SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ governor has signed into law measures to increase affordable housing and to expand access to a state energy program for low-income residents.

DALLAS (AP) – About one-fifth of flight attendants say they’ve witnessed a physical incident with a passenger this year.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois regulators plan to take action against Ben & Jerry’s for its decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank or east Jerusalem.

CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) – A U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force fatally shot a suspect wanted in connection to a Chicago slaying and attempted slaying and a home invasion in suburban Chicago.

CHICAGO (AP) – A judge has appointed a former federal prosecutor to investigate the Cook County state’s attorney’s office for wrongdoing during the aborted re-trial of an accused cop killer.