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- Olympics: U.S. fails to qualify for the final in the men’s 400-meter relay after a poor exchange
- Daily horoscope for August 5, 2021
- Ask Amy: Ex does not want to make up after breakup
- ‘He wasn’t right’: Lucas Giolito gives up 3 home runs in 4 innings — his 2nd-shortest start of the year — in the Chicago White Sox’s 9-1 loss
- Outdoor comedy show in Mount Greenwood area delivers relief for pandemic tension, area restaurants
- Column: A simple plan to end U.S. vaccine hesitancy: Serve the COVID vaccine deep-fried on a stick
- Travel to Nantucket to discover the women behind the whalers who inspired ‘Moby-Dick’
- Column: Parents, here’s how to explain the Chicago Cubs sell-off to your kids
- Tired of mosquito bites? Try these 8 unique solutions
- US women’s soccer team earns the bronze medal after a 4-3 win over Australia
- US men’s basketball will play for gold on Saturday after routing Australia 97-78
- Can Eddie Jackson put last year’s disappointment behind him? A closer look at Chicago Bears safeties heading into 2021.
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- Petting zoo, water park, movie in the park featured at ‘Night Out’ in Mundelein
- Chicago Bears great Jimbo Covert’s long journey to the Hall of Fame leaves him overwhelmed with gratitude: ‘Biggest and best part — going through this with family and friends’
- Column: Saying goodbye to a former colleague who left behind a legacy of kindness
- ‘Nine Days’ review: What if you had to audition for your own life? Here’s the fascinating answer
- ‘School Girls’ is back at Goodman Theatre after an overnight shutdown in 2020. But acting is something ‘we can’t just put in a box.’
- Neo-Futurists 2021-22 season will bring back ‘Infinite Wrench,’ plus a world premiere
- Column: New podcasts take on Siskel & Ebert story and the 1990 flop ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ with Tom Hanks
- Daywatch: Pritzker announces mask mandate in schools, Austin family sues CPD for mistakenly barging into their home and what’s next for Cecily Strong
- This day in history, August 5: South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela arrested on charges of leaving the country without a passport and inciting workers to strike
- Outdoors column: Native compass plant, prairie dock take spotlight in summer heat
- Lake Fair set to open Friday in Crown Point: ‘We’re expecting huge crowds’
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- The best photos from Day 13 at the Tokyo Olympics
- If you went to Lollapalooza, get a COVID-19 test this week, Champaign-Urbana health department urges local residents
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- Velocista bielorrusa dice que abuela le aconsejó no regresar
- Portage smoking ban won’t impact businesses: ‘It was clear there would not be four votes for the proposed ordinance,’ council president says
- Man rescued from vehicle that went into Aurora retention pond
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- México será sede de diálogos gobierno-oposición venezolana
- US baseball reaches gold medal game, which means Eddy Alvarez is now the 3rd American to win both a summer and winter medal
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- Zach Ziemek falls short of a decathlon medal in the sweltering Tokyo heat, but the Itasca native leaves the Olympics feeling ‘very proud’: ‘I was grinding the entire time’
- Detenciones de migrantes se disparan pese a promesa de Biden
- Deerfield’s Tom Conzemius works to earn roster spot at Quincy by pitching for Northwest Indiana Oilmen this summer: ‘This league is a great place to do that.’
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- Viajeros a EEUU deberán estar vacunados
- Zambrano regala a Colombia una inédita medalla de plata
- Long-delayed ‘Denial’ is Hammond Community Theatre’s first production in a year and a half
- Speak Out reader opinion: Attacks on Adam Kinzinger are not justified
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- EEUU aplasta a Australia y luchará por el oro en básket
- Qué significa el estado de emergencia en Japón, aquí la explicación:
- GOP governor candidate Gary Rabine skews Danish study’s findings to attack Pritzker’s school mask mandate
- Column: Midlothian’s Jerry Gillis dared to dream. Now he keeps Wrigley Field’s gardens green. ‘I get goose bumps just thinking about it.’
- Pelotero Eddy Álvarez ya presume de medallas en Juegos de verano e invierno
- Distribuidores de gas levantan huelga en México
- EEUU acaba con las ‘Matildas’ y se cuelgan el bronce
- EEUU: Acusan a sirio de sobornar a funcionarios venezolanos
- Hot Tix reopens soon with 48-hour sale for upcoming Broadway in Chicago shows
- Masks now required to enter Kane County courthouses
- Incendio arrasa población en el norte de California
- Oak Park and River Forest High School students will find new welcome center, student commons
- Rita Crundwell, ex-Dixon official who embezzled nearly $54 million to finance lavish lifestyle, released from prison with 8 years left on sentence
- Brasil-España, choque inédito en final olímpica del fútbol masculino
- Entre los países que ocultaron a sus muertos por coronavirus, hay naciones latinoamericanas: Estudio israelí
- Vestuario de Broadway y Hollywood se expone en Nueva York
- Vestuario de Broadway y Hollywood se expone en corazón de NY
- Mount Carmel’s Ryan Boersma bears down to win heavyweight title during USA Wrestling’s grueling junior nationals: ‘My conditioning got me through it.’
