April 4, 2017 - The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees, after Kimberly Hively sues Ivy Tech Community College for ...

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An Illinois village has voted to purchase the childhood home of the first American pope, with a trustee saying the ...

A memo from the National Democratic Redistricting Committee predicts Georgia could add a 15th member to the U.S. House after the 2030 census.

A month after a deadly tornado ripped through St. Louis, the extensive damage and slow pace of recovery expose the city’s long-standing racial and socioeconomic divide.

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Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., who has risked his life advocating for justice and peace in his beloved homeland of ...

Deep snow, frigid temperatures, MLK Day celebrations, the Iowa caucuses. The days leading up to and after the fatal shootings ...

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from Congress, including U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illinois), about recommendation changes for the COVID-19 vaccine. Plan to sell 250 million acres of ...

Joe Biden made an appearance on Juneteenth in Texas at Galveston's Reedy Chapel, calling for the country to unify in uncertain times.

The first Black woman elected to the US Senate and former US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa has some stories to tell.