“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

And on the heels of the Black Lives Matter movement, the holiday — also known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day Liberation Day and ...

Some 20 cases remain to be decided—about a third of the total argued cases--many of them the most important of the term. But ...

Israel says it has largely knocked out Iran's air defenses. In contrast, Israel still has strong air defenses in place, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget ...

A State Department memo says dozens of countries have until Wednesday morning to come up with a plan to address some U.S. concerns, or face travel restrictions.

Transit agency officials in Chicagoland met this week and formally began the process of planning for next year’s budget, ...

The federal judge in the case says she hopes to decide next week on whether to block indefinitely President Trump's June 4th ...

Christopher Hanson was appointed to serve on the commission overseeing the nation's nuclear reactors by President Biden in ...

A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and ...

A top House Democrat is asking Microsoft for information about a DOGE staffer's GitHub account connected to whistleblower ...

In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...