LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Emmanuel Benson was planning to get his diploma in horticulture and landscaping from Nigeria's Federal College of Forestry Mechanization next year. Now, he's not willing to risk the return to school, after he was kidnapped by b...

Wall street closed out a choppy week of trading Friday with a mixed finish for the major stock indexes, though the S&P 500 managed its first weekly gain in three weeks. The benchmark index rose 0.1% after spending much of the day wavering between s...

BEIJING (AP) - China's central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Friday's notice complained Bitcoin, Ethereum and other d...

HAVEN, Wis. - Beautiful weather greeted the 40,000 spectators when the 43rd Ryder Cup teed off Friday. So did massive traffic jams on the rural roads that surround Whistling Straits. At the end of the day, though, there was at least hope for the Ame...

MADRID (AP) - Barcelona's ongoing crisis keeps getting worse, with the team unable to win on the field and the club's players, coach and president growing increasingly at odds. Barcelona was held to a 0-0 draw by Cádiz in the Spanish league on Thur...

A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight - the first criminal case to emerge from federal investigations into troopers' beatings of at least thre...

A viral social media challenge that has spurred a string of vandalism by students is causing headaches for some suburban school leaders. The latest trend is the “devious licks” challenge that began earlier this month on TikTok. It encourages kids to...

Des Plaines School District 62's next superintendent is no stranger to the community. Michael Amadei, who until this week has been the district's assistant superintendent for human resources, will bump up to the big chair in July 2022, after current...

This weekend Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 31, at 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove, and 40 W. Higgins Road in South Barrington. Both locations have animals, mazes, wagon rides, pig races and more. See websi...