Toyota buyers to lose US electric vehicle tax credits

The automaker expects that sometime before the end of June it will reach a 200,000-vehicle cap on the credits.

Calling all Gerber babies: Company launches photo search for 2022 'Spokesbaby'

Parents of kids up to age 4 with “a playful smile that can light up a room” are encouraged to submit their baby for Gerber’s 2022 photo search.

White Sox Opening Day: New food, drink options for 2022 season

When you're looking for that beer man, there are 75 craft beers from 46 breweries. Plus — Miller Light is back at the Rate, with the rest of the Molson Coors lineup.

Dinkel's Bakery in Lake View closing permanently April 30

Owner Norm Dinkel — whose grandparents started the bakery in 1922 — simply said, "it was time." "A couple months ago, I looked in the mirror and I saw an old guy, so I went and got a new mirror...and I still saw an old guy," Dinkel said.

Chicago offering free legal help to renters facing eviction

Now that the eviction moratorium is over in Chicago, city hall is taking steps to level the playing field, offering free legal help to low-income renters facing eviction.

Tips for negotiating lower rent amid increasing prices
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Brian Carberry, senior managing editor of Rent.com, dishes out helpful tips for negotiating a lower rent amid steadily increasing prices.

Suburban Chicago plant store 'Herbs & the Burbs' gives away plants every weekend

TJ Johnson owns Herbs & the Burbs in Flossmoor. She said she started her “Free Plant Saturdays” at a time when she was thinking about closing her shop. She was stressed out, and she said that during her morning meditation, she realized that all she wanted to do was share plants – so she decided to just give the plants away.

Corn could be the answer to high gas prices

Under the Home Front Energy Independence Act, ethanol fuel would be produced and sold year-round in the U.S. instead of only during the summer months. The proposal aims to further decrease dependence on Russian petroleum exports over its war on Ukraine.

Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, retires at 100 years old

Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest active National Park Service ranger, retired Thursday following more than 15 years sharing stories of her life and those of other working women during World War II at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond.

TSA announces new gender-neutral screening changes at airport security checkpoints

New standards for screening transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming airline passengers at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints were announced Thursday.

International travelers returning to Chicago
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More and more international travelers are coming to Chicago. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at O'Hare say they are seeing a near pre-pandemic number of passengers this year.