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- Daily Horoscope for January 07, 2025
- Asking Eric: Friends never initiate social plans
- Today in Chicago History: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. moves to the city’s West Side
- Today in History: Kevin McCarthy elected speaker of the House
- Daniel DePetris: New Orleans attack is not a reason to sound alarm over terrorism
- Juan Rangel: Embracing school choice will move Democrats back to the center
- Dr. Cory Franklin: Should alcoholic beverages feature a warning about cancer risk?
- Letters: Here’s how Chicagoans can help with critical shortage in coat donations
- Editorial: Elon Musk creates a political earthquake over UK sexual abuse scandal. Good.
- Grant Park Music Festival announces summer 2025 lineup, the first under new music director Giancarlo Guerrero
- Oak Brook 7-bedroom home with 2-story marble foyer: $2.3M
- Crossroads of care: Special education assistants and teacher aides at odds amid CPS cuts
- Even in winter, bees creating a buzz at Brookfield Zoo
- Park Ridge Chamber closes 2024 on a ‘high’ note with tea, networking party at local eatery
- Aurora opens warming center at church
- Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
- Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7 billion visual content company
- Daywatch: Johnson administration passes on funds for city-owned grocery store
- Max Steele’s return steels Naperville North for the new year. When he’s on the court, ‘everybody else is better.’
- NFL coaching searches have complicated rules about timing and interviews. Here’s what to know.
- Guided by father, a former Chicago Bears player, Braylon Gray shows way for Grant one more time: ‘He’s special’
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter left behind enduring nonprofits as part of their legacy of giving back
- Immigration is a higher priority for Americans than it was a year ago, an AP-NORC poll shows
- US rejection of Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel rankles Washington’s key ally in Asia
- Jeff Vorva’s Daily Southtown girls basketball rankings and player of the week
- Outdoors column: Celebrate the bald eagle’s national bird designation
- Paul Johnson’s Aurora-Elgin girls basketball rankings and player of the week
- Munster freshman Amelia Mitchell got started in kickboxing and jujitsu. She sings a different tune these days.
- 2 women critically injured in East Garfield Park shooting, Chicago police say
- Mount Carmel’s Eddie Ryan plays like former Chicago Bulls legend Dennis Rodman. And how. ‘Like a junkyard dog.’
- Dolton meeting goes on despite move by Mayor Tiffany Henyard to cancel, citing safety threats
- 7-footer Colin Stack is taking his game to new heights. ‘A lot of it came from lifting.’ And he lifts Benet.
- Skokie Housing Sub-Committee to recommend allowing accessory dwelling units
- It doesn’t matter to Batavia’s Hallie Crane if it’s scoring or leading or doing everything else. ‘She’s ready for it.’
- US job openings rise unexpectedly to 8.1 million in November, a sign the labor market is resilient
- Luxury niche flower shop bringing plants from around the globe opens in downtown Skokie
- Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland with a message from his dad: ‘We’re going to treat you well’
- ‘Did you ever trade your public office for private gain?’: Ex-Speaker Madigan takes stand in own defense at landmark corruption trial
- Dance for winter 2025: Top 10 shows to warm up the coldest, darkest months
- Naperville News Digest: Registration underway for new adult pickleball leagues; curbside Christmas tree disposal offered this week and next
- The jury’s in on Aurora Central Catholic’s Nick Czerak, the youngest of seven siblings. ‘He can be a special player.’
