August Anthony News Today

"We’ve got to be very careful about how we remove those mask mandates, and also making sure that the schools are doing what’s responsible," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.

Mengshin Lin/Sun-Times A new West Loop restaurant that infuses its offerings with a trendy, unregulated drug commonly described as “diet weed” quickly grew so popular that the local alderman had to intervene after neighbors complained about its long lines. The early success of Canna Cafe, 1301 W. Washington, comes as lawmakers and players in the legal cannabis industry call for a clampdown on Delta-8-THC, a hemp-derived compound similar to the component in weed that gets users high. The res...