European shares mostly rose Tuesday on expectations for strong corporate earnings. Japan's stock benchmark ceded some of its early gains to close 2.7 percent higher, while other Asian markets had gains and losses. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, quart...

1. Chicago did everything possible to help Nik Wallenda in his tightrope walk high above the city. When Dan “Spider-Dan” Goodwin climbed the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center 33 years ago, the city used a fire hose deluge as one of several dangero...

On Tuesday, voters will go to the polls for the 2014 General Election to select officials for county, legislative, congressional and statewide constitutional offices. Here is a summary of the Daily Herald's recommendations in contested races in the...

WASHINGTON — Is the U.S. economy accelerating — finally? If it is, which sorts of Americans stand to benefit most? And why is it doing better than other major economies? The economy powered its way to a respectable growth rate of 3.5 percent from Ju...

Elgin Area School District U-46 could be up to $24 million in the hole this school year, CEO Tony Sanders says. That could happen if a few things happen to contribute to the deficit. If pension reform legislation, potentially shifting the burden to...

For the second year, Fox Valley school districts saw a mix of modest gains and significant dips in standardized test scores, depending on the school and category, according to the 2014 Illinois Report Card released today. Yet educators at the two la...

NEW YORK - For stock investors, there was no shortage of drama in October. Stocks started the month modestly below a record high, only to cascade to their worst slump in two years. But after flirting with a correction, or a 10 percent drop, the U.S....

The Antares rocket destroyed in a fireball off a Virginia launchpad could speed efforts by the U.S. space industry to end its reliance on Russian-made engines, Chicago-based Boeing Co.'s defense chief said. "It re-emphasizes the need to not just be ...

Lenovo Group Ltd. said its $2.91 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google Inc. will help the company boost global smartphone sales and challenge market leaders Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. "Lenovo will be number three in the globa...