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- Highland man charged after dragging his wife to car, then causing rollover crash, court records say
- PGA of America apologizes to Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka for the crowd swarming the 18th hole
- Body discovered in Little Calumet River near where searchers have been looking for missing 12-year-old
- ‘Back to school’ in August will mean in-person in Elmwood Park District 401
- Daily horoscope for May 25, 2021
- Lance Lynn calls his 3-hit outing vs. his former team ‘the most satisfying win in my career’ as the Chicago White Sox end a 3-game skid by beating the St. Louis Cardinals
- Ask Amy: Overwhelmed person struggles to be heard
- Lesser-known ComEd law cost customers $600 million last 7 years, says new analysis as negotiations continue amid scandal
- What you need to host a pool party
- How to make Vietnamese iced coffee
- How to keep your car cool in the summer
- Sonos review: Do these speakers stand out from the rest?
- What does a Cricut do?
- Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty — former high school teammates — square off tonight for a ‘very cool moment’ in the Chicago White Sox-St. Louis Cardinals series
- Daywatch: ComEd law cost customers $600 million, analysis says, cardinal reinstates Pfleger as St. Sabina pastor and 20 new and reopened Chicago restaurants
- Chicago Blackhawks Q&A: What would’ve happened if Corey Crawford stayed? Why are they so set on their defensive scheme? And is there any hope in next season’s Central Division?
- This day in history, May 25: George Floyd, a Black man, died when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck
- Remember ‘Wild Chicago’s’ Ben Hollis? He was antic and popular and now he has a new movie — about Ben Hollis
- My worst moment: ‘Pose’ star Mj Rodriguez and the time her voice cracked on stage during a performance of ‘Rent’
- US travel warning for COVID-19 won’t affect Olympians, says Japan
- Coroner IDs body found in Little Calumet River as missing autistic boy, officials say
- Lake County officials collecting comments on potential widening of Yorkhouse Road in Waukegan, Beach Park
- Man shot during carjacking attempt near Midway
- What is the best lavender essential oil?
- The best hemorrhoid cream of 2021
- The best boogie board of 2021
- Best storage benches for small spaces
- Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine effective in kids as young as 12, will seek FDA approval
- How to use egg rings
- Waukegan Park District looking for guidance in putting together 5-year improvement plan
- Column: Hard Rock’s payment agreement with Gary harkens back to city’s first ‘gambling riverboat’ owned by Donald Trump
- Aaron Rodgers doesn’t attend the 1st day of Green Bay Packers OTAs — and remains noncommittal about his future in ESPN interview
- Suspicious package sent to Sen. Rand Paul’s home had non-toxic substance, police say
- Softball bat vs. baseball bat: What’s the difference?
- Editorial: A law school discounts John Marshall’s positive legacy
- Tanning bed lotion vs. self-tanning lotion: What’s the difference
- Best cheap earbuds
- Wrigley sues over cannabis-infused ‘Skittles,’ as candy-makers try to protect their brands — and also, they argue, your kids
- The best jumpsuits of 2021
- Los hinchas salen ganando en la Euro 2020
- EEUU ayudará a Gaza sin ayudar a Hamas: Blinken
- Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin to meet next month for summit in Geneva
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, May 26
- Historic preservationist seeks restoration of Oak Park’s main post office, ‘one of our architectural treasures’
- Día del Orgullo Friki, a la búsqueda de extender la cultura ‘geek’
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Wednesday, May 26
- Lil Nas X relives his ‘SNL’ pants-splitting wardrobe malfunction: ‘Boom! I feel air’
- Demandan al Vaticano por emplear arte callejero en un sello
- From ‘Jurassic Park’ to ‘Slumdog,’ the 7 best movies with Irrfan Khan
- Speak Out reader opinion: Church and state must remain separate in public policy decisions
- U-46 to set up online learning ‘academy’ for students who are not vaccinated and have medical conditions
- 17-year-old killed, 86-year-old watering her lawn among those shot overnight in Chicago
- Op-ed: We’re being squeezed, Gov. Pritzker. Stop siphoning money away from towns and villages.
- Indiana governor traveling to Israel during ‘hour of need’
- Extradición de Weinstein enfrenta otro retraso
- Proponen reformas al servicio de naturalización de EEUU
- La selección alemana cambia de técnico
- How can white people be Black allies? Steven Rogers offers specifics in ‘A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues’
- Go away with … Jadah Marie
- Biden y Putin se reunirán en Ginebra en medio de tensiones
- Softball notes: Why is sophomore Lizzie Sedakis such a hitting sensation for Chicago Christian? ‘The ball just sounds different off her bat.’
