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- Olympics: Director for Friday’s opening ceremony is fired over a Holocaust joke he made in 1998
- Rafael Ortega took a long road to the Chicago Cubs. The journeyman outfielder is making the most of his opportunity.
- Texas and Oklahoma are talking with the SEC about possibly switching conferences
- Daily horoscope for July 22, 2021
- Ask Amy: Mother wonders if daughter is too happy
- ‘Stung us twice’: A pair of 2-out rallies gives the Minnesota Twins a 7-2 win over the Chicago White Sox as the teams split the 4-game series
- Review: Is ‘Joe Bell’ Mark Wahlberg’s personal hate-crime atonement project?
- Evanston proposes changes to parkway planting rules to dismay of some residents, who worry about impact on city’s ‘progressive mantra’
- Our guide to Lollapalooza 2021: The bands, don’t-misses and music by day
- Column: Lollapalooza feels like a COVID mistake waiting to happen
- Olympics: How to watch all the events — and which local athletes are competing
- Daywatch: Civilian oversight for Chicago police wins final approval, what to know about masking as delta spreads and behind the scenes with ‘Ted Lasso’ co-creator
- Story of serial killer Dr. Thomas Neill Cream takes you on a grand, gruesome, historical journey, with his time in Chicago
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- This day in history, July 22: President Abraham Lincoln presents to his Cabinet a preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
- How serious is Kris Bryant’s ailment? 3 thoughts on the Chicago Cubs after their extra-inning loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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- Olympics: 50 athletes to follow on social media, including Simone Biles and Jessica Springsteen
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- 8 wounded in Old Town party bus shooting
- Three accused of beating Aurora police officer following traffic stop now charged with attempted murder
- Colombia: exFARC planearon ataque a Duque desde Venezuela
- México aplasta a Francia en su debut olímpico (VIDEO)
- Merrick Garland’s Chicago roots (interactive map)
- ¿Qué es la infección posvacuna COVID-19?
- España y su destacamento de la Euro se atraganta con Egipto
- Hombre con COVID se disfraza de su esposa para abordar avión
- Kanye West devela álbum ‘Donda’ en gran evento en Atlanta
- Tokyo’s new COVID-19 cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open
- Aficionados de Bucks se preparan hoy para desfile por título
- Los Juegos despiden al director de ceremonia apertura por escándalo
- Para que cada quien arregle lo suyo
- Steppenwolf Theatre names two new artistic directors
- Los Rolling Stones relanzan su gira por EEUU
- Speak Out reader opinion: Bezos shows he’s out of touch after space flight
- Miami: Ordenan compensar con 150 mdd a víctimas de derrumbe
- Welcome to the Quiet Games
- Un país renuncia a participar en los Juegos del Tokio
- Ola de cabildeo tras orden de Biden sobre competencia
- Argentina y España defraudan en debut de fútbol olímpico
- La esperanza de vida bajó 3 años en 2020 para negros y latinos
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- What is a COVID-19 vaccine ‘breakthrough’ case?
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- Selección femenina de Noruega es multada por no jugar en bikini
- Downtown Hinsdale businesses to set up shop outside storefronts for two day sidewalk sale
- Al menos 8 pasajeros de un autobús de fiesta resultaron heridos en 1 de 3 tiroteos masivos
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- China rebuffs WHO’s plan for further investigation into origins of COVID-19
- Southwest, American post 2nd quarter profits as air travel picks up
- Yes, earworms are annoying, but they may help you process memories
- ‘Old’ review: On this beach, you can leave the sunscreen back at the hotel
- Tinley Park OKs Southland’s first curbside textile collection program
- Biden expresses frustration over slowing COVID vaccination rate, says getting inoculated is ‘gigantically important’ as virus surges again
- An urn that doubles as a planter: It’s the latest in the death positivity movement
- Naperville Police Beat
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- Aurora looks at deals for new murals downtown
- Outdoors column: Different, rare cicada lives in virgin prairie
- Cura escalofriante: frente a un calor asesino, los servicios de urgencias usan bolsas para cadáveres para salvar vidas
- US jobless claims rise to 419,000 from a pandemic low
- Ecuador: Al menos 18 muertos por motines en cárceles
- Mercedes sketches out all-electric scenario by decade’s end
- What do the Olympics sound like without fans? You can hear cicadas buzzing outside Tokyo Stadium. Welcome to the Quiet Games.
- China rechaza plan de la OMS para estudiar orígenes de COVID
- ‘Renegades’, el libro de Obama y Springsteen, ya tiene fecha de salida a la venta
- ‘I hit eighth in that lineup’: St. John native Bobby Seymour becomes fourth player from Mount Carmel’s state runner-up to get drafted
- Column: Next up, Ava Nepkin. Junior outside hitter wants to see what she can do with full season for Lincoln-Way East. ‘We can go to state.’
- Illinois recruit Caroline Barnes won’t be the first kid in her family to play college volleyball. Three sisters preceded her. But the Benet graduate has done it her way.
