Bespoken Spirits says it is using science to produce better whiskeys. Now, it has several million dollars to prove it can.
Read MoreStartup says it can make top-shelf whiskey in just a few days
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Feder: Matt Moog named interim CEO of Chicago Public Media
Chicago Public Media announced today that it has postponed its search for a new chief executive officer until next year and appointed tech entrepreneur Matt Moog interim CEO of the nonprofit parent company of NPR news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM.
Read MoreUber and Lyft are waging a $185 million campaign in California. Here’s why
At first, Uber and Lyft driver Michael Richert was undecided about how he would vote on Proposition 22, a California ballot initiative sponsored by gig economy giants Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Uber-owned Postmates that comes up for a vote in November.
Read MoreA woman will oversee global trade for the first time
For the first time in its 25-year history, the World Trade Organization will be led by a woman.
Read MoreConstable: Downers Grove Girl Scout wins National Gold Award for creating sex assault database
A middle school friend’s “sexual assault crisis” and the lasting and traumatic effects it had on the girl inspired Therese Malinowski of Downers Grove to created an online database that tracks sexual assaults on college campuses. Malinowski, 18, will receive the Girl Scouts’ highest national honor in a private online ceremony for recipients and their families.
Read MoreAnalysis: Hits and misses from the VP debate
The first — and only — vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris is over.
Read MoreFeder: Stefan Holt rejoins NBC 5 ‘like he had never left’
In a week of happy homecomings for Chicago television news anchors, Stefan Holt made his comeback to NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 after four years away.
Read MoreUS surgeon general cited in Hawaii for taking pictures in park that was closed to stop Covid-19
The US surgeon general was among thousands of people given criminal citations in Hawaii in recent weeks for violating local politicians’ emergency orders to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Read MoreBarrington District 220 moves return to in-person learning a week earlier, to Oct. 19
Students in Barrington Area Unit District 220 can go back to school Oct. 19 — a week earlier than anticipated — with a hybrid model of in-person and distance learning, if all proceeds well, district officials said.
Read MoreWhen movie audiences return, will theaters still be there in the suburbs?
What if by the time audiences finally return, there aren’t any theaters to return to, Dann Gire asks.
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