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- Daily horoscope for October 13, 2023
- Ask Amy: I want out of my marriage, but don’t want to lose my family
- Spiders get some love and a temporary zoo at Will County program designed to demystify arachnids
- Letters: Those who would perpetrate a terrorist attack lose the sympathy of the civilized world
- David Greising: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget shows that the realities of the job have sunk in
- Cory Franklin: What is the mortality of COVID-19?
- Joanne Meyerowitz: What the Percy Amendment, focused on women’s global poverty, has to teach 50 years later
- Colleen Kujawa: Want a cure for cynicism? Try digging holes and planting trees.
- Stuck in red tape: A Venezuelan migrant’s labyrinthine pursuit of the American dream for her US-born son
- A suburban Chicago insurance agent won a contest 40 years ago to make the first commercial cellular call. He’s still on the phone.
- Dementia-friendly Chicago River cruise gives patients and caregivers a chance to feel less isolated
- South Holland resident removes Halloween decoration social media commenters called racially insensitive
- With its season slipping away, Illinois visits Maryland in search of its 1st Big Ten win
- No. 21 Notre Dame will try to bounce back in a rivalry game against Caleb Williams and No. 10 USC
- Column: 20 years later, the scars from the foul ball that changed a Chicago Cubs fan’s life appear to have faded
- Seth Jones wants to be a leader for the Chicago Blackhawks — and get them back to the playoffs
- Chicago Bears Week 6 storylines: Luke Getsy’s grounded outlook, Jaylon Johnson’s revised test and the threat of T.J. Hockenson
- Daywatch: The first commercial cell phone call
- Preseason photos: Chicago Bulls beat Denver Nuggets in double OT
- Jacob Chraca’s ‘fantastic’ goalkeeping for Lake Central doesn’t mean he’s satisfied. Keep working, keep winning.
- The ‘Steve Bartman’ game, 20 years later: How the Chicago Cubs’ 2003 season played out — and what happened in Game 6
- 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire show residents’ terror and panic in a desperate bid to escape
- Ask the Builder: Making a homeowners insurance claim? Get ready for a big surprise
- Mayo Clinic Q&A: Menopause and sex
- Hamas practiced in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach
- Naperville North’s Jaxon Stokes is always poised to strike. Can he be stopped?
- Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
- Aurora set to begin leaf collection program
- Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started
- Letters to the Editor: Burning Quran another act of hate to be condemned; ‘The Way We Were’ photos, columns illuminate our past; ending Invest in Kids will help Illinois’ public schools
- Things to do around Chicago: Phish, a street art tour and Open House Chicago
- Waukegan D60 promoting kindness during bullying prevention month; reports 127 bullying incidents last school year
- Friday forecast: Periods of rain and thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 60 mph in some areas
- Chicago Guinness brewery building to go back on the market weeks after brewery opening
- Mitchell Fein steps forward, and Grayslake Central doesn’t take a step back: ‘I needed to do more’
- Police investigated after students talked online about a bomb, synagogue and Skokie high school
- Caucus to fill vacant Gary city council spot set for Oct. 21
- ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ review: Swifties will be plenty happy. And nothing else could possibly matter.
- How to watch the partial solar eclipse Saturday
- Outside hitter Delanie Voss knows to ‘move on’ after setbacks. She wants Illiana Christian to do the same.
- No injuries reported at ‘substantive’ Arlington Heights apartment fire, but residents displaced from 3 units
- Future nurse Riley Borrowman gets inspired for Oswego. ‘There might have been some Dunkin’ Donuts on the line.’
