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- Simone Biles claims 7th US Gymnastics title — without even attempting her new vault
- Christian Pulisic’s penalty kick in extra time gives the US a 3-2 win over Mexico in the Nations League final
- Daily horoscope for June 7, 2021
- Ask Amy: Recovering addict feels hounded by dreams
- ‘We’re in the fog of war’: Soaring lumber prices are contributing to rising home costs in Maryland and beyond
- Editorial: Navy Pier transparency bill stalled. City Council, pry open the books.
- Summer school? Parents and teachers are just saying no, despite COVID-19 learning loss and federal relief funds to pay for it.
- Letters: University of Chicago Medicine has made a concerted effort to vaccinate vulnerable residents
- Column: Allowing poor children to go hungry would cost society more than Biden’s child tax credit expansion
- 11-year-old girl shot in Chicago
- 4 takeaways from the Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers series, including why Yasmani Grandal’s 0-for-4 day stood out and a spotlight on Tony La Russa’s strategy
- Daywatch: End to social distancing and capacity limits nears, the Rev. Pfleger returns to St. Sabina and what to know as farmers markets come back
- The best patio dining sets
- Best slim wallet
- US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy under pressure to resign, but he’s not going anywhere soon: ‘Get used to me’
- Best spine protector for motorcycling
- This day in history, June 7: Battle of Midway ends in decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan
- The best body washes for sensitive skin
- The best outdoor rabbit hutches of 2021
- 4 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ wild weekend in San Francisco, including Patrick Wisdom’s ‘powerful position’ and the Giants’ ‘Vax Up!’ message
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘We finally have competence, stability, compassion and plans that will move America forward’
- Len Kasper launches a Chicago White Sox podcast with Jason Benetti — and is now broadcasting road games on the radio in person rather than remotely
- Nespresso milk frother vs. Breville milk frother: Which is best?
- The best mini fridge with a freezer
- New Hobart elementary school bringing traffic headaches: ‘No one is around supervising’
- Best pool alarm of 2021
- Arizona Republicans risk voter turnoff with election audit: ‘It’s a threat to our democracy’
- Medline sold to private equity firms for $34B, but Northfield company’s management unchanged
- Best picnic gear 2021
- Best cheap perfume 2021
- ‘I May Destroy You’ wins at British Academy TV awards
- Waukegan PrideDrive 2021 highlights city’s diversity; ‘It is an inspiring time’
- Épico triunfo de EEUU sobre México en Liga de Naciones
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I truly wonder if any of these lemmings realize that all their cherished freedoms would be abolished’ if there was a coup
- Mayweather tras combate ante Paul: ‘Es mejor de lo que creía’
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Woman dies after passing out on roller coaster at southern Indiana theme park
- Stores call for shoppers to step up when retail workers face abuse
- Supreme Court won’t review men-only military draft law, deferring to Congress
- Duro revés para la selección española a una semana de la Euro
- México: Partido de AMLO mantendría mayoría en Diputados
- Resultados oficiales dan ligera ventaja a Fujimori en Perú
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will be aboard Blue Origin’s first human space flight
- Chicago’s Pre-Broadway ‘Paradise Square’ sets cast
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I am proud to call Waukegan my home’
- Perú: se acorta distancia entre candidatos en balotaje
- Talk of the County reader opinion: When it comes to vaccination incentives, ‘the end justifies the means’
- Thompson Center driver services facility reopens after being shut down for more than a year due to pandemic
- EEUU: Muchos niños se apuntan a la escuela de verano
- Sudamérica juega por Mundial pero piensa en Copa América
- Speak Out reader opinion: It’s unfair Father Pfleger doesn’t transfer as other priests must
- Jill Biden y Fauci visitan sitio de vacunación
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Tuesday, June 8
- EEUU: Advierten de ataques cibernéticos a red eléctrica
- Carnival rides and elephant ears in La Grange signal summer is here
- Mueren 40 personas en un choque de trenes en Pakistán
- Snoop Dogg se une a sello Def Jam Recording
- Psychiatrist invited to Yale spoke of fantasies of shooting white people
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Trump is nothing but trouble, and Facebook wants no part of it anymore’
- Corte EEUU falla contra inmigrantes con TPS
- Auto racing notes: They call him ‘The Bandit.’ A two-time champ and Hall of Fame driver, Randy Weese is now breaking the bounty bank.
