President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge ...

A freelance photographer and local government official from Illinois has been arrested on charges alleging he joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol and pushed against ...

Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, converted his 10th match point Friday to ...

Nov. 23, 1925 — with senior Harold “Red” Grange in attendance at the University of Illinois football banquet, head coach Bob ...

The Vermilion Festival Chorus will present "Gettin' In the Mood for Christmas" at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. James United ...

The Danville Public Library Foundation has a new executive director after former director Peter Blackmon resigned in July ...

Matt Gaetz is not coming back to Congress. The Florida Republican said Friday he has no intention of serving another term in the House now that he is no longer ...

Health officials are confirming bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced confirmatory test results ...

The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. and will honor the American lives lost in the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is opening a new subway system, blending ancient archaeological treasures with modern transit technology like driverless trains and platform screen doors.

Police have formally accused Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his electoral ...

John Sandweg, who served as acting director of ICE from 2013-14, said Noem's experience as governor could help prepare her for coordinating the various agencies and supervising the budget, though DHS ...