MIAMI - Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson threw his support behind Donald Trump on Friday, saying the billionaire front-runner has two sides: the combative campaign persona and a "very cerebral" approach in private. The endorsement...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - The party of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi officially confirmed Thursday that she will not become Myanmar's next president. Unofficially, she has vowed to be the de-facto leader by calling the shots from behind the scenes...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tried to rally her supporters Thursday night in Vernon Hills with a focus on job creation and the need to improve the country's infrastructure. Clinton spoke about the need for job creation early in ...

Nothing was off the table but the gloves Thursday evening in a WTTW Channel 11 debate for the three candidates in the Democratic primary race for Cook County state's attorney. Two-term incumbent Anita Alvarez and challengers Kim Foxx and Donna More...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Carson ran for president, and his consultants won. The political newcomer, who said Friday that he was ending his bid for the White House, raised $58 million, more money than any other GOP contender raised. But an Associated Pr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he is effectively ending his bid for the White House Wednesday, concluding a roller-coaster campaign that briefly took him to the top of a chaotic GOP field but ended with a Super Tuesday whimpe...

The Democrats' primary election race for U.S. Senate has been in part a competition to compare backgrounds and experiences among the three candidates vying for a shot to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk. Two-term U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Ho...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexicans backed former President Vicente Fox in his verbal spat with Donald Trump on Friday, after Fox called the Republican front-runner "crazy" and a "false prophet" and Trump replied that he ought to be "ashamed of himself" for...

ZURICH (AP) - The support of most nations in Africa and Asia and the backing of one of sports' biggest power brokers should be enough to put Sheikh Salman of Bahrain in charge of the world's most popular sport on Friday, as FIFA elects a president t...