Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect.

SPRINGFIELD — The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period ...

Trump again having designs on Greenland comes after the president-elect suggested over the weekend that the U.S. could retake ...

The female mammoth weighs more than 220 pounds and is 47 inches tall. Her remains are one of seven mammoth carcasses ...

Here are my top-five moments of 2024. By far, this was best. Things did not look good for Trump at the start of the year, as ...

A rescue organization says people should slow down, stay alert and call for help when they see an injured animal.

Among the top books of 1949, according to a list compiled by Bloomington's librarians that year: "1984" by George Orwell.

A body was found in a wheel well of a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Hawaii, authorities said.

Artificial intelligence holds the promise of helping countless other students with a range of visual, speech, language and ...

The estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history.

The bird, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor this week.

One of the worst moments of the 2024 campaign was the ridiculous slander of Haitian Americans in Springfield, Ohio, by Trump, his running mate JD Vance and other right-wing figures.