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Travelers walk through the ticketing area at O'Hare International Airport in 2016.

United Airlines plans to cut more than 3,400 management jobs. Chicago could be especially hard-hit.

May 5, 2020 at 7:42 p.m.

United Airlines plans to eliminate more than 3,400 management and administrative positions Oct. 1 as the airline reels from the coronavirus pandemic that has brought air travel to an almost...

A proposal by Studio ORD as models for the expansion of O'Hare International Airport are on display Jan. 17, 2019, at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.

Bleak outlook for air travel could force O’Hare’s massive $8.5 billion expansion project to scale back

May 1, 2020 at 2:17 p.m.

Chicago's Aviation Department insists the coronavirus pandemic won't curtail its $8.5 billion expansion plan for O'Hare International Airport, but there are growing signs the city will have no choice but...

Walter E. Smithe interior designer Alfred Beam works on a composite design for a client's master bedroom while working remotely at his home in Naperville on April 27, 2020.

Selling sofas without the sit test: Interior design moves online during the pandemic

May 27, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

When Itasca-based furniture company Walter E. Smithe started offering virtual interior design a couple of years ago, the service wasn't much of a hit. People wanted to sit-test sofas in...

Two JetBlue airplanes line up in preparation for takeoff March 14, 2020, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

JetBlue looks to suspend Chicago flights temporarily as demand plummets amid COVID-19

April 29, 2020 at 10:31 a.m.

JetBlue has asked the U.S. Transportation Department for permission to suspend flights to 16 airports, including O'Hare International Airport, amid "near-zero demand for air travel." The COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions...

Adams and Son Garden co-owners Irene Adams, center, her husband Gus Adams, right, and neighborhood volunteer Lionel Santiago, unload plants and flowers from a truck as they prepare to partially open on Friday.

Illinois COVID-19 restrictions will ease Friday for nonessential retailers and animal groomers, but it won’t be business as usual

April 29, 2020 at 4:36 p.m.

Thousands of vegetables, herb and house plants died after Adams & Son Gardens closed more than five weeks ago to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. But since...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Illinois wants all shoppers to wear masks at the grocery store. Enforcing that rule is trickier.

April 24, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

Customers and employees will have to start wearing masks in Illinois stores starting May 1 under the modified stay-at-home order Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday. Major chains like Walmart, Target,...

Owner Ann Kienzle is seen April 20, 2020, at her Play toy store in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.

This Chicago toy store was supposed to be celebrating opening a third location. Now, all are dark.

May 27, 2020 at 3:37 p.m.

Ann Kienzle saw early signs of the COVID-19 pandemic firsthand at a toy industry event in New York in late February. There was less handshaking and more hand sanitizer than...

An employee sanitizes shopping carts at the entrance on March 29, 2020 at a Target store in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood during the coronavirus pandemic.

Target extends temporary pay raises as online sales surge. Some workers call for more protection from COVID-19.

April 23, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.

Target is extending temporary raises of $2 an hour for store employees as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel a surge in online shopping and dramatic shifts in what shoppers...

Buzz Kaehler of Kaehler Luggage and Travel Goods poses for a portrait at his Winnetka store. The store is celebrating its 100th anniversary but is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kaehler Luggage made it through the Great Depression, World War II and the 2008 recession. ‘This one’s just way different.’

May 27, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

Back in January, Buzz Kaehler was looking forward to celebrating the family company's 100th year in business. Now, all four Kaehler Luggage stores are closed, all 20 employees have been...

United Airlines planes parked at Orlando International Airport, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, as U.S. domestic and international carriers slash flights in response to the coronavirus crisis.

Expecting $2 billion loss in first quarter, United Airlines to seek another $4.5 billion in federal coronavirus aid

April 20, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

United Airlines applied to borrow up to $4.5 billion from the federal government as the COVID-19 pandemic brings passenger travel to a near standstill, on top of the roughly $5...

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