Bio Name: Darlene Bakk City: Village of Campton Hills Office sought: Village trustee Age: 70 Family: Husband, Dan; Two children; Three grandchildren Occupation: Retired Education: Northern Illinois University - BA English-Secondary Education Ci...

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in this working-class city, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build "an America that works for...

BANGKOK (AP) - Princess Ubolratana Mahidol, the first child of Thailand's beloved late king, has always been a bit of a rebel, and on Friday she shook Thai society by becoming the first member of the royal family to enter party politics. It wasn't t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Worried about a potential Republican primary challenge, President Donald Trump's campaign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent an intraparty fight that could spill over into the general-election campaign. The nascent ini...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Latest on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and a racist photo in a 1984 yearbook (all times local): 7:20 p.m. Both of Virginia's U.S. senators say they have called the state's governor, Ralph Northam, to tell him that he must res...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former provincial governor to 3ˆ½ years in prison on Friday on charges of sexually abusing his secretary, in the highest profile conviction yet from investigations triggered by the c...

DENVER (AP) - Two years after jumping into a fight with the Trump administration over public lands, the U.S. outdoor industry is turning up the political pressure - though its impact is difficult to measure. Thousands of manufacturers and retailers ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Salvadorans have watched as internationally sponsored investigative bodies in neighboring Guatemala and Honduras brought high-profile cases that took down corrupt politicians and businesspeople. Nayib Bukele wants to...