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- Construction work on Lincolnwood’s Purple Hotel site set to begin
- Daily horoscope for September 28, 2021
- Eddie Biondo Fall Fest parade to step off Sunday, followed by pumpkins
- Ask Amy: Adults want to gently nudge niece into the world
- Trouble erupts during funeral procession on Roosevelt Road
- Families head to Triton College for pumpkin pickup, fall flavor
- Just opened: Black-owned Provaré puts Creole spin on Italian, and 7 more new Chicago-area restaurants
- NFL power rankings, Week 3: Rams and Bills enter top tier, Ravens hold steady and AFC West continues to impress
- The Great Chicago Fire destroyed 17,450 buildings. Here are six that survived and still stand today.
- Mass timber construction is becoming more widely used throughout the US. When will it arrive at the home of the Great Chicago Fire?
- Chicago Bears QB rewind: Coaches want Justin Fields to keep perspective on his ugly starting debut — ‘Part of the deal is it’s a learning curve’ — after just 6 full quarters of NFL experience
- Column: Newcomer Tyler Johnson tells the unvarnished truth — that the Chicago Blackhawks need ‘to be a little more sandpaper’
- This day in history, September 28: 8 members of the Chicago White Sox indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds
- Zach LaVine is ready to end his playoff drought as the Chicago Bulls All-Star enters his final season before free agency: ‘Winning will take care of everything’
- The best coffee maker for your road trip
- Woman, 76, fatally beaten with unknown objects in apparent ‘domestic-related’ slaying on Northwest Side
- Daywatch: R. Kelly convicted of racketeering conspiracy | Radio host Eric Ferguson sued over alleged sexual coercion | What to know about boosters
- Authors of ‘Black Nerd Problems’ just want to expand the church of nerddom and make sure there are seats for all
- My worst moment: ‘Midnight Mass’ star Annabeth Gish on the perils of script changes and human error
- The best puff-sleeve midi dress
- Historical marker dedicated in Terre Haute to lynching victim
- The best emerald green homecoming dress
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- 8-year-old boy fatally shot in Markham late Monday afternoon. Older brother may have been targeted, authorities say.
- Delivery driver shot and killed on the Near West Side
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- How COVID misinformation created a run on animal medicine
- Dr. June: How do I tell a friend about her husband’s gross behavior?
- This fjord shows even small populations create giant microfiber pollution
- For transgender youth, stigma is just one barrier to health care
- What the food we cook reveals about us
- Camilo lidera la lista de nominados al Latin Grammy
- Where to pregame, tailgate around Soldier Field — and what to eat once you’re inside
- Ask Mister Manners: Should I request a separate check?
- Lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy
- Hombre que lanzó huevo a Macron, en tratamiento psiquiátrico
- UEFA abandona caso contra clubes rebeldes de la Superliga
- Biden nomina a 9 candidatos para puestos de fiscal federal
- Manchin, Sinema to meet with Biden in talks to trim $3.5T social and climate legislation package
- Indios ganan su último juego en casa antes de cambiar nombre
- Por el aire, los trabajadores mexicanos evitan el cierre de la frontera
- Latest spill was likely iron, Indiana steelmaker says
- Speak Out reader opinion: Studies show masks do work, some better than others
- UEFA intenta recusar a un juez español en el caso Superliga
- 1 killed, 3 injured in Park Manor shooting
- La aplicación ciudadana de la prohibición del aborto en Texas se extendería a otras leyes
- Lemont High School sophomore gets wish with service dog
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- Portage man held after chase into Illinois, Lake sheriff says
- La vida cambia con el Talibán, pero poco a poco
- Fotos: La vida cambia con el Talibán, pero poco a poco
- Aiden McNeil makes a smooth transition to defensive end, a marquee position for Valparaiso, and steps forward as a leader who ‘loves these guys like no other’
- Sentencian a cinco cadenas perpetuas sin libertad condicional al sujeto que mató a cinco en un tiroteo en la redacción del Capital Gazette
- Rick Armstrong’s Beacon-News/Courier-News girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021
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- Cuba envía primeros lotes de vacunas a Vietnam y Venezuela
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021
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- Ecuador activa medidas por violencia contra la mujer
- MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners announced for 2021, including film scholar Jacqueline Stewart from U Chicago
- Western Springs trustees appoint new village manager
- Más niños centroamericanos se reunirían con sus padres en EEUU
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- PM&L’s ‘Ripcord’ explores rivalry of two older women
- New Lenox Board OKs gas station, car wash over some residents’ obections
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- Retiran más de 27,000 libras de pizza congelada DiGiorno por problemas de alergia
- Naperville Police Arrests
- EEUU anuncia que impulsará proyectos en Colombia
- El COVID-19 y las vacunas dominan el día de medios de la NBA
- Republicans nix changes to their Indiana congressional map
- Talibanes prohíben a barberos cortar la barba a sus clientes
- In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see justice long overdue
- Cole train: Lincoln-Way West is all aboard with sophomore Cole Crafton, a Louisville baseball commit, starting at quarterback.
