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Workers at two Chicago Starbucks voted nearly unanimously to unionize Wednesday, becoming the first unionized Starbucks workers in the city.Baristas at the Starbucks at 5964 N.…

Illinois health officials have received reports of nine children with potential cases of severe hepatitis — up from three last month.The children are among about 180…

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they may have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the…

AdvertisementA casino for Chicago — an enterprise supporters say is 30 years in the making and opponents view as a rush job — took a big…

Amazon shareholders on Wednesday voted down a proposal calling for an independent audit of working conditions at the e-commerce behemoth’s warehouses.The proposal’s defeat at the Seattle-based…

Members of Congress began a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday by tearing into north suburban-based Abbott Laboratories, accusing the company of negligence.The hearing Tuesday came amid a…

Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries.The…

For those among us who like a tipple after takeoff, consider this a sign that the world is healing: Many airlines are resuming in-flight meals and…

A three-bedroom, 3,591-square-foot contemporary-style house on 18 acres in an unincorporated area southeast of Wheaton sold on May 19 to the Lisle-based Morton Arboretum for $5.1…

With Chicago office vacancy rates at an all-time high and companies tentatively beginning to herd employees back into communal settings, co-working spaces — hard hit during…