Google Buys Thompson Center / Lollapalooza / Expressway Shooter Caught

Hey, Google, Welcome To The Loop —Tech Giant Purchases Chicago's Thompson Center

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• Lollapalooza takes over Grant Park today. If you can't make it, the festival is streaming on Hulu. (Pitchfork)
• In life, TikTok influencer Sania Khan used her experience as a South Asian woman whose marriage was ending to inspire conversations about toxic relationships and the stigma of divorce in her community. In death, she is doing the same.(Patch)
• A 30-year-old Hammond, Indiana man pleaded guilty to buying the gun used to kill police officer Ella French. (NBC5)
• Happy 100th Birthday, Mother Rendell. (Patch)
• Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan held a streaming benefit concert for families of Highland Park shooting victims at Madame Zuzu's Wednesday night. (ABC7)
• Police used a helicopter to catch a man wanted for firing shots from a car on the Eisenhower Expressway. The man was captured after crashing near 37th Street and Michigan Avenue. (FOX32)

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