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People check out a new Rivian R2 midsize SUV during a preview at the showroom in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, April 24, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Rivian’s new midsize R2 SUV rolls into Chicago for weekend event as EV production launches in Normal

April 24, 2026 at 4:28 p.m.

This weekend, Rivian is giving Chicago-area customers their first chance to kick the tires on the Illinois-built EV during a cross-country roadshow. The R2 is on display through Saturday at...

Anchor Rob Hart in action and on the air at WBBM-AM 780 radio in Chicago, April 21, 2026. In one month the station will lose its familiar top-of-the-hour newscast from CBS radio, which is pulling the plug from its century-old network. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

WBBM Newsradio still up in the air about filling the void post-CBS

April 21, 2026 at 9:22 p.m.

CBS News announced last month it was ending its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, blaming economic conditions and the changing media landscape. The network, which...

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks April 16, 2026, during an announcement expanding the IBM–Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute partnership at Discovery Partners Institute in Chicago’s Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

University of Illinois and IBM renew quantum technology partnership at new Chicago headquarters

April 16, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM announced a renewed research partnership Thursday to advance artificial intelligence and quantum technology, with the city at the center of the ongoing project.

Former McDonald's executives Domineca Neal, left, and Vicki Guster-Hines, photographed on April 9, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Suit filed against McDonald’s by Black former execs will head to trial as political winds surrounding DEI shift

April 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The lawsuit, set to go to trial two months before a crucial midterm election, could be a bellwether case on the current state of corporate diversity, equity and inclusion.

Customers sit and visit at a redesigned Starbucks with leather couches and upgraded furniture elements in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood on April 9, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Starbucks unveils new ‘uplifted’ store designs in Chicago with more couches, cozier coffeehouse vibes

April 10, 2026 at 4:36 p.m.

The stand-alone store at 4155 N. Cicero Ave. in the Old Irving Park neighborhood features leather couches, cushy chairs, throw rugs, drapes, coffee-themed art on the walls and a decidedly...

Advertisements for Fooda are displayed above Metra train platforms, April 7, 2026, at Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Fooda launches marketing campaign to make return-to-office mandates more appetizing

April 9, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

Founded in 2011, Fooda features a variety of restaurants that workplaces can employ to provide lunches through pop-up kitchens, delivery, catering, pantry and cafe programs.

Richard Roeper at The Peninsula Chicago in 2017. (James C. Svehla/for the baiduhai)

NBC 5 hires former Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper as entertainment reporter

April 6, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

One year after taking a buyout and leaving the Chicago Sun-Times, longtime film and TV critic Richard Roeper has landed a new media home at NBC 5 Chicago.

Kevin Urbanski, right, shows Matthew Hallberg the $11 he got out of the fintech company Acorns compounding vending machine at Big Star Wrigleyville on opening day, March 26, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Acorns giving away thousands in cash from a Wrigleyville vending machine during three-day investment promotion

March 26, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

Acorns is debuting its Compounding Vending Machine in Wrigleyville, an out-of-the-box promotion that will pay out up to 2,000 people between $7 and $15 each, while teaching them about investing.

Gayle Shrake, left, and Mary Beth Kulinski have a laugh together as they pull Snickers protein bars from the bar line at the Global Innovation Center at Mars Wrigley on Jan. 16, 2024, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Mars Snacking to invest $100 million, add 600 jobs through Chicago HQ expansion

March 25, 2026 at 1:25 p.m.

Candy giant Mars Snacking is investing $100 million to expand its Chicago headquarters, adding two new offices and more than 600 jobs, the company announced Wednesday.

Kevin Cross, president and general manager of NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago, points out the peacock feather motif on the anchor desk in Studio A on the second floor of NBC Tower in Streeterville on March 11, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

NBC Chicago downsizes in its namesake tower with new $70 million TV newsroom

March 24, 2026 at 12:33 p.m.

NBC 5 Chicago, Telemundo Chicago and the national NBC News Chicago Bureau have consolidated from five floors into one 70,000-square-foot space on the formerly vacant second floor of NBC Tower,...

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