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- Olympics: US men’s basketball team win its 4th straight gold medal
- Daily horoscope for August 7, 2021
- Ask Amy: Board members are afraid of confrontation
- The US rhythmic gymnastics team competition started with a cover of ‘It’s My Life’ and will end with ‘a lot of tears’ at the Tokyo airport
- How to kill grass growing between perennials and ground-cover plants
- These Olympics’ legacy will be one of an overdue conversation on athletes’ mental health. ‘We’re not robots, we’re not superheroes,’ triple jumper Tori Franklin said.
- Has Cairo Santos finally solidified the kicker position? A closer look at the Chicago Bears specialists.
- Olympics: US women overwhelm Spain for their 3rd straight water polo gold medal
- Chicago Bears cornerback Kindle Vildor — in competition with a player he grew up admiring — is playing with more confidence in his 2nd training camp
- This day in history, August 7: Terrorist bombs at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania kill 224 people, including 12 Americans
- Downers Grove South Grad Tori Franklin
- Zach LaVine wins gold at the Olympics with Team USA. His next challenge: Winning with a revamped Chicago Bulls team.
- USA baseball falls to Japan in gold medal game
- Naperville District 203 teachers union says strike possible if contract settlement not reached before first day of school
- Naperville may drop electric vehicle charging station fees
- Column: Teacher-turned-critic transforms passion for movies into second career
- Illinois health authorities investigating possible E. coli outbreak from suburban Portillo’s
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Woman, 21, found shot dead in East Chicago
- This week in Naperville
- The best photos from Day 15 at the Tokyo Olympics
- New festival brings out the Irish in Naperville to celebrate heritage
- Speak Out reader opinions: Wimpy athletes won’t play in rain; gov needs to sign puppy mill bill asap; Cheney and Kinzinger are Democrats in disguise
- Man drowns while saving girl in Chain O’ Lakes
- Residents, Dems share their frustration with redistricting process: ‘Gerrymandering is an abomination to democracy’
- A former Chicago White Sox prospect just made Olympic history. Here’s what Eddy Alvarez, Edwin Jackson and Todd Frazier had to say after US baseball won silver.
- USA men’s basketball team beats France for gold
- New police chief begins duties in Aurora
- The best photos from the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
- What is Doug Pederson doing at Halas Hall this weekend? 4 things we learned at Chicago Bears training camp.
- Aurora First Fridays event works to bring ‘the community together’
- ‘I feel at peace’: Allyson Felix’s 11th medal — making her the most decorated US track athlete ever — comes in runaway win in 4×400 relay
- Aurora may spend $1 million for self-contained breathing gear for fire department
- For well-traveled Andrew Romine and Frank Schwindel, the final 2 months of the Chicago Cubs season is a chance to get the big-league at-bats that have eluded them
- 5 dead, at least 20 wounded, including a 4-year-old girl, in city shootings since Friday afternoon, police say
- City officials move to fire Chicago police officer in fatal 2018 shooting of 24-year-old Maurice Granton
- Injured 4-year-old among 3 dead, 3 wounded in separate incidents on South, West sides, including a shooting on Dan Ryan
- Back to School Block Jam planned in downtown Aurora
- Corrections and clarifications
- Photos: White Sox shut out the Cubs 4-0 in the Game 2 of the City Series at Wrigley Field
- Column: Stop worrying about Carlos Rodón. And Willson Contreras is the new most popular Cubs player. 14 things we’ve learned from the City Series.
- Man, 71, charged in stabbing of 85-year-old landlord
- Carlos Rodón strikes out 11, and César Hernández and José Abreu homer to lead the Chicago White Sox to 4-0 win against the Cubs in the City Series
- Kool & the Gang founding member Dennis Thomas dead at age 70
- ‘He was outstanding’: A rested Carlos Rodón returns to All-Star form, setting the tone for the White Sox in a combined 5-hit shutout of the Cubs
- NBA reportedly investigating potential tampering violations in the Chicago Bulls’ sign-and-trade deal for guard Lonzo Ball
- Olympian Tori Franklin cried when someone first suggested she try the triple jump
- The Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020 — including Chicago Bears great Jimbo Covert — has something for everybody