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Americans can’t quit buying cheap Chinese stuff
Nov 28, 2025 3:44 pm - This spring, the popular shopping apps Temu and Shein were walloped by new Trump administration tariffs and its gutting of the companies’ widely used delivery method from China. Temu and Shein’s American sales dried up as shoppers were hit with higher prices and baffling import bills.
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Chicago train attack prompts Trump criticism of Illinois no-cash bail
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Black Friday shopping less about deals than ‘time with family’Nov 28, 2025 3:14 pm - Groups of friends and families filled Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, carrying on Black Friday shopping traditions.
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Should I-290 and I-88 be next routes for express buses? Pace wants to knowNov 28, 2025 2:34 pm - Pace plans to put bus rapid transit on I-88 and I-290, offering connections to CTA in Forest Park to job centers in Schaumburg and Oak Brook, will hold hearing on Dec. 9
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Plane veers off runway, rolls over at airpark near Downers GroveNov 28, 2025 2:31 pm - A small single-engine airplane veered off the runway at Brookeridge Airpark in an unincorporated area near Downers Grove Friday, the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge
Nov 28, 2025 12:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. att...
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For decades, Cary neighbors quietly bought gifts for needy families. Now they’re ‘angel shoppers’Nov 28, 2025 11:15 am - It started with a cardboard panel covered in gift wrap and displayed outside a door in Cary. Today, The Giving Door Inc. is helping hundreds of children and families across McHenry County.
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Man charged with setting house on fire after Thanksgiving family argumentNov 28, 2025 9:53 am - A 21-year-old Beach Park man is accused of setting his house on fire on Thanksgiving night after his family told him that he was going to be kicked out of the home, authorities said.
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Tea tariffs once sparked a revolution. Now they are creating angst
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Amazon data center tally tops 900 amid AI frenzy, documents show
Nov 28, 2025 9:41 am - Amazon.com Inc.’s data center operation is much larger than commonly understood, totaling more than 900 facilities in more than 50 countries, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg and investigative website SourceMaterial.