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Advocate Health Care no longer prescribing gender-affirming care medications for patients under 19 • West Town 4-bedroom home with sunken air tub: $1.4M
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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Sale of Walgreens to private equity company is finalized, Chicago area headquarters will remain

Walgreens Boots Alliance has officially become a private company, with private equity firm Sycamore Partners announcing Thursday morning that it’s completed its acquisition of the Deerfield-based retail pharmacy giant.

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Advocate Health Care no longer prescribing gender-affirming care medications for patients under 19

Advocate Health is pulling back on its gender-affirming care for minors, joining a growing list of hospital systems in Illinois and across the country cutting the services amid threats to their federal funding.

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West Town 4-bedroom home with sunken air tub: $1.4M

This four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home is a three-story structure with a limestone facade and black-clad windows. An entryway leads to a floating steel staircase that anchors the open concept main level.

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Stocks hold steady on Wall Street as earnings roll in

Stocks held relatively steady near their record highs as investors pored over a mixed batch of earnings reports from big U.S. companies.

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Cracker Barrel had good reasons to rebrand. But after its new logo misfired, here’s what’s next.

Cracker Barrel’s attempted revamp hit a wall. The company saw severe backlash over its plans to modernize and simplify its nostalgic logo – including from President Donald Trump.

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Ford recalls more than 355,000 pickup trucks over instrument display failure on the dashboard

Ford is recalling more than 355,000 of its pickup trucks across the U.S. because of an instrument panel display failure that’s resulted in critical information, like warning lights and vehicle speed, not showing up on the dashboard.

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Last Max stored at Boeing ‘shadow factory’ after crashes, pandemic departs

After six years of work, Boeing has flown the final in-storage 737 Max out of Moses Lake, Washington, marking the end of a grueling chapter in the company’s history.

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