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- 12 movie sidekicks who betray the hero
- Maine South students chosen for leadership program during 2022 Special Olympics USA games
- Oak Park artist couple creating quilts as a modern art form
- Daily horoscope for September 14, 2021
- Ask Amy: Roommate feels litter-boxed in
- Franklin Park author, who writes in Spanish and English, selected as ‘soon to be famous’
- Lincolnwood author, and book on lack of Latin American cemeteries, picked as ‘soon to be famous’
- Dogwood, tupelo, ironwood: Meet the best native trees for Chicago-area yards, with biodiversity in mind
- Chicago Bears QB rewind: Why a small taste of Justin Fields should lead to more opportunities for the rookie
- Column: Matt Nagy preaches ‘no panic’ after the Chicago Bears’ worst opening loss in 18 years. But some real accountability is needed at Halas Hall, not just buzzwords.
- Nicholas becomes hurricane as it nears Texas Coast; 2 other disturbances in Atlantic
- Everything you need to get started with pickleball
- This day in history, September 14: Francis Scott Key writes the poem ‘Defence of Fort McHenry’ (later ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’) after witnessing the American flag flying over Maryland fort
- ‘Jeopardy!’ begins new season with brief stint from ousted host Mike Richards
- Column: U.S. still standing despite spending
- Column: The revamped Chicago White Sox bullpen hasn’t been as dominant as expected. So what happened?
- Column: After more than 10 years of hearing loss struggles, I finally took an evaluation test. Maybe you should, too.
- Apple fixes security hole reportedly used to hack an iPhone
- My worst moment: Judy Greer once got fired from a movie — but it still appears on her IMDb
- TLC brings ‘Celebration of CrazySexyCool’ tour to Tinley Park with new dancers and a year of pent-up energy
- Haymarket Opera’s streaming ‘Orlando’ stars Bejun Mehta for the company’s 10th anniversary — because ‘the stars aligned’
- ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ review: Love + time equals HBO series starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 2: Pick up Elijah Mitchell and Jameis Winston
- Southwest’s president retires suddenly; didn’t get CEO job
- Daywatch: Pritzker says he’ll sign sweeping energy proposal that bails out nuclear plants | FBI launches probe into Chicago alderman | What’s next for the Thompson Center?
- Best Calico Critters toys
- Letter to the Editor
- CPS parents demand remote learning option
- Waukegan festival celebrates Latin American heritage; ‘I like that so many cultures … are comfortable with each other’
- As India’s lethal COVID wave neared, politics overrode science
- Bitcoin uses more electricity than many countries. How is that possible?
- Bedpan vs. fracture pan: Which do you need?
- Pioneering gene therapy freed her of sickle cell. Is a cure at hand?
- US consumer prices rise 0.3% in August, lowest in 7 months
- 4 notable Chicago Cubs stats to follow during the final 18 games, including Frank Schwindel’s batting average and the wins needed to avoid 90 losses
- The best smart device for cats
- Vaccine resisters are seeking religious exemptions. But what counts as religious?
- CONMEBOL confirma triple fecha de eliminatorias en octubre
- Arturo Chacón convierte álbum de mariachi en obra familiar
- Naperville Police Arrests
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- Florida: Explota equipo antifuego en casino; hay 26 heridos
- News-Sun girls volleyball rankings and player of the week
- Food, culture to be focus at Aurora Greek Fest this weekend
- Pelé evoluciona favorablemente
- Djokovic no claudica y ambiciona más títulos
- Expertos: Mayoría de la gente no necesita vacuna de refuerzo
- Amazon plans to hire 7,700 in Illinois, at $16 per hour average salary, as it recruits 125K more hires nationwide
- El Real Madrid se embelesa con Vinicius Junior
- Northlight’s ‘Songs for Nobodies’ features work of Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas
- The best cross earrings
- Most people don’t need COVID vaccine booster, scientists say
- Here’s what the next 6 months of the pandemic will bring
- Defensive lineman Jamari Jefferson, a chess player with pass-rushing moves, wants you to know: ‘This is not the same West Side.’
- Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 (sorry, travelers)
- Preparación y calma, las claves del buen negociador
- BMO Harris Bank closing downtown Naperville location and eight others in the Chicago area
- The best Kate Spade earrings
- La Grange area Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts pay tribute to victims of 911
- Esto es lo que traerán los próximos 6 meses de la pandemia
- Nicholas pierde fuerza, deja aguaceros en la costa de EEUU
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021
- Kremlin: Putin se aísla por casos de COVID-19 en su círculo
- Rick Armstrong’s Beacon-News/Courier-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021
- La legión estadounidense en la UEFA Champions League
- Indiana governor’s lawyers could bill nearly $200K for suit
- La Grange residents and diversity group gather for 30th Annual Race Unity Rally
- Aurora University homecoming events canceled due to concerns about pandemic, football game will still be played
- Daddy Yankee recibirá el Premio Billboard Salón de la Fama
- Científicos recurren a las estadísticas ante los próximos movimientos del COVID-19
- Highland Park Players bring ‘Matilda the Musical’ to the stage with two young leads
- ‘Chicharito’: ‘No necesito crédito o premios personales’
- More charges coming in overtime-kickback case involving CPS principal, prosecutors say
- Exreos talibanes controlan ahora el principal penal de Kabul
- Obligados a llevar el duelo bajo los reflectores
- Exreos talibanes controlan ahora el principal penal de Kabul
- His dad won a state title. His brother played fullback. But Aidan Voss carves out a high-scoring niche as Joliet Catholic’s quarterback.
- Take the family for some free fun at Oak Park Fall Fest
- Elmwood Park police investigating carjacking on driveway
- Former Bears outside linebackers coach Ted Monachino sells Lake Bluff home for $1.65M
- North Dakota State quarterback recruit Nathan Hayes looks to get St. Charles East back to winning ways: ‘We put a chip on our shoulder.’
- México liberará a 682 presos ancianos y torturados
- Las mejores fotos de la alfombra roja en la Met Gala
- Critican a Nicki Minaj por vincular las vacunas COVID con testículos inflamados e impotencia sin tener evidencia científica
- The best budget hiking backpack
- What’s for show and tell? East Maine District 63’s preschool building
- Ask Mister Manners: If I don’t feel comfortable sitting next to someone, is it OK to put my bag on the seat next to me?
- Eilish, Gorman y Lil Nas X deslumbran en Gala del Met
- Chicago removes Connecticut and Washington, D.C., from COVID-19 travel advisory
- Cuando los ciudadanos aplican la ley: los ‘cazadores de recompensas’ antiaborto en Texas
- Motorcyclist seriously injured in St. Charles Township hit-and-run crash
- Los sorprendentes Gigantes, primeros en pasar a los playoffs
- Federal relief money included in U-46’s pending budget to pay for a lot but school district also plans a 1.85% tax hike
- Biden promueve inversiones en energía limpia en Colorado
- COVID relief payments moved millions out of poverty during pandemic, Census Bureau reports
- A water park, a vertical neighborhood, and a school: Winning ideas in Thompson Center design contest
- Gobierno talibán dice que no permitirá ataques contra otros
- Ivy League quarterback prospect Anthony Picciolini is only a junior, but he’s already a leader for Benet. He credits his sister, Gigi.
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- Dr. June: Is it wise to confront fellow college students who aren’t wearing masks?
- Cómo funciona el revocatorio en California, aquí la explicación
- Carmel’s Jordan Wood didn’t waste any time arranging a visit to Michigan State when in-person recruiting resumed. Did the 6-foot-5 guard tip her hand?
- Ella Bourque is a Division I recruit committed to Canisius. She sets with Saige Avery for Yorkville, aka The Little Engine That Could.
