LONDON (AP) - Global stock markets eked out some modest gains Wednesday as investors turned their attention to upcoming central bank meetings in Japan and Europe. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.2 percent at 7,405 while the CAC...

A $500,000 donation this week from a Bartlett business owner will help jump-start construction of the long-stalled Bartlett High School Activities Complex project. Food products distributor Greco and Sons Inc., and Cheese Merchants of America - bot...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Straddling the world's most heavily fortified border, the Korean truce village of Panmunjom is a potential flashpoint where North Korean soldiers hacked to death two American officers at the height of the Cold War. It's als...

BOSTON (AP) - They dove in, splashed around and blissfully floated in the murky river water. Intrepid swimmers got a once-a-year chance to beat the summer heat with a dip in the once-notorious dirty water of Boston's Charles River on Tuesday. The an...

TOKYO (AP) - Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday after a mixed finish on Wall Street. Investors were turning their focus to policy meetings by central bank boards in Japan and the EU. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index edged 0....

TOKYO (AP) - Global shares fell Tuesday as setbacks for a health care overhaul in the U.S. raised doubts over prospects for a range of reforms backed by President Donald Trump. Expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will move cautiously in raising in...

Writing is a family affair for Reggie Kee and his 9-year-old son, Josiah, who are having a joint book release party Saturday in Elgin. Reggie Kee, who publishes under the pen name "Reggie Legend," wrote his second book, about hip-hop in the context ...

A Kane County teen was sentenced to a year of probation, counseling and community service Tuesday after admitting to slamming a former seventh-grade classmate to the ground earlier this year, fracturing bones in his face and putting him in a coma. T...