- ‘It made us feel really good and it made them feel good too’: Kindness among things Palos Heights library patrons can check out
- Tacos, burritos y demás: las delicias envueltas de la cocina mexicana
- ¿Qué significa para nosotros tener un año con sonrisas ocultas por los tapabocas?
- Community leaders meet with incoming U. of C. students to foster civic engagement: ‘There’s no better way to learn about the city than from the people who live and work here.’
- Speak Out: White Sox win division again, but fans keep whining; you don’t have to believe in God but don’t mock those who do; glorified fake violence encouraging the real thing
- NFL scouts come out to watch South Elgin graduate Andrew Kamienski at North Central College. What they’ve seen is ‘staggering.’
- East Chicago man charged with attempted murder
- Prometido de Britney Spears espera que documental de Netflix sea ‘respetuoso’
- EEUU: Soldado reporta agresión de refugiados afganos
- Lakes grad Ethan Greenfield breaks No. 1 North Central College’s career touchdown record just three games into his junior season. So how does he celebrate?
- Confirman partidos entre campeones de UEFA y CONMEBOL
- Evanston house fire displaces 7 residents
- FBI: Homicidios aumentan casi 30% en EEUU en 2020
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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- Indian Prairie board signs off on $414M budget for 2021-22 with money earmarked for capital projects and new positions
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- After 2 shootings last weekend, there have been 181 shootings on area expressways this year
- Park Ridge police: Woman reports man attempted to grab her while she was jogging
- EEUU: Hospitales temen falta de personal por vacunación
- Portillo’s, preparing to go public, could grow to 600 restaurants nationwide
- Park Ridge-Niles School Board agrees to borrow nearly $26 million to build new classrooms for full-day kindergarten program
- Ultraderecha recauda millones de dólares en criptomonedas
- St. Charles Scarecrow Fest returns to delight as well as fright
- Girls volleyball notes: Good to go. Senior setter Mielye Hardersen still sees better days ahead as West Aurora battles to stay above .500
- Northwestern professor fetish murder trial
- Civil War comes alive in Chesterton High courtyard: ‘I felt bad for my ancestors who were probably part of that war’
- Los Cardenales y una racha en el momento justo
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- City on Fire: The Chicago History Museum remembers the Great Fire of 1871
- Just months after his mother’s death, he was diagnosed with the same incurable disease: ‘The dance was on’
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- Camilo reacciona desde Londres tras arrollar en nominaciones a los Latin Grammy
- Kmart se prepara para cerrar la última tienda en Michigan, el estado donde comenzó la cadena
- Review: ‘American Mariachi’ at Goodman Theatre could be a Broadway musical
- Chase Bank closing Chicago Street location in downtown Elgin and Randall Road branch in Carpentersville
- The best exercise bike to lose weight
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- Muere la actriz de Batman Jean Hale Coleman
- NICTD board eyes busy construction season as Double Track, West Lake projects are readied to begin
- For latest material, Jeff Foxworthy looks back
- Presidente de Ecuador condecora a Mario Vargas Llosa
- Oak Park and River Forest High School budget includes $107 million in spending
- Scope mouthwash vs. Listerine mouthwash
- 12 best Halloween movies on Blu-ray
- East Dundee’s Black & Grey Brewing planning huge expansion to double its taproom and triple production
- Investigadores crean parches de vacunas impresos en 3D
- 3 things we heard from the Chicago Bears, including Allen Robinson on not ‘freaking out’ and Sam Mustipher on how reviewing the loss to the Cleveland Browns was like a trip to the dentist
- Oak Point University unveils new campus, simulation center in Oak Brook; Pres. wants to prioritize helping students deal with emotional toll of healthcare industry
- After last year was marked by pandemic learning, Highland Park and Deerfield school leaders work to keep students on track
- Muertes diarias por COVID-19 en Rusia alcanzan otro récord
- Kane County Board to vote on extending lease for Batavia COVID-19 vaccination hub
- $500 worth of pumpkins set for charity sale smashed at Deerfield church: ‘It’s just sort of disappointing’
- Southland casino hopefuls to make pitch as gaming officials prepare to narrow list to 3 possible sites
- Capital Gazette gunman sentenced to five life terms without parole for killing five in newsroom shooting
- Company that got cannabis licenses in recent state lottery eye Lake Zurich for opening new dispensary: ‘It’s going to be good for us…good for you and we’re excited’
- Letters: The Art Institute’s decision to can docents is shameful and must be rectified
- Editorial: Finally, justice for R. Kelly’s victims. Why didn’t we listen to them sooner?
