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- Lance Lynn delivers on the mound — and at the plate — in the Chicago White Sox’s 3-1 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers to avoid a sweep
- Daily horoscope for July 26, 2021
- Ask Amy: Family members are conflicted about compassion
- Leyden’s fireworks to take place Friday, Aug. 13, after being cancelled on July Fourth
- Editorial: Will Illinois Democrats ‘Let the people vote!’ on pension reform?
- Letters: I still want businesses to use mail
- Op-ed: Remember Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award? Who deserves one today?
- Review: ‘Top Chef’ winner Joe Flamm’s Rose Mary is packed, but is it good?
- Special Olympics event brings together races, demolition derbies, fundraisers
- Welcome to Chicago, Lolla fans: Here are 7 can’t-miss local foods you’ll want to grab at the festival
- Column: Paramount Theatre in Aurora says vaccine mandate designed ‘to keep people healthy’
- What does rookie QB Justin Fields need to show? And what’s the most interesting position battle? 4 questions for the Chicago Bears before training camp.
- The best audio tower
- This day in history, July 26: Continental Congress establishes a Post Office and appoints Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster-General
- The best tea light candle
- Chicago sports media week in review: Ken ‘Hawk’ Harrelson delivers his delayed Hall speech, Ozzie Guillén goes off on Yermín Mercedes and … where’s that basketball game?
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- Man shot in leg by Chicago police officer
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- Olympics: Katie Ledecky’s golden run ends as the US swimmer wins silver in the 400-meter freestyle
- Daywatch: Rep. Kinzinger says he’ll join Capitol insurrection investigation, Illinois COVID case average up fivefold from last month and what to know about Lollapalooza 2021
- 25 songs inspired by movies
- 30 examples of sports bringing the world together
- The best induction cookware set
- Op-ed: Biden administration shows how not to run a railroad
- Illinois has a new affordable housing incentive — and it could work, both developers and advocates say
- The best zero-turn mower under $3,000
- By the numbers: 3 numbers that stand out from the Chicago Cubs’ series win, including another milestone HR for Anthony Rizzo
- Artificial intelligence predicts the shapes of molecules to come
- The best Batman toy
- A homeowner received an anonymous photograph of his family’s historic Aurora house. Now he’s restoring it to its original design.
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- Toyota led on clean cars. Now critics say it works to delay them.
- The best tailgate tent
- A conservative radio host who dismissed vaccines changes his message after being hospitalized with COVID-19
- Soccer team was lone bright spot in West Bank village. Virus took that, too.
- La aventura olímpica del refugiado venezolano duró 67 segundos
- Analysis: Vaccine refusal, not the delta variant, is fueling the latest US surge in COVID cases
- The best menstrual pad
- The best adult paint-by-number kit
- Debutante pareja mexicana acaricia la medalla
- The best photos from Day 3 at the Tokyo Olympics
- The best air fryer toaster oven combo
- Momiji Nishiya, 13, makes history with skateboarding gold medal at Olympics
- Best gifts to give a host 2021
- Argentina se estrella ante un magistral Doncic
- La ‘Terminator’ australiana acaba con el dominio de Ledecky
- Photos: Tattoos — which are taboo in much of Tokyo — are everywhere at the Olympics
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Wrong is wrong. They should put Rittenhouse in prison and throw away the key’
- Olympics: How the Russians caught the US women in gymnastics — and how things could change in Tuesday’s finals
- Emisión olímpica frena imágenes sexualizadas de las atletas
- Speak Out reader opinion: Gov. Pritzker’s claim to help working class is curious
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Quit your jobs at Amazon because this man is making himself wealthier while you barely have enough’
- Las niñas arrasan en el skateboarding olímpico
- The best colored pencil
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Pritzker ‘applies all the mandates on the little people, but not on himself or his family members’
- Mosquera atrapa plata para Colombia
- Zacatecas: la violencia de los cárteles en México no cesa
- The best wedding veil
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Your friends at Fox and right-wing leaders don’t care whether you live or die’
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- Nombran a republicano para comisión sobre asalto a Capitolio
- Un tifón amanaza los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio
- 8 US attorney picks by Biden would include historic firsts
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- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘We are heading to being a Third World country with this administration’
- ‘The Green Knight’ review: Dev Patel’s quest for glory is a Camelot fantasy unlike any other
- US to keep COVID restrictions on international travel for now due to surging infection rate because of delta variant
- Olympics: How water polo teams recover after 32-minute games that feature constant swimming, treading — and wrestling for position
- The best acne therapeutic system
- As probe of Jan. 6 insurrection begins, committee chairman vows: ‘We have to get it right’
- Column: As one Gurnee road project ends, another is set to begin
- Analysis: Necessary or not, COVID booster shots are probably on the horizon
- Rush mandating COVID-19 vaccines for workers, amid growing calls for hospitals to require shots
- Festival de Venecia presenta lista estelar de estrenos mundiales
- The best Google Chromecast device
- Fauci: EEUU va en dirección equivocada en lucha contra COVID
- Researchers link ‘heavy wildfire smoke’ in Reno to increased risk of contracting COVID-19
- NordicTrack S22i review: How does this bike stack up to Peloton?
