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- U.S. News ranks Northwestern, Rush hospitals among top 20 in the country
- Oak Park and River Forest High School, others interested in seven-acre Dominican University Priory Campus
- Chicago White Sox fall to the Kansas City Royals 4-3 —their 4th loss in 5 games — in Eloy Jiménez’s season debut
- Daily horoscope for July 27, 2021
- Ask Amy: In this relationship, the ‘comfort zone’ is a Twilight Zone
- Elmwood Park schools encourage students to get vaccines at free clinics Aug. 5 and 12; no decision yet on masks
- Lydia Jacoby, 17, becomes Alaska’s 1st swimming gold medalist with a win in the 100-meter breaststroke
- Oak Park student Talib Becktemba-Goss, who founded nonprofit in middle school, wins Bank of America award
- Chicago Cubs trade reliever Andrew Chafin to the Oakland Athletics for 2 minor-league prospects — a departure that hits hard in clubhouse
- Column: George Floyd Square stands strong as some try to bulldoze it with ‘critical race theory’ hysteria
- Column: Oak Lawn 1971 basketball team reunites to remember their ‘almost’ championship
- Physician convicted of illegally prescribing opioids says the DEA has turned doctoring into ‘another aspect of the war on drugs’
- Gym memberships are growing again as vaccines roll out, but not everyone is rushing back to work out
- ‘A bit much’: Naomi Osaka cites pressure in her third-round Olympic loss
- Olympics: Carissa Moore wins gold for US in surfing’s debut
- Column: White Sox — hello Eloy Jiménez — and the Cubs — goodbye to some of the Big 3? — are a tale of 2 teams as the trade deadline nears
- Olympics: US women’s basketball team wins its 50th straight game, beating Nigeria 81-72 in the opener
- This day in history, July 27: Terror strikes the Atlanta Olympics as pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park
- Complaint about barking dogs interrupting Zoom meetings leads Sugar Grove to look at changes to animal noise rules
- U.S. advances in Olympic women’s volleyball
- New play will bring Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks,’ one of Art Institute’s most popular paintings, to theatrical life
- Over 20 years of covering Jackie Mason, a few practices became time-honored traditions
- My worst moment: Abigail Breslin and the time she mistakenly impersonated Jane Goodall
- Southtowners: Tinley Park’s Arundel honored at the University of Alabama, National Merit college scholarship winners, and more
- Daywatch: Chicago’s mask mandate could return, Lollapalooza lowers COVID test standard as cases rise and what to know about this virus misinformation ‘superspreader’
- U.S. gymnast Simone Biles out of Olympic team competition
- USWNT advances to Olympic women’s soccer quarterfinals after 0-0 draw with Australia
- Rev. Jesse Jackson among dozens arrested for sit-in at Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s office over voting rights legislation
- United Way collecting school supplies and clothes for students preparing to return to the classroom
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- Olympics: US softball loses to Japan in the gold medal game — an emotional repeat of the 2008 matchup in Beijing
- Woman dies after being shot by Dolton police, crashing car into building
- Buffalo Grove park named for late commissioner
- Orozco y Agúndez dan a México su segunda medalla en Tokio
- Scaled down Alpine Carnival returns to Lion’s Park: ‘It’s a big part of Lake Zurich tradition’
- Off-duty Forest Preserve officer attacked in Hyde Park on Tuesday morning
- Osaka tras perder en Tokio: ‘Esta derrota duele más que las otras’
- The best photos from Day 4 at the Tokyo Olympics
- Kanye West vive en estadio de Atlanta para terminar álbum
- 17 music festival camping essentials for fall 2021
- Tremenda fiesta tras oro de adolescente de Alaska en natación (VIDEO)
- Best spice organizers to prevent cabinet clutter
- La policía de París investiga un ataque a la embajada cubana
- Op-ed: COVID-19 vaccines are a must in health care facilities as delta variant remains at large
- Rusas vencen a un EEUU sin Biles en la final de gimnasia
- Dandruff vs. dry scalp: differences and best treatments
- OPRF High School Board rejects consulting contract for former superintendent Pruitt-Adams
- Policías serán centro de investigación de asalto a Capitolio
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- 14 camping essentials for pets
- Speak Out reader opinion: Cleveland Guardians name is caving in to woke Democrats
- HP gaming laptop vs. ASUS gaming laptop: Which is better?
