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- Daily horoscope for July 15, 2021
- Ask Amy: Instagram dad doesn’t become instant father
- Column: 16-inch coed softball sounds dull, Chicago. Let’s try ’48-Inch SoftSHOCKball Death Challenge 5000′
- ‘I feel like I’m half vaccinated’: Some Illinois residents who got Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are seeking booster shots as delta variant spreads, despite CDC guidance
- Along with a paycheck, forest preserves program opens up nature ‘to young folks who oftentimes won’t have access to these experiences’
- Family and friends remember former Glenbrook North football player killed in Chicago while visiting his dad. ‘He was everything anyone would want in a kid.’
- Swarms of mosquitoes emerge later in summer season after May drought, June’s heavy rainfall
- White-water rafting, adventure awaits at New River Gorge, the nation’s newest national park
- Love pumpkin? You can enjoy it with these beauty products
- This day in history, July 15: Georgia becomes the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union
- Caleb Jones: 5 things to know about the defenseman the Chicago Blackhawks picked up in the Duncan Keith trade
- 15 home essentials for fall
- Suspects in Haitian president’s killing met to plan a future without him
- Daywatch: Some Illinoisans who got J&J vaccines seek boosters, gun discoveries in hotels raise concerns and how to stay in Scottie Pippen’s house for the Olympics
- Why are sitcoms at an all time low? ‘Night Court’ star Marsha Warfield weighs in
- ‘Roadrunner’ review: The life and death of Anthony Bourdain, served up in style
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- Aurora mayor picks Deputy Chief Keith Cross to be city’s next top cop
- Illinois has its share of UFO sightings — objects buzzing O’Hare, crashing in Batavia, flying Tic Tacs — and not all are easily dismissed
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- Chicago’s lesbian bars evolve
- Aurora City Council approves purchase of new police equipment
- Medical group opens manufacturing facility in Aurora
- Detienen a presunto homicida de activista en Chiapas, México
- Díaz-Canel hace autocrítica sobre las protestas
- Policía de Haití implica a venezolano en asesinato de Moise
- EEUU: Seguro de desempleo, en su nivel más bajo en meses
- Former high school player’s lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks may hinge on a ‘smoking gun,’ but attorney says the team gained an unfair advantage with its independent investigation
- Preocupa escalada de actividad del Talibán en Afganistán
- Netflix plans to offer video games in push beyond films, TV
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- Chicago’s lesbian bars aren’t dying out — they’re evolving
- First Latino deputy mayor appointed in Aurora
- Speak Out reader opinion: Cleanup in Blue Island set a good example for others
- Madonna nos lleva a un viaje ‘fascinante y audaz’ en ‘Madame X’
- Con ‘Pearl’, Meghan y Enrique se quieren ganar el corazón de toda familia
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- Protections for Chicago renters advance to City Council, with Illinois’ temporary evictions ban due to expire soon
- Homer Glen to reexamine easing restrictions on material allowed for home construction
- Jefe de McLaren se pierde el GP Británico por test positivo
- Group of Lake County elementary school students place second in national science competition for project on treating lungs damaged by COVID-19
- Paraguay: repatrian restos de familiares de la primera dama
- Británicas se arrodillarán en fútbol femenino de Tokio
- Column: Monopoly power is less dangerous today than in the past
- Former River Forest superintendent named to interim post in East Chicago
- EEUU: Donaciones a causas de igualdad racial son un misterio
- Tras las protestas, Cuba permite la importación de comida y medicina
- R. Kelly’s federal case in Chicago in ‘holding pattern’ as trial nears in New York
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- Muere baleado periodista de la crónica policial
- Naperville Police Beat
- Middle and high schoolers in Barrington District 220 won’t have to wear masks, but younger students will
- Chicago area to see rain and possible thunderstorms, but nothing looks too severe
- UE decidirá pronto sobre vacuna COVID de Moderna para niños
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- ¿Qué impacto tiene la inteligencia artificial en los empleos y la privacidad?
- Op-ed: US efforts have shown that we need better foreign aid — not more of it
- Could tarantulas hold the secret to relieving chronic pain? Researchers think so
- Músicos ensayan en estacionamientos conforme la pandemia se desvanece
- US surgeon general warns COVID-19 misinformation poses ‘serious public threat’
- States with the most gambling and sportsbook writers and runners
- The 2021 guide to cannabis laws around the world
- Conocido por sus formas de recuperarse, hoy Hollywood lucha por mantenerse a flote
- Bra shops saw sales spike during pandemic: What shoppers bought
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- EEUU empieza a recibir pedidos de asilo
- EEUU empieza a recibir algunos pedidos de asilo
- Lake County’s congressional reps ask EPA to tighten regulation of ethylene oxide emissions
- Pogacar repite triunfo en los Pirineos
- EEUU ofrece recompensa para combatir ransomware
- Carmel’s Jordan Wood is among the best in nation for her class, but the work has only begun: ‘I’m nowhere near the player I want to be.’