- October trial date set for Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson in federal tax case
- How they made the ‘ridiculously silly’ prosthetics in Netflix’s new blind-dating show
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- EEUU lanza campaña contra tráfico de armas en 5 ciudades
- Daddy Yankee, Karol G y Nicky Jam encabezan la Semana de Billboard
- Table hockey enthusiasts skating into Homer Glen from all over the country and overseas for Chicago Open tourney
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- Little Caesars debuts newest pizza with plant-based pepperoni
- Saúl Craviotto y Mireia Belmonte, emocionados abanderados españoles
- Column: A ‘paper tiger’ legislative watchdog isn’t good enough
- Hobart discusses stepping in to help township after complaints raised over trustee
- US churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native American schools
- Alderman seeks crackdown on Chicago pedicabs, citing ‘illegal street curb parties’ and ‘chaos and mayhem’
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- Colombia enviará misión para capturados en Haití
- Selling for $137K, world’s oldest surviving bottle of whiskey was found in South Carolina
- Elgin News Digest: Free concerts being held in Elgin and West Dundee; tickets on sale for Bowes Creek beer event; South Elgin tree program deadline
- Chicago man denied bail in May shooting that left woman critically wounded
- Column: Gary’s last remaining Little League baseball team plays for state championship this weekend
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- Estalla la polémica con bandera al revés en un tricolor olímpico
- Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads
- Chicago cop gets 15 months in federal prison in multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring tied to Casey Urlacher
- Encuesta: Partidos de EEUU divididos sobre infraestructura
- ‘He’s the fastest guy on the planet’: Anfernee Seymour heats up for Kane County Cougars with league-leading 30th stolen base
- After watching from the stands as the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA title, Luke Woodson has championship aspirations for Deerfield
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- Editorial: Many Chicagoans don’t trust police. Civilian oversight will help.
- Illinois Caverns — a ‘hidden gem in southwest Illinois’ — reopens after being closed for more than a decade to protect the bat population
- Police: Boy, 15, killed was among 10 shot in separate shootings in North Lawndale
- Church bells rang across Norway to mark the 10th anniversary of the country’s worst peacetime attack that left 77 people dead
- New assistant principal, dean of students named at West Aurora High School
- Amazon’s mission: Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building
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- Offices divided? As workers return, some businesses will treat the unvaccinated differently
- The Chicago connection: Yorkville Christian’s Jaden Schutt, who has more than 20 Division I scholarship offers, adds Duke to his list
- The best elevated dog bowl
- Naperville News Digest: Junior Tour de Naperville registration open for older children; Chuck Papanos park dedication to be held July 30
- Op-ed: Cuba’s cry for liberty should not be ignored
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- Chicago police Superintendent David Brown’s choice on merit promotions just his latest reversal of predecessor’s policies
- Cleveland-Cliffs announces record quarterly income
- Zion & Lennox de fiesta por sus 20 años con ‘El Sistema’
- Haití: Violencia ensombrece oficios en memoria de Moise
- Teen charged with attempted murder in connection with March shooting, denied bail
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- Work on Industrial Arts Building to begin after county fair ends
- Attorneys: Dismissal exonerates mentally ill man in killing
- El regreso De la Hoya al boxeo ya tiene rival, fecha y sede
- Olympic mascots through the years
- Attorney General Merrick Garland says he hopes the Senate will confirm ATF leader to help front the federal effort against gun violence
- Al tratar de combatir la desinformación de covid, la Casa Blanca sería presa del fenómeno que quiere combatir
- ‘I always try to push myself’: Naperville North’s Madeline Andelbradt takes on hurdles, high jump in seeking ultimate goal. The pentathlon.
- Haití: exmilitares colombianos impactan mercado de seguridad
- Column: ‘Catch and release’ of Orland Park retail theft suspect highlights serious concern in suburbs
- Jail warden home, recovering after July 14 collapse
- Latino Healthy Brain Summit seeks to provide resources on Alzheimer’s disease
- Mount Carmel graduate Nick Miketinac returns to St. John after eye-opening freshman season at Butler and finds new confidence pitching for Oilmen
- Haze in the air in NWI part of Western U.S., Canadian fires: ‘Both sets of wildfires are contributing’
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- Chicago Blackhawks’ Stan Bowman says he’ll cooperate with investigation into sexual assault allegations: ‘I do not condone or tolerate harassment or assault of any type’
- Laporta habla sobre Griezmann, Messi, Depay y los posibles movimientos del Barca
- McDonald’s beefs up commitment to minority-owned suppliers
- Infecciones posvacuna de COVID-19 generan confusión
- How to use a monitor with a laptop
- Best gifts for scrapbookers
- The best Etekcity scale
- How to hide TV wires in a wall
- Letters: Not sure about getting the vaccine? Long-haul COVID-19 damages brains, too.
