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Sean Casten, left, and Jeanne Ives, right, are candidates for the 6th Congressional District race in the 2020 November general election.

Politics | Three candidates in 6th Congressional District debate guns, racism and more in online forum

The three candidates for Illinois' 6th Congressional District seat discussed climate change, gun control and other issues Monday in their only scheduled joint forum ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Sean Casten, left, and Jeanne Ives, right, are candidates for the 6th Congressional District race in the 2020 November general election.

Politics | Rep. Casten criticized for calling people 'racist' and 'loony' while rapping in 2019

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten is taking heat from Republican challenger Jeanne Ives' campaign over an amateur video of the 6th District congressman rapping during an event last year.
Ken Mejia-Beal, left, and Amy Grant are candidates for the Illinois House 42 seat.

Politics | Democrats say Wheaton Republican lawmaker made disparaging remarks in phone call

Freshman state Rep. Amy Grant, a Wheaton Republican, apologized Monday after making comments in a recorded phone call referencing the race and sexual orientation of her opponent, Ken Mejia-Beal.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Illinois has performed more COVID-19 tests than any other state except New York and California.

News | Pritzker reiterates no high school football

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker remained steadfast in his stance that bars high school football this fall while the state's average COVID-19 positivity rate holds steady at 3.5%.
Salena Albert, manager of the Round Lake Beach Family Video store, returns videos to a rental display Monday. Hers is among a handful of Family Video stores that will remain open in the Chicago area.
News | Round Lake Beach store among few Family Video locations in suburbs to survive the pandemic
Family Video, a nationwide chain headquartered in Glenview, is shuttering 200 stores, including 20 in the suburban Chicago market due to declining demand and the coronavirus pandemic hurting business. Stores in Antioch, Arlington Heights, Bolingbrook, Cary, Downers Grove, Glenview, Grayslake, Mundelein, Plainfield, Schaumburg and Wheeling will close by the end of October.
A girl holds a sign that reads “I iz gten dummerer bye the minit” at a rally to support in-person learning Monday in downtown Naperville.
News | Naperville rally keeps pressure on for schools to reopen
Hundreds of people gathered in a downtown Naperville park Monday to rally for in-person learning, and sports to resume, in their schools.
Nine-year-old fourth grader Teagan Suttie was among those who showed support Monday evening for in-school learning for Libertyville Elementary District 70.
News | Parents rally for in-person learning at Libertyville District 70
Parents, students and supporters rallied Monday to get kids back in the classroom at Libertyville District 70
Dr. Arkan Alrashid
Crime | Bannockburn doctor accused of sexually assaulting co-worker in Oak Brook
A suburban doctor who leads a multiclinic gastroenterology practice has been accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker in Oak Brook, authorities said.
Chicago | Chicago's Lawry's The Prime Rib to close after 46 years in business
Lawry's The Prime Rib, a Chicago restaurant that has been serving steaks for nearly 50 years, will close at the end of the year.
Joe Donlon of “News Nation”
Columns | Feder: WGN America's 'News Nation' lands interview with President Trump
Will an exclusive White House interview with President Donald Trump help jump-start the ratings for "News Nation"?
Sam Yingling
Politics | State Rep. Yingling tests positive for COVID-19
State Rep. Sam Yingling tested positive for the COVID-19, a spokeswoman for his office announced Monday morning. Yingling, 40, tested positive last week, according to the statement, and has been quarantined at his home in Grayslake.
COVID-19 restrictions prohibit fans from attending games at Soldier Field.
Columns | Rozner: Wanting fans at games doesn't make Bears evil
The Bears are aware that they can't get fans back in the stands until granted permission from the many ruling powers.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 58,438, Scott Sanders photo: Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne honors Space shuttle astronauts John W. Young and Robert Crippen during a parade to honor them in May of 1981. The two astronauts, America’s first space shuttle pilots, also met with some of the City’s top high school students at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Traffic flows on Townline Road as a hazy sun sets in Vernon Hills Tuesday due to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.
Unusual sunsets provided a backdrop for The Week in Pictures, September 12-19, 2020.
Glenbrook North sophomore Sonia Thakkar played the harp for a virtual live concert to entertain and relieve the stress of front line health care workers. She also raised over $3,000 to obtain quality PPE kits for front line workers in India.
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Associated Press Mourners hug beside the names of the deceased Jesus Sanchez and Marianne MacFarlane at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans commemorated 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Sept. 11 ceremonies across the nation and suburbs
Flames shoot from a window as the Bear Fire burns through the Berry Creek area of Butte County, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region.
Deadly northern California wildfires rage on. 'It's like an apocalypse or something.'
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