North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said ...

Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized ...

DeWon Griffin was sentenced Monday in McLean County for his role in the 2019 murder of Tariq Houston at a party in Normal.

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In 2014, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter received an honorary degree from Illinois College in Jacksonville. He visited the ...

In the wake of Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against co-star Justin Baldoni, more actresses are speaking up about their own similar experiences on set.

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It's almost the new year, which means states nationwide will enact thousands of new laws from new tax structures to prenatal ...

President Biden signed significant legislation that his backers say will leave a lasting impact. And, north Gaza's last major ...

From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.

Finland says a ship affiliated with Russia's "shadow fleet" is linked to a 60-mile-long anchor drag mark on the seafloor. A ...

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has ...