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- Daily Horoscope for July 31, 2024
- Asking Eric: Employee wants vindication from bully boss
- Today in History: Michael Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympian of all time
- Today in Sports History: US Gymnastics women win the Olympic gold for first time since 1996
- Editorial: JD Vance’s approach to reversing US birth trends is the wrong one. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a problem.
- Toni Preckwinkle: We are driving transformative change in Cook County through the American Rescue Plan Act
- F.K. Plous: Big plans for United Center area need a tighter link to the ‘L’
- Instead of competing for land, some farmers and solar developers want to work side by side
- Letters: GOP directive to party members to avoid racist, sexist attacks is telling
- Lollapalooza food 2024: Two new areas will feature plant-based meals and photo-ready desserts
- Never considered visiting Boise? The Idaho capital strikes the ideal balance between outdoor adventure and urban amenities
- Olympics on TV: What to watch today
- As workers return to the office, residents are moving back to Chicago and other cities, driving up home prices
- Column: ‘Wild Travels’ returns on WTTW with flying fish, frozen heads and a UFO festival
- Editorial: Bravo, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Anthony Freud
- Cole Stallard: Chicago Streets and Sanitation is ready for the DNC
- Gurnee Days debuts new kids zone, with favorites like rib contest, parade, car show
- Column: Blades out! Debating ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ with a comics artist
- Column: The allure of DVDs over streaming
- Bee Gees tribute Stayin’ Alive returns to RiverEdge Park
- For Juanita Brown, the mother who raised Devin Hester from fearless child to breathtaking star, Hall of Fame weekend is an answered prayer
- Column: Chicago White Sox stay married to Garrett Crochet — for better or worse
- Chicago Bears Q&A: What has been most impressive about Caleb Williams? Who has been most impressive in pads? How about a trade for a left tackle?
- Strategic plan to take Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 through next four years
- Daywatch: The Olympian who set her course on Lake Michigan
- Outdoors column: Great white egret symbolizes summer, conservation
- Canada women’s soccer team loses appeal that docked points for drone spying at Olympics
- Olympic triathletes swim in the Seine River after days of concerns about water quality
- US men’s soccer ends 24-year wait to reach the quarterfinals at Olympics. Up next: Morocco.
- Daniel DePetris: El autoritario presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, se roba otra elección
- Lansing flood control project meant to help do away with neighborhood ‘bowl’
- Hong Kong hits back at Italy’s protest over gold medal in fencing with social media posts on pineapple pizza
- Electric coolers that keep you from running to the store to buy ice
- Best underwater fishing camera
- Man fatally wounded, woman injured in apparent road rage shooting Tuesday in Schiller Park
- About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll
- Friends remember slain Cook County sheriff’s deputy as police question person of interest
- No world records have been set at the Olympic pool in Paris. Is it too shallow?
- Lyric Opera of Chicago names new general director
- Park Ridge honors first round of Hometown Heroes
- Religion roundup: Free lunches, carnival, golf outing and more
- Hamas’ top political leader is killed in Iran in strike that risks triggering all-out regional war
- Lincolnwood set to ban future smoke shops
- Trains, capacity added on South Shore Line for Lollapalooza weekend
- Undocumented immigrants in the US pay nearly $100 billion in taxes
- Lake County Council backs local unions fight for work on U.S. Cold Storage project
- High costs put a permanent end to Ribfest after 35-year run, Naperville Exchange Club says
- Donald Trump says Venezuela sends criminals to the US. Here’s what to know.
- Your next O’Hare flight could be (partly) powered by leftover grease
- Wednesday forecast: Slight chance of thunderstorms, high in mid 80s
- Pierogi fest, a 115-year-old tradition in Palos Park, highlights Ukrainian culture
- Former employee of Geneva dance studio charged with stealing over $100,000 from business
- War gives 8 Palestinians competing in the Olympics a wider role: Athlete-diplomats
- Lion Electric lays off 300 people as revenues drop amid lag in bus subsidies
- Vicious pitbull went after others before mauling its Elgin owners and being killed by cop
- MLB trade deadline was busy as usual, but the biggest names and top prospects stayed put
- Naperville Halal Fest a ‘joyous celebration’ of the Muslim culture that’s open to all
- Afternoon Briefing: Lion Electric lays off 300 people
- Waukegan needs to weigh public art vs. public access
- Of Notoriety: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ gets new stage spin from BNI grad Kokandy
- US women’s soccer finishes group stage at the Olympics undefeated. Up next: Japan on Saturday.
- DJ Moore feels ‘nothing but love’ from Chicago Bears after finalizing a contract extension
- Three restaurants look to open soon in downtown Aurora
- Fans travel to Halas Hall to experience Chicago Bears training camp, see new quarterback Caleb Williams
- Munster man accused of sending revenge porn, threats
- Donald Trump questions Kamala Harris’ racial identity at Black journalists’ convention
- Landmark Chicago public housing discrimination settlement extended
- East Chicago man accused of pointing a gun at woman
- Work finished turning former Aurora schools into housing
- How US rugby star Ilona Maher promotes body positivity through social media at the Olympics
- Don’t expect a balloon drop quite yet. How the virtual roll call to nominate Kamala Harris will work
- UAW endorses Kamala Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states
- Here’s what to know about recalled Boar’s Head deli meats linked to a deadly listeria outbreak
- FDA warns about more ground cinnamon tainted with lead. Here’s what you need to know
- Venezuela’s Maduro asks Supreme Court to audit the presidential election, but observers cry foul
- Delta CEO says airline is facing $500 million in costs from global tech outage
- Naperville News Digest: Citizen Police Academy applications due Aug. 14; celebrations planned for renovated playgrounds; annual Junior Tour de Naperville at Wolf’s Crossing Park
- UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment
- Steger man testifies in stabbing death of friend: ‘I didn’t kill him’
- Fed Chair Powell says September interest rate cut is ‘on the table’ as inflation cools
- Garrett Crochet ‘happy with exactly where I’m at’ after remaining with the Chicago White Sox at the MLB trade deadline
- US tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men’s basketball quarterfinals
- Coco Gauff loses twice in a day in doubles and her Paris Olympics are finished
- Hawaii Gov. Josh Green: $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week
- France’s Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history, and Katie Ledecky wins record gold
- Chicago White Sox’s record losing streak reaches 17 games after getting clobbered 10-3 by Kansas City Royals
- Ex-etiquette: How to set healthy co-parenting boundaries
- Ask Anna: How to tell if you like someone or just admire them
- British police charge 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed 3 children
- Stateville inmates request transfer or release in court motion citing prison’s decrepit conditions
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
- For new third baseman Isaac Paredes, there is comfort in familiarity with a return to the Chicago Cubs organization
- Judge hears NFL’s motion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case, says jury did not follow instructions on damages
- Ian Happ launches a 2-run homer and the Chicago Cubs pound out 17 hits in 13-4 rout of the Cincinnati Reds