Gustavo Silva saw girls succeed on the wrestling mat. He knew those triumphs could be replicated on the football field, and the former wrestling coach at Dundee-Crown High School found himself in an ...

Ceara Perry’s fun was always cut short. Playing girls flag football at Larkin High School, Perry and her teammates took the field around homecoming every fall, but the “season” lasted only ...

Growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, Stacey Watson didn’t see herself in the characters of the books she read. Now 28, she wants to be a book editor who helps promote ...

More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years. Applications for unemployment benefits ...

When Michelle Yeoh first saw “Ne Zha 2” in Hong Kong, she walked away dreaming about a dubbed version. The Chinese blockbuster, which this year became the highest-grossing animated film of all ...

Walmart Inc. reported increases in second-quarter profits and sales Thursday as it continues to pull in price-sensitive shoppers for everyday essentials like groceries despite a ...

Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday, ...

The man accused of hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a plastic garbage container attended a hearing in Lake ...

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ...

It was a perfect night of football on a perfect night for football. Just when you thought the Bears were going to do more Bears-like things, as Tyler Scott botched the opening kickoff return or ...

Departing Alaska after a mega-hyped meeting with Vladimir Putin that gave the Russian dictator plenty to smile about, President Donald Trump trotted out the customary hogwash. It was, he proclaimed, ...

The Batavia Public Library will recognize an outstanding local couple next month with an award honoring their service to individuals with disabilities and contributions to the library district.