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, June 8
- Naomi Osaka también se da de baja en el torneo de Berlín
- Harris en Guatemala, encara problemas que causan migración
- Column: Lake County’s sandhill crane killer needs to have wings clipped
- Schwartzman sigue indomable en Roland Garros
- Steppenwolf Theatre will add a giant Tony Fitzpatrick mural to its Lincoln Park campus
- St. Charles man charged with attempted murder
- ‘He’s always been a team-first guy’: Northwestern recruit Sammie Hayes makes most of shortened wrestling season with Sandburg
- 2 arrested in connection with fatal California road rage shooting of 6-year-old boy
- Bezos estará en el vuelo espacial tripulado de Blue Origin
- OEA critica a El Salvador por romper convenio con CICIES
- Navy graduate Cameron Kinley denied permission to pursue pro football
- Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status who entered US illegally
- Gurnee man, 19, killed in crowded parking lot shooting; Waukegan police say no witnesses have come forward
- Quejas de Trump opacan agenda política de los republicanos
- The Miami Marlins signed Galli Cribbs. The Kane County Cougars needed a shortstop. Enter Waubonsie Valley graduate Nick Santoro.
- Hace años que Enrique y Meghan pensaron en el nombre de ‘Lili’ para su hija
- EEUU: Abunda dinero en estados pese a crisis de coronavirus
- Frankfort man becomes the face of the fight against ALS as White Sox join league effort to raise awareness of disease
- Entre violencia, narcotráfico y homicidios
- ¿Qué es una búsqueda de título de propiedad? Cómo este importante paso afectaría tu cierre
- Recent Waukegan High grads offer different takes on unity to win Congressional Art Contest
- Muere chimpancé más viejo de EEUU
- Cura de Wisconsin se rebela a obispo y se niega a dimitir
- Francia envía a EEUU réplica de la Estatua de la Libertad
- EEUU aprueba primer medicamento contra Alzheimer en 20 años
- Hobart senior Riley Johnston sets the bar high for Northwest Indiana athletes at the state meet, winning the pole vault
- Muere el actor Clarence Williams III
- Marquee Sports Network adds Elise Menaker as an analyst for its Triple-A Iowa Cubs telecasts
- Perú: en cerrado balotaje, Castillo ahora va adelante
- North Aurora man charged in connection with shooting outside Woodman’s
- Column: Bronzeville spin instructor hosting a Juneteenth Freedom Ride. ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if this became a global movement?’
- España abre sus puertas a turistas vacunados de COVID-19
- Hobart teachers to get pandemic stipend; Brickie Forward Plan also OK’d
- Elmwood Park High School students prefer to avoid pandemic topic at outdoor graduation
- 11-year-old girl shot, seriously wounded in West Pullman, police say, among 60 shot over weekend in Chicago
- Christina Ricci ficha por Matrix 4
- Opinion: Roxane Gay Books should serve as model for publishing industry
- India ofrecerá vacunas contra el COVID-19 a todo adulto
- Portion of Gary highway to be closed starting Thursday for state shift
- Familias enteras destruidas por el coronavirus en la India
- VU Law alum named acting U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Indiana
- Snoop Dogg to join Def Jam label as strategic consultant
- Bruce Springsteen plans Broadway return this month — his show will be the first
- Clarendon Hills teen hosts Princess Company meet and greet before heading off to college
- Tips for teens on landing that summer job: Plenty of openings, but don’t wait
- Coachella 2022 is an instantaneous sellout
- Tras la muerte de cuatro bebés Fisher-Price retirará del mercado silla mecedora automática
- 2 Michigan farm stands exemplify a nation’s divides over masks and politics
- ‘Shadow and Bone’ renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
- City Clerk Anna Valencia joins crowded Democratic field to replace Jesse White as secretary of state
- Column: I never learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. We should all learn about it now.
- Tras advertencias, Israel suspende marcha de ultranacionalistas judíos por la Ciudad Antigua de Jerusalén
- Column: Gun violence victims plead, ‘This needs to stop.’ But the reality is that this isn’t going to stop.
- Village of Oak Park cancels 4th of July parade, fireworks show
- Marshall Field’s created ‘the wonder rug of America,’ once touted at the Chicago World’s Fair. But after decades, the miracle carpet’s era is ending.
- Ask Mister Manners: My friend is gone; should her Facebook account disappear too?
- Dr. June: It’s never too late to reach a goal
- Best whodunit movies of all time
- Estos son los 24 equipos en la Eurocopa
- Esta semana llegan ‘Infinite’, ‘Loki’ e ‘In the Heights’
- Abby Pyburn’s freshman season at DePauw was cut short during the pandemic and was followed by surgery. The Antioch grad looks like her old self this spring.
- 7 bioluminescent beaches and bays that glow at night
- Waukegan man charged with sexual abuse of teen girl
- Lifetime kayaks vs. Pelican kayaks: Which is better?
