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Rowan Wick overcame an odd injury to appear in his 1st major-league game in nearly a year. Now the Chicago Cubs reliever is out to re-establish his back-end role in the bullpen.
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Daily horoscope for August 12, 2021
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Ask Amy: Attack victim wants to warn others
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Bud Billiken Parade 2021: A modified route and free COVID-19 vaccinations are new additions to the 92-year-old Chicago tradition
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Column: As COVID cases surge, the unvaccinated-by-choice should know they’re being judged harshly
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Beverly native pens guide to ‘Nature in Chicagoland,’ listing more than 120 nature destinations within a day’s drive
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Man who supplied gun in officer’s fatal shooting gets bond
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Fourth day of severe weather for Chicago area, forecasters say: ‘Nicer weather arrives Friday’
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This day in history, August 12: Japan Airlines Boeing 747 crashes into mountain, killing 520 people. 4 people survived.
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College students are heading back to school; don’t miss these deals on college dorm essentials
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This is how Americans spend their time
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‘CODA’ review: Great cast, contrived story in Apple TV+ movie about a hearing teenager from deaf family finding her voice
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‘Respect’ review: Jennifer Hudson is the right choice to play Aretha Franklin — she and the music are the best parts of this biopic
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What if Chicago never had Lollapalooza or Daley? What if deep dish was born in Milwaukee and you never read this headline? Marvel series asks ‘What If?’
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Review: ‘Free Guy’ is Ryan Reynolds in a hit-and-miss look at video game culture
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Daywatch: Chicago cop’s death continues to roil city, CPS rejects remote plea from parents group, and the extraordinary story behind the Field of Dreams game
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Interested in woodworking? Here’s everything you’ll need
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Pediatrician’s warning to parents: Don’t let COVID-19 vaccine controversy infect decision for children’s flu shot
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How to revive dead grass
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The best car subwoofers for 2021
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Waukegan spending $1.6M on student counseling programs
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Indiana Supreme Court suspends former Portage official’s law license
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Rep. Schneider holds first live town hall in 18 months; ‘It feels great to meet with different people and hear what they have to say’
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Census results will set off massive redistricting battles around the country
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Velocista bielorrusa dice sentirse segura en Polonia (Entrevista)
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Justin Bieber encabeza nominaciones para Premios MTV
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Mbappé da la bienvenida a la ‘leyenda’ Messi en redes sociales
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ONU critica deportación de centroamericanos de EEUU a México
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The Killers entran en un nuevo y rico paisaje musical
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Ola de calor lleva a EEUU a abrir centros de ayuda
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Illinois launches online site for residents to check COVID-19 vaccination status
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El fuego se acerca a ciudades de Montana, el Oeste arde
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NCAA sólo sanciona a Baylor por escándalo de abuso
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EEUU mantiene distancia en lucha Talibán-fuerzas afganas
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Updated security approved for downtown Aurora parking garage
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DuPage County Board rejects requests to pay half the $112,600 bill for former auditor’s vote recount
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Speak Out reader opinion: Third airport would take farmland we’re going to need soon
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DC habría ofrecido un papel a Scarlett Johansson tras romper con Marvel
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¿Sin expectativas el diálogo entre el gobierno y la oposición en Venezuela?
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La renuncia de Cuomo, un hito para el movimiento #MeToo
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Nadador yucateco cumple sueño de Triple Corona de nado
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248th Avenue widening project at least 3 years away, Naperville city engineer says
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Riverside home known as the ‘Boathouse’ sells for $1M
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Quadriplegic man first in Chicago to participate in research for robotic prosthetic limbs: ‘We always need to figure out a new way to do things’
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Merrillville man charged with rape; women said he used them to get money for sex
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Riverside home known as the ‘Boathouse’ sells for $1M
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Familias apoyan tapabocas en las aulas, pero se oponen a la vacunación obligatoria
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Aurora Uke Festival returns Aug. 22
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Aaron Cook needed Tommy John surgery. Then his mother died of cancer after years in a steel mill. The Hammond Academy graduate takes life ‘just step by step.’