- Daily Southtown softball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, May 26, 2021
- Boys basketball notes: Former Portage coach Rick Snodgrass returns to his small-town roots at LaCrosse
- Denuncian venta de exámenes de covid en consulado guatemalteco en EEUU
- The hottest new hotels in America
- Beacon-News/Courier-News softball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, May 26, 2021
- En busca de los orígenes del covid, los científicos reavivan el debate polarizador sobre la ‘fuga de laboratorio’ de Wuhan
- Mala reputación: Museo Británico da nueva mirada a Nerón
- School board meeting rescheduled in Valparaiso after anti-mask disruption
- Rescatan a jugador uruguayo de incendio en Buenos Aires (VIDEO)
- US to reopen Consulate General in Jerusalem, restoring ties with Palestinians that were downgraded by Trump
- Chicago Bull Zach LaVine sells Lakeview mansion for $3M
- ¿En qué momento debe la policía iniciar una persecución?
- EEUU obligó a padres deportados a dejar a hijos en el país
- Prepped for the ‘real world,’ East, West Leyden students graduate at Allstate Arena
- Best foldable dog pool
- Column: Simple words. ‘Play ball.’ Travel does have its place, but nothing could replace the joy of high school baseball. Nothing.
- Leyes contra facturas médicas sorpresa inflarían los costos de la atención médica
- Roomba vs. Ecovacs: Which robotic vacuum cleaner should I buy?
- How to clean your earbuds
- Best healthy road trip snacks
- Best garden lights
- Best s’mores makers 2021
- Morton Grove family fights to keep pet pig, despite local law prohibiting such animals
- How to relieve an allergic reaction on your face
- Familia de Floyd en Washington para reunirse con Biden
- Scattered showers to end Chicago heat wave, drop temperatures before holiday weekend
- Best portable air conditioner of 2021
- Best ukuleles for beginners
- Best copper fit socks for women
- The best swimsuit of 2021
- Charlot takes helm as new Lake Bluff village president
- Paul Rudnick escribe ingenioso y cómico romance real
- Modric: ‘Nunca esperé estar tantos años en el Real Madrid’
- Blinken: EEUU reabrirá su consulado en Jerusalén
- Hacer deporte ayuda a reducir la presión arterial
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Oxfam en Cuba: las mujeres son las más afectadas por EEUU
- Community news
- Fire district repays New Lenox loan that kept station open before referendum passage
- Wauconda’s Kayla Wedl made the most of her 5 years at Illinois-Chicago. Is a pro career next for the 2-time Horizon League player of the year?
- Former Elmwood Park Fire Chief Amanti dies
- Vernon Township expands COVID-19 vaccine outreach program to now include more transportation options
- Aurora University looks for federal money to double capacity of School of Nursing Simulation Lab
- Elgin Township provides $20,000 grant to Elgin PD’s Kids United summer program
- Libertyville and Vernon Hills to host live Memorial Day events, as Mundelein plans a virtual ceremony
- Man found in South Shore apartment had been dead for days, police say
- Vigils, marches across the country on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death
- Column: What’s so wrong about ‘respectability?’ Let’s start with hair.
- Rally for CPS clerk Judy Mahoney
- Indiana attorney general argues governor exceeding authority
- Alexi Giannoulias wins endorsement of politically powerful Service Employees International Union
- The best maternity swimsuit 2021
- Softball notes: Stay out of Harms’ way. Diminutive slugger Hannah Harms has no trouble providing fireworks at plate for South Elgin.
- The best swimsuit for girls 2021
- Marijuana tech firm Fyllo moving headquarters to Old Post Office
- The best two-piece swimsuit of 2021
- Se dispara la pobreza en Brasil
- Suspenden generosos alivios, se dispara la pobreza en Brasil
- The best OLED TV of 2021
- The best SAT prep book of 2021
- The best lip sunscreen of 2021
- Alex Cuba encuentra su ‘Mendó’ en nuevo álbum
- Column: Florida high school turned a yearbook into yet another chance to sexualize and shame girls’ bodies
- What is matcha?
- Confused about mask rules? Here’s what major grocery and retail chains require now.
- Podcast hosted by Naperville cops tackles hot button policing issues by bringing in police and civilian voices
- Naperville Police Beat
- Kiss under mistletoe led Lincolnwood-Northbrook couple to anniversary 70 years later
- Court, Northlight theaters finalize live performances for 2021-2022 season
- Column: The village of Matteson could soon have 9 TIF districts. A citizen group invites neighbors to learn more about them.
- Illinois’ home Big Ten football game vs. Maryland is moved to a Friday
- Momento de silencio al cumplirse un año de muerte de Floyd
- Estrella del fútbol femenino universitario se ahoga en un lago
- A un año del asesinato de George Floyd, las familias de los muertos por la policía quieren un cambio duradero
- House Republican leaders condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments comparing mask rules to the Holocaust
- Man critically wounded when carjacker shoots him in head during flat tire change in West Lawn, police say
- Graduation returns to Maine East, Maine South campuses for Class of 2021
- Comings & Goings: Orland Park country club to reopen under new owners, and more
- President Biden to name former senior State Department official Tom Nides as ambassador to Israel
- After increase in sightings, Skokie Police Department issues guidance on coyotes
- Is the Jackery Explorer portable power station worth the cost?