- Congelados pero no perdonados, los préstamos estudiantiles en EEUU vencen pronto de nuevo
- Column: Are unwritten rules of white privilege behind a lack of goods and services in many south suburbs?
- Woman pleads guilty in 2017 shooting of a Chicago police officer
- The best sustainably made furniture
- Barrington School District 220 keeping mask requirement in place for summer school. Officials say ‘premature’ to make rule now for next academic year.
- Documental sobre protestas de Chile en Festival de Cine de Tribeca
- Lake County Fair announces grandstand line up, three days of monster truck shows
- Which garage door opener should I get?
- HP vs. Canon vs. Epson printers
- Best cheap tires
- Meet Northwestern’s new athletic director
- AMLO pierde terreno en el Congreso, en una muestra de los límites de su mandato
- Which Mr. Coffee iced coffee maker should you get?
- Woman to be resentenced June 28 on neglect conviction after appeal; 2 children died in 2018 Gary fire
- How to choose a mold stain remover for your home
- Chefs and cooks in the disability community share recipes for accessibility
- Shemekia Copeland, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram among winners of Blues Music Awards
- The best headlamp of 2021
- Evanston police chief announces retirement, effective immediately
- The best webcam for Linux
- The best home security camera 2021
- La administración Biden defenderá ley que niega beneficios en Puerto Rico
- Seed money: Black entrepreneurs hope pandemic gardening boom will grow healthier eating
- ¿Prodigio? Con 17 años, Gauff se diploma en París
- Cat sanctuary purring along as influx of animals stretches resources; group looks to find homes for abandoned cats
- Ofrecerán cruceros para vacunados contra COVID-19
- Oakbrook Terrace Salvation Army Corps offers COVID-19 vaccination clinic
- What are the guidelines for phase 5 in Chicago and Illinois? No capacity limits, some masking, and possible limits from individual businesses or towns. Here’s our guide.
- Crowdfunded Detroit grocery store to provide access to healthy foods
- Sign of the times: Stores opened at onset of pandemic to sell masks are shutting down
- Man, 35, dies in Elgin crash
- Springsteen planea el regreso a Broadway de su espectáculo
- The scoop on low-calorie ice creams
- Munster doctor who served 15 months for improperly prescribed opioids calls on AG to restructure health care laws, reform investigation practices
- The best fast-food fried chicken sandwiches of 2021 ranked
- Letters: Oscar Mayer school community talks about ‘equity,’ then scapegoats the Chicago Teachers Union
- Ecuador busca levantar el vuelo ante el colista Perú
- Healthy-up your coffee drink
- Editorial: Our sorry state: Program for the blind and disabled gets scrapped
- Op-ed: As antisemitism rears its ugly head again, who will stand up for Jews?
- La Celeste encara rival ideal en eliminatorias
- Teachers walk off the job at Chicago’s Urban Prep, the groundbreaking all-boys charter high school network
- ICE pretendía capturar a narcos. ¿Hizo caer en la trampa a ancianos engañados?
- 12 water polo players get a $14 million settlement in a sexual abuse lawsuit against USA Water Polo and a club team
- 2-day art festival draws thousands to downtown Barrington, featuring ‘best collection of artists that we’ve ever had at this show’
- No link between stress and infertility, doctor says, so stop telling couples, ‘Oh, just relax and you’ll get pregnant’
- Aurora Farmers Market set to open for 109th season downtown
- Eat to glow: Foods that can boost skin health
- Climate activists stage Oak Park protest, ‘die-in,’ calling on state legislature to pass clean energy bill
- Op-ed: Supreme Court dodges the draft question, leaving it to Congress
- Should you use a hunger scale?
- 13 tips for eating well on the cheap
- French Open: Coco Gauff advances to her 1st Grand Slam quarterfinals at 17
- Column: His dad always tells him, ‘Just throw within yourself.’ Marmion’s Dan Coxworth sticks with the process, keeps eyes on state.
- Britt Reid, the former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach, pleads not guilty to critically injuring a young girl in crash
- Op-ed: Will I have fewer friends post-pandemic?
