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SUN, 11/22/2020

Sunday, November 22, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Wyatt Nelson, a freshman at Hersey High School with Down syndrome and autism, took some of his favorite ingredients, combined his love of cooking with his love of dogs, and started his own business, a dog treat company called Wyatt’s Dog Company.

Hersey student with Down syndrome starts dog treat company, sells out of them in 2 hours

Wyatt Nelson, a freshman at Hersey High School with Down syndrome and autism, took some of his favorite ingredients, combined his love of cooking with his love of dogs and started his own business, a dog treat company called Wyatt's Dog Company. His treats sold out in two hours at a meet-and-greet Saturday.
A marijuana plant in an indoor cannabis farm.

Deer Park to tax pot sales -- even though there are no dispensaries yet

As they weigh whether to allow cannabis stores for recreational users in town, Deer Park officials have agreed to tax such sales.
Pfizer announced Wednesday more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective a month after the first dose.

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of COVID-19 shots in US

Pfizer formally asked U.S. regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter.
Bruce St. James

Feder: Bruce St. James to replace Mancow as morning host on WLS

Bruce St. James, who's been a radio talk show host in Phoenix for 10 years, has been tapped to replace Erich Mancow Muller as morning personality at WLS 890-AM, Robert Feder writes.
President Donald Trump’s legal entanglements are likely to intensify when leaves the White House in January 2021 and loses immunity from prosecution.
Criminal probe, legal fights await Trump after White House
A few miles south of the namesake tower where Donald Trump began his run for president, New York prosecutors are grinding away at an investigation into his business dealings that could shadow him long after he leaves office in January.
Fry the Coop to celebrate Prospect Heights opening Monday with free food
Fry the Coop will be giving away one meal per person from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at its new Prospect Heights location at 580 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Motorola Solutions increases quarterly dividend
Motorola Solutions Inc. Thursday announced its board of directors has increased its regular quarterly dividend by 11% to 71 cents per share.
The Alden Terrace nursing home in McHenry was one of the suburban long-term care facilities that had dozens of cases of COVID-19 in the spring.
Suburban long-term care facilities brace for another 'COVID storm'
Illinois Department of Public Health records show 728 long-term care facilities have "open" outbreaks of COVID-19, or new cases reported within the past 28 days. That's up from 523 at such facilities in mid-August. But while more locations are dealing with outbreaks now than in the summer, the number of cases in those facilities is lower now.
'Holidays at Home' highlights restaurants' Thanksgiving offers
Meet Chicago Northwest is launching Holidays at Home to promote special Thanksgiving offers from restaurants in Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Itasca, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Schaumburg, Streamwood and Wood Dale.
An elderly man wears a face mask as he walks on the Champs Elysee avenue, in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
France postpones 'Black Friday' to help locked-down shops
France's government has gotten e-commerce businesses like Amazon and supermarket chains to delay the 'Black Friday' discount shopping promotion by a week to Dec. 4
A shopper walks past a closed AMC movie theater Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is imposing an overnight curfew as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in coronavirus cases. On Thursday, Newsom announced a limited stay-at-home order in 41 counties that account for nearly the entire state population of just under 40 million people. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Universal strikes another deal with a major theater chain
Another major movie theater chain has struck a deal with Universal Pictures to allow for shorter exclusive theatrical windows
A screenshot from Thursday’s Daily Herald Business Ledger webinar, which focused on some of the human resources issues employers face related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business Ledger | Pandemic creating difficult situations for employers
The COVID-19 pandemic has created some tricky situations for employers to navigate, perhaps none more difficult than the politics of the pandemic itself.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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