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IL State News
2 weeks ago
Pritzker’s name in Clinton’s mouth during Epstein testimony

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Pritzker’s team: Governor had nothing to do with Epstein.

Border Patrol agent wears a body camera in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
Even amid partial DHS shutdown, Illinois remains on edge over ICE coming back

State lawmakers, Chicago officials consider options against immigration officials.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol walks back from the mound after making a pitching change during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Sports
2 weeks ago
Cardinals extend manager Oliver Marmol through 2028, with a club option for 2029

The deal includes a club option for 2029, the club said.

Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner hits during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Sports
2 weeks ago
It’s an OPS world in today’s major leagues with batting average in the background

The significance of batting average has been in decline for years, replaced by on-base percentage and slugging percentage, along with the OPS metric that combines the two.

The casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson is carried to the South Carolina Statehouse, where he will lie in state, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, Pool)
National
2 weeks ago
Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

The final full honors from the state where he was born is a far cry from his childhood in segregated Greenville, where in 1960 he couldn’t go inside the local library’s much better funded whites-only branch to check out a book he needed.

Attorneys Michelle García of the ACLU of Illinois and Mark Fleming of the National Immigrant Justice Center answer reporter questions on Feb. 27, 2026, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
Judge orders release of dozens of immigrants detained illegally by ICE in Chicago

Cases where arrests came using blank warrants remain under review by appeals court.

Crime
2 weeks ago
Chicago man accused of killing girlfriend’s mother in Indonesia pleads not guilty to U.S. charges

The case became known as the Bali “suitcase murder” because von Wiese-Mack’s battered body was discovered crammed in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi at an upscale resort.

FILE - Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures to a friend in the balcony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15, 2013. The church held a ceremony honoring the memory of the four young girls who were killed by a bomb placed outside the church 50 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan. At right is U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
Crowds of Chicago mourners pay respects to Jesse Jackson at start of cross-country memorial services

Family members wiped away tears as the casket was brought into the stately brick building.

IL State News
2 weeks ago
AIPAC faces test of its power in Illinois primary as Democrats debate future of Israel relationship

AIPAC, which was founded decades ago to lobby for U.S. support for Israel, has reserved at least $1.9 million in advertisements through its super PAC in the race to replace Rep. Danny Davis, a veteran politician who is retiring.

The Illinois Accountability Commission hears testimony from a dozen experts and advocates at its Feb. 24, 2026, public meeting in downtown Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
3 weeks ago
A city blanketed in fear: Accountability Commission hears shocking testimony about ICE

The third public meeting focused on health, education, public safety and economic issues.

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