- Sánchez, primera reina olímpica del karate
- 5 things we learned about Marc-André Fleury, including the goalie’s like of the Chicago Blackhawks’ personnel moves ‘to make this team competitive right away’
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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- Bennifers de la vida real tienen su final feliz años después
- Policía que le disparó a pasajero de tren fue acusada de cargos criminales
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- Authorities say they ‘stopped instances of coldblooded murder’ while dismantling Lake County street gang with arrests, seizures
- Car accident in Bartlett leaves one teen dead, three injured
- Suburban man in his 80s has year’s first confirmed case of West Nile virus in Cook County, health officials say
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- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders another legislative session to try passing GOP voting bill
- Hot, humid and potentially rainy weekend ahead for Chicago area
- News briefs: Masks required for all inside Park Ridge Library; Vine Street BBQ to return Aug. 21
- Batyrgaziev, primer boxeador profesional con un oro olímpico
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- Former Red Sox farmhand Nick Lovullo, whose father is the manager of the Diamondbacks, gets a baseball lifeline with the Kane County Cougars
- The best leaf scoop for fall lawn care
- NWI housing market remains hot; double-digit increases reported across 7-county region
- Naperville Police Arrests
- ‘You are my neighbor and you are my friend.’ Going door to door, volunteers in East Chicago talk to their community about COVID-19 vaccination
- ¿Oficinas divididas? con el regreso al trabajo algunas empresas tratarán a los no vacunados de forma diferente
- Lake County again defers sheriff’s $770k boat purchase to hold special meeting about it
- Moderna says its COVID vaccine’s protection holds through 6 months, but anticipates boosters will be needed before winter
- Wild Mile eco-park on North Branch Canal
- Column: There’s no time like the present for Waubonsie Valley offensive lineman Sam Mika, a late starter in football with plenty of potential
- Secretary of State Jesse White tells employees to get vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing as daily cases top 3,000
- Messi se va del Barcelona
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- Islamic Center of Naperville revises mosque plans, removing 175 parking spaces
- Des Plaines cop who accidentally shot teen at Chicago music school while pursuing bank robbery suspect won’t be criminally charged, Foxx says
- Chicago Fire reach the midway point of their season far from a playoff spot. But the 2nd half offers an opportunity to assess which players will be around in 2022.
- Brasil y Argentina caen en las semis del vóley
- FAA head seeks more prosecution of unruly airline passengers
- 10 hygiene essentials for kids going back to school
- Amazon delays return to office to 2022 due to COVID
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- Lake health officer asked to attend Tuesday meeting to give update on COVID-19 delta variant
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- Council members debate use of Recovery Act funds in Highland; clerk-treasurer’s warning called ‘arrogant’
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- Nuevos licenciatarios de cannabis en Illinois se enfrentan a los gigantes del sector
- Deportistas olímpicos resisten limitaciones publicitarias
- Gourmet popcorn shop opens in downtown Waukegan: ‘Now I don’t have to go all the way to Chicago’
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- Billy Cooke hit .275 at Triple-A in 2019 but was released by the Mariners before last season was canceled. He gives the RailCats a ‘premium’ player in center field.
- Village Center life returns to normal—with poetry
- ‘Peligro en tu mirada’ expone riesgos de prensa y política
- Masala Pizza partners with local mom-and-pops to provide ‘Indian pizzas’ in several locations
- ‘There are a lot of people who are still silently suffering’: Chicago area hospitals open clinics for COVID-19 long-haulers
- Nespresso vs. Keurig: Which is better?
- JPMorgan Chase CEO says delta variant won’t threaten US economic boom, calls vaccine mandate ‘just a little bit tough’
- Nespresso Pixie vs. Nespresso CitiZ: Which machine should I buy?