- New Illinois laws make it easier to get birth control and extend telehealth coverage beyond COVID-19 pandemic
- Latinos face largest increase in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related illnesses, summit to lessen stigma, provide resources
- La pandemia no acabó, pero varios países creen que es necesario aprender a vivir con el virus
- ‘I’m back’: Yermín Mercedes is in uniform for the Chicago White Sox’s Triple-A affiliate a day after hinting at retirement
- Fire causes damage to apartment in South Shore high-rise, officials say
- Wicker Park Fest, demolition derby, immersive 3D art experience: Things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Column: 10 people to keep an eye on in Chicago this weekend, from Yermín Mercedes to Kris Bryant
- COVID redujo controles antidopaje: ¿Hay atletas ‘sucios’?
- Indiana 3-bedroom home with two-story foyer: $887,500
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- Interviews finished for ‘Making Spaces,’ film taking closer look at last summer’s protests in Elgin
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- Chyno Miranda publica video en su recuperación
- South Side ‘mega-development’ to bring tens of thousands of jobs to former site of Michael Reese Hospital
- Richton Park residents displaced after apartment fire, cause under investigation
- GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger raised as possible addition to congressional panel on Jan. 6 insurrection
- Social Graces: How to address a friend who keeps bringing up your past
- Pável Pardo y Alexi Lalas calientan el Juego de Estrellas de la MLS (VIDEO)
- Geneva High School grad turned Olympian Kevin McDowell’s parents say he never gave up while he battled cancer
- Haitianos pasan por Bolivia en busca de mejor vida en Chile
- US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra implores the unvaccinated to get shots
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- The Spin: Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives in Chicago as city grapples with three mass shootings | City Council mulls sports betting at Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, etc. | Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson gets trial date
- CBS 2 Chicago general manager out after six-month investigation into hostile culture at network-owned TV stations
- Pack your kid’s lunch in style with these 10 fun lunch accessories
- La película de Batgirl ya tiene protagonista y es latina
- City of Elgin waiting for Cook to respond to offer to buy building, giving hope demolition could be stopped
- Los latinos enfrentan el mayor aumento en la enfermedad de Alzheimer y enfermedades relacionadas con la demencia, cumbre busca disminuir el estigma y proporcionar recursos
- With mayor saying ‘COVID-19 is not over,’ Aurora continues push to get residents vaccinated
- Around the Southland: Midlothian principal lauded by archdiocese, STEAM Camps a success, new principal in Evergreen Park, and more
- Édgar Ramírez: ‘Tengo familiares muriendo de COVID’
- Vaccinations beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are also soaring, hospitals running out of space because of the delta variant
- Nancy Pelosi says Jan. 6 Capitol attack committee to move ahead despite Republicans vow to boycott the investigation
- Greg Knapp, Jets assistant coach and longtime NFL QB guru, dies at 58
- Corrections and clarifications
- Chicago mothers who’ve lost children
- Man killed in shooting in Woodlawn
- NFL teams could face game forfeits for COVID-19 outbreaks among non-vaccinated players — and players on both teams wouldn’t get paid that week
- Arlington Heights protesters call new flag ordinance a ‘regressive decision’
- Calumet City police investigating shooting death of Hazel Crest teen
- Festa Italiana returns to Villa Cesare in Schererville
- Barnes & Noble closing its Spring Hill Mall location in West Dundee
- Violence overshadows memorial Mass for slain Haitian president
- Highland Park mansion that once had a $12 million price tag sells for $1.5 million
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- At least 7 party bus riders, 1 bystander wounded in Old Town Triangle in 1 of 3 mass shootings
- Western wildfires grow, but lower winds and better weather helps crews using bulldozers and helicopters battling fires in the west
- Niles-Maine Library board votes to restore staffing cuts and building hours after public protests, labor complaint
- Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh and Nebraska’s Scott Frost are resolute they can resurrect their respective programs
- GOP under increasing pressure to speak out to persuade COVID-19 vaccine skeptics to take the shots
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- Mississippi’s attorney general argues Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade
- Attorney General Merrick Garland visits Chicago and says feds are targeting gun trafficking in cities that are ‘really suffering’
- Lawyer in negligence lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks says teammates ‘bullied’ the player after learning of his sexual assault allegations against Bradley Aldrich
- Turkey fryer vs. air fryer: Which is better?
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- Jury convicts man in 2004 shooting death of rival gang member in Carpentersville
- Column: Home repair fraud case in Fox Valley has deep roots
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- Which basketball hoop is easiest to install?
- Digital cameras vs. DSLRs: Which is better?
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- Camp kitchen essentials: Everything you need to cook outdoors
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- Senate Democrats question the thoroughness of the FBI’s background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
- Cook County elected official defends hiring her cousin as her chief of staff
- Tampa Bay Rays acquire slugger Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins in a four-player trade
- People tour one of Prescribd’s cannabis cultivation centers
- Kris Bryant returns as a pinch hitter in the Chicago Cubs’ 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals as manager David Ross opts for a cautious approach