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- Daily horoscope for July 16, 2021
- Ask Amy: No vaccination card? No problem!
- Column: Republicans’ stance on voting rules doesn’t amount to a war with democracy
- She went to jail after hallucinating a shooting at O’Hare. Now she advocates for those with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
- Column: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation from Fox News & GOP is killing people, with an assist from Big Tech
- Flashback: Cowhands and bucking broncos? The World Championship Rodeo brought the romance of the Wild West to Chicago.
- How far can the Chicago White Sox go? 5 questions for the AL Central leaders heading into the 2nd half of the 2021 season.
- Will Kris Bryant, Javier Báez or Anthony Rizzo be traded? 5 questions facing the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd half of the 2021 season.
- This day in history, July 16: The United States explodes its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Google Wi-Fi vs. Nest Wi-Fi: Which is better?
- Column: Digitizing thousands of pages of recorded history – one page at a time – aims to ‘preserve the irreplaceable’
- 6 board games that are similar to Sorry
- How Indiana evictions could surge post-moratorium
- Best cheap 3D printers
- The best gifts for pumpkin spice lovers
- Things to Do in Chicago over this Auto Show weekend
- New East Pilsen music venue Radius is up for its second big debut
- ‘Summertime’ review: LA stories and dreams in pockets, guided by spoken-word poetry and the director of ‘Blindspotting’
- Daywatch: Cook County shuts down vaccine sites as delta spreads, Illinois bans police lying to minors during interrogations and how Chicago’s lesbian bars are evolving
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- The best pumpkin spice products for people who love fall
- Kong toys vs. Nylabone: Which one is better for your dog?
- Condo Adviser: In light of the Surfside collapse, how should condo associations handle building infrastructure?
- Chicago police Superintendent David Brown fails in bid for leniency for two cops in 2018 fatal shooting
- Chicago Bulls general manager Marc Eversley buys Lakeview home for $1.6M
- Gun discoveries in hotels, including in downtown Chicago, a security concern as Lollapalooza nears and crowds return
- Best pumpkin spice coffees
- Everything you need to LARP
- Google wants people in office, despite productivity gains at home
- Which Vanicream facial cleanser is best for your skin?
- Cook building demolition in Elgin starts despite reported city purchase offer and neighbors’ pleas
- ‘Refuge’ island, pedestrian-activated lights in planning stage for Niles intersection one year after boy’s death
- 2 NFL teams remain under 50% vaccinated with 2 weeks to go before training camp, while 10 teams have reached the 85% mark
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Pan pizza is not Chicago’s pizza
- U.S. Rep. Schneider calls bipartisan delegation’s Middle East visit a success
- Lake County defers sheriff’s $770k boat purchase; calls for more information
- Familia salvadoreña lucha por unirse a pesar de ley de Trump
- No one asked, but these volunteers have boarded up 250 abandoned properties in Harvey
- ‘The workforce that’s returning is not the same’: As employees return to offices, they may bring new addictions with them
- Braves adquieren a Pederson, en canje con Cubs
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- Speak Out reader opinion: New approach needed to quell Chicago violence
- Spring Awakening’s fall Equinox lineup announced for Chicago 2021
- Elvis Costello regraba ‘This Year’s Model’ en español
- ONU pide liberación de manifestantes en Cuba
- She kept her ultra-Orthodox past secret. Now she’s using Netflix to tell her story
- Running to raise awareness for police mental health
- Initiative eyes planting seeds of urban farming for Gary interns
- Column: Trading Joc Pederson starts the Chicago Cubs’ sell-off. Who will be next to go before the trade deadline?
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- Public can tour new Hammond Central Thursday
- Nyjah Huston, de granja en Puerto Rico a skateboard olímpico
- Naperville Police Beat
- With no animal control officer, some concerned residents take complaint to Merrillville panel
- The best wine tote – July 2021 – BestReviews
- Highway officials plan public sessions for Borman Expressway improvements, ideas
- Los Ángeles impone nuevamente el uso de mascarillas
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- No ceder a jugadores condiciona el fútbol olímpico
- Wildfires on the West Coast: Why the region is prone to drying out and burning
- Aurora officials say illegal fireworks are a ‘problem that we are going to attack’
- Rusia alcanza otro récord de muertes diarias por COVID
- Law & Order column: State’s attorney’s office starting domestic violence diversion program
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- CDC director says COVID-19 outbreak in US is becoming ‘a pandemic of the unvaccinated’
- Review: Teatro ZinZannni reopens its dinner circus in the Loop. Hail, Caesar, and circus life goes on.
- Zion man convicted of attempted murder, sexual assault during home invasion
- El papa limita difusión de la misa latina de su predecesor
- Go away with…Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Tanaye White
- El expresidente Aristide regresa a Haití, ‘recuperado’
- Parkway trees felled by the June tornado to be replaced by the city of Naperville
- COVID-19 variants: What’s the concern?
