NEW YORK - Is the lack of fear on Wall Street something to fear? Sunni extremists are inching closer to Baghdad. A housing bubble in China is deflating. Russia is massing troops near the Ukrainian border again. Military forces in Egypt and Thailand ...

Nicole and Erik Landrowski rave about Savanna Lakes, the community where they live with their three young children. “It's the gem of Elgin,” Erik Landrowski said. “I think it's the best place to live in the city of Elgin. “We love our house, and we ...

The Daily Herald's combined print and digital readership continues to increase, earning it a prestigious spot in the Top 25 Newspaper Audience Gainers, a national study released by the Alliance for Audited Media. The study spans six months ending i...

North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie sees a compelling tax break behind its roughly $46 billion bid to buy British counterpart Shire, and it expects the deal to expand Shire's global reach as well. Leaders of the company laid out the reasoning behin...

Bloomingdale allows Marklund to expand Marklund can proceed with a planned expansion of its Bloomingdale school for children with autism as long as it complies with certain conditions. Bloomingdale's village board last night voted 4-1 to grant ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - This is what it's like to live in Denmark, a nation with a narrower wealth gap than almost anywhere else: You've been jobless for more than a year. You have no university degree, no advanced skills. You have to pay a mortgage. ...

An Elgin Area School District U-46 committee recommended denial of a proposal to create a new math and science elementary charter school in Elgin. The Elgin Charter School Initiative is proposing to open the Elgin Math and Science Academy on the sit...

SEATTLE - There are two ways to view the smartphone Amazon introduced to the world on this week: It's either the latest in a long line of phones with fancy features many people will never use or a magic wand for shopaholics. The phone's most signifi...