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- Kevin Durant’s ‘historic performance’ — 49 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists — gives the Brooklyn Nets a 3-2 series lead over the Milwaukee Bucks
- Jenna Sitta called it ‘unfinished business.’ St. Charles East’s unbeaten season, though, came to an end with a 1-0 loss to Barrington.
- Daily horoscope for June 16, 2021
- ‘He was Picasso, just painted beautifully:’ Dallas Keuchel in full command during 7 shutout innings as the Chicago White Sox even their series with the Tampa Bay Rays
- Ask Amy: Cancer patient has a mask mandate
- Column: 9 Things to Like Right Now: Long days, Bisa Butler’s quilts and ‘Lupin’
- Oak Lawn volleyball tourney set to celebrate 4th decade of supporting people with special needs
- Column: Want to end urban hopelessness? Support real school choice.
- Daywatch: Young mother killed in Englewood mass shooting, Rockton chemical fire could take 7 days to burn out and Andersonville couple’s giant Pride paintbrush goes viral
- Chicago Cubs understand MLB’s crackdown on sticky substances — but consistent enforcement by umpires is a concern: ‘You’re implementing some human error’
- Best two-quart casserole dishes
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- The best eye cream for wrinkles
- ‘The books took them out of jail’: Former teachers from Oak Forest say reading can lead to rehabilitation for the incarcerated
- With Stephen Colbert, ‘John Oliver’ and others on board, Second City has a new path to late-night TV
- ‘Home Waters’ book by John Maclean is not a memoir but it’s filled with marvelous memories
- ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ review: Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds can’t save it
- This day in history, June 16: Accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’
- What you need to host a backyard movie night
- Shortage of counselors at summer camps
- Man robbed Munster bank in hazmat suit, police say
- Anti-vaccine protesters picket outside Foo Fighters’ first full capacity show since pandemic
- Queda definido el octogonal final de Concacaf rumbo al Mundial
- Greenpeace se disculpa, policía investiga protesta en Euro (VIDEO)
- Best cheap hearing aids
- Billionaire MacKenzie Scott gives away $2.7 billion, including $40M to UIC, $5M to Kennedy-King
- Which wearable baby carrier is best?
- How to pack for plane travel
- Lin-Manuel Miranda responde a las críticas sobre el elenco de ‘In the Heights’
- This homemade Father’s Day gift is delightfully delicious
- Is a Black Diamond headlamp worth it?
- Missy Mazzoli reflects on three years of ‘moving the needle’ at the CSO
- What you need to whiten your teeth at home
- Piloto mexicano Pato O’Ward parece copiar a colombiano Montoya
- My Pet World: How to help a dog who panics over fireworks
- Air purifier vs. dehumidifier: Which is better?
- Kristel Bell creates STEM-focused Surprise Powerz Dolls
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- How to grill burgers: Tips and tricks for the best patties ever
- Yasser Tejeda halla esperanza en ‘El sol de la madrugada’
- Best Fire tablets of 2021
- Biden administration forgives loans for 18,000 former students of ITT Technical Institute
- Wisconsin legislators to vote on police bills, including measure banning use of chokeholds in most cases
- Biden y Putin inician cumbre en medio de tensiones
- Tips para que el cachorrito se sienta bien en el nuevo hogar
- Mask shaming: Illinois has reopened, but some of us are still wearing masks. How does that make you feel?
