• According to WBBM, a suspicious package left at the front door of the Planned Parenthood Center on North La Salle Drive July 22 was one of four incidents that took place in less than 24 hours in Chicago. Other incidents included: Suspicious material found inside a clerk’s office in the Dirksen Federal Building; a suspicious cylinder found at a bus shelter at Columbus and North Water; and a suspicious package discovered on North Wells. (See items 31, 37, 54)
• Reuters reports that the tourism industry in the Gulf of Mexico could suffer for up to three years with $22.7 billion in lost revenue because of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, the U.S. Travel Association said July 22. (See item 55)