• Streamwood resident Suzanne Johnson was named superintendent of School District U-46, the state's second-largest school district. Johnson began her career in education in U-46 nearly 26 years ago, and since February she's served as the district's ...

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions are underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders are in a "positive" mindset as their troops engaged in intense f...

Graduation didn't go as expected for South Elgin High School alum Stephanie Pedroza, but that's not stopping her from using her high school experiences to help others. Moments before she was set to walk across the stage at graduation, Pedroza was as...

KYIV, Ukraine - A drone crashed into a high-rise residential building in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, a regional governor said Friday, exposing the vulnerabilities in the country's air defense systems as President Vladimir Putin...

WASHINGTON - With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation's debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on the federal government's debt. It was a decidedly low-key denouement to a monthsl...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden planned to discuss the contentious, just-passed budget deal in a speech to the nation Friday night, ready to sign the agreement averting the country's first government default, which would have sent shock waves throu...

Elgin Partnership for Early Learning is poised to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a change the group hopes will help it grow and prepare more area children for kindergarten. The organization, which works to ensure that children 5 years old and y...

LADARIO, Brazil - One year ago on a Friday afternoon, Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist, motored along the Itaquai river in far western Brazil, to the settlement of Ladario. The line of wooden hou...

Patrick Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgery Thursday and is expected to miss four to six months. Agent Pat Brisson confirmed Kane's operation in a text message to The Associated Press. The extended absence appears to rule out Kane for an NHL trai...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden's desk to become ...