Valeant Pharmaceuticals has named former finance chief Howard Schiller as interim CEO while the troubled drug company's chairman and chief executive remains hospitalized with severe pneumonia. Valeant said Tuesday that J. Michael Pearson is still on...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - After two injury-interrupted seasons, Victoria Azarenka is emerging from the shadows of some highly-ranked rivals who have either withdrawn from Australian Open warmup events or lost in the early rounds. The two-time Austr...

Batavia has hired big guns to find a fix for its electricity-price woes. City leaders have asked the Jenner and Block LLP law firm of Chicago to advise them about what options, if any, the city can pursue to diversify its electrical portfolio. That ...

The Illinois State Board of Education Wednesday unanimously moved to change the way the state sends special education money to school districts, aiming to increase base funding to poor districts with the resources that are currently available. Distr...

The Bartlett Public Library will host its annual Preschool and Day Care Fair on Saturday, Jan. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the library's meeting room, 800 S. Bartlett Road. Representatives from preschool and day care facilities will be available in...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, even as the kingdom's allies began limiting their lin...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The latest developments after Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Tehran amid a dispute over Riyadh's execution of an opposition Shiite cleric and attacks on Saudi diplomatic posts in Iran. (All times local.) 7:15 p.m. Bahr...