Suburban school districts aren't reporting unusually high absenteeism among students or staff members Thursday due to post-Cubs championship euphoria. But some educators say it might be a greater challenge to keep students in school Friday with the ...

Elgin Area School District U-46 is partnering with the City of Elgin's Human Relations Commission to recognize talented fourth through 12th grade student writers in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The contest, organized through the commission's 201...

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks were on pace for a seventh consecutive day of losses on Wednesday, as worries over the U.S. presidential election and weaker oil prices shook investor confidence. The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, but suggeste...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United States. He might want to bash the robots instead. Despite the Republican presidential nominee's charge that "we don't make anything anymore," manufa...

DETROIT - It's a chilly autumn for U.S. auto sales. Sales of new cars and trucks fell an estimated 4 percent in October as consumer demand waned, according to Autodata Corp. Hyundai and Subaru both reported 4-percent sales increases from last Octobe...

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's two major parliamentary blocs on Tuesday named Saad Hariri, a former prime minister and a Sunni leader, as their candidate for premier in the government to be formed after a new president was elected. The widely expected endo...

LONDON (AP) - European stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday ahead of a raft of U.S. economic news and uncertainty over the outcome of the country's presidential election. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany's DAX was down 0.1 percent a...

DETROIT (AP) - It's a chilly autumn for U.S. auto sales. Sales of new cars and trucks fell an estimated 4 percent in October as consumer demand waned, according to Autodata Corp. Hyundai and Subaru both reported 4-percent sales increases from last O...