- Chicago woman’s ‘endless treasure hunt’ gives thrown-out items a new home
- Leading medical industry groups call for US health care employers to require workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
- A proposed LGBTQ center on Chicago’s South Side garners community opinions, hopes and concerns
- Showtime makes a $500,000 donation to Chicago ahead of ‘The Chi’s’ Season 4 finale
- Rad Bikes review: Is this electric bike worth it?
- Cantante argentino ‘Chano’ Moreno recibe disparo de un policía
- Editorial: For women in Illinois prisons, life isn’t reality TV, it’s just real
- Former Waukegan Township Supervisor Patricia Jones honored for career, impact as role model for many
- Fiction, DVDs, kids’ books sell quickly at Elmwood Park Library summer book sale
- Speak Out reader opinions: Doom-and-gloom stories depress people; candidate donations a legal form of bribery; food delivery prices way too high
- La pandemia deja asfixiantes deudas médicas en India
- México peleará por el bronce en sóftbol
- Go away with … BettySoo
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Venice’s cicchetti crawl
- Elske restaurant cites staffing shortages as cause for temporary closure
- Deportistas transgéneros compiten abiertamente en Tokio 2020
- Maduro espera instalar mesa de diálogo en agosto en México
- After outcry from residents, Evanston decides against adopting stricter parkway planting regulations
- En fin de semana tranquilo, ‘Old’ lidera taquilla de EEUU
- Grant preserve project earns conservation award
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Volunteers receive award for decades Grant Woods stewardship; ‘Hardworking people who deserve the national recognition’
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Presidente de México propone que Cuba sea patrimonio mundial
- Too many vaccine-hesitant Americans remain shackled to a clannish mindset on a plantation of ignorance
- California to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for state employees and all health care workers
- About 200 nurses at Community First hospital in Portage Park go on strike
- The best reflective safety vest
- Vaccination rates climbing in US as COVID-19 cases rise during summer months
- ABC Chicago’s ‘Windy City Live’ daytime talk show to end in September
- The best dog treat bag
- Muere ‘asesino del juego de las citas’
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- Trump’s inaugural committee chair pleads not guilty in lobbying case
- EEUU mantendrá restricciones de viaje por COVID-19
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- Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Libya leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, according to UN migration officials
- Alderman, CDOT to meet with residents to discuss Lincoln Avenue streetscape improvements
- Empleados de NY tendrán que vacunarse o hacerse la prueba
- Who is Joseph Mercola? 5 things about the doctor called a COVID-19 misinformation ‘superspreader’ — from Chicago roots to bizarre battles with government regulators
- Air quality alert issued for Chicago on Monday, with sensitive groups encouraged to limit outdoor activity
- Porter County march, rally calls for access to reproductive health care: ‘Nobody should be ashamed of their own particular health care decision’
- The best lint roller for pet hair
- California exigirá que empleados estatales estén vacunados
- Pfizer, Moderna expand studies of COVID-19 vaccine to children age 5 to 11
- Sequía vacía lagos en el oeste de EEUU
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- Former CPS administrator named new Archdiocese of Chicago schools leader
- Esgrimista argentina recibe sorpresivo pedido de casamiento de su entrenador frente a las cámaras (VIDEO)
- Cuba libera algunos manifestantes procesados mientras apelan
- Glenview organizes classes to teach citizens about government operations
- España debuta en baloncesto ganando al anfitrión
- Indiana Supreme Court asked to stall governor’s powers suit
- Elgin News Digest: Man gets 25-year prison term of sexually assaulting two children; Elgin 5th in state for DUI busts; The Fruit Truck stops in Elgin Friday; East Dundee water/sewer rates going up
- Glenview residents find love during pandemic: ‘There’s so many difficulties in this world, and here we are’
- How to plan a baby shower
- Five arrested in Hobart drug bust
- The fisherwomen, Chevron and the leaking pipe
- Best Astro headset
- NICTD to try for again in Double Track bidding process; bids in May came in 75% higher than the project’s engineers had estimated
- Lollapalooza lowers COVID-19 test standard despite rising cases; Chicago Mayor Lightfoot said she isn’t having ‘second thoughts’ about the festival
- Beisbolistas mexicanos incumplen reglas en la Villa Olímpica
- Agencias del gobierno EEUU empiezan a exigir vacunas COVID
- Column: South suburban health center forms partnerships to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
- Cártel del Golfo daría tregua a guerra interna en México
- Work begins this week on the Plainfield Road Bridge over I-294 near Western Springs
- De Blasio to mandate COVID vaccine or weekly tests for all 300,000 NYC municipal workers — including cops
- Biden nomina ocho fiscales federales, algunos históricos
- Diabetics in Black, brown communities get more amputations at a higher rate than others. ‘If you want to live, go get yourself checked out.’
