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‘Real sticker shock’: Why it’s becoming so expensive to buy a car in America

By Todd C. Frankel
Feb 21, 2026 1:52 pm - It can be a shock shopping for a new car these days. The pandemic shortages are over. Dealer lots are stocked. Customers can find the colors and options they want. But prices have never been higher — and the auto loans bigger and longer than ever to make it pencil out.
Pretrial detention ordered for woman accused of Oakbrook Terrace parking lot murder

By Susan Sarkauskas
Feb 21, 2026 1:45 pm - A woman accused of murdering a man in Oakbrook Terrace was denied pretrial release Saturday. Authorities say the victim used a dating app to meet her and another woman, and arranged for them to visit him at an Oakbrook Terrace hotel. He became mad after she took his phone and tried to CashApp herself $200.
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it

By Lena H. Sun and Jacob Bogage
Feb 21, 2026 1:24 pm - After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal.
Teens to face charges after fleeing police in stolen car, crashing in Lake Villa

Daily Herald report
Feb 21, 2026 1:05 pm - Charges are pending after police said three juveniles fled from police in a stolen vehicle and crashed it in Lake Villa late Friday.
‘Forever Champions’: Book celebrates 40th anniversary of Barrington High’s state baseball championship

By Steve Zalusky
Feb 21, 2026 11:45 am - Forty years after Barrington High School's baseball team claimed the school's first-ever state championship, journalist and BHS grad Scott Stahmer is bringing the team's story to life in a new book.
Indoor pools, a new police station and roads: What funding questions are on the ballot for suburban voters?

By Alicia Fabbre and Mick Zawislak
Feb 21, 2026 11:30 am - Voters across the suburbs next month will decide whether to approve property tax increases for schools, roadwork and a new recreation hub. Here's a look at some of the referendum questions on the ballots in Cook, Lake, Kane and DuPage counties.
Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather says he will return to pro boxing 9 years after his retirement

By GREG BEACHAM
Feb 20, 2026 9:33 pm - Floyd Mayweather says he is ending his nine-year retirement and returning to competitive boxing this summer.
Speaker denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol, citing precedent

By MATT BROWN and LISA MASCARO
Feb 20, 2026 9:25 pm - The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson's office due to past precedent.
What the Supreme Court throwing out Trump’s tariffs means for you

By Rachel Lerman
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.
Naperville man killed in Chicago hit-and-run car crash

Feb 20, 2026 7:49 pm - A 25-year-old Naperville man was killed in a car accident Friday morning in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago

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