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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick met with Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Thursday.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick meets with Jesse Jackson to talk diversity

May 21, 2019 at 2:54 a.m.

Embattled Uber CEO Travis Kalanick met with the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago Thursday, part of the civil rights activist's push to improve diversity in tech. Jackson and his organization,...

New Pokemon game, Pokemon Duel, hits U.S. — but can it match Pokemon Go?

May 21, 2019 at 2:37 a.m.

On the heels of Pokemon Go's wild success last year, the Pokemon Company launched another game for iOS and Android in the U.S. Tuesday: A strategy-based game called Pokemon Duel....

Zombies would take over Chicago in 60 days, a real disease-tracking computer says

May 21, 2019 at 2:11 a.m.

Chicago would be overtaken by a zombie invasion in 60 days. That's according to a team of scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, who came to the conclusion using a high-powered...

Grant Achatz, from left, Brian Fitzpatrick and Nick Kokonas founded restaurant ticketing company Tock.

Tock raises $7.5M to reimagine restaurant reservations, and maybe more

May 21, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

Tock, the online platform that aims to help restaurants better manage reservations and reduce no-shows, has raised $7.5 million in new funding as it plans to expand and take on...

Cards Against Humanity unpacks Donald Trump survival kit

June 4, 2020 at 3:34 a.m.

Donald Trump has come to Cards Against Humanity, though the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has been the focus of similar card games for several weeks. The maker of fill-in-the-blanks card...

Shout Out: Elaine Marzal, bookseller at Magic Tree Bookstore

May 8, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Elaine Marzal, a bookseller at Magic Tree Bookstore, sat down on an overcast day to share a few of her favorite books in the longtime Oak Park Avenue bookstore. Q:...

A vendor weighs buds for card-carrying medical marijuana patients in Los Angeles in July 2014.

Locals land most medical marijuana licenses in state

May 8, 2019 at 10:57 a.m.

As medical marijuana gets closer to debuting across Illinois, one of the biggest pot businesses in the state has planted its roots in Oak Park. PharmaCann LLC looks poised to...

With the early returns, 29th Ward aldermanic candidate Chris Taliaferro is confident that there will be a runoff. He's at his campaign headquarters in Chicago Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.

Galewood aldermanic race likely headed to runoff

May 23, 2019 at 10:04 p.m.

The race to represent Galewood in the Chicago City Council looks like it'll stretch a little longer. With all but one of the 29th Ward's precincts reporting Tuesday night, incumbent...

Metra train hits car stalled on tracks in Galewood

June 16, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

A Metra train traveling through Galewood hit a car that was stalled on the tracks at Narragansett Avenue Tuesday evening. North Central Line Train No. 113, which was traveling to...

Graffiti painted across outside wall of Ridgeland Common in Oak Park

May 8, 2019 at 10:54 a.m.

Graffiti vandals hit Ridgeland Common early Saturday morning, covering a large part of the newly-renovated ice rink and pool's east wall. The graffiti, which contained some profanity along with clouds,...

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