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- Chris Paul dazzles in his NBA Finals debut as the Phoenix Suns beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-105 despite Giannis Antetokounmpo’s return
- Carlos Rodón comes up big in the clutch in his final 1st-half start as the Chicago White Sox end a 3-game skid with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins
- Daily horoscope for July 7, 2021
- Ask Amy: An abused wife seeks to avoid divorce
- Jake Arrieta gets shelled again in a 15-10 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Is it time for the Chicago Cubs to part ways with the veteran pitcher?
- Tropical Storm Elsa slightly weakens before Florida impact; Central Florida under Tornado Watch
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- Chicago Bulls in the Olympics: Zach LaVine’s notable enthusiasm about going to Tokyo, Tomá Satoransk ‘s leadership and Patrick Williams’ big opportunity
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- Aquagear vs. PUR water filter pitcher: Which is better?
- How to design a modern office in 2021
- Love reading? Check out these fun home library ideas
- This day in history, July 7: President Ronald Reagan announces the nomination of Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
- Daywatch: Zero COVID deaths in Illinois for first time since March 2020, city’s top cop blames courts for weekend violence and how a Chicago trans activist overcame hardship
- Column: HBO Max’s ‘No Sudden Move’ has the art of the steal and lure of a Soderbergh heist movie
- Adult pillow forts? HideSeek pop-up coming to Chicago hopes to make visitors feel like a kid again
- 2 ATF agents and a Chicago police officer shot on Far South Side
- Council members recall similar security amendment; Prince plan for armed security at gas stations, other businesses to be studied
- Former dean of Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management buys mansion in the northern suburbs for $1.6M
- Former dean of Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management buys mansion in the northern suburbs for $1.6M
- With ‘Redemption,’ filmed at the Harris Theater, Adrian Dunn and his Singers meld choral classical, gospel and hip hop on their own terms
- The Weather Channel embracing more climate change coverage: ‘This is a full-scale assault on this topic’
- Messi: ‘Ahora vamos por la final’
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- Fox River Trail and Illinois Prairie Path finally linked again after original connection washed out 13 years ago
- Abogado de Spears renuncia en medio de caso de curaduría
- Jonathan Toews’ ‘multi-system, multi-symptom’ illness explained by local health care professionals
- Deportistas de los Juegos se sorprenderán con normas de Japón
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- Man dies after being pulled from North Shore Channel in Chicago
- 10 ways remote work has affected sleep
- Naomi Graham will be the 1st female active-duty service member to fight for the US at the Olympics — and the boxer relishes the history she’s making
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- Los aspirantes olímpicos también batallan con la salud mental
- Hallan restos de otras 10 personas en edificio en Florida
- Lin-Manuel Miranda anuncia donaciones para ayudar a inmigrantes
- Sepultan en mismo ataúd a hermanitas muertas en derrumbe
- Asesinan en su residencia al presidente de Haití
- Speak Out reader opinion: New leadership needed to confront city violence
- Desperate for home care, seniors often wait months with workers in short supply
- Richardson, tras dar positivo por marihuana: ‘Soy humana’
- Hieren de bala a 3 oficiales de policía de Chicago
- A cautious reopening for Chicago’s Chinatown
- Juez acepta solicitud de Joel Greenberg y retrasa la sentencia hasta noviembre
- Oak Lawn girl dies after father backs into her with vehicle, police say
- Hospital prices must now be transparent. For many consumers, they’re still anyone’s guess
- Desperate for home care, seniors often wait months with workers in short supply
- US job openings rise to record high, layoffs hit record low
- Poco a poco, los no ciudadanos ganan derechos de voto
- A Chicago duo, after connecting teens during COVID-19, is using that connective force, marshaling the energy toward social justice in a ‘new normal’
- Biden realiza su primer viaje al área de Chicago como Presidente
- La tormenta Elsa llega a la costa de Florida
- Joven salvadoreño asombra en competencia de ‘freestyler’
- The Chicago Bears will have fans at 14 training camp practices at Halas Hall — plus Family Fest at Soldier Field. Here’s the schedule and how to get tickets.
- Officials search for grizzly bear that killed camper in western Montana
- Southport Lanes is not coming back from COVID-19. Everything, including the iconic sign and bowling lanes, will be sold by auction.
