The funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security became Sunday the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history.

Freshman Keaton Wagler scored 25 points and Illinois ended Iowa's underdog March Madness run by dominating in the frontcourt, beating the Hawkeyes 71-59 on Saturday to advance to the Final Four for ...

UConn coach Geno Auriemma criticized the tournament’s double‑regional format, saying it hurts the teams and the sport’s growth.

Chicago police released an image on Saturday of a man who they are searching for after he attacked an elderly man while on a CTA platform.

A former DuPage County prosecutor was sentenced for suggesting online that a bomb could go off at a LGBTQ festival.

A buzzer malfunction caused a delay of about 10 minutes in the NCAA Tournament's South Region final between Iowa and Illinois on Saturday night.

The Big Ten had a league-record six teams reach the Sweet 16 and now has tied the tournament record with four teams in the Elite Eight, ...

Authorities are investigating after a 16-year-old girl was found shot and killed in a north suburb of Chicago on Saturday morning.

Did you see these interesting clouds formations in the west suburbs today? Rita Boserup sent these photos to us from Glen Ellyn and said, “we joked that the aliens were coming.” Stream NBC 5 for free, ...

A horticulturist at the National Arboretum in Washington holds one of the successfully planted clippings from Stumpy, the cherry blossom tree, in 2024. Stumpy lives again.

"No Kings" protests took place across the country on Saturday, including in Chicago, as demonstrators voiced opposition to the Trump administration.

The Americans who blazed the trail to the moon more than half a century ago were white men chosen for their military test pilot experience. This first Artemis crew includes a woman, a person of color ...