- WNBA is holding its own against NFL and MLB for TV viewership — which is up 13% from last year’s finals
- Column: Lessons from a joyful, painful Chicago Marathon, which I’m definitely running again
- Church news
- Naperville News Digest: Signup starts Tuesday for Santa’s workshop, hotline; food drive to help West Suburban Community Pantry; celebrity chef/author to Visit Anderson’s Bookshop
- City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin running for Congress amid allegations of unethical conduct
- Police substation opening near North Chicago-Waukegan border to fight crime in that area; ‘There is a history of open drug marketing and prostitution’
- From the Farm: Dilly of an easy fridge dill sandwich pickle recipe
- Review: At CSO, a gifted baritone but a giftless Beethoven 5
- Law & Order column: Ohio man charged with driving to Lake County to meet ‘girl,’ police say
- The Way We Were: One hardware store’s had a long history in Naperville — and it’s still chugging as Buikema’s Ace
- Evanston mom and daughter missing in Israel are alive but being held hostage by Hamas, relative says
- Porter County Council still trimming 2024 budget as hearings continue
- As Aurora approves final plans for Hollywood Casino resort, developer says project should begin before end of year
- Service area doubled after Pace expands on-demand service in western Lake County; ‘It really gives people enhanced mobility’
- Wadsworth woman uses mysterious trees to build jams and jellies business; ‘It was less about money, and more about who we were serving’
- Decent: Rituals of fall — house decorating, apple picking, pumpkin-spiced everything — are starting to get out of hand
- Review: In his Salt Shed concert, Thundercat shared more than just wonderful songs
- Afternoon Briefing: City treasurer running for Congress amid allegations of unethical conduct
- Officials: South Shore, Dunes Tourism partnerships make tourism stronger
- Hammond man charged after attacking woman
- US cities boost security as fears spread over Israel-Hamas war despite lack of credible threats
- Marking 50 years: Calumet Archives brings NWI history alive
- Lincoln-Way band to march in 2025 Rose Parade, making its fourth appearance
- Editorial: American students get an overdue lesson in political realities
- Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
- NWI part of partnership awarded federal “hydrogen hub” funds
- Police: LOFS woman crashes car in ditch near school while under the influence of alcohol
- St. Louis Cardinals complex in the Dominican Republic broken into by armed robbers
- Chicago Public Schools eighth graders in limbo after High School Admissions Test postponed over tech issues
- Man charged with making bomb threats against Aurora Public Library buildings
- Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million people to evacuate as ground attack looms
- Scientel looks to recapture costs of water main, sewer line projects in Aurora
- 3 issues for Chicago White Sox to address after a coaching staff shake-up, including overcoming a lineup power struggle
- Wilmette District 39 teachers sign new 5 year contract
- Liefde Bakery, this year’s best new business in northern Kane County, pours ‘love’ into every item sold, owners say
- Second commercial indoor pickleball court facility planning to open in Naperville
- Column: Latest show at Copley Theatre in Aurora bold indeed as it takes on U.S. Constitution
- Illinois identifies first measles case since 2019, public health officials say
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife report income dropped by more than $16 million last year
- Here are the 10 biggest lottery prizes in US history
- Police: Six in custody after theft of scrap steel worth almost $2 million
- Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with health care worker unions after recent strike
- In what may be state’s first conviction of its kind, ex-DCFS worker guilty of endangerment in death of AJ Freund; supervisor not guilty
- Young Naperville cancer patient receives a bedroom remodel fit for a superhero thanks to nonprofit group
- Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80
- Elgin News Digest: World of Faeries Festival organizers decide to end event; Spooktacular drive-thru at Camp Big Timber in Elgin; St. Sophia of Elgin holding fall Greek food fest
- Highland woman gets 20 years for fatally hitting boyfriend with SUV
- 5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-Minnesota Vikings game — plus our Week 6 predictions
- 7 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls’ double-OT preseason win, including the Big 3’s big minutes and Julian Phillips’ poster dunk
- Palestinians in Gaza face impossible choice: Stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?
- City watchdog investigating whether as many as 1,000 PPP loans received by city employees were fraudulent
- Chicago Bears to honor late linebacker Dick Butkus with No. 51 patches on their jerseys and Soldier Field displays
- After clearing out protesters, Chicago City Council passes resolution supporting Israel
- Portion of Route 30 in Oswego renamed in honor of veterans advocate and ‘local legend’ Herschel Luckinbill
- Austin Synoga’s interception in the first half sparks Richards past Lemont. Plus? ‘He hits like a Mack truck.’
- New marks for Mark Rowland punctuate a celebratory night for Boone Grove on its new field