PHOENIX (AP) – A man accused of threatening to kidnap and kill a United States senator and his family underwent his first court appearance in Chicago.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Three women who accused a University of Illinois law professor of sexual misconduct say the university hasn’t done enough to protect students or discourage similar misbehavior.

BENTON, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are still trying to confirm the identity of a man whose body was found in August at an old coal mine in southern Illinois.