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“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
CHICAGO NEWS
• A Washington Park 3-year-old frame apartment building collapsed after an apparent explosion. Two women and a dog were pulled alive from the rubble. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
NATIONAL NEWS
• The limits of free speech on Facebook and other social media is being decided by the Supreme Court on whether an estranged husband’s postings constituted a “true threat” to his wife and others. Anthony Elonis posted “Fold up your PFA [protection-from-abuse order] and put it in your pocket…Is it thick enough to stop a bullet?” a week after a judge to issue a protective order against him. [WASHINGTON POST]
WORLD NEWS
• Kunstmuseum Bern (The Museum of Fine Arts Bern) will accept more than 1,400 modernist works left to it by German collector Cornelius Gurlitt but will return Nazi looted work that belonged to Jews before World War II and were confiscated by the regime. The collection has an estimated value of $1.24 billion. [BLOOMBERG]
SPORTS
• Is it the greatest catch ever? New York Giants Rookie Odell Beckham Jr, during Sunday Night Football, caught a gravity defying pass from Eli Manning, with his right hand…using two fingers. The NY Giants unfortunately lost to the Cowboys. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• Electric car maker Tesla, is in talks with BMW over a possible collaboration in batteries and lightweight components. BMW and Tesla executives already met in June to discuss the creation of charging stations usable for different types of electric cars. [REUTERS]
CELEBRITIES
• Monica Lewinsky spoke to Porter magazine about the fallout from the scandal and re-emerging into public life after 16 years in hiding and tells the mag she never considered changing her name. She tells Porter she considered suicide several times and suffered from “low-level depression.” [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• Chanel’s latest Métiers d’art collection in Salzburg next week will be accompanied by the film “Reincarnation.” Directed by Karl Lagerfeld, composed by Pharrell Williams, the film reenacts a key episode in Gabrielle Chanel’s colorful life: While vacationing at an Austrian resort in 1954. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• SELENA GOMEZ
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