A Sangamon County judge found Department of Children and Family Services Director Heidi Mueller in contempt of court for ...

Consumer and environmental groups carried over 10,000 public comments through the streets of Chicago on Thursday before hand ...

Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of ...

The McLean County Sheriff’s Office said U.S. Marshals arrested Mary Hammel, 40, in Tazewell County on Tuesday on a ...

The penguins that perished lived on the Danger Islands in Antarctica. The prime suspect was avian flu. Researchers were ...

New research shows that humans are not the only species to get jet lag: Some birds appear to experience it too.

As Russia hosts African leaders, it's making a pitch for influence, security partnerships and access to the continent's mineral wealth. But China and the U.S. are also vying for Africa's favor.

Maria Corina Machado's return to Venezuela presents a fresh challenge for Trump-backed President Delcy Rodríguez and reignites questions over the prospect of new elections.

President Trump returned to South Carolina - the second time in eight days. The amount of attention and money its U.S. Senate race is getting is raising questions about how red the state really is.

An NPR analysis finds 70 House districts where Democrats and Republicans are each investing more than six figures in ...

GDP grew at an annual rate of 3.4% in the third quarter in the last major read on the economy ahead of the midterm elections ...

Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and former Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy aren’t the only candidates on the ...