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Tariffs threaten Asian beauty product boom in US
Jul 28, 2025 1:19 pm - Asian skin care has been a booming global business for a more than a decade, with consumers in Europe, North and South America, and increasingly the Middle East, snapping up creams, serums and balms from South Korea, Japan and China. In the United States and elsewhere, Korean cosmetics, or K-beauty for short, have dominated the trend.
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Warrenville plans pop-up marketplace similar to Batavia’s boardwalk shopsJul 28, 2025 11:35 am - Warrenville leaders are working to fashion a pop-up marketplace that can grow over time, drawing examples from seasonal shops in Batavia and Berwyn.
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Palatine community mourns passing of Durty Nellie’s co-owner Mark DolezalJul 28, 2025 11:22 am - The Palatine community and music fans from across the suburbs are mourning the death of 75-year-old Mark Dolezal, who’s co-owned Durty Nellie’s in the village’s downtown since 1988.
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Trump calls for more Gaza food aid and talks up his golf course in meeting with UK's prime minister
Jul 28, 2025 8:39 am - U.S. President Donald Trump met on Monday at one of his Scottish golf courses with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who pressed him on the U.S. taking a larger role in helping quell a growing food crisis in Gaza amid Israel's ongoing war with Hamas in the territory.
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Construction of bridge connecting Mount Prospect parks could begin next yearJul 28, 2025 8:29 am - A pedestrian bridge over Northwest Highway and the Union Pacific tracks in Mount Prospect to connect two parks appears to be getting closer to becoming a reality.
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Rolling Meadows hopes for redevelopment near Bears’ potential new homeJul 27, 2025 9:00 pm - Rolling Meadows officials may establish a tax increment financing district to help revive an area of office buildings plagued by vacancies and a blighted, shuttered Holidome motel.
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Geneva District 304 wants cash, not land, from LaFox developers
Jul 27, 2025 11:18 am - Geneva Unit District 304 officials want $6.12 million in cash instead of a land donation when Campton Hills annexes the 962-acre LaFox development.
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Grocery store set to take over former Island Foods space in Island Lake
Jul 26, 2025 3:54 pm - A new grocery store is expected to open before Thanksgiving in the former Island Foods location in Island Lake.
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Pura Scents recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers as magnet issue may cause ingestion hazard
Jul 26, 2025 1:53 pm - Pura Scents is recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers because some magnets may detach and cause a possible ingestion hazard to children.
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‘Starting to bounce back’: Amenities, spec suites helping to stabilize suburban office marketJul 26, 2025 1:52 pm - The suburban office market that’s been struggling to establish a new identity since the cataclysm of the pandemic five years ago finally seems to be moving more confidently toward a fuller realization of its ever-stabilizing trends, analysts say.