- Central Camera determined to rebuild
- Muere el actor de The Office Mark York
- La alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot da a conocer el largamente esperado plan de supervisión civil de la policía y retiene en la alcaldía el poder para contratar y despedir a los superintendentes: ‘La responsabilidad es mía’
- Karl Wirsum, influential Chicago artist who was part of the Hairy Who collaborative in the 1960s, dies at 81
- AP tests in area high schools are a mix of paper and digital tests in school and at home
- Which hoverboard is best for off-roading?
- Lowering Little Calumet River key to finding body of missing 12-year-old boy, police say: ‘It’s very sad. We’re all very affected.’
- Best sit-on-top kayak of 2021
- Letters: Hamas is the true villain in latest conflict
- EEUU rebaja calificación de seguridad de aviación de México
- Crown Point schools OK generator bid, gives teacher, employee, administrator of the year awards
- Skokie officials say downtown housing developments are attracting strong interest
- Graduations return to Park Ridge high school campuses
- Evanston summer leaf blower, irrigation restrictions take effect
- Un año después, ‘A Quiet Place’ está lista para hacer ruido
- ‘Endless howls into the void’: Chicagoans with family abroad in India during that country’s COVID woes watch and worry
- Un año después, voluntarios siguen ayudando a necesitados
- Justice Department appeals order to release in full a legal memo on whether Trump obstructed justice during the Russia investigation
- President Biden to visit Tulsa to commemorate 100th anniversary of race massacre
- Central Camera went up in flames amid George Floyd unrest. The Loop store’s owner isn’t angry, he’s recreating his ‘living museum.’
- Solskjaer ve la final de Liga Europa como catapulta del ManU
- Is BMI a scam?
- Chicago Bears are optimistic about their cornerback competition, but they still are considering adding a veteran free-agent option such as Bashaud Breeland
- La escasez de mano de obra termina cuando los salarios suben, dicen negocios locales
- Only New Trier High School students with medical exemptions will be allowed to study remotely next school year
- El Distrito de Columbia demanda a Amazon por monopolio
- Column: For Lyric Opera audiences, a needless new dilemma: What to do when nature calls — and there’s no intermission?
- Evanston will give residents free weekend beach access this summer
- Kanye West’s Yeezy line with Gap expected to launch in June
- One year after George Floyd’s death, area legislators, activists say ‘long way to go’ toward police reform
- Chicago cambia el enfoque de vacunación a eventos locales a medida que United Center y otros sitios cierran
- White House coronavirus adviser says ‘we need to get to the bottom’ of the virus origins
- Panel recommends two Aurora technology contracts worth $3.2 million
- Roseland water pumping station down for short time Tuesday, second time this month
- Los 23 de México para las Finales de Liga de Naciones Concacaf 2021
- North Aurora Road bakery and breakfast/lunch place on Ogden are among new Naperville businesses planned
- Area boat captains come through and help youth anglers participate in state-qualifying fishing tournament
- How a 17-year-old’s birthday party became the biggest thing on the internet
- Lincolnshire trustees considering several options, including utility fee, to fund stormwater projects
- Construction delays Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club pools opening to July; membership response biggest in years
- Alden closes $633 million purchase of Tribune Publishing; puts newspaper chain in debt and hedge fund president in charge
- Illinois legislators approve bill that would decriminalize HIV transmission
- A new musical ‘Winnie the Pooh’ books a New York stage
- Orland Park mayor highlights village achievements in talk
- Defense asks judge to dismiss charges against mother of Connor Kerner, convicted of murdering two Lake County teens in 2019
- United Airlines, whose CEO expressed support for mandatory vaccines, instead gives pilots incentives to get the shot
- Hinsdale Public Library board seeks to fill vacant spot by August
- Hinsdale 6-bedroom home with natural stone fireplace: $1.1M
- Wilmette Historical Museum, League of Women Voters partner for virtual presentation on history of racism in the village
- Soñadora y abogada, regresó a México después de 30 años para encontrar el ‘desgarro’ en la frontera
- Millions in aid being distributed to renters and landlords hurt by pandemic; ‘You cannot imagine the amount of people … in distress’
- Southtowners: Marian speech team lauded, MVCC journalists win awards, and more
- Elgin’s Bluff City Cemetery is awash in red, white and blue thanks to the Memorial Day flags placed on veterans graves
- Police charge wife of man who died in Homewood office shooting
- Musical de ‘Winnie the Pooh’ llega a Nueva York en octubre
- Champions League final odds, promo: Win $200 if Man City or Chelsea attempt a shot
- Armed men took teen’s phone and charger in robbery at Fairway Drive apartment complex, Naperville police say
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 25 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Column: Attacks on Jews over Israel are a gift to the right
- San Diego dona vacunas contra COVID para obreros en México
- EEUU da visas a beisbolistas cubanos para Preolímpico
- Multi-car crash in River Grove kills one, injures eight
- Theatre of Western Springs shows off new outdoor space with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Column: ‘CPS, shame on you.’ Supporters rally outside school where disabled clerk is set to lose her job
- Chicago woman, 86, shot after watering her grass considers moving from her West Garfield Park home of 50 years: ‘Where does it end?’
