Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 17 The Hindu on the fall of Kabul and a bleak future facing Afghanistan: History came full circle on August 15 when the Taliban captured Kabul, almost 20 years after the U.S. laun...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Just days before students are set to return to class at Northern Illinois University, faculty and staff there have been told if the on-campus COVID-19 positivity rate hits the 8% mark they will be allowed to teach remotely, union...

Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Aug. 12, 2021. Editorial: Nothing to fear in examinations about race The murky waters of American politics are roiled again, with hyperpartisans warning each other to beware of the monsters that hover beneath their surface....

May 21, 2021 marked a new era for the Chicago Tribune, one that would turn the page on many of its journalists - including Pulitzer Prize winning Mary Schmich. After the board had approved an Alden Global Capital buyout of the company, it is estimat...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A Terre Haute businessman who said he wants the Indiana Theatre in local hands has purchased the landmark that dates to the 1920s. Greg Gibson, who has numerous business ventures downtown Terre Haute, bought the theater earl...

PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Officials at a suburban Chicago high school sent a freshman student home for refusing to put on a mask - a decision her mother said violates her daughter's rights. Sheri Urlacher said her 14-year-old daughter was sent home fro...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois woman died this week when a thunderstorm toppled a tree onto her mobile home, killing her and trapping her boyfriend and two young granddaughters inside, authorities said. Lorene Joy Gerken, 55, of Rockford ...