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US stocks soar to their best day since May as the Dow tops 50,000 and bitcoin stops plunging

By STAN CHOE
Feb 06, 2026 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market roared back on Friday, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, a...
Hoffman Estates mayor to provide annual update on village Feb. 19 at Now Arena

Submitted by village of Hoffman Estates
Feb 06, 2026 2:47 pm - Hoffman Estates residents are invited to join the Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce and Industry for its annual Mayor’s Update Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Now Arena.
Ascension Illinois opens free pharmacies in Hoffman Estates, Elk Grove Village

By Eric Peterson
Feb 06, 2026 2:44 pm - A new partnership will provide access to free medications for low-income, uninsured people at Ascension Illinois’ three hospital campuses in Hoffman Estates, Elk Grove Village and Chicago.
Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Feb 06, 2026 7:43 am - Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products.
Iran and US hold indirect talks in Oman. America's military leader in the Mideast joins the talks

By JON GAMBRELL
Feb 06, 2026 7:21 am - Oman mediated indirect talks Friday between Iran and the United States over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, seeking to de-escalate tensions between the nations after Washington bombed Iranian nuclear sites and Tehran launched a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.
Savannah Guthrie’s demand for mom’s ‘proof of life’ is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and ED WHITE
Feb 06, 2026 7:03 am - When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send “proof of life,” she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes.
Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs

By ALI SWENSON
Feb 05, 2026 6:43 pm - The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans.
Pandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests

By MIKE STOBBE
Feb 05, 2026 3:20 pm - During the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment would cost lives. A new study suggests they were right.
Ascension Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village names new hospital president

By Christopher Placek
Feb 05, 2026 3:06 pm - Ellis Hawkins was named the new president of Ascension Alexian Brothers hospital in Elk Grove Village, replacing Dan Doherty, who left for a similar role in Northwest Indiana.
Dealing death: Fentanyl-laced pills pose fatal risk to unsuspecting users in northern Illinois

By Amanda Marrazzo, Tom Collins, Charlene Bielema, Felix Sarver and Camden Lazenby
Feb 05, 2026 3:05 pm - Drug Enforcement Administration officials say counterfeit pills are “one of the most dangerous drug threats we face.” The pills are designed to look legitimate but often contain deadly, unpredictable amounts of fentanyl.

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