Enes Kanter Freedom files a lawsuit against Chicago Sky and Wintrust Arena owners after his game ejection • Trump administration backs OpenAI in Tribune copyright case, citing national interest
Working Lunch Friday, September 4, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Diesel hit a new record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ever as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel. | | | | | Enes Kanter Freedom continued his dispute against the WNBA and its teams by filing a lawsuit Thursday against the Chicago Sky and the owners of Wintrust Arena in the U.S District Court in the Northern District of Illinois. | | | | | The case brought by Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and affiliated papers in Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group accuses the tech giant of not only stealing human-produced work to train its models but also regurgitating it without credit. | | | | | Volkswagen’s board has approved a major cost-cutting plan to counter low-cost competition in China and U.S. tariffs. | | | | | More than 28,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will continue to have free home internet access through an extension of a pandemic-era city program. | | | | | The U.S. job market rebounded in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs. | | | | | It was the morning of Monday, October 22, 1956, when the doors of a new Marshall Field & Company, the crown jewel among Chicago’s retail royalty, opened for the first time in Skokie. | | | | | Celebrated Chicago Chef Todd Stein has led a storied career – and on August 25, 2026, a new chapter has begun, with his return home to the North Shore and the grand opening of Juniper in Highwood. | | | |