- Apple to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse
- Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona after financial ‘obstacles’ prevented the signing of a new contract, the Spanish soccer club says
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- Ride operator charged with murder in brawl at Indiana fair
- Hinsdale District 86 still reviewing previously decided “mask optional” policy, how governor’s mandate will be enforced is unclear
- Frankowski deja el Chicago Fire y marcha a la liga francesa
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- Cronología de la carrera de Messi en el Barcelona
- Letters: Let Chicago cops share the challenges of their jobs
- Gary Sanchez tests positive for coronavirus; third Yankee case this week
- Dolton police chief releases video of police fatal shooting of 19-year-old woman
- Editorial: Here in Illinois, we know it’s time for you to go, Gov. Cuomo
- La magia de Messi ya no se disfrutará en el Camp Nou
- Departamento de Justicia investigará a policía de Phoenix
- Death of Elburn infant ruled a homicide
- Retiran seis ceros a la moneda de Venezuela
- Will County clerk seeks to automate mail-in voting process
- Chicago police officer who shot man in CTA Red Line station in 2020 is hit with criminal charges
- Comunistas marchan por el Malecón y recuerdan a Fidel Castro
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- Column: Will County farmers seek alliance with foodies to oppose Peotone area airport
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- El atacante en el Pentágono apuñaló al policía fallecido y después ‘se pegó un tiro’, detalla el FBI
- Workers group calls on Latino community to get COVID-19 vaccine; Kane County ups mask requirements
- El Barca afirma que la propuesta de LaLiga ‘condena el futuro’ del club
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- Jimmy Graham takes issue with NFLPA proposal of daily testing for vaccinated players. ‘Speak to me like a grown man and let me have a little bit of say,’ the Chicago Bears tight end says.
- Iran swears in new hard-line president amid regional tension
- Column: Musical ‘Kinky Boots’ kicking off Paramount season with pay-what-you-can offer
- ‘There are only so many beds’: COVID-19 surge hits hospitals across the US
- El Real Madrid se opone a acuerdo para financiar LaLiga
- Bradshaw: Use college resources, internship opportunities to fine tune job prospects
- Justice Department opens probe into Phoenix police force, examine whether officers have been using excessive force on people experiencing homelessness
- Lightfoot announces new neighborhood violence response strategy modeled after coronavirus efforts
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- Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies at age 72
- Op-ed: Billionaires in space. Why we need them.
- Around the Southland: Youths graduate from forest preserves jobs program, new director for Orland Park library, and more
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- At river where Tigrayan bodies floated, reminder of a war conducted in the shadows, fears of ‘many more’
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- Elgin cancels ‘Nightmare’ for second year; drive-thru Halloween event will return as COVID-19 continues
- Flight enthusiasts can ride in century-old plane at Waukegan airport
- Aurora eyes deal to help nonprofit group buy house in city
- El video con el que el Barca rinde homenaje a Messi
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- President Biden announces commitment from auto industry to produce electric vehicles for as much as half of US sales by the end of the decade
- New York lawmakers tell Gov. Andrew Cuomo their impeachment probe is ‘nearing completion’
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- CPS is offering remote learning for students with medical needs. So far the district has received few applications.
- Aurora approves plans for start of project that could add about 700 homes and up to 2,600 residents to city
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- Braconi’s faces uncertain future; second Naperville Costco, Firecakes Donuts opening soon; Water Street businesses to host long-table dinner
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- Free school supplies to be offered at back-to-school events in Aurora
- COVID-19 hospitalizations climb at Edward Hospital; most inpatients are not vaccinated
- Andrew Vaughn has displayed versatility in the field during his rookie season with the Chicago White Sox: ‘Just do your job and be there and help the team win anyway you can’
- Naperville police searching for man who fired handgun on basketball court at park
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis feuds with White House as COVID cases rise, President Biden asks GOP governors to ‘get out of the way’
- ‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates Northern California mountain town, leveling most of its historic downtown and leaving blocks of homes in ashes
- Health officials urge COVID tests for Lollapalooza goers. Crowds were ‘literally pressed against each other, maskless,’ says one attendee planning to get screened.
- Cubs get approval from Commission on Chicago Landmarks to build DraftKings sportsbook at Wrigley Field
- 5 things we learned from Chicago Bears position coaches, including Justin Fields processing mental reps and Larry Borom suddenly in the mix at left tackle
- Kenwood 6-bedroom home with mosaic-inlaid foyer floor: $2.7M
- Senators wrapping up work on $1T infrastructure bill; CBO says legislation would increase national debt by $256B
- 3 thoughts as the Chicago Cubs return to Wrigley Field after a 2-4 trip, including potential rotation changes once Justin Steele returns to the majors
- ¿De China a México? Empresas de EEUU replantean estrategias
- Compras de regreso a clases inician pronto, familias temen que algunos artículos se agoten
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