- Hillcrest High School student Anjay Rush, who died in a car crash, remembered as ‘beautiful soul’
- Los daños a la educación y a la salud de los niños serían irreversibles
- Neandertales tallaban objetos artísticos hace más de 50,000 años
- Sundays on State block party kicks off in the Loop this weekend
- Valparaiso woman arrested in death of baby found in Pennsylvania dumpster in 2007
- Developer plans 270 new apartment units in Merrillville project
- Talk of the County: ‘Folks here in the United States can’t have it any better’
- Trump anuncia demandas contra Facebook, Twitter y Google
- Ordiales renuncia como director deportivo de Cruz Azul
- The best TV shows of 2021 (so far)
- Frederick Krehbiel, led international expansion of Molex, dies at 80
- Tracking Chicago shooting victims: 2,021 so far this year, 164 more than in 2020.
- Chicago small business owner tackles logistical challenges to help Palestinian workers struggling with blockades and restrictions
- Nest Smart thermostat vs. Nest Learning thermostat
- US Sen. Duckworth endorses City Clerk Anna Valencia’s bid for Illinois secretary of state
- Récord de vacantes de empleo en EEUU; despidos en mínimo
- Chicago weather: Expect scattered thunderstorms, temperature drop Wednesday
- Hasta en Cannes, Mark Cousins resalta como creyente del cine
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- Rescatan a 13 migrantes cubanos en alta mar frente a Florida
- President Joe Biden visits Chicago area
- Trump announces lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google
- What the Delta variant means for unvaccinated kids
- Todas las películas de Universal llegarán a Peacock en 2022
- Perú aún no proclama presidente a un mes de elecciones
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- Grand Garden coming to Morton Arboretum in 2022 as centerpiece for its centennial celebration
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- 8-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer loses in straight sets in the quarterfinals
- AirTag review: Can Apple really make it easier to find your stuff
- Here’s the scoop: Every state’s favorite ice cream truck treat
- Aurora City Council set to vote on new equipment for police
- Moise: Un neófito político que intentó gobernar Haití
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- A pandemic clothing purge is on as vaccinations have taken hold, restrictions have lifted and offices reopen
- Liga MX y MLS definen sus equipos para la Leagues Cup 2021
- 3 Chicago schools will be standing COVID-19 vaccine sites as city aims to reach more students and families
- Speak Out reader opinions: Infrastructure bill a long time coming; time to bounce Arrieta and rest of nonproducing Cubs; GOP ‘cowardly’ on Jan. 6 probe
- UK hits 30,000 daily cases for the first time since January, as government plans to lift restrictions
- Column: Labor seems to be liking Alexi Giannoulias’ secretary of state bid
- More than 125 people who attended Texas church camp test positive for COVID-19
- Canadian National makes final $33.6B pitch to buy Kansas City Southern in deal that could add train congestion to Chicago
- Extended hours for Aurora Historical Society gift shop
- Column: Afghanistan and Cuba show the limits of US power
- Chicago White Sox designate Adam Eaton for assignment — ‘very difficult organizational decision’ — and reinstate Adam Engel from the injured list
- Niles mayor says 1,000 ‘drive safely’ signs bearing his name not paid by taxpayer funds
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- Building collapse shows Surfside’s rich, middle-class division
- Original Rainbow Cone truck setting up shop in downtown Naperville starting Wednesday
- Colombia: CIDH halla graves violaciones a DDHH en protestas
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- Letters: Secretary of State Jesse White: Driver services facilities have worked to meet pandemic’s challenges
- En Disaster City, Texas, los rescates son una forma de vida
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- Countercultural filmmaker and actor Robert Downey Sr., father of Robert Downey Jr., dies at 85
- The best LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes set
- Skateboarding y los Juegos Olímpicos, una amistad a prueba
- Furbo review: Can this camera and treat dispenser keep your dog entertained while you’re out?
- Griffith school official moves to new position in Hammond
- Editorial: Chicago as the nation’s ‘most corrupt city.’ A reality Chicagoans shouldn’t accept.