- Chicago White Sox ask fans to wear black for all postseason games at Guaranteed Rate Field in a flashback to 2008’s ‘Blackout’ division tiebreaker
- Global Citizen Live genera 1,100 millones contra la pobreza
- Delicate holiday wonder awaits at Morton Arboretum’s Glass Pumpkin Patch
- Skokie job fair aims to connect those who need work with manufacturing companies in need of workers
- Bolivia impulsa la esquila de vicuñas sin lastimarlas
- ‘Chicago es donde comienza todo lo más preciado para mí’, dice Obama en la ceremonia de inauguración del centro
- Column: For head of Emergency Department at Mercy Center in Aurora, challenges a part of the job
- Column: University Park mayor calls it a ‘political campaign hit job’ after protesters demand more transparency
- Cinta de Lennon y Ono se vende en subasta por 58,000 dólares
- Bolivia impulsa la esquila de vicuñas sin lastimarlas
- Joint Chiefs chairman calls war in Afghanistan a ‘strategic failure’ in congressional testimony
- Glencoe may soon allow residents to keep backyard chickens
- Príncipe Andrés reconoce demanda por agresión sexual en EEUU
- Castles, neighbors and decorating ideas highlight Beverly home tour, continuing more than 40 year tradition
- El Sheriff hunde al Real Madrid en su vuelta al Bernabéu en Champions
- Op-ed: Border woes are Biden’s fault
- Ford sued by EEOC for allegedly refusing to hire pregnant woman at Chicago Heights stamping plant
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 4: Pick up Zack Moss and Dalton Schultz
- Evanston Animal Shelter Association moves forward with plans for potential new facility
- Controversia en Miami en torno a nuevo jefe policial
- Veredicto de Kelly da a mujeres negras justicia muy esperada
- La Grange Theatre looking for relief from village to secure new operator
- Elgin Theatre Company’s ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ picks up after Nora leaves
- Entries sought for St. Charles Electric Christmas Parade, Holiday Tree Trail
- Sunday afternoon in Elmhurst, at an 1850s baseball game.
- Libertyville School District 70 taps retired speech pathologist to fill vacant board seat; ‘I have a vested interest in this community’
- Op-ed: As unvaccinated COVID-19 patients overwhelm ERs, hospitals ration care
- Ugalde renuncia a Costa Rica mientras Suárez sea el técnico
- Appeals court orders hearing in case of Beach Park man convicted of baseball bat killings of wife and stepson; Jury selection at issue
- Final approval of Evanston’s Fifth Ward TIF district put on hold as District 65 officials raise concerns
- Lake Station teen dies in hospital of COVID-19, family says ‘It’s heart wrenching’
- Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccines for children under 12 may not be ready until November
- Tom Hardy y Andy Serkis clavan sus dientes en nueva ‘Venom’
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- Annual Maine South Homecoming parade travels through city this weekend
- Lake Forest School District 115 meetings moved to all-virtual after group of parents refused to wear masks at live meetings
- Unique games to play at your tailgate
- Column: The R. Kelly verdict: Yes, Black girls’ lives matter too
- 9 Gifts for Care Bears lovers
- Closing parking lot during holiday shopping season worries Park Ridge business owners
- EEUU: expresidente Toledo puede ser extraditado a Perú
- As summer ends, North Shore park districts continue to adjust to pandemic life
- Jury in trial of former Northwestern professor charged in boyfriend’s murder views gruesome crime scene video as key witness looms
- 1% of U-46 staff who haven’t complied with state mandate to be tested or vaccinated are banned from district buildings
- Corrections and clarifications
- Elderly Lake County man dies after bat bite; Illinois’ first human rabies case in more than half-century
- Woman from Sandwich who heard ‘call of duty’ among veterans taking part in first all-female Honor Flight
- Skokie Health and Human Services Department prepares to administer booster shots
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- Op-ed: Pell grants are game changers for promising college students. I should know, I was one.
- Burr Ridge to file suit against EPA over Sterigenics
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- Benet Academy’s decision to hire lacrosse coach in same-sex marriage might not be final word after chancellor says he is ‘deeply troubled’
- Northwestern student speaks out after alleged drugging at fraternity house, university police still investigating
- Obama center groundbreaking: ‘Chicago is where everything most precious to me began,’ former president says at Jackson Park ceremony
- Man’s milestone achievement — his 400th blood and blood donation — also a big deal for Naperville donation center
- President Joe Biden cancels trip to Chicago as talks over his legislative agenda intensify in Washington
- South Dakota AG reviewing Gov. Kristi Noem’s meeting with daughter
- Oh, to be Lexi Byas. The sophomore libero ‘plays like her hair is on fire’ on defense as Lincoln-Way East slips past Lincoln-Way West.
- Bonnie Hunt to write and direct new kids series based on ‘Amber Brown’ books for Apple TV+
- Jacobs’ Rachel Kaczorowski comes up with key for possible turnaround: ‘We just need to take a breath and breathe and smile.’
- First look at ‘No Time to Die’: 7 thoughts on the new James Bond 007 movie
- A leader. An energizer. A tour de force. Paige Lauterwasser comes up with 11 kills as Naperville North rolls past Naperville Central.
- Chicago Cubs shut down 2 injured players, while Nico Hoerner’s status for the final week is in limbo. How much can they count on him in 2022?
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- José Abreu regrets Monday’s benches-clearing incident — ‘sometimes your emotions get the best of you’ — but the Chicago White Sox slugger isn’t happy about ‘chirping’ from Detroit Tigers pitcher Alex Lange
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- Sans Diego no more: Diego Rodriguez, fully recovered from injury, scores first goal and adds two assists as Reavis tops Oak Forest.