JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa's 54 countries, officials said Monday, and regional power South Africa warned of a new crisis once the virus begins to spread at home and into crowded low-income com...

SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. researchers gave the first shots in a first test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday, leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With careful jabs in the arms of four healthy volunteers, sc...

Wearing an open green coat and walking in the cold a couple of blocks from his house, Michael Brakus, 10, of Round Lake Beach made a trip to pick up some groceries. But instead of going to a store, Michael was headed to Ellis Elementary School, wher...

SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. researchers gave the first shots in a first test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday, leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With careful jabs in the arms of four healthy volunteers, sc...

BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets and U.S. futures fell Monday after the Federal Reserve slashed its key interest rate to shore up economic growth in the face of mounting global anti-virus controls that are shutting down business and travel. Sydney...

As we reach the middle of national Women's History Month, statistics show that women earn 79 cents for every $1 men get paid for the same work with the annual gender wage gap in Illinois reaching $12,436 for full-time workers, according to the Natio...

The number of Illinois coronavirus cases rose to 64 from 46 as residents with the illness emerged in central and southern regions of the state, officials said Saturday. The mayor of Chicago, meanwhile, urged political candidates to avoid face-to-fac...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia refuses to be pressured by the United States into signing a deal with Egypt and Sudan over its controversial dam on the Nile River, says Ethiopia's foreign minister. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ge...

The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic: Oklahoma used more than half its testing capacity Wednesday to test 58 members of the Utah Jazz basketball organization after a player tested positive. Those tests results showed a second player, Donov...