- Why American women everywhere are delaying motherhood
- New publisher says it welcomes conservative writers rejected elsewhere
- El Ejército de EEUU ocultó por años la pérdida de armas
- Mario Fernandes is taken to the hospital with a suspected spinal injury after falling during Russia’s European Championship match vs. Finland
- Around the Southland: Pollinator garden installed in Frankfort, partnership to help homeless, and more
- Speak Out reader opinion: Security is a joke at former mental health center
- CSO announces part of 2021-22 season — and Muti’s return to Chicago
- Hunger strike at women’s prison brings attention to conditions at Logan Correctional Center
- ‘The Housewife and the Hustler’ review: More primer than analysis, the documentary examines the legal and financial problems of Erika and Tom Girardi
- La UE reabre fronteras a los turistas de EEUU
- After historic highs, lumber prices are finally beginning to drop
- Column: Lake County’s traffic gridlock returns with a vengeance in our post-COVID era
- 5 people shot near Garfield Park, 1 suffers critical injuries
- Five things to do in Chicagoland June 18-24
- Chris Paul reportedly is in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, making it unclear if the Phoenix Suns guard will be available for the start of the conference finals
- Bancos y cooperativas de crédito realizan cambios al manejo de las altas comisiones por sobregiro
- New committee to look at town center for Sugar Grove
- Casinos sharing the wealth with area service organizations, nonprofits
- México y EEUU buscan hacer más contra inmigración
- Father’s Day 2021: Celebrate fathers and the dad in your life
- Estos hechos poco conocidos te salvarían en caso de que un perro te ataque
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Thursday, June 17
- Temperatures to soar to mid-90s Thursday, followed by possibly severe thunderstorms, flash flooding
- Ecuador: médicos posponen boda para atender pacientes COVID
- President Joe Biden meets Russian President Vladimir Putin
- Biden y Putin finalizan cumbre en medio de tensiones
- Ya tiene fecha inicio de la próxima temporada de LaLiga
- Israeli airstrikes target Gaza, testing cease-fire
- The 25 best sitcoms of the 2000s
- ‘Fue genial ver a los demás… Abrazarse se sintió aún mejor’
- Senado de EEUU aprueba feriado por libertad de esclavos ‘Juneteenth’ o día de la emancipación
- María Celeste Arrarás: ‘CNN me dijo pide por esa boca’
- Kane County to open recycling center in Aurora
- Trendy professional clothes for when you return to the office
- Column: Brother Rice runs into Louck-ness monster in the supersectional with loss to Notre Dame-bound Brady Louck
- Russia’s Putin calls summit with Biden ‘constructive,’ defends treatment of opponents, says sides agreed to begin nuclear talks
- Tinley Park OKs 1-cent tax on video gambling
- July 3 Ravinia concert with Shemekia Copeland, Ides of March is exclusively for essential workers
- Jennifer López protagonizará thriller de ciencia ficción de Netflix
- Brocha gigante por el Mes del Orgullo atrae a multitudes: ‘Realmente necesitamos algo como esto’
- What to bring for a successful apple picking trip
- Grupos de no vacunados amenazan con prolongar la pandemia en EEUU
- El Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano recibe $8 millones de la filántropa multimillonaria MacKenzie Scott
- Lawsuit challenges Indiana governor’s unemployment decision
- Rudiger arrepentido por mordisco a Pogba (VIDEO)
- Deck fire atop historic Near North apartment building produces lots of smoke but ‘no real structural damage’ or injuries, fire official says
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- Lake Forest Boys Scout troop helps bring American flag retirement site to local fire station: ‘This is a serious little piece of construction…a gift to the community’
- Fast and Furious 10 y 11 se rodarán juntas
- Chicago Gourmet returns (sort of) with more in-person events, including Hamburger Hop
- Retired WLS-Ch. 7 news anchor Kathy Brock sells Loop condo for $1.4M
- He was born for this. Northern Illinois football recruit Jalen Johnson carries on family tradition as state-bound hurdler for Metea Valley.
- Israel bombardea Gaza, palestinos lanzan globos incendiarios
- Best waterproof duffel bags
- Retired WLS-Ch. 7 news anchor Kathy Brock lists Loop condo for $1.45M
- Aurora mayor says he will start by looking inside the department for city’s next police chief
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, June 17
- The best JanSport backpack
- Isla mexicana recibe primer crucero tras el azote pandémico
- Suburban staple Culver’s coming to Pullman, and franchisee hopes to open in more Chicago neighborhoods. ‘Get people working and it makes a difference.’
