In eastern Ukraine, six children and their parents are struggling through a harsh winter, with essential support from UNICEF.

Two things became clear as I talked to parents, educators and school board members in Minnesota and Maine, where there was an ...

New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation's 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. But what does ...

Dog the Bounty Hunter became a dad in 1972 ...

Herrick District Library offers more than books, CDs and DVDs — with access to board games, video games, trainings and the lauded Library of Things.

Basic services at the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria are functioning normally after recent disruptions. Government forces ...

PLUS: Belleville West students are honored at naturalization ceremony, a Freeburg principal earns state-level recognition, ...

Andrew Feiler, a former CNN political commentator, set about researching Rosenwald, the businessman who used his wealth to ...

There has been a decline in once-common garden birds in recent years and it’s thought to be caused by a shortage of natural nesting sites. Nest boxes like this one provide a solution to that problem, ...

First Friday block parties, art walks, a shell and marine life festival and more events this weekend in the Sarasota area, ...

A group of young business leaders from Stevenson High School and a community singing group were honored this week by Buffalo Grove. The village’s Caring Community Program was started a year ago to ...

Mary Austin Holley landed at Galveston on Feb. 5, 1843 on her fifth and final visit to her dead cousin’s former colony.