EQUIFIXES. In the aftermath of Equifax’s “very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever,” the experts agree the best thing you can do to protect against fraud is request a credit freeze from all three major credit bureaus. But that’s not free.
■ CNN on the worst hackers could do: “They can saddle you with speeding tickets, steal your tax refund, swipe your Social Security check and prevent you from getting prescription drugs.”
■ On its website, Equifax admits it’s messed up a number of things since revealing the breach.
■ How to register your card right now.
■ Beware an impending flood of hurricane-damaged vehicles into Chicago’s used-car market.
AFTER IRMA. Post-hurricane rescue efforts are under way in the Florida Keys.
■ Updating coverage: No longer a hurricane, Irma’s still spreading misery.
■ Drone footage shows flooded Naples, Fla.
■ Billionaire Richard Branson, who rode out the storm in his British Virgin Islands home’s wine cellar, is calling for a massive recovery plan for the region.
■ The Intercept’s Naomi Klein: Irma won’t “wake up” climate change-denying Republicans.
‘THE HOTEL HAS PROBABLY NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.’ A spokesman for the Village of Rosemont struggles to explain how a Chicago teenager was found dead inside a walk-in freezer Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center.
UNRELATED DEVELOPMENTS.
■ The Sun-Times’ Neil Steinberg writes to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as he seeks a second HQ for the company: “Let me assure you; Chicagoans are not all like Rahm Emanuel.”
■ Dear Abby tackles a reader’s question: When should I tell dates I have herpes?
‘IT’S … MORALLY REPUGNANT TO IMPRISON A PRESUMPTIVELY INNOCENT PERSON … SIMPLY BECAUSE HE’S TOO POOR TO BUY HIS WAY OUT OF JAIL.’ Lawyers for the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center today will argue against Cook County’s cash bail system.
■ Laura Washington in the Sun-Times: “Inquiring black minds wonder: What about sanctuary for us?“
■ The Tribune’s Dahleen Glanton writes to the guy who hates Chicago: “Those of us who love our city aren’t sorry to see you go.”
■ But he says he doesn’t mind the blowback.
■ A woman who says her friends snubbed him has shared her story on Medium. (Link corrected.)
■ Bob Dylan will headline the first concert at Chicago’s new arena by McCormick Place.
‘I AM DONE WITH BEING A CANDIDATE. BUT I AM NOT DONE WITH POLITICS.’ Hillary Clinton tells CBS “I literally believe that our country’s future is at stake,” so she’s not going away.
■ Mitt Romney’s reportedly plotting a run for the Senate.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S TRUMP PROBLEM. The Guardian’s interviews with present and former staffers reveal outrage over management pressure to normalize the president.
■ A TMZ report says ousted Fox News host Eric Bolling’s son died emotionally wrecked by his father’s scandal.
SEPT. 11 MEMORIES. Award-winning reporter Carol Marin, who was there when New York’s World Trade Center collapsed, recalls the experience: “You spend the rest of the time trying to reconstruct the moment that you didn’t die.”
■ What I wrote for my kids after 9/11.
APPLE LEAKS. The early line on what the company will announce tomorrow.
■ CNET’s Ian Sherr: “The new iPhone will be boring. Get over it.”
■ The Ringer: Apple’s war on buttons is nearly complete.
CORRECTIONS. Unforgivingly vigilant reader Mike Braden caught two problems in Friday’s email edition of Square: A missing word and an extra word. Fixed now on the web edition.
■ Find a mistake in Square? Be first to report it to YaMessedUp@ChicagoPublicSquare.com and see your name here.