- 20 things to know about the new kaleidoscopic exhibit of Prince’s shoes at Paisley Park
- Verstappen domina primera sesión para GP de Gran Bretaña
- Speak Out reader opinions: Cubs, Cal Thomas and the GOP are clueless and/or frustrating; let’s blame our ancestors and move on
- Gente de Zona: ‘Es el pueblo el que está marchando’
- ¿Qué pasa con los favoritos México y EEUU en la Copa Oro?
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Column: Historic East Side neighborhood in Aurora in the spotlight
- Illinois residents among those who attended Ohio church retreat linked to COVID-19 outbreak, according to health officials
- Op-ed: Afghan women and girls at risk as US forces draw down
- Hallan avión ruso desaparecido sobre Siberia: todos vivos
- 6 ways to breathe cleaner in your home
- Aruba vs. Barbados: Which Caribbean island is right for you?
- Tokyo Olympics to welcome record number of out LGBTQ athletes – more than all previous Summer Games combined
- Biden y Sanders, dos viejos rivales que unen fuerzas
- The customer is always right: These chain restaurants have the most satisfied diners
- EEUU advierte que hay una ‘pandemia de los no vacunados’
- Online fundraiser features rare stouts, aged bourbons, but New Lenox-based charity hopes new raffle platform is a winner for everyone
- COVID-19 tiene alto impacto entre clérigos católicos
- Chicago White Sox recall Reynaldo Lopez and reinstate Aaron Bummer — and both will pitch out of the bullpen
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Masks will not be mandatory for students in School District 308 classes
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- Boat captain and two other employees charged in 2018 Missouri tourist boat accident that resulted in 17 deaths
- Oak Park police: man charged after 70 mature marijuana plants found in yard
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- Team USA adding JaVale McGee and Keldon Johnson to the Olympics roster after Kevin Love withdraws with a calf injury
- UK daily coronavirus infections top 50,000 for the first time in six months, days before virus rules eased
- Liberan a 51 uniformados retenidos en Oaxaca, México
- Op-ed: The Obama Presidential Center is coming. The South Side will reap the benefits.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Indiana files appeal in federal pandemic unemployment case
- Study shows just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, not shared by other early ancestors
- Tainy y Yandel celebran su música y amistad con ‘Dynasty’
- Gary man pleads to lower charge in Xbox murder case
- Column: Police suicides remind us that our folks in blue get the blues, too — to a deadly degree
- Por lesión, Love queda fuera de selección de EEUU para Tokio
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- NFL star Richard Sherman charged with DUI and other crimes
- As Lake County records delta variant of COVID-19 and Porter County braces for it, the best protection against the variant is vaccination, health experts say
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- La pandemia cambió las tasas de embarazo y natalidad
- Aurora Public Art gallery to reopen
- As Rainbow Cone positions itself to tackle new markets, the South Side ice cream shop remains tethered to tradition
- Agencies gather to help veterans find their way in NWI roundtable event
- Guatemala: detenidos por traficar niño que murió en trayecto
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- Waukegan board postpones contracting with student-support programs
- ‘What Mad Pursuit’ book by award-winning track coach gets to the soul of why runners want to put on their soles
- Memory care residents partner with students to make dog toys
- El insólito éxodo de legisladores texanos para bloquear ley
- Aurora approves budget changes for reorganization at City Hall
- Grayslake North’s Peyton Gerdes got her first offer from Indiana State. How did she celebrate? ‘Going out for ice cream as a family.’
- Column: Democrats think a new civilian corps is what we need for the jobless. They’re wrong.
- Lightfoot, activists attempt new compromise on Chicago police oversight, the latest delay in long-running effort
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- The COVID-19 comeback across the US is putting pressure on hospitals, CDC director warns outbreak is becoming ‘a pandemic of the unvaccinated’
- West Dundee’s leg of the Intelligentsia Cup cycling series a taste of what’s coming to Elgin on July 23
- EEUU advierte a flotilla que violaría la ley si viaja a Cuba
- La furia al volante se dispara durante la pandemia
- Senior baseball team asking for tournament funding support at state championships
- Abandoned Olympic venues around the world
- Brad Young, former owner of Rockit Ranch Productions restaurant group, sells Winnetka mansion for $6M
- ‘A perfect opportunity’: Brother Rice’s Jack Lausch decides to pursue both sports, committing to play football and baseball at Notre Dame
- Pacientes moribundos con enfermedades raras luchan por recibir terapias experimentales
- Letters: Chicago tragically is no longer a city of neighborhood manufacturers
- A Naperville Central teen first persuaded her principal to include suicide prevention numbers on student IDs. Now it could become a state law.
- Starlin Castro is placed on administrative leave by MLB. ‘We do not tolerate any kind of domestic abuse,’ says Nationals manager Dave Martinez.
