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- Daily horoscope for September 20, 2021
- Ask Amy: Denying child’s identity is a rejection
- Big Rock Plowing Match digs into area’s rural roots
- These are the US cities with the most COVID-19 cases
- Marijuana license winners in Illinois now compete in ‘Shark Tank’-like scramble to get startup cash
- Column: Dave’s Red Hots, Chicago’s oldest hot dog stand, is even older than we thought
- Op-ed: Artificial intelligence is changing how HR is handled at companies. But do robots care about your civil rights?
- Op-ed: To slow the spread of COVID-19, Illinois must decarcerate
- Speak Out reader opinion: If speed kills, why isn’t everyone on Germany’s Autobahn dead?
- Young lives at pause as first-time DACA applicants await federal appeal of court ruling that declared program unlawful
- Letters: One solution to drug trade-fueled gang violence? Legalize drugs.
- A dominating defensive performance and more QB questions: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ Week 2 win over the Cincinnati Bengals
- Emmy Awards: ‘The Crown,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ take top prizes
- Man fatally shot by Chicago police officer in Englewood Sunday identified
- This day in history, September 20: During an address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush announces a new Cabinet-level office to fortify homeland security
- Elkhart County rejects $3M fed health grant amid COVID-19 complaints
- Column: Is Dennis Hastert’s civil case agreement this sordid story’s finale?
- Joseph Yoakum left a mountain of art — and an ocean of uneasy questions. With a new show at Art Institute, the Chicago artist’s mystery deepens.
- ‘Inside Comedy’ book by Second City alum is like a ‘comedy museum,’ with revelations about Smothers Brothers, Wanda Sykes and Richard Pryor
- Daywatch: Lightfoot to unveil spending plan | First-time DACA applicants await federal appeal | Chicago’s oldest hot dog stand is even older than we thought
- Valparaiso city employees to receive 4% raises in city’s 2022 budget proposal
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- Clemson recruit Kitty Sandt returns to Nazareth’s court without her older sister Ella. ‘It’s definitely been hard.’ Not for the Roadrunners, who find a new leader.
- Is Allie Korba the best floor leader of Nancy Lill’s career? Hersey’s longtime coach calls her senior setter ‘a natural.’
- Emmys 2021: Top show moments
- White artists sweep acting awards at Emmys despite record nominations for people of color
- Fatal police shooting in Englewood
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- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Thanks ex-President Bonehead, we the people appreciate your sabotage techniques’
- Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘We might as well not have a vice president’ given how she has handled border crisis
- RuPaul makes Emmys history with most wins by a Black artist
- Pacquiao se postulará para presidente de Filipinas
- No Tiger Woods and no Phil Mickelson. But maybe a US Ryder Cup win at Whistling Straits?
- When COVID took away their smell, it threatened their livelihoods
- Most popular hairstyles the year you were born
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- Pfizer dice que su vacuna funciona en niños desde 5 años
- Las mejores imágenes de la alfombra roja de los Premios Emmy 2021
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- Local scores for the Southland
- EEUU inicia expulsión masiva de migrantes haitianos en Texas
- Alfombra roja de los Emmy: Mj Rodríguez viste verde azulado, Porter alas negras (FOTOS)
- Editorial: When police stop citizens, ‘reasonable and articulable’ suspicion matters
- Lista de ganadores de los premios Emmy
- Local scores for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Maduro reta a debate a presidentes de Uruguay y Paraguay
- Local scores for Northwest Indiana
- Number of area suicides stable during pandemic, but officials fear what’s ahead
- El número de muertos de COVID-19 en EEUU superaría el de la pandemia de gripe española de 1918-19