- Mock trial team at Maine South High School place Top 10 in competition held at federal court
- El rating de los Globos de Oro se mantiene estable con 10 millones de espectadores
- Hallan dos cuerpos en el tren de aterrizaje de un avión de JetBlue en aeropuerto de Florida
- Elgin News Digest: Hawthorne Hill presenting Jan. 12 program on bird feeders; Kane County respiratory illness numbers remain high
- Norridge police sergeant picks up additional honor at Northwestern leadership session
- Bald eagle found in Hinsdale felled by bird flu
- Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
- Edward Hospital implements stricter masking policy for employees as respiratory illnesses in DuPage climb
- Trees torched in Ogden Dunes to celebrate Twelfth Night, end of Christmas
- Fusion Asian hot pot restaurant to open in downtown Skokie
- Driver charged with killing NHL’s Gaudreau brothers pleads not guilty after turning down 35-year prison sentence
- Elon Musk has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool, his father says
- Top weightlifting belts to support your strength training goals
- Score big with the best basketball sets for kids
- People warned to stay away from sick, dead birds, protect pets as avian flu numbers keep climbing
- Naperville Police Arrests for Jan. 2-4
- Anthony Clark gets $25K payout in resignation agreement with Oak Park and River Forest High School
- Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s latest attempt to get Friday’s hush money sentencing called off
- Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Donald Trump cases as court fight simmers
- Miami Dolphins GM says Tyreek Hill never requested a trade, and the team is working to rebuild relationship
- Naperville’s 11th annual Restaurant Week deals to start Jan. 20
- Skokie Storm Water Task Force recommends spending $47.6 million to upgrade system
- UConn guard Paige Bueckers has a left knee sprain, avoiding a serious injury
- After hemp bill defeat, Gov. Pritzker rips Mayor Johnson for poor Springfield relationships
- Annual Three Kings celebration ‘a special day’ in Aurora
- Automakers face affordability challenge in 2025
- Afternoon Briefing: Michael Madigan takes the stand
- Porter County commissioners reorganize, make board appointments for 2025
- Jackpot $10 million scratch-off lottery ticket sold at a South Elgin Speedway
- Por qué el calentamiento global podría traer más olas de frío
- The net has been cast wide. The Chicago Bears’ search for a new coach has few limits.
- North Central’s victorious Cardinals celebrate NCAA football championship
- Shawn Collins, attorney who took on corporations in environmental cases, dies at 67
- Trial opens for man charged with starting fire in Lake County Jail lobby
- Jimmy Carter’s casket arrives at the US Capitol, where he will lie in state
- Indiana legislature kicks off 2025 budget session
- Gary man charged with leaving accident after girl, 17, killed on scooter
- Dolton eviction case aimed at Mayor Tiffany Henyard close to settlement, attorneys say
- ‘Building a ship in a bottle’: Stagg High School $15 million expansion unveiled
- Munster council announces new board appointments
- 2 bodies are found in the landing gear of JetBlue plane at Florida airport
- Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say
- Merrillville man on trial in October 2021 motel murder
- Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal
- Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico
- Las Vegas Raiders fire coach Antonio Pierce after he went 4-13 in his lone full season
- Polar vortex brings bitter cold to the Southern US
- Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
- Column: Sister Rose Marie Lorentzen, founder of Hesed House in Aurora, remembered for her commitment to help others
- Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles offers his assessment of 2024 — while his bosses bet he’ll learn from his mistakes
- Waukegan council to vote on short-term rental regulations; ‘Do those three things, and let’s see what we have’
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96
- Winter snow brings road salt, concerns about rising salination; ‘Smaller lakes … they’re getting saltier over time’
- New Orleans roars back with start of Carnival after truck attack. But don’t call locals ‘resilient’
- Woman accused in Molotov cocktail attack on Venezuelan neighbors said ‘Leave on your own or we will make you,’ according to authorities
- Nicor Gas seeks record $309 million delivery rate hike
- Illinois moves to high levels of respiratory illnesses amid uptick across the country
- San Diego Padres not going anywhere, Matt Seidler says in response to sister-in-law’s lawsuit
- Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026 after board approves $2 million fee
- Feud over hemp bill dominates final days of Illinois legislative session
- Minnesota Vikings’ Brian Flores will take all requested interviews, but says head coach vacancy has to be the right fit
- Los Angeles wildfire forces 30,000 people under evacuation orders
- Palatine man charged in girlfriend’s fatal shooting
- ‘This is good for us’: No. 1 Tennessee falls by 30 to No. 8 Florida, becoming the last unbeaten men’s basketball team to lose