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- Daily horoscope for September 17, 2021
- Ask Amy: Uber dispute becomes uber permanent
- Tropical Storms Peter and Odette likely to form; Nicholas dumps rain as it lingers
- Column: When will GOP learn protesting mask, vaccine mandates is disastrous political strategy?
- Big and burly, with a supersized orange bill, the once rare American white pelican is migrating through Illinois: ‘It’s just stunning to watch.’
- New law sets end dates for fossil-fuel power plants, but Illinois coal mining remains a huge contributor to climate-changing pollution
- Chicago Bears Week 2 storylines: Justin Fields’ expanding role, Ja’Marr Chase’s emergence and the hard truth about the loss to the Los Angeles Rams
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- After looking shaky at times in 2 victories, Notre Dame is hoping for a faster start — and steadier performance — against Purdue
- Northwestern heads into its matchup with Duke looking for more takeaways: ‘Our goal each game … is to have three turnovers’
- Northern Illinois enters its matchup with Michigan embracing the opportunity to play spoiler: ‘Nobody gives you a chance, so there’s no pressure whatsoever’
- Column: The Chicago White Sox are handling Carlos Rodón with kid gloves — and for good reason with the playoffs looming
- This day in history, September 17: The Constitution of the United States completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
- House Republican who voted to impeach Trump won’t run again, citing ‘toxic dynamics’ inside party
- After blowing a 7-run lead in a lopsided 17-8 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, can the Chicago Cubs get Kyle Hendricks back on track?
- ‘The Morning Show’ review: Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon spin in pointless circles in Season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama
- For 50th anniversary of Chicago’s Alligator Records, home of Lonnie Brooks, Koko Taylor and many others, a concert and a lot of memories
- New Chicago indie band Bnny has a debut album, ‘Everything,’ and a music fan finds herself on the stage
- Review: ‘Eyes of Tammy Faye’ is a movie with empathy for the iconic televangelist
- Things to Do in Chicago this weekend: Live music, tacos and an Oktoberfest for dogs
- How Chicago Party Aunt became a Netflix series: Chicago improvisor Chris Witaske is the man behind the woman, and the bawdy Twitter account
- Milley: Calls to China were ‘perfectly’ within scope of job
- Daywatch: Is a ‘twindemic’ on the horizon? | Few Illinois schools COVID testing weekly, despite signing up for program | How Chicago Party Aunt became a Netflix series
- Law & Order column: ‘Foolish prank’ prompts large police response to Zion-Benton Township High
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- Woman crossing street is killed after 2 cars crash in Humboldt Park. 3 occupants from a car hospitalized. Driver of other car flees.
- Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep wins award for repurposing former Kmart into school; ‘The use is so inspirational’
- Federal funding to the rescue of local arts nonprofits: ‘Having been closed for 18 months, there have been challenges’
- Flashback: From the Iroquois Theatre tragedy to the 1934 Stock Yards blaze, Chicago’s history is punctuated with devastating fires.
- Riot Fest opens in Chicago’s Douglass Park with an ageless Patti Smith, carnival rides and, yes, Morrissey
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- Three shot in Gold Coast; one killed in Logan Square
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- Riot Fest 2021 in Douglass Park
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- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Drought conditions continue in Illinois
- At Kyle Rittenhouse court hearing Friday, judge expected to decide on evidence allowed at trial for Kenosha shootings
- Queda definida la final mexicana de Concachampions
- Florida supera las 50,000 muertes por COVID-19
- CRÍTICAS: Clint Eastwood en México, Gerard Butler en prisión y más estrenos de cine
- Hizo escapada de fin de semana, lleva 9 semanas confinado
- Local scores for the Southland and the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- System outage grounds United flights briefly
- El debate sobre el refuerzo se reduce a reunión fundamental de asesores de la FDA
- Column: Why do unvaccinated people in Florida — land of predictable tragedies — keep dying from COVID-19?
- Cierres de escuelas y cuarentenas por COVID afectan alumnos
- Juego de Estrellas llegará a Seattle antes de lo previsto
- Justicia venezolana participa de la represión: Expertos ONU
- COI insta a comités a pedir vacunas para Juegos de Invierno
- Usuarios dudan que sus datos online estén seguros: Sondeo
- ¿Es la victoria de Newsom una buena señal para los demócratas que se postulan en 2022? Qué dicen los expertos
- La obesidad infantil en EEUU se acelera durante la pandemia
- As Illinois’ eviction moratorium deadline nears, Kane County officials say rental assistance programs available
- Cremación de Abimael Guzmán, en manos del presidente de Perú
- Guardiola choca con los aficionados del Manchester City
- Delivery company wants to add alcohol to its Aurora options
- Hispanic Heritage Festival launches Saturday
- IU Health: 125 no longer employed after declining vaccine
- Compostaje humano: una alternativa ‘verde’ a la incineración
- Wauconda senior setter Amanda Lisi learns while teaching: ‘It made me a better person on the volleyball court.’
