Liz Sly

Kuwait`s opposition parties and its new government had their first confrontation Monday over freedom of speech, just hours before Secretary of State James A. Baker III paid a quick visit...

Jordan will be unable to cope with the huge influx of refugees that the Persian Gulf war is expected to unleash, and thousands of people fleeing the fighting may die...

Nelson Mandela, a leader of the African National Congress and a symbol for suppressed aspirations worldwide, kicks off an 11-day, 8-city tour of the United States on Wednesday amid a...

Some 13 months into his administration, President Bush is trying to reinvigorate the Civil Rights Commission-rendered virtually ineffective under the Reagan administration-with the appointment of a new chief experienced in...

President Bush singled out education for special attention in his State of the Union address, setting some ambitious targets for improving the performance of American students by the year 2000....

The administration proposes spending $9.7 billion on the drug war, 41 percent more than it spent in fiscal year 1990. The budget authorizes a 12 percent spending increase, to $10.6...

West Point-Pepperell Inc. Wednesday announced a Feb. 15 deadline for the submission of bids to buy the company. The textile company, based in West Point, Ga., also said it had...

A bankruptcy court judge on Thursday ordered the appointment of an interim trustee to oversee the financial affairs of Grabill Corp., the holding company owned by William Stoecker that is...

William Stoecker, the 31-year-old south suburban tycoon who made his fortune turning around bankrupt companies, is facing possible bankruptcy and a federal investigation into his financial methods. On Wednesday, Justice...

Rockford-based Ingersoll Engineers Inc. said Monday that it has formed a consortium to bid for construction of a $200 million plant in the Soviet Union, the latest example of the...