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CHICAGO NEWS
• Rev. Octavio Munoz Capetillo has been removed as pastor of St. Pancratius Church on Chicago’s Southwest Side after materials were found on a computer in his possession and CPD has confirmed a criminal investigation is ongoing in the matter. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
NATIONAL NEWS
• The murder spike in Baltimore with 11 people shot over this past weekend has led to the formation of an Anti-Crime partnership with five federal agencies that will embed their special agents with city homicide detectives. The homicide rate in Baltimore began to skyrocket in May, when the city saw 42 homicides in a single month while some are calling it the city’s Summer of Freddie Gray. [ABC NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• A criminal investigation has been launched into the collapse of two cranes onto a row of houses and shops in Alphen aan den Rijn in The Hague, Netherlands. The cranes were parked on a floating pontoon and toppled over but no bodies were found in the rubble. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• NFL’s training camp is underway and several players and coaches are making headlines. Jason Pierre-Paul, the one that lost his finger in the fireworks incident is absent from the Giants practice and no word on when he’ll join the team; Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly is getting dissed in the press by lots of former players on how he ran the team; Sam Bradford and the Eagles are in talks for a contract extension; The Bears rookie wide receiver Kevin White is still sidelined with shin injury and has not participated in the team’s five practices so far. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is cool with his star receiver Dez Bryant’s fight with teammate Tyler Patmon over the weekend.Tom Brady and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will appear in person for a court-mandated Deflategate settlement hearing Aug. 12 in NYC. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• R.R Donelley, a printing services company that’s headquartered here in Chicago generating $11.6 Billion under CEO Thomas J. Quinlan III, last year will split itself into three publicly traded companies by the end of 2016. The three business lines will have one business focused on financial communications and data services; one business focused on publishing and retail-centric print services; and one business focused on customized multichannel communications management. [STREET INSIDER]
• *Blows aihorn* Hostile takeover!! Irish drug maker Shire is going public with its proposal to buy Bannockburn(IL) based Baxalta, a Baxter International spinoff company. The $30 billion all-stock deal to create a global specialist in medicines treating rare diseases. Flemming Ornskov’s letter to Baxalta’s board stated “As a result, you have left us with no choice but to make our proposal known to your shareholders.” [NY TIMES]
ENTERTAINMENT
• Dang, another celeb marriage bites the dust. Yesterady, Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and judge on and Gavin Rossdale her announced they too were divorcing, “Conscious uncoupling” in goop speak, after 13-years of marriage a move we all didn’t see coming. They have 3 kids, 9-year-old Kingston, 6-year-old Zuma and 1-year-old Apollo. In other hot mess news Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’ Kim Richards was booked Sunday night for attempting to steal several items worth more than $600 in total from Target, yikes! [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• Some of the cover stars of fashion magazine’s September issue are being revealed. Taylor Swift talking about her #girlsquad and how “some have dated the same people” graces the September issue of Vanity Fair. Kristen Stewart on the cover of ELLE UK September issue; Gigi Hadid glams it up for W Magazine’s cover and Emma Watson graced British Vogue. Who will be this year’s Vogue cover star? Kim Kardashian? Ronda Rousey? Beyonce? It will certainly be someone social media heavy for sure.
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Amy Schumer @ The daily Show
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