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Más embarazadas con covid en cuidados intensivos, expertos enfatizan que deben vacunarse
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La pandemia devastó la salud mental de los trabajadores de salud pública
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El covid impide las visitas en prisión y eso revela el alto costo de las llamadas telefónicas
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India Fest returns to Merrillville on Sunday
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DNR OKs feeding birds again, but not in Lake, Porter counties; June 25 moratorium an effort to slow the spread of the unidentified illness
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Man killed in Cottage Grove Heights crash, 2 others injured, Chicago police say
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Newest Valparaiso School Board member happy to be ‘a diverse first’: ‘We’ve come a long way in Porter County’
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Entrance fee proposed for Indiana Dunes National Park: ‘Our budget hasn’t kept up with the need’
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Hijo de Robin Williams rinde homenaje a su padre en séptimo aniversario de su muerte
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Marist’s Cal Sefcik shows off exit strategy at Prep Baseball Report Future Games in Atlanta: ‘It was cool and it was competitive.’
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Survey reveals how long people think a couple should wait to have sex, move in together and hit other relationship milestones
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Highest-paid CEOs at America’s largest companies
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Indiana officials appealing decision against abortion laws
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U. of C. study offers evidence for lower rates of depression in large U.S. cities: ‘It’s not about the person. It’s about the environment.’
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Speak Out reader opinions: People more afraid of polio than COVID-19; Riverview missed for its ability to unite people; why is no one seeking rent/mortgage help?
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Tebas: ‘Real Madrid y Barca no son imprescindibles para crecimiento de LaLiga’
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Pining for the intimacy of pandemic pods
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Gold Coast 4-bedroom home with custom built-ins, bay windows: $3.5M
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‘We’re a fastball family’: Sandburg’s Grant Tenuta follows his brothers, brings the heat at Prep Baseball Report Future Games in Atlanta
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Former Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta
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Alcalde japonés ofrece disculpas por morder medalla olímpica
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Vinculan 203 casos de COVID-19 al festival Lollapalooza
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O’Hare Airport travel tips: How to navigate one of the world’s busiest airports
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Aurora man sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting child
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Naperville Police Arrests
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Op-ed: Time for a fair ward remap in Chicago that gives everyone, including Hispanics, a voice
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Islamic Center gets Merrillville approval for temporary mobile classrooms
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Rockford woman killed when tree crushes mobile home during severe weather. ‘She was making plans for her birthday.’
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Inaugural Brewski Fest features retro beers, food trucks and live music outdoors in Valparaiso
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Andrew Cuomo is leaving office, but many still want accountability for New York’s nursing home outbreaks
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Molly’s Cupcakes in Naperville seeking liquor license to sell wine served in dessert-rimmed glasses
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Cressmoor Estates developer questioned over plan changes; Hobart mayor, others on board with project
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Mark Mennecke played three varsity sports as a sophomore for Neuqua Valley. It all took place before he could even drive a car.
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Mundelein’s Brendan Murphy is pitching again in the Milwaukee Brewers system for the first time since surgery in 2018: ‘It’s taken so long just to get to this point.’
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Social Graces: How do you tell someone you’re not re-upping your friendship with them after pandemic restrictions?
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San Francisco to mandate proof of vaccination for indoor restaurants, gyms
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El teletrabajo llegó para quedarse: Cinco herramientas básicas
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Your coffee habit is about to get more expensive
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Her mom said, ‘Once Morgan knows, she knows.’ Benet’s Morgan Demos knows. She’s committed to play basketball for Navy.
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Letters to the Editor: Conflicting views on whether city should fund Century Walk; state needs to make DuPage River a public waterway
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Súbita jubilación: cómo enfrentar una pérdida inesperada de empleo
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With return of in-person learning, back-to-school shopping back in full swing in Fox Valley
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Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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El Top 20 del Ranking FIFA en agosto de 2021
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Indoor simulated golf facility set to open on Route 59 in Aurora
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Column: The prospect of a big finish — think national championship — lures Tyran Bailey and Gavin Zimbelman back for one more season at Aurora University
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‘I’m just so grateful’: Batavia’s Liza Fruendt excited to get started as a program assistant for storied Tennessee women’s basketball
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Lukaku regresa al Chelsea siete años después
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Northwestern and Amita hospitals have yet to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for workers. Here’s why.
