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‘Flying off the shelf’: Sports apparel stores scramble to keep up with demand for White Sox merchandise

With the team headed to the AL Division Series this weekend, stores across Chicago are experiencing an unprecedented demand for Sox swag.

Colleen Doyle, a lifelong White Sox fan armed with tickets to Monday’s game in Cleveland, shops on Oct. 2, 2026, for a new shirt at Grandstand, a sports merchandise store in the South Side's Bridgeport neighborhood. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., one of the world’s biggest makers of coffee pods, launched a new way of brewing coffee it says will slash waste. AltaRounds, the one-cup portions are made from compressed coffee wrapped in a coating derived from seaweed that the company sources from France. The puck-shaped capsules come eight to a box, and most varieties will cost $1.37 each comparable to one of the company’s traditional K-Cup pods. (Photo courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper)

Keurig debuts plastic-free coffee pods

Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

Bacardi is ending its relationship with Breakthru Beverage Group, and will take its business to Miami-based Southern Wine & Spirits of America and Texas-based Glazer's, two companies that on Monday announced an agreement to merge.

FTC settles with Southern Glazer’s over claim it discriminated against smaller alcohol sellers

By Dee-Ann Durbin

October 2, 2026 at 5:53 p.m.

The agency sued Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits in December 2024 after finding it didn’t...

Traffic over the Route 7 bridge in Lockport over the Des Plaines River, pictured in 1998, has long been a problem. Will County officials revived talks about seeking funding for a new bridge over the Des Plaines River Valley, though they acknowledged nothing could be built before impending road work on the existing Lockport bridge begins. (Frank Hanes/baiduhai)

Will County board resurrects talks on new bridge over Des Plaines River Valley

By Michelle Mullins

October 2, 2026 at 4:57 p.m.

Will County officials revived a potential new bridge over the Des Plaines River Valley, an...

Production designer Matt Hyland redecorates the facade of the Dairy Palace in Tinley Park on Oct. 31, 2025, before filming began on "Trash Mountain." The longtime ice cream shop was chosen as one of the sites for the movie, which premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park’s Dairy Palace debuts at Toronto film festival in premiere of ‘Trash Mountain’

By Evy Lewis

October 2, 2026 at 11:57 a.m.

Scenes from "Trash Mountain", starring Caleb Hearon and Zooey Deschanel, were filmed at Tinley Park's...

A sign welcomes the Chicago Bears to Hammond on June 10, 2026, outside the Pavilion at Wolf Lake Memorial Park in the area of their possible stadium site. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

What to know about the Chicago Bears’ possible move from Soldier Field

By baiduhai

October 2, 2026 at 11:35 a.m.

Arlington Heights? Indiana? Chicago? Here’s what to know about the Bears’ possible move from Soldier...

ARCHIVO – El logotipo de Amazon en la fachada de un edificio, el 18 de marzo de 2022, en Schoenefeld, cerca de Berlín. (AP Foto/Michael Sohn, Archivo)

Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash over rollouts

By Anne D'Innocenzio

October 2, 2026 at 8:51 a.m.

Amazon is investing $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates...

Former Chicago White Sox player Jim Thome is introduced before the start of the team's home opener against the Seattle Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on April 12, 2022. (Chris Sweda / baiduhai

Chicago White Sox Hall of Famer Jim Thome buys one-bedroom condo for nearly $1M

By Bob Goldsborough

October 2, 2026 at 11:09 a.m.

Chicago White Sox Hall of Famer Jim Thome and his wife, Andrea, paid $975,000 in...

This undated photo released on Israel’s Foreign Ministry social media shows Indian Capt. Smit Machchhar in the cockpit of a plane in an unknown location. Machchhar was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight that was diverted to Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Israel’s Foreign Ministry via AP)

‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack

By Sheikh Saaliq

October 2, 2026 at 7:09 a.m.

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight...

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