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Daily horoscope for September 1, 2020
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Luis Robert provides more late-inning heroics as the White Sox rally to beat the Twins 8-5 and take sole possession of 1st place
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Ask Amy: Stepmom’s shocking news reaches the campsite
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The wilds of one Lake Ontario bay reveal how coastal habitats suffer from a changing climate and human choices
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After Chadwick Boseman’s death, doctors are recommending immediate screenings for those with colon cancer symptoms
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‘Music has no color’: Debbie Parks won’t let pandemic get in the way of bringing people together through song
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Problems on the smallest Great Lake
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Eula Biss’s new book ‘Having and Being Had’ is about buying a house in Evanston — and the box-fulls of self-questioning she unpacked next
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Daywatch: Trump is headed to Kenosha, big problems for the smallest Great Lake and a candlemaker creates custom scents for Chicago neighborhoods
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Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry announce birth of daughter Lyra
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Over public objections, Highland council approves rezoning for controversial senior living center
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ESPN signs Chicago-based reporter Michele Steele to a multiyear contract extension
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Black former franchisees sue McDonald’s, allege discrimination
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Chicago passes 500 homicides, on track for one of the most violent years in decades
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Walmart+ will be Walmart’s answer to Amazon Prime, launching Sept. 15
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Cuts to Cubs’ scouting and player development staffs will require people ‘to wear multiple hats’
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Commentary: 5 lessons the VMAs can teach the 2020 Emmys about COVID-era award shows
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NASA, Boeing target December for Starliner redo, next June for crewed flight
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Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died from COVID-19. FaceTiming with his family kept him alive
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Black editor resigns in protest from the Kenosha News over rally coverage headline
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Ghost Democracy review: This full skincare system is actually affordable
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The best AUX cable
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The best baseball helmet
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The best custom towing mirror
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The best flute for beginners
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The best grilling spice set
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The best hair removal cream for men of 2020
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The best magnesium supplement of 2020
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College of Lake County welding student earns scholarship courtesy of metal band Metallica
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Mariah Carey recounts the time Ellen DeGeneres outed her as pregnant
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Are you binge-watching reruns of your old favorite TV shows? You’re having a natural response to COVID-19
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Illinois State athletes sit out practices after athletic director said, ‘All Redbird Lives Matter,’ during a video call about race
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Make corn pop: Pan-roasting makes flavor a little sweeter, adds appeal
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Duke’s mayo stars in breads, cakes and even pasta
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Friends, president mourn conservative activist fatally shot in Portland: ‘He was a good man and he was just killed senselessly’
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Trump visita Kenosha, centro de protestas, pese a críticas
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8 ways to make school-at-home lunches easier
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Foundation raises funds to help student buy electric wheelchair, holds event at Chicago Dogs game
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Aurora First Fridays to feature art, music and dance
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Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, Sept. 2
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Man shot to death in Sauk Village
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Feeling extra anxious these days? Study of online traffic says you’re not alone
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Coronavirus o no, es hora de regresar a clase en toda Europa
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MLB betting odds, picks and predictions: White Sox vs. Twins (Tuesday, Sept. 1)
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Why you might not be welcome at this year’s Thanksgiving table
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Miranda Lambert leads CMA noms, Luke Combs’ streak continues
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Trump keeps taking credit for dispatching the National Guard to unrest. He doesn’t command them.
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Moore: How I’m betting the Celtics vs. Raptors game 2 over/under
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Venezuela: liberan jefe de despacho de Guaidó y 3 diputados
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Police investigating shooting death of Hammond man, 35
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Moore: Why I’m betting the over in Jazz vs. Nuggets game 7
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Hunger is threatening to kill more people than COVID this year
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Ed Sheeran anuncia el nacimiento de su hija Lyra
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Obese patients at high risk of severe COVID-19 illness, study finds
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Speak Out reader opinion: Chicago baseballs teams are on top, but does it matter?
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Venecia realiza primer Festival de Cine en la era COVID-19
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Daily Southtown local schedules and scores for Wednesday, Sept. 2
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West Suburban local scores and schedules for Wednesday, Sept. 2
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John Thompson spoke truth to power ‘when it was hard to do’
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Lambs Farm reopens gates for visitors with online reservations
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Column: Emmett Till house poised to take first step toward official landmark status
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Transfers Crystal Galaviz and Alexis Mines turn Joliet Catholic into feeling tall and talented: ‘They have raised the level of competition.’
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Policías de Los Ángeles matan a un sospechoso negro
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The NFL’s quarterback soap opera in eight story lines
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Michelle Goldberg column: Biden condemned violence. Why won’t Trump?
