JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory as Israel vowed a retaliation for Hamas' surpr...

Days that start at 5:15 a.m. and end at 4:45 p.m. Workplace temperatures that hit 120 degrees in the summer. The possibility of being kicked, punched or slapped. Confrontations with students in possession of illegal drugs. Take home pay of $585 ever...

WASHINGTON - An unforeseen burst of hiring last month has lifted hopes that the economy will prove durable once again, even as an array of threats lie ahead. Businesses across the U.S. economy ramped up their hiring in September, defying surging int...

Ongoing Keller's Farmstand Fun Fall Festivities: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 29, at Keller's Farmstand Oswego, 2500 Johnson Road, Oswego. Features an 8-acre corn maze, children's play area, farm animals, rope and brick mazes, st...

Students in this year's third-grade class will be the first sixth-graders to attend a middle school in Elgin Area School District U-46. Board members this week approved plans that will allow the district to transition to a full middle school model b...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August, boosted mainly by higher gas prices. But measures of underlying inflation slowed in the latest sign that overall price pressures are still moderating. Friday...

You'd think this week's LIV tourney would - with all its crowd noise, music and other distractions - offer Brooks Koepka good preparation for next week's Ryder Cup in Italy. Koepka is the only LIV player on either the U.S. or European teams and he'l...

You never forget your first limpkin. Mine was at a lakeside trailer park near St. Petersburg, Florida. A book said limpkins would be there and, sure enough, they were. That was 1998, when finding the ibis-like wader in the United States, outside of ...

LONDON - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain's environmental commitments on Wednesday, saying the country must fight climate change without penalizing workers and consumers. The news drew wide criticism from politic...