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Movie patrons arrive to see a film March 15, 2021, at the AMC 16 theater in Burbank, California. AMC is looking to sell up to 11.5 million of its shares, as the movie theater operator looks to capitalize on its meme stock popularity. The announcement in a regulatory filing on June 3 comes just two days after the company said it was raising $230.5 million through an 8.5 million share sale. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
Weekly applications for unemployment aid, which topped 900,000 in early January, have fallen steadily all year, though they remain high by historical standards: Before COVID-19 all but paralyzed the economy in March 2020, claims were regularly coming in below 230,000 a week.
United Airlines announced an agreement June 3, 2021, with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add 15 of Boom’s Overture airliners, seen in this rendering, once the supersonic jet meets United’s safety, operating and sustainability requirements. (United Airlines)
Harvard, with a population of 9,500, has some amenities that other small towns don’t, like a Metra train station, a hospital, and a small private airport, but retains a rural feel. A fiberglass statue of Harmilda the dairy cow stands on guard in the heart of town, and its annual Milk Days festival is scheduled to return in October.
In its announcement Wednesday, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank cited specifically the impact that overdraft fees have on Black and Latino households, which are historically poorer than their white counterparts and are hit with overdraft fees more often. It’s also a common reason why Black and Latino households choose to be “unbanked,” that is being without a bank account, in order to avoid the fees that often come with these accounts.
2309 N. Geneva Terrace, Chicago: $4,250,000 | Listed: March 12, 2021 This six-bedroom home has six full bathrooms, one half-bath, a 55-foot atrium, a wood-burning pizza oven and a 1,000-bottle wine cellar. This building was constructed in 1893 as an apartment complex, converted into a single-family home in 1990 and recently renovated. Stained glass that is original to the building is used in the primary bedroom and bath and the living and dining room windows. The kitchen is equipped with a 10-burner commercial range, new quartz counters and custom cabinets. The primary bedroom suite takes up an entire floor and includes a sitting area with an LED fireplace, two closets, a marble bathroom with a soaking tub, shower and double vanity and another room that can be used as an office or workout room. A large cedar closet, a new roof deck, and a 2½-car attached garage complete this home. Agent: Chloe Ifergan of Jameson Sotheby’s International, 312-636-4994 *Some listing photos are “virtually staged,” meaning they have been digitally altered to represent different furnishing or decorating options. To feature your luxury listing of $800,000 or more in Chicago Tribune’s Dream Homes, send listing information and high-res photos to ctc-realestate@chicagotribune.com. Join our Chicago Dream Homes Facebook group for more luxury listings and real estate news.
Chenetta Ray, a warehouse worker at a recycling company, who has cancer, prepares dinner with her daughter at home in Houston, May 28, 2021. Ray had an unforgiving budget even before business closures reduced trash collection and cut her hours by a third — the stimulus checks helped her afford to treat her cancer. (Callaghan O’Hare/The New York Times)
As part of the effort to drive Americans to get shots, the White House is borrowing some tools from political campaigns, including phone banks, door-knocking and text banking. The administration says more than 1,000 such events will be held this coming weekend alone. Additionally, it is organizing competitions between cities and colleges to drive up vaccination rates.
The Pullman Artspace Lofts on South Langley Avenue in Chicago consists of two buildings from the 1880s, one seen at left, and new construction on what had been a vacant lot, at right. The lofts are the first new multifamily housing built in the historic community in more than 60 years. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Alvarez and Gomez first listed their River Forest home in August for just under $1.2 million. Built in 1926, the brick house has six full bathrooms, two half bathrooms, a great room with 14-foot ceilings, radiant heated floors, an updated kitchen with a built-in Sub-Zero refrigerator, a finished basement, finished attic space and a primary bedroom suite with vaulted ceilings, a private balcony and a walk-in closet. Outside on the 0.34-acre property is an in-ground pool.