Russia and Ukraine are due to hold their first direct peace talks in three years Friday. They are expected to gather in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations but officials and observers ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred threw baseball fans a curveball this week. Now they’ll have to decide if it’s a strike or a ball.

A monumental late-April news event in Europe that has received limited attention in the United States could find its way into debate on a legislative proposal to end Illinois’ 40-plus-year ...

President Donald Trump wraps up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for ...

A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people have surrendered to police on criminal negligence charges for the ...

Asylum-seekers from around the world face new challenges at the U.S. border. President Donald Trump suspended the asylum system just after his inauguration as part of his wide-ranging crackdown on ...

A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege in the court case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The judge had ...

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez provided Democrats a rare bright spot last fall when she won reelection against a MAGA diehard in a Trump-leaning district in southwestern Washington state. Some hailed ...

Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street drifted higher following various reports on the U.S. economy. Tokyo's Nikkei slipped as Japan reported its economy contracted more than expected in the ...

Parkland’s graduation at Krannert’s Great Hall in Urbana on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Sophia Bengston says goodbye to everyone ...

St. Joseph-Ogden’s Vivian Smith in the discus throw at the 2A Girl’s Track and Field Sectional In Monticello on Thursday, May ...

The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez and their conviction for killing their parents came at a time when televised trials captured national audiences in the 1990s. The brothers' resentencing ...