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Another wealthy Italian family has jumped into Chicago’s high-end retail world with an offer that attracted bids from global billionaires.The buyer of 41 East Oak Street, in the upscale Gold Coast neighborhood of the Near North Side, is connected to the Maramotti family, which owns Max Mara, according to people familiar with the deal. This luxury clothing company is sold in stores around the world.The 5,000-square-foot building is leased to luxury retailer Bottega Veneta. The deal sold for more than $17 million, or more than $3,400 per square foot, people familiar with the deal said. Bottega has not yet opened…

“Ninety-five percent of mass shootings are committed by men,” James Alan Fox said, referring to the shooting of a 15-year-old woman that claimed two lives. share this story copy link Link copied! email facebook linkedin Twitter whatsapp reddit A family is being removed from a health center in Madison, Wis., after Monday’s shooting at Abundant Life Christian School. AP Photo/Molly Gash On Monday, a 15-year-old woman shot and killed two people, a classmate and a teacher, at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. Six others, including two students, were injured and in critical condition. James Alan Fox, a criminologist…

Crash Champions has announced the expansion of LUXE | EV Certified Brands is a collection of best-in-class certified repair centers specializing in highline and luxury EVs, following the signing of an agreement to acquire Charles Barker Auto Collision Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The collision center, formerly under the ownership of Charles Barker Automotive, will begin operating as Crash Champions Lux | Get your EV certification now at 4945 Cleveland St. in Virginia Beach. Charles Barker Automotive will retain ownership of the dealership located at 4949 Virginia Beach Blvd. “The addition of our collision repair center to the Crash Champions…

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of distinguished Fall 2024 graduates. Kendall Flynn’s father was a high school football coach while she was growing up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Although she was always surrounded by sports, sports journalism was not her focus when she enrolled at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She enrolled as a major in journalism and mass communication. But during her freshman year’s welcome week, a student tour guide told her about the opportunities available to sports journalists at the Cronkite School. Then, the day before classes started,…

The Walmart logo can be seen outside the store in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.Paul Weaver | Light Rocket | Getty Imageswalmart The company has begun equipping store-level employees with body cameras as part of a pilot program at some U.S. locations, CNBC reported. It’s unclear how many Walmart stores have recording devices, but some have “body-worn cameras in use” at entrances, according to witnesses and photos posted online. Signs have been put up to warn shoppers. At least one store in Denton, Texas, about 40 miles north of Dallas, showed a clerk wearing a yellow and black body camera checking receipts earlier…

New Jersey’s mayor warned Tuesday that troubling drone sightings over the state’s skies may be linked to missing radioactive material, but federal officials say they have no idea how much radioactive material is missing in any case. says it does not pose a serious threat. Belleville Mayor Michael Melham said the drones flying in a grid pattern over Essex County “look like they’re looking for something.” “What are they looking for? It’s probably radioactive material,” Melham said on Fox Television’s “Good Day New York.” Thousands of drone sightings have been reported in New Jersey in recent weeks. new jersey state…

As 2024 draws to a close, EcoBunker, the industry-leading innovator in synthetic bunker wall technology, is celebrating 10 years in business supporting the rapidly evolving golf industry. Launched in 2014 with an infusion of capital and a reliable supply chain, founder Richard Allen has put the invention he created five years ago into a sustainable business that he believed was possible. We were able to grow it into a viable business. Since then, EcoBunker has become a hugely successful international business and has been involved in hundreds of projects covering all major golf disciplines. EcoBunker has changed the face…

According to U.S. News & World Report, the best small towns in America are in New England.The outlet released its annual ranking of the best vacations on Tuesday, naming Bar Harbor, Maine, topping its list of the best small towns to visit in the United States for the fourth year in a row. Mount Desert Island was among those that made it to the list of New England getaways, including Camden, Maine, which came in at No. 8. Nantucket Island earned the No. 4 spot last year and will be ranked No. 10 in 2025. Stowe, Vermont, ranked 14th, up…

New research suggests that dozens of Bronze Age Britons died in an attack previously unknown to archaeologists studying the time and place.The findings of a study of human remains from Warren Charterhouse in southwest England, carried out by a team of researchers from multiple institutions including the University of Oxford, have been published in the global archeology journal Antiquity. It found that at least 37 Bronze Age men, women, and children were “killed and butchered,” then cannibalized, and their bodies dumped into a natural shaft some 50 feet deep. . Archaeologists have uncovered remains of Bronze Age and later Britons…

Merrimack Valley graduate Gavin Wheeler has been named the Skidmore College men’s soccer team’s Rookie of the Year for the fall 2024 season. courtesy university masterpiece Gavin Wheeler, a 2023 Merrimack Valley graduate, has been named the Skidmore College men’s soccer team’s Rookie of the Year. Skidmore finished third in the Liberty League Conference with a 6-4-7 record and scored a program-record 17 conference points. After a first-round win over Ithaca, Skidmore’s season ended with a 2-1 double-overtime loss to St. Lawrence. Wheeler appeared in 12 games for the Thoroughbreds, starting the last six. Wheeler played about 700 minutes as…