- Michael Osipoff’s Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week
- Juez protege a las familias migrantes de la política de expulsión fronteriza
- Law enforcement preparing as Trump supporters plan Capitol protest for jailed Jan. 6 rioters
- Un proyecto ‘jurásico’: revivir al mamut lanudo
- Pictures: MSC Divina
- Festival de Cine de San Sebastián recupera cierta normalidad
- ‘They are like one big family to me’: All-Disability Open draws golfers from all over country for competition, friendship
- Juventus reporta pérdidas por 210 millones de euros
- Aurora to hold open house on proposed bike and pedestrian crossing improvements
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- Plan de dosis de refuerzo en EEUU enfrenta primera prueba seria
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- Naperville commission tasked with finding developer to build complex to house seniors, adults with disabilities
- After enlisting in National Guard, Brandon Ruvalcaba and Chis Varela return from basic training to boost Kankakee Valley: ‘We want to show we’re not a pushover.’
- Ex-suburban fire chief charged with felony public indecency near school
- ‘Blatant theft’: Illegal marijuana farms are taking the West’s scarce water
- Predicciones de dos expertos a los Premios Emmy
- Oak Lawn residents fed up with dog owner, but officials say their authority is limited
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Registration open for Aurora Pooch Parade
- Giant California sequoias wrapped in aluminum as fire nears
- Facets reopens in Chicago, a year after the sky fell on independent cinema — and also the roof caved in on Fullerton
- Man killed after his motorcycle goes off the road on Naper Boulevard, Naperville police say
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- Column: We can applaud gymnasts’ courage, but until we right the world, our plaudits are meaningless
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Veteranos deportados cruzan la frontera unos minutos para ser vacunados
- Diaper drive to be held in Aurora
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- Marjorie David, first editor of Tribune’s WOMANEWS section, dies
- ‘Casa Delgada’ de Boston se vende por precio gordo
- Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200M
- Remaining Illinois unemployment offices reopening for in-person appointments
- Cleanup campaign kicks off in Gary: ‘You have to clean it up to build it up’
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- Sentencing delayed while mental health treatment considered for Dyer woman
- Federales: Doctora en caso de mutilación genital femenina es parte de una red secreta que cortó a niñas
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- Raducanu regresa a casa tras conquistar el US Open
- Letters: Sens. Durbin and Duckworth’s endorsement of Rahm Emanuel reveals their hypocrisy
- Patrick Kane says he ‘didn’t know anything’ about sexual assault allegations against a former Chicago Blackhawks video coach
- Column: Savor waning days of summer and store memories to survive another pandemic winter
- Marido de mujer desaparecida: Mi esposa se fue ‘voluntariamente’
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- ‘Juego de las llaves’ regresa con consecuencias para Adriana
- Alemania y Portugal se suman a críticas de un Mundial Bienal
- Zion man fatally injured when shots fired into his home
- ‘The stress is finally over’: Cameron Preisler looks to fun future after pulling out 4-cylinder championship at Grundy. Plus, Tony Baranek’s racing notes.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Editorial: Pedro Martinez’s ascent to CPS boss was ‘historic.’ But here’s how he can make our schools better.
- Latino que votó por juicio a Trump no buscará la reelección
- Going to a Chicago Bears game? What you need to know about Soldier Field, including the COVID-19 guidelines and where to park — and tailgate.