- Waukegan man sentenced to 12 years in prison for role in drug-deal homicide
- Europe’s flood death toll surpasses 125 as rescuers race to prevent more death
- Back to school shopping
- Column: The power of socially conscious capitalism in the campaign for the COVID-19 vaccine
- ‘It’s an absolutely surreal feeling’: After standout career at Louisville, Batavia’s Glenn Albanese wants to get going with Los Angeles Angels
- Republicano DeSantis pide a Biden ayudar a proveer internet en Cuba
- Editorial: A change in leadership on the editorial board but an ongoing commitment to Chicago
- Two teens charged in death of 73-year-old Vietnam War veteran who police say was beaten during carjacking attempt in Hyde Park strip mall
- Money in Illinois politics: Giannoulias has big funding lead in secretary of state race; Rabine outspends GOP governor foes; Duckworth has $5 million on hand
- Son released after plea in Munster doctor’s disappearance
- Bobby Roundtree, the former Illinois defensive end who suffered a severe spinal injury, dies at 23
- Column: Josh Beetham has big plans. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh sees the former Yorkville and Illinois quarterback as, yep, a tight end.
- Después de marchas en Cuba todos se preguntan, ¿y ahora qué?
- La fuerza laboral que regresa a las oficinas vendría con nuevas adicciones
- Naperville council to release $1.2 million to Naper Settlement so construction on new Ag Center can start
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- Daily coronavirus cases have doubled in Illinois this month while vaccinations are down by half
- Pleas for optional masks in school
- Surging number of suburban school districts will let parents decide if their students will be masked in the fall: ‘We’re getting kids their freedom back’
- Fiscales presentan cargos formales contra Sherman
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- Federal agency issues disaster declaration for DuPage tornado damage
- El piloto automático de Tesla hace a los autos más seguros, asegura la empresa. Las víctimas de choques dicen que mata
- President Biden confronting the worrying reality of rising COVID-19 cases and deaths in the US
- Corrections and clarifications
- Bigger, stronger, better. Naperville Central’s Owen Prucha believes in that formula for senior success. Plus, more football recruiting notes.
- Colorado father convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the 2012 disappearance of his 13-year-old son
- Lake County health officials visit more than 1,000 homes in door-to-door campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccinations
- Some south suburban community colleges won’t ditch masks as new semester starts
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- Cook County’s chief judge announces expanded capacity for jury trials as COVID-19 guidelines loosen
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- $70 million apartment project proposed for Aurora riverfront
- His political star faded, former Chicago Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno pleads guilty to obstructing justice
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- Kofi Cockburn is staying at Illinois for his junior season, a huge boost for the defending Big Ten Tournament champions
- Potempa: City Cruises welcomes new wave of menu memories for guests
- The Spin: In Chicago, Buttigieg rallies support for Biden’s roads, bridges plan | Giannoulias rakes in the cash for SOS run | State lawmakers get earful about cybersecurity
- Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6: Everything you need to know
- Cast iron skillet vs. nonstick skillet: Which is best?
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- Iowa duo named as ‘alternate suspects’ deny any involvement in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
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- Some Park Ridge-Niles parents lobby for ‘mask optional’ school year, but doctors recommend mask wearing
- Soundbar vs. speakers: Which TV sound system is better?
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- Federal judge in Texas orders end to DACA, Obama-era program that prevented the deportations of some immigrants brought into the US as children
- Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer, dies at 99
- Missed 3-pointers, 18 turnovers doom U.S. women in 70-67 pre-Olympic loss to Australia
- Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks CTA Red Line extension
- Arizona has identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud in last year’s presidential election, undercutting Trump’s claims
- Commentary: ‘Roadrunner’ uses AI to create an Anthony Bourdain soundalike. Here’s why that’s ethically squishy
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- Pete Buttigieg spotlights Red Line South extension while in Chicago to push for Biden infrastructure deal
- Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess and classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies at 57
- Column: The Chicago White Sox can’t rest on their 1st-half success — and need to make a move before the trade deadline passes to make a push for the AL pennant
- Chicago Cubs agree to terms with 1st-round pick Jordan Wicks: ‘I’m ready to get to work’
- ‘I feel prepared and excited’: York’s Lauren Derkowski is the 2021 Pioneer Press Softball Player of the Year
- Vigil for carjacking victim
- Introducing the 2021 Pioneer Press Softball All-Area Team
- Juez ordena dar fin al programa DACA
- With the Joc Pederson trade behind them, the Chicago Cubs kick off the second half of their season: ‘There’s not a lot of time for sadness in this game,’ manager David Ross says.
- Decent: At last, we can travel again but road tripping to Marinette, Wisconsin, was a definite mistake
- Two for world’s biggest show: Glenbrook South’s Smoliga and New Trier’s Maggie Shea ready to compete for US in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Nike by Naperville store to open downtown in September