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In a lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County, Hubbard Inn alleges she defamed the business in her video last week and triggered an onslaught of negative reviews, threats and cancellations at the restaurant.
In Meta’s latest flex, it’s threatening to cut news from Facebook because a bill in the Illinois Senate wants megaplatforms to give news outlets their fair cut of ad revenue. Our head of audience engagement has some words to share.
The Hudson, Ohio-based company said that it expected to emerge from bankruptcy as early as the end of next month.
Since establishing Gente Fina, in 2018, Emmanuel Cabrera’s designs have been seen at New York Fashion Week and have been worn by Bulls players and Mexican musical stars.
The deal, subject to court approval, could affect Americans’ cost to buy or sell homes.
Downdetector, an outage tracker, also reported a spike in problems with the McDonald’s app in the last few hours.
Local creators weigh in on the proposed ban: “I think they just feel like they can’t control the information that we get, and it’s corrupting the youth.”
The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar for more than $8 billion in 2015 after a bidding war with rival Dollar General, but it has had difficulty absorbing the chain.
Zoe Schor and Whitney LaMora reached their Kickstarter goal last month, and plan to use the funds to open their newest concept — Villanelle.
Mark Kotlick was praying for reconstruction to finish by the end of Lent on March 31, the take-out spot’s busiest season. But he needs a few more weeks to order custom-made refrigerators and deli counters.
A takeover bid by Bally’s chairman Soo Kim comes as the company races to line up $800 million in financing it needs to break ground on its permanent casino this summer.
Johnson’s decision to borrow so much money for affordable housing and economic development signals a fundamental shift in how such projects will be financed — weaning the city from its long-standing dependence on tax increment financing.
The act requires businesses to report owners and beneficial owners to an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in an effort to combat money laundering.
The LATAM Airlines plane landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was to continue to Santiago, Chile. Passengers said many people were not wearing seat belts when the aircraft suddenly dropped.
Billboards celebrating birthdays have proliferated across the country since the pandemic lockdown. People who design and sell the ads pin the boom on the availability of digital billboards that allow shorter, less-expensive purchases.
The Equal Pay Chicago Coalition wants to educate workers and employers about gender pay disparities, hosting a virtual event on Equal Pay Day.
United Airlines says no injuries were reported among the 160 passengers and six crew members.
The discount grocer said it will spend more than $9 billion on its national expansion.
Kelly Olivier, co-founder of Themis, an all-female trial attorney group hopes that their practice “can make a change in our little corner of the universe and for our clients.”