Dennis Rader, the so-called "BTK" (bind, torture, kill) killer, pleaded guilty to 10 slayings in the Wichita, Kan., area. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Ben Collins has overseen the comeback of a print edition of 'The Onion' over the past year and pledges that it will continue ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump put commuting imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich sentence on hold after critics pushed back and if it is revived, the Illinois Republicans in Congress want a ...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood, like every other Division I coach, will have to come to grips with the fallout of the House ...

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Trump’s immigration crackdown, his extrajudicial disappearances of students based on their beliefs, and his invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—which asserts that the country is being invaded by ...

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Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold ...

Blagojevich always had the ability to run for Congress, the U.S. Senate or president, even as an inmate in federal prison, because the qualifications for those offices are contained in the U.S ...

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards?

During Trump’s first term, every Republican member of Congress from Illinois asked the president not to commute Blagojevich’s sentence.