Laurel Bault is being remembered for her kindness, prolific volunteerism and commitment to political and social causes. Bault, 62, of Elgin, had suffered from respiratory issues and died suddenly at home Sunday, said her husband of 39 years, Kyle Ba...

GENEVA - The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the coronavirus, which has been clouded by finger-pointing between the U.S. ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - After three deadlocked and divisive elections, a year and a half of political paralysis and another three-day delay because of political infighting in his Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally swore in his new gover...

The last time Americans faced an economic crisis, it was called a "Mancession." As millions of people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, 70 percent were men, many in construction and manufacturing. This time, as job losses linked to the coronav...

DETROIT - Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since...

WASHINGTON - Democrats pushed Congress' biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage Friday, a $3 trillion behemoth they said a beleaguered country badly needs but Republicans called a bloated election-year wish list. Democratic...