BEIRUT (AP) - The latest on the war in Syria (all times local): 3:50 a.m. The U.N. says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging all parties in Syria to implement a cease-fire demanded by the Security Council on Feb. 24. The U.N. chief also is v...

Elgin schools' officials later this month will discuss whether to support extending the life of a special taxing district in Hanover Park. The Village Center Tax Increment Financing District, or TIF 3, established in 2001, has a $6.6 million deficit...

CVS Health Corp. kicked off the third-largest corporate bond sale on record to fund its acquisition of Aetna, testing the appetite of a market that's off to its worst annual start in decades. The pharmacy giant plans to issue $40 billion of the inve...

BEIRUT (AP) - The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 1:35 p.m. A spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross says the delivery of assistance to Damascus' opposition-held suburb of eastern Ghouta is a "first positive ...

BEIRUT (AP) - In a race against time for Syrian civilians besieged in Damascus' eastern suburbs of Ghouta, a 46-truck convoy organized by the United Nations and key aid agencies waited Monday at a crossing point to enter the rebel-held enclave. Pawe...

Concern over school shootings has many students, parents and educators nationwide calling for stricter gun control laws, and politicians debating arming teachers. Yet, a solution might lie in how schools deal with an age-old problem threatening stud...

A threat of armed violence at Larkin High School in Elgin appeared on Facebook and Snapchat Monday night. The school will open Tuesday, a school district official said, and police and school officials are looking into the source of the threat. Elgin...

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed Sunday to continue with a military offensive in a rebel-held region near the capital, as troops and allied militias captured a number of villages and towns in the largest advance since a wide-scale o...