- Brazilian Crush Perfume review: Here’s what we thought of Sol de Janeiro’s signature scent
- Juez: Fuerza Aérea, responsable en parte de masacre en Texas
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- El básket 3×3, la versión olímpica del juego callejero
- ‘The Parent ‘Hood’ star Suzzanne Douglas, dies at 64
- New York salutes health care workers with ticker-tape parade, while Missouri struggles with a COVID-19 surge
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- Marisa Monte lanza su primer disco en solitario en 10 años
- Cubs-White Sox game on Aug. 8 is picked up for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ — which will air exclusively on ABC for the 1st time
- Old Town 4-bedroom home with two patios, outdoor kitchen: $3M
- Ejecutivo sentenciado a 14 años por brote de meningitis
- ‘High school boys don’t want to talk about anything,’ so a Burbank football coach teamed with the Chicago Bears to open a dialogue on racism
- Junta escolar vota unánimemente para apelar las sanciones tras el incidente del lanzamiento de tortillas
- Una madre jamaicana de 34 años es la rival a vencer en Tokio
- Portage weighing tougher smoking ordinance; bar owners ready to fight plan: ‘ If you don’t think we’ll lose business, you’re dead wrong’
- Regreso a la oficina tras la pandemia: Un tema complicado
- Waukegan fire chief named mayor’s new chief of staff
- Buona re-launches in Darien — this time with Rainbow Cone
- Memories compromised by time and a flooded case file mark testimony as 1992 Gary double murder trial begins
- Column: Bail reform isn’t to blame for Chicago’s violence. And finger-pointing doesn’t help.
- Indiana police officer fatally shot outside federal building
- Sube a 116 saldo de muertos por calor en Oregon
- How to prepare for and stay safe during hurricanes, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms
- Jodie Foster brilla en el Festival de Cannes 2021
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- Jodie Foster es honrada en el Festival de Cannes
- Mrvan, local leaders call on unions for support of the American Jobs Plan to ensure growth
- Hallan restos de 10 personas en edificio colapsado de Miami
- Police: Niles man arrested after pair run away from Park Ridge crash
- El Charlotte FC contrata a técnico español para debutar en la MLS
- Five things to do in Chicago suburbs July 9-15
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- Column: With the Chicago Cubs on another long losing streak, it’s time to look back at the team-record 14-game skid set in 1997
- Boka plans River North restaurant in former Bottled Blonde space
- Gates Foundation sets 2-year, post-divorce power share trial
- Hinsdale District 86 superintendent urges state leaders to update COVID-19 guidance for upcoming school year
- Lynn guía a los Medias Blancas a apalear a los Mellizos
- Column: Community activist pressures officials to solve baby’s 2017 murder
- Aurora fest to back efforts to get people vaccinated against COVID-19
- Potempa: Macy’s Walnut Room Christmas tradition resurrected in July for one-week
- Condenan al golfista argentino Cabrera por violencia de género
- Biden en Chicago: Habla de ‘infraestructura humana’, y la violencia armada tras tiroteo de 3 oficiales surge como tema del día
- Fire erupts on container ship in Dubai, causing explosion that sent tremors across the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates
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- Inglaterra sufre para meterse en su final de la Euro
- Learning how to scrapbook? Here’s everything you’ll need
- The Spin: Biden in Chicago region to talk up economic programs as city sees another burst of violence | Duckworth endorses Anna Valencia in SOS race | Ald. Cardenas eyes run for tax appeals board
- Niño vendió limonada para aprender sobre finanzas. Tras un viaje al cajero automático, recibió una lección sobre discriminación racial
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- Suben a 71 los desaparecidos en carretera de norte de México
- In Chinatown, many are eager to get back to business in a neighborhood heavily reliant on tourism, but caution over crime and COVID lingers
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- Chicago White Sox head to Baltimore with an 8-game division lead after Tim Anderson and Leury García set the tone in a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins
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- President Biden came to Chicago area to talk ‘human infrastructure,’ but shooting of 3 officers brings gun violence to forefront
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- Former South African president Jacob Zuma turns himself over to police to begin serving a 15-month prison term
- Man drowns in residential pool in Maine Township
- Naperville News Digest: Will County offering faster way to get vital records; DuPage County in top 2% for COVID shots in U.S.; boat safety checks at Whalon Lake
- More bodies found at Florida condo collapse bringing death toll up to 54 with many more unaccounted for, officials say
- ‘Person of interest’ being questioned in Far South Side shooting of 2 ATF agents, 1 Chicago cop who were working undercover
- First state COVID-19 vaccine lottery drawings are Thursday. Illinois to give $10 million in prizes, scholarships to vaccinated residents over summer.
- Arrests made in slaying of Haiti President Jovenel Moise, according to officials
- Chicago Cubs put Jake Arrieta on the 10-day injured list with right hamstring tightness: ‘Something’s going on with the way he’s pitching’
- Former Lake County coroner’s deputy charged with recording juvenile while notifying them of relative’s death
- Chicago Fire finish their 4-game stand at Soldier Field at 2-1-1 — and take a step in the right direction