BEIJING (AP) - With China's rubber-stamp parliament voting to allow President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely, recent history offers sobering lessons to the country's ruling Communist Party. For millennia, one-man rule for life was standard...

Whether you can afford a home depends - a lot - on the city you want to call home. A modest income can go a long way in Cumberland, Maryland, the metropolitan area with the nation's most affordable houses. In contrast, the least affordable homes are...

In fine juxtaposition, Berkshire Hathaway and university endowments have reported results. Berkshire, the holding company run by Warren Buffett, and American colleges, both are quintessential long-term investors, at least in theory. But Buffett easi...

NEW YORK (AP) - Yee Won Chong had just been diagnosed with cancer. His relatives were half a world away in Malaysia and couldn't care for him. So he turned to the friends he considers his "chosen family." "There was no question," says his longtime h...

This fall, thousands of high school students within Elgin Area School District U-46 will receive personal computers - a huge step forward in the district's vision of providing one-to-one devices to all students. The technology upgrade is a result of...

Beginning this fall, three Huntley-area elementary schools will offer dual language classes for some kindergartners and first-graders. Huntley Community School District 158 is adding kindergarten dual language classrooms at three of its five element...