- Aaron Rodgers arrives for the start of Green Bay Packers training camp
- La Grange’s Endless Summerfest is back in business in 2021
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- Former Chicago Bull Jabari Parker sells Fulton River District town home for $1.6 million
- The best high-end AV receivers
- Daytime talk show ‘Tamron Hall’ to replace ‘Windy City Live’ on ABC-7
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- Creciente presencia gay en los juegos olímpicos: ‘Es hora’
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- Girls volleyball notes: She’s loud. She’s proud. And now, Sidona Rao is ‘ready to let loose’ as a senior outside hitter for Sandburg.
- Team USA falls to Japan in Olympic softball
- Boxeador marroquí intenta morder a rival en Tokio (VIDEO)
- 5 recipes to make use of the summer farmers market’s bounty
- Western Springs native competes on network cooking show MasterChef
- What HIPAA is and is not: A primer on the health care privacy law
- Suburban pet rescue groups say adoption trends easing back to normal after pandemic surge
- Growing my first pot plant was easy — until it was time to smoke it
- New Indiana secretary of state vows to boost voter confidence
- Oak Brook Women’s Club up and running post-pandemic
- Jimmy Burnette became a pitcher at St. Laurence because ‘hitting is hard.’ What’s the next step after being drafted by Toronto Blue Jays?
- Amazon’s planned third facility in Waukegan will increase payroll to 1,000 in city
- Churchgoers with face masks will be removed, Tennessee pastor says. ‘I’m sick of it’
- DeSantis tuvo una reunión secreta para hacer entender su oposición a las mascarillas en las escuelas
- Naperville motorcyclist dies after collision with SUV at Washington and Royce intersection
- One night only: Beverly Arts Center to screen film teens created about dance studio
- Stars appearing in Park Ridge in temporary public art installations
- ‘Chicago Party Aunt’ goes from Twitter to Netflix, a can of Old Style firmly in hand
- Miscarriage is common, yet shrouded in stigma and shame. Amanda Knox wants to change that
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- There’s plenty to do and see in summertime Milwaukee
- Lincolnshire may pause allowing some additions and construction in the office/industrial district: ‘We need to study and understand’ what’s going on
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces and updates plans for 2021-22 season
- With 20-plus scholarship offers from the Big Ten and beyond, Benet’s Lenee Beaumont is in demand. Her latest suitor? Try Tennessee.
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- Park Ridge police: Man charged with aggravated battery of police officers responding to disturbance call
- A gnarly brown Christmas? Tree farms dry out in Pacific Northwest
- Man found in Garfield Ridge neighborhood, fatally shot in the head, Chicago police say
- Skokie announces lane and sidewalk closures
- Sue Bird confirms Tokyo is her last Olympics and other takeaways from Team USA’s win over Nigeria in its women’s basketball pool play opener
- Simone Biles says she withdrew from the Olympics gymnastics final — where the US women won silver — after realizing she wasn’t in the right headspace
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- Netflix prepara una serie de Pokémon de ‘imagen real’
- Expertos critican expresiones de DeSantis sobre uso de mascarillas faciales, mientras continúan los debates escolares
- Latest leadership addition at Lake Forest public schools, Chad Prosen starts as Cherokee Elementary School principal
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- Will softball ever get back on the Olympics roster? ‘We’ve shown that, globally, it’s a competitive sport.’ Now it’s up to the IOC.
- Oak Forest police investigate shooting death of Harvey man
- Los latinos serán desproporcionadamente afectados por Alzheimer, y sus familias necesitan más apoyo, sugieren expertos
- The top 5 underrated craft beer destinations in Michigan
- Naperville News Digest: Man charged with threatening to shoot circuit clerk; Fruit Truck in town Friday; Dave’s Hot Chicken opens this week; Loaves & Fishes launches Faces of Compassion
- The best aerator shoes for fall lawn care
- Northern Illinois football recruit Zeke Williams doesn’t ‘just act like a great playmaker’ for Naperville North. He became one behind the scenes.