- Los grandes triunfadores de los Premios Emmy 2021
- The Crown, Ted Lasso y Queen’s Gambit triunfan en los Emmy
- Jill Biden is chasing the president’s most elusive campaign promise: Unity
- Messi se enoja con Pochettino por cambio (VIDEO)
- EEUU: Parlamentaria del Senado da revés a plan migratorio
- A la caza de revistas científicas falsas que no cumplen las reglas
- FC Dallas despide al técnico Luis González en la MLS
- $1 million bond set for two men in Darien, Downers Grove armed robberies
- EEUU suaviza restricciones de viaje; pedirá vacunas COVID
- Aurora to get new Starbucks on Lake Street
- Tony Baranek’s Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021
- Mundial cada dos años: FIFA inicia ‘nueva fase de consultas’
- Northwest Indiana offers a bumper crop of thrilling, chilling Halloween events
- Suburban Chicago has a bumper crop of thrilling, chilling Halloween events
- Mondelez employees end strike after approving new contract
- España: Exespía venezolano pierde batalla en la corte
- Naperville apartment resident injured in altercation during home invasion, police say
- La salud mental sería la próxima víctima del calentamiento global
- Chicago man charged with using credit cards stolen from Niles fitness center
- El covid golpea a los bomberos de incendios forestales más fuerte que el año pasado
- Column: Timing is wrong for Metra chief’s hefty pay raise
- Momentos memorables en la velada de los Emmy 2021
- EEUU busca proteger a su población contra calor extremo
- Sex offender tried to lure North Carolina boy to his Lake Bluff-area home, authorities say
- Por distintas vías, EEUU y UE tratan de impulsar vacunación
- Fox Lake buys speed alert and message board to warn drivers and collect data
- The best ball for cats
- Stellwagen farm carries not only family legacy but one representative of Orland Park’s history
- Girls volleyball notes: She plays for dad. Always. ‘Positive’ Bella Been makes things count as Lincoln-Way West wins Oak Lawn invite.
- Recruiting notes: Darryl Overstreet Jr. recalls being a 5-foot-7 starting quarterback two years ago. Grayslake Central’s leader has grown a bit.
- ‘El Rey Midas’ ya es historia en Chivas
- Congo Square Theatre appoints Ericka Ratcliff as new artistic director
- The best wearable sleeping bag
- Watch Guard in Bronzeville
- Patrick Z. McGavin’s Beacon-News/Courier-News boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021
- Netflix tops Emmy Awards for first time with 44 wins, highlighted by ‘The Crown,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
- Talibán ordena a mujeres funcionarias de Kabul que se queden en casa
- Los instrumentos de viento, reflejo de los sudamericanos precolombinos
- Speak Out reader opinion: Former Democrat upset with Republicans Kinzinger, McConnell
- 61 people shot, 12 fatally, during the weekend in Chicago — including 29 on Sunday alone
- Column: Why Michaela Coel’s Emmy win means more than ‘Ted Lasso’s’ waves of love
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Essential recipes for the home cook to master
- Sentencian a hombre que inspiró la película ‘Hotel Ruanda’ a 25 años
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- Zion man shot dead at Waukegan gas station
- Patrulla Fronteriza contrata a civiles para que le ayuden
- As talk increases about COVID booster shots, Cook County officials begging the many who still haven’t gotten their first shots to do so
- Cameron Shaw and Paige Wleklinski have familiar last names but establish own identities at Highland: ‘They’re the kind of people and players that make coaching worth it.’
- Efrain Rosales’ family calls him Pollo, Spanish for chicken. He’s anything but as a freshman goalkeeper for East Aurora: ‘He’s fearless.’
- The best long cardigan
- EEUU: Bautistas del Sur investigan abusos sexuales
- The best cheap hockey jersey
- Woman, 22, ticketed in Hampshire Township crash involving semi, minivan
- No ACL tear for Andy Dalton — but the severity of the knee injury for the Chicago Bears QB is unknown. So preparation continues for rookie Justin Fields.
