Top athletes: Bartlett - Madison Hankins (Jr., S/RS); Bria Lomax (So., MH); Klaudia Bartoszewicz (So., OH); Jaden Lindstrom (Fr., OH) Batavia - Ali Northrop (Sr., MB); Amanda Otten (So., S/RS); Kyra Taylor (Jr., OH); Zoe Kramer (Sr., RS), Allison Ma...

An Elgin nonprofit is launching a new social justice program aimed at helping teenagers, especially Black and brown girls and boys, find their voice on racial issues. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Elgin's "Raise Your Voice" program will focus on establi...

There was cheering in some classrooms and hallways when the announcement went out a year ago that Illinois schools were closing amid the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic. But for many parents it was a gut check, while teachers and administrators looked d...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country's northeast coast in a disaster that one survivor said he fears people...

The biggest IPO in years is rolling out Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange where Coupang, the South Korean equivalent of Amazon in the U.S., or Alibaba in China, will begin trading under the ticker 'œCPNG." It's actually the largest initial pub...

Stocks climbed in Asia on Thursday after a key measure of inflation in the U.S. came in lower than expected, easing worries that price pressures could push interest rates higher. Shares rose in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong but edged lower in Sydne...