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

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.

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

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.

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 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 ...

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 jury in Los Angeles may have just done for social media what early lawsuits did for Big Tobacco. Outside the courtroom, families who said they have lost children to the effects of these platforms ...