- Canadá: Trudeau pide apoyo para las elecciones
- Man caught stealing from a downtown Naperville jewelry store during June 1, 2020, melee sentenced to 6 years in prison
- Civil War-era church destroyed by fire
- Inflation forces homebuilders to take it slow, raise prices
- US to ease virus restrictions for vaccinated travelers on foreign flights to America
- ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero sentenced to 25 years on terror charges
- Benet Academy students, alumni rally in support of girls lacrosse coach they say lost job offer for being married to a woman
- Solicitantes primerizos de DACA esperan la apelación del fallo judicial que declaró ilegal el programa
- Rating de los Emmy aumenta a 7.4 millones
- Equipo afgano de robótica retoma su vida en México
- Gerald Kuc, longtime sports broadcaster on Chicago radio, dies at 82
- Fiscales terminan de presentar su caso en juicio a R. Kelly
- Column: Youth Future Fest in Country Club Hills, showcasing Homewood-Flossmoor senior, will seek to inspire and inform
- La princesa Beatriz es madre de una niña
- Biden hablará en la ONU en medio de tensiones con aliados
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Secretary of State Blinken ‘reminds me of a 3-year-old who has one hand in the cookie jar’
- Letter: Speeding cars makes Dewes and Railroad crossing dangerous
- Simeone: ‘La contundencia marcará la diferencia este año en LaLiga’
- La pandemia afectó tu economía. Esto debes hacer
- EEUU: Policía allana casa tras desaparición de Gabby Petito
- COVID-19 death toll in US equals that of the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic
- Column: While confusion swirls around the Chicago Bears QB situation, Matt Nagy may need to tailor the offense more to Justin Fields’ strengths
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Niki Minaj, you go girl’ if you don’t want to get ‘the stupid shot’
- Con planes propios, dentistas eliminan los problemas de los no asegurados
- Emergency management expert tells of experiences at ground zero to La Grange Public Library audience
- Los principales estrenos esta semana en música, cine y televisión
- Abogado prevé más problemas legales para Trump
- ‘I’ll show you a gangster’: RICO trial underway for reputed Four Corner Hustlers leader allegedly connected to six murders
- Prosecution rests in R. Kelly’s federal racketeering trial in New York
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- Nueva York aplicará pruebas COVID al azar a estudiantes
- US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas
- Tsitsipas cambia de postura y finalmente acepta vacunarse
- Tinley Park man channeling his experience with prostate cancer to encourage others to get checked early
- Park Ridge fire stations deemed in ‘critical condition;’ $7.6 million in renovations recommended
- A look at the Indiana House redistricting plan
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- COVID-19 iguala número de muertes de fiebre española en EEUU
- Letters: We have lost our way as a country because we have become ignorant of our foundations
- Lake sheriff explains features of the $770K boat the department hopes to purchase
- Northbrook approves contract for water leak testing
- Development company to buy land from Arlington Heights auto dealership, redevelop to warehouse and manufacturing space
- Zak Brown, el ejecutivo que encumbra a McLaren y O’Ward
- Republicans move toward quick Indiana redistricting approval
- Column: Is Benet Academy in Lisle posting an ‘LGBTQ not welcome’ sign?
- OPINIÓN / Cuentos Políticos: ¿Bloqueo a Cuba…? ¿Cuál?
