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- Daily Horoscope for August 26, 2024
- Asking Eric: Husband suffers from frequent insomnia
- Today in History: Charles de Gaulle leads victory march through Paris
- Stacy Davis Gates: CPS students need a leader who refuses to accept inequities as the status quo
- Froylan Jimenez: Fewer choices in Chicago school board races are a blow for voters
- Some CPS parents take transportation into their own hands, as busing woes continue for 2024-2025 school year
- Proposed dam removals on Fox River pit environmental groups against some residents
- Laura Washington: Kamala Harris must engage with voters on crime to maintain momentum
- I know what you stole last summer: Beg that national park for forgiveness and send it back. Better yet, write a letter.
- Letters: Bill that would help provide state universities with right funding would boost Illinois
- Restaurant news: Stussy’s Diner in Bridgeport, among notable openings and closings around Chicago
- Editorial: Time to move past rueful chuckles about Chicago and Illinois’ corrupt and damaging ways
- Tru Country Bar and Grill to fill vacant TJ’s space in New Lenox
- True or false: The Chicago Bears’ 4-0 preseason is significant? Caleb Williams is on the fast track to NFL stardom?
- Russia’s deadly overnight barrage of missiles and drones hits over half of Ukraine, officials say
- Daywatch: Illinois’ convicted, indicted or generally notorious public officials
- Northbrook Public Library among libraries receiving state grant from Illinois Secretary of State’s office
- It was another incredible week for history-making sluggers Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani
- What Big Ten’s realignment means for the top powers in women’s college volleyball
- Retired Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin lists River North condo for nearly $2M
- Stanford commit Gabe Kaminski is one of best to play for Nazareth: ‘No doubt that I see the NFL in his future’
- Train with confidence using the best dog training leashes
- Upgrade your yard work with the best landscape rakes
- Fanatics refiles lawsuit against Arizona Cardinals’ Marvin Harrison Jr., adding his father and fraud allegations
- Highland defender Kate Robinson, who wrestles, likes to put opponents in a bind: ‘They’re conscious of me’
- WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped
- Travelers are getting a head start on the long Labor Day weekend
- Doughnut shop set to be built in Oswego
- Excessive heat warning issued for Monday and Tuesday as CPS students return to class
- Countdown to football: Jack Elliott carries banner for Mount Carmel, No. 2 in Daily Southtown preseason rankings
- Photos: Pink and Sheryl Crow perform at Soldier Field
- Business news: School supplies donation and data center committee in Merrillville
- No bathrooms planned for Winnetka’s Centennial Beach; plans for two beaches continue
- Countdown to football: Malachi Smith speeds things up for Batavia, No. 2 in the Aurora-Elgin preseason rankings
- Skokie’s Backlot Bash gets dose of history, Charlie Chaplin lore
- Column: Parallels from ’64 resonate for Democrats in 2024
- ‘Seismic’ or ‘absolutely horrible’? Helmet communication comes to college football this season.
- Column: Anniversary year brings a shorter run back to Park Forest
- Community news
- Port Clinton Art Festival draws thousands to Highland Park; ‘We are bringing life back to downtown’
- Three shot in Park City parking lot
- Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing
- Harris and Trump squabble over muted mics at upcoming debate
- Segregation-era Gary Black neighborhood Means Manor listed on National Register
- Roster cuts loom for the Chicago Bears — and that means one thing: The ‘Turk’ is lurking
- Craft beer stations offer relaxing stop for thirsty explorers inside Aurora corn maze
- Laurel Hosmer cracks glass ceiling, pledges transparency, stability for VU athletics
- Afternoon Briefing: Marshall Field’s automatons heading to auction block
- After beating lymphoma, Lynwood resident aims to help others facing similar battle
- Indian Prairie School District 204 board approves $435 million budget
- Has the LUV run out for Southwest Airlines?
- Lake County looking for proposals on how to distribute opioid lawsuit settlement funds
- Man charged after firing shots that pierced Gary house
- Gary man charged after hitting woman in head with shotgun; nearly avoids police standoff
- Banneker students in Gary dismissed early after air conditioner malfunctions
- Green Party’s Jill Stein will remain on Wisconsin ballot after court refuses to hear challenge
- Naperville News Digest: Will and DuPage offering deals on pet adoption fees; Downtown Naperville offering new text messaging service
- Tropical storm Hone swirls past Hawaii’s main islands after dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
- FBI working to identify people in Chicago Heights, Oak Forest bank robberies
- Hospital in central Gaza empties out as Israeli forces draw near
- ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Alien’ top weekend box office charts again as ‘Blink Twice’ sees quiet opening
- Jury awards Valparaiso couple $25.8 million settlement in medical case
- Parents say kindergartners not dropped off for hours in Frankfort’s Summit Hill District 161
- Family of assistant principal fatally shot in Loop high-rise last year demands answers and expands its civil lawsuit
- Photos: First day of school drop-offs at Chicago Public Schools
- Park Ridge police: stores burglarized; gun arrest in Evanston
- Evanston officials consider law prohibiting landlords from not leasing to renters because of dog breeds
- Viva La México: NASCAR to take Cup Series international for 1st points race of modern era
- Illinois Supreme Court sides with GOP, upholds unconstitutionality of ban on slating candidates
- A year after 2 women were injured by gunfire at Guaranteed Rate Field, one files lawsuit against White Sox and Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
- Naperville Police Arrests for Aug. 21-24
- Attorneys for ex-Speaker Michael Madigan want sex harassment, other ‘controversial’ evidence excluded from trial
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin’s Larkin Place renovation wins Landmarks Illinois award; West Dundee hires Schaumburg officer as its next police chief; Beefaroo in West Dundee shuts its doors
- Mariah Carey’s mother and sister died on the same day. The singer says her ‘heart is broken’
- Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation
- Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet outages
- Photos: Storms roll through the Chicago area following excessive heat warning
- Parent groups gather for morning festivities, commiserating after drop-off on CPS’ first day of school
- Texas judge orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
- 106, 119 and 120: 3 numbers the Chicago White Sox would like to avoid after reaching 100 losses
- Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump
- Chicago Cubs do something they hadn’t since 1911 — steal 8 bases — and have 21 hits in an 18-8 win