs: Maine 207 Foundation hosts online fundraiser; Friends of the Parks hold bike sale
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ESPN fires Paul Pierce as an NBA analyst after the former Boston Celtics star posted a racy Instagram video
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Baylor routs Gonzaga 86-70 to win its 1st men’s basketball national title and ruin the Bulldogs’ quest for a perfect season
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Dogs get their own Easter egg hunt in Morton Grove