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Dow leaps 1,100 points and S&P 500 rallies 3.3% following a 90-day truce in the US-China trade war
May 12, 2025 8:44 am - Stocks rallied Monday after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war. Each of the world’s two largest economies agreed to take down temporarily most of its tariffs against the other, which economists had warned could start a recession and create shortages on U.S. store shelves.
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US and China take a step back from sky-high tariffs and agree to pause for 90 days for more talks
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‘Not our typical audience’: CLC’s Urban Farm Center envisioned as community assetMay 11, 2025 9:00 pm - Construction of a modern growing operation is about to get underway in downtown Waukegan with a mission beyond food production.
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Are we going over the cliff? Lawmakers have just days to save Metra, Pace and CTA from massive cutsMay 11, 2025 9:00 pm - The clock is ticking on a financial fix for the shortfall facing Metra, Pace and the CTA.
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On her way to a work conference, Sherman Hospital nurse saves driver whose heart stopped after crashMay 10, 2025 12:45 pm - Advocate Sherman Hospital emergency room nurse Ashley Huizar is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of a woman whose heart stopped beating after a crash she happened upon on her way to a work conference in Iowa last month.
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Agreement would settle lawsuit, approve design for long vacant Liberty Theater in downtown LibertyvilleMay 09, 2025 6:17 pm - An impasse involving development of the long vacant Liberty Theater in downtown Libertyville could be solved with a proposed settlement agreement.
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River Front opens Midwest’s first stand-alone RAM truck center in North AuroraMay 09, 2025 4:36 pm - River Front Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram opens 30,000-sq.-ft., specialized RAM trucks and commercial vehicles dealership in North Aurora; it's the first standalone RAM center in Midwest.
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Vote on South Barrington church plan delayedMay 09, 2025 1:51 pm - South Barrington trustees didn’t debate a controversial plan to construct a church and school in town as expected Thursday and instead pushed the issue to early next month.
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Study: Immigrant health care programs may have boosted hospital bottom lines
May 09, 2025 1:04 pm - Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial benefits for Illinois hospitals.
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Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again