- Blinken enfrenta duro interrogatorio sobre Afganistán
- ‘Saturday Night Live’ comedian Norm Macdonald dead at 61 after secret battle with cancer
- The best stainless steel olive oil dispenser
- Mundelein launches preemptive, proactive online ‘fact’ site; ‘Instead of sharing misinformation and unverified claims, this page is dedicated to presenting the facts’
- ¿Estás vacunado y temes contagiarte? Tenemos siete respuestas para ti
- Former Minneapolis cops accused of violating George Floyd’s civil rights plead not guilty
- With ‘Chicago LIVE Again,’ Navy Pier will celebrate Chicago arts with free shows and fireworks
- Homer Township votes to become a ‘sanctuary for life;’ resident calls local anti-abortion resolution ‘ridiculous’
- The best night guard for TMJ
- ‘Despierta América’ se extiende a los domingos
- Chicago will pay $20.5 million to two men who say ex-detective framed them for murder; both spent 23 years in prison
- Commission endorses permit for reiki healing, past life hypnotherapy and tarot card reading center in downtown Elgin
- En nuevo libro, Sandra Cisneros escibe una carta pendiente
- Aumenta enseñanza sobre historia de tribus norteamericanas
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Community news
- Aurora looks at cost of long-term sewer needs
- Lake County hopes to start new paratransit system by spring; ‘A great example of how government can … provide a very genuinely needed human service’
- OPINIÓN / El mito de que OnlyFans es una plataforma segura para el ‘trabajo sexual’
- The best Chicco booster seat
- Prosecutors: Tapes capture R. Kelly threatening his victims
- Editorial: Why the Blackhawks must take responsibility for the Bradley Aldrich saga
- Trump Tower penthouse listed for $30M, making it the most expensive actively listed home in Chicago
- Lake Forest College announces historic fall enrollment: Officials
- Precios en EEUU suben 0,3% en agosto, menos de lo esperado
- Muere el comediante de ‘Saturday Night Live’ Norm Macdonald
- Speak Out reader opinions: Our government is now an ‘ineptocracy’; time for religions to make peace with Holy Land history; animals at zoo smarter than humans on COVID shot?
- Beverly Art Walk, ‘a catalyst to bring people together,’ set for Saturday along Western Avenue
- Ald. James Gardiner under federal probe
- Piden acusar al premier haitiano del asesinato de Moise
- 71 years after graduation, members of the Highland Park High School Class of 1950 gather for reunion
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- Letters: I grew up in a small town in Downstate Illinois. It is a place rooted in devotion to family and God.
- Firefighter recalls working at 9/11 site: ‘It changed the way I thought about everything’
- Recibimiento apoteósico a Yulimar Rojas en Venezuela
- Libertyville 5-bedroom home with carriage house: $1.3M
- State worker pension systems reach best shape since 2008, study finds. Illinois ramping up contributions but still behind.
- Tras COVID, cine gratis para los niños
- The best cheese board
- Gurnee weighing options how best to provide financial assistance to local businesses hurt by pandemic
- Oak Brook’s Field of Healing ceremonies pay tribute those lost on Sept. 11, 2001
- UEFA prohíbe al Ajax usar camiseta alusiva a Bob Marley
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- Elecciones en Boston podrían romper barrera racial
- ‘Rock The Block’ festival returned to downtown Lake Zurich, drawing crowd of thousands
- With only 66% of police force vaccinated, Deerfield holds off on mandates
- Column: Influx of federal cash helped Southland restaurants like Bergstein’s Deli survive the pandemic. Is more on the way?
- OPINIÓN / Cuentos Políticos: Depredadores de la libertad
- ‘Canelo’ confirma sede para su pelea ante Caleb Plant
- Clarendon Hills thinking about sharing aerial ladder truck with Hinsdale as some residents voice safety concerns
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- Lake County Council disregards CDC, own health department, votes against school mask mandate proposed by county health officer
- Church seeks city approval to open in new location on South Grove Avenue in downtown Elgin
- Chicago City Council passes limits on plastic utensils for restaurant carryout and delivery; critics say they don’t go far enough
- Jeff Bridges dice estar mejor tras sufrir cáncer y COVID
- Amazon prevé 125,000 contrataciones más en EEUU
- Enjoy this easy turkey meatball as a weeknight dish
- Mariano’s parent Kroger, Instacart team on new 30-minute delivery service
- Bitcoin and the world of cryptocurrencies, explained
- Gary board member issues blistering commentary on school district; cites video compilation of fights at West Side
- La pobreza bajó en 2020 gracias a la ayuda del gobierno
- Kane County to release results of investigation into shooting death of dog by husband of Wayne village president
- The best potato grow bag
- El empleo en Reino Unido supera el nivel previo a pandemia
- Hobart man barred from Lake tax sales indicted; Gutierrez sold Gary properties for $675K
- La Grange trustees approve hiring engineering firm to research possible solutions to flooding problems
- Naperville ranked No. 45 on Money’s 2021 list for Best Places to Live
- Funeral for U.S. Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez
- La farsa de Holyfield y el gesto de un juez autocrítico
- California recall: Voters to decide fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom
- Seven more businesses cited for violating Chicago’s mask mandate
- Indiana redistricting plan would secure suburban district for GOP; NWI’s 1st District mostly unchanged
- Morton Grove Park District hosts virtual town hall for input on future planning
- Classes at Naperville North resume Tuesday, a day after a power outage closed the high school
- Quienes se oponen a las vacunas buscan exenciones religiosas. Pero, ¿qué cuenta como religioso?
