NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are rising in early trading, led by gains in the energy sector as the price of oil turns higher. General Electric jumped 3 percent Monday after activist investor Nelson Pelts bought a stake in the company. Twitter rose 3 ...

HONG KONG (AP) - Japan led Asian stocks higher Tuesday on hopes for new stimulus from its central bank while investors were also buoyed by the prospect that the Federal Reserve will wait until next year to raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: Japan'...

The head of the Elgin-area school system says there is an alarming lack of public health standards and protocols for dealing with the Legionella bacteria in schools. Eastview Middle School in Bartlett, Larkin High School in Elgin and the district's ...

What advice does Principal Mary Hemmelman of St. Emily Catholic School in Mount Prospect have for new Catholic schools superintendent Jim Rigg? “I would just ask him to not try to fix something that's not broken,” she said. Rigg steps in today to ...

BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta struggled in her first match since winning her maiden Grand Slam, needing nearly 2 1/2 hours to beat Chinese wild card Han Xinyun 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of the China Open on Sunday. Top-see...

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas (AP) - Hurricane Joaquin destroyed houses, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the Bahamas on Friday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was trying to reach a disabled cargo ship with 33 ...

CAIRO (AP) - Yemen's internationally recognized government withdrew media statements by its Foreign Ministry officials saying it cut ties with Iran, a government spokesman said Friday. "Cutting ties with Iran does not align with Yemen's supreme inte...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate - now just 5.1 percent - grabs a lot of the attention each month when the government issues its jobs data. Yet the rate doesn't come close to sketching a full picture of the job market. So just how health...