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A pair of blood-stained gloves that Abraham Lincoln had when he was assassinated is on display at Freeman’s | Hindman in West Loop, Chicago, May 15, 2025. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ILCHS111 ILCHS111

May 21, 2025 at 7:46 pm

Lincoln's blood-stained gloves among 144 artifacts up for auction

The gloves were the top-selling items, bringing in $1.52 million. One of two handkerchiefs Lincoln had with him the night he was shot went for...

May 20, 2025 at 2:01 pm

Shortage of overnight truck parking contributed to deadly Greyhound bus crash, regulators say

Federal regulators have ruled that a lack of overnight parking for long-haul truckers contributed to a deadly 2023 Greyhound bus crash in Illinois that killed...

May 19, 2025 at 11:16 am

Illinois mulls ending a health program for some immigrants living in the US illegally

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has positioned Illinois as a sanctuary state where all immigrants can feel welcome.

May 12, 2025 at 2:10 pm

Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order protecting the privacy of autism-related health data.

May 6, 2025 at 1:27 pm

AP and others challenge an Indiana law barring reporters from witnessing executions

The Associated Press and four other media organizations have filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana seeking media access to the scheduled May 20 execution of...

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Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, center, pauses while reading a statement to the media with his wife, Lura Lynn, right, and family outside their home in Kankakee, Ill. as he prepares to head to the federal correctional center in Oxford, Wis., to serve his sentence for his April 2006 conviction on racketeering and fraud charges,Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ILMG111

May 2, 2025 at 1:28 pm

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dies at 91. He halted executions and went to prison for corruption VIEW

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan has died at age 91.

May 1, 2025 at 11:53 am

Driver who killed 4 by smashing through an Illinois after-school camp may have had health emergency VIEW

Police say the driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and...

Emergency vehicles block a road leading to a building where a car smashed through during an after-school program, killing several people and injuring others, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Chatham, Ill. (AP Photo/John O’Connor) XKS101 XKS101

April 29, 2025 at 4:33 am

Illinois town mourns the 4 youngsters killed when a car barreled through their after-school camp VIEW

Residents of a small central Illinois city are mourning the loss of three children and a teenager who were killed in a startling vehicle collision...

April 28, 2025 at 4:57 pm

Vehicle smashes through Illinois building, killing 4 young people and injuring others VIEW

Illinois State Police say a car smashed through a building during an after-school program just outside Springfield, Illinois.

FILE – Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) WX103 WX103

April 23, 2025 at 8:25 am

Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026 VIEW

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says he won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026. That complicates Democrats' hopes of retaking the Senate.

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