NEW YORK (AP) - With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world's population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle t...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 307,200 people and killed more than 13,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely in th...

BANGKOK (AP) - U.S. futures dropped more than 4% and Australia's share benchmark initially plunged 8.5% as work on more stimulus for the U.S. economy hit snags in the U.S. Senate. Shares dropped more than 4% in Hong Kong and 5% in South Korea. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Burgeoning coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes in Washington, Illinois, New Jersey and elsewhere are laying bare the industry's long-running problems, including a struggle to control infections and a staffing crisis that relies on...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate scramble to set up thousands of additional hospital beds as...

The Bears signed ex-Steelers CB Artie Burns to a one-year deal Saturday, his agent Drew Rosenhaus announced. Burns becomes the latest in a line of former first-round reclamation projects under GM Ryan Pace, whose Bears hope to capture lightning in a...

For the first time, mosques throughout the suburbs temporarily have suspended all congregational prayers, Sunday school classes, youth and children's programs, and nonessential gatherings due to fears over spreading coronavirus. "This is unprecedent...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict gatherings of any size for the state's more than 19 million residents and will require workers in nonessential businesses to stay home. No mo...

Students from South Elgin and Bartlett high schools took first, second and third place in Elgin Area School District U-46's 10th annual TalentFest 2020 competition, which took place March 10 at the Hemmens in Elgin. Taking first place was the rock b...