- EEUU: Hispanas dejaron fuerza laboral en pandemia
- Meet Kristel Bell, the creator of STEM-focused Surprise Powerz Dolls
- Ingleside brothers write and illustrate children’s book; ‘I think it’s going to be a classic’
- Column: What Joe Manchin knows that progressives don’t
- Argentino Funes Mori ya puede jugar para México
- Photos: White Sox 8, Rays 7
- El colapso del metro en CDMX habría sido por fallas en la construcción
- Reseña/Kevin Hart es versátil en drama ‘Fatherhood’
- Oak Brook decides against fireworks show, despite commitments for donations to pay for it
- Op-ed: Let’s honor DuSable by getting rid of the high-speed highway on the lake
- Oak Lawn mayor, police chief see trailer bill as a slight win for law enforcement
- Southwest Airlines grappling with 3rd day of flight delays, cancellations
- ‘It’s down to the wire.’ Chicago-area camp directors lament counselor shortage, worrying they’ll welcome fewer campers.
- Soundgarden members regain ‘temporary’ control of band’s social media
- Crown Point home demolition bid winner to be announced in July
- Pingüinos protagonizan nueva serie de Netflix
- Biden y Putin prevén ‘consultas’ sobre pacto nuclear
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Megan Boone abandona The Blacklist tras ocho temporadas
- GM Rick Hahn says it’s too early to decide whether the Chicago White Sox will be buyers before the trade deadline: ‘Is the squeeze going to be worth it?’
- Cuentos Políticos: Queridos fifís
- Biden quiere celebrar 4 de julio como ‘verano de libertad’
- Letters: Our priority should be to strengthen public schools
- Editorial: Beyond time to recalibrate criminal justice reform in Chicago
- The potential final stage in the US campaign to vanquish COVID-19 is turning into a slog as an infectious variant spreads
- The best over-ear headphone
- Estudio: 50% de cosméticos en EEUU tienen sustancias tóxicas
- Sergio Ramos deja el Real Madrid tras 16 temporadas
- ATF campaign to reduce straw purchasing of guns that wind up in Chicago relies on targeted ads
- NFL will loosen many COVID restrictions for fully vaccinated players
- Roku vs. FireTV: Which is better?
- How MacKenzie Scott’s mega donation will support Chicago’s low-income and 1st-generation college students
- Chicago Bears will open Soldier Field to fans at full capacity for the 2021 season — and pregame tailgating will be allowed too
- Frustrated educators demand state’s fall COVID-19 plans for Illinois schools
- EEUU anula regla de Trump para asilo a víctimas de violencia
- Auditorium Theatre will reopen in Chicago this fall, announces 2021-22 season
- Former Chicago news anchor Rob Johnson sells Hinsdale home for $2M
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- Which outdoor vacuum is good for patios?
- Column: We don’t want the Justice Department investigating Congress
- The Justice Department drops its lawsuit against John Bolton over his book that officials argued disclosed classified information
- Recibir la ayuda de FEMA para funerales de covid requiere tenacidad… y ayuda
- Cuba lucha contra rebrote pese a dos millones de vacunados
- 7 out of 8 in Englewood mass shooting were shot in the head, likely by 2 gunmen, police report says
- Judge: Ex-Indiana wildlife center proprietor owes PETA $734K
- Former councilwoman’s commission appointment triggers debate on need for new voices in Naperville government
- UFO over Utah? These states report the most sightings of unidentified flying objects
- The best basement dehumidifier
- Anjanette Young, attorney blast Lightfoot, city Law Department for tactics during mediation over botched police raid on home
- Millions of Americans fear eviction, foreclosure as housing crisis worsens
- Ecuador: Presidente notifica viaje a EEUU para cirugía
- Acciones de Coca-Cola caen $4,000 millones después de que Cristiano escoge agua (VIDEO)
- Column: Former U.S. attorney witnesses man he tutored in Cabrini-Green take office in Dolton
- Law office, mortgage firm seek to open in Uptown Park Ridge commercial center that is home to several vacant storefronts
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- Burbank man faces attempted murder charge after shooting during a vehicle test drive in Oak Lawn
- Aide says former Homeland Security head Tom Ridge suffered a stroke
- Waukegan hosts PrideDrive, after-party June 5
- Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation awards scholarships to area teens
- Andersonville couple’s giant Pride paintbrush draws crowds: ‘This is a time when we really need something like this.’