- Serie debutante de fútbol ‘Ted Lasso’ surge como favorita
- Florida: Siguen 2 detenidos por apoyar protestas en Cuba
- As a freshman at Andrew, Julia Bockstahler made her varsity golf debut and shot a 154. That’s not a misprint. It also was only the start.
- Hawaianos resienten versión ‘blanqueada’ del surf
- Park opens featuring buddy bench suggested by 9-year-old; ‘It’s a good idea for kids who might be shy’
- EEUU: Pagos de crédito familiar comienzan a llegar a padres
- Coaching carousel: Terrell Alexander takes over at H-F. Brother Rice’s Brian Badke and Providence’s Mark Coglianese enter final season.
- Brasil: Bolsonaro se recupera en hospital; descartan cirugía
- Lake County to partner with Purdue Northwest on state-funded unit, if grant application is approved
- Kacy Clemens can hit. He knows he can. And after one outing as a pitcher, the son of seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens gets back on track with Kane County Cougars.
- $60 million film production studio in South Shore wins preliminary zoning approval
- Revolution Brewing’s V.S.O.J. is reselling for 4x its value after cans sold out in 1 hour
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- Pressing German-US issues as Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with President Biden to discuss differences over a major Russian pipeline and China rising as a global power
- A brewery’s success along the Dixie Highway leads to a passport to art as galleries unite to form Crete Art Trail
- How the expanded child tax credit payments work
- Elgin News Digest: Winning lottery ticket sold in Elgin; party to celebrate South Elgin library branch’s fifth anniversary; COVID-19 shots to be offered at Kane fair
- EEUU: Nominado a dirigir censo promete transparencia
- Lightfoot offers $1 million in rewards for illegal gun tips: ‘I recognize that people are scared’
- Editorial: Illinois Olympian takes her moment of dissent, awkwardly
- World Health Organization chief acknowledges it was ‘premature’ to rule out potential link between COVID-19 pandemic and a lab leak
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- Rusia declara ilegal a medio de periodismo investigativo
- Aumentan contagios, muertes de COVID-19 en Gran Bretaña
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- Football practice is coming soon for Metea Valley. For Northern Illinois recruit Jalen Johnson, that’s a good thing: ‘I’ve stayed sharp.’
- Illinois se convierte en el primer estado en prohibir que la policía mienta a menores durante los interrogatorios
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- Cuba reporta la mayor cantidad de muertos diarios por COVID
- Lake County Jail warden suffers medical emergency during council meeting, officials say he ‘seems in good spirits’ after being taken to hospital
- ACLU files suit against Chicago police seeking records on beefed-up social media monitoring following protests and looting last year
- Libertyville to use $100K of its American Recovery Plan funds to offer first-of-its-kind business grant program, but officials unsure when the federal money will be received
- Exigen a Amazon que retire de venta productos peligrosos
- St. Rita product Luke Napleton turns into a driving force behind the plate as NWI Oilmen pitchers throw no-hitter and one-hitter
- Donations for racial equity have surged. But by how much?
