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- Daily horoscope for July 12, 2023
- Ask Amy: Grandma not following parents’ rules set for children
- Pickleball is here to stay, and developers are gearing up to satisfy the demand
- Ed Bachrach: Why a New Yorker who helped save his city from a fiscal crisis has lessons for Chicago
- 7 outdoor theater options for summer 2023: Shakespeare dominates under the stars
- Duggan Flanakin: Tensions in Kosovo between Albanians and Serbians have led to an appalling stifling of free speech
- Letters: Changes at the Cook County clerk’s office make no sense
- Clarence Page: Clarence Thomas’ American Dream — with a little help from his friends
- Editorial: Americans are moving to other states as they sort themselves by ideology. It’s a worrying trend.
- Robbins Mayor Darren Bryant defends property citations as landowners say they are being singled out
- Around the Southland: Full STEAM ahead at D218 camps, big weekend in Midlothian, and more
- ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ review: I choose to accept the year’s most satisfying action movie
- Libertyville 5-bedroom home with 2 kitchens: $1M
- America’s Test Kitchen: Make this most of ripe, juicy tomatoes in this delicious dish
- Column: Does Pat Fitzgerald have a case? Should Ryan Field rebuild be put on pause? Unanswered questions for Northwestern.
- Harvard Health: Staying safe on hikes when temperatures spike
- What is athletic director Derrick Gragg’s role in this tumultuous period for Northwestern athletics?
- Designer and illustrator Monte Beauchamp brings comic anthology ‘BLAB!’ back to compelling, colorful life
- ‘Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake’ review: Two ‘Real Housewives of New York’ are dropped into small town Illinois
- Daywatch: Anti-hazing tools were in place. So what went wrong?
- Milan Kundera, renowned Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94
- US inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease
- Chicago man charged in Hammond gas station carjacking
- Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks, governor to sign on Friday
- Rider of motorized bicycle killed in crash in Yorkville
- Threats of a strike heating up even before UAW begins negotiations with automakers
- Crown Point council, residents bark over dog walking business in residential neighborhood
- Northwestern University had many anti-hazing tools in place before the football scandal. So what went wrong?
- Recycle and Shred Day event planned in Aurora
- Road work news
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ 2023 MLB draft, including an offensive power infusion and an intriguing 16th-round arm
- How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis
- Grayslake Post Office named in honor of fallen soldier; ‘Ranger Dimock represented everything right with America’
- Naperville garage hit by lightning Tuesday as Naperville braces for more rounds of storms Wednesday
- Column: NATO has turned out to be a remarkably durable alliance, but challenges continue
- Gary Air Show acts set for take off Aug. 5-6 with Army’s Golden Knights as headliner
- Flooded New England communities shift to recovery, shoveling out tons of mud and debris
- Oil Lamp Theater dives into ‘Collected Stories’
- 16-year-old girl fatally wounded, another girl, 14, left in critical condition in Austin shooting
- Column: City Council members in Waukegan have become salary Scrooges
- Religion roundup: Contemplative Prayer program in Flossmoor, parking lot sale in Oak Lawn, and more
- Gary police investigate shots fired at closed school
- Gary man charged with child molesting
- Biden and Zelenskyy praise each other despite divisions over Ukraine war
- Chicago Fire Department truck flips over in Tuesday night accident on 79th Street
- Feds call defense efforts to gut racketeering case against Michael Madigan ‘flimsy’
- ‘Succession’ tops Emmy nominations with 27 as ‘Last of Us’ and ‘White Lotus’ give HBO top 3 spots
- 3 dead and 14 injured in southern Illinois crash involving Greyhound bus and tractor-trailers, police say
- Down to Business: Farm-direct products part of Adagio Teas’ success, manager says: ‘Tea is something you do for yourself’
- Montgomery OKs engineering contract for water main work
- Chris Eubanks’ magical Wimbledon debut ends with a loss to Daniil Medvedev
- Column: The MLB All-Star Game — with generic uniforms and a slew of new faces — has morphed from ‘Who’s who’ to ‘Who’s that?’
- Prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar said disgraced sports doctor made lewd comment while watching Wimbledon
- Afternoon Briefing: Two ‘Real Housewives of New York’ are dropped into small-town Illinois
- Naperville News Digest: Part of DuPage River Trail to be closed for bridge removal; police department to host college student safety seminar; NCC plans groundbreaking ceremony for new parking deck
- Chicago Sky enter the All-Star break on a 3-game skid after losing to the Connecticut Sun 84-72
- Domino’s signs deal with Uber Eats in a bid to make more dough
- After computer glitch canceled show on July 4, Batavia fireworks rescheduled for Aug. 5
- Police say there’s no sign of crime by BBC anchor who allegedly paid teen for sexual photos
- Letters: Northwestern should take more actions in response to hazing scandal
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin police officer to receive Hero Award from MADD; D300 Food Pantry seeking rice, school supply donations; South Elgin parkway tree program deadline’s July 31
- Few US adults support full abortion bans, new poll finds
- Aurora mayor starts search for new City Council member in wake of death of Ald. Scheketa Hart-Burns
- Photos: Chicago Sky enter the All-Star break on a 3-game skid
- Local ILEARN scores up from pandemic lows; state scores stagnant
- Waukegan Park District board nixes proposed golf facility citing narrow appeal; ‘Golf in general has historically excluded Black and Brown people’
- Stolp Island Social restaurant closes for summer in downtown Aurora
- Lake County council keeps two attorneys on contract after move to drop them
- Zion woman pleads guilty in death of father of her then-unborn child; ‘I can’t believe he is gone because of me’
- Of notoriety: Kokandy’s ‘SpongeBob’ bubbles over with fun stage TV nostalgia
- Newly hatched penguin chick Shedd Aquarium’s first in 8 years
- West Niles-positive mosquitoes found in Morton Grove
- Vintage WW II planes draw a crowd, rain at Porter County Regional Airport
- Chicago man charged with kitten killing, torture, prompting warning from animal welfare groups
- Tornado confirmed near O’Hare as evening storms spark tornado warnings in Cook, DuPage
- Virginia McCaskey and Steve McMichael are named semifinalists in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Coach/Contributor and Seniors categories
- Asylum-seekers denounce treatment at Pilsen shelter and deliver letter to mayor; alderman denies allegations
- Dick Vitale diagnosed with cancer for a 3rd time
- Liam Hendriks, while accepting ESPY, says he pitched much of 2022 for the Chicago White Sox with cancer
- Elgin News Digest: Splash pad in Festival Park back in operation; Marklund’s new Nathan Education Center opens in Elgin; school supplies needed for Hanover backpack program
- Panama upsets US 5-4 on penalty kicks after 1-1 tie to reach CONCACAF Gold Cup final