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Metra service back on BNSF line between Aurora and Chicago after freight train derailment, Lollapalooza riders shouldn’t be impacted

By Jake Griffin
Aug 01, 2025 8:06 am - Metra service has been restored on the BNSF line that carries commuter trains between Aurora and Chicago after an early morning freight train derailment caused significant delays.
US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda

By PAUL WISEMAN
Aug 01, 2025 7:53 am - U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world’s largest economy.
Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Aug 01, 2025 7:40 am - U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration over running out of time after hitting Trump's Aug. 1 deadline for striking deals with America’s trading partners.
Trump calls on Federal Reserve board to wrest full control of central bank from Fed Chair Powell

By JOSH BOAK
Aug 01, 2025 7:30 am - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve's board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates.
Trump injects new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7

By JOSH BOAK
Aug 01, 2025 7:27 am - For weeks, President Donald Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It was an ironclad deadline, administration officials assured the public.
Rolling Meadows using potential Bears stadium to lure developers

By Christopher Placek
Aug 01, 2025 7:09 am - Rolling Meadows officials are seeking developers for a one-acre, city-owned site near the possible Bears stadium redevelopment, touting its proximity as an advantage for retail and dining.
Dozens of countries with no deals face higher tariffs as trade deadline nears

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jul 31, 2025 5:39 pm - WASHINGTON — Numerous countries around the world are facing the prospect of much higher duties on their exports to the United States on Aug. 7, a potential blow to the gl...
‘Building bridges’: Halal Fest connects businesses with burgeoning market

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jul 31, 2025 4:10 pm - Naperville’s growing Halal Fest is attracting more suburban businesses from across Northern Illinois seeking to cater to the burgeoning demand for halal food and products. The two-day festival is expected to draw roughly 20,000 attendees this weekend to Naperville’s Frontier Park, according to organizers.
Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Jul 31, 2025 3:24 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles.
U.S. childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record

By MIKE STOBBE
Jul 31, 2025 3:01 pm - U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday.

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