BANGKOK (AP) - Journalists in Myanmar face extreme peril as the military-controlled government cracks down on independent reporting, human rights and media advocates say. The government installed by the military in a Feb. 1 takeover has criminalize...

Medical experts say it's only a matter of time before suburban COVID-19 transmission rises to the level at which face coverings are advised in all public indoor locations. DuPage and McHenry counties joined Will County Wednesday with enough disease ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The International Monetary Fund is sharply upgrading its economic outlook this year for the world's wealthy countries, especially the United States, as COVID-19 vaccinations help sustain solid rebounds from the pandemic recession. ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The lead investigator in the 2018 death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts expressed confidence Tuesday that the right man was convicted, rejecting defense claims that her abduction could be tied to two other local ...

GORNY ULUS, Russia (AP) - The little domed tents of the volunteer firefighters in the clearing of a Siberian forest can be hard to see - even from only a few steps away - because of the choking smoke. Their shovels and saws seem to be tiny tools aga...

This week's 119th playing of the Western Amateur may have one of its strongest fields ever at the Glen View Club, but one notable name is missing. Ethan Farnam, who repeated as the Illinois State Amateur champion last week, won't be there. "I didn't...

The list of graduates from the Elgin Area Leadership Academy is a veritable who's who of Elgin movers and shakers. There are current city council members and city administrators, innumerable education and business leaders and myriad board members w...

TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. women have won all six of their games through the first three days of 3-on-3 basketball's debut at the Olympics. Kelsey Plum spotted up behind the arc for the game-winning 2-pointer in a 21-19 victory over China to close out th...