Monthly Archives: July 2020

Muddy Waters’ former home in Chicago to become community center

Muddy Waters’ former home in Chicago will be renovated into a museum and community center, the Hyde Park Herald reported Tuesday. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded a $ 50,000 grant to transform the six-time Grammy-winning blues musician’s brick home, located at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. in …

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Robinhood is scrapping its UK launch

The US-based company said Tuesday that the UK debut of its product was postponed indefinitely and that all global expansion plans have been suspended. “The world has changed a lot in the past few months and we are adapting,” Robinhood said in an email to those who had added their …

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Former superintendent of the Chicago Police Department: violent protesters ‘well-organized’ groups ‘waiting for a spark’

Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Tuesday that violent protests in cities like his, as well as Portland, Oregon and elsewhere, appear to be composed at least in part of “well-organized” factions seeking to commit criminal acts. McCarthy reacted to current Chicago superintendent David Brown in “Bill Hemmer Reports,” …

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