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View ArticleIs Athletes Unlimted the future of professional sports?
Athletes Unlimited is a softball venture that treats professional sports like a fantasy league. Players receive points not just for winning games but for performing well individually.
View ArticleCampaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have...
In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election, both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have ramped up their campaign travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Starting in...
View ArticleHow to apply for a Chicago Tribune internship
Here's how to apply for a Chicago Tribune internship
View Article‘Look at Chicago, what’s going on in Chicago?’ When Trump talks about...
Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others....
View ArticleHair loss. Memory problems. Strange rashes. COVID-19 patients report a litany...
As experts grapple to understand COVID-19, some patients are reporting a great variety of symptoms that fall outside the official lists issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives an update on COVID-19
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to give a COVID-19 update. Watch live here.
View Article‘Political propaganda’ or ‘essential public health messages’?...
Food pantries for months have relied on a government-sponsored food box program to serve a spike in needy families during the pandemic. But the latest batch of boxes include an item some find...
View ArticleWisconsin Republican Party doesn’t want any Bucks or Brewers players or...
The chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party warned Milwaukee’s chief elections official that it would be illegal for any Milwaukee Bucks or Brewers players or mascots, including the Brewers' famous...
View ArticleBeloved Chinatown restaurants are opening back up, along with some new...
Beloved old dumpling houses and new hot pot palaces have been quietly reestablishing the area at a rate perhaps faster than any other in the city.
View ArticleWhen COVID-19 closed Lurie’s playroom, it took away a refuge for sick...
After the Lurie Children's Hospital playroom closed due to COVID-19, staffers found new ways to get toys to sick Chicago kids receiving treatment.
View ArticleHalloween 2020: Illinois officials release socially distanced...
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday urged trick-or-treaters to socially distance on Halloween, while cautioning the holiday is best celebrated sans the usual celebrations.
View ArticleChampaign region could see stricter coronavirus rules as positivity rate rises
The central Illinois region around Champaign-Urbana could be hit with stricter restrictions on restaurants, bars and other businesses as the percentage of positive coronavirus tests is on the rise,...
View Article1 shot in Southwest Side attack during funeral, child hurt by flying glass
One person was wounded in a shooting Wednesday and at least one child injured by flying glass on the Southwest Side as the people injured were involved in a funeral at a nearby cemetery, according to...
View Article2 dead, 2 wounded in shootings Wednesday on South, West sides
Two people were taken into custody after a teenage boy was fatally wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning in the Austin neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleSummer protests fuel ‘critical hiring’ of veteran attorney as Illinois...
Deciding to "put concrete action'' toward racial justice following recent social unrest, the Illinois Supreme Court has appointed its first-ever diversity officer, Vernadean “Deanie” Brown.
View ArticleWest Dundee man sentenced to 5-year prison term for sexually abusing young...
A West Dundee who sexually abusing a child on multiple occasions over six years was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases,...
Here's where Illinois' 11 regions stand on the key metrics that would prompt the state to restrict activities to contain an outbreak.
View ArticleSuspect in three attacks on homeless men is charged with a fourth, a fatal...
Suspect in three attacks on homeless men is charged with a fourth, a fatal stabbing in Grant Park.
View ArticleHotel job losses in Illinois could double without additional federal aid,...
Illinois could double its loss of hotel jobs if Congress doesn’t pass another coronavirus stimulus bill, according to an industry group report.
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