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Emily Sullivan

The Baraboo School District is looking into a photo that went viral of what appears to be a group of mostly white male high-school students posing with outstretched right arms.
A police officer arriving on the scene shot and killed Jemel Roberson, a uniformed security guard who had detained a suspect after a shooting in a suburban Chicago bar.
Firefighters are racing against wind gusts to control blazes raging in two areas of the state. In Northern California, officials say six more bodies were found.
The filing could mark the end of the struggling retailer, which invented the mail-order catalog business and has been an American institution since the late 19th century.
More than 1,000 documents were reportedly seized from the headquarters of Juul Labs in a surprise inspection on the manufacturer.
Liz Stepansky decided to become teacher to follow in the footsteps of her parents. But the profession was not what she had expected based on their experiences a generation earlier.
Four Chicago Blackhawks fans were ejected from their home arena for racially taunting a black player from the visiting Washington Capitals.
An Amtrak passenger train came into contact with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce, S.C.
An “inadvertent” notification falsely alerted residents to “seek immediate shelter.”
Consumers say they’re worried about identity theft this holiday season, but they say these concerns won’t affect how they shop. Here are steps you can take to protect your data online and in stores.
The plan would raise taxes on graduate students, who make very little money to begin with. Analysts say the provision could discourage students from seeking advanced degrees, hurting economic growth.
Teachers, a fisherman, stay-at-home moms, an off-duty police officer. Many of the victims of the Las Vegas attack are being remembered for the love they showed their families and the lives they lived.
Many people want to donate to Harvey-related relief efforts. But they need to avoid scam artists who are trying to get their hands on some of that money. Experts offer advice for giving safely.