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‘Gonzo’ Pineda, exjugador del Tri, nuevo técnico de Atlanta
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Elgin District U-46 to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all students in 2021-22 school year
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Naperville Freemasons donate $34,000 to the Gold Star Families memorial in Naperville
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Editorial: Why the Magnificent Mile needs the Drake Hotel
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Everything you need to cut your dog’s hair
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Toletero Chris Davis, de Orioles, anuncia su retiro
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Advierte Fauci que más niños se infectarán de covid por variante delta
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Vintage: August weather extremes and the dog days of summer
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Rainbow Cone eyes Hinsdale as next brick-and-mortar location
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Homewood musician provides connection between Aretha Franklin and Jennifer Hudson
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Column: Back to the cinema? At this particular delta moment, this critic will pass, thanks
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Letters: When it comes to masks in Illinois schools, let science, not parents, have the final say
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Indiana Republicans eye quick approval of new election maps
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Naperville keeps its standing as 4th largest city in Illinois, according to 2020 Census numbers
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Photos: White Sox beat Yankees 9-8 in the Field of Dreams game
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Los compadres colombianos arrancan su gira por EEUU
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5 Census takeaways, including urban gains and Florida’s fast-growing Villages
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The best classroom chair
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Hammel Woods dam removed
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Migrantes varados en extranjero por nueva política de EEUU
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Incentives seal deal to bring largest corrugated operation in the Northern Hemisphere to Elgin
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Best fall boots
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Bad Bunny es el mayor finalista de los Latin Billboard
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Private birthday party in Crestwood brings large police presence, rumors of active shooter situation
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‘SNL’ alum Horatio Sanz sued for alleged sex assault, denies claim
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Investment adviser who stole part of man’s settlement for wrongful conviction is sentenced to 42 months in federal prison
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Metropolitan Brewing’s vaccinated-only rule
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Facebook delays return to office until 2022 in response to delta variant
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Waukegan, Zion students return to school with mix of nervousness, excitement
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Census shows many rural Indiana counties lost population
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Biden eyes tougher vaccine rules — without provoking a backlash
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Red tape delays pickleball court in Park Ridge, aquatic center in Morton Grove, park district officials say
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Kit Harington cambia de Jon Snow a ‘Modern Love’
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Around the Southland: Tinley cuts ribbon on refurbished St. Boniface Park, Crete photographer wins contest, and more
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Keith Cross sworn-in as new Aurora police chief
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Cachorros dan de baja a Arrieta en mala campaña de regreso
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Fun Fact Thursday from Chicago Bears camp: David Montgomery bowls, Marquise Goodwin did 7-Eleven training runs and Damien Williams ate burned hot dogs on NFL Sundays
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Police Superintendent David Brown says it’s ‘an outrage’ judge ordered release of man accused of supplying pistol used to kill officer
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Elgin News Digest: Kane at ‘high’ level for COVID cases; Hanover Township to hold blood drive; Elgin History Museum lecture on Carnegie libraries in Illinois
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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett refuses to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate
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US sends 3,000 troops to help evacuate some embassy staff in Afghanistan as Taliban captures Kandahar
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Does a bad ending tarnish Jake Arrieta’s legacy with the Chicago Cubs? ‘Nothing at all this year diminishes what he’s done. This guy is a legend,’ Jed Hoyer says.
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Column: Justin Fields’ ability to change the energy of the Chicago Bears is on display with a series of sharp playmaking at the end of Thursday’s practice
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Lollapalooza COVID-19 outbreak: 200 cases linked to event so far, but Chicago’s top doctor says no signs it was a ‘superspreader’
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Elgin’s population climbs 2.4% in last decade, new 2020 U.S. Census numbers show
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Suburban private school that lost state recognition over its response to Pritzker’s mask mandate says it never planned to defy the law
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Britney Spears’ father says he is planning to step down from conservatorship — but not yet
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Column: Waubonsie Valley High School student starts national program to get teens engaged in civics
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La Grange Park trustees vote to accept money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act
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Preparation in a ‘dream’ job is key for Miguel Cairo, who will handle the managing duties for the Chicago White Sox in tonight’s Field of Dreams game
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Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, who leads the majors in games played behind the plate this season, lands on the injured list with a right knee sprain
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Authorities investigating report that Wayne man shot, killed neighbor’s dog
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‘They came and took him from me’: Mother mourns fatal shooting of 16-year-old son at Englewood home
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Chicago Cubs release Jake Arrieta after another ugly start — an abrupt ending to their reunion with the former Cy Young winner: ‘It was the right thing’
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Aurora keeps its standing as 2nd largest city in Illinois, but loses residents, according to 2020 census
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2020 census: Chicago’s population grows slightly, but suburbs stall to slowest rate in decades
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The US is becoming more diverse, Census data shows, and the country’s white population is shrinking
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6 people killed, including suspected shooter, in southwest England, police say
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Ben Zobrist drops his $6 million lawsuit against the pastor who is having an extramarital affair with the former Chicago Cubs player’s estranged wife
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Illinois Commerce Commission starts ComEd probe, wants to know if ratepayers picked up improper costs
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Photos: Why the Chicago Bears wear padded helmets