CHICAGO (AP) _ Democratic Congressman Bill Foster is ahead in the race to keep the seat he won earlier this year in a special election. Foster is leading Republican businessman Jim Oberweis in Illinois' 14th Congressional District in the race to hang...

Election officials in Chicago say they expect voter turnout in the city to top 80 percent. Chicago Election Board chairman Langdon Neal told reporters Tuesday evening that the estimate's based on heavy voting at polling places before noon on Election...

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain battled for the White House on Tuesday in an election that challenged attitudes about race as surely as it gauged sentiments about the battered economy and the war in Iraq. As if unwilling to...

Democrats unseated Republican House incumbents Florida and Connecticut on Tuesday and jumped to leads over Republicans in more than a dozen other contests as they sought to pad their majority. Ousting 22-year veteran Rep. Chris Shays in Connecticut gave...

Barack Obama's Kenyan family erupted in cheers Wednesday, singing "we are going to the White House," as he became the first African-American elected president. In the western village of Kogelo, where the Democratic candidate's late father was born, police...

Police are looking for three suspects who reportedly robbed a man and his girlfriend at knife-point Sunday morning. The couple, who is from out of town, was walking in the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive about 12:45 a.m. when they were approached by three...

Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John...

Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to repeal the state income tax Tuesday as ballot measures across the nation addressed a host of contentious issues ranging from gay marriage to abortion. The Massachusetts item would have deprived...

emocrat Debbie Halvorson is leading Republican concrete company owner Marty Ozinga in a race for an open Illinois congressional seat. The race is to replace exiting GOP Congressman Jerry Weller. Weller opted not to seek an eighth term amid ethics questions...

Several ordinances were on the table at the Sycamore City Council meeting Monday night. The ordinance dealing with liquor sales beginning at 10 a.m. instead of 11 a.m. on Sundays was approved. The compliance officer from Jewel-Osco, Constance Zaio, requested...

BERLIN (AP) _ Throngs packed plazas and pubs around the world to await U.S. elections results Tuesday, many inspired by Barack Obama's promise of change amid a sense of relief that â€" no matter who wins â€" the White House is changing hands. As...

Republican John McCain concedes the presidential race to Barack Obama, saying the Democrat has achieved a "great thing" for himself and the country with his historic victory. McCain â€" with wife Cindy on one side and running-mate Sarah Palin on the...