- EEUU sanciona a funcionarios centroamericanos por corrupción
- The best shin guards for soccer
- Salvation Army offers DuPage residents emergency assistance, rent help
- Policía: Tiroteo en escuela de Virginia deja 2 heridos
- The life and times of inspirational and pioneering Allison Payne, former WGN news anchor
- Northbrook trustees voice support for requiring more affordable housing units in new senior living facilities
- Corrections and clarifications
- Tom Hanks sobrevive al Apocalipsis con un perro y un robot
- City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to open most of downtown Chicago to pot shops
- Activists target tourism authority to push greater access; remind about 31-year-old ADA law
- Brian Laundrie search shifts, warrant served on parents’ home day after Gabby Petito’s body likely found
- Student COVID-19 positive cases continue slight decline
- Bukele se autodenomina ‘Dictador de El Salvador’ en Twitter
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- Organizers say they’ve secured 75% of funding to build Community Rec Center in Oak Park, now appealing to public
- Fire destroys historic church during Oktoberfest in south suburban Beecher: ‘It’s just irreplaceable’
- El nuevo concierto a la antigua de Juanes
- Burr Ridge man sentenced in 2019 drug induced death of Hinsdale woman
- Aurora event shines light on possibility of recovery from addiction
- Journey Cremations gets village trustee approval to build crematorium in Lake Zurich: ‘Very few people would know it’s there’
- Aurora may build fire station in northeastern part of the city
- Los Yanquis activan a Luis Severino tras casi dos años
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- Editorial: Lightfoot’s budget: Pain from the pandemic, salve from nearly $2 billion in federal relief
- Perú: violencia contra menores en Lima sube 50% en pandemia
- BTS participa en la Asamblea General de la ONU
- Second day of Naperville Music Festival, scheduled for this weekend, postponed till next year, Naper Settlement says
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes $500 monthly cash assistance for 5,000 Chicago households hard hit by pandemic
- Elmhurst police investigating aggravated vehicle carjacking
- The best travel toiletry bag
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- With pandemic concerns, supply chain issues Aurora-area holiday shopping season may ‘really start soon’
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- Cook County assessor gets first challenger for ’22 primary election; Kari Steele calls incumbent Fritz Kaegi’s term ‘chaotic’
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- Employees of Niles Portillo’s restaurant robbed at gunpoint during lunch rush: Police
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- Chicago mayor unveils $16 billion budget, which boosts police spending and relies on pandemic relief money to fill revenue holes
- Haitianos siguen hacia el norte; México anuncia retornos
- The best dinosaur toy for toddlers
- CPS is reporting 481 COVID-19 cases and more than 9,600 potential exposures for the first three weeks of school
- MAC review: Can this matte lipstick last all day?
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Definer review: Can this brow definer make your eyebrows appear fuller?
- Bialetti Moka Express review: Can this coffee pot make a delicious brew on your stove?
- Saucony review: Can these women’s running shoes hold up mile after mile?
- Glenview rolls out new communications plan, hires new staffer
- EEUU defiende expulsión masiva de migrantes haitianos
- Cost of a computer every year since 1970
- Renovation of District 207 high schools could wrap up with $4 million in unspent funds, official says
- Tim Anderson and the Chicago White Sox are focused on keeping their foot on the gas — even after they clinch the division: ‘We’ve got to stay hungry’
- Update: Lincoln Park Zoo offers a sneak peek of new lion habitat — can’t wait for those zip lines
- Update: Metallica will play Metro tonight, $20 tickets sold out
- Pizzeria manager provides video to help solve hit-and-run crash
- Men from Illinois, Arkansas sue Texas doctor who defied state’s new abortion ban
- France bristles at US submarine deal with Australia, Britain
- Oktoberfest restaurant specials in Chicago, from German steins to massive brats
- President Biden preps for UN General Assembly address
- Park Ridge Sunday Night Suppers kicks off second season of free ‘curbside’ meals amid ongoing pandemic
- Park Ridge police: Man claiming to be water department employee lures way into home
- ‘She is the real deal’: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Lia Schneider. Junior libero steals show in St. Charles East loss to Wheaton South.
- George Holliday, the man who shot Rodney King video, dies of COVID-19
- Chicago White Sox are ‘concerned’ after Carlos Rodón leaves after 3 innings with soreness in a 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers, but their magic number drops to 2
- ‘I just try to do my best’: Benet counts on Caroline Carens at the service line, gets back on winning track with sweep of Neuqua Valley.
- ‘Big Show’ Amanda Holsen puts on another show for Stevenson as the Columbia University recruit records the 1,000th kill of her career
- Local scores for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Police, postal service investigating reports of mail theft from Park Ridge Post Office box
- Local scores for the Southland
- Local scores for Northwest Indiana