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A voyaging canoe built to revive the centuries-old tradition of Hawaiian exploration is circumnavigating the globe. Its crew has already traveled 26,000 miles navigating with the sun, stars and waves.

ISIS reportedly has seized villages near Syria's border with Turkey, trapping tens of thousands of civilians. The evacuated hospital outside Azaz is the aid group's largest medical facility in Syria.

Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the question has shifted from ‘How he could ever be president?’ to ‘What…

The end of May feels like the end of a year, much like late August/early September feels like the start of a new one. I’m sure this is because so much of…

Illinois seems to have developed a warped sense of what's good for our communities and what's not. And Illinois, in a twisted sort of way, is putting a…

“Good things come to those who …” Go ahead, finish that sentence.I bet you said, "Good things come to those who wait."Well, times have changed. The…

Promod Vohra chose Northern Illinois University for graduate studies three decades ago because he found the campus a friendly and welcoming place.As he…

It takes an IndyCar pit crew about seven seconds to replace four tires and refuel. It's high stakes on race day and a lot can go wrong in the pits. One misstep can cost a race — or worse.

Huang and his brothers, Evan and Emery, headed to China to reconnect with their culture, to eat lots and lots of food — and to cook. He's documented his travels in his new book, Double Cup Love.

The past three hurricane seasons have been considered below normal, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says. This season, NOAA predicts about four to eight hurricanes in the Atlantic.