NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The powerful blast of snow and cold that barreled through Virginia's coastal cities packed a winter punch seldom seen in those communities. Now much of the region could remain in the storm's icy grip for days. Jen Edwards of Norf...

The Latest on winter weather (all times local): 12:30 p.m. The East Coast snowstorm this week was about as bad as the winter storms they get in Alaska - at least according to one man who survived it. Jess Flarity is a 32-year-old student from Seattl...

The Latest on massive winter storm in the Northeastern U.S. (all times EST): 8:55 p.m. Flights suspended at John F. Kennedy International Airport because of a massive snowstorm are set to resume Friday. Flights were suspended at JFK due to strong wi...

TOKYO (AP) - Global shares were mostly higher on Thursday, with Japan leading an advance in Asia. Share prices fell in South Korea despite signs tensions with its rival North Korea may be easing KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 added 0.7 percent in ea...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) - Westinghouse Electric, the U.S. nuclear unit of embattled Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, has been acquired in a deal valued at about out $4.6 billion. Westinghouse Electric Co. declared bankruptcy protection early...

To run for Congress requires all kinds of education - some of it formal, much of it political. Seven Democrats from across the suburbs are getting an on-the-fly education in running a major race as they seek their party's nomination to square off a...

The mayor of Elgin blasted a councilman's decision to attend a program offered by Harvard University that cost the city $6,015. Councilman Rich Dunne took part in June in the program on senior executives in state and local government by the John F. ...