- Brad Underwood to receive a 1-year extension through 2026-27 that would make the Illinois coach among the highest paid in college basketball if approved
- Globos y tarjetas de un niño de 7 años alegran el día de los pacientes en un hospital
- Future unclear for Calumet Country Club property after detaching from Homewood, but neighbors keep up fight
- Pogba tiene ‘la posibilidad’ de volver a la Juventus
- Guest column: The backstory behind the Medicare Advantage ads
- Aurora fair works to connect young people with community activities
- Guatemala pedirá visa a los ecuatorianos
- Holcomb, dignitaries heap praise in groundbreaking for $50M Domino’s facility
- Speak Out reader opinion: White Sox should hire former Giants manager Bruce Bochy
- Máximo jefe militar de EEUU defiende sus llamadas a China
- El Milan presenta queja por racismo de aficionados de Lazio
- Hot dogs can shave 36 minutes off one’s life: study
- ‘Muhammad Ali’ is the latest from Ken Burns, with WTTW highlighting the boxer’s deep Chicago connections
- As summer and the pandemic starts to wane, Naperville animal shelters seeing animals returning but volunteers not
- Tinley Park village manager set to retire after 7 years
- Clippers inician construcción del Intuit Dome, su nueva casa
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- Indiana to help communities boost free COVID-19 testing
- Naperville Police Arrests
- En ‘Chilangolandia’, ladrón roba a ladrón
- Expertos advierten sobre la brutal temporada de gripe a medida que COVID-19 aún se propaga
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- Op-ed: The answer to America’s divisiveness? Eisenhower’s ‘Middle Way.’
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- Consumers may need to shop early to avoid missing must-have items for holidays
- Area officials disagree on redrawing of Indiana maps: ‘There were a lot of rumors floating around’
- Americas Society presenta artistas latinoamericanos en Nueva York en 65-75
- Pentagon reverses its defense of drone attack, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
- México: estatua de Colón aún no está lista para reaparecer
- President Biden faces limits of $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid as some states resist
- EEUU enfrentaría a Panamá sin jugadores en clubes británicos
- Column: Neither Democrats nor Republicans want to cede power over redistricting. Democracy is the biggest loser.
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- With retailers facing supply chain issues and scrambling to hire, ’tis the season to start holiday shopping early. ‘This isn’t crying wolf this year.’
- Lake County health officials urge vaccination of teens, as young people account for almost half of new COVID cases
- Potempa: September is a reason to celebrate and dig potatoes
- Steelers y Raiders quieren confirmar que son una realidad
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- Column: Fox Valley mourns Bob Moga, who was a community leader and much more
- Chicago rainfall 2021: It’s not enough — and here’s what forecasters predict for fall
- Rittenhouse judge bars evidence connecting teen to Proud Boys during trial
- Column: Larry Nassar scandal shows how the ‘twisties’ can take different forms
- ‘New’ Waukegan library board gets acquainted, plans to tackle executive director issue in near future
- FDA advisory panel rejects widespread Pfizer booster shots to most Americans, endorses only for elderly, high-risk
- Wonderful Day fest offers kids yard sale, pony rides
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- France recalls ambassadors to US and Australia in a backlash over a submarine deal
- Los culebrones políticos son moneda corriente en Argentina
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- Thousands of Haitian migrants converge on Texas border town, presenting the Biden administration with a new challenge
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- Otra tensa batalla entre demócratas moderados y progresistas
- As talks with unions continue, Gov. J.B. Pritzker extends deadline for workers in state prisons, congregate facilities to be vaccinated
- Aurora University looks to build new residence hall
- Filipino bakery, artisan ice cream shop, Mexico-based coffee shop and a Dick’s Sporting Goods outlet store headed for Naperville
- As plans for booster shots are still up for debate, many with medical conditions have already received a third dose. ‘I want to be protected.’
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- Chicago gas station owners say city inspectors shutting them down for minor violations and ‘racist reasons’
- With prosecutors wrapping their case at R. Kelly’s federal racketeering trial in New York, focus shifting to singer’s defense
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- 44-year Crisis Center veteran tapped to take the reins of Elgin-based agency
- TikTok challenge leads to ransacking of suburban Chicago school bathrooms
- 23 shot, 4 fatally in overnight violence, Chicago police say
- As COVID-19 school outbreaks in Illinois climb, overall childhood virus cases fall, but questions arise about the data
- Elgin’s new sustainability analyst says she’s ready to start finding ways to address climate change on local level
- Mexican Independence Day Caravan 2021
- Op-ed: Have unvaccinated health care workers forgotten the first rule of medicine?
- 3 things to watch for as the Chicago White Sox being their final trip of the season, including how Tim Anderson and other key players progress after returning from injuries
- Class of 2020 graduates to be feted as part of U-46’s homecoming celebrations
- Los Angeles jury convicts NY millionaire Robert Durst for murdering his best friend 20 years ago
- ‘Peaceful and responsible’ Mexican Independence Day celebrations urged as city officials announce rolling street closures in South Loop, downtown
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- Chicago Sky fall to the Las Vegas Aces 103-70 despite Candace Parker’s 20 points
- Logan Lockhart guides Valparaiso past Chesterton in low-scoring conference showdown between ranked unbeatens: ‘The line gave me time and made it easier.’