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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose $2.99 to $81.22 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery rose $2.85 to $83.72 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline fo...
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Asian stocks follow Wall St up as Powell says rates to rise
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said monetary policy would return to normal and ...
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Outbreaks, bottlenecks expected to slow global growth in '22
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank is downgrading its outlook for the global economy, blaming continuing outbreaks of COVID-19, a reduction in government economic support ...
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Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed.
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher on Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. gained 14.50 cents at $7.69 a bushel; Mar. corn...
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Grains mostly higher, Livestock mixed
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar. gained 8.25 cents at $7.70 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 1.25 cents at $6.01 a bushel, Mar. oats was off 8 cents at $6.56 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans rose ...
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Indigenous news outlets, nonprofits drive deeper coverage
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Kiowa tribal member Tristan Ahtone remembers just getting started in journalism over a decade ago and pitching ideas on Indigenous topics. His bosses woul...
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2nd election for Amazon workers in Alabama will be by mail
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - A federal labor board said that Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, will vote by mail next month in a re-run election to decide whether or not to unionize. The Nationa...
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Union, parents mull if Chicago teacher standoff was worth it
Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago schools will expand COVID-19 testing and have standards to switch schools to remote learning under a hard-fought tentative deal approved by teache...
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Constable: Remember 'Beanie Mania'? These women in a Naperville cul-de-sac made it happenJan 11, 2022 4:20 am - A fun-loving neighborhood in Naperville was the epicenter of the Beanie Babies craze of the 1990s, with the lovable $5 stuffed animals generating $1.4 billion in sales w...
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Outdoor dining licenses will cost up to $1,500 in MundeleinJan 11, 2022 4:05 am - A long-simmering plan to charge restaurateurs and food truck operators for setting up on public streets and sidewalks in Mundelein has been finalized - and the bill isn'...