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‘Pervert glasses’: Backlash against Meta’s smart glasses grows • Crete 7-bedroom estate with coach house, pool, bocce ball court: $2.2M
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson names Ashlee Gabrysch as new chief financial officer

Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed a new chief financial officer Monday, filling one of two vacancies on his fiscal team heading into his fourth budget cycle this fall.

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‘Pervert glasses’: Backlash against Meta’s smart glasses grows

Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit, but the high-tech specs have also turned into a liability, as some are calling the gadget “pervert glasses.”

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Crete 7-bedroom estate with coach house, pool, bocce ball court: $2.2M

This estate includes a main residence with four bedrooms, five fireplaces, plaster walls and original hardwood floors. A separate coach house offers three more bedrooms.

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A house, a car, a little breathing room: Why middle-class life feels increasingly out of reach

Americans who have followed what was long considered the formula for a middle-class life — earn degrees, work full-time, marry, buy a home, raise children, stick to a budget — increasingly wonder why financial security feels elusive.

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WK Kellogg Co. speeds up removal of artificial colors from cereals

WK Kellogg Co. says it will eliminate artificial colors from its entire cereal portfolio by the end of 2026, a year ahead of its original schedule.

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As Chicago’s mayoral race takes shape, social media influencers step in — including for Brandon Johnson

Paying for social media posts is a political strategy in campaigns that raises thorny questions about compensation and disclosure but one that will likely only grow more common.

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Gold holds gain after soft US jobs data eases rate-hike concerns

Gold steadied after its biggest weekly gain since January, with traders assessing a surprise contraction in the US jobs market that allayed concerns around an interest-rate hike.

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Rainbow Cone celebrates 100 years in Chicago: ‘An institution’

The Beverly flagship location of Rainbow Cone celebrated its first century with balloons, temporary tattoos and a giant ice-cream-shaped cake Sunday.

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Bally’s Chicago pauses construction on hotel, other amenities over video gambling dispute with city

Raising the stakes on the standoff with the city over the advent of video gambling terminals, Bally’s Chicago is pausing construction on nearly all non-gaming amenities at its $1.7 billion casino complex going up in River West.

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Patients in Illinois starting to receive experimental pancreatic cancer drug: ‘Game changer’

The experimental drug, called daraxonrasib, does not cure pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat cancers, but it gives many patients the next best thing: more time.

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