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A United Airlines worker checks in luggage at O'Hare International Airport on June 29, 2021. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected a bid Monday from United employees challenging the airline's vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

Divided appeals court rejects United employees’ bid for emergency appeal in case over vaccine mandate

December 14, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.

A federal appeals court has refused to prohibit United Airlines from putting unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave while a case challenging the airline's COVID-19 vaccine mandate makes its way through...

A suit filed in May by Entertainment Studios Networks and Weather Group alleged Chicago-based McDonald's refused to advertise on their networks despite taking out ads with similar white-owned networks.

Byron Allen’s $10 billion racial discrimination suit against McDonald’s over ad spending dismissed

December 1, 2021 at 1:29 p.m.

A federal judge has dismissed a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's filed by media companies owned by Byron Allen over the way the burger chain spends its advertising...

Aurora García (der.) disfruta un platillo con sus padres, María y Celso Salgado, quienes condujeron desde Aurora, el 12 de mayo de 2021, en el café y restaurante La Catedral en el vecindario de La Villita de Chicago. García vive en La Villita y suele comer en el restaurante.

La identidad mexicana sostuvo a La Villita durante COVID-19. Ese espíritu comunitario también sería ‘el boleto de salida’ de la recesión pandémica

June 4, 2021 at 11:01 a.m.

Sobre 26th St., cerca de la Kostner Ave., a milla y media del arco de terracota que sirve como puerta de entrada al vecindario de La Villita de Chicago, una...

Aurora Garcia, right, enjoys a meal with her parents, Maria and Celso Salgado, who drove in from Aurora, on May 12, 2021, at La Catedral Cafe and Restaurant in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Garcia lives in Little Village and frequently eats at the restaurant.

Little Village’s Mexican identity sustained it during COVID-19. That community spirit may also be ‘the ticket out’ of the pandemic recession.

June 7, 2021 at 11:35 a.m.

On 26th Street near Kostner Avenue, a mile and a half from the terra-cotta arch that serves as the gateway to Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, a small plaza is named...

Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen poses for a picture Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Los Angeles.

Media mogul Byron Allen files $10B lawsuit against McDonald’s, alleging racial discrimination in its ad spending

May 21, 2021 at 4:40 p.m.

McDonald's has been hit with a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit from media companies owned by Byron Allen. The lawsuit alleges the Chicago-based burger chain pays higher prices to advertise...

PrideMasks co-founder Steve Ryan sorts through custom-designed face masks July 1, 2020, at the company's manufacturing space in Chicago's Belmont Gardens neighborhood.

That Chicago flag mask that was everywhere last year is now on clearance. The company that makes it? They’re back to making band uniforms.

May 21, 2021 at 12:45 p.m.

The company behind the ubiquitous Chicago flag mask had already decided to wrap up its online retail mask sales when federal health officials dropped a bombshell. Vaccinated people no longer...

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Divided appeals court rejects United employees’ bid for emergency appeal in case over vaccine mandate

Byron Allen’s $10 billion racial discrimination suit against McDonald’s over ad spending dismissed

La identidad mexicana sostuvo a La Villita durante COVID-19. Ese espíritu comunitario también sería ‘el boleto de salida’ de la recesión pandémica

Little Village’s Mexican identity sustained it during COVID-19. That community spirit may also be ‘the ticket out’ of the pandemic recession.

Media mogul Byron Allen files $10B lawsuit against McDonald’s, alleging racial discrimination in its ad spending

That Chicago flag mask that was everywhere last year is now on clearance. The company that makes it? They’re back to making band uniforms.

United Airlines to begin contact tracing program with CDC this week to help slow spread of COVID-19

Now you can bet from home too. Rivers launches first online sportsbook in Illinois as casinos remain closed.

Chicago-based LSC Communications files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy after ‘unprecedented’ drop in print demand

Facing ‘unprecedented’ number of claims, Illinois urges laid off workers to apply for benefits online