A networking program helping DuPage County women-owned businesses succeed marks its 20th anniversary this year. The Women's Initiative at Itasca Bank & Trust Co. has supported hundreds of businesses throughout the suburbs in the past two decades. It...

As a young Black girl, Caylen Harmon says she's encountered prejudice for much of her life and doesn't know any Blacks who haven't experienced some form of racism. And that's the problem. "For me now, it's normalized," said the 16-year-old Bartlett ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In an effort to revive its tourism industry, South Africa has opened up international travel to visitors from all countries, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. South Africa will now admit foreign visitors providing they pro...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Charlie Jones and Tory Taylor didn't take conventional paths to Iowa. Three games into their first season with the Hawkeyes, they're feeling right at home. Their performances highlighted a big day for special teams in last wee...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A month ago, Antonio Gomez III was a healthy 46-year-old struggling like so many others to balance work and parenting during the coronavirus pandemic. This week, he's struggling to breathe after a three-week bout with the deadly ...

Middle Tennessee (2-5, 2-3 Conference USA) at No. 16 Marshall (6-0, 3-0), Saturday at noon EST (CBS Sports Network). Line: Marshall by 24. Series record: Marshall leads 5-4. WHAT'S AT STAKE? Marshall will try to remain unbeaten as it commemorates th...

Officials hope to see the former Harvard Motorola campus revived after a U.S. federal court order explicitly allowing for the sale of the property. A yearslong battle over the property at 2001 N. Division St. reached a tipping point Nov. 5, when a U...

LONDON (AP) - The British government plans to increase its ability to prevent foreign investors from acquiring strategic assets amid increasing concern about the threat to national security posed by potentially hostile states such as China and Russi...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's lead in the race for the 14th Congressional District seat grew again Wednesday. With 2,910 additional votes counted in the Will County portion of the district, Underwood is ahead of Republican challenger Jim O...