- Jugadoras de vóley de playa prefieren jugar en bikinis
- Agárralo y llévalo al río: cómo el KKK planeó un crimen
- Agárralo y llévalo al río: cómo el KKK planeó un crimen
- Mundelein trustees divided on new 5-minute public comment rule: ‘I think this whole policy is horrible’
- Op-ed: Anti-Biden bishops can learn from nun hit by brick at Chicago civil rights march
- Lake Zurich trustees approve townhouse, restaurant development at the lakefront: ‘It’s going to be a complement…a beautiful addition’
- Column: Lemont school board members deserve thanks for decision to retire Indians nickname
- Unprecedented passport application delays stifle Chicago-area travelers. ‘How many times do they have to keep postponing their honeymoon?’
- Editorial: How to save the Chicago casino nobody seems to want to run
- ‘This is how I’m going to die’: Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection hearing opens as police detail violence, injuries
- Rusia prueba combinación de vacunas en lucha contra COVID
- One for the Books: Master woodcarver’s artworks on display at Nichols Library: ‘The fun of it has always been finding my inspiration’
- Human Rights Watch says Israel committed war crimes in Gaza conflict
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- President Biden proposing aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards, aiming for tougher anti-pollution rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Kirkland & Ellis eyes massive office lease at 60-story Salesforce Tower, which will open in early 2023
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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- ‘It’s why I’m still playing’: Signed by the Miami Marlins, Bishop Noll’s Matt Pobereyko makes the jump to the affiliated minor leagues for the third time
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger praises law enforcement defense of US Capitol on Jan. 6, criticizes fellow Republicans for trying to block probe
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- La presión acaba con Biles y Osaka en Tokio
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- Column: Today’s malls sell mostly memories, where nostalgia remains on sale
- Gary woman avoids lengthy jail sentence in boyfriend’s death
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- Ramírez, de ‘Jungle Cruise’, aprecia la humanidad de su villano
- Indiana’s virus cases, hospitalizations return to May levels; delta variant cited in 87% of new cases
- Chicago police looking for man suspected of sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl in Rosemoor
- Kane County police searching for inmate who escaped during transport
- Mosquitoes in Niles test positive for West Nile virus
- B’nai Tikvah’s new rabbi hopes to ‘flip holidays on their head’ at Deerfield congregation
- Comentarista olímpico despedido por observación racista
- Five things to do in northwest Indiana and the area July 30-Aug 5
- Five things to do in Lake County and nearby July 30-Aug 5
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- They pooled their art to create a nest egg. They say it was a mistake.
- Letters: Eugene Williams’ gravesite is a reminder that segregation followed Black people into death
- ‘This is definitely a new change’: Mia Moore, who’s recovering from shoulder surgery, officially transfers from Oswego to East Aurora
- Highland passes American Recovery Act resolution; bid to give first responders bonuses fails
- EEUU pide que todos, vacunados o no, usen mascarillas en lugares cerrados
- Services set for veteran Dolton firefighter as family awaits autopsy results
- Varane deja el Real Madrid y se marcha al United
- Boxeadores profesionales siguen cayendo en Tokio
- Los homicidios en México no bajaron a pesar de la pandemia
- Column: ‘Summer of Soul’ a reminder to teach myself the history I didn’t learn before
- Niles selects former Orland Park administrator as its next village manager
- Big success of housing complex on Ogden could mean more ‘affordable’ developments in Naperville
- Simone Biles: ‘Tengo que centrarme en mi salud mental’
- Mecca Center in Willowbrook hosting Eid Fest and drive-in movie night July 31
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- Burr Ridge board views proposal for what could be biggest restaurant in village with seating for 500
- Valparaiso police chief granted support to hire department social worker; candidates need a master’s degree to be considered for $54K position
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- Biden says requiring all federal workers to get COVID vaccine is ‘under consideration’
- What you need to stay warm at fall music festivals
- ‘Biggest crowd in years’ turned out for 11-race Lake Bluff Criterium, part of Intelligentsia Cup
