PITTSFIELD, Mass. - A winter storm dumped heavy, wet snow in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, causing tens of thousands of power outages, widespread school closings, dangerous road conditions and a plane to slide off a taxiway. The storm's path in...

With significant financial support from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois' Democratic Party is getting involved in contests for school and library board seats this spring to combat what party officials call "really extreme candidates," including some bac...

The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago's Syrian/Türkiye Task Force will host a community meeting Thursday in Willowbrook to discuss earthquake relief. The death toll from the massive Feb. 6 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has surpas...

WASHINGTON - Two large banks that cater to the tech industry have collapsed after a bank run, government agencies are taking emergency measures to backstop the financial system, and President Joe Biden is reassuring Americans that the money they hav...

Dustin Covarrubias, principal of Willard Elementary School in South Elgin, has received a Meritorious Service Award in the Illinois State Board of Education's Those Who Excel program. He will be honored Monday by the Elgin Area School District U-46 ...

This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. The choice of who will lead the Elgin Area School District U-46 board the next four years is a tough one, with six candidates, each having much to offer, running for f...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months. Now with that year alm...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Pentagon said Friday. The s...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes. Applicat...

MADRID - From demands for constitutional rights in Islamabad to calls for economic parity in Manila, Paris and Madrid, International Women's Day demonstrations in cities around the world Wednesday highlighted the unfinished work of providing equity ...