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Review: Breonna Taylor and the grim power of Vanity Fair’s unflinching cover portrait
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Paul Krugman column: Trump had one good response to COVID-19. His party killed it.
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Post-Tribune girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Sept. 2
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Bret Stephens column: Unwitting progressives for Trump
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Hockey’s fights and handshakes? Not exactly socially distant
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Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: Biden had better watch it
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After rocky chapter, Winnetka-Northfield library names new director
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My worst moment: ‘Moesha’ star Sheryl Lee Ralph on racism in Hollywood and degrees of Blackness
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Move over, sustainable travel. Regenerative travel has arrived.
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Burned trucks, damaged street lights: Kenosha unrest has caused $2 million in damage to public-owned property, city says
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Will you have enough time to vote by mail in your state?
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Hotels tout cleaning, but guests say, ‘My room was dirty’
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Quarantine and travel: Strict penalties, rare enforcement
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Oswego OKs special counsel for water study
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Trump books keep coming, and readers can’t stop buying
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Frank Catalano plays what would have been Chicago Jazz Festival weekend
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‘Here we go again’: A second virus wave grips Spain
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Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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Community news
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Fireworks set off, small fire ignited in residential building; sheriffs slam Oregon governor’s plan to curb Portland violence
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‘Here we go again’: A second virus wave grips Spain
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Boys cross country notes: Area teams change course, improvise due to coronavirus restrictions at local forest preserves
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President Trump visits Kenosha following days of protests
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Clientes de Uber deberán mostrar foto con cubrebocas
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Rizzo opens 2020-21 Sinai Forum with virtual event
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Comings & Goings: Masks & More store opens in Orland Park
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Presidente de México mantiene popularidad pese a las crisis
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AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine enters final testing stage, third in US to reach that goal
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Niecy Nash surprises fans by announcing marriage to musician Jessica Betts
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As recruiting heats up in girls volleyball, Metea Valley’s Morgan Rank makes decision to play at University of Alabama: ‘I wanted to go warm.’
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Winnetka schools reopen, students return to the classroom in year ‘unlike any other’
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Chadwick Boseman’s ‘Black Panther’ family asks: ‘How do you honor a king?’
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Girls volleyball notes: Junior leader Maddie Kmetz delivers the sets for young and talented Andrean
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Beloved Goddess and Grocer chef Jill Dedinsky dies at 49: ‘Her food was filled with her love’
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Gary teen faces extra prison time if guilty in Portage woman’s killing; trial date set for February
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Big problems for smallest Great Lake: More precipitation, warmer temperatures and controversial regulation plan upend life along Lake Ontario
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National Guard helps operate Indiana prison amid COVID-19
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It’s a… lot! One dolphin and beluga twins, one stillborn, arrive in half a day at Shedd Aquarium
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‘I miss my son’: Family and friends of stabbing victim Elias Valdez remember the Glenview-area teen, demand justice for his death
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Tuesday weather: Cooler Chicago temps, chance of thunderstorms combine with 8-foot waves, rip currents to make for high swim risk
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Tercera vacuna para coronavirus se probará en humanos
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Lake Station paving at record pace: spending about $900K on projects
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Geneva debuts Sip and Sample in place of Festival of the Vine this year
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Ss. Peter and Paul alumna returns as school’s principal
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Mariah Carey says miscarriage happened after Ellen DeGeneres needled her about pregnancy
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A big get for the Bonnies: Bartlett’s Lexie Sinclair commits to play women’s basketball at St. Bonaventure
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Kanye West sues to be listed on West Virginia ballot
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Fire results in $15,000 in damage to shed and two garages in Elgin
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Uber to require face-mask selfies from some passengers
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Column: Drought in Fox Valley only adding to 2020 blues for farms, forest preserves
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Reacción a violencia policial, una historia repetida
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Southtowners: Mother McAuley grad promoted at ABC 7 Chicago
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Young girl found dead in New Chicago fire identified
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With ‘Boots in the Ashes,’ one of the first female ATF agents looks back on the murder and mayhem she saw on the job
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Reigning state champion Benet returns all six top runners. Even better? Kelly Andrews’ recovery from injury: ‘Having her back makes our team.’
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Park Ridge Park District Board forms task force aimed at studying diversity, inclusion in programs and policies
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Crew death renews concerns over film set safety amid COVID-19
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Column: What goes around comes around whenever the White Sox and Indians are in a tight AL Central race
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Chicago teen charged in connection with three armed robberies in Oak Park, police say
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Hinsdale Central High School social worker receives statewide honor
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After decades of unmet diversity goals, some major employers turn to hard racial quotas
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Down to Business: Q&A with owner of Naperville shoe repair biz: ‘He’s turned my old shoes into new’
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Tribunal bloquea por ahora declaraciones fiscales de Trump
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You know who’s had a good pandemic quarantine? Zoom. It’s now worth more than GM and Ford combined.
