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Wall Street recovers from Friday's shock as US stocks rise and oil prices ease

By STAN CHOE
Jun 16, 2025 3:28 pm - Cooler heads prevail as Wall Street takes back Friday losses NEW YORK (AP) — Calm returned to Wall Street, and U.S. stocks rallied, while oil prices gave back some of the...
Trump administration offers some details of how it would control US Steel, but union raises concerns

By JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY
Jun 16, 2025 3:28 pm - President Donald Trump would have unique influence over the operations of U.S. Steel under the terms of what the White House calls an “investment” being made by Japan-based Nippon Steel in the iconic American steelmaker.
Fox River Grove gets OK to demolish ‘monstrously ugly’ half-built apartments

By Michelle Meyer
Jun 16, 2025 2:00 pm - A McHenry County judge has granted Fox River Grove permission to demolish a long-abandoned, never-completed apartment complex as lawsuits among contractors and the developer continue.
After falling short of state requirements, Libertyville files affordable housing plan

By Mick Zawislak
Jun 16, 2025 1:24 pm - Libertyville leaders say they will take stock of how the village can create more affordable housing.
‘Minimize the creepiness’: Batavia working out how to manage expanded surveillance

By David Petesch
Jun 16, 2025 1:24 pm - Batavia City Council members are torn on how to protect the public’s privacy while “minimizing the creepiness” of the newly expanded fleet of 112 surveillance cameras, expected to begin watching over the city next month.
G7 leaders want to contain the Israel-Iran conflict, as Trump calls for talks between the countries

By JOSH BOAK, ROB GILLIES and JILL LAWLESS
Jun 16, 2025 1:06 pm - The Group of Seven summit began in Canada on Monday with world leaders scrambling to contain the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program, with U.S. President Donald Trump reiterating his call for the two nations to start negotiating.
Former Rosemont village hall to be torn down for new restaurants near Rivers Casino

By Christopher Placek
Jun 16, 2025 12:41 pm - Rosemont’s former village hall will be demolished with an eye toward development of a restaurant campus across the street from Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.
ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA
Jun 16, 2025 9:12 am - Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly — in a building so storied that it inspired the term “the big house.”
Music adds to dining experience and makes the spending easier

By Izzy Kharasch
Jun 16, 2025 6:44 am - When it comes to music in restaurants, most guests don’t give it much thought … or at least they don’t think they do. Music done well in restaurants makes all the difference in how long you will stay, what kind of a time you will have and, most important to the restaurant, how much money you will spend.
Custom guitar maker in South Elgin brings musicians’ visions to life

By Rick West
Jun 15, 2025 9:00 pm - After years of repairing and upgrading guitars as a sideline, Ed Snoble launched Penguin Guitar Company in April, making bespoke guitars in his South Elgin home.

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