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The women of "Good Girls," from left: Mae Whitman as Annie, Retta as Ruby and Christina Hendricks as Beth.

26 to stream: What to watch as we wait out the coronavirus

March 26, 2020 at 8:53 a.m.

1. 'Outlander' Caitriona Balfe and Richard Rankin in"Outlander." Honestly, I'm surprised it would take a pandemic to get anyone to watch this time-travel love story. But, OK. Diana Gabaldon's book-turned-Starz-series...

Owner Lourdes Duran stands with foods she set aside for employees to take home at Cesar's Killer Margaritas restaurant Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Chicago. The restaurant is giving away excess food to employees and selling homemade drink mixes. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

‘He offered to pay me for a haircut that he wasn’t going to get’: In the coronavirus era, we’ll get by with a little help from our friends — and some strangers, too

April 7, 2020 at 12:39 p.m.

Kindness and strangers. Blanche DuBois from "A Streetcar Named Desire" knew something about it. Reality may not be much different in our time of pandemic. Acts of kindness are being...

Toilet paper shortages can turn into plumbing problems during social distancing if people don't use common sense, plumbers say.

Does the coronavirus have you worried about toilet paper? Using paper towels or napkins can lead to plumbing problems.

March 18, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

The photos from supermarkets of aisles emptied of paper products get no less jarring as the coronavirus continues to have an impact. People reportedly are asking other shoppers before they...

Local funeral homes are doing what they can for mourners when it comes to viewings and gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chicago funeral homes are doing their best to offer services to grieving families amid coronavirus mandates

March 17, 2020 at 9:29 a.m.

Like a child who refuses to be ignored, the coronavirus pandemic continues to make its presence known. The U.S. surgeon general said the number of coronavirus cases in the United...

A new United Way report on financial hardship in the state of Illinois shows that 43% of Chicago households can't meet basic needs.

Struggling to afford basic needs: 24% of Illinois households are above the poverty line but can’t afford the cost of living

March 13, 2020 at 9:28 a.m.

Hattie Clay, 47, is a long-term West Sider trying to make ends meet despite a slew of health issues, including asthma, high blood pressure and dialysis three days a week....

From March Madness to Tom Hanks — the world takes to Twitter to vent about coronavirus

March 12, 2020 at 4:24 p.m.

Well, they called it. March Madness is called off. Feels as if the world has shifted on its axis somehow, right? Europe travel restrictions and phrases like social distancing have...

Jeremy Williams, from left, Jennifer Raber and Chris Kinney, all of Ailey Solar, install a solar panel on the roof of a residence on the Southwest Side of Chicago on March 2, 2020.

Shining a light on solar power: How Chicago homeowners — and apartment dwellers — can save with renewable energy

March 10, 2020 at 12:15 p.m.

For years, Kate and Isaac Dole wanted to invest in solar powering their home, but raising three children meant their plans were consistently pushed to the back burner. Finally, on...

August Wilson Monologue Competition Director of Outreach Tiffany Fulson, right, helps Mia Mack prepare her monologue after school on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at Perspectives Leadership Academy for the upcoming August Wilson Monologue competition.

August Wilson Monologue Competition is back with fresh faces, new passion Monday at the Goodman

March 10, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

Regret. Anger. Guilt. Students at Perspectives Leadership Campus on the city's South Side emoted monologue lines from August Wilson's 10-play Century Cycle to a classroom of their peers and staff...

The pain that black and Latina women are experiencing postpartum is not being taken seriously by some health professionals.

‘It felt like I was being ripped open, and they wouldn’t help me’: Black, Latina women report more pain postpartum but receive less opioid medication, study says

January 21, 2021 at 4:38 p.m.

Patrice Bell, 29, of Beaumont, Texas remembers delivering her son Justin six years ago in a Virginia hospital. She recalls being in a lot of pain during labor and a...

Baker College Prep students Den'nasia Cage, from left, Tionna Merritt and Brianna Holcombe attach a prototype of additional brakes to a walker with the guidance of coach Connor Feeney on Feb. 27, 2020, in Northfield.

7 days, one chance to get their names on a patent. Baker College Prep students solve medical supply problems during Medline internships.

March 4, 2020 at 6:24 p.m.

Over a dozen seniors from South Chicago's Baker College Prep were tasked last week with making a better forehead thermometer (from opening its package to utilization), improving patient gowns and...

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