- Prince gives his vision for federal pandemic funding to city’s chamber
- ‘A perfect Marine’: Pastor and politicians honor Indiana’s Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, killed during Afghanistan evacuation
- Un entierro en pareja de 1,500 años deja huella de su amor
- Highland Park’s arthouse Renaissance Place Cinema reopens after pandemic closure
- Lightfoot proposes new ordinance targeting gang members for fines and forfeiture in civil court
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- Western Springs Village Manager Ingrid Velkme will retire on Friday
- Indiana hospitals strained for ICU space amid latest COVID-19 surge
- Genius vs. Wacom: Which tablet is better?
- El Barca revive su pesadilla en Champions
- Evanston City Council holds off on appointing interim city manager
- Everything you need to get started with chair yoga
- Comité británico recomienda tercera dosis para mayores de 50
- Piqué: ‘Es lo que hay, ahora somos los que somos’
- New Lenox officials laud colleague Annette Bowden, who’s retiring after 30 years on the Village Board
- Everything you need to build a treehouse
- Column: Newly renovated Copley Theatre in Aurora announces the return of shows
- Three Brothers Theatres takes audience on ‘roller-coaster ride’ with ‘Shakespeare Abridged’
- El Salvador vacunará a los niños mayores de 6 años
- 19 gifts for “Animal Crossing” lovers
- As hackers target small businesses, Park Ridge’s LeilaLove Macarons loses Instagram account, 16,000 followers
- Apple’s next iPhone mirrors last year’s, adds more storage
- Best gifts for English majors
- One for the Books: Explore Hispanic culture by checking out these books or going to the first Hispanic Heritage Fest
- Column: Did Black Lives Matter trigger the Jan. 6 Capitol attack? That’s a stretch.
- Nolan lanzará próxima película con Universal, no Warner Bros
- Skokie Village Board likely to allow Amazon to use new facility as delivery hub, drawing concerns from environmental and labor advocates
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- Chicago police get first new contract since 2017, with 20% raises including back pay; passes City Council on 40-8 vote
- Best gifts for “Star Wars” fans who have everything
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- Skokie moves to ban sale of flavored vaping products
- Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner publicly apologizes for ‘rants,’ one day after sources identify him as subject of an FBI probe: ‘I take full responsibility for my offensive words’
- Libertyville, Mundelein mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 with remembrance ceremonies; ‘Many of us will never forget that 102 minutes in our history’
- Former ‘SNL’ comedian says he will cancel shows over vaccination requirements
- Chicago cop files suit saying he faced retaliation after blowing whistle on superior who allegedly directed resources to his street during 2020 unrest
- New Indian Prairie tech officer wants district to switch to Google Meet, add more safety features, buy classroom ‘staples’
- Gov. Pritzker, Illinois legislators call on Congress to protect women’s reproductive rights in wake of Texas abortion law
- Ryan Braun retires as the Milwaukee Brewers home run leader (352) after a 14-year career
- Top US military officer feared Trump could order China strike during final weeks in office, book says
- North Central College 19th best among regional Midwest schools on U.S. News & World Report 2022 ranking list
- Op-ed: Long COVID-19 may have consequences for decades. We need to study it.
- Broadway reopens after pandemic shutdown with three blockbusters: ‘The Lion King’, ‘Hamilton’, ‘Wicked’
- Chicago charter elementary school shifts to remote learning after 3 COVID-19 cases reported Monday
- Illinois Board of Ed defends punishment over mask mandate violations, tactics one lawmaker called ‘heavy-handed’
- Southern Illinois reports zero available ICU beds this week, amid COVID-19 surge
- Nicholas downgraded to tropical depression, but not before it dumps more than a foot of rain on Texas, Louisiana
- ‘That was so much fun’: Keira O’Donnell gets the last kill as Lemont rolls past Richards. How did she celebrate? A little dance.
- Christos clear: ‘Super dynamic’ Christos Dalmares scores 14th goal on a feed from Sebastian Burzynski as Sandburg shuts down Andrew
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- Akiem Hicks ends his silence on his contract situation — with the defensive lineman saying he wants to ‘do everything in my power’ to retire with the Chicago Bears
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- Addison Nava and Rylie Hahn are ‘best friends’ on and off the court. They keep the kills coming as outside hitters for Burlington Central.