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Trump officials keep blaming housing costs on one group: Immigrants. Economists disagree.

By Rachel Siegel
Dec 18, 2025 11:13 am - President Donald Trump promised Wednesday night that he’d bring down persistently high housing costs, which he said were caused by one group in particular: immigrants. But the administration’s sharp focus on immigrants contrasts with economists’ widely held view that the problem comes from housing shortages.
Arlington Heights boy with rare disorder has dream weekend, courtesy of the Chicago Bears

By Steve Zalusky
Dec 18, 2025 11:12 am - An Arlington Heights first-grader with a rare genetic condition enjoyed a dream weekend, courtesy of the Chicago Bears.
‘Our family tradition’: Vending machines at Aurora mall make giving as easy as buying a snack

By Rick West
Dec 18, 2025 11:11 am - The Light the World Giving Machines are back at the Fox Valley Mall for a third year. The vending-style machines allow people to donate to local and national charities.
Discount tickets for Chicago Theatre Week on sale Jan. 6

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 18, 2025 9:57 am - Tickets for Chicago Theatre Week 2026, running Feb. 5-15 at suburban and Chicago theaters, go on sale Jan. 6.
Elgin Community College’s 22nd Math Integration Contest the largest yet

Submitted by ECC News
Dec 17, 2025 10:56 pm - Elgin Community College hosted its largest-ever Math Integration Contest on Dec. 5. For the first time, dual-credit students from local high schools joined ECC students in the competition
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 17, 2025 10:15 pm - Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91.
Police: Former boyfriend charged in deadly Schaumburg stabbing

By Charles Keeshan
Dec 17, 2025 10:09 pm - A Niles man is set to appear in court Thursday on allegations he stabbed a former girlfriend to death Tuesday in Schaumburg.
Senate hopefuls Kelly, Krishnamoorthi, Stratton target Trump, talk affordability at first debate

By Marni Pyke
Dec 17, 2025 9:38 pm - About 1,000 people tuned into early virtual forum among Democratic candidates vying for outgoing Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.

By Lena H. Sun and Paige Winfield Cunningham
Dec 17, 2025 7:40 pm - The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven COVID treatment to lead US cancer effort

By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Dec 17, 2025 7:33 pm - Harvey Risch, a Yale public health researcher long respected for his work in cancer research but who has faced controversy for promoting an unproven COVID-19 treatment, has been selected by President Donald Trump to lead the nation’s cancer initiative.

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