In November 2024, a federal judge in East St. Louis sided with gun rights advocates and the gun industry and struck down the Illinois law as unconstitutional. The state has appealed that decision to ...

NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.

The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student loans as well as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Several Republican-led states are passing their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would ...

SPRINGFIELD — Chicago state Rep. Margaret Croke was declared the winner in the Democratic primary for Illinois comptroller, according to the Associated Press.

Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary ...

At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a ...

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

Investigators in the U.S. search for motives in three recent instances of targeted attacks, and whether they are related to ...

The newly elected head of the state's largest union lives in Bloomington. Illinois Education Association members chose Karl ...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey lost suburban counties in Tuesday’s primary that he won four years ago. The ...

President Trump said that Israel acted alone when it struck the South Pars gas field in Iran. Trump threatened Iran to halt ...