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The planned departure comes on the heels of other retailers such as Gap and Macy’s leaving the downtown shopping district. In July, the Tribune reported Target, once in talks to take over space at Water Tower Place vacated by Macy’s, backed off such plans.

FILE – Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 30, 2013. The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said that investors need more protection in the cryptocurrency market, which he said is “rife with fraud, scams and abuse.” (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

FILE – Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 30, 2013. The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said that investors need more protection in the cryptocurrency market, which he said is “rife with fraud, scams and abuse.” (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

The auto industry’s decision to mask up again was made by representatives from General Motors, Ford, the parent company of Chrysler, and the United Auto Workers union, and it applies even to employees who have been vaccinated. The move comes just under a month after vaccinated autoworkers were allowed to shed their masks.

Last year, overdraft and NSF fees generated $31.3 billion in revenue for financial institutions, down nearly 10% from $34.6 billion in 2019, Moebs said. Once an insignificant part of banking revenue, overdraft fees peaked at $37.1 billion in 2009, before new regulations slowed their growth by requiring opt-in consent from customers, Moebs said.

Last year, overdraft and NSF fees generated $31.3 billion in revenue for financial institutions, down nearly 10% from $34.6 billion in 2019, Moebs said. Once an insignificant part of banking revenue, overdraft fees peaked at $37.1 billion in 2009, before new regulations slowed their growth by requiring opt-in consent from customers, Moebs said.

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Travelers are lining up at O’Hare airport in Chicago, Friday, July 2, 2021. The U.S. set another pandemic-era record for travel on Sunday, Aug. 1, with more than 2.2 million people going through airport checkpoints. That’s the biggest number in 17 months, although travel is still not quite back to pre-pandemic levels. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Buona Beef, the 40-year-old Berwyn-based chain, reconsidered its cannabis policy “shortly after” Illinois approved recreational marijuana use last year, co-owner Joe Buonavolanto said. Buona still prohibits getting high on the job, and reserves the right to do random drug testing for employees. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

“About 10:30 that night, I just looked around and thought, ‘It looks like nothing ever happened.’ People were playing pool, it was busy and people were having fun,” she said. “It was a little shocking, but it also felt good. I definitely had mixed feelings about it, though, because you’re a little afraid of what might happen.”