Starts before Friday Pumpkin Fest: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Cosley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. Animals, a straw pyramid and thousands of pumpkins scattered on the zoo's lawn. $10 nonresident adults 18-54, $9 nonr...

Cartoons and live music combine when instrumental sextet The Queen's Cartoonists kicks off its 21-city tour at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg on Saturday, October 28. The ensemble will debut a new program, "The International...

Despite recommendations that schools be tested for radon every five years, 85 out of 100 suburban school districts have not done so — and more than half of the 15 that did found elevated levels of the radioactive gas in at least one building. Even a...

Another suburban school district has joined a growing class-action lawsuit alleging Facebook and other social media companies have harmed students and cost them money. The Park Ridge-Niles District 64 school board on Thursday night voted to ente...

Ongoing Pumpkin Fest: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Cosley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. Animals, a straw pyramid and thousands of pumpkins scattered on the zoo's lawn. $10 nonresident adults 18-54, $9 nonresident adult...

WASHINGTON (AP) - At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States' two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting. The poll from the Pearson I...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a leading opposition figure on Wednesday created a war-time Cabinet to oversee the fight against Hamas militants after their stunning weekend attack. In the sealed-off Gaza Strip ruled by Ham...

The quiz questions were coming fast, such as what industry employs actuaries, when the first bank was founded, and what's the purpose of online banking. Surrounded by classmates, Itsani Albarran-Isidoro smiled as she called out answers, getting man...