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Coronavirus crisis easing across America’s Sun Belt after deadly summer
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Fusil en mano, salen a contener a manifestaciones violentas
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Pets of the week
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Barcelona quiere resolver el tema Messi en persona
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Treats you can make with leftover Halloween candy
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3 things we learned after Bears practice, including Allen Robinson’s mindset with no current talks about a new contract
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Column: Trump’s visit to Kenosha will do nothing to heal our divided country
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Trump repeats story about airplane full of black-clad ‘thugs’ and ‘rioters’ — without providing evidence
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No procesarán a hombre por pelea por cubrebocas
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Oak Park activist Anthony Clark announces run for village board; Deno Andrews to seek reelection
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts claims there’s ‘no such thing as medical marijuana’
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Chicago police fatally shoot man after shots fired at officers in Pilsen
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‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina arrested on terrorism charges; daughter says he was kidnapped in Dubai
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Editorial: More secrecy in the Jussie Smollett case. Who is protecting whom now?
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Column: Joe Biden’s familiar straight talk faces Donald Trump’s doublespeak
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Each day, a New Lenox mother tends the memorial site at the gas station where her son was fatally shot. ‘I can’t let him go.’
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Franklin Park mayor questions Congressman Quigley in telephone town hall
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25 cities gaining the most time back from their commutes during the pandemic
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El Inter de Milán cierra la puerta a Messi
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DuPage County clerk to double the pay of election judges to $260
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Study: The safest, most reliable used cars for less than $20k
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Officials: Lake Street in downtown Oak Park could reopen to traffic this week
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Editorial: All aboard! Freeloaders on Metra damage agency’s bottom line
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Samsung promociona nuevo celular plegable de $2,000 dólares
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How holding onto a perfectionist mindset hinders your progress
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7 of the most irritating things job seekers wish companies would change about the hiring process
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House investigators warn of possibly ‘billions of dollars’ in PPP fraud and abuse
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Big East women’s basketball tournament returning to Connecticut after 3 seasons in Chicago
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Muguruza y Nadal expresan su solidaridad a Carla Suárez
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Evanston is using marijuana tax revenues to fund reparations. Officials see home-buying help and a new STEM school as priorities.
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La Habana inicia toque de queda y niños se quedan sin clases
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Gogo is selling its commercial aviation business for $400 million
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Wilmette students begin year with remote learning, will return to classrooms in coming weeks
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Chicago adds North Carolina, Hawaii and Nebraska to travel quarantine order, warns Indiana could be next
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Florida levantará prohibición de visitar asilos de ancianos
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The US sent $1.6 billion in stimulus checks to dead people — and about $500 million never came back
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Glencoe Community Garden’s Power Tower exhibit inspires educational documentary on environmental issues
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El deseo es ‘seguir la fiesta’
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Cher helps to raise nearly $2 million for Joe Biden in virtual LGBTQ fund-raiser
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Matteson school finance director faces third termination from district since 2008
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Jellyfish glow, tourists graze at Shanghai ‘ocean park’
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Kane reports 357 new COVID-19 infections and 3 deaths in last week of August, down from prior week
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Aurora looks to add funds to empowerment center
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Lake County Council asks departments to maintain previous budget for 2021, warns 2022 will be tougher
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Drag queens entregan comida y música en San Francisco
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Chadwick Boseman’s play was on Chicago’s Congo Square Theatre years ago
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Illinois warns extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits would last only three weeks and leave out thousands of jobless workers
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Foreclosure suit may derail Logan Square’s Congress Theater rehabilitation
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Miranda Lambert encabeza nominaciones a los CMA
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Commentary: The path to Illinois pension reform
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D.B. Weiss and David Benioff line up first post-‘Game of Thrones’ TV project
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Franklin Park veterans who served in WWII reflect on the 75th anniversary of the war’s end
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Greenhouse recreational marijuana facility set to open in Skokie this week
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Chicago Bears are favorites to land Leonard Fournette
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75 years after the end of World War 2, take inspiration from the ‘greatest generation’
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Former county official and McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski pleads guilty to extortion charges, cooperates with investigation
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Juez bloquea entrevistas de asilo por agentes de CBP
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Spectators allowed at Arlington racecourse in final weeks of season
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Mexicanos en EEUU aumentan envío de dinero a su país
