PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Marine veteran Jeff Harris was among the first to sign up when the Providence VA hospital started offering acupuncture for chronic pain. "I don't like taking pain medication. I don't like the way it makes me feel," he said. H...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The U.N. children's agency in a report released Tuesday singled out Pakistan as the riskiest country for newborns, saying that out of every 1,000 children born in Pakistan, 46 die at birth. "It's abysmal," said Dr. Ghazna Khalid, a ...

When Kevin Bickner looks back years from now on his first experience at the Olympics, he'll always remember the overwhelming feeling of standing atop the large hill in Pyeongchang right before his individual ski jumping event. "That's when it all re...

Restaurant weeks Foodies rejoice as there are two restaurant weeks starting this week: • The 10-day Chicago Northwest Restaurant Week features specials at 46 restaurants around the Northwest suburbs from Friday, Feb. 23, through Sunday, March 4. The...

Aside from installing locks and cameras and conducting active shooter drills, can schools mentally prepare students, parents and employees for the possibility of a mass shooting? That question has haunted Larry Bury of Bartlett with every school sh...

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Kevin Anderson had already dealt with the disappointment of falling short in a final in New York. His surprising run to the U.S. Open final last summer jump-started his climb back into the top 10, but his loss to Rafael Nadal ...

Q: What is bobsled? A: Bobsledding - or bobsled, in Olympic-speak - is one of three sliding sports in the games. (Luge and skeleton are the others.) In bobsled, athletes start by running and pushing a sled (weighing as much as 463 pounds) up to...