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Brukalo joins Cooper Trachtenberg Law GroupFeb 21, 2026 10:42 am - Attorney Catherine Brukalo has joined the legal team of Rolling Meadows-based Cooper Trachtenberg Law Group. Brukalo is the fifth lawyer serving the practice’s clients. A...
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What the Supreme Court throwing out Trump’s tariffs means for you
Feb 20, 2026 8:49 pm - The Supreme Court ruled Friday that most of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs put in place last year are invalid — but that doesn’t mean shoppers will suddenly see prices drop.
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Scientists change how El Niño is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature
Feb 20, 2026 7:04 pm - The natural El Nino cycle, which warps weather worldwide, is both adding to and shaped by a warming world, meteorologists said.A new study calculated that an unusual recent twist in the warming and cooling cycle that includes El Nino and its counterpart La Nina can help explain the scientific mystery of why Earth's already rising temperature spiked to a new level over the past three years.
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Wall Street keeps calm after the Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffsFeb 20, 2026 5:44 pm - NEW YORK — Wall Street kept calm Friday after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which had triggered panic in financial markets when...
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Trump says climate repeal saves $1.3 trillion. The EPA’s math differs.
Feb 20, 2026 4:34 pm - When President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 announced the “single largest deregulation in American history” — the repeal of climate emissions standards for all vehicles and the key scientific determination underpinning them, in one swoop — he said it would save Americans $1.3 trillion.
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Hanover Township to host free heart health screenings Feb. 28Feb 20, 2026 3:42 pm - Hanover Township will host free blood pressure screenings, stroke risk assessments and body composition analyses from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 28 at its Senior Center, 240 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett.
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Bomb squad investigates suspicious package at Zurich North America HQ in SchaumburgFeb 20, 2026 2:51 pm - Schaumburg emergency crews and the Cook County sheriff’s bomb squad responded to a report of a suspicious package that caused employees to vacate the Zurich North America headquarters Friday morning.
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Trump has other tariff options after Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes
Feb 20, 2026 1:55 pm - President Donald Trump still has options to keep taxing imports aggressively even after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth.
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Trump’s made tariffs central to his presidency. Chaos may come next
Feb 20, 2026 12:56 pm - President Donald Trump paid a price for going it alone on tariffs — with the Supreme Court on Friday delivering a rare rebuke by ruling he lacked the power to declare an economic emergency and launch sweeping new taxes on imports.
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The Supreme Court struck down some of Trump's most sweeping tariffs. Which levies are impacted?
Feb 20, 2026 11:08 am - The nation's highest court struck down some of U.S. President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs on Friday, in a 6-3 decision ruling that he overstepped his authority when using an emergency powers law to justify new taxes on goods from nearly every country in the world.