Byline Financial Group's strong performance affirms accelerated growth Submitted by Leslie Kaufman Byline Financial Group continues to make gains on the Monitor 100 as one of the top U.S. equipment finance companies thanks to its fast-growing equipm...

Turning the tables on the typical funder/recipient relationship, Seigle Foundation hosted a luncheon on Nov. 2 to thank their grantees. Elgin Area School District U-46 Foundation representative Jean Bednar stated, "Today's luncheon was really amazi...

PARIS - Recording-breaking winds in France and across much of Western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others as Storm Ciarán swept through the continent overnight and into Thursday, plunging vast numbers into darkness, devastating...

BLETCHLEY PARK, England - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday that achievements at the first international AI Safety Summit would "tip the balance in favor of humanity" in the race to contain the risks from rapid advances in cutting-edg...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Abortion access is expected to play a central role in the 2024 elections. The preview comes next week, when Ohio voters decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in their state Constitution. The amendment is the only abortion q...

"Step Afrika!" the first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, performs at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, "Step Afrika!" has evolved from an ...

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers union said Monday that it reached a tentative contract with General Motors, the last of the Detroit three automakers to agree to a deal. Under the deal reached early Monday at the union's headquarters in Detroit, wo...

WAYNE, Mich. (AP) - As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford's Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn't just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes. Autoworker jobs have long been a pillar of the Black middle class in America, a...