Illinois has a well-documented history of corruption, extending beyond elected politicians to include appointed and career ...

In 2016, Stratton earned the backing of President Barack Obama over incumbent Rep ... Pat Quinn in 2009, after then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office. State Rep. Elizabeth ...

For months, former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has praised President Donald Trump. He has explicitly echoed Trump’s ...

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

Trump's on a pardon spree, prison looms for Madigan, and Blago wouldn't wish sentencing on his 'worst enemy' Michael Madigan’s sentencing hearing will cap the most aggressive, expansive ...

On June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm, causing as many as 600 ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

The Supreme Court justices’ annual financial disclosures were released Tuesday, revealing millions of dollars in combined ...

The village's dire financial condition means Dolton can't afford to take on the house where Pope Leo XIV grew up, a motion ...

Senator Lindsey Graham is really hoping that Israel bombs the Freedom Flotilla that political and environmental activist Greta Thunberg is taking on an aid trip to Gaza. “Hope Greta and her friends ...