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Illinois communities along rivers are used to flooding. But a state report says there is an increase in so-called "urban flooding" in communities outside…

Illinois advocates for the arts say Gov. Bruce Rauner's plan for more budget cuts is bad policy. Since 2007, the budget for the Illinois Arts Council was…

When it comes to normalizing relations between the two nations, Cuban-Americans aren't as opposed as they used to be. That's partly because of the community's changing demographics.

During a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Obama said that a country is more successful when "all voices are being heard."

From the Attic of My Mind is a batch of reissues drawn from the old Xanadu catalog of Sam Most recordings. Critic Kevin Whitehead says the late flutist makes "every note in a fast phrase pop out."

Barry Crimmins mentored Bobcat Goldthwait when they were up-and-coming comics in the '80s. A film directed by Goldthwait details their relationship — and the sexual abuse Crimmins suffered as a child.

The biggest one-day stock market drop in years – shares slid more than 8 percent – comes after huge gains earlier this summer.

Minnesota will surpass Illinois, Michigan and South Dakota this week with the highest minimum wage in the Midwest.The $9-per-hour wage taking effect…

A jury convicted a Washington, D.C., woman of delivering marijuana. A dealer paid her to pick up the pot mailed from elsewhere and pass it off to a Maryland man. Her cut was left in a mailbox.

A freelance writer got the company to take down several unauthorized uses of her humor by what she says are robot accounts, but legal scholars say proving copyright on jokes is difficult.