The USS Massachusetts officially joined the Navy fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony, making it the first submarine named after the Bay State.

The Houthis could further hurt global shipping if they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea.

President Donald Trump is hosting a UFC fight on White House grounds to celebrate his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary. Trump has long supported UFC.

The Illinois House passed 264 bills out of committee this week ahead of Friday’s deadline, kicking the legislative session into high gear with two months to go before adjournment.

Soil is not just "dirt." It's a living ecosystem teeming with nutrients, organic matter and billions of organisms like bacteria, fungi, insects and invertebrates like worms.

Experts and labor leaders say the mammoth security lines at some U.S. airports would not disappear overnight.

Gordon Duguid, visiting professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Illinois State University, argues America First foreign policy is shortsighted and damaging to U.S. credibility.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that men and women have different views on who has the advantage when it comes to earning competitive wages.

The U.S. Census Bureau is trying out whether to use U.S. postal carriers as census takers this spring during a test of the 2030 head count in two southern cities.

A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration's cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved.

Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns. The Keep Amer ...

Forsyth were a few of the best performing teams at the Illinois Top Times 1A meet on Friday. The Decatur area is loaded with track and field ...