WASHINGTON - Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation for more than two years. Now comes the hard part. Squeezing out the last bit of...

If four games against the Reds this week, the Cubs racked up 46 runs on 52 hits. Newcomer Jeimer Candelario went 9-for-12, Nico Hoerner was 7-for-20, Cody Bellinger was 6-for-18, Dansby Swanson was 5-for-15 and Yan Gomes was 4-for-12. Easy game, ri...

The Tylerman International Social Awareness Film Festival will showcase the documentary feature, "No Knock - No Charge? The Amir Locke Story" as a part of its non-competitive series. The red carpet screening will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. ...

Russ Constantino loved his job with the Gurnee Fire Department. He was the department's Quartermaster, responsible for the distribution and inventory of all the supplies, materials, and equipment. It came as a shock to Russ' family that his handling...

PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to e...

NEW YORK - A week later, the "Barbenheimer" boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters. "Barbie" took in ...

About 50 members of the Elgin Golden K Kiwanis recently enjoyed a late July Lake Geneva cruise. Club members met at Pier 290 in Williams Bay, Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. Club President Lyle Wolff planned and arranged this exciting outing. Wolff is an ...

WASHINGTON - Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday in reports that consumer prices rose in June at their slowest pace in more than two years and that wage growth cooled last quarter. Together, the fig...

WASHINGTON - With heat waves spreading across the United States, President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to unveil new steps to protect workers, improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible, the White House says. The announcement ...

The White House is taking steps aimed at increasing the the supply of affordable housing while also bolstering protections for renters. The housing measures announced Thursday include providing communities with $85 million in funding from the Depart...