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- Area Chinese American group donates thousands of personal protection equipment pieces to Northbrook, Glenview community members
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 02:53 PMSince the state’s stay-at-home order when into effect in mid-March, Northbrook resident Wei Zhang’s days have been busy. She works from home as a financial planner and advisor, and helps her 7-year-old and 10-year-old, with their remote learning lessons.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Travis Scott’s trippy ‘Fortnite’ invasion: Welcome to the coronavirus era of live music
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 06:48 AMIn an alternate version of 2020, hip-hop artist Travis Scott would have finished his second performance atop the bill at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this past weekend.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- TLC to air ‘90 Day Fiancé: Self-Quarantined’ spinoff featuring 40 past cast members
Thursday - 04/02/2020 - 04:00 PMIf anyone is used to having meaningful conversations over video chat, it’s the long-distance couples of “90 Day Fiancé.” That skill makes them particularly well-suited to recording themselves for the new TLC limited series “90 Day Fiancé: Self-Quarantined,” a spinoff born out of the coronavirus...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Off-duty Chicago cop fights off carjacker outside South Loop hotel where first responders given shelter
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 12:08 AMA 21-year-old man will be spending the night in a Chicago police lockup after allegedly trying to carjack an an off-duty Chicago police officer in a Loop parking garage on Thursday night.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Alex DeBrincat will play in NHL video game tournament to raise money for coronavirus relief
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 01:14 PMChicago Blackhawks winger Alex DeBrincat will join a video game tournament of NHL players to help raise money for coronavirus relief. The first-ever NHL Player Gaming Challenge will feature at least one player representing all 31 teams.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Woman shot in leg during Oak Park attempted armed robbery; police seeking gunman
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 05:34 PMAn Oak Park woman is recovering at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood after being shot during an armed robbery attempt April 21, police said. According to police, the resident was walking north on Lombard Avenue just north of the North Boulevard viaduct when a man approached her at about...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NFL draft first-round tracker: Picks 1-32
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 08:26 PMSee all 32 picks from the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 15 players who could be a fit for the Chicago Bears in the second round of the NFL draft
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 10:00 AMChicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace is nothing if not patient. Sometimes, perhaps, to a fault. Still, that patience promises to be tested during this weekend’s NFL draft. The Bears begin the weekend with seven selections.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Column: The Bears rarely have invested high draft picks in cornerbacks. Ryan Pace must know it’s time to get one in Round 2.
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 01:00 PMIn discussing the draft in the most general terms possible Tuesday, Ryan Pace said he views cornerbacks in a similar light to pass rushers: It’s impossible to have too many.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Daywatch: Virus cases hit daily high, runners spark face mask debate and Chicago’s own ‘Tiger King’
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- Celebrate Arbor Day by enjoying all that trees bring us — and give them a little love in return
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 06:00 AMIn these difficult days, it’s good to be reminded that life goes on. One way to remember that is to look at our trees. “Trees live a long time, and any large tree has lived through many disasters such as storms, droughts and floods,” said Julie Janoski, manager of the Plant Clinic at The Morton...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Daywatch: Pritzker extends ‘modified’ shutdown, the difficulty of enforcing masks and a chef’s pandemic pivot to tamale pickup
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Illinois golf courses have the green light to reopen May 1, but they await the state’s ‘strict safety guidelines’ amid COVID-19
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 09:35 PMLike finding a ball that was thought to be lost off the tee, Illinois golfers got some good news Thursday: Courses may open May 1 under “strict safety guidelines.” What are those guidelines?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ask Amy: Aunt wants to reunite with long-lost family
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 01:00 AMDear Amy: My older sister's first marriage ended badly. Her husband cheated on her multiple times and stole money from our folks. When they divorced, he took the kids. I was still in high school and was not privy to the reasons.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Cupich names first layperson to head Catholic Charities in Chicago
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 03:22 PMA Northwestern University professor and former dean of the university’s business school has been named the new chief executive of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, making her the first layperson to head the 103-year-old organization, according to the archdiocese.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Column: Why are we isolating and in quarantine? For what, and for whom?
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 06:31 PMEvery day, an email hits my inbox from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. In it are the names and cause of deaths of every county resident whose death led to an investigation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘The Masked Singer’ reveals the identity of the Banana
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 06:22 AMSPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 3, episode 13 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired April 22 on Fox. Talk about timing. Rocker Bret Michaels was the latest celebrity to be revealed on “The Masked Singer” -- and it happened to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mark Grace is waiting for his next at-bat with Marquee Sports Network and the Chicago Cubs: ‘Who knows what’s going to happen?’