- FEC rules US Rep. Robin Kelly cannot raise money for nonfederal candidates, leaving her largely a figurehead as Illinois Democratic chair
- Electric vehicle owners claim supplemental registration fee unfair ‘punishment’ for being energy conscious
- Naperville News Digest: Frontline workers named Labor Day parade marshals; Take a Hike Challenge starts Sept. 1; voting rights vigil in downtown Saturday
- Father-in-law says he pepper-sprayed Richard Sherman after the NFL cornerback tried to break into the house
- Navy Pier moves closer to adding new immersive exhibit for Crystal Gardens
- Johnson & Johnson recalling sunscreens after some samples were found to contain low levels of benzene
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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- Column: East Aurora tennis players back on home courts
- La trágica muerte de un paciente con adicciones ilustra cómo las salas de emergencia los abandonan
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- Bicampeona mundial Zuzana Hejnova no va a Tokio; se retira
- California approves the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the US
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- Mariana Pajón aspira a un tercer oro en BMX
- Speak Out reader opinions
- Highland Park 5-bedroom home with theater, wine cellar: $5.1M
- La variante delta amplía el abismo entre ‘dos Estados Unidos’: el de los vacunados y los no vacunados
- Allen Robinson and the Chicago Bears don’t reach an extension agreement before the deadline — so the receiver will play the 2021 season under the franchise tag
- El surf trata de borrar su imagen de deporte de élite
- Ex Sex Pistols demandan a Johnny Rotten
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressures lawmakers to reach an agreement on a pair of massive domestic spending measures
- Fito Páez: O escribía o terminaba en la cárcel
- Technical problems making it almost impossible for patients to contact DuPage Medical Group offices
- Bradshaw: Use summer downtime to work on writing skills for college application
- Letters: Israeli’s new coalition government strikes an inspiring contrast with our nation’s political divisiveness
- Former State Rep. Dan Forestal found dead at Indianapolis hotel
- Illinois to award 185 more pot dispensary licenses under measure that aims to boost minority access to mostly white industry
- Yankees-Red Sox postponed after 2 more Bombers get added to COVID-19 injury list: source
- Tomás Zerón, buscado por la justicia de México, se refugia en Israel
- Illinois legislature’s watchdog resigns, calls post a ‘paper tiger’ and says lawmakers have shown ‘true ethics reform is not a priority’
- Naperville D203 to seek regional superintendent’s OK to replace snow days with e-learning
- Sol de Janeiro review: Does this popular body cream live up to the hype?
- First look: Chef José Andrés opens Jaleo restaurant in Chicago
- Lake Bluff hosted shortened Fourth of July parade, officials ‘expect and hope’ full return to normal in ’22
- Suegro de Sherman tuvo que usar gas pimienta contra el CB
- Policía: ‘Doble suicidio’ en antigua mansión de Versace
- DeliverySafe review: Does it keep your packages safe?
- Elgin man charged with murder in strangulation death of wife, Kane County state’s attorney says
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- Tareas en escombros de edificio de Miami cerca de concluir
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- Haiti police reject reports that government officials were involved in killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise
- Yankees-Red Sox pospuesto por brote covid de New York
- Más de 40 muertos en graves inundaciones en Europa
- Speros Batistatos removed as tourism authority’s CEO; only three board members voted against
- President Biden says US will bolster security at embassy in Haiti, following Haitian president assissanation
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- The Spin: Local Dems to join Secretary Pete Buttigieg to tour CTA, suburban freight center | Pritzker’s private conversation with Biden, Rice on crime | Yes, Lightfoot and Burke were together at a news conference today
- Gary cop won’t face charges in 2019 fatal shooting: prosecutor
- As delta variant spreads in Chicago suburbs, mass vaccination sites to close in favor of ‘hyperlocal strategy’ to target areas where inoculations lag
- Dos mujeres lideran por primera vez la seguridad en Ecuador
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- Around the Southland: Students go underwater for diving certificates, and more
- Restaurants happy to ready ‘Taste’ in return of Crown Point event
- Canadian recreation company leasing Libertyville Sports Complex, facility reopens after COVID-19 closure
- The long, ‘surreal’ days of the fugitive Texas legislators, who left their state to block a restrictive voting bill are living a life of stress and scrutiny
- Bradley Beal is out of Olympics after entering COVID-19 protocols. ‘I’m dying for him. We all are,’ Team USA coach Gregg Popovich said.
- Illinois becomes first state to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations amid ongoing criminal justice overhaul under Pritzker
- Evacuations expand in Oregon as wildfires spread rapidly and erratically in hot afternoon winds
- Brad Young, former owner of Rockit Ranch Productions restaurant group, sells Winnetka mansion for $6M
- Kane County Fair finds 4-H Club members eager to compete in live shows again after pandemic
- Parents, check your bank account: Child tax credit payments begin
- Los Angeles County to restores indoor mask mandate for all, following rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases
- Make security fixes or expect more waves of identity fraud, Illinois lawmakers are warned
- ‘I held him and did my best’: Dad mourns 9-year-old son fatally struck while riding bike by pickup driven by off-duty Chicago police officer
- Severe blood supply shortage has donation centers in the Naperville area asking people to step up
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- Cook County official helped relatives jump the vaccine line at mass shot site in January: watchdog
- Over 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike across Europe that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse
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- ‘This is a really bittersweet day’: Jury finds Capital Gazette gunman criminally responsible in Annapolis newsroom shooting
- Tornado victims in Naperville, other suburbs still waiting for SBA to sign off paperwork needed for loans
- Chicago police officer fired for 2017 pursuit crash that killed off-duty cop, 27-year-old woman
- José Andrés restaurant Jaleo opens in Chicago
- Chicago Cubs trade Joc Pederson to the Atlanta Braves, the 1st move in what could be a busy few weeks for the team