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75th anniversary of World War II’s end: Local interviews preserve war stories for future generations
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Letters: Chicago Archdiocese should stop in-person classes to protect kids, teachers, families
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Husband, wife found slain in Markham home; family member in custody
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14 COVID-19 cases reported among 94 Maine South students exposed to virus via parties: District 207
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Aumentan muertes por coronavirus entre los navajos de EEUU
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Gun fired in robbery reported at Niles park: Police
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Former Portage Clerk-Treasurer Christopher Stidham’s criminal case stumbles at start as judge recuses herself
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Northwestern University president apologizes and reduces tuition after shifting 1st- and 2nd-year students to remote learning: ‘I understand that anger’
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Franklin Park to hold food distribution Saturday morning
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Indiana launching new guidelines for schools during pandemic
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Chicago-area counties boost election judges’ pay, ramp up recruitment efforts as nation faces ‘critical shortage’ of election workers
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Bears rookie Ledarius Mack, facing roster cuts this weekend, has a helpful guide in older brother Khalil Mack: ‘He showed me what hard work is’
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Niños, poco espacio: El difícil reto de trabajar desde casa
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Column: Patrick O’Brien needs to own up to his role in bungled case
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Column: Democrats, don’t let the far left hijack your party
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Skokie-based Maxwell Street Klezmer Band returns from coronavirus-induced hiatus at Highland Park concert
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Column: Emmett Till house poised to take first step toward official landmark status
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One Book, One Chicago: Mohsin Hamid’s ‘Exit West’ is new Chicago Public Library pick
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Park districts, individuals turn to remote learning ‘pods’ in Glenview and Northbrook
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Lincolnwood police get meal delivery from members of Orthodox Jewish community; mayor, chief on hand
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Iowa continues to see COVID-19 cases rise as federal report says state has nation’s highest rate of virus spread
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In Chicago visit, Dr. Birx raises alarm over growing COVID-19 positivity rates in parts of Illinois
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Donald Trump chats with Kevin Warren and says the return of Big Ten football is ‘on the one yard line’ — but which one?
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Work renovating EHS Memorial Field stadium, Larkin HS career and tech classrooms nearly complete
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Two women kidnapped and driven to ATMs in Hyde Park to withdraw cash, police say
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Don’t overthink it, just cast your votes in the Tweet of the Week poll!
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Providing comfort or promoting racism: Lake County politicians split along party lines about motives for Trump’s visit to Kenosha
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Lake Forest High School pushes back dates for when students may return to school building
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‘Dynamite’ by BTS becomes 1st K-pop single to top Billboard Hot 100
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2020 becomes Chicago’s hottest summer on record, despite few record-setting days
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Ian Happ remains at the top of the Cubs order as manager David Ross sorts his expanded options
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Motorcycle racing star Miguel Oliveira engaged to stepsister, eyes 2021 wedding
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‘Top Chef’ winner Stephanie Izard bringing meal kits and grilling to Naperville’s Solemn Oath brewery
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Saying their white colleagues are ‘now uncomfortable,’ Illinois Legislative Black Caucus call hearings on criminal justice, education and economic reform
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Elgin cops put out warning to lock car doors after 13 break-ins reported in just one week
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Pence told ‘to be on standby’ during Trump’s unscheduled visit to Walter Reed last fall, according to new book
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Big moments haven’t fazed White Sox rookie Luis Robert: ‘He has this special talent where he makes things look way easier than they are’
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Live updates: Trump defends police during Kenosha visit; Jacob Blake’s family says they refuse to let president use shooting as ‘political prop’
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17-year-old activist Caleb Reed was shot to death by a friend who was aiming at a passing car in West Rogers Park, prosecutors now say
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Protesters damaged property at the Oak Park mayor’s home. Village officials are divided about what happened.
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The Spin: Trump manages to bash Chicago during Kenosha visit | In Chicago, Dr. Birx warns of rising COVID-19 cases in Illinois | Ex-Cook Commissioner Tobolski pleads guilty in extortion case
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Chicago closes 4 more restaurants and bars for COVID-19 guideline violations
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The NFL will require coaches and staff near the bench to wear masks this season
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Sept. 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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In Kenosha, Trump says law enforcement isn’t systemically racist, and the needed structural change is safety
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Allen Robinson, a former Penn State star, weighs in on the Big Ten football debate: ‘I don’t think that they should play’
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Second stimulus check updates: Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate COVID-19 relief package, Mnuchin says Trump still wants deal
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Fact check: Trump’s false and misleading statements about protests and violence
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Family demands answers after Chicago police fatally shoot man when shots are fired at officers in Pilsen
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Photos: Twins 3, White Sox 2
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Sen. Edward Markey defeats Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts’ Senate primary