Mid-cycle congressional redistricting efforts could move forward Friday in two more states amid growing maneuvering to influence which party will control the U.S. House after next year’s midterm ...

Hurricane Melissa passed through Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. Bodies lay on the street after a police raid in Rio de Janeiro. In the world of sports, the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix took place in Mexico ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to promote economic globalization and multilateralism at an international economic forum. China has been positioning itself as the defender of free ...

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government. Trump on social media ...

Illinois guard Destiny Jackson drives around Maryville guard Gracie Gopalan during Thursday night's exhibition game at State ...

The federal government’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago region is now moving at a pace and scale that is “wider and more intense” than in previous weeks, Gov.

Illinois mother of four and food delivery driver Aubrey Lewandowski says she immediately started rationing the food she had left after getting a text alerting her that her Supplemental Nutrition ...

Illinois women’s basketball team opened their season with an exhibition game against Maryville (MO) at the State Farm Center ...

Israel’s military says Palestinian militants have handed over remains of two additional hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza. That raises the number of hostage remains returned to 17 since ...

A faculty adviser for Indiana University's student newspaper filed a federal lawsuit Thursday arguing his free speech and due process rights were violated when he was fired for refusing to ...

An active-duty U.S. Marine has been arrested on accusations of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from Indiana with the intent of sexually assaulting her, the FBI said Thursday.