The Board approved a bell-to-bell ban for kindergarten through eighth-graders, and a high school ban on phones during classes, assemblies, labs, field trips and passing periods, though use during lunch is allowed.

Dangerous conditions in Lake Michigan led officials in northwest Indiana to suspend the search for child who went into the water at a beach Monday night and didn’t resurface, with four rescue divers sustaining injuries amid high waves and “challenging water conditions.” The incident unfolded about 5:43 p.m. at Washington Park Beach in Michigan ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has taken heat for fumbling legislation aimed at keeping the Bears in Illinois. But the two-term governor is also licking another wound the failure to get his plan overhauling local residential zoning laws passed this spring.Despite investing a significant amount of political capital, Pritzker was unable to overcome local government ...

A reader asks whether anyone tracks forecast accuracy. The answer is more complicated than you might think.

Five of the six met in a candidate forum last week, and a similar forum is planned for Tuesday evening in Spring Green.

Irans president was traveling to Pakistan on Tuesday for talks with officials who have been mediating negotiations between Tehran and Washington on a permanent end to the war in the Middle East even as discrepancies were emerging on what had been agreed so far. President Masoud Pezeshkians visit to Islamabad comes as technical teams were working on ...

Some thunderstorms could bring hail Tuesday before a warmer, more humid pattern arrives later this week.

For Patti Smith, the best guidance was something that Davis rarely granted: free rein.

Heat domes happen all over the world, and the one over Europe this week is locking in days of near-record highs across Britain, Spain and France.

Big parts of Europe are under high-level warnings for extreme heat, with forecasters predicting severe weather impact.

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

Chinese firms have some of the worlds most advanced technology. But U.S. officials say relying on it could come with a downside.

A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the worlds fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.

In the past 50 years, the way we tell the story of the Revolution has become dramatically more complex. Can it still inspire us all?

Turnout was low and the electorate was much older than it was last year when the mayoral race between Mamdani and Cuomo fueled heavy early voting.

Over the next two weeks, the justices will release more than a dozen final opinions, including high-profile decisions on birthright citizenship, the Federal Reserve and transgender athletes.

The likely successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer will inherit the same challenges of economic stagnation and ascendant populism. Will a divided nation be prepared to give him time?

Plus, where did all the cottage cheese go?

People drove less and bought more-efficient cars when fuel prices surged, habits that could stick over the long term.

After Iran weaponized the waterway by making it too dangerous for businesses, experts say, the country is now looking to charge fees to vessels seeking to transit the vital water.

The La Crosse Center is hosting a free Fourth of July event on July 4th, from 5 p.m. until after the fireworks.

Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will dedicate a memorial garden in honor of the late La Crosse community icon, Pat Stephens, on July 4.