ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Police say a man trying to force his way into a northern Illinois home died after one of the residents there stabbed him.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois state corrections officer has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of a prison inmate in May 2018.

TOPOCK, Arizona (AP) — Officials say a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in western Arizona, near the state’s border with California and Nevada, on Wednesday evening.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors have expressed support for an ambitious reparations plan that would include a $5 million lump-sum payment for each eligible Black person, among other measures.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection has begun at a federal trial in Chicago that could offer an inside look at pay-to-play politics in Illinois that prosecutors say involved the state’s largest electric utility and one […]