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Trump announces Boeing jet order from China. Beijing stays silent.

President Donald Trump and Boeing said Friday that China had agreed to order 200 of the company’s planes, potentially lifting the fortunes of the American jet manufacturer in one of the world’s largest aviation markets. But Chinese officials were noncommittal.

President Donald Trump, left, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Temple of Heaven on Thursday May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss moderates City Council discussion of the Housing4All plan, the city's first milestone 10-year housing initiative intended to guide policy decisions surrounding preserving affordable housing units and building additional units, May 11, 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Evanston adopts major housing plan aiming to boost housing affordability, availability

Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard plans to open in September in Clarendon Hills at the former site of Four Sons Mercantile, which closed in March. (Village of Clarendon Hills)

Clarendon Hills to address ‘community clamor for ice cream’ with new Rita’s Italian Ice outlet

Mt. Pisgah Ministry Pastor Clifford Wilson speaks at the ground breaking ceremony of Mt. Pisgah Apartments, a 33-unit mixed-use affordable housing complex slated to be built on the 1800 block of Church Street in Evanston's 5th Ward, May 11, 2026. (Credit: Housing Opportunity Development Corporation)

Evanston officials break ground on 33-unit Mt. Pisgah affordable housing complex

By Claire Murphy

May 15, 2026 at 2:03 p.m.

Evanston officials broke ground on the 33-unit Mt. Pisgah affordable housing project on the 1800...

The food court sits empty in the Ford City Mall on May 6, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Ford City Mall to shut down over safety concerns, ending 60-year run on the Southwest Side

By Brian J. Rogal

May 15, 2026 at 7:50 p.m.

Chicago's iconic Ford City Mall will shut down permanently in about five weeks due to...

Owner Lisa Fleischmann hangs a Trump sign on the wall in her soon-to-open Trump Truth Store and Hangout on Jan. 13, 2026, in Crystal Lake. Fleischmann shut down the business on March 26, 2026, citing a drop in sales amid the broadly unpopular U.S.- and- Israel-led war in Iran. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Controversial Trump Truth Store is reopening after abrupt closure amid drop in sales, Iran war

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

May 15, 2026 at 1:09 p.m.

The Trump Truth Store, a controversial, MAGA-themed shop in Crystal Lake, will open again at...

Builders broke ground Friday in West Town near the former Lincoln Yards site on what will become the city’s only Cadillac dealership. (Jack Carter Automotive Group)

Chicago’s only Cadillac dealership breaks ground at former Lincoln Yards site

By Brian J. Rogal

May 15, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Builders broke ground Friday in West Town near the former Lincoln Yards site on what...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve, following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Jerome Powell’s legacy at the Fed to be shaped by his misjudging inflation and standing up to Trump

By Christopher A. Rugaber

May 15, 2026 at 8:43 a.m.

When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago,...

Steven Goodwin poses for a photograph outside the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., May 14, 2026, in Chicago. He has been a member since 2009. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Rescinded dinner invitation is at the center of a suit filed against the Union League Club of Chicago

By Robert Channick

May 15, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

The Union League Club of Chicago, a storied private institution founded nearly 150 years ago...

United Steelworkers 7-1 picket outside the BP Whiting refinery on Thursday, March 19, 2026. BP announced Tuesday night that it would initiate a lockout, and union members plan to picket every day until the lockout ends. (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune)

BP posts previous letters to union ahead of return to negotiations

By Maya Wilkins

May 14, 2026 at 4:04 p.m.

Ahead of its May 18 return to negotiations, BP posted multiple letters to the union,...

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