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 11:35 AMMark Grace remembers his final at-bat of the strike-shortened 1994 season. “I struck out against Rod Beck,” Grace said this week. That moment capped a 5-2 loss to the Giants and preceded a 232-day players strike.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man stabbed after argument on CTA train on Northwest Side, police say
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 01:34 PMA 51-year-old man was stabbed after an argument on a CTA train early Thursday morning on the Northwest Side in the Old Irving Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 3:30 a.m., the victim was a passenger on a train in the 4100 block of West Irving Park Road when someone stabbed him...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What will tonight’s virtual NFL draft be like? Go inside how teams will make their picks, what the Bears’ setup is — and how you
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 07:48 AMThe NFL will hold a draft unlike any other Thursday through Saturday as executives, coaches and scouts work from their homes because of the coronavirus pandemic. After the league canceled the public draft events in Las Vegas and mandated that everyone work separately to ensure safety and competitive...
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- Bart Johnson, a former White Sox pitcher and longtime scout with the organization, dies at 70
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 09:06 PMBart Johnson, who played eight seasons with the White Sox and later was a longtime scout for the organization, died Wednesday. He was 70. The cause of death was not disclosed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Valentine’ review: Elizabeth Wetmore may live in Chicago, but her debut novel is a powerful portrait of her native West Texas
Thursday - 04/02/2020 - 08:00 AMSituated in the heart of oil country, Odessa, Texas, is said to have been named after Odessa, Ukraine, because of the shortgrass prairie’s resemblance to the desolate, flat and unforested steppes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Roger Goodell asked for boos at the virtual NFL draft. So here are the best #BooTheCommish tweets.
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 09:07 PMIf the NFL and Bud Light hadn’t solicited fans to take to social media to #BooTheCommish during the first night of the 2020 draft, one wonders if the boo-birds would’ve come up with the idea anyway.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Looking ahead to the Chicago Bears’ second-round draft picks: 6 cornerbacks and 6 wide receivers come off the board in Round 1
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 01:04 AMGeneral managers and coaches, many with their children at their sides, settled on their draft picks Thursday night from their living rooms and home offices. Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin prepared to pick LSU quarterback Joe Burrow first overall with family members in the kitchen...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joe Burrow to join exclusive NFL company if LSU QB is top pick
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 02:28 PMJoe Burrow has a chance to join some very exclusive company if the LSU quarterback winds up going No. 1 overall to Cincinnati. Not only could he become the ninth quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy and then be the first overall selection in the NFL draft since 1967, that also would mark the first...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prosecutors: Man fleeing police caused violent crash in West Garfield Park that killed passenger
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 08:21 PMA Pill Hill man wanted on a traffic offense sped away from Chicago police in February, leading to a violent high-speed crash that killed one of his passengers and injured three others, including himself, prosecutors said Thursday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Worried about making a career move during a pandemic? Here’s what you can do.
Wednesday - 04/22/2020 - 05:12 PMDEAR READERS: There’s no doubt that the job market will change — many believe in drastic ways — once this pandemic has passed. That made me wonder if job search professionals are being bombarded by people who are considering a career change because of what has happened during the COVID-19 crisis....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Biker archaeologist’ Julian Siggers named new Field Museum CEO
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 12:53 PMThe Field Museum of Natural History has named as its new president and CEO Julian Siggers, the current director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. An archaeologist by training, Siggers, 56, is a native Brit the Philadelphia Inquirer once called “handsome,...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Anti-violence groups hit the streets early to confront double threat of shootings and coronavirus. ‘We just didn’t feel like we
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 01:03 PMFacing a two-pronged public crisis of gun violence and the coronavirus, Chicago anti-violence groups are mobilizing earlier this year to target hot spots on the South and West sides. The workers have become familiar faces in certain corners of the city since the program’s genesis in 2018, often...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tom Hardy’s ’Capone’ gangster biopic to hit VOD in May
Thursday - 04/16/2020 - 08:22 AMTom Hardy is playing an aging and sickly Al Capone in a trailer for the upcoming retitled “Capone” biopic about “America’s most notorious gangster.” Director Josh Trank released the trailer on his Twitter account Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share