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It was a party 108 years in the making. Fans packed the streets of Chicago to watch the Cubs World Series victory parade on Friday.

Fears about slowing global growth have sent the Dow Jones industrial average down by about 10 percent this month since the start of the year.

Drugs tested in the Democratic Republic of Congo are effective in treating Ebola, scientists say. They have run a study in the midst of a deadly epidemic and in the face of armed assaults on doctors.

One of the victims is a Japanese woman who sent more than $200,000 to a person she thought was a U.S. service member in Syria, according to the federal complaint.

Universities and ranch land advocates are offering estate planning classes to ranchers with a goal of saving their land from redevelopment.

The prosecutors said there may have been efforts to delete a photo. A woman alleges — and Greitens denies — that he took a partially nude picture of her without her consent.

Millions of Americans are hitting the road, rails or jetting off for the weekend. Gas prices are about 60 cents a gallon higher than this time last year. Roads and planes are expected to be packed.

Antiquities were shipped from dealers to the Oklahoma-based chain of arts and crafts stores. But on Wednesday, federal authorities will give the ancient objects back to Iraq.

Officers have launched investigations into more families caught skipping school ahead of a three-day weekend. Parents could face fines up to $1,177. U.S. parents can be fined for kids' truancy too.

More than 70 percent of goods consumed in the U.S. are moved by truck. The American Trucking Associations says the industry needs to hire almost 900,000 more drivers to meet rising demand.

The team, ranked first, is heading to the playoffs after a win over the U.S. on Tuesday. The athletes all come from the same small town, which is watching this hot streak with pride.

At the Winter Olympics, it was a weekend of high drama. High winds scuttled the finals of the men's downhill and women's giant slalom. And the U.S. won its first medal in men's luge singles.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 47-year-old banking worker and military veteran with a spotless criminal record for more than 20 years was sentenced Tuesday to spend…

The widening political crisis in Italy sent stock prices falling around the world this week, though the market has begun to rebound. Rachel Martin talks with economic analyst Philip Suttle.

Huntersville, Cornelius, Matthews, and Mint Hill could operate their own charter schools under a bill that received tentative approval in the state Senate…

Secretary DeVos announces the president's donation, a report on good jobs without a college degree, college tuition goes down and more education news.

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows an alarming spike in STD cases. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with David Harvey of the National Coalition of STD Directors.

Rupi Kaur came to Canada from India when she was four years old and didn't learn English well for years; she says her raw, minimalist poems are tailored for readers like her, with limited English.

J. Spaceman made his new Spiritualized album, And Nothing Hurt, entirely in his east London home. But the first two singles, "A Perfect Miracle" and "I'm Your Man," sound every bit as grand.

A ruling by a federal judge late Friday was seen as a victory for public-sector unions.