- La Grange firefighter, 37, remembered as a wonderful father with ‘positive attitude’
- GOP senators ready $1 trillion infrastructure counteroffer to Biden ahead of a Memorial Day deadline
- Fort Sheridan Historical Society to host building walk highlighting area’s unique history and new life
- Naperville Park Board to review plans for three-day Fourth of July event and possible holiday lights show at Frontier Park
- Pets of the week
- Chicago alderman wants to cap ride-share surge pricing
- Op-ed: Illinois pension reform: Arizona provides a model worth another look
- La Grange American Legion Post to distribute red poppies Saturday, May 29
- As United Center, other sites wind down, Chicago shifting vaccination focus to local events
- Kristen Clarke is the first Senate-confirmed woman of color to lead the Justice Dept.’s civil rights division
- Poll: You’re so vain, you probably think the Tweet of the Week poll is about you
- Chicago Bulls win tiebreaker with 2 teams and will have the No. 8 position in the NBA draft lottery
- Juicio de inmigrante acusado del homicidio a puñaladas de una estudiante
- Abogada: Acusado de homicidio en Iowa confesó bajo coacción
- In Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushes US support for rebuilding Gaza
- Vigils, marches in Chicago on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death
- The Spin: Schneider pushes Congress to censure Taylor Greene | Lesser-known ComEd law cost customers $600M in 7 years | George Floyd’s killing marked one year later
- Scientists drove mice to bond by zapping their brains with light
- Food truck festival to be held in Montgomery
- Democrats want to redraw Illinois Supreme Court districts for first time in almost 60 years in effort to maintain majority
- Police search Northbrook yard in connection with 1982 missing person cold case
- Strong winds spread fire from carport into Park Ridge house; heavy damage, no one injured
- Proposal for 110 new recreational marijuana stores passes Illinois House. Legislation would allow neighborhood competition, boost minority ownership.
- Northbrook cold case
- Park Ridge Farmers Market returns Saturday; masks will be required, organizers say
- 3 things we heard from the Chicago Cubs, including Kris Bryant’s outfield enjoyment and a Willson Contreras update
- Column: City of Lights tennis program, which rejuvenated the sport at East Aurora, is out at Phillips Park
- As Chicagoans mark the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, activists call for police reform
- No longer calling Joe West ‘a joke,’ Hawk Harrelson heaps praise on the record-breaking umpire: ‘Do you realize how big a thing this is?’
- Column: Joe West, the ump you love to hate, sets the major-league record for games umpired
- Grief, smiles a year after George Floyd’s killing as his family meets with President Biden
- Rallies, moments of silence mark 1 year since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police
- Mikayla Derks didn’t pitch against Andrean two weeks ago. Illiana Christian held the freshman for another day. There’s no hiding her now.
- Ethan Katz worked with high school teammates Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty. On Tuesday, he watched the 2 square off while serving as Chicago White Sox pitching coach.
- New York prosecutors convene grand jury to consider evidence in Trump criminal investigation, AP source says
- ‘He’s locked in’: Notre Dame recruit Nick DeMarco hits two homers for second time in six days as St. Charles North wins conference title
- Photos: Chicago White Sox 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3
- Great Goodman: MaryJane Goodman, who’s ‘passionate about everything she does,’ goes 3-for-4 as Richards rolls past Tinley Park
- Chicago Sky lose 90-83 to Atlanta Dream as Candace Parker misses her 3rd straight game
- Fresh Coast Solar installs solar panels at the College of Lake County in Grayslake
- One to remember for St. Charles North as West Virginia Wesleyan recruit Anastasia Pappas pitches one-hit shutout on senior day
- Chicago Cubs get 2 HRs from Joc Pederson in a 4-3 road win — but Nico Hoerner leaves with a hamstring injury
- Baseball notes: Matt Robertson and Libertyville clinch a share of the North Suburban Conference title in an ‘awesome’ atmosphere as the postseason looms
- ‘It’s a dream to have a kid like that’: Taylor Korosec scores goals, but twin sister Madison adds another dimension for Naperville North