Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN PERSISTS Trump is standing firm in his border wall demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to ste...

TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia (AP) - As the white strobe lights flashed hypnotically, the band's lead singer screamed into the crowd: "We are! We are Seventeen! Seventeen!" He then let loose with a long note as the guitarist wailed behind him. Some in t...

Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died. Wilson, who retired from touring in 2011, died after a long illness at her home in Pionee...

LOS ANGELES — Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died. Wilson, who retired from touring in 2011, died after a long illness at her ...

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) - Haydee Posadas had waited eight years for her son to come home. On the last night of her long vigil, she was too agitated to sleep. Her son had fled Honduras for the U.S. in 2010 in part because of gang threats, just ...

Illinois boasts a hair-raising history rife with spine-tingling stories — and that's just with politics. The state's heritage brims with tall tales of mythic beasts, spooky legends and ghost stories. A few favorites, running roughly from north to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on the Alaska earthquakes (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A seismic expert says Alaska and California use the most stringent standards to help buildings withstand earthquakes like the one that struck Anchorage. There...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Six decades after nine black students were escorted past an angry white mob into Little Rock Central High School, the city at the center of the desegregation crisis may be on the verge of electing its first African-American ...

Heavenly voices The world-famous Vienna Boys Choir returns to sing a special "Christmas in Vienna" concert Saturday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $25-$85. (312) 294-3000 or cso.org. 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 Holidays han...