- Chicago aldermen debate halts to no-knock search warrants and police gang database
- Viejo escollo complica acuerdo de armas entre EEUU y Rusia
- Santana, LL Cool J y Manilow se suman a megaconcierto en Nueva York
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- Evanston City Council develops approach for local allocation of federal COVID-19 relief dollars
- Elgin City Council to consider letter of intent to buy the Cook building at Wednesday night meeting
- Illinois repeals law criminalizing HIV and expands coverage for infertility treatment to LGBTQ couples and single would-be parents
- Equipos modestos celebran sus inusuales oros en Tokio
- Lollapalooza dream? Park Ridge School of Rock instructor volunteers with effort to donate leftover concert food
- Help sought for animal control effort that makes Oak Forest ‘one of the most compassionate and humane cities’
- Sylvia Shepherd, worked on section to teach children how to use the Tribune in classwork, dies at 89
- Ernie Broadnax Day to be celebrated in Elgin on Friday
- Do employers have a legal right to mandate COVID-19 shots? Here’s what the DOJ and employment lawyers say.
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- Column: School officials are making mask decisions with fingers crossed
- Chicago travel advisory expanded to 14 states with surging COVID-19 cases; Lollapalooza is still on: Arwady
- With Lollapalooza starting in 2 days, city urges anyone with COVID-19 symptoms to stay away, even if vaccinated
- Ferreira y Moore, primeros campeones olímpicos de surf
- Festival of the Arts returns to Libertvyille’s Cook Park
- Northwestern Settlement welcomes new president as nonprofit aims to continue to expand its work with children in Chicago
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- Andy Dalton is the bridge Chicago Bears fans never wanted. But is his ownership of the starting QB role exactly what the team needs?
- Protesters rally at Little Village Target distribution center
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- Illinois follows CDC recommendation that people wear masks indoors in coronavirus hot spots — which right now doesn’t include most of Chicago area
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- This year’s Night Out events, hosted by the Elgin Police Department, to be spread out all over the city
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- Sale of unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album enough to pay off Martin Shkreli’s court debt
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- Naperville D203 teachers union to post contract details online as negotiations with a mediator continue
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- Georgia man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life in prison
- Little Village residents protest opening of Target warehouse they say will create more pollution because of added diesel truck traffic
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- Aurora looks at contract to develop ‘skinny park’ downtown
- After decades of invisibility, asexuals are speaking up and gaining ground: ‘I don’t need to be fixed because I’m not broken.’
- Oak Brook 6-bedroom home with two-story family room: $3.5M
- CDC urges vaccinated people to wear masks indoors where COVID-19 is surging, recommends masks for everyone in schools
- Boy, 17, faces charges in connection with fatal South Side shooting, authorities say
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- Senators, White House in crunch time on bipartisan infrastructure deal
- Dyson Omni-glide review: Can this stick vacuum give hardwood floors a better clean?
- $15 wage becoming a norm as employers struggle to fill jobs
- Column: As the Chicago Bears open training camp, Matt Nagy is encouraging his players to remain in the present. Is ‘Be You’ turning into ‘Be Giannis?’
- Texas and Oklahoma request to join the SEC in 2025, hoping to leave the Big 12 in what would be a big shakeup in college sports
- Luis Robert is transferred to Triple-A Charlotte, another positive development for the Chicago White Sox outfield
- Chicago Cubs’ feud with the Cincinnati Reds heats up after Javier Báez taunts reliever Amir Garrett. What will happen next in the series?
- Racist language takes center stage at US Capitol insurrection hearing
- 4 things we heard from Chicago Bears GM Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy, including why they traded Anthony Miller, player vaccination rates and Eddie Goldman’s arrival
- Lawsuit that challenged marijuana licensing process in Illinois is dropped, clearing way for lottery
- Chicago Blackhawks trade for Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-André Fleury and acquire center Tyler Johnson from the Tampa Bay Lightning