- Esta semana llega ‘Jungle Cruise’ y música de Prince, Eilish
- Letters: CPS should explain how it came to its decision to have all students wear masks
- Even as Latinos face largest increase in Alzheimer’s-related illnesses, they are less likely to seek treatment. Their caretakers, often family, need support, advocates say.
- Five things to do in the Naperville, Fox Valley area July 30-Aug. 5
- Wilmette Park District commissioner who spearheaded golf course projects resigns post
- Allegado de Trump se declara inocente de ayudar a Emiratos
- Dr. June: Don’t let fear of commitment keep you from taking a chance on love
- Mask mandate, other COVID restrictions in Chicago possible if daily cases top 200, Lightfoot warns with Lollapalooza days away
- Biden nominates veteran Department of Justice lawyers as Indiana U.S. Attorneys for northern, southern districts
- Ask Mister Manners: Should we forever hold our peace about our niece’s wedding?
- ‘Dream Team’ depende de su puntería en Tokio 2020
- 12 fatalities among 73 people shot during the weekend in Chicago.
- Waukegan man killed in two-car weekend crash
- Inauguración atrae a 17 millones de televidentes en EEUU
- Officer shoots fleeing male in the leg after shots were fired at cops in Bronzeville, Chicago police say. COPA is investigating.
- GOP candidate for governor Gary Rabine incorrectly says COVID vaccines haven’t been approved and are responsible for thousands of deaths
- Osaka y Djokovic elevan el perfil del tenis en Tokio
- Will Lori Lightfoot seek a 2nd term? It’s ‘not a gimme,’ Chicago mayor says, but she’s still filling her campaign fund
- ‘Dexter: New Blood’ tiene tráiler y fecha de estreno
- Coleman tailgate grill vs. Weber tailgate grill: Which is best for your party?
- 25 foods that made places famous
- How to use peppermint oil to keep mice away
- Joliet-area couple charged with breaching US Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection
- 10 things you can do with a vacuum sealer
- Former Illinois Youth Center employee gets 30 months’ probation for sexual contact with inmate
- Best tailgate coolers
- VA becomes first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
- Best baby shower gifts
- Biden says US combat mission in Iraq will conclude by end of the year
- Which internal SSD should I get?
- Last victim identified in Florida condo collapse, bringing the death toll to 98 people
- Lake Villa police say weekend drowning of 3-year-old was accidental
- The best anniversary gifts for him
- South, southwest suburban schools vary on mask policy as debate becomes heated
- Decorating your car for music festival season
- Schaumburg man drowns at Fort Sheridan beach
- Turkey fryer vs. deep fryer
- Javier Báez (bruised left heel) out of the Chicago Cubs lineup against the Cincinnati Reds
- ‘He’s put himself on the map’: Fenwick’s Ryan Fitzgerald continues to make strides at plate while playing stellar shortstop at Double-A in Red Sox system
- Fundraiser helps restock shelves at Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry
- Tentative agreement struck over new Chicago police union contract — first in four years. Ballots being mailed to members.
- Naperville People in the News
- Column: Aaron Rodgers likely is returning to the Green Bay Packers, dashing the dreams of their division rivals. But the Chicago Bears need to focus on Justin Fields’ development.
- National Night Out events planned for Morton Grove and Lincolnwood; other towns cancel or host alternative activities
- Eloy Jiménez is back with the Chicago White Sox: ‘It was a long process, but I’m finally back. I feel 100%, 200% right now’
- Sandstorm caused a 22-car pileup on a Utah highway that left 8 people dead, according to authorities
- Farmacéutica iniciará ensayos clínicos con vacuna contra el coronavirus en pastilla
- Former US Senator Barbara Boxer, 80, assaulted in California
- Former 9th Ward Ald. Robert Shaw, a South Side powerbroker, dies at 83
- Senators face new problems as race to seal Biden’s infrastructure deal intensifies
- A tropical storm — perhaps a typhoon — is expected to make landfall at the Olympics. Because of course.
- Niles-Maine Library appoints new executive director following budget vote