- Aurora City Council set to vote on license for improv theater
- Ellen Burstyn reflexiona sobre su imparable carrera
- Column: Camping is not for me: A diatribe
- Chile quiere ratificar repunte en eliminatorias ante Bolivia
- Five things to do in northwest Indiana June 11-17
- The Spin: Valencia joins crowd of Dems running for secretary of state | Rev. Pfleger returns to pulpit | Obama Presidential Center price tag rises to nearly $700M
- Dom’s Kitchen & Market, a new store from the Mariano’s founder
- 8 shot at weekend high school graduation party in Burnside: ‘I was so scared’
- Summer reading season kicks off in Northbrook, Glenview
- As warming fuels disasters, relief often favors white people
- Brasil, en profunda crisis interna, visita a Paraguay
- Oak Park recognizes Juneteenth with flag-raising ceremony outside village hall
- EEUU: Graduado que usó bandera de México recibe su diploma
- Reanimada, Colombia recibe a Messi y Argentina
- Naperville’s Mall of India seeks OK to add self-pour beer kiosks
- Drought-stricken Nevada enacts ban on ‘non-functional’ grass
- After year off during pandemic, Kids Fishing Derby back in Sandwich
- Oak Park police: Possible hit-and-run pushes car onto North Avenue sidewalk, into restaurant building
- Thomas Sullivan, former US attorney who helped launch Operation Greylord, dies
- Cooking classes, local brands and plenty of prepared meals: New store from Mariano’s founder bets people still want to buy groceries in person
- Column: Cocoa Chili’s Afro-Caribbean-soul takeout is on nearly every hot restaurant list. Here’s why it deserves to be.
- Farmers market opens in Lake Zurich: ‘People are looking to socialize and get some fresh stuff’
- What you need to clean your fish tank
- Arrest made in Orland Park shooting outside apartment building
- Get these hurricane essentials now
- Sean Kennedy gets a little help from his friends early and then trusts ‘his stuff’ as Geneva rolls past South Elgin for regional title
- New royal baby Lilibet born on 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s visit to Northwestern University, Meghan Markle’s alma mater
- FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug despite warnings from experts
- Best rooftop tent of 2021
- Are Samsung Frame TVs worth it?
- Sacan muerto de un río al luchador de MMA Dane Sayers
- Keith Appling, a former Michigan State basketball captain, is charged with murder
- Pool party ideas for large yards
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 7 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Graco vs. Chicco travel system
- Which big camping tents are best?
- Best camping sleeping pads in 2021
- When to replace a water filter
- Manaus sufre ola de vandalismo tras muerte de traficante
- Justice Department recovers most of $2.3 million payment made to hackers after cyberattack on nation’s largest fuel pipeline
- Is the Amazon Fire TV Stick worth it?
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs. iPhone 12 Pro Max: Which is better?
- Best Bluetooth headphones for phone calls
- Which flatware set should I get?
- Green eyeshadow looks for summer
- Which kamado grill should I get?
- York Street railroad crossing closed June 8-18
- Corrections and clarifications
- Derrick Gragg is introduced as athletic director at Northwestern — which got a 2nd chance at the wish-list candidate after a month of turmoil
- Notre Dame-Wisconsin game at Lambeau Field rescheduled for 2026
- Lincoln Presidential Library to display Emancipation Proclamation as part of Juneteenth celebration
- President Biden’s infrastructure agenda stalls, causing ‘a lot of anxiety’ for Democrats
- ‘Do not come’: Vice President Kamala Harris delivers direct warning to migrants considering making the trek to the US-Mexico border
- How to make the best vegetarian meatballs without fake meat
- Tom Thibodeau named NBA Coach of the Year
- Muslim family targeted by a pickup truck in Toronto, 4 killed, 1 seriously injured according to Canadian police
- CTA train derails at Byrn Mawr
- Train derailed at Bryn Mawr; Red Line service suspended between Howard and Belmont stops
- Cooling Stress Tips: Housecleaning can renew your energy
- Proposed six-story apartment building draws mixed reviews from residents in southeast Oak Park
- Three journalists who fled from military-ruled Myanmar have been sent to a third country where they are safe, according to their employer
- Column: Kris Bryant isn’t spending ‘wasted energy’ on whether this is his last year with the Chicago Cubs — he’s enjoying an MVP-caliber season
- Dylan Petrey strikes out the side in the seventh as Hampshire edges Kaneland for regional title: ‘It was always the curveball that got them.’
- Austin Mallee’s father, John, is a hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels. His advice for the Mount Carmel sophomore? Crush it.
- David Kaplan to be inducted in the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame with Curtis Granderson, Mike Shanahan and the late Rube Foster
- Nick Badrljica says ‘let’s get the train moving’ as Naperville Central pulls off upset over Metea Valley in regional quarterfinals
- R. Kelly’s Chicago attorneys move to withdraw from case 2 months before trial in New York
- ‘We always find a way somehow,’ and Charlie Marisca finds it with four hits as Grayslake Central rallies past Wauconda for a regional title
- Colin Lewandowski becomes comeback kid with a double, triple and 5 RBIs as Neuqua Valley upsets Naperville Central for regional title