Allstate reported a second-quarter loss Monday, hammered by $2.3 billion in catastrophe losses from waves of tornadoes, wildfires and storms. Yet Allstate's numbers were better than Wall Street had expected as the property and casualty insurer's rat...

Allstate Corp, the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said it will shutter its banking unit after the collapse of a deal to sell deposits to Discover Financial Services. “We are continuing with plans to wind down the Allstate Bank's...

JERUSALEM — Most new immigrants to Israel have traditionally come out of ideology, or to escape hardship and persecution. Northbrook native Jon Scheyer is coming to be a basketball superstar. Thanks to his Jewish heritage, the newest addition to per...

Curtis Thomas was a lineman with the Prospect Knights football team that won the state championship in 2005. The former tackle now faces a tougher opponent than any he faced on the gridiron: a rare form of brain cancer. Thomas was diagnosed last ye...

SPRINGFIELD — A day after longtime Sen. Susan Garrett announced she wouldn’t run for re-election, West Deerfield Township Supervisor Julie Morrison said she’d seek the 2012 Democratic nomination for Illinois Senate. “It’s enormous shoes to try to st...

State Sen. Susan Garrett on Wednesday announced she won't seek re-election in 2012, capping a respected 14-year career in the Capitol. Garrett, a Lake Forest Democrat representing the 29th District, said she will leave government service when her te...

The floodwater was gone Monday, so Janet and Mike Donner got down to the real work — gutting the interior of their fully finished, 2,000-square-foot basement. At the height of Saturday's early-morning storm, a raging river roared down Phelps Avenue ...

When village officials announced recently that Aldi is closing its Wheeling discount food store after it was unsuccessful in negotiating a lease extension with a shopping center's owner, trustees blamed the landlord. “We can't be held hostage by a s...