- Francia levanta obligación de mascarilla y toque de queda
- Arrest made in sexual assault of teenage girl along Beach Park bike path
- Loyola recruit Andie Broniewicz comes up big in circle, at plate as Joliet Catholic reaches state final for 1st time in softball: ‘It’s amazing.’
- Potempa: Round Barn Theatre audiences enjoying Hallmark nod stage world premiere
- La ‘Azzurra’ sigue impresionando en la Euro
- What are the roadblocks to a ‘vaccine passport’?
- Colombia: ELN, principal sospechoso de atentado a militares
- Family of man who died after beating by prison guards seeks compensation, says state lacks accountability
- Aurora City Council returns to in-person meetings
- Laporta: ‘No contemplo ni me planteo un no de Messi’
- What to know about CDC guidelines on vaccinated travel
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- Oak Park Dist. 97 considering wage increases for certain staff as $15 minimum wage requirement looms
- Case against ex-Calumet Township employee Ethel Shelton dismissed; originally indicted in December 2014
- EEUU: Variante de COVID se extiende y menos gente se vacuna
- Defendant’s girlfriend claims not to remember key details in testimony in double murder of Lake County teens
- Oak Park amends village code, grants COVID-19-related regulatory powers to health director
- Justice Department sues to block Aon’s $30B acquisition of Willis Towers Watson
- Las Águilas del América refuerzan su defensa
- Elgin News Digest: Bad house fire on Aldine; Frog Lady at Lords Park Zoo Saturday; donations sought for Project Backpack; vaccine clinic at Swedish Days Fest
- Oak Park Library’s Dole Branch to reopen, other branches begin expanded hours next month
- US ends two Trump administration policies that made it harder for immigrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum
- Argentina con varias incógnitas ante Uruguay en Copa América
- Chicago Blackhawks file motion to dismiss ex-player’s sexual harassment lawsuit
- Best dorm refrigerators of 2021
- Woman fatally shot husband over ‘perceived infidelity,’ prosecutors say
- Which lawn mower should I get?
- Para construir el muro fronterizo, el gobernador de Texas combinará el ‘pago inicial’ estatal con una colaboración masiva
- Vaccine maker earned record profits but delivered disappointment in return
- Elgin’s first Hispanic police commander tapped to be new Peoria police chief
- The best methods for tilling soil
- With ‘Dave,’ Lil Dicky ‘achieved my destiny’
- In a defeat for Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Illinois House approves shift to elected Chicago school board; broad gun control bill also approved
- Kane County closes COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Aurora
- Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
- Column: Who gives a (bleep)? Chicago White Sox fans do after a walk-off, 10-inning win takes the series vs. the Tampa Bay Rays and gives them the majors’ best record.
- Reported UFO sightings in Naperville: Here’s what we know
- Speak Out reader opinions: Billionaires don’t care about little guys; guns far more likely to shoot family than stop intruder; Biden’s U.S. means higher gas costs
- Chicago USPS postmaster replaced following mounting calls for her resignation over mail delays
- Juneteenth to become official state holiday in Illinois under bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker
- Column: Her son needed someone to play catch with him. Her neighbor came through, and then some. A beautiful example of the best in us.
- Allen Robinson reports to Chicago Bears minicamp despite a yearlong contract impasse — focusing on his game and ‘things I can control’ instead of the franchise tag
- Is Illinois ice hockey still in the works? Are athletes required to get vaccinated? 4 takeaways from AD Josh Whitman’s annual roundtable.
- Elgin mayor issues proclamation for Juneteenth, celebrated Saturday with a motorcade and festivities
- Broad gun control measure aimed at modernizing FOID law, tightening private gun sale rules gets final approval by Illinois House
- “Chicago Comics: 1960 Till Now” exhibit at the MCA Chicago
- The Spin: CPS elected school board legislation approved by lawmakers | Juneteenth officially a state holiday | Springfield moves to revamp FOID
- Pride. Friendship. Family. Illinois-Chicago recruit Jolee Santiago represents best of Joliet Catholic softball after loss in state final.
- People attend a vigil for a victim of a mass shooting in Englewood
- GM Marc Eversley will represent Chicago Bulls at the virtual NBA draft lottery