• Frank Torre, the World Series star who helped put little brother Joe on a path that led to the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 82. Torre played seven seasons in the majors with the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. Though he hit only 13 h...

Former Elgin Councilman Robert “Bob” Gilliam never failed to be selfless, seek consensus and, above all, love the city of Elgin. For those reasons and many more, officials said, Elgin's city hall and municipal complex was renamed Thursday after the ...

GUEN, Central African Republic - More than 5,000 people have died in sectarian violence in Central African Republic since December, according to an Associated Press tally, suggesting that a U.N. peacekeeping mission approved months ago is coming too...

Less than a week before a referendum that could see Scotland ending its 307-year political bond with the United Kingdom, officials at the Bank of England and the Treasury are gaming out how they would shore up the financial system if that happens. W...

Sales at retailers climbed in August at the fastest pace in four months and prior readings were revised up, boosting prospects for U.S. economic growth this quarter. The 0.6 percent gain matched the median forecast of 82 economists surveyed by Bloom...

Property taxpayers in northwest DuPage County who have been overcharged aired their frustration Wednesday night before state and local officials in Bartlett. Organizers moved the town hall meeting to Eastview Middle School from a smaller venue to ac...

Suburban doctors offices and emergency rooms have been filled with people this week, particularly children, suffering from persistent coughs and wheezing likely from the respiratory virus known as enterovirus 68, or EV-D68. Starting today, in an ef...

BEIRUT - The Islamic State group is often described as the most fearsome jihadi outfit of all: a global menace outweighing al-Qaida, with armies trembling before its advance. But while the group has been successful at seizing parts of Iraq and Syri...

Drivers across the U.S. enjoying the lowest pump prices for this time of year since 2010 will probably see further declines as refineries benefiting from the shale boom produce record amounts of fuel. The average is $3.433 a gallon, down 6 percent s...