MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Even by Australian Open standards, back-to-back shockers have resulted in a most unexpected quarterfinal. The season-opening Grand Slam has a tendency to be unpredictable, but losing six-time champion Novak Djokovic and f...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Latest on Monday from the Australian Open (all times local): 1:35 a.m. Sixth-seeded Karolina Pliskova has advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 20 Barbora Strycova. Plisko...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A former oil executive was sentenced to life in prison and a former high-ranking Vietnamese government official received a lengthy prison term Monday at the end of a major corruption trial. The 22 defendants in the case were mo...

In the wake of sexual harassment allegations that led Des Plaines Elementary District 62 Superintendent Floyd Williams Jr. to resign, the school board in November chose longtime administrator Paul Hertel to lead the district. Hertel, who will serve ...

Lezlie Fuhr always dreamed of building a school from the ground up. "Instead of trying to change a system, being able to truly construct it the right way from the onset ... that's what attracted me to this position," said Fuhr, 45, who is the Elgin ...

How paramedics helped a Hawthorn Woods mom deliver at home What started as a routine call for a woman in labor turned into an "exhilarating" Saturday night for Lake Zurich firefighters and paramedics, who delivered the baby girl in the family's...

Elgin Community College's celebration of Black History Month begins with a keynote address by Elgin Councilman Corey Dixon at the kickoff breakfast on Friday, Feb. 2. The event will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. in the Building E dining room at the coll...

Kimberly Foxx, the first African-American woman to head the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, will give the keynote address at the 13th annual Black History Family Festival. The festival will be 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Meadows Comm...