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How will AI-led e-commerce affect small businesses?

As more people use AI chatbots for search and shopping, what happens to small businesses who depend on web searches and online reviews?

The growing market for cool wearables to help beat the heat

From cooling neck gaiters and helmets with fans, to high-tech sensors that can measure internal body temperature, the demand for and supply of wearable gadgets that help beat the heat is growing. The tools can help increase comfort, but they can also be crucial for outdoor workers who are at risk of serious heat-related illnesses.

Native Americans step up fight over sacred object auctions

In an international battle stretching from Native American lands in the American West to the auction houses of Paris, two tribes renewed a years-long campaign to prevent the sale of sacred objects.

‘We will have none of it:’ fear, optimism among US Muslims

In a sprawling banquet hall, Ahmed Rehab walked to a lectern facing a glittering group of diners and launched into a searing speech excoriating the Donald Trump administration.

US exhibit portrays Africa’s interconnected medieval past

A first-of-its kind exhibition opening Saturday at a Chicago museum is challenging long-held views of the Middle Ages, exhibiting African artifacts that place the continent at the center of global trade and culture.

Chicago police find solace in art

Policemen and women displayed their art works at an exhibition in Chicago — a city where more than 1,000 people were shot and more than 200 murdered year-to-date.