DES MOINES, Iowa - A record 85.1 million acres of soybeans are in the ground, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday, but it's not clear whether they'll all sprout because persistent rain in some Midwestern states has flooded fields and slo...

Suburban gay couples say marriage equality makes Pride Parade sweeter Throngs of people of all colors of the rainbow, their faces beaming, voices cheering, and chests puffed out, walked and danced through the streets of Chicago's Boystown neigh...

Throngs of people of all colors of the rainbow, their faces beaming, voices cheering and chests puffed out, walked and danced through the streets of Chicago's Boystown neighborhood Sunday for the 46th annual Pride Parade. The festivities this year w...

Crowds were energetic Sunday as they watched the gay pride parades in Chicago and across the country. The event was especially important due to last week's judgment by the U.S. Supreme Court recognizing gay marriages in all 50 states and granting s...

CAIRO - Egypt faced treacherous weather conditions Saturday as a sandstorm blanketed the north of the country and a magnitude-5.2 earthquake centered in the Sinai peninsula shook buildings more than 200 miles away in the capital, Cairo. The epicente...

In our Monday editorial launching this series of commentaries, we attempted to encourage the public will to meet the high stakes involved in making school successful for low-income students. In our reporting this week, we've gotten a glimpse at some...

When Amanda Kienast split with her boyfriend on the West Coast, she came back to Lake County, found a home she could afford and enrolled her children in school. Everyone seemed to be adjusting. Then, two of her kids started having problems. Her son,...

Some suburban school districts say a property tax freeze “compromise” Gov. Bruce Rauner offered as he vetoed the state budget, though scaled back, would hurt education and leaves them in the dark as the legislative impasse over spending drags on. R...