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My wife and I were recently doing a little house cleaning and downsizing. Specifically, we were going through many of our old books. We've finally decided that having shelves and shelves of hardbacks and paperbacks and ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen advanced a measure that could legalize “granny flats” citywide with limited restrictions, a move advocates say will create more affordable housing.

The City Council’s Zoning Committee voted 13-7...Read more

A change in how, and where, poker players cash out after gambling on the Strip will begin later this week.

Multiple casino operators on the Strip, including Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Wynn ...Read more

The rights to the troubled Fyre Festival brand have sold for only $245,000 in an eBay auction.

The sale included IP, brand trademarks and social media assets.

The auction received a total of 175 bids with the final bid ...Read more

Want a job picking fruit? There are thousands available right now on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Seasonal Jobs website. Orchard work paying $19.82 an hour in Washington, $17.96 in Pennsylvania and $15.87 in West ...Read more

Nextdoor, the once-hot social network for neighborhoods, wants to claw its way back to the top and prove that people can use the platform for more than just finding lost cats.

The San Francisco company's shares have ...Read more

Four fraud victims who were tricked by con artists into buying Target gift cards as part of scams allege the retailer is purposefully failing to catch criminals because the company profits from selling ill-gotten ...Read more

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had previously argued that the state’s election code barred its employees from forming a union. But the law shouldn’t be read that way, administrative law Judge Anna Hamburg-...Read more

Stellantis NV's new CEO Antonio Filosa continues to tweak his North American leadership team, with the latest move bringing back veteran sales executive Jason Stoicevich to work with regional dealers.

Stoicevich had ...Read more

The U.S. housing market is close to stalling out, with prices in more than half the country’s top 100 housing markets now below their peak, according to the latest data from Intercontinental Exchange.

The annual ...Read more

Challenged by everyone from consumer groups to Gov. JB Pritzker over its imminent 27.2% homeowners insurance rate increase in Illinois, State Farm faces the question: Will it seek to defend its widely criticized decision? ...Read more

Underlying U.S. inflation rose by less than expected for a fifth month in June even as the details signaled companies are beginning to more meaningfully pass some tariff-related costs to consumers.

The consumer price ...Read more

ROMULUS, Michigan — One recent afternoon at FedEx’s new massive distribution hub, packages moved swiftly along an automated conveyor system as they were scanned, sorted, and prepped to be flown to their next ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Six months after the Palisades fire roared down Pacific Coast Highway, the Country Kitchen in Malibu is open for business, but many customers have yet to return.

The no-frills eatery features a few outdoor...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Toni Gray’s phone is blowing up these days.

The head of production at Dhar Mann Studios, which makes shows for YouTube and other online platforms, said entertainment industry friends in Los Angeles had ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed his new tax law on July 4, which included a provision that creates and funds investment accounts for babies born in the next few years. The accounts will be allowed to compound and grow tax-...Read more

Millions of Americans will see significant shifts in their tax bills under President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The sweeping legislation delivers several key tax breaks, including no federal income tax on ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Chicago office will now oversee 65 public housing authorities in Wisconsin because of staffing shortages in the agency’s Milwaukee office.

This represents a ...Read more

Nearly 600 manufacturing Daimler Truck North America employees are temporarily losing their jobs in the Charlotte, North Carolina, region.

Daimler Truck North America is temporarily laying off 573 workers update in Gaston...Read more

Boeing’s engine fuel control switches, now the center of the investigation into the fatal Air India crash in June, have been scrutinized before.

The Federal Aviation Administration warned in December 2018 that it had ...Read more