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- Daily Horoscope for January 02, 2025
- Asking Eric: Feuding siblings trap mediator sister in the middle
- Today in History: Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 launched
- Editorial: An unsettling start to 2025 and renewed worries for Chicago’s many street fairs
- Today in Sports History: Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapses in cardiac arrest
- Will Johnson: The Rahm rehabilitation? Debate over Emanuel will show what Democrats have learned from 2024.
- Michael Alcee: New Year’s resolutions seem to set us up for failure. How can we course-correct?
- Willie Wilson: What should Chicago and Illinois leaders do in 2025?
- Today in Chicago History: Oprah Winfrey debuts on ‘A.M. Chicago’
- More Midwestern wetlands threatened as federal lawsuit targets farm programs
- Letters: Former President Jimmy Carter led a remarkable life
- Chicago church stops hosting in-person Spanish services amid fears of mass deportations from Trump administration
- Editorial: We have some New Year’s resolutions for JB Pritzker, Brandon Johnson and crew. And a few for ourselves.
- Tree City Blue Island awarded grant to improve urban tree canopy
- Movies for winter 2025: Wolf men and vampires and bears, for starters
- TV for winter 2025: 15 shows coming up, including the return of ‘Reacher’ and (finally) ‘Severance’
- FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group
- Penn State takes the simple approach during its ride into the College Football Playoff semifinals
- 4 things we learned from the Chicago Bears, including Caleb Williams on ‘stupid’ offensive line narrative
- Daywatch: Chicagoans react to New Orleans terrorist attack
- What is the Islamic State group, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?
- Why Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Donald Trump’s support
- Impeached South Korean president issues defiant message as he faces possible detention
- With a nod to her mentor Shirley Chisholm, Rep. Barbara Lee exits Congress as a renegade herself
- Meet the Danish-Swedish farmdog, the newest breed in the American Kennel Club’s lineup
- Light snow expected in Chicago area as temperatures hover below freezing
- Habitat officials expect to do more after Lake-McHenry merger; ‘This is a pretty exciting opportunity’
- 2 young children reported unattended Wednesday night at River North apartment
- Jaylon Johnson is the Chicago Bears’ lone Pro Bowl representative
- Alabama woman pronounced dead Wednesday night with head trauma in West Loop
- Liquor store clerk attacked by robbers Wednesday night in Lakeview
- Police: Man in custody after crashing into Lake County squad car during pursuit
- Man shot himself in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say
- 5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
- Down to Business: Naperville store dedicated to growing lacrosse sells all things needed to play
- Porter County’s Republican officials take oath of office after party sweep of November elections
- Ágnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
- President Joe Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee
- Photos: Our Lady of the Cloud procession
- Train harder with these top punching bag stands
- Naperville News Digest: Naperville woman wins $500 gift card in workshop drawing; bands sought to play Last Fling over Labor Day weekend
- Balloon Drop on Noon Year’s Eve in Deerfield ‘brings out a lot of families’ at the New Year
- Of Notoriety: Free music at Hard Rock Northern Indiana, wine sips to east, art to the west
- Superdome reopens with heightened security ahead of Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and Georgia
- Man killed by Metra train near Waukegan-North Chicago border
- Elgin News Digest: Hanover Township lands $600,000 open space grant; new Atrium at Oak Crest outreach director starts Club 120
- New event to spotlight Aurora’s restaurants
- Chicagoans struggle to process deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans
- Tesla sales dropped 1.1% in 2024, its first annual decline in a dozen years
- Funeral procession for Illinois State Trooper Clay Carns of Orland Park planned for Friday
- Elgin’s first baby of the year at Sherman Hospital doesn’t arrive until 4 p.m.
- As bird flu increases, officials add biosecurity requirement for farmers looking for reimbursement
- Hammond man shot to death Wednesday in New Chicago
- Vintage Chicago Tribune: Our favorite stories pulled from the archives in 2024
- Colton Dach will make his Chicago Blackhawks — and NHL — debut against his brother: ‘Keep it family-friendly out there’
- Afternoon Briefing: Ecuadorians celebrate Mass and community
- Former Naperville Councilman Kevin Coyne named new DuPage County GOP chair
- An aspiring nurse, a former Princeton football star and a father of 2 among those killed in New Orleans attack
- East Chicago man gets 10-year split term in 2018 shooting of woman
- Nearly 200 absentee ballots went uncounted in Wisconsin and officials want to know why
- Americans are drinking less milk, but devouring butter and cheese like never before
- Elgin’s two hospitals restore mask mandates as respiratory illnesses climb
- Lincoln-Way marching band makes 4th ‘fantastic’ appearance in Tournament of Roses Parade
- Chicago White Sox sign Josh Rojas to a 1-year deal, adding a versatile veteran to their infield options
- ‘Marijuana recession’ threatens Denver’s fledgling cannabis delivery businesses
- Around the Southland: Andrew athletes promote literacy, Palos East food drive, more
- Newborn babies welcomed to ring in new year in the Southland
- Lake County Bar Association honors a dozen attorneys who died in 2024
- City of Aurora to open new health clinic for its employees
- Hugo Jacobo: Latino leaders failed CPS CEO Pedro Martinez — and our community
- Man charged in Park Forest double homicide detained as prosecutors share details
- Support rolls in for La Grange Park family affected by house fire
- Apple users could soon see payout as company agrees to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping and recording conversations
- Opioid overdose deaths plummeted in Cook County in 2024
- Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist for The Osmonds, dies at 73
- Family and investigators search for signs Texas man had planned deadly New Orleans attack
- The Caleb Williams File: What the Chicago Bears QB should focus on heading into a critical offseason
- Phyllis Goldblatt, education professor at Northeastern Illinois University, dies
- Convictions in Hadiya Pendleton slaying to remain overturned after Illinois Supreme Court dismisses appeal
- Judge in Madigan corruption trial says Supreme Court opinion ‘not controlling at all’ in defining ‘corruptly’ for jury
- ‘Aggressive’ Notre Dame advances to the CFP semifinals with a win over Georgia in the delayed Sugar Bowl
- 2 dead and 18 injured in Southern California plane crash
- Northwestern men fall 84-80 at Penn State in a game with 14 lead changes and 7 ties
- Jimmy Butler says joy is lost with the Heat. Can he get it back in Miami? ‘Probably not.’
- No. 22 Illinois men make a statement with a 32-point blowout of No. 9 Oregon on the road